Walking Along the Via Dolorosa

Today’s Lenten Meditation

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Until Resurrection Day

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AT THE VIA DOLOROSA

Israel Pilgrimage—2006

Twelve feet below

the hustle and bustle and hawking

the crowds, the spices, the wares

of the present Via Dolorosa

lies an ancient pathway

of trodden stones

Yeshua walked upon

in sandaled feet

on His way to Calvary

2000 years ago

ancient stones

stumbling stones

stones Yeshua, weak and weary

likely fell upon as He carried

the cumbersome crossbeam

along that terrible path

to Crucifixion

I remove a shoe

to feel the coolness

of hallowed ground

against my bare sole

We begin singing

Were You There When They

Crucified My Lord

and tremble

tremble, tremble

at the reading

of the Suffering Servant

in Isaiah 53

Millenniums

seem to disappear

It almost feels

like it’s happening here

now—

There’s something

timeless

about it

isn’t there?

Maude Carolan Pych

NOTE: Yeshua is Jesus' Name in Hebrew.