Staff at St. Mark Catholic Center in Erie, where many diocesan offices are housed, were invited by the Office for Divine Worship to help create meditations for a unique stations of the cross. The meditations, which each feature a photo of a station from a different parish within the diocese, will be released throughout the season of Lent.
Opening prayer
Lord Jesus Christ,
As your co-workers, we make our Lenten journey together.
Though we often fall into thinking that we know the way
better than our colleagues and even better than you,
we choose to use this holy season to grow closer to you and each other
so we can follow where you lead without reservation.
We love you with our whole heart,
and because we love you,
we repent for when we abandon the gospel of love,
and instead prefer our own ways.
You walked the road to Calvary to die for love of us.
We wish, beloved Redeemer,
to carry the cross with you and for you
in our brothers and sisters — especially those most in need.
Help us to live and die united to you.
Amen
THE FIRST STATION: JESUS IS CONDEMNED
THE SECOND STATION: JESUS ACCEPTS HIS CROSS
THE THIRD STATION: JESUS FALLS THE FIRST TIME
THE FOURTH STATION: JESUS MEETS HIS AFFLICTED MOTHER
THE FIFTH STATION: SIMON HELPS JESUS TO CARRY THE CROSS
THE SIXTH STATION: VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS
THE SEVENTH STATION: JESUS FALLS THE SECOND TIME
THE EIGHT STATION: JESUS MEETS THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM
THE NINTH STATION: JESUS FALLS THE THIRD TIME
THE TENTH STATION: JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTS
THE ELEVENTH STATION: JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS
THE TWELFTH STATION: JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS
THE THIRTEENTH STATION: JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS
THE FOURTEENTH STATION: JESUS IS LAID IN THE SEPULCHRE