Stations of the Cross

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless

You.
Because by Your holy Cross, You have
redeemed the world.
Begin the Way of the Cross
Begin the Way of the Cross
Kneeling before the altar, make an Act of Contrition, and
form the intention of gaining the indulgences, whether for
yourself or for the souls in Purgatory.

Then say:

My Lord Jesus Christ, You have made this journey to die

for me with love unutterable, and I have so many times
unworthily abandoned You; but now I love You with my
whole heart, and because I love You, I repent sincerely for
having ever offended You. Pardon me, my God, and
permit me to accompany You on this journey. You go to
die for love of me; I wish also, my beloved Redeemer, to
die for love of You. My Jesus, I will live and die always
united to You.
The First Station Jesus is condemned to
The First Station Jesus is
I love You, my
Death beloved Jesus; I love
V. We adore You, O You more than

You. condemned to Death

Christ, and we bless myself; I repent with
my whole heart for
R. Because by Your having offended You.
holy Cross, You have Never permit me to
redeemed the world. separate myself from
You again. Grant that
Meditate: Consider I may love You
how Jesus, after having always; and then do
been scourged and with me what You
crowned with thorns, will.
was unjustly
condemned by Pilate to
die on the cross. Our Father, Hail
Mary, Glory Be
Pray: My Jesus, it was
not Pilate, no, it was
my sins that
At the Cross her
condemned You to die.
station keeping,
I beg You, by the Stood the mournful
merits of this sorrowful Mother weeping,
journey, to assist my
Jesus is condemned to Close to Jesus to
soul in its journey
toward eternity. Death the last.
The Second Station - Jesus Carries His Cross
The Second Station - Jesus
carry mine with
perfect patience and
V. We adore You, O resignation. I love

You. Carries His Cross

Christ, and we bless You, Jesus my love; I
repent of having
R. Because by Your offended You. Never
holy Cross, You have permit me to
redeemed the world. separate myself from
You again. Grant that
Meditate: Consider I may love You
how Jesus, in making always; and then do
this journey with the with me what You
Cross on His shoulders will.
thought of us, and for
us offered to His Father Our Father, Hail
the death He was Mary, Glory Be
about to undergo.
Pray: My most beloved
Through her heart,
Jesus, I embrace all the
tribulations You have His sorrow sharing,
destined for me until All His bitter
death. I beseech You, anguish bearing,
by the merits of the Lo! the piercing
pain You did suffer in sword has passed!
carrying Your Cross, to Jesus Carries His Cross
give me the
The Third Station - Jesus Falls the First Time
The Third Station - Jesus
which have made You
suffer so much pain.
V. We adore You, O Ah, by the merits of

You. Falls the First Time

Christ, and we bless this first fall, deliver
me from the
R. Because by Your misfortune of falling
holy Cross, You have into mortal sin. I love
redeemed the world. You, O my Jesus, with
my whole heart; I
Meditate: Consider repent of having
this first fall of Jesus offended You. Never
under His Cross. His permit me to
flesh was torn by the separate myself from
scourges, His head You again. Grant that
crowned with thorns, I may love You
and He had lost a great always; and then do
quantity of blood. He with me what You
was so weakened that will.
he could scarcely walk,
and yet he had to carry
this great load upon Our Father, Hail
His shoulders. The Mary, Glory Be
soldiers struck Him
rudely, and thus He fell O, how sad, and
several times in His sore distressed,
Jesus Falls the First Time Now was she, that
journey.
Pray: My beloved Mother Blessed
The Fourth Station - Jesus Meets His
The Fourth Station - Jesus
And thou, my Queen,
Sorrowful Mother who was
V. We adore You, O overwhelmed with

You.Meets His Sorrowful Mother

Christ, and we bless sorrow, obtain for me
by your intercession a
R. Because by Your continual and tender
holy Cross, You have remembrance of the
redeemed the world. Passion of your Son. I
love You, Jesus my
Meditate: Consider love; I repent of ever
the meeting of the Son having offended You.
and the Mother, which Never permit me to
took place on this offend You again.
journey. Jesus and Grant that I may love
Mary looked at each You always; and then
other, and their looks do with me what You
became as so many will.
arrows to wound those
hearts which loved Our Father, Hail
each other so tenderly. Mary, Glory Be
Pray: My most loving
Woe-begone, with
Jesus, by the sorrow
You experienced in this heart's prostration
meeting, grant me the Mother meek, the
Jesus Meets His Sorrowful
grace of a truly bitter Passion
Mother
devoted love for Your Saw she of her
 The Fifth Station - Simon
The Fifth Station - Simon Helps Jesus to Carry
destined for me;
the Cross with all the pains that
Helps Jesus to Carry the
V. We adore You, O
Christ, and we bless
may accompany it; I
unite it to Your death,
You.
R. Because by Your Cross
holy Cross, You have
I offer it to You. You
have died for love of
me; I will die for love
redeemed the world. of You, and to please
You. Help me by Your
Meditate: Consider grace. I love You,
how the Jews, seeing Jesus my love; I
that at each step Jesus repent of having
from weakness was on offended You. Never
the point of expiring, permit me to offend
and fearing that He You again. Grant that
would die on the way, I may love You
when they wished Him always; and then do
to die the ignominious with me what You
death of the Cross, will.
constrained Simon the
Cyrenian to carry the
Cross behind our Lord. Our Father, Hail Mary,
Pray: My most sweet Glory Be
Jesus, I will not refuse Who could mark, from
the Cross, as the Simon Helps Carry the Cross tears refraining,
Cyrenian did; I accept Christ's dear Mother
it; I embrace it. I uncomplaining,
The Sixth Station - Veronica Wipes the Face
The Sixth Station - Veronica
of Jesus
V. We adore You, O
You. Wipes the Face of Jesus
Christ, and we bless
R. Because by Your
holy Cross, You have
redeemed the world.
Meditate: Consider
how the holy woman
named Veronica,
seeing Jesus so
afflicted, and His face
bathed in sweat and
blood, presented Him
with a towel, with
which He wiped His
adorable face, leaving
on it the impression of
His holy countenance.
Pray: My most beloved
Jesus, Your face was
beautiful before, but in
this journey it has lost Veronica Wipes the Face of
all its beauty, and
wounds and blood have
Alas, my soul also
was once beautiful,
when it received Your
grace in Baptism; but
I have disfigured it
since by my sins; You
alone, my Redeemer,
can restore it to its
former beauty. Do
this by Your Passion,
O Jesus. I repent of
having offended You.
Never permit me to
offend You again.
Grant that I may love
You always; and then
do with me what You
will.
Our Father, Hail
Mary, Glory Be
Who, unmoved,
behold her languish,
Underneath His cross
Jesus of anguish,
'Mid the fierce,
The Seventh Station - Jesus Falls the Second
Time The Seventh Station - Jesus
V. We adore You, O
Your grace until
death. Grant that in
all temptations which

You. Falls the Second Time

Christ, and we bless assail me I may
always commend
R. Because by Your myself to You. I love
holy Cross, You have You, Jesus my love; I
redeemed the world. repent of having
offended You. Never
Meditate: permit me to offend
Consider the second You again. Grant that
fall of Jesus under the I may love You
Cross - a fall which always; and then do
renews the pain of all with me what You
the wounds of the head will.
and members of our
afflicted Lord. Our Father, Hail
Mary, Glory Be
Pray: My most gentle For His people's
Jesus, how many times
sins rejected,
You have pardoned
me, and how many
She her Jesus,
times have I fallen unprotected,
again, and begun again Saw with thorns,
Jesus Falls the Second
to offend You! Oh, by with scourges rent.
Time
the merits of this new
 The Eight Station - The
The Eight Station - The Women of Jerusalem You, who have loved
Weep over Jesus me so much. It is
Women of Jerusalem Weep
V. We adore You, O
Christ, and we bless
Your love, more than
the fear of hell, which
You.
over Jesus
R. Because by Your
holy Cross, You have
causes me to weep
for my sins. My Jesus,
I love You more than
redeemed the world. myself; I repent of
having offended You.
Meditate: Consider Never permit me to
how those women wept offend You again.
with compassion at Grant that I may love
seeing Jesus in such a You always; and then
pitiable state, do with me what You
streaming with blood, will.
as He walked along.
But Jesus said to them: Our Father, Hail
Weep not for Me, but Mary, Glory Be
for your children.

Saw her Son from

Pray: My Jesus, laden judgment taken,
with sorrows, I weep Her belov'd in death
for the offences I have forsaken
committed against Till His Spirit forth He
You, because of the Women Weep over Jesus
sent.
pains they have
The Ninth Station - Jesus Falls the Third Time
The Ninth Station - Jesus
have led me to
despise Your
V. We adore You, O friendship. I love You,

You. Falls the Third Time

Christ, and we bless Jesus my love, with
my whole heart; I
R. Because by Your repent of having
holy Cross, You have offended You. Never
redeemed the world. permit me to offend
You again. Grant that
Meditate: Consider I may love You
the third fall of Jesus always; and then do
Christ. His weakness with me what You
was extreme, and the will.
cruelty of His
executioners was
excessive, who tried to
hasten His steps when Our Father, Hail
He had scarcely Mary, Glory Be
strength to move.
Pray: Ah, my outraged
Jesus, by the merits of Fount of love and
the weakness You holy sorrow,
suffered in going to Mother, may my
Calvary, give me spirit borrow
strength sufficient to Jesus Falls the Third Time Somewhat of thy
conquer all human woe profound.
The Tenth Station - Jesus is Stripped of His
The Tenth Station - Jesus is
Garments
V. We adore You, O
You. Stripped of His Garments
Christ, and we bless
R. Because by Your
holy Cross, You have
redeemed the world.
Meditate: Consider
the violence with which
the executioners
stripped Jesus. His
inner garments
adhered to His torn
flesh, and they
dragged them off so
roughly that the skin
came with them.
Compassionate your
Savior thus cruelly
treated, and say to
Him:
Jesus is Stripped of His
Pray: My innocent
Jesus, by the merits of
may place all my love
in You, who are so
worthy of my love. I
love You, O Jesus,
with my whole heart;
I repent of having
offended You. Never
permit me to offend
You again. Grant that
I may love You
always; and then do
with me what You
will.
Our Father, Hail
Mary, Glory Be
Unto Christ, with
pure emotion,
Raise my contrite
heart's devotion,
Garments Love to read in
every wound
The Eleventh Station - Jesus is Nailed to the
The Eleventh Station - Jesus
to love You, and
Cross never leave You
V. We adore You, O again. I love You

You. is Nailed to the Cross

Christ, and we bless more than myself; I
repent of having
R. Because by Your offended You. Never
holy Cross, You have permit me to offend
redeemed the world. You again. Grant that
I may love You
Meditate: Consider always; and then do
how Jesus, after being with me what You
thrown on the Cross will.
extended His hands,
and offered to His
Eternal Father the Our Father, Hail
sacrifice of His death Mary, Glory Be
for our salvation. These
barbarians fastened
Him with nails, and Those five wounds
then, raising the Cross, on Jesus smitten,
allowed Him to die with
Mother! in my
anguish on this
infamous gibbet.
heart be written,
Deep as in your
own they be.
Pray: My Jesus! loaded Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
with contempt, nail my
The Twelfth Station - Jesus is Raised up, and
The Twelfth Station - Jesus
embracing Your feet,
Dies and burning with love
V. We adore You, O for You. I yield my

You. is Raised up, and Dies

Christ, and we bless soul into Your hands. I
love You with my
R. Because by Your whole heart; I repent
holy Cross, You have of ever having
redeemed the world. offended You. Never
permit me to offend
Meditate: Consider You again. Grant that
how your Jesus, after I may love You
three hours' Agony on always; and then do
the Cross, consumed at with me what You
length with anguish, will.
abandons Himself to
the weight of His body,
bows His head, and Our Father, Hail
dies. Mary, Glory Be
Pray: O my dying
Jesus, I kiss devoutly Thou, my Savior's
the Cross on which You Cross who bearest,
died for love of me. I Thou thy Son's
have merited by my rebuke who sharest,
sins to die a miserable Jesus is Raised up, and Let me share them
death; but Your death
Dies both with thee!
is my hope. Ah, by the
 The Thirteenth Station -
The Thirteenth Station - Jesus is Taken Down have died for me,
from the Cross permit me to love
Jesus is Taken Down from
V. We adore You, O
Christ, and we bless
You; for I wish but
You, and nothing
You.
the Cross
R. Because by Your
holy Cross, You have
more. I love You, my
Jesus, and I repent of
ever having offended
redeemed the world. You. Never permit me
to offend You again.
Meditate: Consider Grant that I may love
how, after the death of You always; and then
our Lord, two of His do with me what You
disciples, Joseph and will.
Nicodemus, took Him
down from the Cross,
and placed Him in the Our Father, Hail
arms of His afflicted Mary, Glory Be
Mother, who received
Him with unutterable
tenderness, and In the Passion of
pressed Him to her my Maker,
bosom.
Be my sinful soul
partaker,
Pray: O Mother of Weep till death,
Jesus is Taken Down from the
sorrow, for the love of and keep with
Cross
this Son, accept me for thee.
 The Fourteenth Station -
The Fourteenth Station - Jesus is Laid in the
at the last day, to be
Sepulcher always united with
Jesus is Laid in the
V. We adore You, O
Christ, and we bless
You in heaven, to
praise You and love
You.
Sepulcher
R. Because by Your
holy Cross, You have
You forever. I love
You, and I repent of
ever having offended
redeemed the world. You. Never permit me
to offend You again.
Meditate: Consider Grant that I may love
how the disciples You always; and then
carried the body of do with me what You
Jesus to bury it, will.
accompanied by His
holy Mother, who
arranged it in the
sepulcher with her own Our Father, Hail
hands. They then Mary, Glory Be
closed the tomb, and
all withdrew.
Mine with thee be
that sad station,
Pray: Oh, my buried
There to watch the
Jesus, I kiss the stone
great Salvation
that encloses You. But Jesus is Laid in the Wrought upon
You rose again the
Sepulcher th'atoning Tree.
third day. I beseech
 Ending Prayers
Ending Prayers
After the Stations, say the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and
the Glory be to the Father five times, in honour of the
Passion of Jesus Christ, and once for the intention of the
holy Father.

Prayer to Jesus Christ Crucified:

Behold, O kind and most sweet Jesus, I cast myself on my

knees in Your sight, and with the most fervent desire of
my soul, I pray and beseech You to impress upon my heart
lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity, with true
repentance for my sins, and a firm desire of amendment,
while with deep affection and grief of soul I ponder within
myself and mentally contemplate Your five most precious
Wounds; having before my eyes that which David spoke in
prophecy: ’they pierced My hands and My feet; they have
numbered all My bones.’