Tag Archives: Stations of the Cross

Easter Vigil Sermon: New fire and living water

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

New fire and living water. Extremes of existence, held together by the cross and the resurrection, like life and death. Water. Soothing, refreshing, life-giving. We play in it, luxuriate in it. Our bodies are more than half made of it. … Continue reading →

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Stations of the Cross

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Last week, I installed a sequence of interactive Stations of the Cross at St Andrew’s. This afternoon, it came time to take them down, and I realized (not for the first time in my life) that I had not thought … Continue reading →

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Stations of the Cross

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

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Stations of the Cross

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

I have spent some time this week replacing our traditional Stations of the Cross – marked by burlap and felt minimally abstracted designs hung at fourteen points around the church sanctuary – with “interactive” or “experiential” Stations. I think I’ll … Continue reading →

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Tea and sympathy

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Tonight we prayed the Stations of the Cross. There were only three of us, so there were no robes or processional cross; but we sang the Stabat Mater in the plainest of plainsong made beautiful by the gift of prayer; … Continue reading →

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Juxtapositions

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Rosalind C Hughes

Last Wednesday, I told a score of people or more that they were going to die. “You are dust,” I reminded them, “and to dust you will return.” And I marked their faces with ash. In the line was my youngest … Continue reading →

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