Parish of Holy Sacrifice Has Station of the Cross by Vicente Manansala

The Parish of the Holy Sacrifice is located inside the University of the Philippines. Apacible St., University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City Contact Number: 8926-9496 · Need to Know: The parish houses the works of five National Artists: Leandro V. Locsin for architecture, Arturo R. Luz for the floor mosaic, Vicente S. Manansala and Ang Kiukok collaborated on the Stations of the Cross, and Napoleon V.

Vicente S. Manansala National Artist in Painting, 1981 ... Vicente Manansala painted the 14 Stations of the Cross with an additional of a final station which is the Resurrection of Christ

Lord Jesus, you willingly took up your cross for us not just on Calvary but on the night before when you said “This is my body, given up for you.”

Developer DMCI Homes facilitated the following repairs in the church: repair of masonry cracks; de-clogging of downspouts and drains; installation of new electrical fixtures; and, exterior repainting on the church's iconic dome and roof, as well as of its walls, columns, eaves, under slabs, ceilings, and railings. The murals depicting the Stations of the Cross, the marble altar, the floor mural, and the cross at the center of the church were left untouched.

The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows, the Via Crucis or the Via Dolorosa, are any series of fourteen images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. These stations are derived from the imitations of the Via ...

Permanently affixed, the 14 stations adorn parishes around the world. They are visible reminders of the last hours of Christ on earth, but, moreover, the Way of the Cross is symbolic of our lifelong journey filled with difficulties and marked with personal crosses. Unlike the followers of Christ on that Good Friday, we know that the 14th station is not the end, that death does not win; rather, in his sacrifice, we find the sure knowledge of eternal life.

I will go on borrowing things until the end of time, until I have borrowed them all and made them all holy. I will also borrow you. You will be my tongue and my throat, parched. You will be my hands and feet, nailed. You will be my head, thorned, You will be my side, lanced. You will be my body, stripped. You will be my corpse, buried. And when the borrowing is over, you will be my brothers and sisters, risen. *Cross Examinations: Stations of the Cross by James E. Adams Copyright 1998 by Creative Communications for the Parish, a division of Bayard, Inc.

It cannot be said with any certainty when such indulgences began to be granted, but most probably they may be due to the Franciscans, to whom in 1342 the guardianship of the holy places was entrusted. Ferraris mentions the following as Stations to which indulgences were attached: the place where Christ met His Blessed Mother, where He spoke to the women of Jerusalem, where He met Simon of Cyrene, where the soldiers cast lots for His garment, where He was nailed to the cross, Pilate's house, and the Holy Sepulchre.

Sacred Scripture - The Holy Bible translated by Msgr. Ronald Knox · Copyright Sheed & Ward, Inc., New York 1950