Way of the Cross at the Colosseum
Pope Francis will preside over the Way of the Cross this evening, at Colosseum.
The author of the meditations this year is HE Renato Corti, Bishop emeritus of Novara, who emphasizes in the introductory note that the Via Crucis 2015 will make continual reference "to the gift of being safeguarded by God's love, especially by Jesus Crucified, and to the task of being, in our turn, guardians through love of the whole of Creation, of each person, especially of the poorest, of ourselves and our families, so as to make the star of hope shine".
"We wish to participate in this Via Crucis in profound communion with Jesus", the Bishop writes. While remaining "attentive to what is written in the Gospels", the meditations will discreetly include "some of the sentiments and thoughts which may have dwelt in Jesus' mind and heart in those trying hours. At the same time we will allow ourselves to be challenged by some of the realities of life which - for better or worse - characterize our days". Thus we will express "our will to emulate a few of the steps of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ".
To read the complete meditations see: www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2015/documents/ns_lit_doc_20150403_via-crucis-meditazioni_en.html