Matthew Monday: Class Stations of the Cross Dramatization

It is the tradition at Matthew’s Catholic school for the eighth grade graduating class to put on the Stations of the Cross dramatization.  This happened last Friday.

To explain, they don’t act out the stations.  They sort of depict the station in a frozen pose.  A narrator will explain the station and induce some sort of exhortation of the heart in the audience, or perhaps ask the audience to imagine themselves in the scene.

All fourteen stations are dramatized and all the characters are presented: Christ, the Roman soldiers, the Blessed Mother, Simon the Cyrene, the women of Jerusalem, Pontius Pilate, and Veronica.  In between each scene, as the actors and stage hands set the stage for the next station, a chorus sings, “Jesus, remember me, when you come into your kingdom.”

Matthew was given the role of a Roman soldier.  With that in mind, let me share a few pictures.

The Second Station, Jesus is given His cross.  Matthew’s friend JJ played Jesus.  Matthew is the Roman soldier on the right.

 

The Third Station, Jesus falls for the first time.  Matthew is now on the left.

 

And here’s a close up of Matthew. 

My son is developing muscles for a thirteen year old.

Possibly my favorite of the stations, the Sixth Station, Veronica wipes the face of Jesus.

A close up of the Eighth Station.  Matthew is standing like a real soldier.

A close-up of the Ninth Station, Matthew standing over the fallen Christ.

The Tenth Station, Jesus is Stripped of His Clothing.

Finally I’ll jump to the Fourteenth Station, the Burial, since it’s visually dramatic.

Two pictures that capture all the participates.

It was beautiful and moving.  The kids did a great job.