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Thirteenth and Fourteenth Stations

13-Thirteenth StationThe Way of the Cross, Prayed in honor of the way of our martyrs in the Middle East:

Please scroll down for Spanish and Arabic Translations

13th Station: Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross

Call: We adore you, O, Christ, and we bless you.

Response: Because by your holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.

“Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed.” Isaiah 53:4-5

Meditation prayer:

Mary, Mother of Sorrows, you held the broken body of your son in your arms; be with all who do the same this day. Hold the pain of their broken lives in your arms, we pray. Make our world whole! Intercede for us at the throne of grace. “Cleanse our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.”Hebrews 9:14b Please, do not stop holding those who suffer today. May I hold their pain in my heart this day.

14-Fourteenth Station14th Station: Jesus is Placed in the Tomb

Call: We adore you, O, Christ, and we bless you.

Response: Because by your holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.

“Having brought a linen cloth, he took him down, wrapped him in the linen cloth and laid him in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Jesus watched where he was laid.” Mark 15:46-47.

Meditation prayer:

Dear Jesus, I weep for all those who have to bury their dead this day. Refresh their weary souls. Give eternal rest to those who have died. Call us all to new life in you. Heavenly Father, help me to see myself in relation to our world today. Help me to recognize the ways my words, habits, decisions and un-forgiveness affects all of your creation. Fill me with your story of unity and compassion and love. Help me to understand that your creative Word made Flesh is worthy of my best efforts to forgive, to heal and to love. May I bring unity rather than division, inclusion rather than exclusion. Lead me to your fundamental truth that we are all one.

Continue the Journey with the Fifteenth Station: Jesus Rises from the Dead

 

Vía Crucis, una oración honrando el camino de nuestros mártires en Irak y el Oriente Medio:

13* Decimotercera Estación: Jesús es bajado de la Cruz

Guía: Te adoramos, oh Cristo, y te bendecimos.

Respuesta: Que por tu santa Cruz redimiste al mundo.

“¡Y con todo eran nuestras dolencias las que él llevaba y nuestros dolores los que soportaba! mientras que pensábamos en él como azotado, herido por Dios y humillado. Pero él fue traspasado por nuestras ofensas, aplastado por nuestros pecados. Él soportó el castigo que nos traería la paz, por sus heridas hemos sido curados.” Isaías 53: 4-5

Meditación:

María, Madre Dolorosa, que tomó en sus brazos el cuerpo destrozado de su hijo; sostén a todos los que hacen lo mismo el día de hoy. Sostén el dolor de sus vidas rotas en tus brazos, oramos. ¡Que nuestro mundo esté integro! Intercede por nosotros “ante el trono de la gracia, limpia nuestras conciencias de obras muertas para adorar al Dios vivo.” Hebreos 9: 14b Por favor, no dejes de sostener a los que sufren en la actualidad. Que yo pueda sostener su dolor en mi corazón hoy día.
14* Decimocuarta Estación: Jesús es colocado en el sepulcro

Guía: Te adoramos, oh Cristo, y te bendecimos.

Respuesta: Que por tu santa Cruz redimiste al mundo.

“Después de haber traído una sábana, lo descolgó, lo envolvió en la sábana y lo puso en un sepulcro que estaba cavado en la roca. Luego hizo rodar una piedra a la entrada de la tumba. María Magdalena y María la madre de José miraban dónde lo ponían” Marcos 15: 46-47.

Meditación:

Querido Jesús, lloro por todos aquellos que les toca a enterrar a sus muertos hoy día. Aplaque sus almas cansadas. Dale el descanso eterno a los que han muerto. Llámanos a todos nosotros a una nueva vida en ti. Padre Celestial, ayúdame a ver a mí mismo en el contexto de nuestra realidad de hoy. Ayúdame a reconocer la forma en que mis palabras, hábitos, decisiones y falta de perdón afectan tu creación. Lléname con tu testimonio de unidad, de compasión y de amor. Ayúdame a entender que tu Palabra hecha carne es digna de mis mejores esfuerzos para perdonar, sanar y amar. Que yo pueda traer unidad y no división, inclusión y no exclusión. Guíame en tu verdad fundamental de que todos somos uno.

Continuamos con la próxima estación: Decimoquinta Estación: Jesús resucita 

 

Download the Arabic Translation: Standing at the Foot of the Cross – Arabic Translation

 

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