Good Friday is a time for remembering the experience of Jesus’s last hours. As you “walk” Jesus’s Via Dolorosa, we invite you to open yourself to what he may have been feeling at each step.
In Isaiah 52:5, we can read: “But he was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the punishment that made us whole, and by his bruises we are healed.” (See the whole section of Isaiah 52:13-53:12 for context.)
The Via Dolorosa (Latin for Way of Grief or Way of Suffering) is a street within the Old City of Jerusalem, held to be the path that Jesus walked, carrying his cross, on the way to his crucifixion. The current route has been established since the 18th century, replacing various earlier versions. It is today marked by nine Stations of the Cross with the remaining five stations being inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The route has become a place of Christian pilgrimage.
You may make your “pilgrimage in spirit” to the places where Jesus suffered on the way to his crucifixion by “stopping” at each station below, listening to Trish describe each picture, and reflecting on its meaning in your life today.
At each station, you can click the arrowhead on the audio bar to hear the description and reflection.
The Opening Prayer centers us to focus on this experience:
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“Were You There” played by Kaleb Brasee, permission granted to include in this presentation. You can listen to his beautiful rendition in his video, here.
All other text on this page The United Methodist Church of Morgan Hill