he way of the Cross

1. T he way of the Cross

2. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. The most innocent Jesus accepts for the glory of God and the salvation of all, the unjust sentence of death pronounced against him by Pilate. Most loving Jesus, for your love and in penance for my sins, I accept my death with all the pain, sorrow and affliction that will accompany it. May your will and not mine be done, Lord. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, all his bitter anguish bearing, now at length the sword had passed.

3. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Jesus takes the cross upon his shoulders, Jesus Master invites us: “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” I want to follow you, Divine Master, by mortifying my passions, by accepting my daily cross. Draw me to yourself, Lord. The road is narrow, but it leads to heaven. On the way I will lean on you, my guide and my comfort. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. Oh, how sad and sore distressed was that Mother highly blest of the sole-begotten one!

4. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Wearied by the agony of Gethsemane, tortured by the scourging and the crowning with thorns, exhausted by fasting, Jesus falls for the first time beneath the enormous weight of the cross. Jesus fell to sustain those who fall. Many are the temptations of the devil, the flesh, and the world. Lead us not into temptation, Lord, but deliver us from all evil, past, present, and future. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. Christ above in torment hangs, she beneath behold the pangs of her dying glorious Son.

5. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Carrying the cross, Jesus meets his Mother, whose soul is pierced by a sword of sorrow. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are united in the same suffering. Behold the two hearts of Jesus and Mary, grant me the grace to better know you, love you, and imitate you. I offer you my whole heart that it may always be yours. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. Is there one who would not weep, whelmed in miseries so deep, Christ’s dear Mother to behold?

6. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. With false compassion, “ they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, to carry the cross of Jesus ”. I too am bound to cooperate in the redemption, completing with my sufferings the passion of Jesus Christ. Accept me, good Master, as a small victim. Preserve us all from sin, save sinners from hell, and free the souls in purgatory from their sufferings. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. Can the human heart refrain from partaking in her pain, in that Mother’s pain untold.

7. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. With devout compassion Veronica wipes the face of Jesus, and Jesus rewards her by leaving the impression of his face on the towel. I see this pious disciple the model of those who make atonement. I understand the duty I have to make reparation for my sins and for the offenses of others to your divine Majesty. Jesus, impress on me and on all who atone, the virtues of your most holy Heart. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled she beheld her tender Child all with bloody scourges rent.

8. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. A second time, Jesus’ strength fails him, and he who was made the “opprobrium of humanity” and the “rejected one of the people” falls a second time beneath the cross. Good Master, thus do you pay for our repeated sins, committed maliciously or because we put ourselves in the occasions. Lord, I detest my sins, which are an offense to your Majesty, the cause of the death of your divine Son and my spiritual ruin, and I resolve to avoid all sin in the future. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. For the sins of his own nation she saw him hang in desolation till his spirit forth he sent.

9. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. A large crowd, and many women who were weeping for him, followed Jesus. He said to them: “Daughters of Jerusalem do not weep for me. but weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.” I humble myself because of my many personal faults and for those which others have committed because of my bad example and negligence in my duties. My Jesus, grant me the grace to keep others from sinning, insofar as I am able, by my actions, example, word and prayer. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. O my Mother, fount of love, touch my spirit from above; make my heart with yours accord.

10. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Jesus falls the third time beneath the cross because our obstinacy has led us to sin again.. Obstinacy blinds the mind, hardens the heart, and places a person in danger of an impenitent death. Grant me, Lord, the grace to keep watch on myself, to be faithful to the examination of conscience and to confess myself often, with the right dispositions. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. Make me feel as you have felt, Make my soul to glow and melt With the love of Christ my Lord.

11. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Having reached Calvary, Jesus is stripped of his garments and given a bitter mixture of gall and myrrh to drink. See how much our sins of vanity and gluttony have cost Jesus! Lord, grant me the grace of detaching my heart more and more from all vanity and sinful satisfaction, to seek you only, my supreme and eternal happiness. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. Holy Mother, pierce me through; in my heart each wound renew of my Savior crucified.

12. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. The executioners nail Jesus to the cross beneath the gaze of his most afflicted Mother, causing him unspeakable agony. Those who crucify their flesh, with a real mortification of the senses, belong to Jesus Christ. I want to belong to Jesus Christ in life, in death, and in eternity. Jesus, do not let me separate myself from you. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. Let me share with you his pain, who fro all my sins was slain, who for me in torment died.

13. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Jesus suffers indescribable pains for three hours, then dies on the cross for our sins. The death of Jesus is renewed every day on our altars in Holy Mass. Most loving, Jesus, grant me devotion to Holy Mass, so that I may participate in it often and with the dispositions which your holy Mother had at the foot of the cross. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. Let me mingle tears with you, mourning him who mourned for me all the days that I may live.

14. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. The sorrowful Mary receives her Son into her arms, after he was taken down from the cross. Mary contemplates in his wounds the horrible work of our sins and Jesus’ infinite love for us. Devotion to Mary is a sign of salvation. Mother, accept me as your child. Accompany me throughout my life. Assist me daily and especially in the hour of my death. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. By the cross with you to stay, there with you to weep and pray, is all I ask of you to give.

15. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. The body of Jesus, anointed with spices, is brought to the sepulcher. Jesus predicted his passion: “Behold we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death” (Mt. 20:18-19) Lord Jesus, you have reached the climax of your humiliation, the sepulcher. How precious we all are, if you, Lord have given your life for us, offering yourself as a victim. I want to follow you wherever you call me to cooperate in your work of redemption. Have mercy on us, Lord. Have mercy on us. Holy Mother, pierce me through in my heart, each wound renew of my Savior Crucified. While my body here decays, may my soul your goodness praise, safe in paradise with you. Amen.

16. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Mary awaits with lively faith the resurrection of her Son, as he had predicted: “On the third day I will rise again”(cf. Mt. 20:19) I firmly believe, my God, in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as I believe in the resurrection of the body. Every day I want to arise to a new life so as to merit to arise in the glory of the last day. Save us, O Christ our Savior, through the power of your cross. You who saved Peter on the sea, have merci on us. Let us pray: Father, you have willed to save men and women through the death of Christ your Son on the cross. Grant that we who have known his mystery of love on earth may enjoy the fruits of the redemption in heaven. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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