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The following stations of the cross are based on those celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Skillful Friday 1991. They are presented here as an alternative to the traditional stations and every bit a way of reflecting more deeply on the Scriptural accounts of Christ's passion. More tin can found at the USCCB Catholic Bishops website.

Before each station:

Government minister:
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.

All:
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

After each station:

All:
Lord Jesus, aid us walk in your steps.

Opening Prayer:

Government minister:
God of ability and mercy,
in love you lot sent your Son
that we might be cleansed of sin
and live with you forever.
Bless us as nosotros assemble to reverberate
on his suffering and death
that we may learn from his example
the manner we should go.

Nosotros inquire this through that aforementioned Christ, our Lord.

All:
Amen.

Starting time Station: Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane

Reader:
And then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I go over in that location and pray." He took forth Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to feel sorrow and distress. Then he said to them, "My soul is sorrowful even to expiry. Remain hither and go on sentry with me." He avant-garde a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying, "My Male parent, if it is possible, let this loving cup pass from me; yet, non as I will, but as you volition." When he returned to his disciples he found them comatose. He said to Peter, "So you could not keep watch with me for 1 60 minutes? Sentinel and pray that yous may not undergo the exam. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
(Matthew 26:36-41)

Government minister:
Lord,
grant us your force and wisdom,
that we may seek to follow your volition in all things

Second Station: Jesus, Betrayed past Judas, is Arrested

Reader: Then, while [Jesus] was still speaking, Judas, 1 of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied past a crowd with swords and clubs, who had come from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. His betrayer had arranged a betoken with them, maxim, "the homo I shall kiss is the 1; arrest him and pb him away securely." He came and immediately went over to him and said, "Rabbi." And he kissed him. At this they laid hands on him and arrested him.
(Mark 14: 43-46)

Minister:
Lord,
grant us the courage of our convictions
that our lives may faithfully reflect the good news you bring.

Tertiary Station: Jesus is Condemned by the Sanhedrin

Reader: When twenty-four hours came the council of elders of the people met, both main priests and scribes, and they brought him earlier their Sanhedrin. They said, "If yous are the Messiah, tell united states," but he replied to them, "If I tell you, you volition not believe, and if I question, you will not respond. But from this time on the Son of Man will be seated at the correct hand of the ability of God." They all asked, "Are you and so the Son of God?" He replied to them, "You lot say that I am." And so they said, "What further demand have we for testimony? We take heard it from his own mouth."
(Luke 22: 66-71)

Minister:
Lord,
grant the states your sense of righteousness
that we may never stop to work
to bring about the justice of the kingdom that yous promised.

Quaternary Station: Jesus is Denied past Peter

Reader: Now Peter was sitting exterior in the courtyard. One of the maids came over to him and said, "Yous too were with Jesus the Galilean." Merely he denied information technology in front of everyone, saying, "I practise not know what you are talking about!" As he went out to the gate, some other girl saw him and said to those who were there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazorean." Once again he denied it with an oath, "I practise not know the man!" A lilliputian later the bystanders came over and said to Peter, "Surely you too are 1 of them; even your speech gives yous away." At that he began to curse and to swear, "I do not know the human." And immediately a cock crowed. Then Peter remembered the give-and-take that Jesus had spoken: "Before the cock crows you lot will deny me 3 times." He went out and began to weep bitterly.
(Matthew 26: 69-75)

Minister:
Lord,
grant usa the gift of honesty
that nosotros may non fearfulness to speak the truth fifty-fifty when hard.

Fifth Station: Jesus is Judged by Pilate

Reader: The chief priests with the elders and the scribes, that is, the whole Sanhedrin, held a council. They bound Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. Pilate questioned him, "Are you lot the king of the Jews?" He said to him in reply, "You lot say then." The master priests accused him of many things. Again Pilate questioned him, "Take you no reply? See how many things they accuse you of." Jesus gave him no farther answer, and so that Pilate was amazed…. Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, released Barrabas… [and] handed [Jesus] over to be crucified.
(Mark 15: 1-five, xv)

Minister:
Lord,
grant united states of america discernment
that we may come across as you see, non as the earth sees.

Sixth Station: Jesus is Scourged and Crowned with Thorns

Reader:
Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. And the soldiers wove a crown out of thorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, and they came to him and said,"Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly.
(John 19: 1-3)

Government minister:
Lord,
grant us patience in times of suffering
that we may offer our lives as a sacrifice of praise.

Seventh Station: Jesus Bears the Cantankerous

Reader: When the principal priests and the guards saw [Jesus] they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him. I find no guilt in him." … They cried out, "Take him away, take him abroad! Excruciate him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your male monarch?" The chief priests answered, "We have no male monarch but Caesar." And then he handed him over to them to be crucified. And so they took Jesus, and conveying the cantankerous himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha.
(John nineteen: six, 15-17)

Minister:
Lord,
grant the states force of purpose
that we may faithfully bear our crosses each day.

Eighth Station: Jesus is Helped by Simon the Cyrenian to Carry the Cross

Reader: They pressed into service a passer-by, Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
(Mark 15: 21)

Minister:
Lord,
grant usa willing spirits
that we may be your instruments on world.

9th Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem

Reader:A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him. Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, practise non weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children, for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.' At that time, people will say to the mountains, 'Fall upon us!' and to the hills, 'Cover united states!' for if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry?"
(Luke 23: 27-31)

Minister:
Lord,
grant united states gentle spirits
that nosotros may comfort those who mourn.

Tenth Station: Jesus is Crucified

Reader: When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals in that location, one on his right, the other on his left. [Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they know non what they exercise."]
(Luke 23: 33-34)

Minister:
Lord,
grant u.s. merciful hearts
that we may bring your reconciliation and forgiveness to all.

Eleventh Station: Jesus Promises His Kingdom to the Good Thief

Reader: Now ane of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, maxim, "Are yous not the Messiah? Save yourself and the states." The other, all the same, rebuking him, said in reply, "Take you lot no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation? And indeed, we accept been condemned justly, for the sentence nosotros received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal." Then he said, "Jesus, call back me when you come into your kingdom." He replied to him, "Amen, I say to y'all, today y'all volition be with me in Paradise."
(Luke 23: 39-43)

Government minister:
Lord,
grant us perseverance
that we may never stop seeking you.

Twelfth Station: Jesus Speaks to His Mother and the Disciple

Reader: Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his female parent'south sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that 60 minutes the disciple took her into his home.
John 19: 25-27

Minister:
Lord,
grant united states constancy
that we may be willing to stand by those in need.

Thirteenth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross

Reader: Information technology was now most noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon considering of an eclipse of the dominicus. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle. Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Begetter, into your easily I commend my spirit"; and when he had said this he breathed his last.
(Luke 23: 44-46)

Minister:
Lord,
grant us trust in y'all
that when our time on globe in concluded
our spirits may come to y'all without delay.

Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Placed in the Tomb

Reader:
When information technology was evening, there came a rich human being from Arimathea named Joseph, who was himself a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be handed over. Taking the body, Joseph wrapped it [in] make clean linen and laid it in his new tomb that he had hewn in the stone. And so he rolled a huge rock across the entrance to the tomb and departed.
(Matthew 27: 57-60)

Government minister:
Lord,
grant us your pity
that we may ever provide for those in need.

Closing Prayer:

Minister:
Lord Jesus Christ,
your passion and expiry is the cede that unites earth and sky
and reconciles all people to yous.
May we who accept faithfully reflected on these mysteries
follow in your steps and then come up to share your celebrity in heaven
where yous live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit
one God, for ever and ever.

All:
Amen.

Scripture excerpts are taken from the New American Bible with Revised New TestamentCopyright © 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce these excerpts in gratis distribution of these stations.

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