“The devotion known as the Way of the Cross is an adaptation to local usage of a custom widely observed by pilgrims to Jerusalem: the offering of prayer at a series of places in that city traditionally associated with our Lord’s passion and death. The number of stations, which at first varied widely, finally became fixed at fourteen. Of these, eight are based directly on events recorded in the Gospels. The remaining six (numbers 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 13) are based on inferences from the Gospel account or from pious legend.”
(The Book of Occasional Services)
We will observe the Way of the Cross each Friday in Lent at Noon in the upper level of the Parish Hall. This service is approximately 30 minutes long. We begin on Friday, February 28th.