CV NEWS FEED // Pope Francis is writing his own meditation for this year’s Good Friday Via Crucis This was announced by the Holy See’s Press Office on March 26th.
The Pope presides over the Stations of the Cross every year on Good Friday night at the Colosseum in Rome, a tradition dating back to the 18th century.
Vatican News reported that the 14 meditations that accompany the Stations of the Cross are usually written by different individuals. This year, the meditation will instead be written by the Pope himself.
The theme of the review is “Prayer with Jesus on the Way of the Cross.” According to Vatican News and the Holy See’s Press Office, walking the Stations of the Cross is an “act of meditation and spirituality” that focuses on the Year of Jesus and Prayer, which Pope Francis has designated 2024.
“The focus will be on Christ, who walked the way of the cross and allowed others to walk with him,” Vatican News said.
The USCCB article states that Pope St. John Paul II began the practice of outsourcing the writing of meditations to other individuals in 1985. Via Crucis In 2000.
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The USCCB reported that Pope Francis’ decision to write his own meditations this year is the first in his 11 years as pontiff.
