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SEVENTH STATION
Jesus falls the second time
Pr.:
We adore You, O
Christ, and we praise You.
(GENUFLECT)
All:
Because by your
holy Cross-You have redeemed the world.
Pr.:
It was our
weaknesses that he carried, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought
of him as stricken, as one struck by God and afflicted. But he was pierced
for our offenses, crushed for our sins; upon him was the punishment that
makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed. We had all gone astray like
sheep, each following his own way; but the Lord laid upon him the guilt of
us all.
(Is. 53, 4 to 6)
(KNEEL AND PAUSE)
All:
Though he was
harshly treated, / he submitted and opened not his mouth; / like a Iamb led
to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearers, / he was silent and uttered
no cry. / When he was cut off from the land of the living, and smitten for
the sin of his people, / a grave was assigned him among the wicked and a
burial place with evildoers, / though he had done no wrong nor spoken any
falsehood.
(Is. 53, 7 and 9)
Pr.:
Let us pray. Lord
Jesus Christ, You shared in our weaknesses and accepted our guilt. Grant us
the favor of rejoicing over our human weaknesses, so that in all we do, Your
strength, dwelling in us, may be shown to all others.
All:
Amen.
(STAND)
Sing:
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May our sympathy for Jesus
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Turn to those who here now need us,
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May we see Christ bruised in them.
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