Jesus Falls the Third Time 

~ 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:  OVERCOME BY THE LOSS OF BLOOD FROM THE WOUNDS OF HIS SCOURGING AND CROWNING WITH THORNS, WITHOUT WARNING, AN EXHAUSTED JESUS COLLAPSES AND FALLS HARD TO THE GROUND BENEATH THE CROSS. THE SOLDIERS BECOME ANNOYED THAT HE MAY DIE BEFORE THEY WILL GET THE CHANCE TO CRUCIFY HIM, SO THEY QUICKLY LIFT THE CROSS FROM HIS SACRED BODY AND DRAG HIM ALONG THE GROUND, THE REST OF THE WAY.  

~ KNEEL ~

ALL: ALMIGHTY GOD AND FATHER, THROUGH MARY IMMACULATE, I OFFER THEE THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THY DIVINE SON JESUS, WHICH POURED FORTH FROM THE NUMEROUS WOUNDS PAINFULLY INFLICTED UPON HIM BY THE ROMAN SOLDIERS. I UNITE THIS OFFERING WITH THE TERRIBLE SUFFERING JESUS ENDURED IN HIS THIRD FALL AND I PRAY DEAR FATHER, BY THE INFINITE MERITS OF THIS FALL, THOU MAY FILL ME WITH THE RESPLENDENT GIFT OF FAITH.

OUR FATHER¼HAIL MARY¼GLORY BE¼

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

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