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SHORT WAY OF THE CROSS
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HIS KINGDOM TO COME!
O my Jesus, fused in your Holy Will and for your Kingdom to come, I make my way with You on your Via Dolorosa. Allow my company to give
You rest and comfort your most Sacred Heart from the many agonies it suffers now and for all Eternity. I love You, my God! I love You, my Jesus!
I love You, the Savior of my life!
FIRST STATION:
Jesus Is Condemned to Death
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, teach me to always be resigned to your Most Holy Will in all things in my life and in the life
of those I love and for whom I pray!
SECOND STATION:
Jesus Picks Up His Cross
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, for the love of You and for the benefit of all mankind, give me strength and perseverance to always
carry my cross with the same love and joy that You carried Yours.
THIRD STATION:
Jesus Falls the First Time
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, please allow me the grace necessary to never fall out of your Most Holy Will!
FOURTH STATION:
Jesus Meets His Mother
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, may there be no attachment dear enough to keep me from ever doing your Most Holy Will in all things!
FIFTH STATION:
Simon the Cyrenian Helps Jesus Carry His Cross
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, please allow me the great grace of being with You in carrying your Cross, and to help all my brothers
and sisters carry theirs, in your Most Holy Will, with patience and joy.
SIXTH STATION:
Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to Come, may your Most Holy Will be indelibly stamped in my heart, mind, and soul as your Most Beautiful
Face was on Veronica’s veil.
SEVENTH STATION:
Jesus Falls a Second Time
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, please preserve me from anything that offends You, most especially all sins of pride and egoism.
EIGHTH STATION:
Jesus Consoles the Women of Jerusalem
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, may I go with You through all the world, in your Will, consoling all souls because of the terrifying
times in which we live.
NINTH STATION:
Jesus Falls For the Third Time
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, may I give You all the glory and honor You are due, and console You for all the abuses You have
suffered, from all your Consecrated souls – past, present and future.
TENTH STATION:
Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, I plead for the great grace of being stripped of anything that may offend you in the least way!
ELEVENTH STATION:
Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross
O Jesus, You are nailed to the human will, which is hard and unforgiving. Please nail me to your Most Holy Will which is most
forgiving and so full of love!
TWELFTH STATION:
Jesus Dies on the Cross
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, You died on the Cross in reparation for those who will not die to their human wills. Please grant
me the immense grace of always dying to my will in all things!
THIRTEENTH STATION:
Jesus Is Taken From the Cross
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, I thank you for the great gift of your Mother. May She take me into Her arms with You so that
I may console Her from Her many sorrows. May She keep me there to help me to never fall out of your Most Holy Will.
FOURTEENTH STATION:
Jesus Is Placed in the Sepulcher
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, allow me the great grace to totally die to myself to live always buried in your Most Holy Humanity
and in your Most Holy Will!
FIFTEENTH STATION:
Jesus Rises From the Dead!
O Jesus, for your Kingdom to come, and through your Resurrection, the children of Light, the children of the Second Resurrection, are
shown the glorious and joyful manifestation of living in your Most Holy Will, of living on earth as the Angels and Saints live in Heaven!
We prostrate ourselves before You, O Father, in thanksgiving and in great gratitude for this greatest of all graces!! May it always be!! Amen!
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