Lent 2010: Fridays in Lent

Fridays of Lent are so much more than "suffering" through abstaining from meat (btw, we're having sweet potato soup for dinner -- don't tell the kids). 

We as Catholics are called to remember the AMAZING sacrifice Jesus made for us all.  One way we do that is by praying the Stations of the Cross.

Years ago (at least 5 or 6! man, I'm getting old), someone on 4real mentioned a Stations of the Cross box with items that would help the kids (and moms, too) remember each station in a very direct way.  Here's our Stations of the Cross that we prayed this morning, and the symbols we use.  We'll do this every Friday during Lent, both in the morning and then again at dinner with Dad.

Stations of the Cross

Station 1 --  Jesus is condemned to die

symbol --  string for binding his hands

We adore you o Christ, and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 2 – Jesus takes up his cross

symbol – a small wooden cross

We adore you o Christ, and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 3 -- Jesus falls for the first time

symbol -- a bandaid

We adore you o Christ, and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 4 -- Jesus meets his mother

symbol -- a rosary

We adore you o Christ, and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 5 -- Simon helps Jesus carry his cross

symbol -- a heart for charity

We adore you o Christ and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 6 -- Veronica wipes the Holy Face

symbol -- cloth with the face of Jesus drawn on it

We adore you o Christ and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 7 -- Jesus falls a second time

symbol -- a bandaid

We adore you o Christ and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 8 -- Jesus comforts the weeping women of Jerusalem

symbol -- facial tissue

We adore you o Christ and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 9 -- Jesus falls for the third time

symbol -- bandaid

We adore you o Christ and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 10 -- Jesus is stripped of his garments

symbol -- piece of purple cloth

We adore you o Christ and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Staton 11 -- Jesus is nailed to the cross

symbol -- large nail

We adore you o Christ and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 12 -- Jesus dies on the Cross

symbol -- a crucifix

Kneel and Pause for a moment

We adore you o Christ and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 13 -- Jesus is taken down from the Cross and laid in his mother's arms

symbol -- picture of the Pieta

We adore you o Christ and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Station 14 -- Jesus is laid in the tomb

symbol -- rock

We adore you o Christ and we praise you

because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Prayers for all your intentions this Lent 2010.  Please keep our family in your prayers, too.