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St Joseph's is a traditional church. The following fourteen pages show the Stations of the Cross commissioned by the Coleman family c.1910 and repainted c.1990 by Creena Murphy. The brief reflections are taken from Isaiah. St Joseph's is a traditional church. The following fourteen pages show the Stations of the Cross commissioned by the Coleman family c.1910 and repainted c.1990 by Creena Murphy. The brief reflections are taken from Isaiah. Station 1. Jesus is condemned to death. Woe to you who strive with your Maker, earthen vesels with the potter! Does the clay say to the one who fashions it "what are you making?" -- Isaiah 45:9 Station 1. Jesus is condemned to death. Woe to you who strive with your Maker, earthen vesels with the potter! Does the clay say to the one who fashions it "what are you making?" -- Isaiah 45:9 Station 2. Jesus takes his cross. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted; yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, He did not open his mouth. -- Isaiah 53:7 Station 2. Jesus takes his cross. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted; yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, He did not open his mouth. -- Isaiah 53:7 Station 3. Jesus falls the first time. A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God's people. -- Isaiah 35:8 Station 3. Jesus falls the first time. A highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Holy Way; the unclean shall not travel on it, but it shall be for God's people. -- Isaiah 35:8 Station 4. Jesus meets his mother. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. -- Isaiah 5:1b and 5:2 Station 4. Jesus meets his mother. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill. He dug it and cleared it of stones, and planted it with choice vines; he expected it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes. -- Isaiah 5:1b and 5:2 Station 5. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross. Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who teaches you for your own good, who leads you in the way you should go. -- Isaiah 48:17 Station 5. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross. Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, who teaches you for your own good, who leads you in the way you should go. -- Isaiah 48:17 Station 6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus. I held out my hands all day long to a people who provoke me to my face continually. -- Isaiah 65:2 and 65:3 Station 6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus. I held out my hands all day long to a people who provoke me to my face continually. -- Isaiah 65:2 and 65:3 Station 7. Jesus falls a second time. The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths. Their roads they have made crooked; no one who walks in them knows peace. -- Isaiah 59:8 Station 7. Jesus falls a second time. The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their paths. Their roads they have made crooked; no one who walks in them knows peace. -- Isaiah 59:8 Station 8. Jesus consoles the women of Jerusalem. Those who walk righteously and speak uprightly and shut their eyes from looking on evil, they will live on the heights. -- Isaiah 33:15 Station 8. Jesus consoles the women of Jerusalem. Those who walk righteously and speak uprightly and shut their eyes from looking on evil, they will live on the heights. -- Isaiah 33:15 Station 9. Jesus falls a third time. My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways. As the heavens are higher than the earth Station 9. Jesus falls a third time. My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways. As the heavens are higher than the earth Station 10. Jesus is stripped of his garments. Here is my servant, whom I uphold; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. -- Isaiah 42:1 Station 10. Jesus is stripped of his garments. Here is my servant, whom I uphold; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. -- Isaiah 42:1 Station 11. Jesus is crucified. I said "Here I am, here I am", to a nation that did not call on my name. I looked, but there was no helper to sustain me. -- Isaiah 63:1b and 63:5 Station 11. Jesus is crucified. I said "Here I am, here I am", to a nation that did not call on my name. I looked, but there was no helper to sustain me. -- Isaiah 63:1b and 63:5 Station 12. Jesus dies on the cross. There were many who were astonished at him - so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of mortals. -- Isaiah 52:14 Station 12. Jesus dies on the cross. There were many who were astonished at him - so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of mortals. -- Isaiah 52:14 Station 13. Jesus is taken down from the cross. The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous. He will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom and knowledge. Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength. -- Isaiah 53:11 and 33:6 Station 13. Jesus is taken down from the cross. The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous. He will be the stability of your times, abundance of salvation, wisdom and knowledge. Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength. -- Isaiah 53:11 and 33:6 Station 14. Jesus is laid in the tomb. I have given you as a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. -- Isaiah 42:6Station 14. Jesus is laid in the tomb. I have given you as a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. -- Isaiah 42:6
