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Stations of the Cross

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

12th STATION – JESUS DIES ON 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 Jesus, after three hours’ agony on the Cross, consumed at length with anguish, abandoned Himself to the weight of His body, bowed His head, and died.

   O my dying Jesus, I kiss devoutly the Cross on which you did die for love of me. I have merited by my sins to die a miserable death; but your death is my hope. Ah, by the merits of your death, give me grace to die, embracing your feet and burning with love of you. I commit my soul into your hands.
 
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 23:44-49

It was now about the sixth hour and, with the sun eclipsed, a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. The veil of the Temple was torn right down the middle; and when Jesus had cried out in a loud voice, he said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” With these words he breathed his last.
When the centurion saw what had taken place, he gave praise to God and said, “This was a great and good man.” And when all the people who had gathered for the spectacle saw what had happened, they went home beating their breasts. All his friends stood at a distance; so also did the women who had accompanied him from Galilee, and they saw all this happen.


Next Station….. Jesus is taken down from the cross

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Excerpt from THE JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reproduced with Permission.
Excerpt from THE GRAIL PSALMS, with permission of A P Watt at United Agents on behalf of The Grail, England. Copyright © 1963 by The Grail, England.
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