THE STATIONS;
THE HOLY WAY OF THE CROSS OR
WK beseech Thee, O Lord! to assist and direct our actions by Thy powerful grace, and all our prayers and workstyle THE begin and end with Thee. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. ANTIPHON. ACT OF CONTRITION
A PREPARATORY soul, infinitely good, infinitely merciful, behold me prostrate at Thy sacred feet! Sinner is t O Jests, treasure of my soul ace which melts and converts the grace of true compunction. I have offended The dorable Jesus I repent; let the favor of my love equal the baseness of my ingratitude. This Way of the Cross, grant the arms of Thy mercy, and implore that grace of that painful journey Thou hast travelled for our redemption, to the Cross of Calvary, with the holy reform my morals, amend my life and gain these indulgences granted by Thy vicars on earth. I apply one for my miserable so devoutly in memory of rest in suffrage for the souls in purgatory, particularly N. N. Here mention the souls for whom you intend to apply them this devotion under Thy sacred protection, and in imitation of Thy dolorous Mother. Let then this holy exercise obtain for in this life, and glory in the next. Amen. JESUS!
Station I.
Christ is sentenced to death by Pilate.
V. We adore Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, and bless Thee.
R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
The Mystery.
UR gracious Redeemer, after suffering blows and blasphemies before An and Caiphas, after the cruel scourging, insulting contempts and An crown of piercing thorns, is unjustly condemned to death. This iniqu rable humility. Innocence embr sentence your Jesus accepted admirable condemnation to free the guilty.
Reflect that your sins were the false witnesses that condemned Him; your born impenitence the tyrant that extorted from Pilate the bloody sentence. Propose seriously an amendment of life, and while you reflect on the horrid injustice of P who condemns innocence, lest he should not appear a friend of Cæsar, arraign you or your many sins of human respect; think how often you have offended God for f ispleasing the eye of the world, and turning to your loving Jesus, address Him with tears of the heart than with expressions of the tongue in the following fe
Prayer.
MANGLED VICTIM OF MY SINS! O suffering Jesus! I have deserved bloody scourges, that cruel sentence of death; and yet Thou didst -me, that I should live for Thee. I am convinced that if I desire to men, I cannot be Thy servant. Let me then displease the world and admirers. I resign myself into Thy hands. Let love take possession art; let my eyes behold with contempt everything that can alienate my affectio ee; let my ears be ever attentive to Thy word; let me through this painful, ompany Thee, sighing and demanding mercy. Mercy! JESUS! Amen. Our Father, &c. Hail Mary, &c.
Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us!
You pious Christians who do now draw near,
With relenting hearts now lend a tear, Your Lord behold with great humility, Sentenced to die on Mo
