We're journeying with Jesus down the Way of Sorrows, using the Scriptural Stations of the Cross as our guide.

Jesus has been arrested, beaten, mocked, and sentenced to death in less than a day. Now, at nine in the morning (no more than twelve hours since his prayer in Gethsemane), he meets his fate on Skull Hill.

Would it be a bigger miracle for Jesus to escape from the cross like a superhero or stay on it? Are there some things we just don't need to pray about? What do Internet algorithms and horror movies have to do with sin? And will it ever stop raining on me?! These are the questions we ponder as we visit Station X and witness Jesus get crucified.

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???? Bible Reading:

Mark 15:23-32

They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it.

Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They divided his clothes and threw dice to decide who would get each piece. It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. A sign announced the charge against him. It read, “The King of the Jews.” Two revolutionaries were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left.

The people passing by shouted abuse, shaking their heads in mockery. “Ha! Look at you now!” they yelled at him. “You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, save yourself and come down from the cross!”

The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! Let this Messiah, this King of Israel, come down from the cross so we can see it and believe him!” Even the men who were crucified with Jesus ridiculed him.

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➡️ Continue to Station XI: Jesus Promises His Kingdom to the Repentant Thief:

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➡️ First time on the journey? Start with this introduction:

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ℹ️ Below are the fourteen stations of the Scriptural Stations of the Cross. I have included the corresponding passage of Scripture for each one.

1. Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14: 32-42)

2. Jesus is betrayed by Judas and arrested (John 18:1-13; Luke 22:47-53)

3. Jesus is condemned by the Sanhedrin (Mark 14:53–65)

4. Jesus is denied by Peter (Matthew 26:69-75)

5. Jesus is judged by Pilate (John 18:28-19:16)

6. Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns (Mark 15:15-20)

7. Jesus takes up his cross (John 19:16-17)

8. Jesus is helped by Simon of Cyrene to carry his cross (Matthew 27:32, Mark 15:21, Luke 23:26)

9. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem (Luke 23:27-31)

10. Jesus is crucified (Mark 15:23-32)

11. Jesus promises his kingdom to the repentant thief (Luke 23:39-43)

12. Jesus entrusts Mary and John to each other (John 19:25-27)

13. Jesus dies on the cross (Mark 15:33-39)

14. Jesus is placed in the tomb (Matthew 27:57-61)