12:15pm Stations of the Cross at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney - 4th March 2022

good afternoon everyone and welcome as we gather together at this first week of lent to pray today the way of the cross at this new time at 12 15 every friday during lent we are invited to humbly place before our lord all our needs and also all those things that we are in need of forgiveness for we look to our lord who was willing to walk the way of the cross for our sake and for our salvation on this ember day this day of prayer and penance we pray especially for peace in the ukraine we ask our lord to bring a peaceful resolution to the conflict that is currently surrounding that region we pray to for all those who have been impacted and affected by the floods in northern new south wales and queensland we ask our lord to bring them healing and strength in recovery and so to begin the way of the cross today i invite you now as we start our prayer to reflect on those things that we are truly sorry for in our lives and ask god to help us to be transformed in this lenten season by the power of his grace please stand in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit brothers and sisters let us begin by first calling to mind our sins and asking god for his mercy and forgiveness together we pray my god i am sorry for my sins with all my heart in choosing to do wrong and failing to do good i have sinned against you whom i should love above all things i firmly intend with your help to do penance to sin no more and to avoid whatever leads me to sin our savior jesus christ suffered and died for us in his name my god have mercy let us pray lord jesus christ fill our hearts with the light of your spirit so that by following you on your final journey we may come to know the price of our redemption and become worthy of a share in the fruits of your passion death and resurrection you who live and reign for ever and ever at the cross her vigil keeping mary stood in sorrow weeping when her son was crucified the first station jesus is condemned to death we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world and pilate again said to them then what shall i do with the man whom you call the king of the jews and they cried out again crucify him and pilate said to them why what evil has he done but they shouted all them all crucify him so pilate wishing to satisfy the crowd released for them barabbas and having scourged jesus he delivered him to be crucified our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the air of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen while she waited in her anguish seeing christ in torment languish bitter sorrow filled her heart the second station the cross is laid on jesus we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world they cried out away with him away with him crucify him pilate said to them shall i crucify your king the chief priests answered we have no king but caesar then he handed him over to them to be crucified so they took jesus and he went out bearing his own cross to the place called the place of a skull which is called in hebrew golgotha our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners noun at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen with what pain and desolation with what noble resignation mary watched her dying son the third station jesus falls the first time we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we esteemed him stricken smitten by god and afflicted but he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities upon him was the chastisement that made us whole and with his stripes we are healed our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners noun at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen ever patient in her yearning though her tea-filled eyes were burning mary gazed upon her son the fourth station jesus meets his afflicted mother we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world and his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him and simeon blessed them and said to mary his mother behold this child is set for the fall and rising of many in israel and for a sign that is spoken against and the sword will pierce through your own soul also that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen who that sorrow contemplating on that passion meditating would not share the virgin's grief the fifth station jesus assisted by the sirenian we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world and they compel the passer-by simon of cyrene who was coming in from the country the father of alexander and rufus to carry his cross our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen christ she saw for our salvation scourged with cruel acclamation bruised and beaten by the road [Music] the sixth station veronica presents the tower to jesus we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world for he grew up before him like a young plant and like a root out of dry ground he had no form of comeliness that we should look at him and no beauty that we should desire him he was despised and rejected by men a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised and we esteemed him not our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and that the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen christ she saw with life blood failing all her anguish on availing saw him breathe his very last [Music] the seventh station jesus falls the second time we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world i am one who has seen affliction under the rod of god's wrath he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light he has blocked my ways with hume stones he has made my paths crooked he has made my teeth grind on gravel and made me cower in ashes our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit mary font of love's devotion let me share with true emotions [Music] all the sorrow you enjoyed [Music] the eighth station jesus speaks we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world and there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who bewailed and lamented him but jesus turning to them said daughters of jerusalem weep for me but for your children for behold the days are coming when they will say blessed are the barren and the wombs that never pull and the if suck then they will begin to say to the mountains fall on us and to the hills cover us for if they do this when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen virgin never enters hear me in my fervent pleading fire me with your love of christ [Music] the ninth station jesus falls the third time we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world for we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are yet without sinning let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit mother may this prayer be granted that christ's love may be implanted [Music] the 10th station jesus stripped of his garments we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world the soldiers took his garments and made four parts one for each soldier also his tunic but the tunic was without seam woven from top to bottom so they said to one another let us not tear it but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be this was to fulfill the scripture they parted my garments among them and for my clothing they cast lots our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen let the cross your sorrow sharing all your grief and torment bearing let me stand and mourn with you [Music] the 11th station jesus is nailed to the cross we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world and when they came to the place which is called the skull there they crucified him and the criminals one on the right and one on the left and jesus said father forgive them for they know not what they do and the people stood by watching but the rulers scoffed at him saying he saved others let him save himself if he is the christ of god his chosen one the soldiers also mocked him coming up and offering him vinegar and saying if you are the king of the jews save yourself there was also an inscription over him this is the king of the jews our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners noun that the hour of our death armin glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen fairest made of all creation queen of hope and consolation let me fill your grief sublime [Music] the 12th station jesus dies on the cross we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world it was now about the sixth hour and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour while the sun's light failed and the curtain of the temple was torn into then jesus crying with a loud voice said father into thy hands i commit my spirit and having said this he breathed his last now when the centurion saw what had taken place he praised god and said certainly this man was innocent and all the multitudes who assembled to see the sight when they saw what had taken place returned home beating their breasts and all his acquaintances and the women who had followed him from galilee stood at a distance and saw these things our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners noun at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen virgin in your love befriend me at the judgment day defend me help me by your constant prayer the 13th station jesus taken down from the cross we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world i am poured out like water and all my bones are out of joint my heart is like wax it is melted within my breast my strength is dried up like a potsherd and my tongue cleaves to my jaws thou dost lay me in the dust of death our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners noun at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen savior when my life shall leave me through your mother's praise receive me with the fruits of victory [Music] the 14th station jesus is laid in the tomb we adore you o christ and we bless you for by your holy cross you have redeemed the world and when evening had come since it was the day of preparation that is the day before the sabbath joseph of arimathea a respected member of the council who was also himself looking for the kingdom of god took courage and went to pilate and asked for the body of jesus and pilate wondered if he were already dead and summoning the centurion he asked him whether he was already dead and when he learned from the centurion that he was dead he granted the body to joseph and he bought a linen shroud and taking him down wrapped him in the linen shroud and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock and he rolled the stone against the door of the tomb our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners noun at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end to amen love be taken let my soul in death awaken to the joys [Music] prayers for the intentions of our holy father pope francis our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners noun at the hour of our death amen glory be to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now never shall be world without end amen let us pray o god who willed that your only begotten son should undergo the cross to save the human race grant we pray that we who have known his mystery on earth may merit the grace of his redemption in heaven through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit god for ever and ever just before the final blessing i'd like to thank you for joining us today as we have prayed the way of the cross and let us draw great strength from what jesus has already done before us the victory that he has won for us and let this time of lent be a great time of purification in our own lives let's pray for each other and especially those who are in need at this time you can join us every friday during lent at 12 15 and please invite others to come along as well the lord be with you may almighty god bless you the father and the son and the holy spirit go in peace thanks be to god you

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Published: Thu Mar 03 2022