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A
powerful and moving form of prayer, the Way of the Cross (also called
Stations of the Cross, Via Dolorosa, or Via Crucis), follows Jesus
in His steps from the Praetorium to Golgotha. This popular devotion traces our Savior's
last moments on earth, as he paid the price
of our redemption. It has been considered a "spiritual pilgrimage
to Jerusalem". The origin of this devotion is often associated with
St. Francis of
Assisi, the great founder of the Franciscans. Over the past several
hundred years, one may see that the Saints often have a
devotion to the Way of the Cross, which involves prayers and meditation
on the
fourteen "stations of the cross" (see below). It has been said that no other devotion has been more richly
endowed with indulgences than the Way of the Cross.
Station:
1 | 2 |
3 | 4 |
5 | 6 | 7
| 8 | 9
| 10 | 11
| 12 | 13
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Source:
St. Andrew's Daily Missal |
Notes... |
What
follows is one traditional method. Other methods also exit. Note that Pope John Paul
II used his own stations (e.g. based solely on Scripture), but
did not impose his own devotion on the faithful.
Note
that prayers and practices may vary. Stations of the Cross may be especially
offered at the parish level during Lent (contact the parish or
diocese for information). When recited publicly, the priest (and
people) may genuflect and move from station to station while a hymn is sung
(e.g. the Stabat Mater).
To
obtain indulgences,
certain conditions may be required (e.g. movement from station to
station, lawfully erected crosses, etc.)
Although
the Way of the Cross is most powerful in church (where the
Tabernacle resides and where special indulgences may be attached),
individuals may also practice the Way of the Cross devotion
privately. If possible, have pictures of the Stations of the Cross
(or a crucifix) for your devotion and make a special attempt to
contemplate these events on Friday (the day of Jesus' Passion). Be
sure to meditate for a moment on each Station.
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Before
the Altar |
Priest:
O Jesus, our adorable Savior, behold us prostrate at Thy feet,
imploring Thy mercy for ourselves, and for the souls of all the
faithful departed. Vouchsafe to apply to us the infinite merits of
Thy passion, on which we are now about to meditate. Grant that
while we trace this path of sighs and tears, our hearts may be so
touched with contrition and repentance, that we may be ready to
embrace with joy all the crosses, sufferings, and humiliations of
this our life and pilgrimage.
V.
Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord.
R.
And my mouth shall show forth Thy praise.
V.
O God, come to my assistance.
R.
O Lord, make haste to help me.
V.
Glory be...
R.
As it was...
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First
Station |
Jesus
Christ Condemned to Death
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
Leaving the house of Caiphas, where He had been blasphemed and the
house of Herod, where He had been mocked, Jesus is dragged before
Pilate, His back torn with scourges, His head crowned with thorns;
and He, who on the last day will judge the living and the dead, is
Himself condemned to a disgraceful death.
Prayer:
It was for us that Thou didst suffer, O blessed Jesus; it was for
our sins Thou was condemned to die. Oh, grant that we may detest
them from the bottom of our hearts, and by this repentance obtain
Thy mercy and pardon.
An
Act of Contrition (repeated after each station)
O
God, we love Thee with our whole hearts and above all things and
are heartily sorry that we have offended Thee. May we never offend
Thee any more. Oh, may we love Thee without ceasing, and make it
our delight to do in all things Thy most holy will.
Our
Father... Hail Mary... Glory Be...
Have
mercy on us, O Lord; have mercy on us.
V.
May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,
rest in peace.
R.
Amen.
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Second
Station |
Jesus
Receives the Cross
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
A heavy cross is laid upon the bruised shoulders of Jesus. He
receives it with meekness, nay, with a secret joy, for it is the instrument
with which He is to redeem the world.
Prayer:
O Jesus! grant us, by virtue of Thy cross, to embrace with meekness
and cheerful submission the difficulties of our state, and to be
ever ready to take up our cross and follow Thee.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Third
Station |
Jesus
Falls the First Time Under the Weight of the Cross
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
Bowed down under the weight of the cross, Jesus slowly sets forth
on the way to Calvary, amidst the mockeries and insults of the
crowd. His agony in the garden has exhausted His body; He is sore
with blows and wounds; His strength fails Him; He falls to the
ground under the cross.
Prayer:
O Jesus! who for our sins didst bear the heavy burden of the
cross, and fell under its weight, may the thoughts of Thy
sufferings make us watchful over ourselves, and save us from any grievous
fall into sin.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Fourth
Station |
Jesus
is Met by His Blessed Mother
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
Still burdened with His cross, and wounded yet more by His fall,
Jesus proceeds on His way. He is met by His Mother. What a meeting
must that have been! What a sword of anguish must have pierced
that Mother's bosom! What must have been the compassion of that
Son for His holy Mother!
Prayer:
O Jesus! by the compassion which Thou didst feel for Thy Mother,
have compassion on us, and give us a share in her intercession. O
Mary, most afflicted Mother! intercede for us that, through the
sufferings of Thy Son, we may be delivered from the wrath to come.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Fifth
Station |
The
Cross is Laid Upon Simon of Cyrene
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
As the strength of Jesus fails, and He is unable to proceed, the
executioners seize and compel Simon of Cyrene to carry His cross.
The virtue of that cross changed his heart, and from a compulsory
task it became a privilege and a joy.
Prayer:
O Lord Jesus! may it be our privilege also to bear Thy cross; may
we glory in nothing else; by it may the world be crucified unto
us, and we unto the world; may we never shrink from sufferings,
but rather rejoice if we may be counted worthy to suffer for Thy
name's sake.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Sixth
Station |
The
Face of Jesus is Wiped by Veronica
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
As Jesus proceeds on the way, covered with the sweat of death, a
woman, moved with compassion, makes her way through the crowd, and
wipes His face with a handkerchief. As a reward of her piety, the
impression of His sacred countenance is miraculously imprinted
upon the handkerchief.
Prayer:
O Jesus! may the contemplation of Thy sufferings move us with the
deepest compassion, make us to hate our sins, and kindle in our
hearts more fervent love of Thee. May Thy image be graven on our
minds, until we are transformed into Thy likeness.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Seventh
Station |
Jesus
Falls a Second Time
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
The pain of His wounds and the loss of blood increasing at every
step of His way, again His strength fails Him, and Jesus falls to
the ground a second time.
Prayer:
O Jesus! falling again under the burden of our sins, and of Thy
sufferings for our sins, how often have we grieved Thee by our
repeated falls into sin! Oh, may we rather die than ever offend
Thee again!
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Eighth
Station |
The
Women of Jerusalem Mourn for Our Lord
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
At the sight of the sufferings of Jesus some holy women in the crowd
were so touched with sympathy that they openly bewailed and
lamented Him. Jesus, knowing the things that were to come to pass
upon Jerusalem because of their rejection of Him, turned to them
and said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep
for yourselves and for your children."
Prayer:
O Lord Jesus! we mourn, and will mourn, both for Thee and for
ourselves; for Thy sufferings and for our sins which caused them.
Oh teach us so to mourn, that we may be comforted, and escape those
dreadful judgments prepared for all who reject or neglect Thee in
this life.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Ninth
Station |
Jesus
Falls the Third Time Under the Cross
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
Jesus had now arrived almost at the summit of Calvary; but before
He reached the spot where He was to be crucified, His strength
again fails Him, and He falls the third time, to be again dragged
up and goaded onward by the brutal soldiers.
Prayer:
O Lord Jesus! we entreat Thee, by the merits of this Thy third
most painful fall, to pardon our frequent relapses and our long
continuance in sin; and may the thought of these Thy sufferings
make us to hate our sins more and more.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Tenth
Station |
Jesus
is Stripped of His Garments
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
Arrived at last at the place of sacrifice, they prepare to crucify
Him. His garments are torn from His bleeding body, and He, the
Holy of Holies, stands exposed to the vulgar gaze of the rude and
scoffing multitude.
Prayer:
O Lord Jesus, Thou didst endure this shame for our most shameful
deeds. Strip us, we beseech Thee, of all false shame, conceit, and pride,
and make us so humble ourselves voluntarily in this life, that we
may escape everlasting ignominy in the world to come.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Eleventh
Station |
Jesus
is Nailed to the Cross
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
The cross is laid upon the ground, and Jesus is stretched upon His
bed of death. At one and the same time He offers His bruised limbs
to His heavenly Father on behalf of sinful man, and to His fierce
executioners to be nailed by them to the disgraceful wood. The
blows are struck! The blood gushes forth!
Prayer:
O Jesus, nailed to the cross, fasten our hearts there also, that
they may be united to Thee until death shall strike us with its
fatal blow, and with our last breath we shall have yielded up our
souls to Thee.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Twelfth
Station |
Jesus
Dies Upon the Cross
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
For three hours has Jesus hung upon His transfixed hands; His
blood has run in streams down His body, and bedewed the around;
and, in the midst of excruciating sufferings, He has pardoned His
murderers, promised the bliss of paradise to the good thief, and committed
His blessed Mother and beloved disciple to each other's care. All
is now consummated; and meekly bowing down His head, He gives up
the ghost.
Prayer:
O Jesus! we devoutly embrace that honored cross where Thou didst
love us even unto death. In that death we place all our
confidence. Henceforth let us live only for Thee; and in dying for
Thee, let us die loving Thee, and in Thy sacred arms.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Thirteenth
Station |
Jesus
is Laid in the Arms of His Blessed Mother
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
The multitude have left the heights of Calvary, and none remain
save the beloved disciple and the holy women, who, at the foot of
the cross, are striving to stem the grief of Christ's inconsolable
Mother. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus take down the body of
her Divine Son from the cross and deposit it in her arms.
Prayer:
O Thou, whose grief was boundless as an ocean that hath no limits,
Mary Mother of God, give us a share in thy most holy sorrow in the
sufferings of thy Son, and have compassion on our infirmities.
Accept us as thy children with the beloved disciple. Show thyself
a mother unto us; and may He, through thee, receive our prayer,
who for us vouchsafed to be thy Son.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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Fourteenth
Station |
Jesus
is Laid in the Sepulchre
V.
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R.
Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest:
The body of her dearly beloved Son is taken from His Mother, and
laid by the disciples in the tomb. The tomb is closed, and there
the lifeless body remains until the hour of its glorious
resurrection.
Prayer:
We, too, O God, will descend into the grave whenever it shall
please Thee, as it shall please Thee, and wheresoever it shall
please Thee. Let Thy just decrees be fulfilled; let our sinful
bodies return to their parent dust, but do Thou, in Thy great
mercy, receive our immortal souls, and when our bodies have risen
again, place them likewise in Thy kingdom that we may love and
bless Thee for ever and ever. Amen.
(Act
of Contrition, etc., as above)
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