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VOLUME XCI - NO. 11 | 115 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GOSPEL | MARCH 28-APRIL 3, 2015
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A meditation on
the Crucifi xion
T
he crowd gathers before the
imposing Capitol building to
follow the lone man carrying the
simple wooden cross through Denver's
well-trodden downtown streets and steely
skyscrapers. Windows refl ect the prayer-
ful countenance of the group who recalls
the Way of the Cross on Good Friday.
"It's a way of being drawn into that
mystery on Good Friday," explained
Father Michael Carvill, who leads the
local Communion and Liberation move-
ment that organizes the annual walk. "It's
an act of response to the love of Christ."
Observers on the city streets are
known to express their own response to
the cross. Some join and express praises.
Others raise their voices in anger.
"As we walk through city parks and
streets, there are people who yell and hurl
a few insults. We always get that reaction,
too," said the priest of the Priestly Fra-
ternity of the Missionaries of St. Charles
Borromeo and pastor of Nativity of Our
Lord Parish in Broomfi eld.
The claim of Christ on the
cross is a sharp sword that
Finding the man on the cross
BY NISSA LAPOINT
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Faithful led by members of the Communion and Liberation movement walk through downtown praying the Stations of the Cross on
Good Friday.
FILE PHOTO BY JAMES BACA/DENVER CATHOLIC
"As we walk through city parks and
