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  1. Jesus Is Condemned to Death

  2. Jesus Accepts His Cross
  3. Jesus Falls
  4. Jesus Meets His Mother
  5. Simon of Cyrene Helps Carry Jesus' Cross
  6. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
  7. Jesus Falls Again
  8. Jesus Speaks to the Women Standing By
  9. Jesus Falls a Third Time
  10. Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments
  11. Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross
  12. Jesus Dies on the Cross
  13. Jesus Is Given to His Mother
  14. Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb

Stations of the Cross

by Fr. Bernard Kelly, CSSp

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Simon of Cyrene Helps Carry Jesus' Cross

 

There mustn't have been any volunteers, Lord.
They had to get a stranger and force him to assist You.
Now things are better;
At least You have an unwilling helper.



Lord, I don't like to be forced into it,
I like to feel free about it.
And yet, on many occasions, I hold back.
I want to come forward but I am fearful
That I will fail, that people will laugh.
This strange paralysis doesn't last for long,
Only a moment longer than the opportunity.
Afterwards I am myself again.
Everything is clear,
So clear that I can criticize the one who didn't miss his chance.



Lord, force me to walk with You,
Don't listen to me if at first I am unwilling.
Save me, Lord, and I shall be saved.

 

 

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