14. Way of the Cross: Station 14
Way of the Cross: STATION 14
Continue with the Way of the Cross for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, Station 14.
The Way of the Cross for Holy Souls
STATION 14: Jesus is Laid in the Tomb
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.
Prayer
O Jesus, through the merits of Your bitter passion and death, and through Your glorious Resurrection, I beseech You, have compassion on the poor souls, and grant them a happy and glorious admission into heaven.
Let them enter into that peace so long desired. Let them contemplate the splendor of the Beatific Vision and bless eternally Your mercy.
Prayer
Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation, that I may not be condemned to that place of torture when my body will be in the cold earth. Let my soul flee the fires of Purgatory.
Bring me quick relief and through your merits deliver me from the flames, that I may thank you in heaven and, with you and all the saints, adore and love Jesus, your beloved Son, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, true God, forever and ever. Amen.
MY JESUS, MERCY!
Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.*
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen
*Or: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord.
*AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.
Merciful Jesus, grant them eternal rest.
AMEN.
* Responses are in uppercase letters.
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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.
Carl Heinrich Bloch painted The Burial of Christ, Nicodemus is depicted on the left, and Joseph of Arimathea is on the right circa the 1800s.
Diego Velasquez painted Christ Crucified circa 1632. We used a cropped version of his painting.
Ludovico Carracci painted An Angel Frees the Souls of Purgatory circa 1610.
The painting of Jesus with the halo and crown of thorns is a photo from our reproduction that we purchased of the original artwork of Carlo Dolci.
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.