"On a Pilgrimage" - 2014 Online Lenten Retreat
This is Post #3 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditatio...n a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 2:
JESUS TAKES UP HIS CROSS - BURDEN
Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgatha. ~ John 19:16-17
Jesus asks: “Can you pick up your cross and follow me?”
Following Christ seems easy in the abstract. It’s much harder when we are carrying our own cross to our own crucifixion, walking through suffering knowing that more lies ahead. Is this what Jesus asks of me?
Read the story of the West Virginia chemical spill. http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/dont-drink-the-water-west-virginia-after-the-chemical-spill-20140312
How are the people of West Virginia continuing to carry their crosses months after their water was contaminated?
What crosses are you carrying?See More
This is Post #3 of 16. To participate in the retreat, read the meditations & questions provided. Then follow the link to the attached article. Participate at your own pace. Read one meditatio...n a day or set aside a block of time to go through all the stations at once. Your discussion in the comments section below is welcome!
STATION 2:
JESUS TAKES UP HIS CROSS - BURDEN
Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgatha. ~ John 19:16-17
Jesus asks: “Can you pick up your cross and follow me?”
Following Christ seems easy in the abstract. It’s much harder when we are carrying our own cross to our own crucifixion, walking through suffering knowing that more lies ahead. Is this what Jesus asks of me?
Read the story of the West Virginia chemical spill. http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/dont-drink-the-water-west-virginia-after-the-chemical-spill-20140312
How are the people of West Virginia continuing to carry their crosses months after their water was contaminated?
What crosses are you carrying?See More
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