Passion of Christ comes to life with Stations of the Cross re-enactment in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- It was an aggravated and affectional "Good Friday" astatine St. Anthony's successful Fresno

For the past forty years, the religion has been re-enacting the past fewer hours of Jesus' life, successful accordance with the Christian faith.

The spiritual pilgrimage is called The Stations of the Cross.

The 14-part play is performed by parishioners the Friday earlier easter.

"It is simply a somber feeling but there's a consciousness of anticipation besides due to the fact that we cognize that Jesus tells america that successful bid for america to travel him we each person to transportation crossed and he's the archetypal 1 that teaches america that. He's our teacher, he's our model, he's the 1 that carries his transverse and teaches america to bash the aforesaid happening arsenic well," explained Father Jose Sanchez, the Pastor astatine St. Anthony Mary Claret Church.

It details Jesus carrying the cross, getting stripped of his clothing, getting nailed to the cross, and past dying.

All of this earlier Easter Sunday, which marks the resurrection of Jesus.

Father Jose Sanchez says the enactment of the assemblage has been accordant passim the years.

Hundreds of radical amusement up to ticker and participate.

"They person a narration with God and truthful this is 1 mode of expressing that narration is done doing this and being capable to scope different radical touching their hearts and having them travel person to a God who loves them, a God who's consenting to dice for them and truthful this is what their extremity is to beryllium capable to evangelize and scope retired to others," mentioned Father Sanchez.

Luis Alberto Hernandez played the relation of Jesus.

He spoke with america earlier his travel of carrying the cross, but was astir speechless.

"No words to picture conscionable thing big, thing large for maine and everything's from my heart," expressed Luis.

Children and young adults were besides among the participants.

"I consciousness large to beryllium portion of this to re-create thing that happened implicit 2,000 years ago," mentioned 1 participant, Gerardo Bibian.

The project, allowing them to go person to their religion from a young age, arsenic millions of Christians worldwide hole to observe Easter Sunday.

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