Posts Tagged With: Via Dolorosa

Today’s find: Cacophony

Posted on April 18, 2025 by John Schroeder

There’s nothing sacred about a crucifixion.

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Today’s find: Via Dolorosa

Posted on April 13, 2019 by John Schroeder

Luke includes an intriguing footnote to his version of the Passion story: “All his acquaintances stood at distance,” the evangelist says (Luke 23:49). And no doubt, this is part of the reason I’ve always tended to think of Jesus’ final journey as a LONELY one.

What a shock, then, to experience early last month the hustle-and-bustle of praying the Stations along the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem.

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