This virtual Way of the Cross includes seven congregations/missions in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and seven in Western Massachusetts. Many of these reflections include the personal impact of gun violence.
Even as we enter these stories, it is important to see glimpses of resurrection. The President recently announced new regulations that will crack down on "ghost guns." But there is so much more to do. We invite you to pray the Way of the Cross today and to be witnesses to the suffering that gun violence brings. Pray for the lives cut short. Pray for the mothers who, like Mary, have to bury their children. Pray for the communities that have to pass the sites of gun violence every day. And pray, we ask, for those who have the legislative power to bring real solutions to bear on this other tragic pandemic.
Following Jesus’ call to discipleship and seeking to live into our baptismal promises, the Social Justice Commission of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts strives, with our congregations, to create new ways to heal injustice, challenge violence, pursue peace, and care for creation.
