Deseret News | Wendover's Calvary takes Stations of the Cross to a new level

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Wendover's Calvary takes Stations of the Cross to a new level

Anonymous | 9:29 a.m. July 25, 2009

Great story,it reminds of the greatest movie about the cross of Christ. The Passion of the Christ.
"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness,but unto us which are saved it is the power of God."

Jorge | 9:40 a.m. July 25, 2009

The fleeting wealth of the world; the permanent riches of heaven.

BJC | 10:47 a.m. July 25, 2009

I love to hear of anything positive that helps us find our way to Christ and remember Him. Thank you!

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Re: Anonymous | 12:45 p.m. July 25, 2009

Romans 5:9 "Much more then, being justifies by his blood,we shall be saved from wrath through him.

The cross is rated r,because those who beleive are saved fom wrath of God on God.

Just a thought | 2:56 p.m. July 25, 2009

I like the symbolism represented in the stations of the cross. I do think one more station might be appropriate is one about the resurrected Lord.

zionweaver | 6:46 a.m. July 27, 2009

I am a Mormon who finds the Station of the Cross, a beautiful and most powerful meditation and tradition. Here in the Texas Hill country, we also have a wonderful outdoor Stations of the Cross set up for anyone who wants to do the devotional during Holy Week and any other time of the year.

Thank you for printing this wonderful article!

zw-

Californian #1@94131 | 10:41 p.m. July 27, 2009

I live in California and have been to most of the missions built by the Spanish Franciscan padres in the late 1700s. I recently revisited Mission San Juan Bautista, one of the best preserved. It has beautiful and ornate Stations of the Cross in the mission chapel, and also a smaller one (more modern, I think) outside in the garden, a perfect setting to contemplate the God of nature.

I agree, this is a wonderful tradition to remind us of Christ and His sacrifice at Gethsemane and Calvary as the center of our faith.'

A few days later I went to Sacrament Meeting in the next town over, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the love that other Christians have for the Lord, and participate in their traditions to the extent that my beliefs allow.

Anonymous | 5:00 p.m. July 29, 2009

Why are the crosses always on a hill? The gospels say that he was crucified at the "place of the skull" and make no mention of being on top of a hill. I recognize that artwork and video nearly always show a hill. But is this factual?

I would suppose that people would have been crucified along highways in order to increase the shame and humiliation of the victim, which, together with unimaginable pain, was the point of that manner of execution. If the actual site is at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, then there is no hill. If it is adjacent to the garden tomb (and the bus depot), then the skull-shaped rock formation would be behind the crosses.

Debbie | 5:57 a.m. July 31, 2009

There is a hill above the place of the skull.

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