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The Stations of the Cross

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Denise has so very kindly provided us with the following introduction and meditations to explain more fully the significance

The Stations Of The Cross.

The Stations, or Way of the Cross, are a traditional
method of meditating upon Christ's Suffering and
Death. In almost every Catholic church, there are 14
images marked by a cross around the building. The
faithful, in imitation of pilgrims to Jerusalem, have
the custom of going from image to image, praying and
meditating on our Lord's Passion and Death.
It is customary before each station to pray:
"We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee; Because
by Thy Holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world."
After each station, we normally say:
1 Our Father, 1 Hail Mary, 1 Glory Be, and Have mercy
on us, O Lord; have mercy on us.



The meditations are according to the method of St
Alphonsus de Liguori.

1st Station:
Jesus is condemned to death.
Pontius Pilate dares to condemn the all-holy Savior to
death. No, not Pilate; but my sins have condemned
Jesus to be crucified. O Jesus, have mercy on me and
remember Thou didst choose to die that I may have
eternal life. Let me so live that when I come to die I
may find Thee a most merciful Judge, an all-loving
Redeemer.

2nd Station:
Jesus takes up His Cross.
Most willingly Jesus accepts and patiently bears His
Cross for my sake. Will I refuse to bear my cross for
His sake? No, my loving Redeemer, I will no longer
seek to evade my cross, but with the Help of Thy Grace
I will bear it with Christian patience and resignation
and follow Thee always.

3rd Station:
Jesus falls the first time.
Weakened by torments and by loss of blood, Jesus falls
beneath His Cross. Alas! More truly was He crushed to
earth by the number and enormity of my sins! Good
Master, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee.
I love Thee, infinite Goodness! Help me to hate sin as
the only real evil.

4th Station:
Jesus meets His sorrowful Mother.
Jesus, the Man of Sorrows, meets Mary, the Queen of
Martyrs. Oceans of grief deluge their Hearts as they
face each other. They suffer thus for my sins. O
Jesus, O Mary, bathe my sinful soul in a sea of true
sorrow for my past offences. In all temptation I will
say: `Jesus, Mary, help me!'

5th Station:
Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross.
Although Jesus seems about to expire, He does not need
-- yet accepts -- the help of Simon, since He wills to
die on the Cross. Thus does He teach me charity and
perseverance. O Jesus, I too will carry my cross
patiently to the end and strive to lighten the cross
of my fellow-men.

6th Station:
Veronica wipes the Face of Jesus.
Jesus accepts and returns the towel to Veronica. Upon
it is left the impress of His adorable Face. Alas! My
sins have disfigured Thy holy Countenance. O Jesus,
grant me efficacious sorrow that all sin may be erased
from my soul and that Thy Grace and Thy divine Image
may be stamped upon it forever.

7th Station:
Jesus falls a second time.
My feeble resolutions, my oft-repeated sins have
crushed Jesus to earth a second time. Such is the
malice of habitual sin. O Jesus, grant me true
repentance. Let me die a thousand times rather than
have the misfortune to fall again into mortal sin!
Help me to hate all sin.

8th Station:
Jesus meet the Women of Jerusalem.
The Savior teaches teh women not to weep for Him, but
for their own sins and the sins of their children. How
generous is He! O Jesus, grant that I may understand
the true meaning of Thy Passion and be so inflamed
with love for Thee that I may shed tears of blood over
my past transgressions.

9th Station:
Jesus falls the third time.
Consternation fills my soul when I behold the Savior
fall a third time beneath the Cross. What is the
cause? The incredible obstinacy of sinners who refuse
to amend their lives. O Jesus, grant that I may be
truly converted and suffer every evil rather than be
numbered among such ungrateful sinners.

10th Station:
Jesus is stripped of His garments.
What a pitiable spectacle is this shameful stripping
of Jesus! Ghastly wounds are re-opened. Blood flows
afresh. What shame would be mine if the veil were torn
from my soul and the world saw my hidden sins! O
Jesus, help me to know all my sins and confess them
with deep sorrow and true humility.

11th Station:
Jesus is nailed to the Cross.
How can I behold the Savior shamefully nailed to the
Cross and seek only comfort, wealth, and honors... and
even indulge in unlawful pleasures? Jesus Crucified,
help me to esteem and practice true Christian
mortification that I may love only Thee and renounce
the world, the flesh, and the Devil.

12th Station:
Jesus dies on the Cross.
Jesus, my God, dies on the Cross for me. I have done
nothing for Him. I too must die! O my Crucified
Savior, grant that I may so live in the future that I
may have no cause to fear a sudden and unprovided
death. Jesus, for Thee I live. Jesus, for Thee I die!

13th Station:
Jesus is taken down from the Cross.
The lifeless Body of Jesus now rests in the arms of
Mary. What anguish is hers as she thinks of the many
souls for whom her Son shed His Precious Blood in
vain! What joy to know that so many are redeemed! O my
Savior, preserve me from Hell. O sweet Heart of Mary,
be my salvation.

14th Station:
Jesus is laid in the tomb.
Like Jesus, I too must lie in the grave. But Jesus
rises in triumph on the third day. My buried Jesus,
grant eternal rest to all who sleep in death. Have
mercy on me and grant me the grace to rise to a new
spiritual life, that dying to myself now, I may rise
gloriously with Thee on the Last Day.

When you have finished the Stations of the Cross, it
is commendable pray for our Holy Father, the Pope.

.... Thank you so much Denise