Tag Archives: Stations of the Cross

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ You can do The Stations of the Cross with great benefit all year round, especially during Lent. Choose one of the three forms of The Stations of the Cross. The original form The original form with the following … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________     ______________________________________________________________   Fourteenth Station Jesus is placed in the sepulcher Consider how the disciples took Jesus to bury him, accompanying him also his Most Holy Mother, who placed him in the tomb with her own hands.  Then … Continue reading →

  ______________________________________________________________     ______________________________________________________________   Twelfth Station Jesus dies on the cross   Consider how Jesus, after three hours of agony, consumed with pains and exhausting forces on his body, bows his head and expiates on the cross.   … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________     ______________________________________________________________   ELEVENTH STATION Jesus is nailed to the cross   Consider how Jesus, stretched out on the Cross, extends his feet and hands and offers the Eternal Father the sacrifice of his life for our salvation; … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________     ______________________________________________________________   TENTH STATION Jesus is stripped of his garments   Consider how Jesus was stripped of his garments by the executioners, his inner tunic sticking to the flesh because of scourging, they also stripped the skin … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________     ______________________________________________________________   NINTH STATION Jesus falls for the third time Consider the third fall of Jesus Christ. Extreme was his weakness and excessive the cruelty of the executioners, who wanted to make him hurry, when he barely had … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________     ______________________________________________________________   THIRTEENTH STATION Jesus is taken down from the cross Consider, the Lord having already expired, two of his disciples, Joseph and Nicodemus, took him down from the cross, and placed him in the arms of … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________     ______________________________________________________________   EIGHTH STATION Jesus consoles the women of Jerusalem   Consider how some women, seeing Jesus in such pitiful condition, who was shedding blood along the way, cried with compassion; but Jesus said to them, do … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________     ______________________________________________________________   SEVENTH STATION Jesus falls for the second time   Consider the second fall of Jesus under the Cross, which renews to the afflicted Lord the pain of the wounds of his head and his whole … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________     ______________________________________________________________   SIXTH STATION Veronica cleans the face of Jesus   Consider how the devout woman Veronica, seeing Jesus so fatigued and with his face covered in sweat and blood, offered him a veil, and wiping with … Continue reading →