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✙ 9th Station of the Cross: Christ falls for the third time

✙ 9th Station of the Cross: Christ falls for the third time

The ninth station visualises Christ’s third painful fall in the city street. The message of this station is that even when we feel that is impossible to go on, God is our refuge and our help.

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  • February 25, 2022March 17, 2022
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✙ 10th Station of the Cross: Christ is stripped of his clothes

✙ 10th Station of the Cross: Christ is stripped of his clothes

Christ went out through the city gate to the hill of Golgotha, which we know in English as ‘Calvary’. When he reached the summit, the soldiers stripped him of his clothes, leaving him naked and defenceless.

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  • February 25, 2022June 20, 2022
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✙ 11th Station of the Cross: Christ is nailed to the cross

✙ 11th Station of the Cross: Christ is nailed to the cross

The 11th station pictures the crucifixion. At Golgotha, with arms and feet outstretched, Christ was brutally nailed to the cross by the Roman soldiers.

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  • February 25, 2022March 17, 2022
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✙ 13th Station of the Cross: Christ is removed from the cross

✙ 13th Station of the Cross: Christ is removed from the cross

The 13th station is known as the Deposition of Christ. It pictures the body of Jesus being taken down from the cross. Pontius Pilate permitted St Joseph of Arimathaea to remove Christ’s body from the cross.

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  • February 25, 2022March 17, 2022
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  • Ludwig Oppenheimer
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✙ 14th Station of the Cross: Christ is buried

✙ 14th Station of the Cross: Christ is buried

The 14th station pictures the burial of Christ in the garden tomb of St Joseph of Arimathaea. The faithful few wrapped his body in a linen shroud and sealed him in the tomb.

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  • February 25, 2022March 17, 2022
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+ Fifth Glorious Mystery: The Coronation of the Virgin

+ Fifth Glorious Mystery: The Coronation of the Virgin

The Fifth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Coronation of the Virgin Mary. It's a meditation on Mary being crowned the Queen of heaven and earth.

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  • December 28, 2021December 28, 2021
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  • Rosary
  • Sanctuary
+ Fourth Glorious Mystery: The Assumption

+ Fourth Glorious Mystery: The Assumption

The Fourth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It's a meditation on Mary's bodily entrance into heaven at the close of her life.

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  • December 28, 2021December 28, 2021
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+ Third Glorious Mystery: The Descent of the Holy Spirit

+ Third Glorious Mystery: The Descent of the Holy Spirit

The Third Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Descent of the Holy Spirit. It's a meditation on when Christ sent the Holy Spirit upon the apostles and his mother, following his Ascension.

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  • December 28, 2021December 28, 2021
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+ Second Glorious Mystery: The Ascension

+ Second Glorious Mystery: The Ascension

The Second Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Ascension of Christ. It's a meditation on Christ's return to heaven, forty days after his Resurrection.

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  • December 28, 2021December 28, 2021
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+ First Glorious Mystery: The Resurrection

+ First Glorious Mystery: The Resurrection

The First Glorious Mystery of the Rosary is the Resurrection of Christ. It's a meditation on Christ's miraculous return to life and the discovery of his empty tomb.

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  • December 28, 2021December 28, 2021
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The Resurrection of Christ / Location: Our Most Holy Redeemer & St Thomas More, Chelsea /
Christ appears to St Peter / Location: St Peter's, Bloxwich /
The Crucifixion / Artist: Raymond Forbes Kings / Location: St Mary’s, Aldridge
The Presentation of Christ / Happy Candlemas! / Artist: Sir Ninian Comper / Location: Downside Abbey, Somerset
The Call of St Peter / Artist: Unknown / Location: St Peter's, Bloxwich /
The Adoration of the Magi / Artist: A.W.N. Pugin / Location: Erdington Abbey, Erdington /
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