Reflections on the Stations
1. Jesus is condemned to death.
What can you do when someone treats you badly?
2. Jesus accepts his cross.
What things are difficult for you to deal with? Give one way Jesus helps us.
3. Jesus falls the first time.
What can we do when we make a mistake?
4. Jesus meets his mother.
How can you support and encourage your family members?
5. Simon helps Jesus carry the cross.
What is one selfless action you can do to another person?
6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus.
Give an example of kindness in your daily school routine.
7. Jesus falls the second time.
Have you ever felt like you just want to give up? How can our faith help us when that happens?
8. Jesus meets the women.
Explain how you might comfort someone who is in pain, with the words of Jesus.
9. Jesus falls the third time.
What is adversity? How can we as Catholics overcome it?
10. Jesus is stripped of his clothes.
What things in your life are important to you? How would you feel if you lost everything?
11. Jesus is nailed to the cross.
If a friend of yours was hurt badly by someone else, what would your advice be?
12. Jesus dies on the cross.
Jesus asks us to ‘die to ourselves’. What does that mean?
13. Jesus is taken down from the cross.
How is God’s hand on our lives?
14. Jesus is buried in the tomb.
When everything seems hopeless, what gives you hope?
15. Jesus rises from the dead.
What things in your life cause you to rejoice?
