Station One Credit: JAMES CEASER CONDEMNED 50,000 people are sentenced to die each day because of extreme poverty.

of life and justice and peace Lord, help us to find the Way of the Cross To be the way of life and justice and peace

Station Two BURDENED Consider the starving of the world, the 800 million people who go to bed hungry every day. Credit: JAMES CEASER

Lord, give bread to the hungry; give hunger for justice to those who have bread.

Station Three OVERWHELMED Unfair trade rules and crushing debt cost the world's poorest countries more than $714 billion yearly Credit: JAMES CEASER

Lord, open our eyes to structures of oppression and free us from apathy and indifference.

Station Four Credit: JAMES CEASER LOVED More than half a million women die in pregnancy and childbirth each year, one every second. 99% are in developing countries.

Lord, lead us to advocate for suffering mothers, whose health, dignity and choices are in jeopardy from illness, poverty, hunger, and violence.

115 million children, 94% in developing countries, are not in school. Station Five Credit: JAMES CEASER ASSISTED Education reduces poverty, providing choices and opportunities for a better life. 115 million children, 94% in developing countries, are not in school.

Lord, help us to share our blessings of health, education, food and clean water, offering a more hopeful life for millions of your children. 

More than 2.6 billion people have no basic sanitation and more than Station Six Credit: JAMES CEASER RECOGNIZED More than 2.6 billion people have no basic sanitation and more than 1 billion people use unsafe sources of drinking water.

Lord, thank you for the beauty and abundance of the earth. Help us to be good stewards of Your creation. 

Station Seven STUMBLED Credit: JAMES CEASER STUMBLED Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the destitute ... defend the rights of the poor and needy. - Proverbs 31:8-9

Lord, let not the needy be forgotten nor the hope of the poor be taken away.

Station Eight Credit: JAMES CEASER CRIED Gender equality will ensure women an equal chance to improve their lives and the lives of their families, especially through education and employment.

Lord, enlighten us to provide women everywhere with equal dignity and opportunity. Inspire every society to oppose violence against women and strengthen gender justice.

Station Nine Credit: JAMES CEASER FALLEN Every 30 seconds an African child dies of malaria. Every day 8000 people die of AIDS. These are preventable, treatable diseases.

Lord, empower us to be instruments of your healing by advocating for prevention programs and affordable medicines for those without the means to cope with their illnesses.

Station Ten DISHONORED The world's 32.8 million refugees and displaced persons - the result of conflicts over scarce resources and political discord - are those least likely to benefit immediately from global anti-poverty efforts. Credit: JAMES CEASER

Lord, give us courage to take the path of risk Lord, give us courage to take the path of risk. Give us grace to listen to those whose voice is lost, to hear their cries and shouts for justice.

When one part of the Body of Christ suffers, we all suffer. Station Eleven CRUCIFIED When one part of the Body of Christ suffers, we all suffer. "God ... has given us the ministry of reconciliation." - 2 Cor. 5:18 Credit: JAMES CEASER

Lord, in the midst of conflict and division you turn our minds to thoughts of peace. Your Spirit challenges us to seek peace together. For this we never cease to thank and praise you.

Station Twelve Credit: JAMES CEASER DIED Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Darfur ... the world is gradually waking up to the fact that genocide is a problem of immense evil.

Lord, Forgive us our faint-heartedness and selfishness, for failing to love others as we should, for failing to believe that you have empowered us to protect our brothers and sisters.

Station Thirteen MOURNED More than 25 % of children under age 5 in developing countries are malnourished. More than 11 million of them die each year from preventable illnesses. Credit: JAMES CEASER

Lord, give us the compassion to meet the basic needs of children worldwide - for food, clean water, health care, freedom from exploitation, and education.

Station Fourteen BURIED Credit: JAMES CEASER BURIED Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons ... will you strive for justice and peace among all people and respect the dignity of every human being?

Credit: St. Mary's Cathedral in Memphis Lord, grant that all who are baptized into the death of your Son may live in the power of his resurrection and look for him to come again in glory. Credit: St. Mary's Cathedral in Memphis