Today there are stations of the cross presentations in public spaces.
It's a very brutal spectacle around which our culture has been built. You've got children watching as a choice is made between brutalizing one of two people, then soldiers whipping Jesus in public, then all the violence to come...
The sheer hypocrisy of so much Western outcry over children being allowed to learn about other violence in their national histories, or different forms of love, when *this* is annual pageantry.
@MLClark Speaking of brutal spectacles ... Earlier this week I popped into the Catholic church where I was raised. The Stations of the Cross was a routine event, especially as an altar boy.
While inside the church, I was reminded that the windows are marked for the twelve Stations of the Cross. I remembered having to pray on a rosary at each station.
Catholic rules are complicated.
But I did notice the confessionals are gone, so there's that.
@WordsmithFL Wow - this brings back memories of the many Good Friday afternoons I spent kneeling in a Catholic Church. I can’t say the memories are good ones, but I do think it is sometimes good to remember. Thank you! @MLClark
@HopeSeeker When I saw the confessionals were gone, I thought, "Well, someone in Marketing finally convinced them that guilt doesn't sell."
That said, I did drop two bucks in the votive candle box, because I like candles.
@MLClark @WordsmithFL Of course all of us like candles! 😇
@WordsmithFL @MLClark Glad to hear some confessionals are gone. Here in NE KS we are plagued by a bunch of fanatic Catholics who recently built a new, obscenely expensive church in a very small town. In a 2022 article they brag about their confessionals. The Catholic Church has way too much money! https://www.anewimmaculata.org/blog/2022/9/1/behind-the-scenes-september-2022-update