Stations of the Cross
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.
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.
Jesus is scourged and crowned with thorns having been unjustly condemned by Pontius Pilate to die on the cross.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When Jesus meets his mother, their looks became like so many arrows to wound those hearts which love each other so tenderly.
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.
Seeing Jesus was on the point of expiring, his tormentors, wishing him to die the shameful death of the Cross, constrained Simon of Cyrene to carry the Cross.
V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
Seeing Jesus was on the point of expiring, his tormentors, wishing him to die the shameful death of the Cross, constrained Simon of Cyrene to carry the Cross.
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.
The holy woman named Veronica, seeing Jesus so ill-used, and bathed in sweat and blood, wiped his face with a towel.
V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
The holy woman named Veronica, seeing Jesus so ill-used, and bathed in sweat and blood, wiped his face with a towel.
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.
Consider the second fall of Jesus under the Cross; a fall which renews the pain of all the wounds in his head and members.
V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
Consider the second fall of Jesus under the Cross; a fall which renews the pain of all the wounds in his head and members.
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.
The women wept with compassion at seeing Jesus in such a pitiable state, streaming with blood as he walked along.
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.
When he fell the third time, Jesus was weak in the extreme as his cruel executioners tried to hasten his steps when he could scarcely move.
V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
When he fell the third time, Jesus was weak in the extreme as his cruel executioners tried to hasten his steps when he could scarcely move.
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.
Jesus was stripped by the executioners. His inner garments adhered to his torn flesh, and they dragged them off so roughly that the skin came with them.
V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
Jesus was stripped by the executioners. His inner garments adhered to his torn flesh, and they dragged them off so roughly that the skin came with them.
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.
Jesus, having been placed upon the Cross, extended his hands and offered to his eternal Father the sacrifice of his life for our salvation.
V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
Jesus, having been placed upon the Cross, extended his hands and offered to his eternal Father the sacrifice of his life for our salvation.
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.
Our Lord Jesus, after three hours of agony on the cross, abandoned himself to the weight of his body, bowed his head and died.
V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
Our Lord Jesus, after three hours of agony on the cross, abandoned himself to the weight of his body, bowed his head and died.
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.
Consider how, after Our Lord had expired, two of his disciples, Joseph and Nicodemus, took him down from the Cross, and placed him in the arms of his afflicted Mother
V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world
Consider how, after Our Lord had expired, two of his disciples, Joseph and Nicodemus, took him down from the Cross, and placed him in the arms of his afflicted Mother
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.
Consider how the disciples, accompanied by his holy Mother, carried the body of Jesus to bury it. They closed the tomb, and all came sorrowfully away.
V. (Genuflecting) We adore you, O Christ, and praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
Consider how the disciples, accompanied by his holy Mother, carried the body of Jesus to bury it. They closed the tomb, and all came sorrowfully away.
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.
Stations of the Cross
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 end by saying:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.