The Stations of the Cross
The Convent of the Holy Name
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Jesus
is condemned
by Pilate
Pilate asked the people, "Shall I crucify your
King?" The chief priests answered,
"We have no king but the emperor." Then he
handed him over to them to be crucified.
(John 19:15-16, NRSV)
I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. . .
(Jeremiah 11:19, NRSV)
Jesus
receives the
cross
So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross
by himself, he went out to what is called
The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew
is called Golgotha.
(John 19:17, NRSV)
The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
(Isaiah 53:6, NRSV)
Jesus
falls for the
first time
He was wounded for our transgressions,
crushed for our iniquities; upon him was
the punishment that made us whole.
(Isaiah 53:5, NRSV)
Jesus
Is met by
his mother
Simeon said to the mother of Jesus,
"This child is destined for the falling and
the rising of many in Israel, and to be a
sign that will be opposed so that the
thoughts of many will be revealed and a sword will pierce your soul too.
(Luke 2:34-35, NRSV)
Jesus
Is met by
Simon of
Cyrene
The soldiers compelled a passer-by, who was
coming in from the country, to carry his cross;
it was Simon of Cyrene, the father of
Alexander and Rufus.
(Mark 15:21, NRSV)
Bear one another's burdens, and in this way
you will fulfill the law of Christ.
(Galatians 6:2, NRSV)
Jesus
Is met by
Veronica
"Come," my heart says, "seek his face!"
Your face, LORD, do I seek
(Psalm 27:8, NRSV)
As for me, I shall behold your face in
righteousness; when I awake I shall be
satisfied, beholding your likeness.
(Psalm 17:15, NRSV)
All of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory
of the Lord as through a reflected mirror,
are being transformed into the same image
from one degree of glory to another,
for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.
(2 Corinthians 3:18, NRSV)
Jesus
falls a
second time
Surely he has borne our infirmities and
carried our diseases; yet we accounted
him stricken, struck down by God, and
afflicted.
(Isaiah 53:4, NRSV)
Jesus
is met by the
women of
Jerusalem
A great number of the people followed him,
and among them were women who were
beating their breasts and wailing to him. But
Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of
Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for
yourselves and for your children...“
(Luke 23:27-28, NRSV)
Jesus
falls for the
third time
He was despised and rejected by others;
a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
as one from whom others hide their faces
he was despised and we held him of no
account.
(Isaiah 53:3, NRSV)
Jesus
is stripped of
his garments
They divide my clothing among themselves,
and for my garments they cast lots.
(Psalm 22:18, NRSV)
The Soldiers divided his clothes among
themselves by casting lots...
(Matthew 27:35, NRSV)
Jesus
is nailed to
the cross
When they came to the place that is called
The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the
criminals, one on his right and one on his left.
Then Jesus said "Father, forgive them; for
they do not know what they are doing."
(Luke 23:33-34, NRSV)
. . .When they look on the one whom they
have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as
one mourns for an only child. . .
(Zechariah 12:10, NRSV)
Jesus
dies on
the cross
Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom
he loved standing beside her, he said to his
mother, "Woman, here is your son." Then he
said to the disciple, "Here is your mother". . .
(John 19:26, NRSV)
Jesus said, "It is accomplished." Then he
bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
(John 19:30, NRSV)
Jesus
is taken
down from
the cross
Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple
of Jesus, though a secret one,
for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him
take away the body of Jesus.
Pilate gave him permission; so he came and
removed his body. Nicodemus, who had at
first come to Jesus by night, also came. . .
(John 19:38-39, NRSV)
Jesus
is buried in
the tomb
Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean
linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which
he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great
stone to the door of the tomb and went away.
(Matthew 27:60, NRSV)
The women who had come with him from
Galilee followed, and when they saw the tomb
and how his body was laid. Then they returned,
and prepared spices and ointments.
(Luke 23:55, NRSV)
Jesus
rises from the
place of death
God raised him up, having freed him from
death, because it was impossible for
him to be held in its power.
(Acts 2:24, NRSV)
Jesus said, "Was it not necessary that the
Christ should suffer these things
and then enter into his glory?"
(Luke 24:26, NRSV)
With you is the well of life,
and by your light we see light.
(Psalm 36:9, NRSV)