Reconciliation Service - Stations of the Cross

The 12th Station one of the tableaux scenes of the meditation.
Here is looking up at heaven, during a song Jesus also turned to the two thieves and Mary
for the beloved disciple he looked at the congregation

On Tuesday evening ten of the children from St Thomas More's and St Peter's Cathedral made their first confession.  Whilst confessions were being heard the families were led in a reflection on the Stations of the Cross by young people in the parish, including catechists and confirmandi.  

At each station we prayed the traditional prayer

We adore you O Christ and we bless you,

because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

After saying together a short prayer that asked the Lord to help us to follow Him 

we sang

Jesus we adore you, lay our lives before you, how we love you.

After making their first confession children went with their parents
to say their prayers of penance and light a candle
They placed a flower on a branch which was a sign of new life in Christ
which began when we were baptised
a sign of new life and