St. Faustina’s Way of the Cross: Station 1
St. Faustina's Way of the Cross: STATION 1
Continue with St. Faustina’s Way of the Cross, Station 1.
St. Faustina's Way of the Cross
STATION 1: Jesus is Condemned to Death
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 Gospel According to Matthew
(Matthew 26: 59-61)
Now the chief priests and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward and said, “This fellow said, “I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.”
Jesus: (celebrant reads)
Do not be surprised that you are sometimes unjustly accused. I Myself first drank this cup of undeserved suffering for love of you (289). When I was before Herod, I obtained a grace for you; namely, that you would be able to rise above human scorn and follow faithfully in My footsteps (1164).
St. Faustina: (all read)
We are sensitive to words and quickly want to answer back, without taking any regard as to whether it is God’s will that we should speak. A silent soul is strong; no adversities will harm it if it perseveres in silence. The silent soul is capable of attaining the closest union with God (477).
All Read:
Merciful Jesus, help me to know how to accept every human judgment. and do not allow me ever to render a condemnatory judgment on You in my neighbours.
Celebrant Reads:
You, who suffered wounds for us,
All Read:
Christ Jesus, have mercy on us.
Stabat Mater
Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,
All His bitter anguish bearing,
Now at length, the sword has passed.
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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 1.
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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.
Ecce Homo (Behold the Man!) is an Antonio Ciseri painting from circa 1860 to 1880.
Anton van Dyck painted Christ Carrying the Cross circa his lifetime.
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.
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