Were you working in Essential Services on Good Friday? Pray the Stations today, then

 

IT IS A TRADITION AMONG CHRISTIANS to hold the day of Good Friday as holy. This day is set aside, free of social engagements, entertainment or work. This enables Good Friday to be spent as a day of prayer, fasting and expectation for the celebration of Christ's Risen Life on Easter Sunday. During Good Friday we pray the Stations of the Cross in order to accompany our Beloved Jesus during his loneliest and most difficult hours on earth. Together, as a worshipping and believing Community, we make a spiritual pilgrimage of prayer by meditating on the scene of Christ's sufferings.

However, there are many of us working in Essential Services - either day or night, over the Easter weekend. Doctors, Nurses, Hospital Staff, Chaplains, Firefighters, Police staff, Restaurant and shop staff, Road and Travel Maintenance Personnel, Air and Sea Rescue Personnel, Mothers and Fathers looking after sick children at home, the list could go on. These essential services cannot be held over times such as the Easter Weekend.

So, for those who have been working on Good Friday to serve the Community, or working during the nights and sleeping during the days to keep their strength up for the Essential Service work, here is a Prayer Chapel which can be done to remember Jesus' Sacrifice for us. Why not pray the Stations of the Cross online with the luminous Shrine of St Jude?
http://shrineofstjude.claretians.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ssj_stations_cross_nssj

With thanks to Shrine of St Jude, Claretians
Photograph taken by Rev Catherine - with thanks to the Sculptor and Tapestry Artist