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The Scriptural Way of the Cross or Scriptural Stations of the Cross is a version of the traditional Stations of the Cross inaugurated as a Catholic devotion by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday 1991. They are an alternative to the traditional stations which assist with reflecting on the scriptural accounts of the Passion of Christ and which Protestants may be more comfortable observing.
(1) Jesus in the Garden of Olives,
(2) Jesus is betrayed by Judas and arrested,
(3) Jesus is condemned by the Sanhedrin,
(4) Jesus is denied by Peter,
(5) Jesus is judged by Pilate,
(6) Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns,
(7) Jesus takes up his cross,
(8) Jesus is helped by the Cyrenean to carry his cross,
(9) Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem,
(10) Jesus is crucified,
(11) Jesus promises his kingdom to the good thief,
(12) Jesus and his mother and disciple,
(13) Jesus dies on the cross,
(14) Jesus is laid in the tomb.
And a fifteenth would be the resurrection
Traditional Stations of the Cross
1. Jesus is condemned to death
2. Jesus receives the cross
3. Jesus falls the first time
4. Jesus meets His Mother
5. Simon of Cyrene carries the cross
6. Veronica wipes Jesus’ face with her veil
7. Jesus falls the second time
8. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
9. Jesus falls the third time
10. Jesus is stripped of His garments
11. Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross
12. Jesus dies on the cross
13. Jesus’ body is removed from the cross (Pieta)
14. Jesus is laid in the tomb
Many advocate the addition of a 15th station depicting Christ’s Resurrection, because without his rising from the dead he would not have accomplished the salvation that Christians believe was his mission – the same consideration that causes the three days commencing with the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday and concluding with Vespers on the evening of Easter Sunday to be regarded as a liturgical unity, the so-called Holy Tridium, the Easter Tridium or Paschal Triduum. Others have begun the practice of the Via Lucis in Eastertide to meditate on the Resurrection