Lent, including Holy Week, should be a time of renewal and growth in our spiritual lives.
Maybe we can find a new lesson in a tried-and-true Lenten devotion, one that holds great depth: the Stations of the Cross. Each Catholic church displays the 14 Stations of the Cross that depict Jesus’ journey to Calvary. Some stations are depicted in ornate paintings; others are plaques. Some are remarkable; others look faded. Yet they all serve as a reminder of the suffering Jesus endured out of love for us.
This year, they can teach us anew: We don’t have to bear our suffering alone.
I was reminded of this as I entered the old city church that I had frequented so many times on a Thursday afternoon: the Church of St. Mark, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
As I gazed around the church, I was struck by something different in these stations; I noticed not the artwork, not the art style, but the people. I realized that the “background” characters were painted as beautifully and detailed as Jesus.
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