“It was about nine in the morning when they crucified him. The inscription proclaiming his offense read, “The King of the Jews.” Mark 16:25-26
This is the sixth installment of The Stations of The Cross from my personal prayer book, “Blessed Be God.” Holy Week in Lent is the perfect time to meditate on The Passion of Jesus Christ by prayerfully reflecting on The Stations of The Cross, and especially to do so on Good Friday. It is always helpful to have images of each Station to reflect on, but if none are available just picture each in your mind. Then read the meditation, reflect, and pray.
This post contains the Eleventh and Twelfth Stations. Tomorrow I will post the final two, the Thirteenth and Fourteenth.
Eleventh Station: Jesus is Nailed to the Cross.
Pray: We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Consider that Jesus, after being thrown on the cross, extended His hands, and offered to His eternal Father the sacrifice of His life for our salvation. These barbarians fasten Him with nails; and then, raising the cross, leave Him to die with anguish on this infamous gibbet.
My Jesus, loaded with contempt, nail my heart to Thy feet, that it may ever remain there to love Thee, and never quit Thee again. I love Thee more than myself; I repent of having offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.
“When noon came, darkness fell on the whole countryside and lasted until midafternoon. At that time Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?’ which means ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Mark 16:33-34
Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross.
Pray: We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Consider that thy Jesus, after three hours’ agony on the cross, consumed at length with anguish, abandoned Himself to the weight of His body, bows His head, and dies.
O my dying Jesus, I kiss devoutly the cross on which Thou didst die for love of me. I have merited by my sins to die a miserable death; but Thy death is my hope. Ah, by the merits of Thy death, give me grace to die, embracing Thy feet and burning with love of Thee. I commit my soul into Thy hands. I love Thee with my whole heart; I repent of everhaving offended Thee. Permit not that I ever offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.
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