the thought of thy sufferings make us watchful over ourselves, and save us from any grievous fall into sin.
Pater. Ave. Gloria.
Miserere nostri, &c. Sancta Mater, &c,
STATION IV.
JESUS MEETS HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER.
V. Adoramus te, &c.
R. Quia per sanctam, &c.
Still burdened with his cross, And wounded yet more by his fall, Jesus proceeds on his way. He is met by his Mother. What a meeting must that have been! What a sword of anguish must have pierced that Mother's heart! What must have been the compassion, of that Son for his holy Mother!
O Jesus, by the compassion which thou didst feel for thy Mother, have compassion on us, and give us a share in her intercession. O Mary, most afflicted Mother, intercede for us, that, through the sufferings of thy Son, we may be delivered from the wrath to come.
Pater. Ave. Gloria.
Miserere nostri, &c. Sancta Mater &c,
STATION V,
JESUS IS HELPED BY THE CYRENEAN TO CARRY HIS CROSS.
V. Adoramus te, &c.
R. Quia per sanctam, &c.
As the strength of Jesus, fails, and he is unable to proceed, the executioners seize and compel Simon of Cyrene to carry his cross. The virtue of that cross changed the Cyrenean's heart, and from a compulsory task it became a privilege and a joy.
O Lord Jesus, may it be our privilege also to bear thy cross; may we glory in nothing else; by it may the world be crucified unto us, and we unto the
