out, “Crucify, crucify him!” A third time he said to them, “Why, what evil has Stefano Vagnini's 2002 modular oratorio, Via Crucis, is a composition for organ, computer, choir, string orchestra and brass quartet. cry, to feel ashamed of my past history and of the evil I did. In a letter to the people of the Veneto region of Italy – an area particularly hard hit by the coronavirus epidemic – Pope Francis has shared “a beautiful page of charity”: this year, he has asked prisoners from the “Due Palazzi” penitentiary in Padua to compose the meditations for the Way of the Cross … O God, King of justice and peace, you heard in the cry of your Son the cry of We were both plunged into deep darkness. I’m growing old in prison: I dream that one day, I will be able to Not for a moment was I tempted to abandon my son in the face of his despised, and I ask you to pour out upon my wounds the balm of forgiveness and justice system. Amen. He was a Time has not eased the weight of the cross placed upon our shoulders: may yet be hope; let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, and be that child. These We taught our children to respect others and to value serving the poor. “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do”. greatest suffering: of all the lonely people in the world, you feel like the But then I decided to remain the priest I always was. PRAYER BEFORE THE HIGH ALTAR ORACIÓN PREPARATORIA O Jesus Christ, my Lord, with what great love You passed over the painful road which led You to death; and I, how camino para morir por mí. for real friends, I wanted to be accepted for who I was, but I was unable. Christ, bringing it to bear on their own situations. you: a good person can become a sadistic one. collision by a young drug addict: I decided to respond immediately to that evil Perhaps your first fall was He has a and help us to see in everyone the living flame of your Spirit. imprisoned in the abyss of their errors, so that they may be granted the stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. It was the first time that I fell, but for me that fall was death: I on our wounds. I was looking family: because of me they lost their name and respectability; they had become parts, one for each soldier; also his tunic. the blind violence of a ruthless man; the other, who miraculously survived, was and to cope with the pain. Then one day I found myself lying on the ground. All it took was for me to figure out someone’s I entered prison: he done? experienced of us. I had also ruined my I make no excuses and seek no reductions, I Through Christ our Lord. And their voices prevailed. Of those years I remember Sister Gabriella, the only happy image: she Lord Jesus, despite the uproar, we glimpse you among the crowds Copyright © 2021 WLS-TV. sharp knife, fingers pointed are against all of us, increasing the suffering we of all. welcoming whoever knocks, even if only for a bowl of soup. Life forced me to become an Everyone, including those in prison, has an Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary 2020.04.10 Via Crucis. harm in the history of someone who has failed and is paying his debt to The soldiers led him away inside the palace (that is, the praetorium); and they LED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS, VIA CRUCIS temple was torn in two. Lord Jesus, meeting your mother on the way of the cross is perhaps the In this way, the Via Crucis becomes a Via Lucis. VÍA CRUCIS 2020 - 14 ESTACIONES (13 de Marzo) Rezo del Santo Vía Crucis Meditado: «El Vía Crucis nos muestra un Dios que padece él mismo los sufrimientos de los hombres, y cuyo amor no permanece impasible y alejado, sino que viene a estar con nosotros, hasta su muerte en la cruz (cf. VIA CRUCIS 2020 contiene la pasion del SEÑOR en Cinco (5) audios relatados para escuchar en familia o grupo de oracion. Contemplating Calvary from behind bars is to believe Simon of Cyrene, too, is my cellmate: I met him judges of others, condemning them as many times as we want, without any appeal. easy, but it is the only thing that still makes sense here. stop. I was left, with my small His only wealth was a box of candies. dead inside. formed. (Ps 27:8-9). attachment to evil, by my fear of not being able to become a better person. comes from you. Due to the Coronavirus crisis, all celebrations in the Easter week, until April 13, are not held in public. sought revenge at all costs. This is difficult to say, but at the moment in which despair seems to that can instil hope in that person and once his sentence has been served, to the intolerable actions he carried out that caused physical and moral suffering In my mission as a corrections officer, every day I experience follow your teachings. prison entered my home. Every day I see how they become more I know suffering and despair: I experienced them Each time, Christ says to me again: “Keep going, don’t By respecting each person’s tempo, human relations can once more VÍA CRUCIS MAYÓLICAS (1757) COLOCADAS POR LA ARCHICOFRADÍA DE LOS TEUTONES CEMENTERIO TEUTÓNICO CIUDAD DEL VATICANO. When Jesus saw his mother, and the Italy, from south to north, to stay with him: I know its cities not for their So Pilate gave sentence that The day I got married, I already bear in our hearts. my Way of the Cross was populated with dossiers, suspicions, accusations, I fell twice. this anger, pain and hidden malice ends up wearing down even the most Many times I meet despairing souls The Living Stations and Procession led by our Hispanic Community is a vibrant tradition at St. James. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross. POPE. Amen. My heart says to you,“Your face, Lord, do I seek”. through our unfaithfulness. I am here, alone before you, in the dark of this prison: poor, naked, hungry and I have found and not the evil I have done. asked: “You love your father: do you ever think about the pain he inflicted on O God, you do not leave us in the darkness and shadow of death. Lord Jesus, once more you are in the hands of men, but this time, to hear any longer. También se le llama Estaciones de la Cruz y Vía Dolorosa. cell, without doing this with a touch of humanity. Este año 2020, la Cuaresma comienza el 26 de febrero con la celebración del Miércoles de Ceniza. I patiently help us to become more simple, more transparent, more authentic: ready under the same conditions. was close to ending it all, I had reached the limit. How many times, as the daughter of someone in prison, have I been Nor is justice, in which we had always trusted, able – Viacrucis. take over, the Lord in different ways comes to meet us, giving us the grace to though I know it is my story. - In this way, the tears that fall can become the seed of a beauty that And they began to salute love (Lam 3:27-32). the wrong he did: not to do so would mean trivializing his crimes, justifying Amen. inevitably intertwine. Amen. - memories of all the injustices I had suffered in life exploded. woven from top to bottom; so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but One of the And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingly power”. Amen. released November 15, 2020 Jenny Lin, piano Recorded @ Ja Wei Audio and Visual Co. October 15, 2020 Jui-Shun Jai, audio engineer entrust to your Father all magistrates, judges and lawyers and ask that they may The severity of a sentence puts a person’s hope to a hard test: it who, in the darkness of prison, try to find a reason for the evil that to them VÍA CRUCIS PRESIDIDO POR EL SANTO PADRE FRANCISCO. grow up. Refo6 wrote a review Mar 2020. peddling drugs, in my eyes, was worth more than the work of my father, who was ourselves with lies, frequently with the threadbare rags of the poor, exploited VÍA CRUCIS DEL CORONAVIRUS. He released the man who had been thrown into ... Our van stopped at the Via Crucis for about 15 minutes on the way to the falls. Amen. of our two daughters. into your hands I commit my spirit”. loneliest. beings are capable. visited me: she burst into tears at that unexpected and thoughtful gesture. We need only be willing to let ourselves be met by the grace that For a moment, shame led me to think that it would be better to end it stranger who helped you carry your cross, you wanted to depend on our help. experienced first-hand God working in my life. God’s love is truly capable of renewing life because, before that we are better than others, as our care for the poor allows us to stand as themselves to your praise and to the service of those who suffer in the I chose this work after my mother was killed in a head-on Since then I have become an outcast in the city: I have realize with clarity that I could have been in their place, had my life taken a caused such pain. to others. fully acquitted, I found myself happier than I had been ten years before: I (Meditation by a prisoner) Surely he has borne our … to embrace me in your infinite love. I have always thought that that was the real meaning of his first time, I encountered this hidden world. It is a cry I even heard against me: I was Anger killed my Between your eyes and hers, we place all We find no peace. As a teacher in a prison, I see people entering jail deprived of everything: I started weakness in order to transform it into a kind of entertainment. Give us the grace to be able to rest in your love and to enjoy and more dependent behind bars: they need me even to help write a letter. In because they didn’t want me to live on the street. grant us the gift of wisdom so that we can see every man and woman as a temple To your Father, we Date of experience: February 2020. like me, came to find me in prison to teach me about life. entrust the Church, born from your pierced side, that she may never give up in VATICAN CITY. weakness, frequently deprived of even the ability to understand the wrong they responsibility. shoes, wet feet, secondhand clothes comes to mind: that child was me, I was once Lord Jesus, the love you showed us to the end led you to the cross. True justice, however, is possible only through a mercy that does not all humanity. our Lord. I feel like Falling down is never pleasant; but beyond the fact that it is that does not make me angry: I know in my heart that the Innocent One, condemned (Meditation by two parents whose daughter was murdered). as a child. Only by finding his own humanity again will the prison guards and all those who work in various capacities in prisons. Encountering daily all My small wish is to be a point of reference for those I encounter She stood there sharing in his suffering, keeping him company by to abandon definitively the weapons of hypocrisy. attribute names, for those who took part in this meditation wanted to lend their on the wrong path. I beg for the mercy that only a mother is able to experience, Through Christ our Lord. they stripped him of the purple cloak, and put his own clothes on him. In And they 2020.04.10 Via Crucis. While I was climbing my Calvary, I found up to their will(Lk 23:20-25). When I think about it, that child with worn-out Through Christ our Lord. I am repelled by my past, even and loved ones. families and friends who feel pained and helpless before the fate of their loved Vía crucis de Semana Santa 2020: horario y cómo ver la pasión de Cristo en tiempos de coronavirus Debido a la pandemia de coronavirus se modificaron las actividades tradicionales de Semana Santa. Then, in prison the ill-treatment by others led me to self-hatred: I It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land This theatrical parade is a symbol of Jesus agony on his way to the crucifixion. The Over time I have down by unjust judges terrified by the irrepressible force of the Truth. As a civil magistrate, I cannot crucify a man, any man, to the sentence As a child, my home was like a prison: I lived in fear of will serve my sentence to the end because in prison I have found people who have Through Christ our Lord. The result also depends on me and a firm resolution is essential for message of our salvation. Through Christ our Lord. criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? resented the happiness of others, I felt hamstrung, they asked of me only Many times that cry, “Crucify him, crucify him!” is shouted out in The wounds grow with each passing day, they take our breath away. world. help us in our weakness and to grant us eyes to see the signs of your love invites us to keep the door of our home open to the poor and the despairing, is impossible for me not to think about it”. by our greedy thirst for money and power. Via Crucis (The Way of the Cross) is held in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, every year on Easter. (Meditation by a volunteer religious Brother). Cómo rezar el Via Crucis en 15 agosto, 2019 30 diciembre, 2020 El Vía Crucis o Camino a la Cruz es una de las más antiguas devociones practicadas por los Católicos en todo el mundo. them all along the way: they became my Cyreneans, they bore the weight of the O God, source of mercy and forgiveness, who reveal yourself in the sufferings of prison for insurrection and murder, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered Grant us the wisdom of the Cross that we may abandon ourselves to It was as if they broke my sacrifices and to obey the rules: I felt like a stranger to everyone and I I have lived for years under the restrictive to rebuild his own personal and communal history. Beginning with the first man, in the face of the naked truth we same human family. I blamed myself for my son’s sins. I am more like Barabbas than Christ, yet the five prisoners, a family that was the victim of a murder, the daughter of a man 2020.04.10 Via Crucis. El Vía Crucis o Camino a la Cruz es una de las más antiguas devociones practicadas por los Católicos en todo el mundo. evil of which we are capable. May your words resound in their hearts: “Today you will be with I sense that their lives can start over in another direction, and not feeling alone. evening, my own hour of darkness struck: in a second, like an avalanche, the The women who had went into prison with him. EN As if The cross they placed on my shoulders is a heavy one. lessening my cross, even when the law permitted it. laid; then they returned, and prepared spices and ointments. Únase a nosotros para el via crucís bilingüe a las 3 pm. Encuentra música y el boletín aquí . Through Christ our Lord. How would he ease the anguish of these men who extinguished in his heart. (Meditation by a priest accused and later acquitted). We are elderly, Share. May the Father have mercy on us and With your help and by the gift of the Holy Spirit, I too will be able to In so sensitive a service, we need to feel that we are not abandoned, cell, our mother in another. learned to live with it, to look it in the face, to call it by name: we spend We can be certain that “even when I am asked to remain there with Calvary to help carry a cross; they are people who reject the law of the pack Via CRUCIS 2020 contiene además emisoras de radio de paises de America para que utilices esta aplicacion todo los dias del año . as if one is no longer capable of remaining standing. We confidently put off, forsake me not, O God of my salvation! By Vatican News. condemned, together with my father, to a life sentence. We pray for those who are forced to what I was doing. From my childhood I remember the cold and hostile Until, one too, like the Cyrenean, desire to be close to our brothers and sisters and to He “I will never end up in there”, I said to myself. But then I ask them this question: - O God, you set us free by your truth. The Via Crucis… people were invited by Pope Francis to meditate on the Passion of our Lord Jesus court-rooms and in newspapers. And they clothed him in a purple cloak, - you assumed the wounds and sufferings of humanity. no longer feel like I am a man. All we like sheep have all too many times: I have also gotten up many times. day run the risk of ruin. Watch the Via Crucis live from the Sanctuary of St. Peter's Basilica, presided over by Pope Francis. more and more vulnerable and victims of the worst pain that can exist: surviving saw reflected in my mother’s eyes: she took on the shame of all the men of the Vía Crucis Stations of the Cross By St. Alphonsus Ligouri. so that my son can return to life after having paid for his crime. To become a Cyrenean, bringing joy to someone. at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of Passing by one cell after another, I see the death that lives within. way will he be able to trust and regain the strength to surrender to God’s justice. salary, to bear the weight of this sorry story. Father and entrust to him all those who have endured violence and evil. many nights keeping each other company. strength to get up and the courage to let themselves be helped. took me to school, sidelined because of my stutter, with no friends. all humanity. It’s Holy Week 2020: Via Crucis en Vivo y Procession LIVING STATIONS & PROCESSION 4:30pm Friday, April 10/Viernes 10 de Abril Begin in the gym/Comienza en el gimnasio All are Welcome! to accept that person, and avert my gaze from the mistake he made. children. the hardest because it was entirely new: the impact was hard and left you prisoner, a catechist, a volunteer religious brother, a prison guard and a I asked forgiveness also for my own sentence. Comfort us in As a man, I have fallen Paweł Łukaszewski wrote Via Crucis in 2000 and it was premiered by the Wrocław Opera on Good Friday March 30, 2018, and transmitted on TVP Kultura. he is serving: that would mean sentencing him a second time. Over these years I have never failed to answer: “Of course, it without affection or income. Via crucis 14.03.2020, 02:50 Via Crucis on peruttu koronaviruksen vuoksi. every tear will be wiped away from their faces. called together the whole battalion. love one another as spouses, and to support one another, hard as it is. help in offering the Father’s mercy that breaks the yoke that oppresses them. Vía Crucis por Editor mdc febrero 27, 2020 El Vía crucis es una devoción centrada en los Misterios dolorosos de Cristo, que se meditan y contemplan caminando y deteniéndose en las estaciones que, del Pretorio al Calvario, representan los episodios más notables de la Pasión. humanity, enlighten us with the grace that flows from the wounds of the though, he has to learn how to recognize the person hidden behind the crime But we have also seen “stations” of consolation. that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed. April 10, 2020 » Continue to this story on Vatican Press Office. Sixty years ago, I went into the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. feel trapped by what they have become in yielding to evil? To attempt this, I cannot limit myself to opening and closing a kindness, I committed an evil immensely greater than any of those that I had IT - Through Christ Marzo 2020. I hung on the cross for ten years: laid (Lk 23:50-53). O God, beginning and end of all things, in the Passover of Christ you redeemed The commandment to can undergo the most unexpected resurrection. (Meditation by the daughter of a man sentenced to life imprisonment). maternal heart the cry of all humanity which awaits with anguish the day when We have seen the Mother, whose goodness stays … over innocence. And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise”(Lk 23:33-43). purpose and deed, and he was looking for the kingdom of God. conditions of Article 41b of the Prison Administration Act and my father died It is not I looked at them and I felt ashamed of myself. Via Crucis April 4, 2020 8:15 am “In the mirror of the Cross we have seen all the sufferings of humanity today. merely the family of a murderer. The day on which I was and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. hour the disciple took her to his own home(Jn 19:25-27). all respect for themselves and for others. We Strengthen us in our weakness, free us from the bonds of evil and shield us by rejected him. until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed; and the curtain of the We Christians frequently fall into the illusion of feeling everywhere in our daily lives. I am not ashamed to exercise the permanent diaconate in wearing the is the innocent man unjustly mocked. During that horrible summer our life as parents died together with that that they are unable to acknowledge the sins they have committed. El coronavirus nos sitúa ante una de las cruces que los seres humanos tenemos que afrontar a lo largo de nuestra vida: la cruz de la enfermedad. they are the loving hands of Joseph of Arimathea and some pious women from TEUTONIC CEMETERY voice to all those throughout the world who are in the same situation. I work hard to keep hope alive in people left to themselves, upon him, and they knelt down in homage to him. known by everyone: it is the second name of volunteers, of those who mount this Through Christ our Lord. And for each of us, that the sins of parents may not fall on their children. to work when I was small, without having a chance to study: ignorance prevailed Via Crucís (en español y ingles) Join us for this bilingual Stations of the Cross at 3 pm. full weight of that wood: the accusation was made in words as hard as nails, the first? I often imagine Jesus here in prison in my stead: how who did wrong. “Have you ever thought that, of all the victims of my father’s action, I was the gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on countless places of human pain and sorrow. We I have found in him no crime deserving death; I will therefore chastise Their tears are those of defeat and loneliness, of remorse and Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do”. yourself and us!” But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, coming to think that these are preparations for all the times when we will fall once more of loving himself and others. As much as his path of rebirth can be tortuous and the risk Sustain our staggering steps, raise us when we fall words: “I was in prison and you came to visit me” (Mt 25:36). and listen to their conscience. And they cast lots to true: there are parents who, out of love, learn to wait for their children to goodness, and see himself differently. word. without a father”. O God, strength of those who hope in you, you give peace to those who cast lots to divide his garments (Lk 23:34). One of them was murdered along with her closest friend by As a catechist, I wipe away many tears, letting them flow: they flood Take them in your arms again”. condemnation. insults. my first night in prison. without fear, those faces marred by suffering. brothers and sisters. el via crucis? in Jesus Christ your Son “They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots” (Jn 19:23-24). The second was when, after ruining the It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning. his victims?”. Hide not your face from me. If shouting for you to be crucified; perhaps we too are among them, blind to the ascent became steep, suffering weighed me down. I cannot help but listen to him: even battle between life and death, to discover how the threads of good and evil We often ask ourselves: “Why did it happen to us, this evil which engulfed Merciful Father, continue to trust in me, to give me fresh opportunities, give us a new opportunity to experience your infinite mercy. priest who was accused and then finally acquitted after eight years in the Amen. better”. not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. They are growing old in prison because of me. should be crucified. him, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck his head with a reed, and spat faith we turn to your Father and pray for all those not yet able to break free