Prayer Celebration Directions

GATHERING SONG
GATHERING PRAYER
Leader		We begin our celebration of the Stations of the Cross by asking for God’s blessing upon us.
Reader		God, be with us in love as we recall the suffering your Son Jesus endured to save us. Keep us focused in heart and mind as we remember Jesus’ pain and death.
All		Amen.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS (The reader parts can be read by one or several readers.)
Reader		The first station: Jesus is condemned to death. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The second station: Jesus accepts the cross. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The third station: Jesus falls the first time. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The fourth station: Jesus meets his mother. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The fifth station: Simon helps Jesus with the cross. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The sixth station: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The seventh station: Jesus falls the second time. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The eighth station: Jesus meets the women. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The ninth station: Jesus falls for the third time. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The tenth station: Jesus is stripped of his clothes. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The eleventh station: Jesus is nailed to the cross. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The twelfth station: Jesus dies. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The thirteenth station: The body of Jesus is taken down from the cross. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The fourteenth station: Jesus is buried. (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus suffered to give us eternal life.
Reader		The fifteenth station: Jesus is alive! (Read meditation.)
All		Jesus, by your cross and resurrection, you have redeemed us.
CLOSING PRAYER
Leader		God of love, we have walked with Jesus and prayed that his loving example might touch our hearts. May our memory of what Christ has done for us give us courage to do the same for others. We ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son.
All		Amen.
CLOSING SONG