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Triskal
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| Posted 3/30/2002 7:52 AM (GMT -6) |   | I have a question for anyone here who has knowledge of, or is part of the Catholic church. I'm trying to figure out exactly what the Catholic Easter tradition "Stations of the Cross" is all about. All I know is that it involves the different things that happened when Jesus was being crucified (i.e. struggling to carry the cross, asking for something to drink, etc.) If anyone knows about this tradition, please do share. I first heard about it from one of my Catholic friends and it sounded very interesting. Thanks a bunch.
In His Grip,
Matt
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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 3/30/2002 10:42 AM (GMT -6) | | | http://www.catholic.org/prayer/station.html | | Back to Top | | |
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Triskal
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| Posted 3/31/2002 12:17 PM (GMT -6) | | Thanks, Pot. That site was very helpful. If anyone else has any more information about this tradition, feel free to share it.
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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 3/31/2002 1:01 PM (GMT -6) | | T-
I can suggest this as food for thought.
There seems to be a difference between those forms of art (image, music, narrative, reflection) that focus on the emotions of the moment, and those that direct attention on the larger picture. (Crude way of saying it.) I notice that ther are LOTS of wonderfully rousing Late Gothic and Baroque paintings of Christ's agony. They have captured my attention for years. But the matter of what CHRIST went through, while HUGE, is not the only matter at hand.
WE died with Christ, and were burried with Him, and rose with Him -- even as He "died for our sins, and was raised for our justification."
(The Greek form of pictorial construction was always--going back to clasiscal greece--one of using a connection between symbol and reality: pebbles underfoot easily meant "ocean"; mountains were sketchy; etc.)
It is hard, in one picture, to included both Christ's suffering AND his victory. Just think about that. Its hard. And its equally hard for the viewer. someone said that the reason Good Friday liturgical material got moved from sunday is that it is too big a spread for people to manage.
I think that the "Pathos"/pathetic (The French is "pieta") art is useful. But while we can love the 'endorphin' rush that comes from really emotional viewing and worship -- it CAN BE IMBALANCED!
Christ suffered WILLINGLY. He layed down His life, AND he had the power to riase again!
Enjoy the "Gothic" emotionalism (13th and 114th century, not 1990s  ). . . But keep it in balance.
PoW
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