In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Initial prayer
My Lord and my God, under the loving gaze of our Mother, we prepare ourselves to accompany you along the path of pain that was the price of our redemption. We want to suffer all that you suffered, to offer you our poor, contrite heart, because you are innocent and will suffer for us, who are the only ones at fault.
My Mother, Sorrowful Virgin, help me to relive those bitter hours that your Son wished to spend on earth, so that we, made of a handful of mud, might finally live in the freedom and glory of the children of God.
At each station
The station is announced and it is said:
V. We adore you, O Jesus, and we bless you.
R. Because by your holy cross you redeemed the world.
Read and meditate on the station. Then pray an Our Father, an Hail Mary and a Glory Be, and say:
V. Lord, have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us.
The 14 stations
- Jesus is condemned to death.
- Jesus takes up his cross.
- Jesus falls for the first time.
- Jesus finds his Most Holy Mother.
- Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross.
- A pious woman wipes the face of Jesus.
- Jesus falls for the second time.
- Jesus consoles the daughters of Jerusalem.
- Jesus falls for the third time.
- Jesus is stripped of his garments.
- Jesus is nailed to the cross.
- Jesus dies on the cross.
- Jesus is taken down from the cross and delivered to his Mother.
- Jesus is placed in the tomb.
After the last station
The devotional book proposes three prayers about one's own death, to be recited in sequence: the prayer of acceptance of death, the prayer to obtain a good death and the prayer for the moment of death.
