Opening Prayer
Heavenly Father, open our minds and hearts now to your presence that we may be renewed in our following of Jesus, Who is the Eternal Radiance of Your Face that You have shone into our darkness to show us the way to union with You.
We make our prayer to You through Jesus Christ Your Son, who lives and reigns with You and Your Holy Spirit, One God, for ever and Ever! Amen.
The Second Station: Jesus takes up His cross.
Meditation
Before leaving the place of His trial, Jesus had a heavy crossbeam laid upon Him. How painfully it must have pressed on His lacerated neck and shoulders, and arms and back, and pushed against the thorns still plaited over His head! It is surprising that He had the strength even to begin the way to Calvary.
Prayer
Father, we want to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and ponder the Stations marking His way to Calvary. But how can we begin to share this arduous way of His, or follow His way through any of life, without ourselves frequently going off alone to pray as He did?
The Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time
