St. Alphonsus (16961787), an Italian Catholic bishop, spiritual writer, composer, musician, artist, poet, lawyer, scholastic philosopher, and theologian, was a man in love with Jesus. For Alphonsus, ‘The Way of the Cross’ provided the opportunity to meditate on the true meaning of the love of the Most Holy Redeemer. With its poetic translation of the original, this revised version—long a parish favorite—offers insight into the mind of a saint and the emotion and passion that formed his devotion. St. Alphonsus Liguori's method is the most treasured way of praying the stations ever to bless Christendom. The Saint is also the creator of the classic ‘The Glories of Mary’.A prolific writer, he published nine editions of his Moral Theology in his lifetime, in addition to other devotional and ascetic works and letters. St. Alphonsus Liguori's method is the most treasured way of praying to the stations ever to bless Christendom.