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F O U R T E E N T H S TAT I O N :
Jesus Is Placed in the Sepulchre
C. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You.
P. Because of Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
C. They took the body of Jesus and bound It with burial
cloths along with the spices, according to the Jewish burial
custom. Now in the place where He had been crucified there
was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no
one had yet been buried. So they laid Jesus there because of
the Jewish preparation day; for the tomb was close by (John
19:38-42).
Jesus: (C.) But child, you are not yet in your homeland; so
go, fortified by My grace, and fight for My kingdom in
human souls; fight as a king’s childwould; and remember
that the days of your exile will pass quickly, andwith them
the possibility of earning merit for heaven. I expect from
you, My child, a great number of souls who will glorify
My mercy for all eternity (1489).
S. Faustina: (P.) Every soul You have entrusted to me, Jesus,
I will try to aid with prayer and sacrifice, so that Your grace
can work in them. O great lover of souls, my Jesus, I thank
You for this immense confidence with which You have
deigned to place souls in our care (245).
All: Grant, Merciful Lord, that not even one of those souls
which You have entrusted to me be lost.
C. You, who suffered wounds for us,
P. Christ Jesus, have mercy on us.
Sung Verse: Christ, when Thou shalt call me hence,
Be Thy Mother my defense,
Be Thy Cross my victory.
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