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F

I R S T

S

TAT I O N

:

Jesus Is Condemned to Die

Celebrant:

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You.

People:

Because of Your holy Cross You have redeemed

the world.

Celebrant:

The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin kept

trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus in order to put

Him to death, but they found none, though many false

witnesses came forward (Matthew 26:59-60).

Jesus: (Celebrant)

Do not be surprised that you are some-

times unjustly accused. I Myself first drank this cup of

undeserved suffering for love of you

(289)

. When I was

before Herod, I obtained a grace for you; namely, that you

would be able to rise above human scorn and follow

faithfully inMy footsteps

(1164).

S. Faustina: (People)

We are sensitive to words and quickly

want to answer back, without taking any regard as to whether

it is God’s will that we should speak. A silent soul is strong;

no adversities will harm it if it perseveres in silence. The silent

soul is capable of attaining the closest union with God (477).

All:

Merciful Jesus, help me to know how to accept every

human judgment and do not allow me ever to render a

condemnatory judgment on You in my neighbors.

C.

You, who suffered wounds for us,

P.

Christ Jesus, have mercy on us.

Sung Verse:

Through her heart, His sorrow sharing

All His bitter anguish bearing

Now at length the sword has passed.

Excerpts from the newly revised

Way of the Cross

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