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I was invited by Joe Dias of Cross for the Lenten walk .. today excerpts of his invitation below
The CROSS
The Indian Christian Church (Clergy & Laity) Initiative
Sub: Request to Announce & Cover Good Friday, 22nd April, 2011, 10.30am to 2.30 pm.
Place: Sacred Heart Church, Khar (W), Mumbai 10.30 am onwards
24th Annual Lenten Walking Pilgrimage
Thousands to Walk in Prayer & Protest Good Friday, also called Holy Friday or Great Friday, is the Friday preceding Easter Sunday. It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ at Calvary.
I have been walking this path with the Christians since many years but for last two years I walked bare feet and this year too..I did it to show my solidarity with their pain and their spirituality.
And it is the Catholic kids who encourage me this is dedicated to those young souls without their love affection and they consider me one of their own my barefeet walk would not have been possible shooting pictures too, they allowed me to rest and sit on the main van where the 14 Stations were held in different surroundings....a 7 km walk.. people walked barefeet like me including a Sikh boy Manjit and many others reciting rosary.
About Good Friday from the net
Traditions on Good Friday -- also known as Holy Friday and Black Friday -- include prayer, fasting and alms giving. Here are 10 quotes to help commemorate Good Friday:
"See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted."
- Isaiah 52:13
"Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.
In you, O LORD, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.
In your justice rescue me.
Into your hands I commend my spirit;
you will redeem me, O LORD, O faithful God."
- Luke 23:46
"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."
- I Peter, 11:24
"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.'"
- John 11:25-26
This is my new set at Flickr.com carefully documented and the pain captured as poetry and pictures...As I wont cross blog this please see the entire lot at Flickr.com
24th Annual Lenten Walking Pilgrimage. Thousands to Walk in Prayer & Protest.
Thousands at India’s Only Good Friday Walking Pilgrimage – A Musical Enactment
Hope, Solidarity & Succour to Persecuted Christians in Karnataka, Orissa, MP...
Thousands of pilgrims trudged along over kilometers, as part of the 24th annual Lenten walking pilgrimage, while the Stations of the Cross, a religious devotion, was enacted on the streets of Mumbai. The Stations or Way of the Cross commemorates, the first and final walk that Jesus undertook, over 2000 years ago, with various biblical scenes enacted. The mammoth serpentine procession of devotees, wended its way through over 5 hours of grueling - fasting, praying, bare-footed and inflicting pain on one's self - in the only one of its kind in India . The Christian Revival Oriented Social Service (CROSS), which has been organizing the ritual for over two decades, this year decided to have as its theme - Persecution through Anti-Christian Attacks. This is in view of the mounting and continued persecution of Christians, by communal elements, unchecked by the various state governments. These attacks are more pronounced in states like MP, Orissa, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra , etc.
The pilgrims trek started from Sacred Heart Church in Santacruz west, in the morning, where Father Vernon Aguiar initiated the gathering, with prayers and a blessing for the arduous road ahead. The betrayal of Jesus by his disciple Judas was acted out, after the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane scene, where Jesus bleeds blood and agrees to do God's will. The likes of such a penance which normally happens in the Philippines or Latin America , came alive as Passion Play of Christ was dramatized on the streets of Santacruz, Vakola, Kalina and Kurla.
The annual Stations of the Cross, offers succour and hope to helpless victims to bear their crosses and know that others stand with them, in spirit and faith, awaiting a resurrected tomorrow. Speaking on the occasion, Joseph Dias, founder of The CROSS, who started the religious service over decades ago, said - "It gives us an opportunity to take the selfish focus off ourselves and pray for others, including our own unfortunate fellows, in situations of basic human rights violations, let aside abuse of our fundamental rights, guaranteed by the Constitution. At every edition, we pray for certain life situations that victimized Christians go through and express solidarity with them. This year, our prayers and suffering go out not just the victims of persecution but also their families with women and children, who are worse affected by the brunt and like Jesus are bearing their crosses. Thousands facing conviction, under various Anti-Conversion Acts and other such legislation; hundreds are languishing in jails on trumped up false charges; homes, property and businesses destroyed - with no end in sight, rather the atrocities are increasing and new communal flashpoints erupting, every other day. These are facts, we have documented", The CROSS founder-president concluded.
The dramatic sequences described along with 15 songs, accompanied with hi - fi sound, besides special effects brought the faith alive. The climax with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, near St. Charles Convent, in a little way enabled the pilgrims to conceptualise the suffering and death of Jesus. The objective of the Stations of the Cross enacted in such a manner is also to familiarize non-Christians, who mistake the day to be a feast, rather than one of mourning for Christians. It also offers thousands of Christians, who partake in the procession, an opportunity to deny one's self of daily comforts and do penance on an auspicious day.
Thanking you, with regards,
Yours cordially,
Fatima Corriea 09769555657
Media Assistant, The CROSS
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he blessed ordained
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24th Annual Lenten Walking Pilgrimage. Thousands to Walk in Prayer & Protest.
Thousands at India’s Only Good Friday Walking Pilgrimage – A Musical Enactment
Hope, Solidarity & Succour to Persecuted Christians in Karnataka, Orissa, MP...
Thousands of pilgrims trudged along over kilometers, as part of the 24th annual Lenten walking pilgrimage, while the Stations of the Cross, a religious devotion, was enacted on the streets of Mumbai. The Stations or Way of the Cross commemorates, the first and final walk that Jesus undertook, over 2000 years ago, with various biblical scenes enacted. The mammoth serpentine procession of devotees, wended its way through over 5 hours of grueling - fasting, praying, bare-footed and inflicting pain on one's self - in the only one of its kind in India . The Christian Revival Oriented Social Service (CROSS), which has been organizing the ritual for over two decades, this year decided to have as its theme - Persecution through Anti-Christian Attacks. This is in view of the mounting and continued persecution of Christians, by communal elements, unchecked by the various state governments. These attacks are more pronounced in states like MP, Orissa, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra , etc.
The pilgrims trek started from Sacred Heart Church in Santacruz west, in the morning, where Father Vernon Aguiar initiated the gathering, with prayers and a blessing for the arduous road ahead. The betrayal of Jesus by his disciple Judas was acted out, after the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane scene, where Jesus bleeds blood and agrees to do God's will. The likes of such a penance which normally happens in the Philippines or Latin America , came alive as Passion Play of Christ was dramatized on the streets of Santacruz, Vakola, Kalina and Kurla.
The annual Stations of the Cross, offers succour and hope to helpless victims to bear their crosses and know that others stand with them, in spirit and faith, awaiting a resurrected tomorrow. Speaking on the occasion, Joseph Dias, founder of The CROSS, who started the religious service over decades ago, said - "It gives us an opportunity to take the selfish focus off ourselves and pray for others, including our own unfortunate fellows, in situations of basic human rights violations, let aside abuse of our fundamental rights, guaranteed by the Constitution. At every edition, we pray for certain life situations that victimized Christians go through and express solidarity with them. This year, our prayers and suffering go out not just the victims of persecution but also their families with women and children, who are worse affected by the brunt and like Jesus are bearing their crosses. Thousands facing conviction, under various Anti-Conversion Acts and other such legislation; hundreds are languishing in jails on trumped up false charges; homes, property and businesses destroyed - with no end in sight, rather the atrocities are increasing and new communal flashpoints erupting, every other day. These are facts, we have documented", The CROSS founder-president concluded.
The dramatic sequences described along with 15 songs, accompanied with hi - fi sound, besides special effects brought the faith alive. The climax with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus, near St. Charles Convent, in a little way enabled the pilgrims to conceptualise the suffering and death of Jesus. The objective of the Stations of the Cross enacted in such a manner is also to familiarize non-Christians, who mistake the day to be a feast, rather than one of mourning for Christians. It also offers thousands of Christians, who partake in the procession, an opportunity to deny one's self of daily comforts and do penance on an auspicious day.
Thanking you, with regards,
Yours cordially,
Fatima Corriea 09769555657
Media Assistant, The CROSS
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Ephesians 2:6 -- 6 6 and has raised us up together and has made us sit together in the heavenly places, through Christ Jesus.
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Romans 8:18 -- 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come that shall be revealed in us.
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