Stations of the Cross
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First Station - Jesus is Condemned to Death
Consider how Jesus, having been scourged and crowned with thorns, was unjustly condemned by Pilate to die on the Cross. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |
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Second Station - Jesus Receives the Cross
Consider how Jesus, in making this journey with the Cross on His shoulders, thought of us, and offered for us to His Father the death he was about to undergo. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |
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Third Station - Jesus Falls for the First Time
Consider this first fall of Jesus under His Cross. His flesh was torn by the scourges, His head was crowned with thorns; He had lost a great quantity of blood. So weakened He could scarcely walk, He yet had to carry this great load upon His shoulders. The soldiers struck Him rudely and He fell several times. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |
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Fourth Station - Jesus is met by His Blessed Mother
Consider the meeting of the Son and the Mother, which took palce on this journey. Their looks became like so many arrows to wound those hearts which love each other so tenderly. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |
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Fifth Station - The Cross is laid upon Simon of Cyrene
Consider how His cruel tormentors, seeing Jesus was on the point of expiring, and fearing He would die on the way, whereas they wished Him to die the shameful death of the Cross, constrained Simon of Cyrene to carry the Cross behind Our Lord. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |
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Sixth Station - Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
Consider how the holy woman named Veronica, seeing Jesus so ill-used, and bathed in sweat and blood, wiped His face with a towel, on which was left the impression of His holy countenance. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |
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Seventh Station - Jesus falls the Second Time
Consider the second fall of Jesus under the Cross; a fall which renews the pain of all the wounds in His head and members. |
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Eighth Station - The Women of Jerusalem Mourn for Our Lord
Consider how these women wept with compassion at seeing Jesus in such a pitiable state, streaming with blood as He walked along. "Daughters of Jerusalem" He said "weep not for Me, but for yourselves and for your children". |
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Ninth Station - Jesus falls for the Third Time
Consider the third fall of Jesus Christ. His weakness was extreme, and the cruelty of His excutiones excessive, who tried to hasten His steps when He could scarcely move. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |
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TenthStation - Jesus is Condemned to Death
Consider the violence with which Jesus was stripped by the excutioners. His inner garments adhered to His torn flesh, and they dragged them off so roughly that the skin came with them. Compassionate your Saviour thus cruelly treated. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |
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Eleventh Station - Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
Consider how Jesus, having been placed upon the Cross, extended His hands, and offered to His Eternal Father the sacrifice of His life for our salvation. Those barbarians fastened Him with nails, and then, securing the Cross, allowed Him to die with anguish on this infamous gibbet. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |
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Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies on the Cross
Consider how Jesus, being consumed with anguish after three hours' agony on the Cross, abandoned Himself to the weight of His body, bowed His head and died. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |
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Thirteenth Station - Jesus is Taken down from the Cross
Consider how, after Our Lord had expired, two of His disciples, Joseph and Nicodemus, took Him down from the Cross, and placed Him in the arms of His afflicted Mother, who received Him with unutterable tenderness, and pressed Him to her bosom. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |
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FourteenthStation - Jesus is Laid in the Sepulchre
Consider how the disciples, accompanied by His holy Mother, carried the body of Jesus to bury it. They closed the tomb, and all came sorrowfully away. St Alphonsus/CTS Publication |