Station XIV

Station XIV: 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. Reading: When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the […]

Station XIII

Station XIII: The body of Jesus is placed in the arms of his mother We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you:Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Reading: All you who pass by, behold and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow. My eyes are spent with weeping; […]

Station XII

Station XII: Jesus dies on the cross We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you:Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Reading: When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold your son!” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold […]

Station XI

Station XI: 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. Reading: When they came to the place which is called The Skull, there they crucified him; and with him they crucified two criminals, one on the right, the other […]

Station X

Station X: Jesus clothes are taken away We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you:Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Reading: When they came to a place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull), they offered him wine to drink, mingled with gall; but when he tasted it, […]

Station IX

Station IX: Jesus falls a third time Reading: We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you:Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light. He has besieged me […]

Station VIII

Station VIII: 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. Reading: There followed after Jesus a great multitude of the people, and among them were women who bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning to them said, “Daughters of […]

Station VII

Station VII: Jesus falls the second time We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you:Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Reading: Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord […]