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Tokyo-Itabashi

During this time of Lent as we pray for our dead, we wish to share with you the fate of our friend Okashita, who was condemned to death and executed on April 10, 2008, just 10 years ago.
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1st Station, Jesus is condemned to death

Grant us to remain faithful, even to the point of death to the truth and purity of your image in us as the Son of  God.  read more »

2nd Station, Jesus receives the Cross

Teach us to see our daily crosses as a path of life through you Lord. Teach us how to receive our cross.
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3rd Station, Jesus falls the first time under his Cross

You have chosen to take on our human condition, having a body like ours and you have fallen under the weight.
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4th Station, Jesus meets his mother.

Closer to him than ever, though she is present with all her motherly tenderness, she too must remain behind for ‘where I am going, you cannot  follow me.’  read more »

5th Station, The Cross is laid on Simon of Cyrene.

How hard it is for us to accept this truth that the very part of our lives best disposed to be coupled with the work of the world’s Redemption is that which we often consider as insignificant, unimportant or even irrelevant.
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7th Station, Jesus falls the second time.

Our weaknesses because of Yours can become strength and life.

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8th Station, The women of Jerusalem mourn over Jesus.

The weeping women were far from grasping what it meant to our Saviour to see into the depth of sin, all the sin in the world.

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9th Station, Jesus falls the third time

Let us desire only the fulfilment in ourselves of each detail of the Father’s will, even when sometimes we fail to understand.  read more »

10th Station, Jesus is stripped of his garments

Help us to welcome this unchosen chance to trust you.
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