Anybody else remember this old "Way of the Cross" book?

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A “social justice” Way of the Cross, from 1967. All the reflections are about helping the poor, immigrants, alcoholics/ addicts, people of color, etc. My mother had this book because our parish decided to use it for a few years. I don’t think Mom was a big fan of the book because she was a traditionalist. At some point during my childhood I read the book (I read everything I found laying around the house) but I didn’t really understand it. As an adult, I felt nostalgic for it so I ordered one off Amazon.

I did the stations with it today, and while the pictures are obviously from another era based on the clothing, etc, it’s interesting how relatable the material still is today, despite the book being over 50 years old.

Does anybody else remember this booklet from the late 60s or early 70s? Pretty sure our parish wasn’t the only one in USA that used it.
 
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That’s interesting. Our social justice group made one up themselves one year, but no one liked it, as the reflections seemed haphazard, didn’t really match the stations. Maybe this one is better thought out?
 
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It’s well thought out, but super politicized (some would say “super liberal”).

Here’s a sample station. The beginning “Forgive us for crucifying you a second time…” prayer is Pope John XXIII’s prayer of apology to the Jewish people after the Holocaust.

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I just saw Abebooks is selling a copy of this for 40 dollars which is ridiculous. I think I paid under 10 dollars including shipping for my copy, and the one on Amazon which I imagine is beat up from use is going for under a dollar.
 
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Having done a little more research, I unfortunately found that the Claretian priest who wrote this (who also wrote a number of other things regarding social justice and post-Vatican II Mass/ prayer, and comes in for a lot of criticism for them on some traditionalist websites) later ended up on the “Credibly Accused” list. Sigh. Sometimes it seems like almost every cleric of that era who wrote a book ended up either quitting the priesthood or listed on bishop-accountability website.

I’ll continue to pray the Stations book though.
 
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Sadly, what he said (wrote) will likely be judged by something which has no direct connection to what he did.

That is by no means to excuse what he may have done; but there are a fair number of people who don’t seem to hear Christ’s statement “whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, you do unto me”.

While I have been around long enough to have met up with any number of social justice warriors, many of those who strongly promote the social Gospel are not solely focused on it, but also have a strong prayer life.
 
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