Station of the Cross

The Stations of the Cross are one of the aids to prayer in a church, they show the journey of Jesus on his way to his crucifixion. There are 14 Stations which are usually placed around the walls of the church so that people praying the stations can walk around and make a journey as did Jesus on his way to Calvary.

The history of the stations of the cross goes back many centuries to the time when people often went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and walked the journey of Jesus which is remembered at Easter. Many people were too poor to afford this, and then politics and wars stopped most people from going to Jerusalem and walking the way of the cross. The Stations of the Cross were introduced so that anyone could follow Jesus on his way to the cross and make the journey in prayer.

The Stations of the Cross

1	Jesus is condemned to death
2	Jesus accepts his Cross
3	Jesus falls for the first time
4	Jesus meets Mary, his mother
5	Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus
6	Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
7	Jesus falls the second time
8	Jesus speaks to the Women
9	Jesus falls the third time
10	Jesus is stripped of his clothes
11	Jesus is nailed to the cross
12	Jesus dies on the cross
13	Jesus is taken down from the cross
14	Jesus is laid in the tomb