The Cross and Mercy - Taking WYD Home
Friday at World Youth Day is traditionally The Way of the Cross. This year's program integrated the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Examples: Jesus is condemned to death (shelter the homeless), Jesus meets his mother (comfort the afflicted), Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem ( instruct the ignorant), Jesus dies on the cross (give drink to the thirsty), and Jesus is laid in the tomb (bury the dead). It was a beautiful reflection on how to bring the message of world