doloroso

"Why, madam, you've never been in bed this blessed night," burst out Tantripp, looking first at the bed and then at Dorothea's face, which in spite of bathing had the pale cheeks and pink eyelids of a mater dolorosa. "You'll kill yourself, you will .

She was well aware that directly Mrs Neale received her money she went round the corner to drink ardent spirits in a mean and musty public-house - the unavoidable station on the VIA DOLOROSA of her life.

The Stations of the Cross, also known as the "Way of the Cross'' or "Via Dolorosa,'' commemorate the Passion of Christ from the Garden of Gethsemane to the Crucifixion and the laying of Jesus' body in the tomb.

The sites most frequented by tourists were the Western Wall, the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, the Via Dolorosa and the Mount of Olives.

Aimed primarily at film students and scholars, this book includes a DVD-ROM which features Diva Dolorosa, a compilation video featuring footage from these now-rare films.

Some Good Friday pilgrims carried large wooden crosses as they walked down the Via Dolorosa, or Way of Sorrows, stopping at 14 stations that commemorate events that befell Jesus as he was led to his death.

Halfway along the Via Dolorosa, the route taken by Jesus as he carried the cross, a couple of us started heading towards a cafe to grab a kebab.