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Today is the first Friday in Lent, that long season of the church year when Christians prepare themselves for Easter.

Back in the day, people would make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and re-trace the steps of Jesus as he made his way to the cross. When people could not go to Jerusalem, they would make these steps, in prayer, wherever they were. This became known as the Stations of the Cross.

One of the ways Christians practice Lent is by spending more time in prayer. The Stations (or Way) of the Cross is one of the ways of praying that is popular during Lent. Often Christians will gather on Fridays as a community and pray their way through these stations.

In Ada, both St. Luke's Episcopal Church and St. Joseph Catholic Church have gatherings for praying the Stations of the Cross.


Here are some websites with more info:

http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/stations.html

http://www.usccb.org/nab/stations.htm

http://www.kencollins.com/how-15.htm

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"If the world is sane, then Jesus is mad as a hatter and the Last Supper is the Mad Tea Party. The world says, Mind your own business, and Jesus says, There is no such thing as your own business. The world says, Follow the wisest course and be a success, and Jesus says, Follow me and be crucified. The world says, Drive carefully — the life you save may be your own — and Jesus says, Whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. The world says, Law and order, and Jesus says, Love. The world says, Get and Jesus says, Give. In terms of the world's sanity, Jesus is crazy as a coot, and anybody who thinks he can follow him without being a little crazy too is laboring less under a cross than under a delusion."

--Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner