The beauty of “Journey to Forgiveness” is that it can be used privately or in a parish church. The prayers for each station of the cross are optimally said by two lectors, to which the congregation responds. After the prayers, the disc can be played, or local parish musicians may perform the songs or substitute their own music.

This is Lynn’s fifth album, and it is a fine piece of work. The accompanying booklet is professionally done by someone who knows graphic arts, Maria Ilardi of Hastings-On-Hudson, NY. The typeface is well chosen, there is a great deal of white space, whose contribution to a printed page can never be overestimated, and the blocks of text forming the prayers and responses and songs are just the right length to convey a message without tiring the reader or the congregation.

Here is the Ninth Station:

Lector 1: For a third time the weight of the cross overcomes Him; in the suffering struggle, His legs give out and Jesus collapses again. With tremendous effort and as impossible as it appears to be, He manages to get up and go on. This is all becoming too much to witness; can you continue walking with Him in this never ending horror when there is still so far to go? Are you beginning to wonder if this message of love and peace is worth this hideous brutality and certain death?

Lector 2: Let’s remember to pray for people trapped in hellish situations beyond their control or harmful addictions they are too weak to overcome. (Pause) Has the presence of evil in this world caused me to become cynical, indifferent to people who are weak or oppressed? Am I sometimes indifferent to God, despite all the good things I receive from Him daily? Do I set aside enough time; do I set aside ANY time, to spend with God to pray for those who do not know Him?