the while a crucifix " blessed by the Father-General of the Order of the Friars Minor Observants at the Convent of Ara Cœli, or else by the Father-Provincial or any Father-Guardian, subject of the said Father-General, or any priest with Faculties from the said Father-General. These crucifixes, so indulgenced, after they have been blessed, cannot be sold or given away or lent for the purpose of enabling others to gain the Indulgences of the Stations. Devotions which may be used for the Stations. (The pious reader may use any other devotions which are more to his mind.) Begin with an act of contrition.
STATION I. JESUS condemned to death. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. My JESUS, oft have I signed thy death-warrant by my sins; save me by thy death from that death eternal I deserve. PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
or the Stabat Mater (p. 238).
STATION II. JESUS receives his cross. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. My JESUS, who by thine own will didst take on Thee the Cross which I made for Thee by my sins; oh, make me know the weight of them, and sorrow for them ever while I live. PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION III. JESUS falls the first time beneath the Cross. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. My JESUS, the heavy burden of my sins has made Thee fall down beneath the Cross. My JESUS, I loathe them, I detest them, I beseech Thee to pardon them; aided by thy grace, I will never commit them more. PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION IV. JESUS meets his Mother. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. JESUS, most suffering! Mary, Mother most sorrowful! if for the past by sin I have caused you pain and sorrow, yet by divine grace it shall be so no more, but I will love you faithfully until death. PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION V. Simon of Cyrene helps JESUS to carry the Cross. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. My JESUS, happy was that man of Cyrene who aided Thee to bear the Cross. Happy shall I be if I too aid Thee to bear the Cross, by suffering with patience and goodwill the crosses Thou shalt send me during life. My JESUS, give me grace to do so. PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION VI. JESUS and Veronica. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. JESUS most compassionate, who didst deign to print thy sacred countenance upon the cloth with which Veronica wiped the sweat from off thy brows; print in my soul deep, I pray Thee, the lasting memory of thy most bitter pains. PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION VII. JESUS falls a second time. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti
V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION VIII. JESUS comforts the women of Jerusalem. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. My JESUS, who didst comfort the pious women of Jerusalem who wept to see Thee so tormented; comfort my soul with thy mercy, for in thy mercy alone is my trust; oh, may I never frustrate it! PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION IX. Again a third time JESUS falls. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. My JESUS, by all the bitter woe Thou didst endure when a third time Thou didst fall beneath the heavy Cross, oh, never, never let me fall away; but rather let me die than ever mortally sin again. PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION X. JESUS stripped and given gall to drink. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. My JESUS, who wast stripped of thy clothes and given gall to drink, strip me of love for things of earth, and make me loathe all that savours of the world and sin. PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION XI. JESUS nailed to the Cross. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. My JESUS, by those agonizing- pains Thou didst endure when the hard nails pierced thy tender hands and feet and fixed them to the Cross, oh, make me ever crucify my flesh with the spirit of true Christian penance. PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION XII. JESUS dies upon the Cross. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. My JESUS, three hours didst Thou hang in agony upon the Cross, and then didst die for me; let me die before I sin again, and if I live, may I live to love Thee and to serve Thee faithfully. PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION XIII. JESUS taken from the Cross and laid in Mary’s bosom. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti
V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
STATION XIV. JESUS laid in the tomb. V/. Adoramuste, CHRISTE, et benedicimus tibi. R/. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
V/. We adore Thee, O CHRIST, and we bless Thee. R/. Because by thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. My JESUS, beside Thee in the tomb I desire that I may ever remain as one dead; and if I live, I wish to live only to Thee, that so one day I may come with Thee to taste of the bliss of heaven, fruit of thy Passion and most painful death. Amen. PATER, Ave. V/. Miserere nostri, DOMINE. R/. Miserere nostri.
Oremus. DEUS, qui Unigeniti FILII tui pretioso sanguine vivificæ crucis vexillum sanctificare voluisti; concede, quæsumus, eos, qui ejusdem sanctæ crucis gaudent honore, tua quoque ubi que protectione gaudere. Per eundem CHRISTUM DOMINUM nostrum. R/. Amen.