3. St. Faustina’s Way of the Cross: Station 3
St. Faustina's Way of the Cross: STATION 3
Continue with St. Faustina’s Way of the Cross, Station 3.
St. Faustina's Way of the Cross
STATION 3: Jesus Falls for the First Time
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You (or: We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You.)
BECAUSE BY YOUR HOLY CROSS, YOU HAVE REDEEMED THE WORLD.
A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
(Isaiah 53: 6,12)
Jesus: (celebrant reads)
Involuntary offenses of souls do not hinder My love for them or prevent Me from uniting Myself with them. But voluntary offenses, even the smallest, obstruct My graces, and I cannot lavish My gifts on such souls (1641).
St. Faustina: (all read)
My Jesus, despite Your graces, I see and feel all my misery… O my Jesus, how prone I am to evil, and this forces me to be constantly vigilant. But I do not lose heart. I trust God’s grace, which abounds in the worst misery (606).
All Read:
All read: Merciful Lord, preserve me from every, even the tiniest but voluntary and conscious infidelity.
Celebrant Reads:
You, who suffered wounds for us,
All Read:
Christ Jesus, have mercy on us.
Stabat Mater
Christ above in torment hangs;
She beneath beholds the pangs,
Of her dying, glorious Son.
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Stations of the Cross List
The Way of the Cross stations with reflections by St. Faustina are linked here, except for Station 3.
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CREDITS
The LOGO image of Our Lady of Grace is original artwork by Martin Lariviere in 2009. We have the artist’s permission (my son). It is our exclusive trademark logo image.
A beautifully photographed sky by Donald Tong inspired the website’s colour scheme. Cropped portions of it are the background for the footer Bible verse. He shared it as a free download on pexels.com.
Raphael painted The Sistine Madonna circa (1513-1514). We made circular cut-outs from the original image.
In 1769, Aton Raphael Mengs painted Caida de Cristo con la cruz a cuestas camino del Calvario.
Carlo Esteban Murillo painted Christ bearing the Cross (and meeting His mother) circa 1665 to 1675.
Carlo Dolci painted Christ’s Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane circa 1631-1686.
Saracrl shared the close-up of the feet of our Lord from the Divine Mercy painting on Cathopic.
Credits for linked images are on their respective pages.
Our information is from general knowledge, experience, and shared internet sources. We’d like you to use it as a starting point for your research to verify facts and build a reference list.