May 7, 2003
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Vendredi - Saint dans un village de France .
Good Friday in a village of France .

Départ de l ' église Start from the church photo by Michel Fauquet April 2003
Le Vendredi Saint dernier 18 avril 2003 j' ai suivi le Chemin de Croix dans un petit village à côté d ' Amiens ( Picardie , France ) . Cela se passait dehors .
On the last Good Friday , the 18th of April 2003 , I attended the Way of the Cross in a small village by Amiens ( Picardy , France ) . It was outside .

Une des stations One of the stations photo by Michel Fauquet April 2003
Les 14 stations relatant la Passion , le mort et la mise au tombeau du Christ étaient figurées par de petites croix de bois peintes en blanc plantées le long d ' une rue en pente montante . Nous arrêtions à chaque station pour entendre la lecture des écritures et prier .
The 14 stations relating the Passion , the death and the entombment of Christ were figured by small wooden white- painted crosses planted on the side of a steep street . We stopped at every station to hear the scriptures and pray

On the steep street Sur le chemin montant Photo Michel Fauquet April 2003
En cheminant ainsi dans une rue du village on avait l ' impression non seulement de commémorer mais aussi de vivre un événement bien ancré dans la réalité d ' aujourd ' hui que ce soit dans nos vies personnelles ou dans l ' actualité internationale . La responsabilité de la mort de Jésus ? La réponse fut : à chaque fois que de nos jours comme dans le passé on détruit l ' amitié ou que le puissant méprise le faible et l ' exploite , on tue Jésus .
Walking on a street of the village gave us the impression not only of a commemoration but also of an event in the present time in our personal life or in the international events . The responsability of the death of Jesus ? The response was : every time in the past or nowadays when one destroyes the friendship , when the powerful ones despise the poor and take advantage of them , one kills Jesus

Au Calvaire At the Calvary photo Michel Fauquet April 2003
Après le Chemin de Croix on se rendit au grand Calvaire , monument érigé sur le haut du village . Le Christ éternel pauvre , éternel perdant a été crucifié comme un voleur . Il triomphera le 3ème jour après ( Pâques ). Mort sous toutes tes formes où est ta victoire ? la Croix pour les Chrétiens est un signe d ' espoir de vie et non de mort . C ' était la méditation finale . Combien est - il affreux qu 'on ait tué en son nom au cours de l ' histoire .
After the way of the Cross we went to the huge Calvary , monument erected on the high of the village . Christ , eternal poor , eternal loser has been crucified such a robber . He will triumph on the third day after ( Easter ). Death whatever your forms where is your victory ? For the Christians the Cross is a sign of hope of life and not of death .. How much it is awful one has killed under its name during the history !
I thank my readers who left comments or e.mails of encouragment during my break .
Michel
Comments (84)
Heureuse de te voir de retour, Michel!
-- Lise
I'm glad you're back
A real walk of the Passion , so nice of you to share the photos with us . Its great to have you back
as I miss your lovely comments on my site
That would give me the chills to have done that. As did my reading on Pontius Pilate. I missed you
I hope you have a wonderful day!! 
I have missed your beautiful and informative blogs!
Il a fait tellement pour nous...
je suis heureuse de voir votre retour, michel.
welcome back...
I can imagine that 'the Way of the Cross' was amazing... it sounds like it was.
Je suis heureux que tu es rentré.
mike
Wow! That's really beautiful! Glad to see you back!
So glad you're back! Great pictures of Good Friday, as always. I missed you!!!
Good to have you back... those are some great pics and great words to go with them
Yippy skippy, it's so good to read your site again
I hope all has been well with you; and I like your pictures!
Much love,
~OxOxSavannahxOxO~
Welcome back, mon ami, and that was a lovely blog! As usual. Cheers, Neil
Welcome back!!! Good to see you blogging again.
I hope that you have caught up on some of the work that you had to do.
I enjoyed your entry and pictures. It is interesting to read about the way things are done in different countries.
In NH, we do go outside to have our Easter service. We stand by a beautiful overlook site, where we can view the valley and mountains. We all hold a lit candle during the service. I think it makes you feel closer to God in a natural setting.
Have a great week.
Edie Rose
It is good to have you back with us.
Merci, Michel, pour un image tellement triste, joli, religieux, et sacré...
Vous nous avez bien manqué!
Welcome back, my friend
I am so glad you are back. I have missed reading your posts and seeing pictures of France!
I have a big poster of Dordogne. That is the place in France I wish to go first. It looks like such a beautiful place, but then all of France looks beautiful. I LOVE castles.
You are SO lucky to be there!
Trés beau reportage
Il est bon que les traditions vivent et nous apprennent l'essentiel
("l'essence du ciel" comme le dirait avec humour un docteur québecois de ma connaissance:)
amitiés
Nice to see you back Michel. Being cruicified is a terrible way to die. Very painful. Interesting to read of your Good Friday - thanks.
How lovely and what a wonderful time to celebrate your return to xanga. I am so glad to hear you are well and things are going well for you. Did you miss us, too? We sure did miss your bilingual sharings! Welcome back.......
Glad to see you back Michel
You were missed, but it's good to be able to step away sometimes. I find many blessings in sacred acts. It is good to remember what Christ did for us.
Lovely photos and blog Michel
Welcome back...I've missed you!
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I am really glad that you are back! I missed you. Thank you for sharing your experience with Easter for us. I like to hear how others celebrate holidays
Welcome back! The Good Friday commemeration sounds wonderful. I would love to do that one day!
those were nice pictures. i'd say you had an interesting lent. tu es d'exception, michel...
Welcome back Michel, you have been missed. Great photos of the Stations Of the Cross. Here in Widnes we held a Walk Of Witness, an ecumenical event. Hopefully I will be posting pics of our church during the Easter Triduum oh ! and the Easter Garden.
Marie
This looks like it would be a beautiful thing to see! I love the pictures.
I’m so glad you’re back! You have been really missed! You are our bright star on xanga.
What lovely pictures. I went to Branson, Missouri once, where they put on the Passion Play and there is a huge statue of Christ. It was one of the most powerful things I'd ever seen...it made Jesus seem so much more real. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and photos with me. -Kate
J'espere que vous avez eu une bonne vacances et vous avez plein du temps pour ecrire a Xanga! J'adore vos photos et votre commentaire sur vos photos! Merci beaucoup pour une vue de la vie en France!
salut!
James Dilworth
awesome pics!~
((((Michel))) What a wonderful post. I envy you that you got to experience such a wonderful event.
Good to see you back and I hope you had a good break. I enjoy reading your blogs!
Tres interessant. Glad you have returned.
The time of the Passion in the Church is always a joyfull renewal. The stations always made me feel so much closer to the answer of our Christ. I am no longer a devout church goer. Divorce..other things that have kept me away...but my heart still celebrates the mysteries
I'm so glad to see you back!
Thank you for the pictures and description of the service you attended. It must have been an emotional and inspiring thing to do.
...Michel, didn't realise you had posted until I randomly popped-in! Welcome back, wonderful you have returned!
MuSe
...lovely pics and such a thoughtful post. Hugs,
thanx for u encouragement
Merci BouCoup
Hello my dear Michel!
I hope your break was a good one. Everyone deserves a rest now and then don't they? I also hope you are ready to entertain us with your charming blogs! I have missed you my friend!
Please take care of yourself!
It is one of the most touching rituals of the catholic church. It is a nice way of remembering the sacrifice of Christ.
Thanks for posting again a wonderful blog.
Carlo
That's beautiful. I think that's a much more memorable way to spend Easter. It's good to see you back!
welcome back ...we missed you.
what lovely pictures....so quaint!
Dear Michel, welcome back to the fold. I am sure you found that service at Picardy most enlightening . I immediately thought of the song 'Roses are blooming in Picardy'. The times I heard that as a child were many. I notice you have a little notice at the top of your site saying All people and things are interesting, can you add but not slugs, because I don't think they are interesting, although I presume they have a link in the food chain for some insect or animal. LOL hoping that means laughing, although it could mean Lots of Love which is equally applicable in your case. Golly this sounds like a love letter
Cheers Marjie


how u understand both French and English so well!
im taking Frech right now!
but i can barely read some 20 Frech words
Il me fait plaisir à te revoir... c'est bien que tu t'as reposé. C'est important. Oh, my brain is not functioning in French right now
. So-->English. It sounds like you have had a thoughtful and spiritual Easter. I'm glad to see you back.
Welcome back old friend. You were missed. Your journay of the stations of the cross must have left a mark on your heart that you will never forget. Thank you for sharing this trip!
you live in a beautiful city, michel
what a charmed life! nice to see you back! how is the garden coming?
Welcome back to Xanga! I hope you had a wonderful break away from it. I have missed your beautiful pictures and am very glad you have returned!!
I missed your post ! Welcome back ! @-}-}--
Dear friend, welcome back. You have been missed.
Thank you for the pictures and explanation of the Stations of the Cross. I am not Catholic, so I have not understood their meaning. It seems to me that your experience would have been very moving and meaningful.
Carol
glad to finally hear from you again.
my "dad" finally took me to the doctor a week after the accident happened. and it turns out two of my toes are broken. so now i have an awful cast placed on my foot. arg. thanks for your kind words earlier tho.
glad you are back =)
Welcome back Michel!
Hello Michel ~warm hugs~. How are you both?.. I hope you are well indeed
Lovely weblog - as usual - I always leave your site feeling refreshed and motivated
i love the quote in your banner. words i try to live by.
Thanks for the encouragement.
you're back?
how are you, michel? hope you're doing good. i'm well. feeling better. i want to hear from you again.
it is a song by Harvey Danger called Flagpole Sitta.
Welcome back. Busy gardening I'll bet?
oh yay michel! i am so glad to see you back again, and i'm glad that you enjoyed your break!!! have a wonderful week!
michel!!! bienvenue~!!!! we missed you! (nous vous manquons, c'est correcte?)
That looked like a good day on Good Friday - they have the same kind of Easter celebrations over in Malta where my sister-in-law lives. (I recall my mother and I visiting and seeing the celebrations one year.)
My brother uses - or used (as I don't hear from him anymore) - computer glasses...I believe that they do protect your eyes from the glare somewhat. I have heard that you can buy them in supermarkets like Wal-mart...but I haven't seen them anywhere yet.
As for my neighbour...he really lives too far removed from my property to actually call him a neighbour. The thing that really annoyed me was that we were not causing any trouble - I try to get along with everyone that I meet. (He is very anti-social.) I believe the reason is that he has many, many dogs living around him in all directions - and they bark constantly. I guess I understand why he reacted the way that he did, but I still believe that there is a right and a wrong way to ask people anything - and the wrong way gets you nowhere. (I am not a vindictive man - and I have forgotten the incident now...but I still don't think he was right to talk to me the way that he did - but that he his problem now.)
It's good to hear from you again.
Welcome Home Michel.. I have surely missed you .. what a beautiful blog.. touching my heart deeply.. Again.. thank you for sharing such beauty with us!!! Good to have you back.. hugs.. and love.. Rose
Michel, in my above posting, I was speaking from my heart and forgot that I was on xanga. I signed my real name, so just to clarify its...France.
I'm sure this now explains in another part why I am drawn to your site.
The pictures and rituals are lovely. I wish the whole world would take them to heart and always remember that Jesus is LOVE. You were missed and I am glad to see your return.
Love,
Brenda
All is risen when death has no meaning.
Welcome back!!!! I too took a break from Xanga,but it was because my computer crashed! I have missed reading your blogs and seeing your beautiful pictures!
I'm so glad to see that you're back!!
Those are beautiful pictures of Good Friday commemoration. It is indeed tragic that killing has taken place in the name of the Christian Cross.
(((hugs)))
Lisa
That was really very beautiful thank-you for sharing it with us. I am so glad you are back I sure have missed your very interesting blogs. God Bless You and Yours.
Hugggssss
I have never seen the red berries grown so fast as this year. The same at your place??
Huggggssss
Bienvenue! Pardonnez-moi pour être en retard visiter. C'est un bel hommage à notre seigneur. Nous avons une énonciation que le Christ était l'"opprimé." Quelle pensée: pour suivre le Christ qui était tout, pourtant fait pour n'être rien en notre nom. Merci de partager ces images et de votre commentaire aimable, mon ami en Jésus!
the way of the cross
always leads to
the way of Spirit..
a way of no pain..
just Love!
so moving to witness the beauty of people coming together in Faith! thank you dear Michel
love,
Jude
I love your pic. You live in a beautiful country.
Michel, merci bien pour ta commentaire... c'est intéresant à lire ce que un parent pense... et oui, il y avait un grand changement du mentalité entre les deux générations. Tu me fait penser que c'est pas toujours la faute de ma mère. Je suis heureuse que tous est plus calm maintenant.
It's very good to see you back Michel. Thank you for sharing your Easter Pilgrimmage.
You are always so kind Michel. To answer your question. Actually no relation except for the quest for freedom as in the science fiction movie The Matrix, (parts one and two soon) which the picture is from.
Love Brenda
Yay, you're back!!! Welcome back M. Fauquet!!! Again, wonderful pictures, thank you for sharing!
What a moving experience!
Il a regardé être un jour très charmant pour la celébration. Je vous ai manqué pendant que vous avez été allé.
welcome back! :)
*emma
Michel, you took it personally and you weren't meant to! I seem to have a habit of putting things the wrong way to you so it sounds like I am slightly flaming you and I'm not, honestly.
I am not one of those weirdos who read sites purely for the pleasure of being critical. I read them purely for pleasure. Full stop. If a site pisses me off, I just don't read it! Life is too short....
And I love your site. As does everyone else
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