Oudtshoorn, 19 February 2024 – Driving on the N1 from Beaufort West and continuing along the N12 towards Oudtshoorn, a few kilometers outside the village of De Rust, you will notice the life-sized “Via Dolorosa op die Kruisberg”, a local landmark drawing visitors from far and wide.
Yesterday, 18 February, on the 1st Sunday of Lent, the annual Lenten Pilgrimage of the Diocese of Oudtshoorn along the Via Dolorosa took place at this much loved “Kruisweg op die Kruisberg”.
PRAYING THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS IS A LENTEN DEVOTION THAT OFFERS WITNESS TO JESUS’ PASSION AND DEATH
Praying the Stations of the Cross is a Lenten devotion that offers witness to Jesus’ Passion and Death and it is meant to help the Christian faithful and all who come seeking and looking with an open and sincere heart, to unite with Jesus on that journey he is believed to have taken from Pilate’s house to Calvary. his devotion is especially popular during the Fridays of the Lenten season. and what it entails is to, where possible, physically visit and pray in front of each of the 14 stations in your local church, oratory or chapel.
This life-sized, actual walkable, out-in-nature Way of the Cross is a spiritual gift to all, built and left for our spiritual enrichment by the Pallottini Fathers and Brothers who for decades lived and worked in our Diocese. Pilgrims from across the Diocese, from Knysna along the Garden Route, Ceres and Worcester, Beaufort Wes and all over in between gathered to come to gather and pray and give thanks and glory to God for the gift of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who had to die so that we may live.
DIARISE THE 1ST SUNDAY OF LENT 2025 ALREADY OR SET AN ELECTRONIC REMINDER FOR THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY 2025 AND COME AND JOING US AT “DIE KRUISBERG”
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