STATIONS OF THE CROSS WITH THE FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES OF THE ETERNAL WORD

[Music] the following is an e WTM special presentation [Music] [Music] the Holy See has granted special indulgences for the faithful throughout the world during this time of crisis so that Pope Francis may show his paternal closeness and to renew his invitation to pray incessantly for those who are sick with a coronavirus the apostolic penitentiary wrote quote the present moment in which the whole of humanity threatened by an invisible and insidious disease which for some time now has become part of all our lives his marked day after day by anguished fears new uncertainties and above all widespread physical and moral suffering the church following the example of her divine master has always had the care of the sick at heart the plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful suffering from coronavirus who are subject to quarantine by order of the Health Authority and hospitals or in their own homes if with a spirit detached from any sin they unite spiritually through the media to the celebration of Holy Mass the recitation of the Holy Rosary to the pious practice of the way of the Cross or other forms of devotion or if at least they will recite the Creed the Lord's Prayer and a pious invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary offering this trial in a spirit of faith in God and charity toward their brothers and sisters with the will to fulfill the usual conditions sacramental confession Eucharistic communion when possible and prayer according to the Holy Fathers in tensions may the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of God and of the church health of the sick and help of Christians our advocate help suffering humanity saving us from the evil of this pandemic and obtaining for us every good necessary for our salvation and sanctification end of quote and so today we wish to assist all of you with us through the media and receiving this plenary indulgence as we pray together the Stations of the Cross via EWTN the book will be using his mother Angelica's the way of the cross in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Mary my mother you were the first to live the way of the Cross your eyes were ever on Jesus and his pain take my hand as I make this way of the Cross inspire me with the thoughts that will make me realize how much he loves me give me light to apply each station to my daily life and to remember my neighbors needs in this way of the Cross obtain for me the grace to understand the mystery the wisdom and the divine love as I go from scene to see grant that my heart like yours may be pierced through by the sight of Jesus sorrow and misery and that I may determine never to offend him again sweet mother let us travel this way together and grant that the love in my poor heart may give you some slight consolation amen [Music] [Music] [Music] the first station Jesus is condemned to death we adore thee O Christ and we praise Him Pilate said to them then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ they all said let him be crucified and he said why what evil has he done but they shouted all the more let him be crucified so when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing but rather that a riot was beginning he took water and washed his hands before the crowd saying I am innocent of this man's blood see to it yourselves and all the people answered his blood be on us and on our children then he released for them Barabbas and having scourge Jesus 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 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 Lord Jesus Christ son of God [Music] the second station Jesus carries his cross we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee when Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the pavement and in Hebrew gabbatha now was the day of preparation of the Passover it was about the sixth hour he said to the Jews behold your king they cried out away with him away with him crucify him Pilate said to them shall I crucify your king the chief price 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 [Music] 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 Lord Jesus Christ son of God [Music] the third station Jesus Falls the first time we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee but I am a worm and no man scorned by men and despised by the people all who see me mock at me they make mouths at me they wag their heads he committed his cause to the Lord let him deliver him let him rescue him for he delights in him 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 Lord Jesus Christ son of God [Music] the four station Jesus meets his mother we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee 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 a sword will pierce through your own soul also that the thoughts 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 hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus [Music] glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit or Jesus Christ son of God [Music] [Music] the fifth station Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus bear his cross we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee and as they led him away they seized one Simon of Cyrene who was coming in from the country and laid on him the cross to carry it behind Jesus our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven [Music] now Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus [Music] [Music] glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit Lord Jesus Christ son of God [Music] the six station Veronica wipes the face of Jesus we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee come o blessed of my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world for I was hungry and you gave me food I was thirsty and you gave me drink I was a stranger and you welcomed me I was naked and you clothed me I was sick and you visited me I was in prison and you came to me truly I say to you as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren you did it to me our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven [Music] 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 Lord Jesus Christ son of God [Music] the seventh station Jesus Falls the second time we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee he was oppressed and he was afflicted yet he opened not his mouth like a land that has led to the slaughter and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth by oppression and judgment he was taken away and as for his generation who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living stricken for the transgression of my people our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven [Music] [Music] 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 Lord Jesus Christ son of God the a station Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee and there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who be wailed and lamented him but Jesus turning to them said daughters of Jerusalem do not weep for me but weep for yourselves and for your children for behold the days are coming when they will say blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never gave suck then they will begin to say to the mountains fall on us into the hills cover us for if they do these 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 [Music] 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 Lord Jesus Christ son of God [Music] [Music] the nine station Jesus Falls the third time we adored the O Christ and we praise thee be not far from me for trouble is near and there is none to help many bulls encompass me strong Bulls of Bashan surround me they open wide their mouths at me like a ravening and roaring lion 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 vow to slay me and 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 [Music] hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus [Music] glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit Lord Jesus Christ son of God [Music] [Music] the ten station Jesus is stripped of his garments we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee when the soldiers had crucified Jesus they 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 [Music] hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus [Music] glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit Lord Jesus Christ son of God the 11th station Jesus is nailed to the cross we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee 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 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 Lord Jesus Christ son of God [Music] the 12th station Jesus dies on the cross we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee one of the criminals who was hanged railed at him saying are you not the Christ save yourself and us but the other rebuked him saying do you not fear God since you are under the same sentence of condemnation and we indeed justly for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds but this man has done nothing wrong and he said Jesus remember me when you come into your kingdom and he said to him truly I say to you today you will be with me in paradise 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 in two then Jesus crying with a loud voice said father into thy hands I commit my spirit and having said this he breathed his last our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven [Music] hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus [Music] glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit Lord Jesus Christ son of God [Music] [Music] the 13th station Jesus has taken down from the cross we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee so the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and of the other who had been crucified with him but when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead they did not break his legs but one of those soldiers pierced his side with a spear and at once there came out of blood and water he who saw it has borne witness his testimony is true and he knows that he tells the truth that you also may believe for these things took place that the scripture might be fulfilled not a bone of him shall be broken and again another scripture says they shall look on him whom they have pierced 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 Lord Jesus Christ son of God the fourteenth station Jesus is laid in the tomb we adore thee O Christ and we praise thee when it was evening there was a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph who also was a disciple of Jesus he went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus then Pilate ordered it to be given to him and Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the rock and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and departed Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there sitting opposite the sepulchre our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven [Music] [Music] 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 Lord Jesus Christ son of God [Music] [Music] and in order in order to gain the special plenary indulgence now offered by the Holy See and our Holy Father we pray for our holy father's intentions 1 our Father and 1 Hail Mary 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 [Music] the absorb yuck prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi together I beseech thee O Lord that the fiery and sweet strength of thy love may absorb my soul from all things that are under heaven that I may die for love of thy love as thou didst Aine to die for love of my love amen an act of contrition oh my god I am heartily sorry for having offended thee and I detest all my sins because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell but most of all because I have offended thee my God who art all good and deserving of all my love I firmly resolve with the help of thy grace to confess my sins to do penance and to amend my life amen and the closing prayer of Mother Angelica together my Jesus I have traveled your way of the cross help me to see the Father's will in every incident of my daily life this is what you did you saw the father's will and your persecutors your enemies and your pain you saw beauty in the cross and embraced it as a desired treasure teach me the lessons contained in my cross the wisdom of its necessity the beauty of its variety and the fortitude that accompanies even the smallest cross marry my mother obtained for me the grace to be Jesus to my neighbor and to see my neighbor in Jesus amen in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit [Music] [Music]

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Length: 40min 54sec (2454 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 23 2020