Stations of the cross , scripture

[Glimpse_Ahead]

Is there recommended scripture verses to go along with the stations of the cross , as material to contemplate & dwell longer at each station?

I figure there has to be , I just need to know where to look .

 

[chewchoo]

Is there recommended scripture verses to go along with the stations of the cross , as material to contemplate & dwell longer at each station?

I figure there has to be , I just need to know where to look .

this is the one we have been using for years. i love it.
this web store also has a variety of others you can try as well.

 

[Glimpse_Ahead]

thanks for the info , it sounds like a common thing then , looks like they sell in packs of 50 or 100 , I guess churches buy them to have so people can grab them … is there anywhere on the web that would have something like this , I can then look up the verses in my own bible

 

[chewchoo]

do a google on “stations of the cross”
all sorts of options come up.

 

[tobinatorstark]

I am sure the would have the Stations of the Cross in their Gospels. Well after doing a google on it. They are explained in Luke and John

 

[passus]

Actually, all fourteen stations of the Via Crucis are not found in the Bible. Only about eight of them have a clear Scriptural foundation in the Gospels. Because of this, Pope John Paul the Great introduced the “Scriptural Way of the Cross” on Good Friday in 1991. They are different from the traditional stations but they will certainly allow you to reflect more upon our Lord’s Passion as Scripture witnesses to it.

usccb.org/nab/stations.htm

 

[Glimpse_Ahead]

thanks guys
Passus , I just checked that link and you’re right , it is different , even the names of each station are different , thanks for hooking me up with that resource , I’ll have to check it out more thoroughly .
How I came up with the prayers that I have here was off of this website catholic.org/prayers/station.php?id=1 when I was searching for Catholic prayers , I guess this is more of a prayer type thing . It seems to connect to us individuals more , like the body of the prayers seem to relate our lives to that which Christ endured and asks for the type of strength he showed .
And so I liked these prayers and was wanting to see if there had ever been compiled by someone of the Catholic faith an accompanying list of places in scripture that reinforce that it is good to obtain these type of qualities , that they are God-like or what God would want from us / for us.
Not to necessarily see when & where each occurrence in the passion took place in the bible , but if anyone , anywhere has ever put together a list of verses from the New and Old testaments that sort of go along with the spirit of what the prayers are saying.
for example – Station 1 talks about the virtue of meekness and accepting criticism ( even if unfair ) , what would be 5 or 6 verses in scripture/God’s Word - other than where Jesus is condemned to death where these positive virtues might also be seen ?
see what I’m getting at … Station 2 talks about not trying to escape responsibility or hardship , to be self-less , what would be 5 or 6 verses in scripture/God’s Word - other than where Jesus is carrying the cross where these positive virtues might be highlighted ?
Does anyone know if the Catholic Church hasever put out anything that resembles what I’m talking about ? , to your knowlege ?

 

[benedictgal]

Actually, all fourteen stations of the Via Crucis are not found in the Bible. Only about eight of them have a clear Scriptural foundation in the Gospels. Because of this, Pope John Paul the Great introduced the “Scriptural Way of the Cross” on Good Friday in 1991. They are different from the traditional stations but they will certainly allow you to reflect more upon our Lord’s Passion as Scripture witnesses to it.

usccb.org/nab/stations.htm

We tried them last Lent and,frankly, they just didn’t work out. The reflections, which were not the same as those offered during the stations that Pope John Paul II led were awful. I am going to try to talk my pastor into using the ones that the former Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger wrote, instead.

Actually, just because it isn’t recorded in the scriptures that Jesus and Mary met along the Via Dolorosa, that is not to say that it didn’t happen. In my old parish in Austin, we used the passage from St. Luke’s Gospel account where Simeon foretells to Mary that a sword would pierce her heart.

 

[passus]

We tried them last Lent and,frankly, they just didn’t work out. The reflections, which were not the same as those offered during the stations that Pope John Paul II led were awful. I am going to try to talk my pastor into using the ones that the former Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger wrote, instead.

I don’t think it possible that any kind of reflection on the Passion and death of our Lord could be “awful.”

 

[benedictgal]

I don’t think it possible that any kind of reflection on the Passion and death of our Lord could be “awful.”

These particular ones were. They were not the ones from the Vatican. These were someone else’s. The only thing they had in common was that the names of the stations came from the ones that John Paul devised.

They were also heavily laced with inclusive language and had zero references to God the Father in the prayers. One of our priests noted that once was enough.