The document is a guide for meditating on the 14 Stations of the Cross. It provides a short prayer and reflection for each station, focusing on Jesus' suffering and sacrifice, and lessons for the reader. The reflections encourage embracing crosses to be close to Jesus, detaching from worldly things, and persevering in faith until death. They express sorrow for sins and desire to receive Jesus in the Eucharist and live in union with him. The closing prayer reflects on Jesus' wounds and beseeches him to impress faith, hope, charity and contrition in the reader's heart.

1. VIA CRUCIS
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2. PREPARATORY PRAYER
O most merciful Jesus, with a contrite heart and penitent spirit, I bow down in
profound humility before Thy divine majesty. I adore Thee as my supreme Lord
and Master; I believe in Thee, I hope in Thee, I love Thee above all things. I am
heartily sorry for having offended Thee, my Supreme and Only Good. I resolve
to amend my life, and although I am unworthy to obtain mercy, yet the sight of
Thy holy cross, on which Thou didst die, inspires me with hope and
consolation. I will, therefore, meditate on Thy sufferings, and visit the stations
of Thy Passion in company with Thy sorrowful Mother and my guardian angel,
with the intention of promoting Thy honor and saving my soul.
I desire to gain all the indulgences granted for this holy exercise for myself and
for the Poor Souls in Purgatory. O merciful Redeemer, who has said, "And I, if I
be lifted from earth, will draw all things to Myself," draw my heart and my love
to Thee, that I may perform this devotion as perfectly as possible, and that I
may live and die in union with Thee. Amen.
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3. STATION I
JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
Jesus, sinless Son of God, put on trial
and condemned by mere creatures.
Humility of God.
Jesus scourged, crowned with thorns,
spat on and mocked.
Jesus, Victim of Love
Jesus’ patience and acceptance of
God’s will.
Jesus detached from human respect.
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4. STATION 2
JESUS IS MADE TO CARRY HIS CROSS.
Jesus embraced the bitter cross of my
sins to save me from death.
Jesus’ love for me is His weakness.
I accept any cross You may give me.
I accept the Way of the Cross
to be close to You, Lord.
Let me walk with You.
Have conversations with You.
Detaching from the World
to be with Jesus.
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5. STATION 3
JESUS FALLS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
Jesus, in pain from lashes, bloody
and weak, falls for the first time.
Jesus fell from the weight of the
heavy cross of my sins.
Jesus struggled to carry my cross
for me.
Jesus, preserve me from mortal sin.
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6. STATION 4
JESUS MEETS HIS SORROWFUL MOTHER.
Mary sees her precious child
suffering so much pain.
Mary’s heart pierced and shares in
Jesus’ suffering.
Jesus comforted by His Mother’s
presence, but also pained even more
by her suffering.
Jesus, teach me to love Your mother.
Mary, teach me to love Jesus.
Mary, my Mother, help me.
Take me under Your mantle.
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7. STATION 5
SIMON OF CYRENE HELPS JESUS TO CARRY HIS CROSS.
Simon chosen by God to encounter
Jesus on His Way.
Simon at first did not want the cross.
Simon consoled by Jesus’ presence
and is converted.
Am I Simon or the Centurion?
I am the servant of my Lord.
I am the friend of my Lord.
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8. STATION 6
VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS.
Jesus almost blinded by pain,
blood and tears.
Jesus’ face lost its beauty.
Compassion for the Lord.
Tenderness for Jesus.
Jesus, rest in the garden of my heart.
Seeing Jesus’ image in others.
Jesus, give me tenderness
and love for my neighbor.
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9. STATION 7
JESUS FALLS THE SECOND TIME.
Cross of my sins bears down on my
Savior and He falls again.
Jesus prodded and pushed.
Jesus does not stay down but
struggles up to continue.
Jesus, do not let me go back to my
old ways and sins.
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10. STATION 8
THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM WEEP OVER JESUS.
“Weep not for Me who am innocent
but weep for yourselves and for your
children.”
Jesus, help me lead my family to You.
Jesus give me true sorrow and
contrition for my sins.
I will weep for my sins all the days of
my life.
Grant me compunction, my Lord.
Her many sins are forgiven for she
loved much.
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11. STATION 9
JESUS FALLS FOR THE THIRD TIME.
At Calvary, so weak and sorrowful,
my Lord falls the third time.
Up Calvary He struggles,
my heavy cross grinds painfully
on His shoulder.
Jesus’ hands, knees and feet
wounded and bloody.
Jesus perseveres up Calvary toward
His final and most bitter suffering.
Lord, make me faithful to You.
Help me persevere with You to the end.
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12. STATION 10
JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTS.
Jesus, stripped naked and humiliated.
Jesus’ wounds renewed, His skin torn.
Help me, Jesus, to shed the old me-my worldly desires and sins.
Banish my need for human respect.
Remove all vanity and pride from me.
Lay my soul clean and bare of all evil.
Self-denial and Mortification
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13. STATION 11
JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS.
Jesus, meek and docile,
nailed to the cross for me.
In severe pains, He remained quiet.
Jesus loved even His oppressors
and forgave them.
Patience and perseverance of Jesus.
Conformity to the will of God.
Jesus, help me to be docile
to the Holy Spirit.
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14. STATION 12
JESUS IS RAISED UPON THE CROSS AND DIES.
For three hours, Jesus suffered
excruciating pains on the cross.
Pushing on His feet,
He struggled to breathe.
His side was pierced and
mercy flowed out into the world.
Blood and Water,
Eucharist and Baptism
Jesus, raised on the cross.
At Mass, Jesus raised at consecration.
Jesus, the Greatest Love of All
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15. STATION 13
JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS AND
PLACED IN THE ARMS OF HIS MOTHER.
Jesus in death as in life, finally rests
in the bosom of one who loved Him
with all Her being.
Mary received Her son into her heart.
We receive Jesus into our heart
in the Eucharist.
Mary, a worthy tabernacle.
Make me pure, Lord, that I may be a
worthy tabernacle for You.
Let me not profane Your Body with a
sinful heart when I receive You in
Holy Communion.
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16. STATION 14
JESUS IS LAID IN THE SEPULCHRE.
Without Jesus my heart is a cold
and dark tomb.
I was dead in sin and
You brought me back to life.
In Your resurrection,
You lit up all corners of my heart.
You turn dead stone to warm flesh.
Jesus, my joy, my life, my
highest hope.
Lord, prepare for me and my family
a place in Your kingdom.
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17. PRAYER TO JESUS CRUCIFIED
Behold O kind and most sweet Jesus, I cast myself upon my knees
in Your sight, and with the most fervent desire of my soul, I pray
and beseech You that You would impress in my heart lively
sentiments of faith, hope, and charity, with true contrition for my
sins and a firm purpose of amendment; while with deep affection
and grief of soul, I ponder within myself and mentally
contemplate Your Five Wounds, having before my eyes the words
which David the Prophet put on Your lips concerning You.
"They have pierced My hands and My feet, they have numbered
all My bones." Amen.
One Our Father and one Hail Mary, at least, should be said for the Roman Pontiff's intentions if
one is seeking to gain an Indulgence.
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