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Stations of the Cross 395
As an adult, I often feel I should have conquered my weaknesses by
now. I become discouraged when I'm confronted by the same problems
over and over again. Sometimes I get weary. When I have health prob-
lems, I can become discouraged and depressed.
Help me think of the cross you carried. Help me continue to hope
that I can make the changes in my life I need to. You didn't give up. I
can have the strength to get up again as well.
My Jesus, by all the bitter woes You did endure when for the third
time the heavy cross bowed Thee to the earth, never, I beseech Thee,
let me fall again into sin. Ah, my Jesus, rather let me die than ever of-
fend Thee again.

Our Father …, Hail Mary …
Leader: Jesus Christ Crucified.
All: Have mercy on Us.
Leader: May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy
of God, Rest in peace.
All: Amen.

TENTH STATION: Jesus clothes are taken away

Leader: We adore you, Lord Jesus, and we praise you.
All: Because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.

Leader: The soldiers notice you have something of value. They re-
move your cloak and throw dice for it. Your wounds are torn open
once again. Some of the people in the crowd make fun of you. They
tease you and challenge you to perform a miracle for them to see.
They're not aware that you'll perform the greatest miracle of all!
As a child, sometimes I'm tempted to repeat stories I know are
unclean and disrespectful. I sometimes try to act grown up by using
crude and bad words.
As an adult, sometimes I repeat stories that are disrespectful of
others. I can entertain thoughts that are not clean. Sometimes I give
the young people around me a bad example to follow.
Help me to keep myself pure and clean. Help me say things that
build up the people around me. Help me overcome worldly desires
that I may become more like Jesus. Help me set a good example for
others to follow.
My Jesus, stripped of Your garments and drenched with gall,
strip me of love for things of earth, and make me loathe all that sa-
vors of the world and sin.