Good Friday Stations of the Cross

welcome to our musical presentation depicting the last hours of our lord and savior jesus christ those who are able please kneel at the appropriate time to signify the death of jesus we now invite you to pray with us everyone's way of the cross it was our infirmities that he bore our sufferings that he endured while we thought of him as stricken as one smitten by god and afflicted but he was pierced by our offenses crushed for our sins upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole and by his stripes we were healed we had all gone away like sheep each following his own way but the lord laid upon him the guilt of us all [Music] to see the king of heaven in anguish to his knees the light and hope of all the world now overwhelmed with grief what name was ours must he see to cry out in the garden but yours [Music] to know each friend will fall away and haven't be still for hell to have its vengeful day upon god describe the savior's is [Music] what took him to this wretched place what kept him on this road his love for adam's cursed breaks for every [Music] no crime too great and yet he drank [Music] it [Music] these 14 steps that you are now about to walk you do not take a loan though you are you and i am i we are truly one one christ and therefore my way of the cross two thousand years ago and your way now are also one but note this difference my life was incomplete until i crowned it by my death your fourteen steps will only be complete when you have crowned them by your life the first station jesus is condemned we adore you o christ and we praise you in pilot's hands my other self i see my father's will though pilate is unjust he is the lawful governor and he has power over me and so the son of god obeys if i can bow to pilate's rule because this is my father's will can you refuse obedience to those whom i place over you my jesus lord obedience costs you your life for me it costs an act of will no more and yet how hard it is for me to bend remove the blinders from my eyes that i may see that it is you whom i obey in all who govern me lord it is you who does this [Music] eternity [Music] [Applause] our feet [Music] obedience suffering to give us jesus takes his cross we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world this cross this chunk of tree is what my father chose for me the crosses you must bear are largely products of your daily life and yet my father chose them too for you receive them from his hands take heart my other self i will not let your burdens grow one ounce too heavy for your strength my jesus lord i take my daily cross i welcome the monotony that often marks my day discomforts of all kinds the summer's heat the winter's cold my disappointments tensions setbacks cares remind me often that in carrying my cross i carry yours with you and though i bear a sliver only of your cross you carry all of mine except a sliver in return [Music] so [Music] for me yes [Music] foreign [Music] oh [Music] every day right [Music] and the third station jesus falls we adore you praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world the god who made the universe and holds it in existence by his will alone becomes a man too weak to bear a piece of timber's weight how human in his weakness is the son of god my father willed it thus i could not be your model otherwise if you would be my other self you must also accept without complaint your human frailties lord jesus how can i refuse i willingly accept my weaknesses my irritations and my moods my headaches and fatigue all my defects of body mind and soul because they are your will for me these handicaps of my humanity i gladly suffer them make me content with all my discontents but give me strength to struggle after you [Music] is [Music] the fourth station jesus meets his mother we adore you we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world my mother sees me whipped she sees me kicked and driven like a beast she counts my every wound but though her soul cries out in agony no protest or complaint escapes her lips or even enters her thoughts she shares my martyrdom and i share hers we hide no pain no sorrow from each other's eyes this is my father's will my jesus lord i know what you are telling me to watch the pain of those we love is harder than to bear our own to carry my cross after you i too must stand and watch the sufferings of my dear ones the heartaches sicknesses and grief of those i love and i must let them watch mine too i do believe for those who love you all things work together unto good [Music] one last time [Music] they told her that he'd be passing by [Music] she knew it would have to be this way [Music] all she could do was [Music] to silently pray silently she followed quietly she cried when suddenly stumbled and quietly he passed by as she looked upon him one last time he still was her baby tender and mild silently she followed quietly cried when suddenly stumbled and quietly he passed by there she [Music] a was to be strong and silently she followed quietly she and quietly quietly quietly he passed by [Music] um the fifth station simon helps jesus we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world my strength is gone i can no longer bear this cross alone and so the legionnaires make simon give me aid this simon is like you my other self give me your strength each time you lift some burden from another's back you lift as with your very hand the cross is awful weight that crushes me lord make me realize that every time i wipe a dish pick up an object off the floor assist a child in some small task or give another preference in traffic or the store each time i feed the hungry clothe the naked teach the ignorant or lend my hand in any way it matters not to whom my name is simon and the kindness i extend to them i really give to you [Music] here [Music] came to rescue [Music] and the foreign of your wrist again [Music] let the children draw nearby [Music] you have shown us [Music] [Applause] as we show to the world [Music] of disgrace [Music] and showed grace [Music] true the sixth station veronica helps jesus we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world can you be brave enough my other self to wipe my bloody face where is my face you ask at home whenever eyes fill with tears at work whenever tensions rise on playgrounds in the slums the courts the hospitals in jails wherever suffering exists my face is there and there i'd look to you to wipe away my blood and tears lord what you ask is hard it calls for courage and self-sacrifice and i am weak please give me strength don't let me run away because of fear lord live in me and act in me and love in me and not in me alone in all of us so that we may reveal no more your bloody but your glorious face on earth [Music] hello beautiful [Music] earth [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] is [Music] instead [Music] oh [Music] is the seventh station jesus falls again we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world this seventh step my other self is one that tests your will from this fall you learn to persevere in doing good the time will come when all your efforts seem to fail and you will think i can't go on then turn to me my heavy laden one and i will give you rest trust me and carry on give me your courage lord when failure presses heavily on me and i am desolate stretch out your hand to lift me up i know i must not cease but persevere in doing good but help me lord alone there's nothing i can do with you i can do anything you ask i will i can do all but things i wonder what he can do through me [Music] is [Applause] [Music] his is the eighth station jesus consoles the women we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world how often had i longed to take the children of jerusalem and gather them to me but they refused but now these women weep for me and my heart mourns for them mourns for their sorrows that will come i comfort those who seek to solace me how gentle can you be my other self how kind my jesus your compassion in your passion is beyond compare lord teach me help me learn when i would snap at those who hurt me with their ridicule those who misunderstand or hinder me with some misguided helpfulness those who intrude upon my privacy then help me curb my tongue may gentleness become my cloak lord make me kind like you [Music] i will sweep away your transgressions like a quote [Music] so return to me i will heal you [Music] foreign [Music] i will sweep away your transgressions [Music] so return to me i will heal you [Music] foreign [Music] i will sweep away your transgressions like a crowd [Music] so return to me i will heal you [Music] foreign need to be healed and set free i have sinned o lord i i am you to live in me i will sweep away your transgressions so return to me i will heal you for i love you [Music] the ninth station the third fall we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world completely drained of strength i lie collapsed upon the cobblestones my body cannot move no blows no kicks can rouse it up and yet my will is mine and yours is yours know this my other self your body may be broken but no force on earth and none in hell can take away your will your will is yours my lord i see you take a moment's rest then rise and stagger on so i can do because my will is mine when all my strength is gone and guilt and self-reproach press me to earth and seem to hold me fast protect me from the sin of judas save me from despair lord never let me feel that any sin of mine is greater than your love no matter what my past has been i can begin a new [Music] when we truly see how deep our weakness begins when ours [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] the tenth station jesus is stripped we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world behold my other self the poorest king who ever lived before my creatures i stand stripped the cross my deathbed even this is not my own yet who has ever been so rich possessing nothing i own all my father's love if you too would own everything be not solicitous about your food your clothes your life my lord i offer you my all whatever i possess and more myself detach me from the craving for prestige position wealth root out of me all trace of envy of my neighbor who has more than i release me from the vice of pride my longing to exalt myself and lead me to the lowest place may i be poor in spirit lord so that i can be rich in you you are my strength when i am [Music] you as a precious jewel lord to give up bite be a fool you are my all in all [Music] jesus [Music] your name [Music] jesus [Music] is your name taking my sin my crush my shame rising [Music] when i fall down you pick me up when i am dry you fill my cup you are my all in all jesus lamb of is your name [Applause] [Music] jesus is your name [Music] jesus [Music] is is your name the 11th station jesus is crucified we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world can you picture what a crucifixion is my executioners stretch my arms they hold my hand and wrist against the wood and press the nail until it stabs my flesh then with one heavy hammer smash they drive it through and pain bursts through my entire body they seize the other arm and agony again explodes then raising up my knees so that my feet are flat against the wood they hammer them fast to my god i look at you and think is my soul worth that much what can i give you in return i here and now except for all my life whatever sickness torment agony may come to every cross i touch my lips o blessed cross that lets me be with you a co-redeemer of humanity [Music] what love is this [Music] free [Music] sacrifice the son of god given for me [Music] he dies [Music] myself the 12th station jesus dies we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world the cross becomes a pulpit now forgive them father you will be with me in paradise here is your mother here is your son i thirst it is complete to speak i have to raise myself by pressing on my wrists and feet and every move engulfs me in new waves of agony and then when i have born enough having emptied my humanity i let my mortal life depart my jesus god what can i say or do i offer you my death with all its pains accepting now the time and kind of death in store for me not by a single instant would i lengthen my lifespan i offer you my death for my own sins and for those of all humanity my god my god forsake us not we know not what we do oh crucified messiah [Music] holy oh crucified messiah crucified redeemer son of god most holy [Music] son of god [Music] the 13th station jesus is taken down we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world the sacrifice is done my mass is complete but not my mother's and not yours my other self my mother must still cradle in her arms the lifeless body of the son she bore you too must part from those you love and grief will come to you in your bereavements think of this a multitude of souls were saved by mary sharing in my calvary your grief can also be the price of souls i beg you lord help me accept the partings that must come from friends who go away my children leaving home and most of all my dear ones when you shall call them to yourself then give me grace to say as it has pleased you lord to take them home i bow to your most holy will and if by just one word i might restore their lives against your will i would not speak grant them eternal joy [Music] was [Music] is [Music] calvary [Music] is [Music] signs the kingdom on calvary [Music] is [Music] the 14th station jesus is buried we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world so ends my mortal life but now another life begins for mary my mother and for mary magdalene for peter for john and you my life's work is done my work within and through my church must now commence i look to you my other self day in day out from this time forth be my apostle victim saint my jesus lord you know my spirit is as willing as my flesh is weak the teaching you could not impart the sufferings you could not bear the works of love you could not do in your short life on earth let me impart and bear and do through you but i am nothing lord help me [Music] my foreign [Music] grace how sweet the sound that saved like me i wants was is [Music] [Applause] you [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] first [Music] i told you at the start my other self my life was not complete until i crowned it by my death your way is not complete until you crown it by your life accept each moment as it comes to you with faith and trust that all that happens has my mark on it a simple fiat that is all it takes a beating of your heart i will it lord so seek me not in far-off places i am close at hand your home your workplace these are altars where you offer your love i am with you there go now take up your cross and with your life complete your way [Music] so without his tears [Music] without destroying there is [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] without his tail [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

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Length: 78min 43sec (4723 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 02 2021