LENT WEEK ONE - The Way of the Cross by ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI - 2022

[Music] at the grocery station keeping [Music] [Music] the way of the cross of saint alphonsus ligori opening prayer my lord jesus christ you have made this journey to die for me with unspeakable love and i have again and again ungratefully abandoned you but now i love you with all my heart and because i love you i am sorry for having sinned pardon me my god and allow me to go with you on this journey you accepted your cross because of your great love for me i desire my beloved redeemer to die for love of you my jesus i will live and die always united to you amen through her heart his sorrow sharing all his bitter anguish bearing now at length [Music] the first station pilot condemns jesus to die we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider jesus scourged and crowned with thorns being unjustly condemned to die on the cross let us pray my adorable jesus it was not pilate no it was my sins that condemned you to die by the merits of this sorrowful journey help my soul on its journey to eternity i love you my beloved jesus i love you more than myself and i repent with all my heart of ever having offended you never allow me to be separated from you again grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will have mercy on us oh lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of christ rest in [Music] was [Music] the second station jesus accepts his cross we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider jesus making this journey with the cross on his shoulders thinking of us and offering to his father in our behalf the death he was about to undergo let us pray my beloved jesus i embrace all the sufferings you have destined for me until death i implore you with by all you suffered in carrying your cross to help me carry mine with perfect patience and resignation i love you jesus my love and i repent of ever having offended you never allow me to separate myself from you again grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you have mercy on us oh lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed to the mercy of christ rest in peace [Music] of her dying glorious sun the third station jesus falls the first time we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider the first fall of jesus his flesh had been torn by the scourges his head crowned with thorns and he had lost a great quantity of blood he had been so weakened he could scarcely walk and he had to carry that great load upon his shoulders the soldiers struck him cruelly and so he fell several times let us pray my beloved jesus it was not the weight of the cross but the weight of my sins which made you suffer all that pain by the merits of this fall keep me from the misfortune of falling into mortal sin i love you o jesus with all my heart and i repent of ever having offended you never allow me to offend you again grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will have mercy on us o lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of christ rest in peace [Music] is there one who would not win [Music] whelmed in misery so dear christ still mother to be the fourth station jesus meets his afflicted mother we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider the meeting of the son and the mother which took place on this journey jesus and mary looked at each other and their looks became as so many arrows to wound those hearts which loved each other so tenderly let us pray my most loving jesus by the sorrow which you suffered in this meeting grant me the grace of a truly devoted love for your most holy mother and you my queen who were overwhelmed with sorrow obtained for me by your prayers a tender and lasting remembrance of the passion of your divine son i love you jesus my love and i repent of ever having offended you never allow me to offend you again grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will have mercy on us o lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of christ rest in peace the human heart refrain from partaking in [Music] the fifth station simon helps carry the cross we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider how weary jesus was at each step he was at the point of death fearing that he would die on the way when they wished him to die the shameful death on the cross the soldiers forced simon of cyrene to help carry the cross behind our lord my most sweet jesus i will not refuse the cross as simon did i accept it i embrace it i accept in particular the death that you have destined for me with all the pains that may accompany it i unite it to your death i offer it to you you have died for love of me i will die for love of you and to please you help me by your grace i love you jesus my love and i repent of ever having offended you never allow me to offend you again grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will amen have mercy on us o lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of christ rest in peace her tender child [Music] the sixth station veronica offers her veil to jesus we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider the compassion of the holy woman veronica seeing jesus all afflicted with his face bathed in sweat and blood she presented him with her veil jesus took the veil wiped his face and left upon the cloth the imprint of his adorable countenance let us pray my most beloved jesus your face was beautiful before you started this journey but now it has lost all its beauty as wounds and blood have disfigured it at one time my soul was beautiful as well when it received your abundant grace and baptism but i have since disfigured it by my sins you alone my redeemer can restore it to its former beauty do this by the merits of your passion and then do with me as you will have mercy on us oh lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of christ rest in peace for the sins of his own nation saw him hanging desolation [Music] the seventh station jesus falls the second time we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider the second fall of jesus under his cross this fall renews the pain in all the wounds of the head and body of our afflicted lord let us pray my most gentle jesus how many times you have forgiven me and how many times i have fallen again and offended you by the merits of this second fall give me the grace to persevere in your love until death grant that in all my temptations i may call upon you in prayer i love you jesus my love with all my heart and i repent of ever having offended you grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will have mercy on us o lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of christ rest in peace oh the mother found of love [Music] touch my spirit from above [Music] the eighth station jesus speaks to the women we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider the women of jerusalem they wept with compassion at the pitiful sight of jesus walking alone bathed in his own blood jesus said to them weep not so much for me but rather for your children let us pray my jesus laden with sorrows i weep for the sins which i have committed against you not only because of the pains they have deserved but still more because of the displeasure they have caused you who have loved me with an infinite love it is your love more than the fear of hell which causes me to weep for my sins my jesus i love you more than myself and i repent of ever having offended you never allow me to offend you again grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will have mercy on us o lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of christ rest in peace amen make me feel as thou hast felt make my soul to glow and melt with the love of christ my lord the ninth station jesus falls the third time we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider the third fall of jesus his weakness was extreme and the cruelty of his executioners was excessive they tried to quicken his steps when he hardly had enough strength to move let us pray my outrage jesus by the weakness you suffered in going to calvary give me the strength to conquer all my desire for human respect and all my evil passions which have led me to despise your friendship i love you jesus my love with all my heart and i repent of ever having offended you never allow me to offend you again grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will have mercy on us o lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of christ rest in peace amen holy mother bears me through in [Music] the 10th station jesus is stripped of his garments we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider the violence with which the executioners stripped jesus of his clothes the inner garments were blood clotted with his torn flesh and the soldiers tore them off so roughly that the skin came with them show compassion for your savior so cruelly treated and say to him my innocent jesus by the torment that you suffered in being stripped of your garments help me to strip myself of all unnecessary attachment to earthly things that i may give all my love to you who are so worthy of my love i love you o jesus with all my heart and i repent of ever having offended you never allow me to offend you again grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will have mercy on us oh lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed to the mercy of christ rest in peace christ when thou shalt call me hands be thy mother my deaf [Music] the 11th station jesus is nailed to the cross we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider jesus thrown upon the cross he stretches out his arms and offers to his eternal father the sacrifice of his life for our salvation the executioners fasten him with nails and then raising the cross leave him to die in anguish let us pray my crucify jesus nail my heart to the cross that it may always remain there to love you and never leave you again i love you more than myself and i repent of ever having offended you never allow me to offend you again grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will have mercy on us o lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of christ rest in peace amen let me share with thee his pain who for all my sins was [Music] the 12th station jesus dies upon the cross we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider that after three hours agony on the cross jesus is at length consumed with anguish and abandoning himself to the weight of his body he bows his head and dies let us pause for a moment's silence [Music] let us pray my crucified jesus devoutly do i kiss the cross on which you have died for love of me i have merited by my sins to die a terrible death but your death is my hope by your death give me the grace to die embracing your feet and burning with love for you i yield my soul into your hands i love you with all my heart and i repent of ever having offended you grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will have mercy on us o lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of christ rest in peace amen let me mingle tears with me mourning him who born for me all the days that i may live [Music] the 13th station jesus is taken down from the cross we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider that after our lord had died two of his disciples joseph and nicodemus took him down from the cross and placed him in the waiting arms of his afflicted mother she received him with unspeakable tenderness and pressed him close to her breaking heart let us pray o mother of sorrows for the love of your son accept me as your servant and pray to god for me and you my redeemer who have died for me allow me to love you and worship you for i desire only you and nothing more i love you jesus my love and i repent of ever having offended you never allow me to offend you again grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will have mercy on us oh lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed to the mercy of christ rest in peace [Music] by the cross with the same [Music] is the 14th station jesus is placed in the tomb we adore you o christ and we praise you because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world consider the disciples carrying the body of jesus to the place of burial after his holy mother arranges his body in the tomb with her own hands they pull back the stone and depart let us pray my buried jesus i kiss the stone that endures you yet i know that you rose glorious on the third day i pray that by your resurrection you will make me rise glorious on the last day to be united with you so to praise and love you forever i love you jesus my love and i repent of ever having offended you grant that i may love you always and then do with me as you will [Music] have mercy on us oh lord have mercy may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of christ rest in peace amen while my body here decays may [Music] with [Music] amen [Laughter] [Music] for the intentions of the holy father and for the unity of the catholic church 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 you blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen hail mary full of grace the lord is with you blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb jesus holy mary mother of god pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death amen all glory be to the father and to the son and of the holy spirit as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end amen [Music] emblem of suffering and shame 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Published: Thu Mar 03 2022