1. Jesus is condemned to Death
O Jesus! So meek and uncomplaining! Teach me resignation in trial.
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Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross
2. Jesus Accepts His Cross
O Jesus! This, Your Cross, should be mine. Teach me to bear my cross patiently.
3. Jesus Falls the First Time
O Jesus! By this first fall, keep me from ever falling into mortal sin.
4. Jesus Meets His Holy Mother
O Jesus! Grant me deep love for Your Holy Mother in her sorrow. Mary! Teach me to walk the way of the Cross after Your Son.
5. Simon, the Cyrenean, Helps Jesus
O Jesus! Simon's greatest joy was to help You. Teach me to bear the crosses of my life, and help me.
6. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
O Jesus! Veronica's charity earned her a glorious reward. Grant that by charity and compassion, I may have Your image imprinted in my heart.
7. Jesus Falls for the Second Time
O Jesus! Give me horror for all sin, even venial sin, and preserve me from wickedness.
8. Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
O Jesus! Teach me to bear my sufferings in silence and to share the sorrows of others in charity and prayer.
9. Jesus Falls the Third Time
O Jesus! By this fall, teach me to be resigned to life's weariness and to persevere onto the end.
10. Jesus is Stripped of His Garments
O Jesus! My soul has been robbed of its robe of innocence. Clothe me with the garb of true penance and contrition.
11. Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
O Jesus! You forgive your enemies. Teach me to forgive all enemies and to forget all injuries.
12. Jesus Dies Upon the Cross
O Jesus! Teach me to remember always Your sacrifice which has opened the gates of Heaven and won for me immense treasures of grace.
13. Jesus is Placed in His Mother's Arms
O Mother! Receive me into your arms and obtain for me perfect contrition for my many sins.
14. Jesus is Placed in the Sepulchre
O Jesus! When I receive you in Holy Communion make my heart a worthy place for Your adorable Body and Blood, Your Soul and Divinity.
Credits: The original Overbeck Stations of the Cross art work, painted on copper plate sheets, hang in the Cathedral of St. Luke, Christ Catholic Church International, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Visiting Niagara Falls? View the Stations in the Cathedral located at 5165 Palmer Avenue. Images used with permission. Text based on Stations of the Cross, in Cardinal Spellman's Prayer Book, published by The Edward O'Toole Co., Inc. in 1951.
