Tag: Passion

V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.]R. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. [Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.] Pope John Paul II From the Gospel according to Mark. 15:42-43, 46 And when evening had come, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected… Continue reading The Thirteen Station: Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross

V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.]R. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. [Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.] Pope John Paul II From the Gospel according to Mark. 15:33-34, 37, 39 And when the sixth hour had come there was… Continue reading The Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross

V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.]R. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. [Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.] Pope John Paul II From the Gospel according to Mark. 15:25-27 And it was the third hour, when they crucified him. And… Continue reading The Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross

V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.]R. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. [Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.] Pope John Paul II From the Gospel according to Mark. 15:24 The soldiers divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,… Continue reading The Tenth Station: Jesus is Stripped of His Garments

V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.]R. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. [Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.] Pope John Paul II From the Book of Lamentations. 3:27-32 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in… Continue reading The Ninth Station: Jesus Falls for the Third Time

V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.]R. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. [Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.] Pope John Paul II From the Gospel according to Luke. 23:28-31 But Jesus turning to them said, “Daughters of Jerusalem do not… Continue reading The Eighth Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem.

V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.]R. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. [Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.] Pope John Paul II From the Book of Lamentations. 3:1-2, 9, 16 I am the man who has seen affliction under the… Continue reading The Seventh Station: Jesus Falls for the Second Time

V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. [We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.]R. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. [Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.] Pope John Paul II From the Book of the Prophet Isaiah. 53:2-3 He had no form or comeliness that we should look… Continue reading The Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus.

For the last fourteen days of Lent, I’m posting one Station of the Cross per day, taken from Pope John Paul II’s 2003 Good Friday meditations, and Pope Benedict’s 2005 Good Friday meditations, both delivered at the Colosseum. FIFTH STATION: SIMON OF CYRENE HELPS JESUS TO CARRY THE CROSS V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus… Continue reading The Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus to Carry the Cross