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Stations of the Cross

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STATIONS OF THE CROSS – As composed by St Alphonsus Liguori.

5th STATION – SIMON OF CYRENE CARRIES THE CROSS

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Prayers and Reflection
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.
Because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.
 
Consider how His cruel tormentors seeing that at each step Jesus, from weakness, was on the point of expiring, and fearing that He would die on the way when they wished Him to die the ignominious death of the Cross, constrained Simon of Cyrene to carry the Cross behind Our Lord.

   My most sweet Jesus, I will not refuse the Cross as the Cyrenian did; I accept it, I embrace it. I accept in particular the death that you hast destined for me with all the pains which may accompany it; I unite it to your death, I offer it to you. You have died for love of me, I will die for love of you, and to please you. Help me by your grace.
 
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory be
 
I love you, Jesus, my love above all things.
I repent with my whole heart of having offended you. Never permit me to separate myself from you again. Grant that I may love you always,
and then do with me what you will.
 
May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.		Scripture Reading: Luke 23:26

As they were leading him away they seized on a man, Simon from Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and made him shoulder the cross and carry it behind Jesus.

Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me.”

Next Station….. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

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