Ninth Station
Jesus falls a third time
We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you:
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
I
am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; he has
driven and brought me into darkness without any light. He has besieged
me and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; he has made me
dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago. Though I call and cry
for help, he shuts out my prayer. He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
and made me cower in ashes. "Remember, O Lord, my affliction and bitterness,
the wormwood and the gall!"
V. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter:
R. And like a sheep that
before its shearers is mute, so he opened not his mouth. Let us pray.
(Silence)
O God, by the passion of your
blessed Son you made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the
means of life: Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ, that we
may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of your Son our Savior
Jesus Christ. Amen.
Holy God,
Holy and Mighty,
Holy Immortal One,
Have
mercy upon us.