Each year we follow the passion of Christ in the heart of our city, where thousands of people carry their cross every day. Through choral music, Gospel passages, reflections, and our silent procession, we hope to enter more deeply into the events of Good Friday and their meaning for us today. We ask to experience the exceptional Presence of Christ among us as a real answer to the needs of our hearts.
The total length of the walk is approximately two miles (see map below).
8:20 am
Gather at Daley Plaza
Dearborn & Washington
8:30 am
Introduction
9:00 am
The walk begins
Tentative Route: Veterans Memorial (Riverwalk @ State & Wacker), Wrigley Building (Michigan & Chicago River), Water Tower Plaza (Michigan & Chicago), Holy Name Cathedral (State/Superior)
11:40am
Arrival at Holy Name Cathedral
State/Superior
12:00pm
Conclusion
Good Friday, 19 April 2020
Lord Jesus, help us to see in Your Cross all the crosses of the world:
the cross of those who hunger for bread and for love;
the cross of those who are alone and abandoned, even by their own children and relatives,
the cross of those who thirst for justice and peace;
the cross of the elderly who bear the weight of the years and of solitude;
the cross of migrants who find doors closed due to fear, and hearts armoured by political calculations;
the cross of the little ones, wounded in their innocence and their purity;
the cross of humanity that wanders in the darkness of uncertainty and in the obscurity of the culture of the momentary;
the cross of families broken by betrayal, by the seductions of the evil one or by murderous lightness and selfishness;
the cross of the consecrated who seek tirelessly to bring Your light in the world and who feel rejected, mocked and humiliated;
the cross of the consecrated who along the way have forgotten their first love;
the cross of your children who, believing in You and seeking to live according to Your word, find themselves marginalized and rejected even by their relatives and peers;
the cross of our weaknesses, of our hypocrisies, of our betrayals, of our sins and of our many broken promises;
the cross of Your Church who, faithful to Your Gospel, struggles to bring Your love even among the baptized themselves;
the cross of the Church, Your bride, who feels continually assailed from within and without;
the cross of our common home that withers gravely before our selfish eyes, blinded by greed and power.
Lord Jesus, revive in us the hope of the resurrection and of Your definitive victory against every evil and every death. Amen!
