"PRAY, PRAY, PRAY!... with the heart" "I am often at Krizevac, at the foot of the cross, to pray there. Now I pray to my Son to forgive the world its sins..." ~Gospa, the Blessed Virgin Mary, in Medjugorje, 1981.Lent 2021FIRST STATION - JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DIE
“We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.”
Stations of the Cross, also called Way of the Cross, a series of a 14-step Catholic devotion portraying events in the Passion of Christ, from his condemnation by Pontius Pilate to his entombment: Jesus Christ's last day on Earth as a man.
Mary's WAY OF THE CROSS (Stations of the Cross)
FIRST STATION
MARY, the Blessed Mother of God: It was early Friday morning when I saw my son. That was the first glimpse I had of him since they took him away. His bruised and bleeding skin sent a sword of pain deep into my heart and tears down my cheeks. Then Pilate, from his chair of judgment, asked the crowd why they wanted my son executed. All around me they shouted, "Crucify him!" I wanted to plead with them to stop, but I knew this had to be. So I stood by and cried silently.
Our PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, it is hard for me to imagine the anguish your mother felt at your condemnation. But what about today, when I hold a grudge ...? "Crucify him!" When I judge others...? "Crucify him!" Doesn't this bring tears of anguish to both you and your mother? Forgive me, Jesus.
PRAYERS: Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
MARY, the Blessed Mother of God: It was early Friday morning when I saw my son. That was the first glimpse I had of him since they took him away. His bruised and bleeding skin sent a sword of pain deep into my heart and tears down my cheeks. Then Pilate, from his chair of judgment, asked the crowd why they wanted my son executed. All around me they shouted, "Crucify him!" I wanted to plead with them to stop, but I knew this had to be. So I stood by and cried silently.
Our PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, it is hard for me to imagine the anguish your mother felt at your condemnation. But what about today, when I hold a grudge ...? "Crucify him!" When I judge others...? "Crucify him!" Doesn't this bring tears of anguish to both you and your mother? Forgive me, Jesus.
PRAYERS: Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
photographs: Anne Gumpper Campoli with our group in 2017. Thank you! Mary's Way of the Cross - Mir-Peace spiritual pilgrimage group prays this together while climbing up Krizevac (Cross Mountain) each time we travel to Medjugorje. Imagine the suffering the Mother of God, Blessed Virgin Mary endured as she followed her Son, Jesus Christ... It's always very powerful when we are climbing up, stopping at each station and praying together, meditating on what it must have been like for the Mother of God to follow her Son during His #Passion!
We can follow her example in how we carry our crosses and treat our fellow human beings, our brothers and sisters. Jesus accepted all this, and so did His mother, with love for all of us.
True love! Sharing God's love!
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