Stations of the Cross at Ignatius House

[Music] [Applause] welcome to Ignatius House Jesuit retreat center in Atlanta Georgia I'm Maria Cressler here at Ignatius House we encourage you to seek God in all things sorrow and joy tragedy and triumph and to know God walks with us through it all praying the Stations of the Cross allows us to walk with God through imaginative prayer the Stations remind us that Jesus knows human pain and suffering they compel us to look upon others with mercy they invite us to make decisions for or against Christ do we embrace the love he offers or ignore the sacrifice for us now I invite you to join us in praying the Stations of the Cross today in our outdoor garden of Ignatius house with me our father Joel Ingham who will lead us in prayer and liturgical assistant Karen Thomas please take a moment now and be still and join us in prayer [Music] [Applause] in the name of the Father the Son the Holy Spirit amen Christ speaks these fourteen steps that you are now about to walk you do not take for loan I walk with you though you are you and I am I yet 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 14 steps will only be complete when you have crowned them by your life station one Jesus is condemned Christ speaks in pilots hands my other self I see my father's will the pilot 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 pilots rule because this is my father's will can you refuse obedience to those whom I place over you I reply my Jesus Lord obedience cost you your life for me it across in the act of will no more and yeah how hard it is for me to bend really move reminders from my eyes that I may see that it is you who my o I obey and and all the governing the Lord it is the union station to Jesus accepts his cross [Music] Christ speaks 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 to 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 I reply my Jesus Lord I take my daily cross I welcome the monotony that often marks my day to converse at all eyes the summers heat the winters cold my disappointments tensions setbacks cares from behind me often than not in carrying my cross I carry yours with you and though I dare a sliver only you carry all aligned because FS liver liver in return attorney station 3 Jesus Falls [Music] Christ speaks 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 timbers wait 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 also must accept without complaint you're human feral tease I reply the Lord Jesus how am i reviews I willingly accept my weaknesses my irritations and my moods my headaches and fatigue all right defects of a body mind and soul because they are your will for me these handicaps of them are humanity I gladly suffer them make me content with all my discontents but give me strength to struggle after you station for jesus meets his mother [Music] Christ speaks 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 I rely My Jesus Lord I know what you are telling me to watch the pain of those we love is harder to dare to carry my god after you I to my second and watch the sufferings of my dear ones the hardest sicknesses and the grief of those I love and I must let never mind I do Louie for those who love you all things work together and aren't too good station 5 Simon helps Jesus Christ Peaks my strength is gone I can no longer bear the cross alone and so the soldiers 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 crosses awful weight that crushes me I reply Lord made me realize that that every time I wipe a dish pick up an object off of the floor assist a child in his own small task or give another preference in traffic or the de 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 assignment and then the Highness I extend to them I really give to you you station 6 Veronica wipes the face of Jesus [Music] Christ speaks can you be brave enough my other self to wipe my bloody face where is my face you asked at home wherever eyes fill up with tears at work when tensions rise on playgrounds in the slums the courts the hospitals the jails wherever suffering exists my face is there and there I look for you to wipe away my blood and tears I reply Lord what you ask is hard it calls for courage and self-sacrifice and I am weak please give give me strength don't let me run away because of fear Lord we live in he and act in me and love in me and they're not alone and in all of us so that we know no more you're bloody but your glory a spotter station seven Jesus falls again [Music] Christ beats this seventh step my other self is one that tests your will from this fall learn to persevere and 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 I reply give me your courage the Lord when we failure presses heavily on me and I am desolate stretch out your hand to lift me up I know I must not cease but a persevere in doing good but help me Lord alone there's nothing I can do with you I can do anything you ask I really station aid Jesus consoles the women Christ speaks how often had I long 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 sorrow that would come I comfort those who seek to solace me how gentle can you be my other self how kind I reply my Jesus your compassion and your passion is beyond compare Lord teach me help me learn when I was snap into those who hurt me with their ridicule those who misunderstand or hinder me with some a misguided helpfulness those who intrude upon my privacy then help me curb my tongue may gentleness become my cloak Lord may be defined like year [Music] station nine the third fall [Music] Christ speaks completely drained of strength high life collapsed upon the cobblestones my body cannot move no blows no kicks can rouse it up and yet my will is mine and so is yours no this my other self your body may be broken but no force on earth and none in Hell can take away you will your will is yours my lord I receive take a moment's rest then there are a since a garage so I can do because my will is mine when on all my strength is gone and guilt and self-reproach pressing me to earth and seemed to hold me fast protect me from the sin of Judas saved me from despair Lord never let me feel that anything of mine is greater than everyone loved no matter what my past and I have a new station 10 Jesus is stripped [Music] Christ speaks 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 I reply my lord I offer you my all whatever I possess and more myself detach me from the craving for prestige position well root out of me all traces of envy of my neighbor who has more than I release me from the vise 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 II rich in you station 11 Jesus is crucified [Music] Christ speaks can you imagine what a crucifixion is my executioner's stretched 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 burst like a bomb of fire in my brain 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 I reply oh my god I look at you in the bank is my soul worth as much what can I give you in return I hear and now except for all my life whatever sickness torment agony may come to every cross I touch my lips o blessed cross that let me be with you a co-redeemer of humanity station 12 Jesus dies [Music] the cross becomes a pulpit now forgive them father you will be with me in paradise there is your mother there your son [Music] I thirst it is complete to speak I have to raise myself by pressing on my wrists and feet and every move engulfed me in new waves of agony and then when I have born enough I have emptied my humanity I let my mortal life depart I reply my Jesus God what can I say or do I offer you my death with all its pains except me now at the time and kind death in store for me not by a single instant when I lay my life's man I offer you my death from my my own sins and for those of all humanity my God my God forsake us not we know not what would we do station 13 Jesus is taken down [Music] Christ speaks the sacrifice is done yes my mass is complete but not my mother's and not yours in there herself my mother still must credo in her arms the lifeless body of the Sun she bored you to must part from those you love and grieve will come to you in your bereavement think of this a multitude of souls were saved by Mary sharing in my cavalry your grief can also be the price of souls I reply I thank 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 I have pleased you Lord to take them home I bow to your most holy will and if I just one word I might restore their lives against your will I lied when I seek grant them eternal joy station 14 Jesus is buried [Music] Christ speaks so ends my mortal life but now another life begins for Mary and for Magdalene for Peter and for John and you my life's work is done my work within and through my church was now commenced I look to you my other self day in day out from this time forth be my apostle victim Saint I reply my Jesus Lord you know my spirit is as willing as my flesh is weak the teaching you could not impart that the sufferings you could not bear the work of love you could not do in your short life on earth let let me in your heart and bear and do through you but I am nothing lord help me Christ speaks 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 unless 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 a simple Fiat this is all it takes a breathing in your heart I will it Lord so seek me not in far-off places I am close at hand your workbench the office kitchen these are altars where you offer love and I am with you there though now take up your cross and with your life complete your way courage thank you for joining us today may the peace of Christ and hope of Resurrection fill you with courage patience and compassion for suffering in all forms we never walk alone peace be with you [Music] you [Music]

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Length: 21min 42sec (1302 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 02 2020