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EIGHTH STATION
Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem
Pr.:
We adore You, O
Christ, and we praise You.
(GENUFLECT)
All:
Because by your
holy Cross-You have redeemed the world.
Pr.:
There was
following Jesus a great crowd of people, and among them were some women who
were be-wailing and lamenting him. Jesus turning to them said, "Daughters of
Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your
children."
(Luke 23, 27-28)
(KNEEL AND PAUSE)
All:
Come, all you who
pass by the way, / look and see whether there is any suffering like my
suffering, / suffering with which the Lord has afflicted me on the day of
his blazing wrath. / At this I weep, my eyes run with tears: / far from me
are all who could console me, / far away are any who might revive me.
(Lam. 1, 12 and
16)
Pr.:
Let us pray.
Beloved Jesus, with tears of pity these women of Jerusalem responded to You,
broken, bruised, and beaten, on the road to Calvary. Deepen our faith, we
beg You, so that we may see You in our brothers and sisters, bruised by our
envy, beaten down by injustice, and broken by our greed and our
indifference.
All:
Amen.
(STAND)
Sing:
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Jesus fell again in weakness,
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Stumbling as we do, to lead us
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Through our sorrow and our pain.
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