Station VI: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you:Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Read: We have seen him without beauty or majesty, with no looks to attract our eyes. He was despised and rejected by those in power; a man of sorrows, […]

Station V: Simon of Cyrene 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. Reading: As they led Jesus away, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, who was coming in from the country, and laid on […]

Station IV: Jesus meets His Blessed Mother Reading: To what can I liken you, to what can I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What likeness can I use to comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For vast as the sea is your ruin. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. […]

Station III:  Jesus falls for the first time Reading: Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped; but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, and was born in human likeness. And being found in human form he humbled himself and […]

Station II:  Jesus takes up His cross Reading: Jesus went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. Although he was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. Like a lamb he was led to the slaughter; and like a sheep […]

Station I:   Jesus is condemned to death Reading: As soon as it was morning, the chief priests, with the elder and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation; and they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him to Pilate. And they all condemned him and said, “He deserved to die.” When Pilate […]