CTK Celebrates Way of the Cross in the Villages
As part of its Lenten activities, Christ the King Parish Greenmeadows scheduled Way of the Cross every Friday at the main church immediately following the 6 pm mass, also held at the main church. The first Friday Way of the Cross was held last February 16, sponsored by the CTK Parish Pastoral Council and officiated by Fr. Serge Maniba.
The schedule for the other Way of the Cross at the main church:
‣ February 23, organized by the Social Services & Development Ministry, Public Affairs Ministry, Knights of Columbus, Catholic Women’s League, Ladies of Charity, and Buklod ng Panginoon.
‣ March 2, sponsored by the Stewardship Committee, Legion of Mary, Mother Butler Mission Guilds, and Adoracion Nocturna Pilipinas.
‣ March 9, sponsored by Family & Life Ministry, Youth Ministry, Couples for Christ, and Christian Family Movement.
‣ March 16, sponsored by the Sunrise Ministry, Mustard Seed Ministry, and Diwanihan Kristiyano Prayer Group, and Life in the Spirit Parish Prayer Community-Healing Ministry.
‣ March 21, organized by the Libis community. This is the only Way of the Cross at the main church that was not at 6:45 pm but instead, at 5 pm.
‣ March 30, sponsored by the Apostleship of Prayer
CTK also scheduled the Way of the Cross in the different villages that make up the parish. The village coordinators assigned 14 village families to each of the stations. The first village to stage its Way of the Cross was Acropolis, with Fr. Bong presiding.
The full village Way of the Cross schedule was as follows:
‣ February 21, Wednesday, at Acropolis
‣ February 22, Thursday, a t Greenmeadows 1
‣ February 27, Tuesday, by Enclave and Ivory Court
‣ March 13, Tuesday, at White Plains
‣ March 14, Wednesday, at Corinthian Hills
‣ March 15, Thursday, by Corinthian Gardens and Greenwich
‣ March 20, Tuesday, at St. Igna2us
‣ March 22, Thursday, at Arcadia
For every station, the officiating priest starts with ‘We adore you, O Christ and we bless you.’ To which the crowd responds, ‘Because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.’
The lector reader assigned to the station then reads the Scriptures or Tradition passage. The designated family member then read the Meditation passages. After, the priest leader would lead the congregation in the specific prayer for that station, but which always ended with ‘Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us.’ The priest then blesses the family members and thanks them for their service before moving on to the next station, even while the Way of the Cross song is sung in the background.
At the end of the 14th station, the priest then leads the Concluding Prayers, culminating in ‘. . . bring back to life all Your faithful servants to be with Him in the eternal life in heaven . . ‘.
