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\\u25fc\\ufe0eJourney Stations of the Cross: Sunday, March 21 \\u2013 Sunday, April 4 \\u25fc\\ufe0e

Our Stations of the Cross experience will take us on a journey following the footsteps of Christ, immersing us in the biblical account of the last hours and days of Jesus' life. Take a few minutes each day to watch a short video and to respond and reflect. Connect with Jesus and prepare your heart as we head into Good Friday and Easter.

The following is the script from the video. You may also follow along using the downloadable reflection booklet.

\\u25fc\\ufe0e Station 7: Bearing \\u25fc\\ufe0e
Jesus Bears the Cross
John 19:6, 15\\u201317

Supplies: Piece of paper and pen or pencil

When the chief priests and the police saw him, they shouted, \\u201cCrucify him! Crucify him!\\u201d Pilate said to them, \\u201cTake him yourselves and crucify him; I find no case against him.\\u201d

They cried out, \\u201cAway with him! Away with him! Crucify him!\\u201d Pilate asked them, \\u201cShall I crucify your King?\\u201d The chief priests answered, \\u201cWe have no king but the emperor.\\u201d Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.
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At this station, we meet Jesus bearing the cross by himself. But the story of the cross will come to be about all of us.

The story is about Jesus and the people surrounding him, about the God he cries out to, about everyone who comes after and calls on Jesus\\u2019 name.

The shape of the cross evokes this expansive notion: one line reaches down, right into the depths of who we are; one line reaches out, to include every one of us.

Draw a cross on your paper. Trace it with your finger. Follow the line reaching down, then the line reaching out.

Trace it again.

Imagine the line reaching down as God\\u2019s gift to us. Imagine the line reaching out as our condition of need.

Trace it again.

Imagine the cross as the place where God\\u2019s mercy meets our ignorance.

Trace it again.

Imagine the cross as the place where God\\u2019s compassion meets our arrogance.

Trace it again.

Imagine the cross as the place where God\\u2019s embrace counters our fear.

Trace it one more time.

Remember that in the life of Jesus, and in his bearing of the cross, our deepest needs are met by God\\u2019s deep love.