
The Way of the Cross is the most heavily indulgenced devotion in the
Catholic Church; it is a devotion reputed to have been originated by Our Lady
herself, who, legend has it, set up the original Way of the Cross in her
backyard at Ephesus. Moreover, the great Saints all aver that meditation on the
Passion and death of Jesus is the most fruitful that one can engage in. Among
versions of the Way of the Cross, St. Alphonsus' is easily the best known and
most popular in the English language.