Jay Sowers / The Natchez Democrat — The Rev. David O’Connor, left, looks up at the 12th Station of the Cross, “Jesus dies on the cross,” as the stations are read in observance of Good Friday at St. Mary Basilica in Natchez on Friday afternoon.

JAY SOWERS / THE NATCHEZ DEMOCRAT — Parishioners look on as the Stations of the Cross are read in observance of Good Friday at St. Mary Basilica in Natchez on Friday afternoon. The stations trace Jesus’ story from when he is condemned to death through the time he is laid in his tomb.