Dia Martinez and I took a journey through the Stations of the Cross at The Peoples Church on Good Friday afternoon. Join us as we travel the Via Dolorosa, or Way of Suffering: |
| Dia and I look at the rooster that crowed three times, reminding Peter that he had denied Christ three times |
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| We sat by the charcoal fire in the courtyard, just like Peter stood beside when he denied Christ. Boy was is smokey! |
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| Dia inspects the sharp, long thorn on this crown, woven from a vine that grows in Palestine. It makes rose thorns seem soft by comparison! |
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| Dia walks barefoot on the rough, sharp gravel of the Dia Dolorosa, or Way of the Suffering, where Christ walked, carrying his heavy cross. Imagine collapsing under the weight of a heavy cross on such sharp gravel! |
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| This heavy cross made the young man standing behind it turn red in the face when we asked him to lift it. |
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| As we meditated on Simon of Cyrene, who carried Jesus' heavy cross for him, and the women who ministered to Jesus, we were asked to write a prayer request on a Prayer Wall and to walk along the wall, praying for others who had left their requests there. |
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| More prayers |
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| We wrote our names on scarlet pieces of fabric and nailed them to the cross, symbolizing Jesus' dying for our personal sins |
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| Dia lifts a sponge soaked in white vinegar to her nose |
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| As we reflected on Jesus' willingness to forgive the criminals hanging on crosses beside him, we were asked to write a personal sin on a plywood wall, knowing Jesus has forgiven that sin |
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| Dia and I inspect the tomb before we end our journey with prayer and anointing with olive oil by a pastor from The Peoples Church |
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