Jesus Dies Upon the Cross

      O Most Loving Jesus, I offer Thee the acts of adoration, of praise, of union and of supplication which Thy Holy Mother offered Thee in this Station.

      To approach our dying Saviour in a worthy manner, let us go to Him in union with Mary. To understand His sufferings better, let us think of Mary's sorrow. Do we not know that Jesus loves to see us share in the pains of His Mother?

      Child of Mary, contemplate the Queen of Martyrs, who says to you while She shows you Her most afflicted Heart, "Attend, and see if there be any sorrow like unto mine". Answer Her, weeping and heartbroken, "O Virgin, Daughter of Sion, great as the sea is Thy sorrow and bitter as it billows". Would that I could contemplate Thee worthily and render due homage to Thine exceeding love for me! To supply my insufficiency. I offer The the divine Compassion which Jesus had on Thee. He alone knows the weight and measure of Thy sorrows.

      O Jesus, hanging on the Cross, speak to me Thy life-giving words - "Woman, behold Thy child; child, behold Thy Mother". O Mary, I do not deserve to be called Thy child, but Jesus has willed that it should be so. Show Thyself my Mother. To compensate for my poverty, I offer Thee the praises of the angels and of all Thy devoted children. I offer Thee the Heart of Jesus and the Love of the Blessed Trinity. I place myself in Thy hands and leave to Thee the full and entire right to dispose of me and all that belongs to me, according to Thy good pleasure and that of Thy Divine Son.

      Holy Mother, pierce me through,In my heart each wound renew, Of my Saviour Crucified!