Stations of the Cross

Here's another great Easter resource. It is a liturgy called Stations of the Cross. It recreates the journey Christ took in his last hours of life. The stations take you from the trial to the tomb through a series of prayers and reflections. I have used this liturgy in a number of ways (Click here for the liturgy).

I have reproduced it as a booklet complete with artwork of the stations so that individuals or small groups could meditate on the liturgy at their convenience.

It can also be used as a prayer walk on retreats by setting up symbolic replicas of the stations on a path through the woods. The liturgy can be on CD so that people listen to it on headphones instead of havimg to read it.

The liturgy can also be adapted to corporate worship setting as more of a visual lectio divina experience. We wrote music to sing the trisagion prayer, pictures of the stations were projected on a screen, and the readings were presented in a variety of mediums.

Since we are such a visual culture, I believe that pictures/graphics are essential to the liturgy. I'd grab a digital camera and start making the rounds of your local Catholic and Episcopalian churches. Some of them will have sculpture or art pieces of the Stations set up in the church.