LONDON (CathNews) — An anonymous artist has designed a pamphlet depicting the 14 Stations of the Cross and has arranged them so they sit alongside stations of the Tube line in London, reports The Catholic Herald.
“Jesus is Condemned to Death” occurs at Westminster and St James Park, and “Jesus Falls For the Second Time” at Monument and Notting Hill Gate. The skilful and intriguing paper-cut illustrations are collected in a pamphlet called Stations of the King’s Cross. The pictures will be exhibited in St Mary’s Church, Somers Town, in north London.
The artist, who wanted to be anonymous, said he had been handing the pamphlets out around London. He said: “It would be great if the wonder of the human imagination was acknowledged and encouraged more within the Church.
He said the 1999 letter of Pope John Paul II to Artists showed his clear ideas about the importance of art to human society. The pope said ‘The human craftsman mirrors the image of God as Creator’.
In the pamphlet, the pictures are called “just a little idea for those Circle Line passengers who believe that pondering on the enormous mystery of Christ’s death [and mysterious enormity of His love] could be a good thing”.