In these reflections, Romano Guardini aims to help the praying individuals rediscover their own lives at the various stations of the Cross and to connect their everyday experiences with Jesus' self-giving. He forgoes the rigid external form of the Stations of the Cross devotion and limits himself to short meditation texts where the participants can pause. For decades, Guardini's book has been used as a meditation on the Stations of the Cross and has lost none of its relevance.