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Catholic Culture

The Station in Rome was formerly the church of the martyr St. Cyriacus, and as such it is still given in the Roman missal; but this holy sanctuary having been destroyed, and the relics of the holy deacon translated to the church of St. Mary in Via lata, it is here that the Station is now held.

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Interior of St. Mary via Lata

Day XXXV. Tuesday, Week V. "When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men to myself, says the Lord" (Communion antiphon for today - Jn12:32). Santa Maria in via Lata. Tradition holds that St. Paul was placed under house arrest here and during that time, wrote the Letter to the Hebrews. Later, a church was built and the relics of several martyrs were interred here. But for me, I will remember this church, around the corner from my home, as the place where, every evening, the priest would lead the "Daughters of the Church" and the faithful in Eucharistic Adoration, praying for Christian unity. (The photo is of a 10th century Byzantine icon of our Lady, which is enshrined over the main altar).