We adore You O Christ and we Praise You
Because by your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Again the high priest began to ask him, and said to him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One? And Jesus said to him, I am. And you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven. But the high priest tore his garments and said What further need have we of witnesses? You have hard the blasphemy. What do you think? And they all condemned him as liable to death.
The kings of the earth rise up and the princes conspire together against the Lord and against his Anointed. I will proclaim the decree of the Lord. You are my Son this day I have begotten you. Ask of me and I will give you the nations for an inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.
All powerful and eternal God for proclaiming the truth your Son, Jesus Christ, is condemned to death by crucifixion. Stir up your love in our hearts so that we might be ever faithful to all that You have told us and fear nothing more than the loss of your friendship through sin
We adore You O Christ and we praise You
Because by your holy Cross You have redeemed the world
And Pilate said to the Jews, Behold your king! But they cried out, Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him! Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered “We have no king but Caesar” Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. And so they took Jesus and led him away, bearing the cross for himself.
Who would believe what we have heard? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? He grew up like a sapling before him, like a shoot from the parched earth, there was in him no stately bearing to make us look at him, no appearance that would attract us to him. He was rejected and avoided by men, a man of suffering accustomed to infirmity, one of those from whom men turn away, and we held him in no esteem.
Father in heaven your Son Jesus Christ still carries his Cross in his persecuted brothers and sisters throughout the world. Make us feel the needs of all persons so that we might as readily help them as we would help Jesus himself.
We adore You O Christ and we praise You
Because by your holy Cross You have redeemed the world
If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you. If you were of the world, the world would love what is its own. Because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I have spoken to you. No servant is greater than his master, If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also.
Why are your clothes, red and your garments like those of the win presser? The wine press I have trodden alone, and of my people there was no one with me. I trod them in my anger, and trampled them down in my wrath: their blood spurted on my garments and I stained all my clothes. I looked about but there was no one to help, I was appalled that there was no one to lend support: so my own arm brought about the victory.
O God, to free us from sin and weakness your Son, Jesus Christ, embraced his fearful passion and crucifixion. Strengthen us in our baptismal resolutions by which we renounced sin and Satan, so that through the passion of this life’s sufferings we might rise to a new life of joyful service free of all selfishness.
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You.
Because by your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Now there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus, therefore saw his mother and the disciple standing by whom he loved he said to his mother, Woman behold your Son, and then he said to the disciple, Behold your mother. And from that hour the disciple took her into his home
To what can I compare you, O daughter Jerusalem? What example can I show you for your comfort, virgin daughter Sion? For great as the sea is your distress; who can heal you?
O blessed Lord, at your passion a sword of sorrow pierced the loving heart of your mother as Simeon had foretold. Grant that we who look back on her sorrows with compassion might receive the healing fruits of your sufferings.
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You.
Because by your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
And when they had mocked Jesus, they took the purple cloak off and put his own clothes on him, and they led him out to be crucified. Then they forced a certain passerby, Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country, to take up his cross. They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, a name meaning the place of the skull
With a loud voice I cry out to the Lord with a loud voice I beseech the Lord. My complaint I pour out before him, before him I lay bare my distress. When my spirit is faint within me, you know my path. In the way along which I walk they have hid a trap for me. I look to the right to see, but there is no one who pays me heed. I have lost all means of escape; there is no one who cares for my life
Lord Jesus Christ, help us to see in the sufferings and shortcomings of our lives a share in Your Cross; Strengthen and console us in the belief that we bear all things in union with You, who have taken upon Yourself even our guilt.
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You.
Because by your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Lord when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? Or when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you? And answering the king will say to them, “Amen I say to you as long as you did it for one of these, the least of my brethren, you did it for me”
A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure. A faithful friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth. A faithful friend is a life-saving remedy, such as he who fears God finds; for he who fears God behaves accordingly and his friend will be like himself.
Almighty and ever-loving God, we feel your love and understanding in the consolation and support we receive from on another. Give us, we beg You, the courage and dedication to sacrifice and suffer with those who are in need, the least of your people.
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You.
Because by your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
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. Bet 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.
Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth; like a lamb 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.
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.
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You.
Because by your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
There was following Jesus a great crowd of people, and among them were some women who were bewailing and lamenting him. Jesus turning to them said” Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children
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.
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.
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You.
Because by your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
They gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall; but when he had tasted it, he would not drink. Then after they had crucified him, they divided his clothes, casting lots, to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, “They divided my clothes among them, and upon my garments they cast lots”
Happy is the man whom God Chastises! Do not reject the punishment of the almighty. For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands give healing. Insult has broken my heart, and I am weak; I looked for comforters, and I found none. Rather they put gall in my food and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Lord Jesus Christ, stripped of everything, You stood exposed to the jeers and contempt of the people whom You loved. Clothe us with genuine love of others, so that nothing we suffer may ever fill our hearts with hatred or bitterness.