Traditional Catholic Way of the Cross
Traditional Catholic Way of the Cross
The Traditional Catholic Way of the Cross represents Jesus’s sorrowful journey with the Cross to Calvary.
Traditional Catholic Way of the Cross
Sign of the Cross
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Act of Contrition
My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart.
In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good,
I have sinned against You Whom I should love above all things,
I firmly intend, with Your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin.
Our Saviour, Jesus Christ, suffered and died for us.
In His name, my God, have mercy. Amen.
or
O, my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended You, and I detest all my sins because of Your just punishments, but most of all because they offend You, my God, who are all good and deserving of all my love; I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to sin no more and to avoid the near occasions of sin. Amen
Opening Prayer
My Lord, Jesus Christ, You have made this journey to die for me with unspeakable love; and I have so many times ungratefully abandoned You. | But now I love You with all my heart; and, because I love You, I am sincerely sorry for ever having offended You. Pardon me, my God, and permit me to accompany You on this journey. You go to die for love of me; I want, my beloved Redeemer, to die for love of You. My Jesus, I will live and die always united to You.
Stabat Mater
At the Cross her station keeping,
Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Close to Jesus till the last.
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Traditional Catholic Way of the Cross List
The traditional stations of the Cross are linked here.
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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 quote. 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.
Carl Heinrich Bloch painted The Burial of Christ, Nicodemus depicted on the left, and Joseph of Arimathea depicted on the right circa the 1800s.
Titian painted Ecce Homo circa 1558-1560.
We found a cut melody line for the Stabat Mater. We have not yet located the source for the copy, although the song is from the 14th Century.
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.
IN REVIEW
You can pray along with our easy-to-follow webpage guide to the traditional Catholic stations of the Cross has prayers by St. Alphonsus Liguori, classic paintings, and the song Stabat Mater.