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First Station - Jesus is condemned to death
Help me, Lord to recognize you in all I meet, so that I do not give way to the injustice of prejudice. Amen.
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Second Station - Jesus accepts his cross
Lord, teach me to be aware of the crosses which others bear. Help me to accept the crosses of my life with the same kind of love with which you accepted your far heavier cross. Amen.
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Third Station - Jesus falls the first time
Lord, I am often deaf to the cries of those who have fallen. I even look down on them at times and forget about my own failures. Grant that I may be more willing to use my freedom to help those who have none. Amen.
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Fourth Station - Jesus meets his mother
Lord, your mother looked on your sufferings with horror and with the deepest love. Grant that I may look on the sufferings of others with true compassion. Amen.
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Fifth Station - Simon helps Jesus carry His cross
Lord, like Simon, I turn away from suffering. Help me to be generous enough to share the cross of others who need me. Amen.
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Sixth Station - Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
Lord, help me to realize that showing compassion to another person need not involve a trip across the world. The opportunity is present right here, right now, in my home, in my school, in my neighborhood, in my community. Open my eyes to the needs of others. Amen.
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Seventh Station - Jesus falls the second time
Lord, so often I am blind to the needs of others, especially when these others are strangers. Remove my blindness and increase my love. Give me a kind and compassionate heart like yours. Amen.
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Eighth Station - Jesus speaks to the weeping women
Lord, help me not simply to feel sorry fro those who suffer like the women did over you. Help me to do whatever I can to feed the hungry millions of the world, to comfort those who are in pain by giving them my joy, my love, my time. Amen.
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Ninth Station - Jesus falls the third time
Lord, I'm like millions of others. I find it difficult to keep trying to do my best. I get discouraged at my own failures. Please give me your courage. I need to get up as you did. Amen.
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Tenth Station - Jesus is stripped of his garments
Lord, I am very selfish at times. I cling to everything I own. Help me to place less importance on material things and to share what has been given to me. Amen.
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Eleventh Station - Jesus is nailed to the cross
Lord, torture is an ugly word. Help me to combat its use throughout the world if I can. Above all, help me to root it out of my own life so that I no longer nail people to crosses by my words or actions. Amen.
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Twelfth Station - Jesus dies on the cross
Lord, I confess that I fear death and I don't like to face the fact that one day I shall die. Please give me courage to live my days well and to die my death with you at my side. Amen.
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Thirteenth Station - Jesus is taken down from the cross
Lord, with infinite gentleness, your mother took your lifeless body into her arems after your death. Grant me the same kind of gentleness so that I may comfort those who grieve. Amen.
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Fourteenth Station - The burial of Jesus
Lord, when you were buried it seemed like the end of everything you promised and stood for. But it wasn't. It was only the beginning. Help me to bury my selfishness so that I can begin to grow stronger in my love for you and your people. Amen.
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Fifteenth Station - The Resurrection
Lord, you have given me talents and gifts. Help me to use them in your service and in the service of my neighbor because it is in dying to selfishness that we are born to eternal life with you. Amen.
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