Holy Week is a special time for people around the world. On Friday, many Catholics will gather for the annual Stations of the Cross ceremony to mark Good Friday ahead of Sunday’s Easter holiday.

WTTW News visited Good Shepherd Church in Little Village to hear more about the meaning behind the ceremony.

“This is a beautiful way to meditate because you feel like you’re being connected not just with Jesus and his own life and what he did, but also with us and our own suffering,” the Rev. Sergio Rivas Tamayo said. “You know, he understands my suffering. … But never stay there. Always go to Easter. The Resurrection is the message.”

One of the many Stations of the Cross processions will start in Little Village at 9 a.m. Friday outside Epiphany Parish and conclude at La Villita Park.