{"id":4212,"date":"2010-03-22T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/marys-way-of-the-cross.html"},"modified":"2010-03-22T21:00:26","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T21:00:26","slug":"marys-way-of-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/03\/marys-way-of-the-cross.html","title":{"rendered":"Mary’s Way of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last few years, my parish has offered a unique interpretation of the Stations of the Cross during Lent: “Mary’s Way of the Cross,”<\/a> by Fr. Richard Furey, CSsR. It’s a dramatic, poignant, heart-wrenching retelling of the Passion, through the eyes of Christ’s mother.  We  do it with up to 20 altar servers, music and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.  I never cease to be amazed at the turnout for this devotion — hundreds show up week after week.   <\/p>\n

It’s also a ministry that my wife and I are able to do together; I lead the stations, and she narrates Mary’s meditations. <\/p>\n

Curious? “Currents” did a short piece on this last week.  Take a look below. <\/p>\n

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