His disciples have fled, Confused by his arrest to which someone tried to react with violence. This particular Way of the Cross was carved in teak by Mother Maribel of our Community. The Stations of the Cross is a devotion and reflection in which we walk alongside Jesus on His way to Calvary. The Centurion glorified God: "Certainly this man was innocent!". Help us, in the light of your mercy, to recognize our missteps and, saved by your love, to proclaim the marvels of your grace. Jesus stretches out his hand to them, and their faces light up with the glory of the resurrection. Two wills clash for a moment, and then come together in the abandonment to love already announced by Jesus: "I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father" (John 14:31). Fac me vere tecum flere, Crucifixo condolore, donec ego vixero. Because of His sacrifice on the Cross, He conquered evil and opened a path to life everlasting for all. Green wood will have life again and dry wood will partake of it. The Eternal Father determined not to pardon us without a price, in order to show us especial favour. Sr Maria Rita Piccione, OSA. By prayerfully participating in this meditation we are able to clearly see through His passion and death the depths of God's love for mankind and the price He paid for our salvation. Meditations on the Stations of the Cross by Ronald Thomas. Jesus, the only hope of those who, weak and injured, fall; you know what is in every person (John 2:25). Jesus, dying on the cross you entrust your mother to the beloved one, the virgin Apostle to the pure Virgin who carried you in her womb. Remind them that you are meek and humble of heart and that your yoke is easy and your burden light. Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." R/. Outside. Amen. Pope Francis has said that the most damaging characteristic of our … O dear Lord, by this Thy first fall raise us all out of sin, who have so miserably fallen under its power. You are present in their sufferings as you were on the cross, near to the Virgin Mary. If Catholic Online has given you $5.00 worth of knowledge this year, take a minute to donate. Fear has defeated them. Round him now there is only a hostile crowd, of one mind in desiring his death. Amen. The meditations for the Stations were prepared by children. Let us ever look at Thee, and do Thou look upon us, and give us the grace of Thy bitter Cross and Passion, and console us in Thy own way and at Thy own time. Today, we humbly ask you to defend Catholic Online's independence. The soldiers strip him and put his clothes back on him. Reassure those who strive to divert their minds from the thought of death. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. 1 st Station – Jesus is condemned to death. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, &c.The Sixth Station: The Face of Jesus is wiped by Veronica. The "Home" button gives more information and a listing of the Stations. But from that abyss of suffering, comes a cry that breaks the desolation: "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit" (Luke 23:46). Sit nomen Domini benedictum. Sweet Mother, let us ever think of thee when we think of Jesus, and when we pray to Him, ever aid us by thy powerful intercession. Images readily available on the internet. This specific version was published in 1927, it was revised in 2015. St. John Henry Newman. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Jesus is condemned to death on the Cross . We must bear about with us the napkin of St. Veronica; we must ever meditate upon His death and resurrection, we must ever imitate His divine excellence, according to our measure. The crucifixion, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the most significant moment in the history of mankind. Let all our senses be a sacrifice to Thee; let every member sing Thy praise. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, &c.The Thirteenth Station: Jesus is laid in the arms of His Blessed Mother. EIGHTH STATION Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross. The Stations of the Cross – Poems and Meditations written by Fr Robbie Low – an Introduction. Quis no posset contristari, Christi matrem contemplari, dolentem cum Filio? SEVENTH STATION Jesus takes up the cross. Jesus, the brokenness of a profaned humanity, in you is revealed the sacredness of man: trove of love that returns good for evil. He who was the light of the world descends into the realm of darkness. The price is paid, and we are redeemed. A meditation on the Stations of the Cross. But Peter said, "Man, I am not." STATIONS OF THE CROSS 2021. Whoever we are, in whatever part of the earth, in whatever age of the world, Jesus must live in our hearts. This website gives you meditation materials for 16 Stations of the Cross covering the events of the final suffering of Jesus and the Resurrection. To select individual Station meditation materials - prayer, meditation, Bible reading, hymns - use the clickable tabs found on the navigation bar under the website title at the top of each page. FOURTEENTH STATION Jesus is placed in the tomb, From the Gospel according to Luke 23:50-54. Jesus is condemned to death. She fled with Him to Egypt, she took Him up to Jerusalem when He was twelve years old. He does not understand that in this way he is rejecting his own identity. We entrust to you the desolation and rebellion of parents bewildered in the face of pain or the death of a child; we entrust to you the dejection of so many orphans, of solitary or abandoned children. When the Holiest had taken flesh, and was in his power, then in his revenge and malice he determined, as he himself had been struck down by the Almighty arm, to strike in turn a heavy blow at Him who struck him. Let us never sin by hand or foot, by eyes or mouth, or by head or heart. He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will. Rights and the law give way to the decisions of a totalitarian power that seeks the consensus of the crowd. This year they have been written by a group of young people coordinated by prof. Andrea Monda. The body of Jesus is swallowed up by the earth, and with it all hope is swallowed up. Jesus, you continue to love those who refuse your love and tirelessly search out those who betray you and abandon you. First Station: Jesus condemned to Death V. We adore thee, O Christ, and we bless thee. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Jesus has placed no limit on his love, "having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end" (John 13:1). We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. And that is sufficient. Behold, nothing deserving death has been done by him; I will therefore chastise him and release him." V /. Narrated by Fr. At the request of my father some years ago, I painted a contemporary set of the Stations of the Cross, and wrote prayers corresponding to each station. The more they forget us, the more Thou dost keep us in mind. The prophecy that opens to a new future of transfiguration. Translation of the meditations on the stations of the cross. SHORT MEDITATIONS ON THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS, Begin with an Act of Contrition.First Station: Jesus condemned to Death. Thus ever, O Lord, Thou art justified in Thy words, and dost overcome when Thou art judged. V /. Quae maerebat et dolebat Pia mater, cum videbat Nati poenas incliti. The voice of Jesus speaks of judgment, but calls to conversion; announces sufferings, but as a woman's birth-pains. One of them invokes a Messiah, calling upon him to save himself and both of them, right then and there. Again, a Third Time, Jesus Falls. He said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" Let us go back to the Garden of Olives, where Jesus saw the sins of … When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near. SATAN fell from heaven in the beginning; by the just sentence of his Creator he fell, against whom he had rebelled. Given in the Archdiocese of Sydney's St. Mary's Cathedral Crypt on March 30 2021. He condescended to make us valuable to Him. Mark 15:12-14: [Pilate brought Jesus outside and said to the people], “What shall I do, then, with the one you call the king of the Jews?” The meditations on the Way of the Cross, at which Benedict XVI presided on Good Friday, 22 April [2011], were written by Sr Maria Rita Piccione, OSA, President of the Our Lady of Good Counsel Federation of Augustinian Monasteries in Italy. There are those who profess to be His servants, who think that her work was ended when she bore Him, and after that she had nothing to do but disappear and be forgotten. R. Because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world.. JESUS, when He was nearest to His everlasting triumph, seemed to be farthest from triumphing. He took into his own home (John 19:27), an inalienable treasure of which he has become the guardian. And their voices prevailed. When He left the Holy House of Nazareth, and went out to preach, He had not where to lay His head. We entrust to your infinite mercy your children preyed upon by discouragement and despair. Jesus is made to bear his Cross to the bitter end of his grim pilgrimage to Golgotha, His mouth is filled with vinegar and gall. At the height of indescribable sufferings, Jesus turns to him and prays to him. Meditations on the Stations of the Cross Begin with an Act of Contrition O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. Defeated, ridiculed, defamed this condemned man gives back dignity to all men: Love can lead to so much, from so much love the ransom of every pain. By your wounds, you healed the wounds of our sins. Meditations on the Stations of the Cross for Holy Souls . Grant that they might seek refuge with you and "not despair ever of your mercy" (Rule of St. Benedict 3, 74). Jesus does not dissimilate: he affirms as much with the same solemnity. From the very first time he is named, Judas is indicated as the one "who betrayed him" (Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:19; Luke 6:13); the tragic name of "traitor" remains forever linked to his memory. Lent, 2012 . Jesus had now reached almost to the top of Calvary; but, before He … And yet that wood of the cross is redeemed by Jesus, it becomes the sign of a life lived and offered out of love for men and women. The first Adam and the last are similar and recognize one another; the first finds his likeness in him who was to come one day to free him together with all his other children (Genesis 1:26). He drew near to Jesus to kiss him; but Jesus said to him, "Judas, would you betray the Son of man with a kiss?". R. Because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Other people, not Jesus, have done what is evil in the sight of God. There were other times that the shadow of death threatened Jesus, when he alluded to his divine origin. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, &c.The Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of His Garments. Again, a third time, Jesus falls. Short Meditations on the Stations of the Cross, EWTN | 5817 Old Leeds Rd. Leave imprinted in our eyes the features of your beloved face; of which the "least of your brothers" (Matthew 25:40) are a bright reflection, a sacrament of your presence among us. And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done." He parted with what seemed most necessary, and even a part of Him, by the law of human nature since the fall. but there, in the quiet of anguish, Jesus takes refuge with his Father in prayer. Jesus, serene before your impending death, the only just one before the injustice of the Sanhedrin. 98% of our readers don't give; they simply look the other way. Jesus, proclaimed innocent by a criminal, your companion in punishment for you and for your companion, the time has come to enter into the Kingdom. We adore you o Christ and we praise you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Jesus lowers himself and reaches the first human couple, Adam and Eve, bowed under the burden of their guilt. | Irondale, AL 35210 |. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, &c..The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is laid in the Sepulchre. He knew this was to be his end�he has no hope, but despair only. Jesus, Wrapped in a shroud and placed in the tomb, you await, after the stone has been rolled over, for the silence of the night to be broken by the jubilee of an everlasting alleluia. Then an application to himself of the prophetic words of the psalm: the sign of a feeling of lacerating abandonment, which reaches at its crucial moment an experience in his whole being of what kind of despair sin leads to in its separation from God. Jesus, Raised up from under the weight of the cross by Simon of Cyrene, so that he, unknowing companion on the way of sorrow, might become your friend and guest in the abode of eternal glory. He saves us by His blood, but it is through and with ourselves that He saves us. Near him other condemned men who are no longer worthy of the name of man. And then: the futile regret for his gesture, the refusal of the money of betrayal (Matthew 27:4), the giving in to despair, when Jesus speaks to Judas as "the son of perdition," he limits himself to recalling that thus the Scriptures will be fulfilled (John 17:12). We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you. He did this to remind us all, that His image must ever be impressed on all our hearts. His heart is pierced with the spear. (Luke 24:21). The brutality of the event has prevailed over their fragile intentions. He knew that no suffering which he could at that moment inflict upon the Saviour of men would avail to rescue himself from that inevitable doom. JESUS had now reached almost to the top of Calvary; but, before He … Pater noster, qui es in caelis: sanctificetur nomen tuum; adveniat regnum tuum; fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo, et in terra. And now she shows herself as He toils along the Sacred Way with His cross on His shoulders. And so, much more, at the last day "They shall look on Him whom they pierced"; and He who was condemned in weakness shall judge the world in power, and even those who are condemned will confess their judgment is just. Continuing on my meditations on the Stations of the Cross, I am now on the Fourth Station - Jesus Meets His Blessed Mother. Ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum. The Evil One remembered this second defeat, and so now he smote down the Innocent Lord a second time, now that he had Him in his power. Amen.The Second Station: Jesus receives His Cross. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world The more men insult over us, the higher Thou wilt exalt us. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. TWELFTH STATION Jesus on the cross, his mother and his disciple, From the Gospel according to John 19:25-27. A hill outside the city, an abyss of sorrow and humiliation. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such … Jesus, accompanied to the hill of the Skull by a retinue of weeping women: they have discovered your face of light, your word of grace. End with one Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be, for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff. And yet Jesus, who feels his spirit abandoning him, does not abandon his fellow men, he stretches out his arms to receive them, he whom no one wishes to receive. Only love has been able to overcome all obstacles, only love has persevered until the end, only love generates love in others. Pilate addressed them once more, desiring to release Jesus; but they shouted out, "Crucify, crucify him!" Et cum spiritu tuo. But to show His love for us He took a price, which, if there was to be a price set upon us at all, if there was any ransom at all to be taken for the guilt of our sins, could be nothing short of the death of His Son in our nature. And they said, "What further testimony do we need? Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, &c.The Eighth Station: The Women of Jerusalem mourn for Our Lord. They have heard his word of life, they love him as teacher and prophet. See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Let the sacred blood which flowed from Thy five wounds anoint us with such sanctifying grace that we may die to the world, and live only to Thee. Peter followed at a distance; and when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them. This presentation includes powerful meditations by Dr. Ronald … But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe; and if I ask you, you will not answer. Jesus falls for the third time. He was from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and was looking for the kingdom of God. At this point in His Passion, our Lord has been abandoned by His disciples and followers and endured beatings, whippings and scourgings. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, &c.The Third Station: Jesus falls under the weight of the Cross the first time. Ephesians 2:4-6) Good Shepherd who leads us to restful waters, take us in your hand when we cross the valley of darkness (Psalm 23:2-4), so that we may stay with you and contemplate forever your glory (John 17:24). The more they abandon us, the closer Thou wilt bring us to Thyself. For behold the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave suck!' If you donate just $5.00, or whatever you can, Catholic Online could keep thriving for years. He has been hidden in thy womb, He has lain in thy bosom, He has been suckled at thy breasts, He has been carried in thy arms�and now that He is dead, He is placed upon thy lap. V/. I firmly… Saved by George Hamilton. Inner Healing Through Meditations on the Stations of the Cross Paperback – January 1, 1983 by Robert DeGrandis S.S.J. Two others, one who asked to be at the right side of Jesus and the other at his left, declared that they were ready to undergo the same baptism, and to drink the same cup (Mark 10:38-39). STATIONS OF THE CROSS LED BY THE HOLY FATHER POPE FRANCIS. Cardinal John Henry Newman Begin with an Act of Contrition.First Station: Jesus condemned to Death. He thus seals his death sentence. JESUS let the pious woman carry off an impression of His Sacred Countenance, which was to last to future ages. And he went out and wept bitterly. You are our precursor on the road of your Passover (Hebrews 6:20). R. Because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. According to tradition, Jesus staggers, three times he falls under that weight. R. Have mercy on us. V /. Continuing on my meditations on the Stations of the Cross, I am now on the Fourth Station - Jesus Meets His Blessed Mother. Meditations on Stations of the Cross: Newman, Cardinal John Henry: 9781784690298: Books - Amazon.ca This shows a desire to emphasize the message of glory proclaimed by the Cross of Jesus. INTRODUCTION. To the unjust condemnation is added the outrage of the scourging. Meditations on Stations of the Cross - Kindle edition by Newman, John Henry. He lived with her at Nazareth for thirty years. V. We adore thee, O Christ, and we bless thee. In an unjust world, the just can only be rejected and condemned. FIRST STATION Jesus on the Mount of Olives, V/. They have surrendered, carried away by the current of cowardice. Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world. Beside Jesus, who lived among people doing good, two men condemned for doing evil. V /. Come and help all who, knowingly or obliged by dark events, walk in your footsteps, you who said: "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted" (Matthew 5:4). Focus your heart and mind on the Passion of our Lord, Jesus Christ, with “. Saint John Henry Newman’s celebrated meditations on the passion of Our Lord, here edited and enhanced with illustrations, remain an enriching commentary on the details of Christ’s sufferings. He prayed for the burden to be lifted and the cross to be removed, but only if the Father willed it so. Jesus, you walked, resolutely, on the way that leads to Jerusalem (Luke 9:51) your sufferings have made you mankind's guide on the way of salvation (Hebrews 2:10). SATAN will have a third and final fall at the end of the world, when he will be shut up for good in the everlasting fiery prison. Meditation: Pilate could see no reason to crucify Jesus. That day has finally come. At the end of his address the Holy Father imparted the Apostolic Blessing.]. They were written by Father André Louf, a Belgian Trappist. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, &c.The Twelfth Station: Jesus dies upon the Cross. Save yourself and us!" You have taken upon yourself the fear and the torments of death, changing radically their meaning: you have turned around the despair that they provoke, changing death into an encounter of love. They were written by Father André Louf, a Belgian Trappist. From the Gospel according to Luke 22:54-62. Posted on March 17, 2021 by St Paul Repository • Posted in Stations of the Cross • Tagged Fr Robbie Low, Stations of the Cross • Leave a comment. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world . "It is not for a good work," they say, "but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God" (John 10:33). THE Holy, Just, and True was judged by sinners, and put to death. How could he arrive at this point, one whom Jesus had chosen to follow him so closely? We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. JESUS could bear His Cross alone, did He so will; but He permits Simon to help Him, in order to remind us that we must take part in His sufferings, and have a fellowship in His work. Did they hope that he would free Israel? When you pray Stations of the Cross you are tracing the footsteps of Christ, in his journey from being condemned to death to his resurrection. All rights reserved. V/. In knowing that Our Lord and Savior died such a violent death for love of us, meditating on the Stations of the Cross becomes an experience where one can unite with Christ. R/. He unites them to his suffering, a new light illuminates their sorrow. Meditations and prayers presented by children and young people of Rome . And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, "Certainly this man also was with him; for he is a Galilean." Disfigured by pain, marked by abuse, the face of this man speaks to man of another justice. - 4 - - 5 - The Way of the Cross: Traditional Meditations adapted from Saint Alphonsus Ligouri’s version An Act of Contrition My Lord Jesus Christ, / Thou hast made this journey / to die for me with love unutterable, / and I have so many times unworthily And suddenly that hour is the cause of fear. Wood of ignominy, that weighs, like an extreme burden, on the wounded shoulders of Jesus. A Contemporary Stations of the Cross. By prayerfully participating in this meditation, we are able to see clearly in His passion and death the depths of God's love for mankind and the price He paid for our salvation. Jesus, king of glory, crowned with thorns, bowed under the weight of the cross that the hands of men prepared for you, impress upon our hearts the image of your face covered with blood, so that it may remind us that you loved us to the point of giving yourself up for us (Galatians 2:20). You descended into Hades so as to free mankind, to make us live again with you, we are risen and called to sit with you in the heavenly places (cf. For the original text see: titusbrandsmateksten.nl. And he dared to take up the Holy Saviour in his arms, and show Him all kingdoms, and blasphemously promise to give them to Him, His Maker, if He would adore him. Make us to trust in thee, O Jesus, that Thou wilt display in us a similar providence. Focus your heart and mind on the Passion of our Lord, Jesus Christ, with “Meditations on the Stations of the Cross.” The crucifixion, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is the most significant moment in the history of mankind. Way of the Cross: Stations and Meditations from Arkansas. (Author) 4.1 out of 5 stars 4 ratings. The kiss would lead us to believe so, a gesture that shows love, but that became the gesture handing Jesus over to the crowd. Most people donate because Catholic Online is useful. And Jesus said: "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." Amen. R. Because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Having arrived at the beginning of his Passover, Jesus is in the presence of his Father. Short Meditations on the Stations of the Cross Authored By: Cardinal John Henry Newman SHORT MEDITATIONS ON THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS St. Cardinal John Henry Newman Begin with an Act of Contrition. If you are one of our rare donors, you have our gratitude and we warmly thank you. And they all said, "Are you the Son of God, then?" St. John Henry Newman's Meditations on the Stations of the Cross. What is especially powerful about Newman’s devotions is the way they bring to life his philosophy of “personalism”—that the truths of the faith must become real … The Stations of the Cross is devotion to the Sacred Passion in which we accompany, in spirit, Our Lord in His sorrowful journey to Calvary and meditate on His suffering and death. God, who by the Precious Blood of Thy only-begotten Son didst sanctify the standard of the Cross, grant, we beseech Thee, that we who rejoice in the glory of the same Holy Cross may at all times and places rejoice in Thy protection, through the same Christ, our Lord. Copyright © 2021 Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. Irondale, Alabama. We may differ from each other in many things, but in this we must all agree, if we are His true children. GOOD FRIDAY Rome, 18 April 2014 “The Face of Christ, the Face of Man” MEDITATIONS by H.E. EVER since the prophecy of old time, that the Saviour of man was to be born of a woman of the stock of Abraham, the Jewish women had desired to bear Him. And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.". Meditations on the Stations of the Cross Begin with an Act of Contrition O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. SHORT MEDITATIONS ON THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS. The stations of the Cross is a devotion and reflection in which we walk alongside Jesus on His way to Calvary. Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" So Pilate gave sentence that their demand should be granted. JESUS supports the whole world by His divine power, for He is God; but the weight was less heavy than was the Cross which our sins hewed out for Him. He had to pass a life in penance, and to endure His passion and death at the end of it. A collection of 15 Stations of the Cross paintings and meditations are practiced during the 40 days before Easter, a season devoted to deep examination and reflection on self. Giancarlo Maria Bregantini, Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano . There she is, steadfast, the mother of Jesus. THE Holy, Just, and True was judged by sinners, and put to death. Meditations on the Stations of the Cross.”. THE Holy, Just, and True was judged by sinners, and put to death. It is completed�it has come to a full end. Stations of the Cross is a classic Christian meditation on the last moments of Jesus’ life. The face transfigured on Mount Tabor is disfigured in the praetorium: the face of the one who, insulted, responds not, of the one who, made a nameless slave, frees those who languish in slavery. For it was not the death of the Messiah that he desired, but only that the Messiah be shaken up into taking on more resolute action. Satan took Him up aloft to the high mountain; evil men lifted Him up upon the Cross. Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.". We cannot foretell the future, nor do we know, when Thou comest to visit us, in what form Thou wilt come. O Jesus, mortify and crucify us with Thee. The Stations of the Cross is a devotion and reflection in which we walk alongside Jesus on His way to Calvary. A Sinner’s Stations of the Cross. Peter sinks deeply into that glance. In stock . R. Because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. R. Because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world. Only love can guard love, only love is stronger than death (Songs 8:6). That body received from the Virgin Mary, which made Jesus the "fairest of the sons of men," which dispensed the anointing of the Word -- "grace is poured upon your lips" (Psalm 45:2) -- is now cruelly torn by the whip. They know this man. THE Holy, Just, and True was judged by sinners, and put to death. Grant to those who proclaim your Word throughout the world glorious boldness (Philippians 1:14) and freedom (Philemon 8), through which your Spirit breaks in with the power of Easter and the language of the cross, a scandal to the eyes of the world, becomes divine wisdom for those who believe (1 Corinthians 1:17ff). 1st Station. Adiutorium nostrum nomine Domini. Meditations on the Stations of the Cross John Henry Newman £ 3.50. At the beginning of each lent I pick a few different versions of the Stations of the Cross or Way of the Cross to be part of my Lenten journey. 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