Page 399 - Special Occasion Prayers

Stations of the Cross 399

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.

CLOSING PRAYER

Leader: My Jesus, I have traveled Your Way of the cross. It seems
so real and I feel so ashamed. I complain of my sufferings and find
obedience to the Father's Will difficult. My Mind bogged down by
the poverty, sickness, starvation, greed and hatred in the world.
There are many innocent people who suffer so unjustly. There are
those born with physical and mental defects. Do we understand that
You continue to carry Your cross in the minds and bodies of each
human being?
Help me to see the Father's Will in every incident of my daily
life. This is what You did - you saw the Father's Will in Your perse-
cutors, Your enemies and your pain.
You saw a beauty in the Cross and embraced it as a desired treas-
ure. My worldly mind is dulled by injustice and suffering and I lose
sight of the glory that is to come. Help me to trust the Father and to
realize that there is something great behind the most insignificant
suffering. There is Someone lifting my cross to fit my shoulders –
there is Divine Wisdom in all the petty annoyances that irk my soul
every day.
Teach me the lessons contained in my Cross, the wisdom of its
necessity, the beauty of its variety and the fortitude that accompa-
nies even the smallest cross.
Mary, My Mother, obtain for me the grace to be Jesus to my
neighbor and to see my neighbor in Jesus. Amen.

Act of Contrition

All: O my God, my Redeemer, behold me here at Your feet. From
the bottom of my heart I am sorry for all my sins, because by them I
have offended Thee, who art infinitely good. I will die rather than
offend thee again.

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