Down the Via Dolorosa
In Jerusalem that day,
The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street.
But the crowd pressed in to see
The Man condemned to die on Calvary.
He was bleeding from a beating.
There were stripes upon His back,
And He wore a crown of thorns upon His head,
And He bore with every step
The scorn of those who cried out for His death.
Down the Via Dolorosa called the “Way of Suffering.”
Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King.
But He chose to walk that road
Out of his love for you and me.
Down the Via Dolorosa all the way to Calvary.
Por la Via Dolorosa
Triste dia en Jerusalem
Los soldados le abrian paso a Jesus
Mas la gente se acercaba
Para ver al que llevaba aquella cruz.
Por la Via Dolorosa que es la via del dolor
Como oveja vino Christo, Rey Senor.
Y fue El quien quiso ir por su amor por ti y por mi
Por la Via Dolorosa al Calvario y a morir.
The blood that would cleanse
The souls of all men
Made its way to the heart
Of Jerusalem
Down the Via Dolorosa called the “Way of Suffering.”
Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King.
But he chose to walk that road
Out of his love for you and me.
Down the Via Dolorosa all the way to Calvary.
Por la Via Dolorosa al Calvario y a morir.
“Via Dolorosa” Performed by: Sandi Patty
Written by: Billy Sprague and Niles Borop – ©1983
Written by: Billy Sprague and Niles Borop – ©1983
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Down the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem that day
The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street
But the crowd pressed in to see
A Man condemned to die on Calvary
He was bleeding from a beating, there were stripes upon His back
And He wore a crown of thorns upon His head
And He bore with every step
The scorn of those who cried out for His death
Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering
Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King,
But He chose to walk that road out of
His love for you and me.
Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary.
Por la Via Dolorosa, triste dia en Jerusalem
Los saldados le abrian paso a Jesus
Mas la gente se acercaba
Para ver al que llevaba aquella cruz
Por la Via Dolorosa, que es la via del dolor
Como oveja vino Cristo, Rey, Senor
Y fue El quien quiso ir por su amor por ti y por mi
Por la Via Dolorosa al Calvario y a morir
The blood that would cleanse the souls of all men
Made its way through the heart of Jerusalem.
Down the Via Dolorosa called the way of suffering
Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King
But He chose to walk that road out of His love for you and me
Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary.
Via Dolorosa is about the Pasion of Christ.
So from the very beginning of church, Christians gathered not only to remember the story of Jesus’ death but to understand that death in the light of his resurrection and against the backdrop of God’s word, the Old Testament which was the early church’s Bible. In retelling the story of Jesus’ death from the vantage point of resurrection faith, the early Christians hoped to understand not only more about Jesus but about the meaning of their own encounter with suffering and death. The original passion story that would later influence Mark’s own passion narrative probably first took shape in a setting of worship, not unlike the Holy Week Triduum when Christians gather each year to celebrate in prayer Jesus’ last supper with his disciples, his passion and death and his triumphant resurrection. So, too, the earliest Christian communities would come together in a spirit of prayer and reflection, to recall the key events of those fateful days in Jerusalem but also to pray the psalms and meditate on the prophets and the great texts of their scriptures that gave meaning to those events. Over time, this blend of historical recital and accompanying prayers and biblical readings would blend together so that now they are inseparable in the passion accounts that have come down to us in the gospels.
When he took up the task of composing his gospel, the evangelist Mark must have had access to such a passion story, perhaps one handed down by memory and cherished in the worship of his own Christian community. As Mark told his story of Jesus’ life, that passion story would form its endpoint and climax, a pattern that would be followed by each of the other gospels.
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The spirit in which the passion stories were written
Our goal, therefore, is to read the passion stories in the spirit in which they were written, intent not so much on retrieving the history that stands behind these texts but rather to absorb the faith understanding of Jesus’ death that suffuses them. Lost in the familiarity of these stories that most of us have heard all our lives, may be the fact that each evangelist tells the account of Jesus’ suffering and death in a distinct way. Because each evangelist wrote for a different Christian community and because each of them was gifted with a unique style of narration and a particular point of view, the four accounts are diverse. Like four great artists, each evangelist produced a masterful portrait of the crucified Jesus. This is true of their gospel stories as a whole and remains true for the way they present the passion of Jesus. We will savor each of their accounts in turn.
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The meaning of the suffering and death of Jesus
Studies and books had taken a more literary and theological approach to the gospel texts.
We read that these passion stories not so much for what they can tell us about the precise historical circumstances of Jesus’ passion but what the meaning of the suffering and death of Jesus might be in the light of Christian faith. The section on the history and archaeology of the passion obviously moves in a more historical fashion, while the segment on devotion to the passion gives some leads on the way different periods of Christianity have reflected on the death of Jesus.
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Here at St. Aloysius, JC, my parish we have an outdoor stations of the cross..kanina it was freezingly cold..but even in that wintry weather (although today Spring starts) the school children braved the weather dressed as Jesus, Pontius Pilates, in whatever role they played in the story..about a 1000 joined..The stations for me has a more meaningful impact..last Nov. I too, had walked in Via Dolorosa..and experienced and touched the marked place where each station took place. We stayed in Ecce Homo Convent..the site of the First Station..when Jesus was condemned to death..As I looked at the pictures and read the reflections I could feel it in my bones..iba ang dating ng stations sa akin ngayon and the scriptures..and I thank God for this blessing and giving the opportunity to see the places where He lived and died..
It pays to be “putot” experience for me..After mass in Mt. Olives, I wanted to bring home a twig of the Olive tree from the one that Jesus prayed in Gethsamane..But being only 4’11 (in other words “putot” I could not reach a branch. And of course there was a sign that said..Do Not Touch..paikot ikot ako trying hard to reach..and a young gardener was watching me kung ano ang gagawin ko. I smiled at him and asked “please, please could you get me a twig? I want to bring one home.” and he did. certainly it “pays” to be “putot” and a senior..
The Via Dolorosa Path of Sorrow or Way of the Cross is the route tradition Jesus followed, from his condemnation by the Romans to the spot where he was buried after the crucifixion. The path begins near Lions Gate St. Stephen’s Gate, and ends within the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, in the heart of the Christian Quarter. This route is marked by the 14 Stations of the Cross.
As they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
Via Dolorosa Starting Point SignThe name of “Via Dolorosa” or “Via Crucis” is relatively recent; it dates from the sixteenth century, when a name was sought for the stretch of road, between the fortress Antonia and Golgotha, along which Christ walked bowed under the weight of the Cross. The present route, however, is somewhat different from the one Jesus walked. Of the fortress Antonia, for example, where Christ was judged before Pilate and where Herod the Great had his residence, only a few scraps of paving remain. This building, which stood near the Northwest corner of the Temple, was the starting-point for Jesus’ painful walk toward Golgotha (Calvary), which at that time was outside the walls of the city. Every Friday afternoon the Franciscans lead a pious procession winding through the streets that witnessed Christ’s suffering.
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