Stations of the Cross - Good Friday

The First Station  

Jesus Is Condemned to Death

The Second Station

Jesus Takes Up His Cross

The Third Station

Jesus Falls the First Time

The Fourth Station

Jesus Meets His Mother

The Fifth Station

Simon of Cyrene Helps Carry the Cross

The Sixth Station 

Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

The Seventh Station 

Jesus Falls the Second Time

The Eighth Station

Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem

The Eighth Station

(the women on the other side of the pathway)

The Ninth Station 

Jesus Falls the Third Time

The Tenth Station

Jesus is Stripped of His Garments

The Eleventh Station 

Jesus is Nailed to the Cross

The Twelfth Station

Jesus Dies on the Cross

The Thirteenth Station

Jesus Is Taken Down From the Cross

The Fourteenth Station 

Jesus is Laid in the Tomb

The Fifteenth Station 

Jesus Rises From the Dead

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you,

Because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.  

These are photos taken at different times of the year at Queen Of Peace Catholic Church in 

Aurora,  Colorado.  Every Good Friday, I pray the Stations of the Cross here.  The final photo was taken later in the year, with the rose bushes in full bloom.  

Monday of Holy Week

Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany,

where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.

They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served,

while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him. 

Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil

made from genuine aromatic nard

and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair;

the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. 

Then Judas the Iscariot, one of his disciples,

and the one who would betray him, said,

“Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days’ wages

and given to the poor?”

He said this not because he cared about the poor

but because he was a thief and held the money bag

and used to steal the contributions.

So Jesus said, “Leave her alone.

Let her keep this for the day of my burial.

You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.”

The large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came,

not only because of him, but also to see Lazarus,

whom he had raised from the dead.

And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too,

because many of the Jews were turning away

and believing in Jesus because of him.

~John 12: 1-11

Prayer Before A Crucifix

Behold, O kind and most sweet Jesus, I cast myself upon my knees in Your sight, and with the most fervent desire of my soul I pray and beseech You that You would impress upon my heart lively sentiments of Faith, Hope, and Charity, with true repentance for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment, while with deep affection and grief of soul I ponder within myself and mentally contemplate Your five most precious Wounds; having before my eyes the words which David in prophecy spoke concerning Yourself, O good Jesus: “They have pierced my hands and feet; they have numbered all my bones.”

On any Friday during Lent a plenary indulgence is granted the Christian faithful who, after Communion, devoutly recite the above prayer before an image of Jesus Christ crucified. On other days of the year the indulgence is a partial one. 

Handbook of Indulgences 

One can obtain a plenary indulgences for himself. However, we can offer that plenary indulgence for a soul in purgatory. This is an act of charity and spiritual tithing to do during Lent. A plenary indulgence is gained every Friday in Lent by saying the following prayer before a Crucifix after receiving Holy Communion. The usual requirements for a plenary indulgence also apply.