Holy Week observances , which this year begin on 9 April 2006 and end on 15 April 2006, originated in Jerusalem in the earliest days of the Church, when devout people traveled to Jerusalem at Passover to reenact the events of the week leading up to ehat we now know as the Resurrection. I'd like to invite you to be part of a grid blog during this year's Holy Week, using our blogs to reenact, relive, and participate in the steps of Jesus Christ through what our many traditions have called the Via Crucis - the Stations of the Cross.
If you are interested in joining this global effort, the first thing you 'd need to do is choose which station (s) you will be blogging on. Here's the schedule:
9 April: (1) Christ is condemned to death, (2)The cross is laid upon him
10 April: (3) His first fall, (4) He meets His Blessed Mother
11 April: (5) Simon of Cyrene is made to bear the cross, (6) Christ's face is wiped by Veronica
12 April: (7) His second fall, (8) He meets the women of Jerusalem
13 April: (9) His third fall, (10) He is stripped of His garments
14 April: (11) His crucifixion, (12) His death on the cross
15 April: (13) His body taken down from the cross, (14) His body is laid in the tomb
On the day you choose to blog, I'll ask folks who have chosen to blog on the stations (s) for that day to (a) include the Via Crucis Grid Blog tag (b) include a common image and (c) include links to stations before and after them. If you are interested, let us know by posting a comment below with the day (and station) you'll be blog on. Please make sure you include your email and blog url in your comment.
If it's not too late I'll blog on April 14 & 15
Posted by: andre | April 12, 2006 at 11:28 PM
I will have stations for the week up.
Posted by: Jessi | April 10, 2006 at 11:06 AM
I would love to do this as well. I will blog the entire week, God Willing!
Posted by: Karen | April 08, 2006 at 10:32 PM
I'll be blogging 13 & 14.
Posted by: Tom Webster | April 08, 2006 at 04:50 PM
i would like to take part as well...
Posted by: fernando | April 08, 2006 at 10:22 AM
I'll do #2 if you still need people.
Maureen
Posted by: MAUREEN | April 07, 2006 at 11:07 AM
I'm doing all the stations too.
Posted by: Shawn Anthony | April 07, 2006 at 08:54 AM
Oh ...and 2 as well.
Posted by: Mac | April 06, 2006 at 11:30 PM
I'll do 6, 10 and 11. Thanks Bob.
Posted by: Mac | April 06, 2006 at 11:19 PM
I'll do station 5, and more if I can.
Posted by: Preston | April 06, 2006 at 01:39 PM
Put me down for #5 & #7.
Posted by: Annie | April 06, 2006 at 09:31 AM
U2 Sermons will do station 4.
Posted by: Beth | April 06, 2006 at 08:46 AM
Sounds good I'm willing to blog on stations 9 and 10.
Posted by: Ron Ballew | April 06, 2006 at 03:32 AM
I'll do the whole week.
Posted by: Argent | April 05, 2006 at 04:56 PM
I will blog on stations 3 and 4.
God bless you!
Posted by: Jean M. Heimann | April 05, 2006 at 01:13 PM
I'll definitely join in for the experience. I'll shoot for #11-14. Thanks for putting this together. Blessings.
Posted by: Mike DeVries | April 04, 2006 at 05:17 PM
Bob - Thanks for organizing this - my sister and I will be blogging the whole week on my blog.
Posted by: anj | April 03, 2006 at 09:34 PM
I would like to blog the entire week. I am new to blogging so you may have to assist me with putting up the tags and image... not sure, perhaps I already know how to do it and just don't know it. And, to put your mind at ease, in spite of the levity of my blog, I will stay true to the Via Crucis tradition. I enjoy making people laugh but this will be such an awesome contrast. I am really looking forward to some serious reflection and journaling.
Posted by: Joseph Terrebonne | April 03, 2006 at 09:21 PM
I will blog on 3 and 4 and carry links the whole week. What a cool way to share Holy Week with the Body of Christ.
Posted by: Maggie | April 03, 2006 at 12:15 PM
I will do 4 and 5.
Posted by: Elena | April 03, 2006 at 11:50 AM
I will blog the week.
Posted by: Kat | April 02, 2006 at 10:01 PM
I'll do Station 8.
Posted by: Christy | April 02, 2006 at 08:07 PM
Please add me for #10.
Posted by: Mark W. | April 02, 2006 at 01:44 PM
I'll do 4.
Excuse my bloggy idiocy but is a tag the same thing as a link?
Posted by: Jennifer | April 02, 2006 at 08:29 AM
count me in for wed- friday of holy week.
Posted by: Jonathon Norman | April 02, 2006 at 06:56 AM