World Youth Day USA Guides Retreat Manual | Page 20
You visited the homes of tax collectors and
Jesus, your final voyage was yet another march
sinners, and you ate with them. You went
uphill, this time to Golgotha. You stumbled
home again to Nazareth, only to be rejected
under the weight of the Cross. You fell down
by the people there.
hard, and still, you got up again.
ALL: Jesus, you were once a pilgrim, too.
Along the way you encountered your Mother,
the women of Jerusalem, Mary Magdalene, and
Reader 3: You journeyed through Samaria, a
the Beloved Disciple. Simon from Cyrene, a
place where few dared to go. You stopped at
stranger, helped you to carry the cross to the
Jacob’s well and spoke with a woman there,
summit of that mountain of death.
and she proclaimed you to the people.
There, on Calvary, you were crucified in the
You returned to Bethany in Judea, at the
midday sun for hours, while the soldiers
request of Mary and Martha. Your friend
mocked you. You forgave them, just as you
Lazarus was dead, you wept, and you brought
have forgiven us. You promised heaven to the
him to life again.
criminal and you entrusted your Mother to the
Beloved Disciple.
In your final days, you entered Jerusalem, riding
atop a simple mule. You were greeted with
When it was finally over, you breathed
shouts of joy by the young people of the city
your last. It was finished.
under a canopy of palm branches.
ALL: Jesus, you were once a pilgrim, too.
You feasted one last time with your disciples.
You washed their feet and urged them to do