Jesus Consoles the Women of Jerusalem

      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.

      Who shall give us to understand the kindness of the Heart of Jesus and His compassion on us in our sufferings? He forgets His own excruciating pains and speaks words of consolation to the women of Jerusalem who follow Him. Always remember that Jesus is our Comforter in all our afflictions, and whatever be the nature of our sufferings, we should go to him, in the company of Mary, and seek relief from His Sacred Heart. Where can we find a better Friend than in Him who laid down his life for love of us?

       "Weep not for Me but for yourselves". Wretched creatures that we are! Why are we so hardened as to remain without feeling in the presence of so much suffering endured for us; as to remain deaf to that voice which tells us clearly that we must shed tears because of the many sins for which we have not done penance, because of the many dangers to our soul and the many hardships on the way that leads to eternal life?

      O Mary, who by the will of Jesus art my supplement to speak to Him, to petition Him, to praise Him on my behalf, shed but one tear upon my heart to soften its hardness, impress upon it the wounds of Jesus and give it a true desire for sincere penance. Let Thy blessed and most powerful hand avert the chastisements which we deserve.

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