Showing posts with label Stations of The Cross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stations of The Cross. Show all posts
Sunday, February 17, 2008

Stations of The Cross: Opening Prayer

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Mary, my Mother, you were the first to live the Way of the Cross.You felt every pain and every humiliation. You were unafraid of the ridicul...

The First Station: Jesus Is Condemned To Death

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My Jesus, the world still has You on trial. It keeps asking who You are and why You make the demands You make. It asks over and over ...

The Second Station: Jesus Carries His Cross

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How could any human impose such a burden upon Your torn and bleeding body, Lord Jesus? Each movement of the cross drove the thorns dee...

The Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time

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My Jesus, it seems to me, that as God, You would have carried Your cross without faltering, but You did not. You fell beneath it's...

The Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother

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My Jesus, it was a great sorrow to realize Your pain caused Mary so much grief. As Redeemer, You wanted her to share in Your pain for...

The Fifth Station: Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross

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My Jesus, Your tormentors enlisted a Simon of Cyrene to help You carry Your cross. Your humility is beyond my comprehension. Your pow...

The Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

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My Jesus, where were all the hundreds of peoples whose bodies and souls were healed by you? Where were they when You needed someone to...

The Seventh Station: Jesus Falls A Second Time

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My Jesus, one of the beautiful qualities the people admired in You was Your strength in time of ridicule - Your ability to rise above ...

The Eighth Station: Jesus Speaks to the Holy Women

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My Jesus, I am amazed at Your compassion for others in Your time of need. When I suffer, I have a tendency to think only of myself but...

The Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time

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My Jesus, even with the help of Simon You fell a third time. Were You telling me that there may be times in my life that I will fall a...

The Tenth Station: Jesus is Stripped of His Garments

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It seems that every step to Calvary brought You fresh humiliation, my Jesus. How Your sensitive nature recoiled at being stripped befo...

The Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross

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It is hard to imagine a God being nailed to a cross by His own creatures. It is even more difficult for my mind to understand a love t...

The Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross

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God is dead! No wonder the earth quaked, the sun hid itself, the dead rose and Mary stood by in horror. Your human body gave up it...

The Thirteenth Station: Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross

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My Jesus, it was with deep grief that Mary finally took You into her arms and saw all the wounds sin had inflicted upon You. Mary Magd...

The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Laid in the Sepulcher

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My Jesus, You were laid to rest in a stranger's tomb. You were born with nothing of this world's goods and You died detached f...

Stations of The Cross: Closing Prayer

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My Jesus, I have traveled Your Way of the cross. It seems so real and I feel so ashamed. I complain of my sufferings and find obedience...