<P> As the Stations of the Cross are prayed during the season of Lent in Catholic churches, each station is traditionally followed by a verse of the Stabat Mater, composed in the 13th century by Franciscan Jacopone da Todi . James Matthew Wilson's poetic sequence, The Stations of the Cross, is written in the same meter as da Todi's poem . </P> <P> Dimitris Lyacos' third part of the Poena Damni trilogy, The First Death, is divided in fourteen sections in order to emphasise the "Via Dolorosa" of its marooned protagonist during his ascent on the mount of the island which constitutes the setting of the work . </P> <P> These fourteen sites along the Via Dolorosa are where the events of the Stations of the Cross happened, according to tradition . These 14 stops form a route ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher that pilgrims have walked for centuries and are the inspiration for the Stations of the Cross in many churches today . </P> <Ul> <Li> <P> 1st Station, Jesus is condemned to death </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 2nd Station, Jesus carries his cross </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 3rd Station, Jesus falls for the first time </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 4th Station, Jesus meets his mother </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 5th Station, Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 6th Station, Veronica wipes the face of Jesus </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 7th Station, Jesus falls for the second time </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 8th Station, Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 9th Station, Jesus falls for the third time </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 10th Station, Jesus is stripped of his garments </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 11th Station, Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 12th Station, Jesus dies on the cross </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 13th Station, Jesus is taken down from the cross </P> </Li> <Li> <P> 14th Station, Jesus is laid in the tomb </P> </Li> </Ul>

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