Jesus is taken down from the Cross. It seems like a very random act to include in the Stations. If we were just to go from dying on the Cross to being laid in the tomb, I think we can all safely assume that He was taken from the Cross. But this action illustrates … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 21: Transitions
"Be still" Only about three hours after being nailed to the Cross, Jesus dies. In this moment where God physically leaves this Earth, where body and soul is separated, the Earth trembles, darkness fills the sky, and even amidst the chaos is stillness. The quietness of the last breath taken, the solemness of His mother … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 20: Be Still
On the eleventh station, Jesus is nailed to the Cross. Pain enters a disturbing reality once made physically. Whether by outside force or by some internal workings that then become embodied. It's this pain that often leaves us feeling immobile, stuck, or tied down. How do we choose to break away or move … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 19: Unbearable Pain
"Can't take away my faith" When Jesus arrives at Calvary, He is stripped of His garments. The soldiers forcefully take His belongings. This degradation of His humanity leaves Jesus with nothing, but in actuality, He is left with something. Faith. At least in these moments, until His death, Jesus is still left with faith. Even … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 18: Can’t Take Away My Faith
"I surrender" Not soon after His second fall, Jesus fell for a third time. Often we feel like we are constantly tripping over ourselves. If we have a bad morning, we have a bad day. If we have a bad day, we might have a bad week. And when we start to drown, we will … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 17: I Surrender
"Even when we are weak, we find strength" Throughout the streets of Jerusalem, Jesus encountered many women who weeped for Him. While focus is on their crying, often seen as a sign of weakness, very little is focused on their strength. While his others, most especially his male Apostles, coward in fear and hid and … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 16: Strength in Weakness
"I am vulnerable" Jesus falls for the second time, showing us that as humans, sometimes we will fall more than once. We are vulnerable, and a lot can happen in that place of vulnerability. We can fall, remain low, and influenced by all the people things around us. Or we can rise up, humble ourselves, … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 15: I am Vulnerable
"Searching through a crowd full of faces and all I see is Yours" Along the path to Calvary, a woman named Veronica approached Jesus, sifting through the crowds to simply wipe his face of blood, sweat, tears, and dirt. It is said that the cloth she used left an image of the face of Jesus. … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 14: A Face in the Crowd
"Help you. Help others. Help me." Not much is said about Simon of Cyrene, whether he helped Jesus carry the Christ willingly or if he was threatened by the Roman soldiers. All we know is that he helped Jesus carry the Cross from the fifth station onward. When someone is willing to help us or … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 13: Helping Hand
"Mothers, first witnesses to the life God gave us" At the fourth station, Jesus meets His mother. Jesus meets many people along the way, but it is of course fitting that she be the first to meet Him. For she was the first to witness the glory of Jesus as Human and Divine. She was … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 12: Mothers
The Moving Prayer 