V. And may the souls of the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.
Juxta Crucem tecum stare,
et me tibi sociáre
in planctu desídero.
FOURTEENTH STATION.
Jesus is laid in the Holy Sepulchre.
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 represents Christ’s sepulchre, where his blessed body was laid with piety and devotion. Consider the feelings of the Virgin; tears streaming from her eyes, her bosom heaving sighs. What melancholy, what wishful looks she cast on that monument, where the treasure of her soul, her Jesus, her all, lay entombed. Here lament your want of contrition for your sins, and humbly adore your deceased Lord, who, poor even in death, is buried in another’s tomb. Blush at your dependence on the world, and the eager solicitude with which you labour to grasp its perishable advantages. Despise henceforth the world, lest you perish with it.
PRAYER.
MOST loving Jesus! for my salvation thou didst perform the painful journey of the cross, I adore thee reposing in the holy sepulchre. Let me press the footsteps marked by thee, gracious Redeemer: the paths which, through the thorns of life, conduct
