Kathryn Lopez
So a @SrMaryK in Lincoln Nebraska who tweets had the idea that we start tweeting #StationsoftheCross on Fridays in Lent. (I met her when Catholic Voices USA went out there last year.)
She’d love to make it trend.
I don’t do campaigns, but I think it is a worthy idea. Share a little of parish life. I’d love to see a little momentum going this week in the hope that next week it could really become something with a little more effort.
This is all a long way of asking: If it’s remotely plausible for you to tweet an image of a station of the Cross today, from your parish church or a church you might pass in your travels today, would you consider it?
Alternatively: Post a link to stations online, noting where a service might be tonight, or a prayer from one of your favorite Stations prayers?
@SrMaryK proposes 4-6 Eastern time tonight. But post when you can, there are always retweets.
@kathrynlopez 1-3 California/ Western, 2-4 Mountain, 3-5 Central, 4-6 Eastern (unless someone doesn't do Daylight Savings — sorry Phoenix!)
— Sister Mary K (@SrMaryK) March 20, 2015
I don’t expect to trend this week, but get some moment going so people take pictures this weekend at church, at the very least for next Friday.
Thanks for considering!
Some examples:
#StationsoftheCross from #Wedding Church at #Cana #HolyLand @kathrynlopez pic.twitter.com/TrO6bA1Uxh
— Diana von Glahn (@DianavonGlahn) March 13, 2015
@kathrynlopez #StationsoftheCross. Jesus meets his mother. Love strengthens. Lent2015 pic.twitter.com/O1BaFpArFo
— Susan Timoney (@DrTimoney) March 13, 2015
#StationsoftheCross from our convent in Atchison, KS: It is TINY… pic.twitter.com/YBPVN9Z9yh
— Sister Mary K (@SrMaryK) March 13, 2015
12th Station. Jesus dies on the cross. Love bowed, but not defeated. Silence leads to devout worship. pic.twitter.com/bpCWp2gILz
— Fr Patrick Brennan (@Pathound) March 16, 2015
Looking to do the Stations of the Cross this Friday? Allow me to recommend this hallway from our building. pic.twitter.com/J74Xr5cfX3
— Matt Swaim (@mattswaim) March 11, 2015
RT @OCBishop Mosaic First #StationsoftheCross at Holy Family Cathedral in Orange: Jesus and Pontius Pilate. pic.twitter.com/wUzJZsohcc
— MJ Duran (@maryjduran) March 13, 2015
#stationsofthecross #stations @kathrynlopez This is the 6th Station from John XXIII Diocesan Center, Lincoln. pic.twitter.com/neS7UyBTNQ
— Sister Mary K (@SrMaryK) March 6, 2015
1st Stn. in Blackfriars Oxford shows a Thomistic understanding of Sin's de-humanizing effect #stationsofthecross https://t.co/6TvvQ5uLOy
— Fr Lawrence Lew OP (@LawrenceOP) March 18, 2015
Simon helps Jesus carry the cross. #StationsoftheCross St. Matthew's Cathedral #DC pic.twitter.com/WCwWJCJkZH
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 18, 2015
"Jesus is Nailed to the Cross" Oratory Church of St. Boniface, Brooklyn @kathrynlopez #stationsofthecross pic.twitter.com/gADGyAQ6mq
— Elizabeth Scalia (@TheAnchoress) March 16, 2015
I could and should write a blog or paper on how much this station means to me. #seventhstation #StationsoftheCross pic.twitter.com/KS3KjLZnC2
— Steven F (@RosaryKnight76) March 14, 2015
We adore You O Christ and we praise You. Because by your holy Cross You have redeemed the world! #StationsoftheCross pic.twitter.com/PqpWpjcT8j
— DC Archdiocese (@WashArchdiocese) March 13, 2015
I found the sixth station #stationsofthecross #stations at @stpatsnyc despite the construction pic.twitter.com/FRaZy1Pn4Z
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 6, 2015
.@kathrynlopez #StationsoftheCross from chapel at @OSV #OSVstations pic.twitter.com/QlPGyoe1Xx
— Gretchen Crowe (@GretchenOSV) March 13, 2015
#StationsoftheCross: 4th Station, Jesus meets His mother; Cathedral of Christ the King @cctklexky @kathrynlopez pic.twitter.com/S5oLJ58EuO
— Kellie Reilly (@Kel_Reilly) March 13, 2015
Fifth station: Simon helps Jesus to carry his cross. St. Elizabeth's school chapel, #NYC #StationsoftheCross pic.twitter.com/HBPZzqlKQa
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 13, 2015
Sixth station, St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Nassau, Bahamas #stationsofthecross #stations #firstfriday #Lent pic.twitter.com/zmuKhSRplC
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 6, 2015
Sixth station, Veronica wipes the #HolyFace of Jesus #stationsofthecross #stations St Anthony Church, Fort Lauderdale pic.twitter.com/i9Jfk4YVqC
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 6, 2015
6th station Veronica wipes the Holy Face of Jesus.St. John the Evangelist, Indianapolis #StationsoftheCross pic.twitter.com/xpZLm8DtKp
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
@kathrynlopez Laetare Sunday St. Joseph's Belmont,MA #StationsOfTheCross pic.twitter.com/iJvBHtvAKp
— Peter Flaherty (@PGFlaherty) March 15, 2015
Don’t forget the hashtag — #StationsoftheCross
More importantly, don’t forget to pray. Looking at so many different stations, I find myself reflecting on the faces — some are so expressive. You see the devotion in some the artist must have had. Walk with Christ, watch his face, be drawn into His life, so that yours may be His.
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