Following are photos from my pilgrimage to Jerusalem and Italy noting locations recognized as Stations of the Cross, events on Jesus’s path to his crucifixion.
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We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.
Jesus is Condemned to Death
(Site Where Jesus Was Condemned to Death. Jerusalem) (Thorns as Used in Jesus’ Crown, Jerusalem)
2. Jesus Carries His Cross
(Via Dolorosa. The Path Jesus Walked to His Crucifixion)
3. Jesus Falls the First Time.
(Location Where Jesus Fell the First Time. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem)
4. Jesus Meets his Mother Mary
(Location of the Fourth Station of the Cross, Where Jesus Met His Mother. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem)
5. Simon Helps Jesus
(Site Where Simon Helped Jesus Carry His Cross. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem)
6. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
(A Woman Wiped Jesus’ Blood and Sweat from His Face. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem)
7. Jesus Falls the Second Time
(Jesus Fell a Second Time on This Site. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem)
8. Jesus Comforts the Women of Jerusalem
(Jesus Comforted the Women on His Way to the Cross. Via Dolorosa, Jerusalem)
9. Jesus Falls the Third Time
(Jesus Fell Three Times. Image in the Church of Condemnation. Jerusalem)
10. Jesus is Stripped of His Garments
(Before Jesus Was Crucified, He Was Stripped of His Garments. Jerusalem)
11. Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
(Jesus Was Nailed to a Cross. Jerusalem)
12. Jesus Dies on the Cross
(Alter Over Site of Jesus’ Crucifixion. Jerusalem)
13. Jesus is Taken Down form the Cross
(Pieta, Vatican, Italy)
14. Jesus is Buried
(Stone of Anointing Where Jesus’ Body Was Prepared for Burial. Jerusalem)
Thank you so much for sharing these. Those thorns Mary! I was looking at them and had to get off of them! I never realized they were that big. How sad that made me. Love you SR
I felt the same way, SR. The thorns were scary. Can you imagine someone coming at you with a wreath made from them? I understand the flogging was part of a typical step to crucifixion, although even that was excessive. But the taunting and crown were sadistic. How terrible.
Mary K. Doyle 
Thank you so much for sharing these. Those thorns Mary! I was looking at them and had to get off of them! I never realized they were that big. How sad that made me. Love you SR
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I felt the same way, SR. The thorns were scary. Can you imagine someone coming at you with a wreath made from them? I understand the flogging was part of a typical step to crucifixion, although even that was excessive. But the taunting and crown were sadistic. How terrible.
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No I can’t imagine! The thorns are an image I will never get out of my mind and I pray I don’t! Love you, God Bless, SR
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