At the onset of the new millennium, the Vatican offered the “Stations of Light (Via Lucis)” as a new way of meditating on the Easter events as celebrated in the scriptures. The Diocese of Manchester, NH, offers the following information:
“The Stations of the Light is a spiritual journey with Christ that takes one through fourteen of the most inspiriting events of his post-Resurrection life on earth. In the early Church this practice was known as the Via Lucis, or Way of the Resurrection. It invites participants to walk along a path of transforming joy by following in the footsteps of the Risen Christ and his friends. Although known and cherished since the first century, the Stations of the Light were never gathered into a precise devotion until recent years.
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Visual of the Angel at the Resurrection Tomb |
“While the Stations of the Cross focus on events within one day of Christ’s life on earth, the Way of Light begins with the story of the Resurrection and focuses on the awe-inspiring events from the Resurrection to Pentecost. The symbols in both devotions, the cross and the empty tomb, were key symbols in the early church.
“The Via Lucis was first blessed on Easter Sunday, 1994, in Turin, Italy, the birthplace of St. John Bosco, founder of the Society of St. Francis de Sales (Salesians). It formally became a Roman Catholic devotion, however, at the end of the twentieth century when the Vatican was preparing the Jubilee Year and searching for new devotions appropriate to the millennial transition and yet faithful to Christian tradition.”
This can be used as daily meditations on the Easter event or can be used in a liturgical service as well. We offer these fourteen Stations of Light for your faith enrichment and thank the Archdiocese of Detroit for printing them in this convenient format.
You may download the enclosed PDF file. May these meditations help you treasure even more the mystery of Easter.
https://www.lasalette.org/reflections/874-stations-of-light.html