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The cache is located along the Lake Martin Loop Trail which surrounds Lake Martin, home to wildlife including alligators and birds such as egrets and herons. The trail is inaccessible from June to October due to alligator nesting season. Please respect and be cautious of wildlife while on the trail.
The Way of the Cross is a traditional devotional procession that focuses on specific events on the last day of Jesus Christ. The Way of the Cross breaks these specific events into 14 "stations" - the first beginning with the condemnation of Jesus Christ and the last ending with His burial. Each cache associated with The Way of The Cross will reference one of the 14 stations.
Although each cache is a devotional procession containing a prayer specific to the Christian faith, the cache is intended to encourage reflection and enjoyment of a beautiful and iconic part of Louisiana's natural environment - no matter what one's religious preferences may be.
This cache is the 4th of the Stations - Station 4: .Jesus meet His Sorrowful Mother
SCRIPTURE
From the Gospel according to Luke 2:34-35, 51
Simeon said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign of contradiction, that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed. And a sword will pierce through your own soul also”… His mother kept all these things in her heart.