Dear Pilgrim: As you view these ravishing stained glass Stations of the Cross by Harry Clarke, don’t get lost in their beauty. Rather, let the beauty lead you into the deep Mystery of Christ’s sacrificial love for you.

[Images courtesy of Lough Derg, Pettigo, County Donegal, Ireland; Photographer, James Edwards.]

1A_St Peter

1B_Jesus is Condemned to Death

2A_St Paul

2B_Jesus Takes Up His Cross

3A_St Andrew

3B_Jesus Falls the First Time

4A_St James Son of Zebedee

4B_Jesus Meets His Mother

5A_St John the Evangelist

5B_Simon Helps Jesus to Carry His Cross

6A_St Philip

6B_Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

7A_St Bartholomew

7B_Jesus Falls the Second Time

8A_St Thomas the Doubter

8B_The Women of Jerusalem Weep for Jesus

9A_St Matthew (Levi)

9B_Jesus Falls the Third Time

10A_St James Son of Alphaeus

10B_Jesus is Stripped of His Clothes

11A_St Jude

11B_Jesus is Nailed to the Cross

12A_St Simon the Zealot

12B_Jesus Dies on the Cross

13A_St Matthias

13B_Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross

14A_Mary, Queen of the Apostles

14B_Jesus is Laid in the Tomb