Station XII:  Jesus dies on the cross

Jesus dies with only Mary and a few close friends by His side. They were the honored few to witness  Jesus’ loving gaze as He looked up to the Father with abandonment, the thief with mercy and His Mother with love.  Jesus dies so we might trust in Him and His mercy.  “O Blood and Water which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus I trust in You”.

With Mary by my side, I bring You, Lord, all my sufferings and joy, my doubts and fears, my strengths and weaknesses, my emptiness and longing for fulfillment in You.  As You died for me, let me die to everything that makes it difficult to submit my whole self to the Will of our Father in Heaven.  In Your own words, help to say often to our Father in Heaven, “Into Your hands, I commit my spirit”…and with Mary, our Mother, pray ”Let it be done according to Your Will”.

After each Station, pray “Jesus, Son of the living God, have mercy on me, a sinner.  Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee”.

by Mary Fischer

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Arise, O Lord, and let Thy enemies be scattered, and let them that hate Thee flee from before Thy Face. (Ps 68:1)

Twelfth Station of the Cross: Jesus Dies.  Holy Father, most powerful and eternal God, I offer Thee the sufferings of my Jesus, His aching Face, His sacred wounds, His adorable Blood, His last words and last sigh, in thanksgiving for the benefits which Thou has heaped upon me and in expiation of my sins, and more especially to implore of Thee the three following graces:

• For me and mine a perfect contrition with a firm will to belong only to Thee.
• For the conversion of poor sinners and for holy Church our mother. Accord to her the succor she expects from Thy bounty in the terrible ordeal through which she is passing.
• Look not upon our sins, O Lord, but look upon the Face of Thy Christ; look upon the Heart that has loved us so much and, because of Him, have mercy on us

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