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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

IX


Jesus Falls a Third Time

You didn't get very far this time, Lord.
Everything's hazy now.
Lying there dazed, there's no new decision to get up again.
That decision was made in the sweat and blood of the garden.
Now it's just a question of going through with it.



Sometimes, Lord, I feel Your life flow into me.
I think of others all the time
And have great energy for work.
I feel I'm really going places.
Then things begin to go wrong.
Nothing works out.
It's so different from before that I can't believe it's true.
I feel a stranger to myself.
The more I try, the worse it gets.
Lying there, dazed and dejected, I cannot pray,
But only wonder - what's the use?



Thank You for Your answer, Lord,
Thank you for going through with it.

 

 

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