Stations of the Cross

A Lenten spiritual exercise turns into a medical intervention for this CCD volunteer

PIETA: Mary holds her son, Jesus. /Image: Patheos

We just finished the fifteenth station, The Resurrection, when Alexa¹ notifies me she is not feeling well.

“Okay,” I say. “Why don’t you sit down in the pew for a few minutes.”

I noticed she took her pink fleece jacket off a station or two earlier, maybe during the 14th Station: Jesus is Laid in the Tomb.

Al…