Treatise on the way of sorrows : followed by a practical method of blessing, erecting, and solemnly performing the Stations of the Way of the Cross
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- Treatise on the way of sorrows : followed by a practical method of blessing, erecting, and solemnly performing the Stations of the Way of the Cross
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Treatise on the way of sorrows : followed by a practical method of blessing, erecting, and solemnly performing the Stations of the Way of the Cross
Author: Bulens, Alexis
Year: 1882
CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. Introduction to the Stations of the Way of the Cross 1 II. Origin and Diffusion of this Devotion 4 III. Glance over the Sacred and Sorrowful Way of the Cross 10 IV. Golgotha, and the Church of the Holy-Sepulchre 17 V. The Popes and the Stations of the Cross 25 VI. The Franciscans and the Way of Sorrows 30 VII. St. Leonard of Port-Maurice, O.S.F., at the Coliseum 38 VIII. Motives for Practising the Holy Way of the Cross 48 IX. Fruits and Advantages of this Pious Exercise 54 X. Indulgences of the Stations of the Cross 63 XI. Conditions for Gaining these Indulgences 68 XII. Manner of Performing the Way of the Cross 77 XIII. Time of Performing the Stations of the Cross 82 XIV. End of this Devotion 86 XV. Conclusion and Advice 89 XVI. Practical Method of Blessing and Erecting the Stations 93 XVII. A Few Decrees Concerning the Canonical Erection of the Stations of the Cross 107 XVIII. A Solemn and Devout Exercise of the Way of the Cross 114 XIX. A Private Exercise of the Way of the Cross, with Mary, the Apostles, and the Holy Women of Jerusalem - 140 XX. The Franciscans in the Holy Land 154 XXI. Indulgenced Prayers to the Passion and Most Holy Wounds of Jesus 17