I’m not sure Cardinal Ratzinger would have ever envisioned this happening … how I spent some of my #StationsoftheCross time on Twitter Friday:
First station. Jesus is condemned to death. #StationsoftheCross @marysshrine pic.twitter.com/O8ylsI5j9H
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
Lord,help us 2 acknowledge your face in the lowly&the outcast #StationsoftheCross @marysshrine pic.twitter.com/hVZfMVbmBk
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
3rd station.His voluntary abasement that lifts us up from depths of pride. #stationsofthecross @marysshrine pic.twitter.com/j0hpZwrcLp
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
She stayed there w/ a mother's courage, a mother's fidelity, a mother's goodness & faith #stationsofthecross pic.twitter.com/FQ76M1dwKH
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
Fifth station. It is a grace to be able to share the cross of others #stationsofthecross @marysshrine pic.twitter.com/3L00Chtgfh
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
#Veronica Her act of love impressed the true image of Jesus on her heart. #StationsoftheCross @marysshrine pic.twitter.com/YNaOJmJPH1
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
7th. The Lord bears this burden&falls,over&over again, in order 2 meet us. #StationsoftheCross @marysshrine pic.twitter.com/sYK2r4xICM
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
8. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem who weep. Lord, convert us & give us new life. #Stationsofthecross pic.twitter.com/eqwG8zIFFq
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
9 Jesus falls 3rd time.Think of how much Christ suffers in His own Church. #StationsoftheCross @marysshrine pic.twitter.com/uOB1lh4qso
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
10th station. We have all lost the "1st garment," that is, God's splendor. #StationsoftheCross @marysshrine pic.twitter.com/k471EBkyOx
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
Look upon Him @ times of trial&tribulation & realize it is then that we are closest2God #StationsoftheCross pic.twitter.com/pVa4Ttka3F
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
12. Jesus dies … #StationsoftheCross @marysshrine pic.twitter.com/4AqRNEgLqp
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
…Lord, help us to believe in you & follow you in our hour of darkness& need. #StationsoftheCross pic.twitter.com/mYJYyEUws2
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
13th station. The hidden God continues to be the God of life, ever near. #StationsoftheCross pic.twitter.com/Oo74z5BLlh
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
14 Help us to become your fragrance, &2make known in the mysterious traces of your life #StationsoftheCross pic.twitter.com/qRUcDTuLBb
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
O crux, ave spes unica! #StationsoftheCross @ShrineBoston pic.twitter.com/TZ2oi31rSM
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
previous #Stationsofthecross reflections came from Card Ratzinger's Good Friday 2005 meditations @ Colosseum pic.twitter.com/vXfNcq5GTX
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015
That last photo is from the Blessed Sacrament chapel at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, where @ArchbishopKurtz lives
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) March 20, 2015