“He found me. And when he did, there was such a smile on his face. He said with earnest joy, that I was the one he had been looking for.”Stephen Cottrell reflects on the Fifteenth Station: Jesus risen from the dead, with readings and prayers fr

The Fourteenth Station: Jesus laid in the tomb

Apr 3rd, 2021 4m 29s

“Joseph of Arimathea slips into this story and then swiftly out again. No sooner has he been mentioned than he disappears. His appearance may be brief, but his contribution is incalculable.”Paula Gooder reflects on the Fourteenth Station: Jesus

The Thirteenth Station: Jesus dies on the cross

Apr 2nd, 2021 5m 10s

“The selfishness of sin is overcome by the selflessness of love. And our response? To try and love as Jesus loved. To offer our lives as a gift to the poor as Jesus offered his life to us who have nothing. If the cross is our only hope, then it

The Twelfth Station: Jesus on the cross; his mother and his friend

Apr 1st, 2021 4m 51s

“What connection is there between Jesus and Mary? She was his mother and he loved her so much that, even from the cross, he ensured she was cared for and looked after.”Paula Gooder reflects on the Twelfth Station: Jesus on the cross; his mother

The Eleventh Station: Jesus promises the kingdom to the penitent thief

Mar 31st, 2021 5m 11s

“He is waiting for me. Knowing that I must find this thing within myself. Not just penitence, but love. Not merely acquittal, but hope. ‘Remember me’, I say to him, ‘in that kingdom of yours.”Stephen Cottrell reflects on the Eleventh Station: J

The Tenth Station: Jesus is cruciﬁed

Mar 30th, 2021 4m 34s

“The God of all creation. The one whom angels worship. The Lord of the universe. Yet look at him now: stark naked, humiliated before a mocking crowd. Jesus has lost everything.”Philip North reflects on the Tenth Station: Jesus is cruciﬁed, with

The Ninth Station: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem

Mar 29th, 2021 4m 56s

“Compassion swirls through the narrative. The women wept for what would happen to Jesus, but Jesus, even as the horror of his death loomed near, revealed that they were in even greater need of compassion than he was.”Paula Gooder reflects on th

The Eighth Station: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry the cross

Mar 28th, 2021 4m 19s

“Why Simon? Why was it him who was forced to undertake this demeaning, disgusting job of helping a condemned man to his place of death? There were numerous other people in the crowd. Why pick on Simon?”Philip North reflects on the Eighth Statio

The Seventh Station: Jesus carries the cross

Mar 27th, 2021 4m 49s

“There is no easy way of carrying a cross. There is no handle. Its weight is sharp and crushing. Its meaning obvious.”Stephen Cottrell reflects on the Seventh Station: Jesus carries the cross, and leads today's prayers and reading.Today's readi

The Sixth Station: Jesus scourged and crowned with thorns

Mar 26th, 2021 4m 53s

“What begins in tragedy, ends in farce. He said he was a king, so dress him up as one: twist some thorns into a crown; and so that everyone can enjoy the joke, write it in three languages upon his cross: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.”Ste

The Fifth Station: Jesus judged by Pilate

Mar 25th, 2021 4m 29s

“The backdrop of someone as notorious for their cruelty as Pilate, throws the crowd’s baying for blood into sharp relief. Even Pilate could look reasonable in contrast to their pack-like instinct to destroy him.”Paula Gooder reflects on The Fif

The Fourth Station: Peter denies Jesus

Mar 24th, 2021 4m 22s

"Peter got it right for once. He said he didn’t know him. He said he wasn’t with him. That was how we were all feeling. We didn’t know him. We weren’t with him anymore. We thought he would vindicate himself."Stephen Cottrell reflects on the Fou

The Third Station: Jesus condemned by the Sanhedrin

Mar 23rd, 2021 5m 25s

"I'm not upset that you lied to me. I am upset that from now on I can't believe you."Philip North reflects on the Third Station, Jesus condemned by the Sanhedrin, and leads today's prayers and reading.Today's reading is Mark 14.55-64.

The Second Station: Jesus betrayed by Judas and arrested

Mar 22nd, 2021 4m 43s

"Why a kiss? It seems a very odd way to betray someone. Couldn’t Judas simply have pointed at Jesus?"Philip North reflects on the second Station, Jesus betrayed by Judas and arrested, with readings and prayers from Paula Gooder.Today's reading

The First Station: Jesus in agony in the Garden of Gethsemane

Mar 21st, 2021 4m 51s

"It is tempting to imagine that life was easy for Jesus: that so sure was he about who he was and who he was called to be that he faced suffering and death with calm and equanimity."Paula Gooder reflects on the first Station of the Cross, Jesus

Introduction: The Gathering

Mar 17th, 2021 5m 8s

Join Philip North, Paula Gooder and Stephen Cottrell as they pray and reflect upon the 15 Biblical stations of the cross.The Stations of the Cross have formed part of Christian devotion for many centuries because they offer a particularly vivid

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