READER 2: Jesus’ followers were distressed when they saw Christ condemned in the courtyard, then scourged and burdened with the cross. Setbacks and failures in my life test my faith, too.

Ernest Rionaula, who plays Jesus Christ, cries out in pain as he carries a cross during the 46th annual “Via Crucis: Living Way of the Cross,” a Lenten tradition that recounts the passion and ...