Way of the Cross

Way of betrayal

Ways of Trafficking

Ways

of betrayal

Jesus is condemned to death

«Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover; and it was about noon. Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!” They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate asked them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but the emperor.” Then he handed him over to them to be crucified» Jn 19, 14-16

Jesus takes up his Cross

« Jesus, carrying the cross by himself, went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. »

Jn 19, 17

Jesus falls the first time

« I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast; 15 my mouth[a] is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death»

Ps 22, 14-15

Jesus meets his Mother

• «Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother. »

Jn 19, 25

Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his Cross

« As they led him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the country, and they laid the cross on him, and made him carry it behind Jesus. »

Lc 23, 26

Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

« For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. »

2 Co 4, 6

Jesus falls the second time

My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word. »

Ps 118, 25

Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem

« A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. »

Lc 23, 27-28

Jesus falls the third time

« Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. »

Jn 12, 24

Jesus is stripped and offered gall and vinegar to drink

«Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing. »

Lc 23, 34

Jesus is nailed to the Cross

« When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing. »

Lc 23, 33-34

Jesus dies on the Cross

«Father, into your hands

I commend my spirit. … »

Lc 23, 46

Jesus is taken down from the Cross

and given to his Mother

« After these things, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, though a secret one because of his fear of the Jews, asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission. »

Jn 19, 38

Jesus is laid in the tomb

« Now there was a garden in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. 42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of Preparation, and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. »

Jn 19, 41-42

And on the third day…

Marie Hélène HALLIGON – Holy Week- Easter 2015

With Jesus strengh,

May we lead

Women and children

Up to the Third Day!