Through Lent and Passiontide there has been a long tradition in the churh of meditating on the events of the suffering and death of Jesus, called the Stations of the Cross. In the later part of the twentieth century a complementary devotion emerged, called the Stations of the Resurrection.

By using the resurrection appearances as a focus for reflection and meditation, we have the opportunity to appreciate and celebrate the mysteries of the resurrection of Jesus. These appearances are more than history, they are encounters with the risen Lord.

The Stations of the Resurrection

I. The Earthquake (Matthew 28:2-4)

II. Mary finds the empty tomb (John 20:1-2)

III. The disciples run to the empty tomb (John 30:3-8)

IV. The angel appears to the women (Luke 24:2-9)

V. Jesus meets the women (Matthew 28:9-10)

VI. The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:28-35)

VII. Jesus appears to the disciples (John 20:19-20)

VIII. Jesus promises the Spirit (Luke 24:44-49)

IX. Jesus commissions the disciples (John 20:21)

X. Jesus breathes the Spirit onto the disciples (John 20:22-23)

XI. Jesus confronts Peter (John 21:15-19)

XII. Jesus commissions the disciples on the mountain (Matthew 28:16-20)

XII. The Ascension

XIV. Pentecost

XV. Jesus appears to Saul (Acts 9:1-18)

I hope to encourage you to spend the next few weeks until Pentecost (June 12) meditating on the resurrection.