| THIRD STATION Jesus Falls the First Time Under His Cross |
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(Genuflecting) We adore You, 0 Christ, and we praise You. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world. Consider the first fall of Jesus under His Cross. His flesh was torn by the scourges, His head crowned with thorns, and He had lost a great quantity of blood. He was so weakened He could scarcely walk, and yet He had to carry this great load upon His shoulders. The soldiers struck Him rudely, and thus He fell several times. (Pause for silent prayer.) My Jesus, it is the weight, not of the Cross, but of my sins, which has made You suffer so much pain. By the merits of this first fall, deliver me from the misfortune of falling into mortal sin. I love You, 0 my Jesus; I repent with my whole heart of having offended You. Never permit me to offend You again. Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me what You will. Our Father ... , Hail Mary ..., Glory be to the Father.. 0 Jesus! Who for love of me... Oh, how sad and sore distress'd Was that Mother highly blest Of the sole-begotten One! ____________ |
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