Good Friday marked with Way of the Cross procession over the Brooklyn Bridge
NEW YORK - It's Good Friday. Christians around the world are marking the day Jesus was crucified. Hundreds gathered for a special procession over the Brooklyn Bridge.
As CBS2's Andrea Grymes reports, it started with somber music to commemorate the most somber day on the Christian calendar.
The choir sang a capella inside St. James Cathedral-Basilica in Downtown Brooklyn as the Way of the Cross procession began.
"It's trying to imitate, recreate the steps of Jesus in those final hours," said Bishop Robert Brennan.
Hundreds followed the cross from the Catholic church and over the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan, stopping to sing, pray and remember the day Jesus was crucified.
A public display of faith and an emotional journey for the faithful, like Maria Lanzetta of Bayside, Queens.
"It's more than an amazing experience to walk with Jesus," Lanzetta said, becoming emotional.
"It's very overwhelming, because some of my friends were crying on the walk because it's like very touching," said high school student Anthony DeCastro.
DeCastro says he and his friends came to represent the youth.
"Our faith is, like, very strong and we're thinking of joining the seminary. So it's very, very big, very huge for us," he said.
The Way of the Cross over the bridge started in the '90s, but was on hiatus with the pandemic. This is the first time in two years they've been able to have it.
"We're back. I think it's a sign of hope, faith, and the resurrection, and in our own personal resurrections," said Louis Giovino.
And a reminder of Jesus' message during these times of violence and war.
"Love always conquers hate, and life conquers over death," Brennan said.
Brennan said it's easy to feel alone in your faith, especially during the pandemic, but something like this helps prove you're not.
Watch: Good Friday mass held at Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Meanwhile, Timothy Cardinal Dolan continues to lead New Yorkers through Holy Week. At Saint Patrick's Cathedral on Friday, he presided over the Seven Last Words, a service that remembers the sayings of Jesus at the time of his crucifixion.
Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus this weekend on Easter Sunday. Cardinal Dolan will deliver an Easter vigil on Saturday followed by an Easter mass on Sunday.
