Meditate on Christ’s journey to the cross. As you walk through the Stations of the Cross, take time to pray and reflect on where you see Christ in our world.

All start by saying:

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Station 1. Jesus is condemned to death

Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns having been unjustly condemned by Pontius Pilate to die on the cross.

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 2. Jesus takes up his cross

Jesus accepts His Cross and in making this journey with it on his shoulders, thought of us, and offered to his Father the death he was about to undergo.

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 3. Jesus falls the first time

When Jesus falls for the first time, he is so weakened he could scarcely walk. Yet he has to carry the great load of the Cross upon his shoulders.

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 4. Jesus meets his mother

When Jesus meets his mother, their looks became like so many arrows to wound those hearts which love each other so tenderly.

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 5. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 7. Jesus falls the second time

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 8. The women of Jerusalem weep for Our Lord

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 9. Jesus falls the third time

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 10. Jesus is stripped of his clothes

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 11. Jesus is nailed to the cross

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 12. Jesus dies on the cross

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 13. Jesus is taken down from the cross

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.

Station 14. Jesus is placed in the tomb

V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

All: I love you, Jesus, my love above all things, And I repent with my whole heart of having offended you.

Never permit me to separate myself from you again, Grant that I may love you always, and then do with me what you will.