Stations of the Cross

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Stations of the Cross

• Illustrated by Grade 5

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Station 1Jesus is Condemned to Death

• Jesus is standing before Pontius Pilate.
  He is going to let Jesus get killed so everyone
  will like him, but deep down inside he knows
  Jesus is a good man.

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Station 2Jesus Takes His Cross

• Look at the cross. That is what Jesus had to
  carry for us. He wanted to do this for us. He
  didn't fight the men who put it on Him. He
  carried it because God wanted Him to.

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3 Jesus Falls The First Time

• The cross that Jesus is carrying is very
  heavy. It is crushing His shoulder. Jesus tries
  to move fast but He stumbles and falls.

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Station 4 Jesus meets his mother

• Jesus is walking slowly carrying the
  cross.He sees a person in the distance. It is
  his mother Mary. She looks very sad that Jesus is
  going through this.

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Station 5 Simon Helps Jesus Carry His
Cross

• Simon tries to carry the cross for Jesus. Simon
  was a strong guy, but the cross was very heavy
  for Simon. Jesus would never ask us to do
  something we cant do. That is what Simon is
  symbolizing.

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6 Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

• Jesus is hot, tired, and sweating from
  walking a long time.
• All of a sudden, a brave, young woman pushes
  herself through the crowd and kneels before
  Jesus. She takes a clean, white cloth and softly
  wipes Jesus face. Jesus is so thankful, that he
  leaves an imprint of his face on her cloth.

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7Jesus Falls the Second Time

• It is very hard to walk with a heavy cross
  on your back. Then Jesus trips and stumbles over
  a rock and the rocks cut into his feet.

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Station 8 Jesus Meets the Weeping Women

• Jesus is walking down the road to
  Calvary. A few women stop, and they are crying.
  Jesus tells them not to cry for Him but to cry
  for their children. Jesus is never thinking about
  Himself, but always for others. The women leave
  and Jesus walks on.
• Kylie

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Station9 Jesus Falls the Third Time

• Jesus is really tired, because He hadnt
  eaten anything in awhile. He is trying to walk
  fast, but he falls. Jesus asks God to help him
  finish.

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10 Jesus is Striped
Jesus is finally to the hill where he is to
die. The soldiers know Jesus is in pain, but they
go and pull all His clothes off but a little to
cover his waist .
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11 Jesus is Nailed to the Cross

• Jesus is under pain, when he is being
  nailed to the cross. One man hammers spikes into
  His hands and feet. The fit the cross into a
  hole and there Jesus lays.

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12 Jesus Dies On The Cross
He is dead on the cross. Jesus did all of this
to put down death and give new life for us.
Jesus has won the fight with it. Ashley
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Station 13Jesus is TakingDown from the Cross

• This is when Jesus was taken down from the
  cross. See Mary holding Jesus in her hands, she
  doesnt like seeing him in pain but they have to
  go through it for God. Mary does not complain.

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14 Jesus is Laid in the Tomb!

• Jesus is taken to the tomb. A huge
  stone covers the entrance. Jesus friends wash
  his body and wrap him in a sheet. When they are
  finished they push a large stone over the
  entrance. Now there is just darkness in the tomb,
  and everyone goes home because they are tired and
  sad.