Stations of the Cross [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]

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[Salvation]

Thanks, sandyeggo.

**St. Alphonsus Liguori's** I'm going to call and ask for a perusal copy to be sent to our church.

[Salvation]

Just found this little tidbit of information on one of the sites for ordering the book:

During the Turkish occupation of the Holy Land in the late Middle Ages, when pilgrims were prevented from visiting its sacred sites, the custom arose of making replicas of those holy places, where the faithful might come to pray. One of the most popular of these devotions was the "Stations of the Way of the Cross," which were imitations of the "stations," or stopping places of prayer on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. By the late sixteenth century the fourteen stations, as we know them today, were erected in almost all Catholic churches.

[Maeve]

I thank you for this thread and all the threads you post and manage. God bless you forever!

[Maeve]

Thank you very much for posting the Stations. Very beautiful version!

[Maeve]

I can't think of a more beautiful version. They really move me deeply. But beyond that emotion -- which is considerable -- they really take us to the heart of our Faith.

[murphE]

Is this the booklet that you have? This is the one we use at our chapel.

[topher]

There is a Liturgical Law requirement on the Stations of the Cross or Via Crucis.

Each station must have a cross made of real wood.

A former Judicial Vicar has explained this to me in an email -- it is not Canon Law, but Liturigal Law that requires this.

One source I have on this is the co-founder of EWTN -- Father Michael McDonough -- he explained this to me about 12 years ago.

The other source is the following web page:

The National Shrine of Saint Francis -- The Stations of the Cross (Via Crucis) -- http://www.shrinesf.org/stations.htm

The second to last paragraph on this page has the following:

... fourteen crosses of real wood are required (pictures are optional); ...

My concern is that a Plenary Indulgence may not be granted to those who exercise this devotion in a church where the stations are pictures and do not have the required cross of wood at each station.

This is Liturgical Law, basically, the same law that governs that the consecration should use unleavened bread, for example...

[Salvation]

I loved St. Alphonsus Liquori’s Stations of the Cross. We said them last night at Church.