First Station: Jesus is condemned to death

Through her soul, of joy bereaved,

Bowed with anguish, deeply grieved,

Now at length the sword hath passed.

 Second Station: Jesus receives his Cross

O, that blessed one, grief-laden,

Blessed Mother, blessed Maiden,

Mother of the all-holy One;

 Third Station: Jesus falls for the first time

O that silent, ceaseless mourning,

O those dim eyes, never turning

From that wondrous, suffering Son.

 Fourth Station: Jesus meets his mother

Who on Christ’s dear Mother gazing,

In her trouble so amazing,

Born of woman, would not weep?

 Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his Cross

Who on Christ's dear Mother thinking,

Such a cup of sorrow drinking,

Would not share her sorrow deep?

 Sixth Station: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

For his people's sins, in anguish,

There she saw the victim languish,

Bleed in torments, bleed and die:

 Seventh Station: Jesus falls for the second time

Saw the Lord's anointed taken;

Saw her Child in death forsaken,

Heard his last expiring cry.

 Eighth Station: Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem

In the Passion of my Maker,

Be my sinful soul partaker,

May I bear with her my part;

 Ninth Station: Jesus falls for the third time

Of his Passion bear the token,

In a spirit bowed and broken

Bear his death within my heart.

 Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of his garments

May his wounds both wound and heal me,

He enkindle, cleanse, anneal me,

Be his Cross my hope and stay.

 Eleventh Station: Jesus is nailed to the Cross

May he, when the mountains quiver,

From that flame which burns for ever

Shield me on the judgement day.

 Twelfth Station: Jesus dies on the Cross

Jesu, may thy Cross defend me,

And thy saving death befriend me,

Cherished by thy deathless grace:

After the announcement of each Station

Priest : We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee

People : Because by Thy Holy Cross thou has redeemed the world

Following the Meditation at each Station one of the following may be said

All : O Cross, our one reliance, hail!

So may they power with us avail

To give new virtue to the saint,

And pardon to the penitent.

OR

 Thirteenth Station: The body of Jesus is taken down from the Cross

When to dust my dust returneth,

Grant a soul that to thee yearneth

In thy Paradise a place.

 Fourteenth Station: Jesus is laid in the sepulchre

Priest: Our Father,…….

………..as it is in heaven.

People : Give us this day………

……….but deliver us from evil.

OR

Priest : Glory be to the Father………….

People: As it was in the beginning………

OR

Priest : Hail Mary………………

………………thy womb, Jesus.

People : Holy Mary, Mother of God……….

…….....and at the hour of our death.