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This 190-foot-tall (58 m) free-standing cross can be seen from 20 miles (32 km) away and eight months were required to construct the cross. Surrounding the base of the cross are life-sized statues of the 14 Stations of the Cross. In addition to the giant cross and the Stations of the Cross, there is also a visitor center, gift shop and ...
Out of the fourteen traditional Stations of the Cross, only eight have a clear scriptural foundation. Station 4 appears out of order from scripture; Jesus's mother is present at the crucifixion but is only mentioned after Jesus is nailed to the cross and before he dies (between stations 11 and 12). The scriptures contain no accounts whatsoever ...
The most busy days for the Basilica are Saturdays and Sundays when the church sees the highest number of pilgrims. The mass time are as follows for the weekend. Saturday 11:30 and 5:30 pm. Sunday 7:00 AM-SPANISH, 9:00 AM-ENGLISH, 10:30 AM-BILINGUAL, 12 Noon-SPANISH, 1:30 PM-SPANISH, 3:00 AM-ENGLISH, 7:00 PM-SPANISH.
The Stations of the Cross is a series of fifteen abstract expressionist paintings created between 1958 and 1966 by Barnett Newman, often considered to be his greatest work. [1] It consists of fourteen paintings, each named after one of Jesus's fourteen Stations, followed by a coda, Be II. Unlike most depictions of the Stations of the Cross ...
The objective of the stations is to help the Christian faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Christ. It has become one of the most popular devotions and the stations can be found in many Western Christian churches, including those in the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, and Methodist traditions.
On the west wall of the chapel is a slanted glass cross (visible in the picture below). Below the cross are the Stations of the Cross, etched into the wall so as to give a 3-dimensional feel. On the east wall of the chapel is the statue of "Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom", a statue of Mary with the child Christ on her lap.
Seattle artist Cody Harrington was commissioned to create 14 original pencil sketches for the sanctuary of the Stations of the Cross, or Via Dolorosa, inspired by the 2004 Mel Gibson film, The Passion of the Christ. The stained glass in the flying roof and transepts are by Cavallini of San Antonio, Texas.
The Scriptural Way of the Cross or Scriptural Stations of the Cross is a modern version of the ancient Christian, especially Catholic, devotion called the Stations of the Cross. This version was inaugurated on Good Friday 1991 by Pope John Paul II. The Scriptural version was not intended to invalidate the traditional version.