Let me mingle tears with thee.
Mourning Him Who mourned for me,
All the days that I may live.

 

Pray for us, Virgin most sorrowful
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.


Jesus Dies on the Cross

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

Station 12

(4)Between two criminals, a mocking title above his head, with only Mary and John and Mary Magdalene to support him, Jesus surrenders his last breath: "Into your hands I commend my spirit."

I stand there, at the foot of the cross, side by side with all of humanity, and behold our salvation.

I carefully watch and listen to all that is said. And then, I experience the one who gives life pass from life to death, for me.

I console Mary and John and Mary. And let them console me.

This is the hour to express the deepest feelings within me.

Lord Jesus, help us walk in your steps.

Meditation:

(2) Nailed to the cross, pinned immobile in that terrible position, Jesus invokes the Father.(Mk 15,34 / Lk 23,46)

All his invocations bear witness that he is one with the Father. "The Father and I are one."(Jn 10,30)

Here we have the finest, the most sublime work of the Son in union with the Father. Yes: in union, in the most perfect union possible, precisely at the moment when he cries: "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani" - "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"(mk 15,34)

Those outstretched arms embrace all humanity and all the world. Here is the man. Here is God himself "In him we live and move and have our being."(Acts 17,28) In him: in those arms outstretched along the transverse beam of the cross. The mystery of redemption.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.

Lord Jesus crucified, have mercy on us.