Our Father, etc. Hail Mary, etc. Glory be to the Father, etc.
V. Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us: O Lord have mercy on us.
V. And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.
Quae mœrébat et dolébat,
pia Mater, dum vidébat
nati pœnas ínclyti.
FOURTH STATION
Jesus carrying the Cross , meets with his most afflicted Mother.
V. We adore thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, and bless thy holy name:
R. Because, by thy holy cross, thou hast redeemed the world.
THE MYSTERY.
This station presents to our contemplation the meeting of the desolate mother and her bleeding Jesus, sinking under the weight of the cross. Consider what pangs rent her soul, when she beheld him covered with blood, dragged violently to the place of execution, reviled and blasphemed by an ungrateful, outrageous rabble. Meditate on her inward feelings — the looks of silent agony exchanged between the Mother and her Son: her anguish in not being permitted to approach and embrace him. Be filled with confusion, that neither the Son’s pain, nor the Mother’s grief, have softened the hardness of your heart. Approach now, with contrition, and join in the following
