In the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the way of the Cross is not only about the journey to Calvary that Jesus made 2,000 years ago it is also our journey as we meditate on the way of the cross we reflect on our personal lives
And the lives of others our country and the whole world the way of the Cross seeks to use both eyes of theology one focusing on historical Jesus and the other focusing on Christ of Faith the way of the Cross is an invitation to Bear witness to the suffering death resurrection and Glory
Of Jesus Christ Christ It Is by Pascal mystery that God chose to create hope our witness to this hope is needed now more than ever in a world where hope is in short supply the hope to be found in the way of the Cross is not a naive or passive
Hope neither is it the hope of the powerful or the privileged it is is a hope that requires much to create it is a Hope born from sacrifice God creates Hope by joining us in our human suffering and weakness all the pain and sin of the
World were taken into the body of Jesus and nailed to a cross this supreme sacrifice creates hope for a better world because the logic of this sacrifice is not death but life together in prayer let us meditate on the Pascal mystery and the way in which it continues to be lived and
Witnessed let us open our hearts and Minds to those who have the courage to create Hope by following the way of the cross the way of Christ and his teaching May our way of the Cross today create hope for a better world may it create hope for restored creation and
For Humanity’s efforts to build a world of justice and peace as we walk and journey together let us be reminded that death and defeat are not the end there is only fullness of life and victory in Christ who is alive amongst the people God our heavenly father we raise
Our minds and our hearts to you in praise and thanksgiving though weak and sinful we wish to follow your only son our lord Jesus on the way of the Cross may your Holy Spirit help us use our savior’s strength effectively in our life we ask the special Aid of our
Blessed lady ever virgin and mother in following Christ and in making his way of cross our way of life amen at the cross station keeping stood the mournful mother weeping close to Jesus to the last through her heart is sorrow sharing oh all his bitter anguish bearing now at L the sword has
Pass first station Jesus is condemned to death We Adore You O Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus was condemned to death he had his most basic right to life taken away from him they decided to kill the one who
Came to bring the fullness of Life the Doctor Who came to heal our wounds the sinfulness of the world which killed the Son of God continues to kill the children of God Jesus’s passion goes on in the passion of our suffering people everywhere we find a thirst for
Justice a hunger for equality and earning for Brotherhood Jesus is the face of the poor if we are called to see the face of Christ in others especially those impoverished by System of Cruelty and injustice how can we who often benefit from those same systems wash our hands off their
Blood with the power and privilege we have we often benefit from the sufferings of others without being held accountable judge not said Jesus but there is so many being unjustly judged so often in so many countries of our world for the color creed and poverty we have no reason to feel Superior to
Judas who betrayed Jesus because we are all guilty of betraying him in our relationships and activities let us pray Jesus our Master what a dreadful mistake we say so easily when we see you condemned that pilate and Jewish leaders and crowds did not recognize that you were the Son of
God lord Jesus remove from our eyes the veil of sin aice pride and indifference so that we may see your face in those who suffer because of our actions may you be the Beacon of Hope in the midst of social despair may you be our Guiding Light in the work to
Dismantle systemic op oppression have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us may The Souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace amen second station Jesus carries his cross We Adore You O Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the
World Jesus was made to carry his cross through the streets of Jerusalem to the place of execution many who saw him and who knew nothing about him could have presumed that he was getting what he deserved and would unthinkingly have joined in the public humiliation of
Him but Jesus Took up his cross for our sake what we have to do is to take up our cross our cross is made not of wood but of our burdens worries problems and illnesses maybe there is no big one but only a multiplicity of little
Ones the cross we carry may not be visible to others it may not be an outward thing thing but an inward thing as Jesus chose to suffer for our sake let us put aside our own Petty sufferings for the sake of our dear neighbors who are suffering much more than
Us to follow Christ is to choose hope as Disciples of Christ we are to choose him and what he stands for peace Justice and openness to one another are a few of many valuable things our Lord tells us to live by for the greatest commandment is to
Love God and our neighbor May our choices be rooted by Christ’s love and compassion for his people let us pray oh Jesus you give us the example and the courage to take up the cross of caring for a handicapped child of living confined to a bed or a wheelchair of old
Age and its loneliness and dependence suffering is an essential part of the lives of all men and women everywhere we pray for the grace to unite our suffering with the suffering of all people without exception have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us may The Souls of the faithful departed
Through the mercy of God Rest in Peace Amen third station Jesus falls for the first time we adore you o Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world weighed down by the cross Jesus experiences human Frailty and resilience weakened by the loss of blood from torture suffering from hunger and
Thirst and bowed under the weight of the Cross Jesus stumbled and fell heavily to the ground how could the one who keeps the whole universe on its feet experience a fall he falls gets up and walks again any kind of fall is damaging for one’s self-confidence but a public fall is especially
Damaging it is humbling to have one’s weakness put on display one feels that everybody is looking at you and talking about you Jesus was given little chance to regain his strength the rough hands of the soldiers grabbed him and dragged him back onto his feet let us
Pray many people today are weighed down by the burdens of Life poverty sickness unemployment debts and so on everything adds up and accumulates until they reach a point wait they cannot cope any longer and so they fall in the fall they’re already meager selfworth and dignity take a crushing
Blow yet they remain resilient in times of difficulty to all such people Jesus say come to me all you who labor and are overburdened and I will give you rest have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us may the source of the faithful departed
Through the mercy of God Rest in Peace amen fourth station Jesus meets his mother We Adore You O Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world still shaky from his fall his face covered with sweat and blood and his eyes
Bulging Jesus happens to see the figure of his loving mother in the midst of the noisy crowd their thoughts chocked no words they cannot even gesture to each other only their glances meet as Mary attempts to move towards her son her heart heart is broken she is unable to embrace him
Because of the Cross and the crowd but no Embrace is necessary as there’s is the Limitless connection between mother and child despite her immense suffering Mary remains there everyone is shouting making accusations hurling insults and harassing the condemn Dem man only Mary silent and Powerless to help offers comfort and support with her
Presence and tears nevertheless she did not abandon him as his mother she went on believing in him and loving him this was a very painful meeting for Mary and also for Jesus what made made it so painful was the love they had for one another let us
Pray oh Divine Redeemer we pray for all The Afflicted mothers who watch their children carry a cross mothers who see their children go to prison mothers who watch their children are misunderstood unfairly criticized and humiliated ated mothers whose children are drug addicts homosexuals or lesbians may they experience Jesus
Walking with them as they struggle with their cross have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us may The Souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace amen is there one who could not be welled in Miser so deep Christ your mother to
Behold can the human heart refr from partaking in her pain in that Mother’s told fifth station Simon of siren helps Jesus to carry his cross We Adore You O Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus has nearly fainted his steps are
Uncertain but there is still a long way to go he might succumb to hammering or to the heavy weight of the Cross Simon of siren’s gesture is a symbol of solidarity he carries the cross of our Lord and assist him eleviating his pain for a few
Moments he is forced against his will to carry Jesus’s cross even though he was hosti style to the idea Simon performed an act of real solidarity he helped a condemned man in his weakened condition history will gratefully preserve this memory and his name how can we bear the crosses of
Others let us think of those who are Simon of siren today teachers who give extra attention to slow Learners the worker who is Simon of siren for his or her fellow worker groups who are Simon of siden to the young people who have been considered failures organizations who provide for the
Homeless countries which assist other countries in times of natural Disasters let us pray loving father we thank you for calling on men and women to shoulder the cross and carry it behind Jesus we thank you that they answer this call with courage and dignity Lord Jesus teach us to build Global solidarity so that we may lighten the burden of communities affected by
Various sufferings let the cross must not be a symbol of Burden but rather a symbol of Hope a sign of Victory and a sign for assistance have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us may The Souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace
Amen Sixth Station Veronica wipes the face of Jesus We Adore You O Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeem the world Veronica Witnesses the pain and is moved by it she stepped out of the crowd that lined the road and with a towel
Wiped the dust sweat and blood from the face of Jesus she translated her sympathy into deep she confronts the soldiers and wipes the Lord’s face it called for a lot of courage to help someone who was the object of public derision it was an imprudent thing to be
Seen to associate with or give relief to a condemned person yet she did so in the full glare of the soldiers thereby risking A Lash from one of their whips unlike Simon Veronica was a volunteer hers was a spontaneous act of kindness it is good to give when asked
But it is better to give unas through understanding are we quick to Aid those who are in pain and suffering if we see the face of Christ in others do we defy the suffering and offer compassion like Veronica did for Christ let us Pray Lord Jesus open our eyes so that we can see your face in our brothers and sisters help us to see more clearly the men women and children impoverished by War famine and abuse of power through your suffering on the way of the Cross help us ReDiscover the worth and beauty
Of our dignity and that of others as human beings created in your image and likness we pray for those who wipe the faces of the sick especially the mothers doctors and nurses may all people open their hearts with generosity to give themselves to create a world of friendship respect and fraternal
Love grant us the courage to help our dear neighbor even if it is not a popular thing to do have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us may The Souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace amen seventh station Jesus falls for the second Time we adore you o Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world stressed to the Breaking Point by his awful scourging bowed under the weight of the Cross and worn out interiorly by the abandonment of all his friends and disciples Jesus stumbled and falls again
Under his cross the second fall recognizes Jesus’s experience of psychological and emotional suffering this time he must have feared that he could not get up again that it was hopeless but Jesus shows complete trust in the father’s care and plan for him despite public humiliation and the apparent failure of his Earthly Mission once again he got no sympathy he was not even allowed a minute to rest the soldiers felt he was making things difficult for them so they dragged him to his feet shouted at him and forced him to go on today there are lots of people for whom life is very
Cruel many of them feel that no one understand them and cares about them let us pray Jesus who was bured by human beings finds embodiment in all the suffering people abandoned ored children for whom life will forever be a heart uphill struggle in them he continues to fall
Today it is on the ground that Jesus meets them it is there that he chooses to save them Lord Jesus throughout your Earthly Ministry and your passion you have given us the most beautiful Proof of Your Love No matter how many times we fall may you continue to help us carry our
Crosses the burdens and consequences of our actions have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us may The Souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace amen holy mother Pier me through in my heart each un reew of my savior Crucified let me share with the his pain who for all my sins was slain who for me into eth station Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem we adore you o Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world when Jesus gets up the second time inspired by even greater courage to carry his cross to the end he is rewarded in a sense though still sted he hears the voices of the
Women expressing compassion for him and weeping to see him in such a pable state Jesus was not being indifferent of their sympathy quite the contrary he accepted it and returned it he knew that Jerusalem would soon know days of Terror it would be destroyed to the ground it’s inhabitants
Especially women and children would suffer enormously he was forewarning the women and showing compassion for them in advance it was as if he was saying to them my suffering is nothing compared to what yours will be it says while s about the kind of person Jesus was that from the depths of
His own pain and humiliation he could feel for the plight of those women and offer them Comfort even in the midst of Agony Jesus reaches out to others he acknowledges the grief and pain of the women who have been faithful followers and even nailed to the cross at the very end he
Recognizes and rewards the faith of the good thief let us pray Lord Jesus you are the model of bridging people together and removing barriers you often encountered women in their suffering and pain they accompanied you in your Ministry and were the first to proclaim the good news of your
Resurrection turn our gaze to the Hope found in women who are leaders and change makers in society give us courage to support the women who seek to participate fully in fulfilling the potential of their families and ensure that all women have assess to dignified and safe conditions
To live let us pay tribute to all women who dare to rise up to defend their role in the face of Injustice and domination have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us may The Souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace amen nth station Jesus
Falls for the third time we adore you o Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus was now absolutely drained of strength he was totally exhausted he began to torter once more and so he fell at again Jesus reaches his physical limit
And falls for the third time his body is giving out and exhausted he cries to the father for strength to continue the mission this suffering is rooted in Jesus’s need to find meaning in apparent failure of his ministry and in the human temptation to despair it is directly related to
Jesus’s faith in God as loving father he was reduced to a sorry State each fall was more painful than the preceding one and each time it got harder to recover but Jesus does not complain because he sees his sorrowful Journey as an offering to God and His fellow human
Beings he does not regard this evil crushing of his life as the Fatal end to a life that always sought justice but succumbed to the violence of those opposed to him let us pray loving father how many people today are reduced to this sorry State and are perhaps in some ways worse
Of than Jesus was they feel utterly helpless and hopeless they are physically and mentally exhausted their well of energy and strength has run dry they have no will no Spirit left to carry on Jesus is falling today in those who are being crushed by others children habitual abused by their parents or
Guardians people so insulted and rejected that they have neither self-confidence nor self-respect we pray that like Jesus they may get up again knowing their cause is with the Lord and their reward is with God have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us May The Souls of the faithful
Departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace amen 10th station Jesus is stripped off his garments We Adore You O Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world on reaching the place of execution Jesus was stripped off his clothes
The main aim of this was to further degrade and humiliate The Condemned person to be naked is also to be totally vulnerable Jesus now had nothing everything had been taken away from him those who lose everything frequently lose themselves too not so Jesus he did not forget who he
Was and maintained his dignity to the end yes it is a moment of utter shame Jesus finds himself naked and defenseless clothes do not just cover the body they also conceal the personal mystery that each human being Bears within but Jesus surrenders everything even the most intimate and private of
His being in order to Ransom all today Jesus is ripped off his garments whenever people are stripped of their dignity in those who are stripped of the elementary human rights children who stripped off love and care become victims of neglect and exploitation people whose culture was
Looked down upon by the church and the colonizing countries let us pray forgive us Lord for the times when we to strip others of their dignity help us to be people who encourage others to grow in awareness of of their dignity as children of God lord Jesus create in us a new heart
Create in us a heart that is willing to listen and take action to protect their rights and dignity of the human persons help us create a culture that will uphold opportunities that allow our Brethren to live in fullness rather rather than being disposed of as objects have mercy on us O Lord have
Mercy on us may The Souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace Amen Let Me mingle te with the morning him who for me all the days that I will live Virgin of for Virgin blessed listen to my phone request let me share th G 11th station
Jesus is nailed to the cross We Adore You O Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world naked Jesus is stretched out on the cross while it is still lying on the ground huge nails are hammered in through his wrists and through his
Feet the hands of Jesus that once healed are now pierced and Powerless nailed to the cross and in great pain Jesus has lost all control over events in anguish he cries out his feelings of Abandonment even by the father his sense of failure in achieving the mission usted to him is compounded
By a sense that the father has failed to protect him he hung there unable to move hand or foot he was utterly powerless but with the nailing to the cross the tiny flicker of Hope was cruy extinguished the Stark truth struck home this was real and the there would be no
Absolution let us pray Jesus continues to be crucified in all those who are crucified in history he is crucified in the millions who go hungry every day and in those who are subjected to inhuman working conditions he crucified in all those who are mutilated in war and confined to hospital
Beds he is crucified in all those who fight without immediate success against economic and ideological systems that generate sinful structures he is crucified in all those who are forced to live within such structures against their will Jesus does not just suffer he continues to offer himself to God and
His brothers and sisters to Pardon and to love all human beings to the very end have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us may The Souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace amen 12th station Jesus dies on the
Cross we adore you you o Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus was expelled from the Solid Ground of Earth Rose upon a cross he hung Between Heaven and Earth for three agonizing hours human refusal could decree Jesus’s
Crucifixion but it could not define the meaning that the crucified Jesus would give to his crucifixion he would Define it love self-sacrificing love in the Old Testament death is personified as the enemy it is associated with descent into the ultimate Darkness where there is no joy no hope and total
Isolation as Jesus experienced death he remains firm in his trust in the father he freely lays down his life for others because for him death is not the enemy Jesus was the victim of a terrible Injustice and wful ill treatment he died without bitterness he forgave those who were
Responsible for his death he died praying his last words were a Prayer of Abandonment to god father into your hands I command my spirit then he dropped his head and died it was as simple as that one minute he was talking next minute he was silent let us pray
Lord Jesus show us how to live our lives fully in the service of our sisters and brothers through your crucifixion we are reminded of your promises of the Resurrection that is to come we are reminded that hope is created out of times of darkness and suffering let us think of those like
Jesus have died on a cross Mars like Mahatma Gandhi Archbishop Romero maximilan kbe our ancestors who died struggling their oppressors the silent prophets the artists the crafts man and woman whose talents have died under the cross of the cultural domination Lord we thank you for the
Of these people we thank you that they having lived and died like you and have become a source of life for us have mercy on us O Lord have mercy on us may The Souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace amen 13th
Station Jesus is taken down from the cross We Adore You O Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world Jesus hangs lifeless on the cross a soldier comes along and pieres his side and his heart with the ls two disciples whose love one over their
Fear Joseph of faraa and Nicodemus take his body down from the cross they anoint it and wrap it in cloth with perfumed oils his stigmatized body recovers a rare Beauty and so it was taken down from the cross and his mother took it into her
Arms it was in a St sad State puffy dirty sweat stained Blood Stained bruised from Falls and blows and lacerated from the Whi lashes nails and spear this was a violent shameful death this has been a long physical emotional and spiritual oral in which it appears that the apostles failed Jesus
Jesus failed father and the father failed to save Jesus there was no easy way out but we know that the cross a radical symbol of failure has been transformed into a symbol of love and life Jesus endured radical humiliating failure but through it he did accomplish our Salvation let let us
Pray let us spare a thought for the relatives of those who are victims of fraud accidents violence terrorism War whose bodies are frequently so badly mutilated that the next of kin are all not always able to recognize their loved ones all these dead are to be found in dead Jes
Jesus the question of all of them Rises as cry to God how long oh Lord how long and the Lord who is merciful resurrects Our Hope transforming the question into a plea thy kingdom come on Earth as it is in heaven have mercy on us O Lord have
Mercy on us May The Souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace amen 14th station Jesus is laid in the Tomb We Adore You O Christ and we bless you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world now that the body had been taken
From the cross they had to decide what to do with it they want to bury it but where it was then that a devout and good man Joseph of artia came along with the offer of a tomb made from Stone in nearby Garden it was Nicodemus the man who came
To Jesus by Night Who provided the clothes and spices to wrap the body according to the Jewish custom the tomb is the ultimate sign of Jesus sharing our human nature at its lowest and Hardest Level his obedience even to the point of death shows how powerful the call to faithfulness really
Is Jesus has died but The Grieving and bement of loud ones has just begun the rituals of burial become extremely important to the followers of Jesus not only to show their love and respect but to help them come to grips with their loss their rituals help carry the bereaved forward when they experience
The paralysis of grief and the loss as to our own Christian rituals let us pray Jesus buried inside a rock symbolizes and makes concrete the new situation of the world thanks to his Redemptive work the world is now the Tabernacle of God let us remember all those who died
Like Jesus sacrificing their lives out of love for the sake of a more dignified human life will inherit life in all its fullness Lord teach us what it is to endure in faith The Emptiness of the Tomb save us from despair help us to realize that it is in
Silence and darkness in the womb and in the earth that new life forms have mercy on us oh Lord have mercy on us may The Souls of the faithful Departed through the mercy of God Rest in Peace amen Christ when thou shal call me hands be thy mother my
Defense be thy cross my victory while my body here de May my soul thy goodness praise safe in Paradise with the concluding prayer throughout the way of the Cross we have entered into the mystery of God’s love manifested in his son Jesus we have witnessed the self-giving
Of Jesus and the Supreme Act of his sacrificial love the resurrection of Jesus the Christ from the dead has reconciled renewed and regenerated Us in the love of God this new birth the gift of God’s mercy brings us the Assurance of our salvation and our own Resurrection this assurance creates in
Us a living hope that enl even our minds hearts and souls it makes us Disciples of Jesus whose mission is to nurture hope in our brothers and sisters facing poverty Injustice natural or human disasters armed conflicts climate change and other calamities just as the apostles were
Sent into the world to bring the good news and to be the hands and feet of Jesus we are sent in our turn to love our sisters and brothers throughout the world in a spiritual solidarity Mutual Aid and fraternity May the power of the word of God the Father the self-giving of his
Son Jesus and the presence of the Holy Spirit accompany us in it in this Mission and Ed to us may the remembrance of his life passion and Resurrection sustain us on our Earthly way of the Cross May his example strengthen Us in faith hope and love and when we come to
Die may we by your gracious goodness born again to eternal life amen for the intentions of the Holy Father Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but Deliver Us from Evil Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with you blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus hly Mary Mother of
God pray for us SN now and at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be World Without End Amen in the
Name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit Amen
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