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398 Stations of the Cross
As an adult, I seem to be kinder when someone dies. If only I
could learn to see the good things about them while they were alive.
If only I would tell those around me how much I love them, while I
still have the opportunity to do so.
Help me look for the good in those around me, especially those I
love the most. Help me live this day as if it were the last. Help me
become a more gentle and loving person through my greater appre-
ciation for those around me.
O Mary, Mother most sorrowful, the sword of grief pierced your
soul when you did see Jesus lying lifeless on your bosom; obtain for
me hatred of sin because sin slew your Son and wounded your own
heart, and grace to live a Christian life and save my soul.

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.

FOURTEENTH STATION
Jesus is laid in the tomb

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

Leader: Jesus, your body is prepared for burial. Joseph gave you
his own tomb. He laid your body there and rolled a large stone in
front of it, then went home. What a sad day it has been for so many
people.
As a child, sometimes I try to keep everything for myself. I find
it hard to share my things with my brothers or sisters and with my
friends.
As an adult, I can be selfish too. I can accumulate things and
keep them for myself. I try to make sure I have what I want before I
share what I have with anybody else.
Help me think of Joseph of Arimathea, who risked his own life
as he accepted Jesus' body for burial. Help me think of how Joseph
loved Jesus so much that he gave him his own tomb.
My Jesus, beside Your body in the tomb I too, would lie dead;
but if I live, let it be for Thee, so as one day to enjoy with Thee in

heaven the fruits of Your passion and Your bitter death.