During this Lenten Season, take time to attend Stations of the Cross.
To pray the way of the cross requires only that you meditate before each station. Before each station you may say: We adore you, O Christ and we bless you, because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
After each station, pray an Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be...
Opening Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, take me along that holy way
you once took to your death, Take my mind, my memory,
above all my reluctant heart, and let me see what once you did
for love of me and all the world. Amen.
I) The First Station: Jesus Is Condemned To Death
II) The Second Station: Jesus Carries His Cross
III) The Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time
IV) The Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother
V) The Fifth Station: Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross
VI) The Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
VII) The Seventh Station: Jesus Falls A Second Time
VIII) The Eighth Station: Jesus Speaks to the Holy Women
IX) The Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time
X) The Tenth Station: Jesus is Stripped of His Garments
XI) The Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
XII) The Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross
XIII) The Thirteenth Station: Jesus is Taken Down From the Cross
XIV) The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Laid in the Sepulcher
Closing Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, your passion and death is the sacrifice that unites earth and heaven and reconciles all people to you. May we who have faithfully reflected on these mysteries follow in your steps and so come to share your glory in heaven where you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
I encourage you to make weekly Stations of the Cross part of your Lenten observance. Stations are offered each Friday of Lent in local Catholic parishes.
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