Pater, Ave. Gloria.
Miserere nostri, &c. Sancta Mater, &c.
STATION XII.
JESUS IS RAISED ON THE CROSS, AND DIES UPON IT.
V. Adoramus te, &c.
R. Quia per sanctam, &c.
For three hours Jesus has hung upon his transfixed hands; his blood has run in streams down his body, and bedewed the ground; and, in the midst of excruciating sufferings, he has pardoned his murderers, promised the bliss of Paradise to the good thief, and committed his blessed Mother and beloved disciple to each other's care. All is now consummated; and meekly bowing down his head, he gives up the ghost.
O Jesus, we devoutly embrace that honoured cross whereon thou didst love us even unto death. In that death we place all our confidence. Henceforth let us live only for thee; and in dying for thee, let us die loving thee and in thy sacred arms.
Pater. Ave. Gloria.
Miserere nostri, &c. Sancta Mater, &c.
STATION XIII.
JESUS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS.
V. Adoramus te, &c.
R. Quia per sanctam, &c.
The multitudes have left the heights of Calvary, and none remain save the beloved disciple and the holy women, who, at the foot of the cross, are striving to bring consolation to Christ's inconsolable Mother. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus take down the body of her divine Son from the cross, and deposit it in her arms.
O thou, whose grief was boundless as an unfathomable ocean, Mary, Mother of God, grant us a
