Stations of the Cross

Click for larger photo.	I	Jesus is condemned to death. Pilate brought Jesus outside and sat on the judge's bench at a place called The Stone Pavement, or in Hebrew Gabbatha. Then he handed him over to be crucified. (John 19:13,16)
Click for larger photo.	II	Jesus takes up the cross. The soldiers took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. (John19:16-17)
Click for larger photo.	III	Jesus falls for the first time. Being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death-even death on a cross. (Phillipians2:7-8)
Click for larger photo.	IV	Jesus meets his mother. What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter Zion? For vast as the sea is your ruin; who can heal you. (Lamentations2:13)
Click for larger photo.	V	The cross is laid on Simon of Cyrene. As they went out, they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon; they compelled this man to carry his cross. (Matthew 27:32)
Click for larger photo.	VI	A woman wipes the face of Jesus. He had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity. (Isiah53:2-3)
Click for larger photo.	VII	Jesus falls for the second time. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. (Isiah 53:7)
Click for larger photo.	VIII	Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem. A great number of people followed Jesus, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. (Luke 23:27-28)
Click for larger photo.	IX	Jesus falls for the third time. I am one who has seen affliction under the road of God's wrath; he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; against me alone he turns his hand, again and again, all day long. Though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer. (Lamentations 3:1-3,8)
Click for larger photo.	X	Jesus is stripped of his garments. The soldiers took his clothes and divided them into four parts, on efor each soldier. They also took his tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece form the top. So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see who will get it." (John 19:23-24)
Click for larger photo.	XI	Jesus is nailed to the cross. When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. (Luke23:33)
Click for larger photo.	XII	Jesus dies on the cross. After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), " I am thirsty." A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had recieved the wine, he said, "It is finished." Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (John 19:28-30)
Click for larger photo.	XIII	Jesus is taken down from the cross. Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow. (Lamentations 1:12)
Click for larger photo.	XIV	Jesus is laid in the tomb. Now there was a garden in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden there was a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid. And so, because it was the Jewish day of Preparation, and the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. (John 19:41-42)
Click for larger photo.		The Stations Of The Cross are dedicated to the memory of : Arthur C. Fones Winfred T. Fones James K. Latham Rex K. Lathem James M. Phillips Avery C. Rudd Maurice C. Wells Given by their parents and St. Vincent's Guild Of Acolytes · 1946 ·
Click for larger photo.		The Crosses Above The Stations Dedicated In Loving Memory To Raymond Robert Simpson, M.D. February 3, 1923 - June 12, 1982