3. Way of the Cross: Station 3
Way of the Cross: STATION 3
Continue with the Way of the Cross for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, Station 3.
The Way of the Cross for Holy Souls
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.
Prayer
O Jesus, through Your weakness under the cross and the merits of this first fall, grant me the perseverance to keep my good resolutions, that I may always walk faithfully in Your holy ways.
Prayer
The souls in Purgatory now suffer because they neglected and abused Your graces in this life. They now realize that no sin-stained soul can see God. Therefore, have mercy on them, and cleanse them from all sin. Through the intercession of Your sorrowful Mother, deliver the holy souls from Purgatory.
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.
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.
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.