Beginning at noon today, Household of Faith Family Worship Church will transform its New Orleans East parking lot into Golgotha, which is located outside the city walls of Jerusalem.
A crowd dressed in loose-fitting tunics and Roman soldiers on horseback will scream: “Crucify him! Crucify him!” As a bloody, battered and beaten Jesus is taunted, he will drag a wooden cross. Jesus’ mother Mary will wail as he is struck with whips, nailed to a cross, hoisted between two thieves and crucified.
Since 2004, “The Passion Live,” a Good Friday re-enactment of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, has looked so realistic that traffic has slowed to a crawl on I-10 East. The hourlong presentation includes liturgical dancing, singing and messages about Christ’s last sayings…