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EXERCISES FOR THE STATIONS,
OR THE
HOLY WAY OF THE CROSS.
Those who are about to perform the Stations, should begin by placing themselves on their knees before the Blessed Sacrament, calling to mind, with a lively faith, the moment in which Jesus Christ, having been blasphemed at the house of Caiphas, and derided at the house of Herod, is expecting to receive the sentence of death in the Court of Pilate: then stationing themselves at his sacred feet, they should make an Act of Contrition for their sins, and an Offering of the devotion which they are going to begin.
An Act of Contrition.
Oh my God, I am filled with grief, and humbly beg thy pardon for my past offences, because Thou art infinitely
