Stations of the Cross

My favorite devotional is to pray the Stations of the Cross. The Stations of the Cross are prayed every Friday evening in our parish during Lent. As a family, we attend every Friday night. We were also blessed with a Stations of the Cross devotional at our Wednesday night Faith Formation class.

It opens with the African American spiritual "Were You There?" All three verses are sung reverently. We move into the first of fourteen stations. There is an opening prayer, responsorial, scripture discussion, two reflections, another responsorial and then a final prayer. This is repeated for each of the following thirteen stations. After the final station, we celebrate the Eucharist. The evening closes with singing "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."

The feeling of peace I have carries over into the next day and beyond. I almost don't want to leave the Church when it is over.

This year, we challenged our second grade faith formation students to attend at least one of the Stations of the Cross devotionals. We have more than twenty students in our class. Our first one has attended this week's devotional. I am curious to see how many will make it before Lent is over.