I detest them; I beseech thee to pardon them; aided by thy grace I will never commit them more.
Our Father, etc. Have mercy, etc.
STATION IV.
Jesus meets His Mother.
V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee.
R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.
Jesus, most suffering! Mary, Mother, most sorrowful! if for the past by sin I have caused you pain and sorrow, yet by divine grace it shall be so no more, but I will love you faithfully until death.
Our Father, etc. Have mercy, etc.
STATION V.
Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry the Cross.
V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee.
R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.
My Jesus, happy was that man of Cyrene, who aided thee to bear the cross. Happy shall I be if I too aid thee to bear the cross, by suffering with patience and good-will the crosses thou shalt send me during life. My Jesus, give me grace to do so.
Our Father, etc. Have mercy, etc.
STATION VI.
Jesus and Veronica.
V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee.
R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.
Jesus, most compassionate, who didst deign to print thy sacred countenance upon the towel with which Veronica wiped the sweat from off thy brows,
