Fourteenth Station: Jesus is Placed in the Tomb
Joseph of Arimathea displayed courage by publicly becoming a follower of Jesus and risking it all to show compassion towards those who loved Jesus. Lord, help me, give me the strength and courage to have this same kind of compassion for others in my own life.
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Thirteenth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross
These final statements of Christ from the cross provide us with three key messages about our faith: forgiveness of sins, the promise of salvation, and trust in God.
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Twelfth Station: Jesus Speaks to His Mother and the Disciple
We are invited to find our way to the foot of the cross, to weep, and to vulnerably share our most honest emotions with Jesus.
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Eleventh Station: Jesus Promises His Kingdom to the Good Thief
If we, too, can put aside our anger or hubris and approach God with humility, there is no limit to God’s Mercy and Grace available to all of us.
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Tenth Station: Jesus is Crucified
Loving Father please help me to continue following Jesus’ example of forgiving others, even those I may see as enemies.
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Ninth Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
As Jesus, in his darkest moments, was compassionate and prayed for others; may we have the strength, generosity and faith to do the same.
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Eighth Station: Jesus is Helped by Simon the Cyrenian to Carry the Cross
Sometimes in life we proceed down one path, but God leads us down another, sometimes in an unexpected direction. Do we accept God’s path, or resist for our own direction?
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Seventh Station: Jesus Bears the Cross
Are we ready each day to share in some small piece of Jesus’ Cross in our life?
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Sixth Station: Jesus is Scourged and Crowned with Thorns
In our minds and hearts, are we moved by the crowd? Are we moved by the pressures of society? …Or are we willing to stand firm in the truth of God’s word regardless of the price we might pay?
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Fifth Station: Jesus is Judged by Pilate
Let us be guided by an understanding that God has a plan for us all, and let us love a little more because of that trust in God’s plan.
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Fourth Station: Jesus is Denied by Peter
Even after all my failures to follow Jesus, and the many times that I have denied Him, Jesus is a God of love who will welcome me back if I am truly repentant of my sins
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Third Station: Jesus is Condemned by the Sanhedrin
Everything that happens in your life is part of God’s plan for your eternal happiness… I could now see God’s hand in every aspect of my life.
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Second Station: Jesus, Betrayed by Judas, is Arrested
Jesus calls each of us to be His disciples, to journey with Him, and to proclaim the Kingdom of God. This takes courage.
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First Station: Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
We need to give up reliance on our own strength and learn to put our trust in God. We need to pray, with Jesus, for the humility to accept and obey the Father’s will in our lives.
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Based on St. John Paul II’s Scriptural Stations of the Cross
