OPENING PRAYER
Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Leader: Let us pray.
All: Lord Jesus, as we come humbly before you, we present our offenses, confess the darkness of our mistakes, and uncover the inmost recesses of our conscience. Help us to find a remedy for our wounded elves, and our broken world. We long to see Your presence among us, but we are blinded by the darkness of our sins.
Come then Lord Jesus, supply us with the remedy for our infirmities; prepare an ointment for the eyes of our hearts, that we may not stumble like blind men, but follow Your footsteps to the Cross of Salvation. Amen.
Sing: Memory of the Passion
FIRST STATION
JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 27, 2-11)
They bound Jesus and led him away to be handed over to the procurator Pilate. Then Judas who had handed him over, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, began to regret his action deeply. He took the thirty pieces of silver back to the chief priests and elders and said "I did wrong to deliver up an innocent man." They retorted, "What is that to us? It is your affair!" So Judas flung the money into the temple and left. He went off and hanged himself. The chief priests picked up the silver, observing, "It is not right to deposit this in the temple treasury since it is blood money." After consultation they used it to buy the potter's field as a cemetery for foreigners. That is why that field. Even today, is called Blood Field. On that occasion what was said through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of a man with a price on his head, a price set by the Israelites, and they paid it for the potter's field just as the Lord commanded me." Jesus was arraigned before the procurator who questioned him: "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus responded, "As you say." REFLECTION: It is necessary that we accept the cross of tribulation willingly, at least with the higher part of our soul, as Jesus accepted His condemnation in perfect conformity to the will of the Father.
--Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY: All powerful and eternal God, You have given as a model to us Christ your Son, our Savior, who became man and was humiliated unto death on the cross: grant that we may always keep present before us, the lesson He taught us by His Passion, so that we may share in the glory of His resurrection, Who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.
Sing: At the Cross her station keeping, Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last.
SECOND STATION
JESUS TAKES UP HIS CROSS
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 27, 27-31)
The procurator's soldiers took Jesus inside the praetorium and collected the whole cohort around him. They stripped off his clothes and wrapped him in a scarlet military cloak. Weaving a crown of thorns they fixed it on his head, and stuck a reed in his right hand. Then they began to mock him by dropping on their knees before him, saying, "All hail, king of the Jews!" They also spat at him. Afterwards they took hold of the reed and kept striking him on the head. Finally, when they had finished making a fool of him, they stripped him of the cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him off to crucifixion.
REFLECTION
Most fortunate is the soul who walks by the way of Calvary, following Jesus our Redeemer, for if we suffer with Christ now with Christ we shall reign in the glory of the Father. --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
O God, through the sufferings of Your only-begotten Son, You have crushed the pride of the ancient enemy: grant us the grace to remember with great devotion, all He has suffered for us, so that with tranquil soul, we may bear all the sufferings and adversities, which come upon us. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sing: Through her heart, His sorrow sharing, All His bitter anguish bearing, Lo! The piercing sword had passed!
THIRD STATION
JESUS FALLS THE FIRST TIME
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 16, 24-26)
Jesus said to his disciples: "If a man wishes to come after me, he must deny his very self, take up his cross, and begin to follow in my footsteps. Whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would a man show if he were to gain the whole world and destroy himself in the process? What can a man offer in exChange for his very self?"
REFLECTION
Come and see our Savior enduring so much suffering, so many insults, and oppressed with the heavy burden of the cross, for love of us. Contemplate the Son of God, Redeemer of the world, and how much He is suffering. O Jesus in Your sufferings, I see the gravity of my sins. Lord have mercy! --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
Grant we beseech You, O Almighty God, that we who fail in so many adversities, through our own weakness, may take heart again through the pleading of the Passion of Your only-begotten Son, Who lives and reigns with You forever and ever. Amen.
Sing: O, how sad, and sore distressed, Now was she, that Mother Blessed Of the sole-begotten One.
FOURTH STATION
JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Luke (Lc 2, 34-35)
Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother: "This child is destined to be the downfall and the rise of many in Israel, a sign that will be opposed -- and you yourself shall be pierced with a sword ‹ so that the thoughts of many hearts may be laid bare."
REFLECTION
The Sorrowful Mother seeks her Divine Son, Jesus; she meets him on the way to Calvary; she sees Him bound, crowned with thorns, with the cross on his shoulders. O Queen of Martyrs, we also have been your sorrow that, like a sharp and unrelenting sword has pierced your soul.
--Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
O Lord Jesus Christ, grant that now and in the hour of our death, we may obtain the favor of your mercy through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Your Mother, whose soul was pierced with a sword of sorrow, in the hour of Your Passion, Who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.
Sing: Woe-begone, with heart’s prostration Mother meek, the bitter passion Saw she of her glorious Son.
FIFTH STATION
SIMON HELPS JESUS TO CARRY THE CROSS
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 27, 32)
On their way out they met a Cyrenian named Simon. This man they pressed into service to carry the cross.
REFLECTION
Those who suffer tribulations, suffering, persecutions, and are despised for the love of God are helping Jesus Christ carry His cross. If they persevere, they will be partakers of His glory in heaven. --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
Lord, You are the strength of those who hope in You. Listen favorably to our prayers; and since human weakness can do nothing without Your help, may Your grace assist us in the keeping of Your commandments. and in pleasing You by our desires and our actions. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sing: Who could mark, the tears refraining, Christ’s dear Mother uncomplaining, In so great a sorrow bowed?
SIXTH STATION
VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah (Is 53, 2b-5)
He had no form or Charm to attract us, no beauty to win our hearts; he was despised, the lowest of men, a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering, one from whom, as it were, we averted our gaze, despised, for whom we had no regard. Yet ours were the sufferings he was bearing, ours the sorrows he was carrying, while we thought of him as someone being punished and struck with affliction by God; whereas he was being wounded for our rebellions, crushed because of our guilt; the punishment reconciling us fell on him, and we have been healed by his bruises.
REFLECTION
The remembrance of the most Holy Passion of Jesus Christ is the door through which the soul enters into intimate union with God, interior recollection and most sublime contemplation. It must be impressed deeply on our souls as we allow ourselves to be immersed in His bitter sufferings, for through these the love of God is enkindled in us and we will then be plunged in the abyss of the divinity. --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
Omnipotent and eternal God, comfort of the afflicted and support of those in trouble, listen to the pleading of suffering humanity, so that all men may rejoice, in having received the help of Your mercy in all their needs. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sing: Who, unmoved, behold her languish, Underneath His cross of anguish, Mid the fierce, unpitying crowd?
SEVENTH STATION
JESUS FALLS THE SECOND TIME
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 11, 28-30)
Come to me, all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke upon your shoulders and learn from me, for l am gentle and humble of heart. Your souls will find rest, for my yoke is easy and my burden light.
REFLECTION
The greater number of Christians live unmindful of all that Jesus, our Life, has done and suffered. That is why they live on, sleeping in the night of iniquity. --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
O God, our help, look upon us, so that we who are oppressed by the weight of our sins, may through Your mercy, serve You in freedom of spirit. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sing: For His people’s sins rejected, She her Jesus, unprotected, Saw with thorns, with scourges rent.
EIGHTH STATION
JESUS CONSOLES THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 25, 35, 36-40)
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me I was ill and you comforted me, in prison and you came to visit me. Then the just will ask him, Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or see you thirsty and give you drink? When did we welcome you away from home or clothe you in your nakedness? When did we visit you when you were ill or in prison? The king will answer them. I assure you, as often as you did it for one of my least brothers and sisters, you did it for me.
REFLECTION
The most Holy Passion of Jesus Christ is the most efficacious means to convert obstinate sinners, because meditation on the sufferings of our Savior has power to root out vice and implant love and Holy fear of God in the soul. --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
O God, you choose rather to be merciful, than to be angry with those who hope in you. Grant that we may truly grieve for the evil we have done, and so deserve to obtain the grace of your consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sing: Saw her Son from judgment taken, He belov’d in death forsaken Till His Spirit forth He sent.
NINTH STATION
JESUS FALLS THE THIRD TIME
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of John (Jn 14, 15-18)
If you love me and obey the commands I give you, I will ask the Father and he will give you another Paraclete -- to be with you always: the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept since it neither sees him nor recognizes him; but you can recognize him because he remains with you and will be within you. I will not leave you orphaned; I will come back to you.
REFLECTION
Let us be glad when we are afflicted and the cross is most heavy on our shoulders, because then if we suffer with the patience of Christ we will begin to be His disciples. --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
O Lord, may our human weakness be sustained by Your merciful help, so that while our human nature is frail, it may be strengthened by Your divine clemency. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sing: Fount of love and Holy sorrow, Mother, may my spirit borrow Somewhat of thy woe profound.
TENTH STATION
JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTS
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 27, 35)
When they crucified him, they divided his clothes among them by casting lots.
REFLECTION
Jesus permitted Himself to be despoiled of His garments on Calvary in order to teach us to renounce our own will when it is not conformable to the will of the Father. He wants us to strip ourselves of earthly affections and all inordinate love of the things of this world, so that we may clothe ourselves with the virtues of Christ. --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
You protect those who hope in You, Lord; without You, there is no strength, no holiness. Extend your mercy ever more and more to us; that drawn by You, we may use the good things of this world only in passing and not lose the treasures of heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sing: Unto Christ, with pure emotion, Raise my contrite heart’s devotion, Love to read in every wound.
ELEVENTH STATION
JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 27, 33-35, 38)
Upon arriving at a site called Golgotha (a name which means Skull Place), they gave him a drink of wine flavored with gall, which he tasted but refused to drink. When they crucified him, they divided his clothes among them by casting lots. Two Insurgents were crucified along with him, one at his right and one at his left.
REFLECTION
We must glory in nothing else but in being crucified with Jesus and in bearing the marks of His wounds in our body. We must strive for great detachment from creatures in order to be united only with the Creator, through the various sufferings and pains of life, endured for the love of God, in patience, silence in the midst of all the sacrifices demanded by our state in life, and by practicing the virtues taught by our Divine Savior. --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
Lord, be appeased by our prayers and graciously conform our will to Your own, even when it wishes to rebel against you. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sing: Those five wounds on Jesus smitten, Mother! In my heart be written, Deep as in thine own they be.
TWELFTH STATION
JESUS IS RAISED UPON THE CROSS, AND DIES
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 27, 45-46)
From noon onward, there was darkness over the whole land until mid afternoon. Then toward mid afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud tone, ''Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
REFLECTION
Jesus died to give us life: all creatures are in sorrow: the sun is darkened, the earth trembles, the rocks split, the veil of the temple is rent; with only our heart remain harder than the rock? Let us be immersed in a sea of sorrow over the death of Jesus and let us say to Him: "Lord, we thank you for having died on the cross for our sins”. --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Who by the will of the Father and the action of the Holy Spirit, Your death gave life to the world. Through the mysteries of Your Sacred Passion, deliver us from every fault and from every evil, and grant that we may ever be faithful to Your law, and may never be separated from You, Who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.
Sing: Thou, my Savior’s Cross who bearest, Thou thy Son’s rebuke who sharest, Let me share them both with thee!
THIRTEENTH STATION
JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 27, 57-60)
When evening fell, a wealthy man from Arimathea arrived, Joseph by name. He was another of Jesus' disciples, and had gone to Pilate to request the body of Jesus. There upon, Pilate issued an order for its release. Taking the body, Joseph wrapped it in fresh linen and laid it in his own new tomb which had been hewn from a formation of rock. Then he rolled a huge stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
REFLECTION
If we go to the crucifix, we find our Mother of Sorrows, for where the Mother is, there also is the Son.
Dear Mother, what sorrow you experienced in receiving your dead Son into your arms! We beseech you, Holy Mother, grant that the Passion of our Lord may be for us a fountain of sorrow, of pardon, of love and of life. --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Who at the sixth hour ascended the gibbet of the cross for the redemption of the world, and shed Your precious blood for the remission of our sins, grant, we humbly beseech You, that after our death we may enter with joy the gates of Paradise. You, who lives and reigns forever and ever, AMEN.
Sing: In the Passion of my Maker, Be my sinful soul partaker, Weep till death, and keep with thee.
FOURTEENTH STATION: JESUS IS LAID IN THE TOMB
Leader: We adore You, O Christ and we praise You.
All: Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
A reading from the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 27, 62-66)
The next day, the one following the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees called at Pilate's residence. "Sir," they said "we have recalled that the imposter while he was still alive made the claim 'After three days I will rise.' You should issue an order having the tomb kept under surveillance until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may go and steal him and tell the people, 'He has been raised from the dead!' This final imposture would be worse than the first." Pilate told them, "You have a guard. Go and secure the tomb as best you can." So they went and kept it under surveillance of the guard after fixing a seat to the stone.
REFLECTION
Devotion to the Passion of Jesus is the easiest way to be saved. The crucifix is a book wherein we learn every virtue, we learn the science of the saints, and therein we find all. --Saint Paul of the Cross--
LET US PRAY
Lord God, You willed that we should be baptized into the death of Your Son, Jesus our Savior. Grant us sincere repentance, so that passing with Him through death, we may be reborn into the joy of newness of life. We ask this through Him Who died, was buried and rose again for us, Jesus Christ our Lord, AMEN.
Sing: Mine with thee be that sad station, There to watch the great Salvation Wrought upon th’atoning Tree.
CONCLUDING PRAYER
Leader: Let us pray
ALL: O good Jesus, we will not turn aside from Your footsteps, You who came so humble to this earth. Listen to our prayer and take away the blindness of our sins, that we may see the glory of Your face in the peace of Your eternal Kingdom. Give us Your Light. Show us Your Way, the Way that we should walk. Amen
Leader: In honor of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, let us pray: Our Father…, Hail Mary…, Glory Be…
And for the intentions of the Holy Father, we pray: Our Father…, Hail Mary…, Glory Be…
Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
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