Jesus Meets His Beloved Mother 

~ STAND ~

 LEADER:   WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND WE PRAISE THEE;      

 ~ GENUFLECT ~ 

ALL:   BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD.

~ STAND ~

 LEADER:  THE JOURNEY TO GOLGOTHA GROWS MORE DIFFICULT FOR JESUS AS THE WEIGHT  OF THE HEAVY CROSS NOW PRESSES AGAINST THE CROWN OF THORNS AND THE OPEN WOUNDS IN HIS SHOULDERS AND BACK, BUT THE SOLDIERS DO NOT LET HIM REST FOR A MOMENT. THEY CONTINUE TO SHOVE HIM, FORCING HIM TO MOVE FASTER. MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS IS DEVASTATED AS SHE WITNESSES THIS INHUMAN ACT OF DEPRAVITY. SHE STRUGGLES DESPERATELY TO MAKE HER WAY THROUGH THE CROWD TO BE WITH HIM. AS MARY DRAWS NEAR AND REACHES OUT TO TOUCH HIM, THE SOLDIERS SEE THIS AND QUICKLY STAND IN HER WAY. THE SOLDIERS WHO ARE NEAR JESUS, ABRUPTLY PULL HIM AWAY FROM HER AND FORCE HIM TO CONTINUE ON. THE SEPARATION OF JESUS AND MARY ADD GREAT SORROW TO THEIR SUFFERING.

~ KNEEL ~

 ALL:  ALMIGHTY GOD AND FATHER, THROUGH MARY IMMACULATE, I OFFER THEE THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THY DIVINE SON JESUS, WHICH FLOWED FROM HIS MANY WOUNDS, SATURATING HIS GARMENTS AND CAUSING THEM TO PAINFULLY CLING TO HIS FLESH. I UNITE THIS OFFERING WITH THE HEART FELT SORROW JESUS AND HIS BELOVED MOTHER, MARY, SUFFERED IN THEIR ENCOUNTER ON THE PATH TO CALVARY. I PRAY DEAR FATHER, BY THE INFINITE MERITS OF THIS MOST SORROWFUL MOMENT, FOR THEE TO TAKE AND RECEIVE ALL MY LIBERTY, MY MEMORY, MY UNDERSTANDING AND MY ENTIRE WILL. WHATEVER I HAVE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY THEE. I RETURN IT ENTIRELY TO BE GOVERNED BY THY WILL. GIVE ME ONLY THY LOVE AND THY GRACE. WITH THESE I AM RICH ENOUGH AND ASK FOR NOTHING MORE.

 OUR FATHER¼HAIL MARY¼GLORY BE¼

LORD JESUS CRUCIFIED, HAVE MERCY ON ME, A WRETCHED SINNER.

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