Throughout Lent, we prayed and meditated on the Stations of the Cross (the path of the Crucified). Did you know that the Easter season, we can ponder the Way of Light (the path of the Risen). This morning we talked about this in small groups. It is true that this popular devotion is little known. We consider the offer shortly to our paroisssiens. Christ is the center of life in the world. The paschal mystery is the center of Christ's life. It is structured in two phases of death-resurrection. Mediation popular first act is the way of the cross. After Vatican II, we rediscover the need for mediation popular second aspect: Via lucis. Today more than ever, the people must feel as theirs this route. Easter should not be just a festival calendar, but a lifestyle.
Via lucis is as symmetrical Way of the Cross: Fourteen stations, a related Biblical passage, which leaves the empty tomb, the first sign of Easter, Pentecost, its primordial core. And as the Way of the Cross has been carefully planned with the assistance of Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows with filsbien beloved, as along the Via lucis the mother of Jesus continues to stay with us, she's blessed with the resurrected son. Already the Church has for centuries made the antiphon "Regina Coeli Laetare alleluia" and since some time has written texts of the Eucharistic celebration in honor of Mary, blessed in the resurrection. " On the other hand, the venerable tradition of the Rosary of Mary provides the third part on the glorious mysteries. They are not themselves digest the Via lucis, which also includes the natural development leading from Easter Son to those children? The Virgin of Easter guide us along the fourteen stations of the Via lucis, which opens third millénaire.Et seeking to get daily hope.
To see and pray the 14 stations of the Way of Light "
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