Editing Passion of Jesus (section)

==Devotions==
Several non-liturgical devotions have been developed by Christian faithful to commemorate the Passion.

===The Stations of the Cross===
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The Stations of the Cross are a series of religious reflections describing or depicting [[Christ Carrying the Cross|Christ carrying the cross]] to [[Crucifixion of Jesus|his crucifixion]]. Most Catholic churches, as well as many [[Anglican]], [[Lutheran]], and [[Methodist]] parishes, contain Stations of the Cross, typically placed at intervals along the sidewalls of the [[nave]]; in most churches, they are small plaques with [[relief]]s or paintings, although in others they may be simple crosses with a numeral in the center.<ref name="ChryssidesWilkins2014">{{cite book|last1=Chryssides|first1=George D.|last2=Wilkins|first2=Margaret Z.|title=Christians in the Twenty-First Century|date=11 September 2014|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|isbn=978-1-317-54557-6|page=51|quote=Most churches in the Roman Catholic, High Anglican and Lutheran traditions have the stations of the cross displayed pictorially or in bas-relief form around their interior walls, and thus the stations can be used locally for devotion, without the necessity of visiting a place of pilgrimage.}}</ref><ref name=SMEC>{{cite web|url=http://st-michaels-episcopal.org/episcopalian-beliefs/stations-of-the-cross/|title=Stations of the Cross|year=2012|publisher=St. Michael's Episcopal Church|access-date=3 March 2015|quote=Eventually fixed at fourteen, the Stations soon became a familiar feature in Catholic; Lutheran, Anglican, and Methodist churches. The object of the Stations is to help the faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage of prayer, by meditating upon the chief scenes of Christ's sufferings and death, and is often performed in a spirit of reparation for the sufferings and insults that Jesus endured during His Passion.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217004848/http://st-michaels-episcopal.org/episcopalian-beliefs/stations-of-the-cross/|archive-date=17 February 2015}}</ref> The tradition of moving around the Stations to commemorate the Passion of Christ began with [[Francis of Assisi]] and extended throughout the Catholic Church in the medieval period. It is most commonly done during [[Lent]], especially on [[Good Friday]], but it can be done on other days as well, especially Wednesdays and Fridays.

===The Passion Offices ===
The Passion Offices were the special prayers said by various Catholic communities, particularly the [[Passionist fathers]] to commemorate the [[Passion of Christ]].<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Passion Offices}}</ref>

===The Little Office of the Passion===
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Another devotion is the Little Office of the Passion created by [[Francis of Assisi]] (1181/82–1226). He ordered this office around the medieval association of five specific moments in Jesus's Passion with specific hours of the day. Having then attributed these to hours of the [[Liturgy of the Hours|Divine Office]], he arrived at this schema:<ref name="Hugo">{{harvnb|Hugo|2011}}</ref>

* Compline – 21:00 – Jesus's [[Agony in the Garden|Arrest]] on the [[Mount of Olives]]
* Matins – 00:00 – Jesus's [[Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus|Trial]] before the Jewish [[Sanhedrin]]
* Prime – 06:00 – "an interlude celebrating Christ as the light of the new day"<ref name="Hugo"/>
* Terce – 09:00 – Jesus's [[Pilate's Court|Trial]] before [[Pontius Pilate]]
* Sext – 12:00 – Jesus's [[Crucifixion of Jesus|Crucifixion]]
* None – 15:00 – Jesus's Death
* Vespers – 18:00 – "recalling and celebrating the entire daily cycle"<ref name="Hugo"/>

===Acts of reparation===
The Catholic tradition includes specific prayers and devotions as "[[acts of reparation]]" for the sufferings and insults that Jesus endured during his Passion. These "[[Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ|acts of reparation to Jesus Christ]]" do not involve a petition for a living or deceased beneficiary, but aim to ''repair the sins'' against Jesus. Some such prayers are provided in the [[Raccolta]] Catholic prayer book (approved by a Decree of 1854, and published by the [[Holy See]] in 1898) which also includes prayers as [[Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Slater |first=T. |date=1911 |title=Reparation |encyclopedia=The Catholic Encyclopedia |location=New York |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |access-date=July 28, 2019 |via=New Advent |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12775a.htm |archive-date=August 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829184715/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12775a.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Delany |first=F. X. |date=1911 |title=Raccolta |encyclopedia=The Catholic Encyclopedia |location=New York |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |access-date=July 28, 2019 |via=New Advent |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12620a.htm |archive-date=June 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607020201/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12620a.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Joseph P. Christopher et al., 2003 ''The Raccolta'' St Athanasius Press {{ISBN|978-0-9706526-6-9}}</ref><ref>Ann Ball, 2003 ''Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices ''{{ISBN|0-87973-910-X}}</ref>

In his encyclical ''[[Miserentissimus Redemptor]]'' on reparations, [[Pope Pius XI]] called acts of reparation to Jesus Christ a duty for Catholics and referred to them as "some sort of compensation to be rendered for the injury" with respect to the sufferings of Jesus.<ref>[[Miserentissimus Redemptor]] Encyclical of [[Pope Pius XI]] [https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_08051928_miserentissimus-redemptor_en.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812031528/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_08051928_miserentissimus-redemptor_en.html|date=2014-08-12}}</ref>

[[Pope John Paul II]] referred to acts of reparation as the "unceasing effort to stand beside the endless crosses on which the Son of God continues to be crucified".<ref>{{cite web|title=Letter Of The Holy Father John Paul II To Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini For The 50th Anniversary Of The Benedictine Sisters Of Reparation Of The Holy Face|date=27 September 2000|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/2000/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_20001021_riparatrici.html|publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana|access-date=15 January 2021|archive-date=6 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306164452/https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/2000/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_20001021_riparatrici.html|url-status=live}}</ref>