Good Friday, Apr 2 - Stations of the Cross from the National Shrine

hello everyone my name is father anthony gramlich i'm the rector of the national shrine of the divine mercy and i'm here at our outdoor stations of the cross we wanted to give you something during lent by actually doing st faustina's way of the cross for you so that you can join us online and doing the way of the cross the way that we're going to do this way of the cross is that i would take the role of jesus but during this way of the cross i will also take the role of saint faustina but if you like to follow along in our st faustina's way of the cross booklet you can also take the role of saint faustina so we're doing this in our outdoor beautiful outdoor stations of the cross that way you can follow along as if you were here at our shrine doing these stations of the cross so we thank you for joining us here today and we're going to begin the stations with the son of cross and then walk to our first station so if you want to join me and our way of the cross booklet saint faustina way of the cross we will begin on page five in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen the way of the cross opening prayer merciful lord my master i want to follow you faithfully i want to imitate you in my life in an ever more perfect way that is why i ask that by meditating on your passion you would grant me the grace of a deeper understanding of the mysteries of the spiritual life mary mother of mercy always faithful to christ leave me in the footsteps of the sorrowful passion of your son and ask for me the necessary graces for a fruitful making of this way of the cross at the crosshorse station keeping stood the mournful mother weeping close to jesus to the last the first station jesus is condemned to die we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world 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 do not be surprised that you are sometimes unjustly accused i myself first drank this cup of undeserved suffering for love of you when i was before herod i obtain a grace for you namely that you would be able to rise above human scorn and follow faithfully in my footsteps 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 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 and my neighbors you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us through her heart to sorrow sharing all his bitter anguish bearing now at length the sword has passed the second station jesus carries his cross we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world 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 so jesus came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple cloak and pilate said to him to them behold the man when the chief priests and the guards saw him they cried out crucify him crucify him do not be afraid of sufferings i am with you the more you will come to love suffering the purer your love for me will be jesus i thank you for the little daily crosses for opposition to my endeavors for the hardships of communal life for the misinterpretation of my intentions for humiliations at the hands of others for the harsh way in which we are treated for false suspicions for poor health and loss of strength for self-denial for dying to myself for lack of recognition and everything for the upsetting of all my plans merciful jesus teach me to value life's toil sicknesses and every suffering and with love to carry my daily crosses you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us oh how sad and so distressed was that mother highly blessed of the soul begotten one the third station jesus falls the first time we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world we had all gone astray like sheep each following his own way but the lord laid upon him the guilt of us all involuntary offenses of souls do not hinder my love for them or prevent me from uniting myself with them but voluntary offenses even the smallest obstruct my graces die cannot lavish my gifts on such souls my jesus despite your graces i see and feel all my misery oh my jesus how prone i am to evil and this forces me to be constantly vigilant but i do not lose heart i trust god's grace which abounds in the worst misery merciful lord preserve me from every even the tiniest but voluntary and conscious infidelity you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us is there one who would not we want him misery so deep christ dear mother to behold the fourth station jesus meets the sorrowful mother we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world behold this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in israel and to be a sign that will be contradicted so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed and you yourself the sword will pierce although all the works that come into being by my will are exposed to great sufferings consider whether any of them has been subject to greater difficulties than that work which is directly mine the work of redemption you should not worry too much about adversities i saw the blessed virgin unspeakably beautiful she held me close to herself and said to me i am the mother to you all thanks to the unfathomable mercy of god most pleasing to me is that soul which faithfully carries out the will of god be courageous do not fear apparent obstacles but fix your gaze upon the passion of my son and in this way you will be victorious mary mother of mercy be near me always especially in suffering as you were on your son's way of the cross you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us can the human heart refrain from partaking in her pain in that mother's pain untold the fifth station simon helps jesus carry his cross we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world as they led him away they took hold of a certain simon a sirenian who was coming in from the country and after laying the cross on him they made him carry it behind jesus right that by day and by night my gaze is fixed upon him die permit these adversities in order to increase your merit i do not reward for good results but for the patience and hardship undergone for my sake jesus you do not give a reward for the successful performance of a work but for the good will and the labor undertaken therefore i am completely at peace even if all my undertakings and efforts should be throughout it i should come to naught if i do all that is in my power the rest is not my business jesus my lord let my every thought word and deed be undertaken exclusively out of love for you keep on cleansing my intentions you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us let me share with thee his pain who for all my sins were slain who for me and torments time the sixth station veronica wipes the face of jesus we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world he grew up like a sapling before him like a shoot from the parched earth there was in him no stately bearing to make us look at him no appearance that would attract us to him he was spurned and avoided by men a man of suffering accustomed to infirmity one of those from whom men hide their faces spurned and we held him in no esteem know that whatever good you do to any soul i accept it as if you had done it to me i am learning how to be good from jesus from him who is goodness itself so that i may be called a child of the heavenly father great love can change small things into great ones and it is only love which lends value to our actions lord jesus my master grant that my eyes my hands my lips and my heart may always be merciful transform me into mercy you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us let me mingle tears with thee [Music] mourning him who mourned for me he all the days that i may live the seventh station jesus falls the second time we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world yet it was our infirmities that he bore our sufferings that he endured while we thought of him as stricken as ones written by god and afflicted the cause of your falls is that you relied too much upon yourself and too little on me but let this not sadden you so much you are dealing with the god of mercy know that of yourself you can do nothing without special help from me you're not even capable of accepting my graces jesus do not leave me alone in suffering you know lord how weak i am i am an abyss of wretchedness i am nothingness itself so what will be so strange if you leave me alone and i fall so you jesus must stand by me constantly like a mother by a helpless child and even more so may your grace assist me lord that i may not keep falling continuously into the same faults and when i fall help me to rise and glorify your mercy you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us make me feel as thou has felt make my soul to glow and melt with the love of christ my lord the eighth station jesus meets the women of jerusalem we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world a large crowd of people followed jesus including many women who mourned and lamented him jesus turned to them and said daughters of jerusalem do not weep for me weep instead for yourselves and for your children oh how pleasing to me is living faith tell all that i demand that they live in the spirit of faith i fervently beg the lord to strengthen my faith so that in my drive everyday life i would not be guided by human dispositions but by those of the spirit oh how everything drags man towards the earth but lively faith maintains the soul in the higher regions and assigns self-love its proper place that is to say the lowest one merciful lord i thank you for holy baptism in the grace of faith continuously i call lord i believe increase my faith you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us o thou mother fount of love touch my spirit from above make my heart with thine acorn the ninth station jesus falls the third time we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world though he was harshly treated he submitted and open not his mouth like a lamb led to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearers he was silent and open not his mouth oppressed and condemned he was taken away and who would have thought any more of his destiny when he was cut off from the land of the living and smitten for the sin of his people a grave was assigned him among the wicked in a burial place with evil doers though he had done no wrong nor spoken any falsehood but the lord was pleased to crush him in infirmity if he gives his life as an offering for sin he shall see his descendants in a long life and the will of the lord shall be accomplished through him because of his affliction he shall see the light and fullness of days my child know that the greatest obstacles to holiness are discouragement and exaggerated anxiety these will deprive you of the ability to practice virtue do not lose heart in coming for pardon for i am always ready to forgive you as often as you beg for it you glorify my mercy my jesus despite your graces i see and feel all my misery i begin my day with battle and end it with battle as soon as i conquer one obstacle ten more appear to take its place but i am not worried because i know that this is the time of struggle not peace merciful lord i give over to you that which is my exclusive property that is my sin and my human weakness i beg you may my misery drown and your unfathomable mercy you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us wound it with his every wound steal my soul till it haths wound in his very blood away the 10th station jesus is stripped of his garments we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world the soldiers had crucified jesus they took his clothes and divided them into four shares a share for each soldier they also took his tunic but the tunic was seamless woven in one piece from the top down so they said to one another let's not tear it but cast thoughts for it to see whose it will be in order that the passage of scripture might be fulfilled jesus was suddenly standing before me stripped of his clothes his body completely covered with wounds his eyes flooded with tears and blood his face disfigured and covered with spittle the bride must resemble her betrothed i understood these words to their very depth there is no room for doubt here my likeness to jesus must be through suffering and humility jesus meek and humble of heart make my heart like unto your heart you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us bruised erytic curse defiled she beheld her tender child all with bloody scourges rent the eleventh station jesus is nailed to the cross we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world those passing by reviled him shaking their heads and saying you would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days save yourself if you are the son of god and come down from the cross likewise the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him and said he saved others he cannot save himself he trusted in god let him deliver him now if he wants him for he said i am the son of god my people have great love for those who cause you suffering do good to those who hate you oh my jesus you know what efforts are needed to live sincerely and uneffectively with those from whom our nature flees or with those who deliberately are not have made us suffer humanly speaking this is impossible at such times more than in others i try to discover the lord jesus in such a person and for the same jesus i do everything for such people o purest love rule in all your plenitude in my heart and help me to do your holy will most faithfully you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us holy mother pierced me through in my heart each wound renewed of my savior crucify the 12th station jesus dies on the cross we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world but when they came to jesus and saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs but one soldier thrust his lance into a side and immediately blood and water flowed out all this is for the salvation of souls consider well my daughter what you were doing for their salvation then i saw the lord jesus nailed to the cross when he had hung on it for a while i saw a multitude of souls crucified like him then i saw a second multitude of souls and a third the second multitude were not nailed to their crosses but were holding them firmly in their hands the third with neither nailed to their crosses nor holding them firmly in their hands but were dragging their crosses behind them and were discontent do you see these souls those who are like me in the pain and contempt they suffer will be like me also in glory and those who resemble me less in pain and contempt will also bear less resemblance to me and glory jesus my savior hide me in the depth of your heart that fortified by your grace i may be able to resemble you in the love of the cross and have a share in your glory you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us for the sins of his own nation saw him hang in desolation till his spirit forth he sent the 13th station jesus is taken down from the cross we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world centurion who witnessed what had happened glorify god and said this man was innocent beyond doubt all the people who had gathered for the spectacle saw what had happened they returned home beating their breasts but all his acquaintances stood at a distance including the women who had followed him from galilee and saw these events most dear to me is the soul that strongly believes in my goodness and has complete trust in me i heap my confidence upon it and give it all it asks i fly to your mercy compassionate god who alone are good although my misery is great my offenses are many i trust in your mercy because you are the god of mercy and from time immemorial has never been heard of nor do heaven or earth remember that a soul trusting in your mercy has been disappointed merciful jesus daily increase my trust in your mercy that always and everywhere i may give witness to your boundless goodness and love you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us virgin of a virgin's blessed listen to my fond request let me share your grief divine the 14th station jesus is placed in the sepulchre we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross and resurrection you have redeemed the world 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 then 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 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 child would and remember that the days of your exile will pass quickly and with 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 every soul you have entrusted to me jesus i will try to aid with prayer and sacrifice so that your grace can mark 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 grant merciful lord that not even one of those souls which you have entrusted to me be lost you who suffered wounds for us christ jesus have mercy on us christ when thou shalt call me hands be thy mother my defense be thy cross my victory closing prayer my jesus my only hope i thank you for this book which you open to the eyes of my soul this book is your passion undertaken out of love for me from this book i learn how to love god in souls this book contains inexhaustible treasures oh jesus how few souls understand you and your martyrdom of love happy the soul that has come to understand the love of the heart of jesus for the intentions of the holy father and for the gaining of a plenary indulgence for making the way of the 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 amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with thee blessed art thou amongst 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 never shall be world without end amen prayer in honor of the holy cross god our father in obedience to you your only son accepted death on the cross for the salvation of mankind we acknowledge the mystery of the cross on earth may we receive the gift of redemption in heaven we ask this through our lord jesus christ your son who lives and reigns with you in the holy spirit one god forever and ever amen in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen we thank you all for joining us in our stations of the cross over saint faustina's way of the cross and during this coronavirus pandemic we continually lift up and pray for each other god bless you and god bless you during this lenten season hi i'm father chris aylar and i'm excited to tell you about some very special and important programming coming up on ewtn first on april the 5th through april the 9th which is a monday through friday at 5 30 pm eastern time in the united states we invite you to join me for a new five-part series that i will be hosting on the ewtn network called understanding divine mercy which is everything you need to know about this incredible message and devotion then please join us on sunday april the 11th which is divine mercy sunday for our broadcast of divine mercy sunday that is brought to you from stockbridge massachusetts on that day starting at noon to 1 30 we'll have our pre-show where we'll walk you through the history of divine mercy and what you need to know to make this important element of your life then at 1 30 we'll have the most sacred liturgy with bishop byrne from springfield massachusetts and again we'll lead you through all the prayers and what you need to do to receive these incredible graces and promises that jesus makes on this one day so we hope to see you then again april 5th through the 9th at 5 30 eastern time and again on april the 11th at noon to 3 and may almighty god bless you the father the son and the holy spirit amen you

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