Jesus, Son of the Living God, have mercy upon us. Ten times. Glory be, &c. IV. Our Lord Jesus Christ crowning the Blessed Virgin and the Saints. The Meditation.-Our Saviour, having by His Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension opened the way for the sons of Adam to the heaven, which they had lost by sin, bestows upon His Mother and His Saints the crown of immortal glory. us. Jesus, Son of the Living God, have mercy upon V. Our Lord Jesus Christ coming to Judgment. The Meditation.-Our Saviour will come in power and majesty to judge the quick and the dead, and to render to every man according to his works. us. Jesus, Son of the Living God, have mercy upon Let us pray. JESUS, Whose Name is above every name, so that at the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, on earth, and under the earth; Whose Body, That was put to death by men, was raised by the Almighty from death, glorious and immortal; Who by Thine Ascension didst triumph over death, and leddest captivity captive; Who, according to Thy promise, dids send down the Spirit Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, the Comforter and Quickener; Who, stretching forth the bounty of Thine Almighty hand, didst shed upon the chosen children of Adam that glory which neither eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard, nor hath it entered into the beart of man; Who wilt come forth in power and majesty to judge the quick and the dead, before Whose throne all mortals will appear; grant us to celebrate all these Mysteries to Thine honour and our own salvation, Who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, ever One God, world without end. Amen. Prayers for the Stations of the Cross. + N the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. O merciful Saviour, grant that while I follow Thy blessed footsteps along this Way of Sorrow my heart may be so touched with true contrition that Thou mayest turn my weeping into gladness by giving me remission of all my sins. Amen, . O Lord, open. R. And my mouth. . O God, made speed. Ry O Lord, make haste. Glory be. As it was. Alleluia, or from Septuagesima to Easter, Praise be to Thee, O Lord, King of everlasting glory. Before the prayer at each Station say: . We worship Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee. Ry. Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. After the Prayer at each Station say: O Suffering Jesus, I love Thee above all things, and above all things I hate my sins; for the sake of Thy sacred Passion have mercy upon me. Father. Hail Mary. Glory be. Our While passing from one Station to another, say: Draw me, Saviour, after Thee.. FIRST STATION.-—Jesus is condemned to death. O Jesus, most righteous Judge, when my poor soul shall at the last stand before Thy throne do not condemn me, but in, the Day of Judgment by Thy Cross and Passion, good Lord, deliver me. SECOND STATION.-Jesus receives the Cross. O Jesus, Lamb of God, Thou bearest in that Cross the sins of the whole world, bear away mine, I beseech Thee, and never let me be burdened with them again. THIRD STATION.-Jesus falls the first time. O Jesus, I fell by the deed of Adam into original sin, let me not, I pray Thee, by listening to the unholy desires of my heart, again fall into that corruption from which in Baptism Thou didst raise me up. FOURTH STATION.-Jesus meets His Blessed Mother. O Jesus, in every sorrow of my heart I pray Thee let Thy most holy Mother comfort me by her intercessions, for she has herself felt the sword of anguish pierce her very soul. FIFTH STATION.-The Cross is laid upon. O Jesus, let me too, I pray Thee, bear Thy Cross with Thee here, that I may by Thy mercy be made partaker of Thy glory hereafter. SIXTH STATION.-The Face of Jesus is wiped by S. Veronica. O Jesus, imprint upon my heart and soul the marks of Thy most sacred Passion; let me daily bear Thy dying, that when at last see Thee as may be changed into the image of Thy Thou art, glory. SEVENTH STATION.-Jesus falls the second time. O Jesus, although once raised by Thee from my original sin, I have daily fallen anew into actual sin; lay not these sins to my charge, but wash me from them that I may be whiter than snow. EIGHTH STATION.-The daughters of Jerusalem bewail our Lord. O Jesus, let me not have a barren sorrow for Thy sufferings, but give the waters of true contrition to my head, and such a fountain of tears to mine eyes, that I may weep day and night for my sins. NINTH STATION-Jesus falls the third time. O Jesus, how have I persevered in sin, again and again returning to the foulness from which I have been washed! raise me once more and never let me fall from Thee again. TENTH STATION.—Jesus stripped of His O Jesus, strip me, I pray Thee, of all pride and vainglory, and clothe me with the robe of Thine own humility and righteousness. ELEVENTH STATION.-Jesus is nailed to O Jesus, let my flesh with its affections and lusts be crucified with Thee: so let me die unto sin, that I may in newness of life live henceforth only unto Thee. TWELFTH STATION.-Jesus dies upon the Cross. O Jesus, I commend unto Thee the hour of niy own death by Thine own most blessed death Í beseech Thee forsake not my poor soul. Receive it into Thine hands, grant it a place in Paradise, and let it rejoice for ever in Thy presence. THIRTEENTH STATION.-Jesus is laid in the arms of His Mother. O Jesus, let me mourn for Thy Passion as Thy holy Mother mourned, that aided by her pure intercessions, I may hereafter, with her, be made glad by the vision of Thine eternal glory. FOURTEENTH STATION.-Jesus is laid in the grave. O Jesus, by Thy precious death and burial, have mercy, I pray Thee, on the souls of all the faithful departed, and grant them a place of refreshment and peace for the sake of Thy Cross and Passion. Amen. Antiphon.--Christ became for us obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross. Let us pray. O Lord Jesu Christ, Who didst stretch out Thine hands upon the Cross, and didst redeem us by Thy |