Lent is traditional, but any time of year is appropriate for experiencing the traditional practice of following the “Way (the “Stations”) of the Cross.” Walk, reflect and pray with Jesus as He is condemned to death, as He makes His tortured way through Jerusalem to Golgotha, as He consoles His Mother, as He encounters the kindness of Veronica and the grief of the women of Jerusalem, as He weakens, stumbles and falls, as He is crucified, dies and is buried. Our faith tells us that death is not the end, that it is the necessary door to eternal life, that the Resurrection belongs to Jesus and to us. Facing the reality of Jesus’s death helps deepen our belief in this mystery. The Way of the Cross is truly a prayer for all seasons.
Participants will have the opportunity to follow the Way using the Monastery’s own unique resources: the outdoor version (on the path to the Benedictine Cemetery) and the wall plaques designed for indoor display. Both of these meditative art resources were reverently crafted by Sister Angela Meister OSB.