Traditional Way of the Cross

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In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

God come to my assistance.
Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning, is now and will be for ever. Amen.

Opening Prayer: (before the 1st Station)
O most merciful Jesus, with a contrite heart and penitent spirit, I bow down in profound humility before your divine majesty. I adore you as my supreme Lord and Master. I believe in you, I hope in you, I love you above all things. I am heartily sorry for having offended you, my Supreme and only God. I resolve to amend my life and, although I am unworthy to obtain mercy, the sight of your holy cross, on which you died, inspires me with hope and consolation. I will, therefore, meditate on your sufferings and visit the stations of your Passion in company with your sorrowful Mother and my guardian angel, with the intention of promoting your honor and saving my soul. I desire to gain all the indulgences granted for this holy exercise for myself and for the Poor Souls in Purgatory. O merciful Redeemer, who has said, “When I will be lifted from earth, I will draw all things to myself,” draw my heart and my love to you, that I may perform this devotion as perfectly as possible, and that I may live and die in union with you. Amen.

Final Prayer: (after the 14th Station)
Almighty and eternal God, merciful Father, who have given to the human race your beloved Son as an example of humility, obedience, and patience, to precede us on the way of life, bearing the cross: Graciously grant us that we, inflamed by his infinite love, may take up the sweet yoke of his Gospel together with the mortification of the cross, following him as his true disciples, so that we shall one day gloriously rise with him and joyfully hear the final sentence: “Come, you blessed of my Father, and possess the kingdom which was prepared for you from the beginning,” where you reign with the Son and the Holy Spirit, and where we hope to reign with you, world without end. Amen.

May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.

1st Station: Jesus is Condemned to Death

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We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. (Genuflect)
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Pilate wanted to set Jesus free, so he appealed to the crowd again. But they shouted back, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them the third time, “But what crime has he committed? I cannot find anything he has done to deserve death! I will have him whipped and set him free.” But they kept on shouting at the top of their voices that Jesus should be crucified, and finally their shouting succeeded. So Pilate passed the sentence on Jesus that they were asking for. (Luke 23:20-24)

Prayer:
It was for us that you suffer, O blessed Jesus; it was for our sins you were condemned to death. Grant that we may detest them from the bottom of our hearts, and by this repentance obtain your mercy and pardon.

Our Father.., Hail Mary.., Glory Be..

Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Have mercy on us.

Holy Mother, pierce me through!
In my heart, each wound renew,
Of my Savior crucified.

May we feel no bitter hatred,
When we too are persecuted,
Left alone to walk with you.

2nd Station: Jesus Receives the Cross

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We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. (Genuflect)
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

So they took charge of Jesus. He went out, carrying his cross, and came to “The Place of the Skull”, which in Hebrew it is called “Golgotha”. There they crucified him; and they also crucified two other men, one on each side, with Jesus between them. Pilate wrote a notice and had it put on the cross, which read: “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” (John 19:17-19)

Prayer:
O Jesus! Grant us, by virtue of your cross, to embrace with meekness and cheerful submission the difficulties of our state, and to be ever ready to take up our cross and follow you.

Our Father.., Hail Mary.., Glory Be..

Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Have mercy on us.

Holy Mother, pierce me through!
In my heart, each wound renew,
Of my Savior crucified.

Now the Cross as Jesus bore it,
Has become for us who share it,
The jewelled Cross of Victory.

3rd Station: Jesus Falls the First Time

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We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. (Genuflect)
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

I am one who knows what it is to be punished by God. He drove me deeper and deeper into darkness and beat me again and again with merciless blows. He has broken my bones. He has shut me in a prison of misery and anguish. He has forced me to live in the stagnant darkness of death. He has bound me in chains; I am a prisoner with no hope of escape (Lamentations 3:1-7)

Prayer:
O Jesus, who for our sins did bear the heavy burden of the cross, and fell under its weight, may the thoughts of your sufferings make us watchful over ourselves, and save us from any grievous fall into sin.

Our Father.., Hail Mary.., Glory Be..

Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Have mercy on us.

Holy Mother, pierce me through!
In my heart, each wound renew,
Of my Savior crucified.

Weakened, prodded, cursed, and fallen,
His whole body bruised and swollen,
Jesus tripped and lay in pain.

4th Station: Jesus Meets His Mother

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We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. (Genuflect)
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother, “This child is chosen by God for the destruction and the salvation of many in Israel. He will be a sign from God which many people will speak against and so reveal their secret thoughts. And sorrow, like a sharp sword, will break your own heart.” (Luke 2:34-35)

Prayer:
O Jesus, by the compassion which you did feel for your Mother, have compassion on us, and give us a share in her intercession. O Mary, most afflicted Mother, intercede for us that, through the sufferings of your Son, may we be delivered from the wrath to come.

Our Father.., Hail Mary.., Glory Be..

Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Have mercy on us.

Holy Mother, pierce me through!
In my heart, each wound renew,
Of my Savior crucified.

Jesus met his grieving Mother,
She who made the Lord our Brother,
Now the sword her heart has pierced.

5th Station: Symon of Cyrene Helps Jesus

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We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. (Genuflect)
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

On the way they met a man named Simon, who was coming into the city from the country, and the soldiers forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. Simon was from Cyrene and was the father of Alexander and Rufus. They took Jesus to a place called Golgotha, which means “The Place of the Skull”. (Mark 15:21-22)

Prayer:
O Lord Jesus, may it be our privilege also to bear your cross; may we glory in nothing else; by it may the world be crucified unto us, and we unto the world; may we never shrink from sufferings, but rather rejoice if we may be counted worthy to suffer for your name’s sake.

Our Father.., Hail Mary.., Glory Be..

Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Have mercy on us.

Holy Mother, pierce me through!
In my heart, each wound renew,
Of my Savior crucified.

Simon stopped in hesitation,
Not foreseeing his proud Station,
Called to bear the Cross of Christ.

6th Station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

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We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. (Genuflect)
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

I bared my back to those who beat me. I did not stop them when they insulted me, when they pulled out the hairs of my beard and spat in my face. But their insults cannot hurt me because the Sovereign Lord gives me help. I brace myself to endure them. I know that I will not be disgraced. (Isaiah 50:6-7)

Prayer:
O Jesus, may the contemplation of your sufferings move us with the deepest compassion, make us to hate our sins, and kindle in our hearts more fervent love to you. May your image be graven on our minds, until we are transformed into your likeness.

Our Father.., Hail Mary.., Glory Be..

Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Have mercy on us.

Holy Mother, pierce me through!
In my heart, each wound renew,
Of my Savior crucified.

Brave but trembling came the woman,
None but she would flaunt the Roman,
Moved by love beyond her fear.

7th Station: Jesus Falls the Second Time

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We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. (Genuflect)
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge. Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed. (1 Peter 2:23-24)

Prayer:
O Jesus, falling again under the burden of our sins, and of your sufferings for our sins, how often have we grieved you by our repeated falls into sin! May we rather die than ever offend you again.

Our Father.., Hail Mary.., Glory Be..

Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Have mercy on us.

Holy Mother, pierce me through!
In my heart, each wound renew,
Of my Savior crucified.

Prostrate on the dust he crumbled,
Flogged in body he resembled,
All our brothers poor and scorned.

8th Station: Jesus Consoles the Women of Jerusalem

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We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. (Genuflect)
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

A large crowd of people followed him; among them were some women who were weeping and wailing for him. Jesus turned to them and said, “Women of Jerusalem! Don’t cry for me, but for yourselves and your children. For if such things as these are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” (Luke 23:27,28,31)

Prayer:
O Lord Jesus, we mourn both for you and for ourselves; for your sufferings and for our sins which caused them. Teach us so to mourn, that we may be comforted, and escape those dreadful judgements prepared for all who reject or neglect you in this life.

Our Father.., Hail Mary.., Glory Be..

Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Have mercy on us.

Holy Mother, pierce me through!
In my heart, each wound renew,
Of my Savior crucified.

May our sympathy for Jesus
Turn to those who here now need us,
May we see Christ bruised in them.

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