Originally published at Southern Cross
SAN DIEGO — The Stations of the Cross, also known as the Way of the Cross, is a popular Lenten devotion.
It involves prayerfully reflecting on a series of 14 consecutive events associated with the passion and death of Jesus. The series begins with Jesus being condemned to death by Pontius Pilate and concludes with his body being laid in the tomb.
Throughout the Lenten season, local Catholics will have numerous opportunities to experience this devotion.
Most parishes hold Stations of the Cross services every Friday evening during Lent as well as sometime during the afternoon on Good Friday, April 18.
Also on Good Friday, two outdoor Stations of the Cross will be held in downtown San Diego.
The annual Good Friday Walk with the Suffering will take place from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Beginning and ending at the San Diego Rescue Mission (120 Elm St.), where free parking is available, there will be a procession of more than two miles along the sidewalks of downtown San Diego.
First held in 1991, the Walk with the Suffering became an annual event in 1993. Since then, there has only been one year – 2020, because of the COVID pandemic – that it wasn’t
