For more than two decades, the parish community of St. Peter the Apostle in Reading has transformed the streets of the city’s south side into a sacred stage where faith walks in step with crucified love.
On a spring day blessed by sunshine, with a gentle breeze and warmth above 75 degrees, hundreds of hearts came together in prayer, contemplation, and penitential songs. Entire families came out to encounter the suffering Nazarene, walking together the road to Calvary—not in haste, but with open minds and reverent hearts.
Around 35 actors, dressed in tunics and Roman soldier uniforms, brought to life the scenes of the 14 Stations of the Cross. It wasn’t theater—it was living liturgy. It wasn’t acting—it was surrender, an echo of boundless love that continues to touch the streets and the hearts of people who do not forget the suffering of their Savior.
“The living Stations of the Cross is the parish liturgical event with the most participants. And people participate literally beside and behind the Cross. A Cross! It is a visual reminder that the Cross and Christ’s mission are inseparable, just as Christianity and the Cross are inseparable,” declared Monsignor Thomas J. Orsulak, Pastor of St. Peter’s Church.
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For more than two decades, the parish community of St. Peter the Apostle in Reading has transformed the streets of the city’s south side into a sacred stage where faith walks in step with crucified love.
