Christians around the world will soon be in the holiest time of year: the Triduum. Those few days are known as: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil and Easter.
One way to help us meditate on Jesus Christ’s Passion, Death and Resurrection is the Via Crucis, aka: the Stations of the Cross. Please let me share with you my favorite set of Stations, by an artist named Sarah Gorss (please visit Gorss’ Flickr page for more information).
I particularly find these Stations beautiful and solemn. Their grittiness, and the fact they are made of rice paper really helps me feel how organic and alive the Lord’s suffering was. I hope you find these icons as inspiring as I do.
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[the first station: Jesus is Condemned to Death]
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[the second station: Jesus Carries His Cross]
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[the third station: Jesus Falls the First Time]
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[the fourth station: Jesus Meets His Mother]
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[the fifth station: Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross]
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[the sixth station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus]
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[the seventh station: Jesus Falls the Second Time]
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[the eight station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem]
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[the ninth station: Jesus Falls the Third Time]
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[the tenth station: Jesus is Stripped of His Clothes]
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[the eleventh station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross]
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[the twelfth station: Jesus Dies on the Cross]
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[the thirteenth station: Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross]
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[the fourteenth station: Jesus is Laid in the Tomb]
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[the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Lord, on Easter Sunday]
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