Stations of the Cross
March 8, 2010
Crucifixion c. 1648, Giulio Carpioni, oil on canvas, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice
One of my favorite Stations of the Cross, the old 1957 copyright by the Order of St. Benedict in Collegeville, MN, has a much more elegant English translation than their current version. I mourn the fact that today’s young Catholics have been deprived of something so very beautiful and meaningful to me as a child and so I am going to type them into the blog between now and the end of Lent. If you like them, take them from this blog at your pleasure. All the liturgy references are from the Traditional Latin Mass.
Entrance Song – Stabat Mater
At the cross her station keeping, stood the mournful Mother weeping, close to Jesus to the last.
Through her heart His sorrow sharing, all His bitter anguish bearing, now at length the sword had passed.
Prepatory Prayer
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
In a spirit of humility and with a contrite heart, we offer unto Thee, eternal Father, this tribute of our worship, that it may redound to Thy honor and glory, and may avail us and all faithful Christians, both living and dead, unto the forgiveness of sins and the attainment of life everlasting.1
V. It behooves us to glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
R. In whom is our salvation, life and resurrection.2
Let Us Pray
O God, who in the passion of Thy Son/ didst show us the path to eternal glory by the way of the cross: / graciously grant that as by our prayers we now follow Him to the place of Calvary,/ so we may also share His triumph with Him for all eternity. / Who liveth and reigneth with Thee forever and ever. Amen.3
Oh how sad and sore distressed was that mother highly blessed, of the sole-begotten one.
Christ above in torment hangs, she beneath beholds the pangs of her dying glorious Son.
1 Compiled from offertory prayers of the Traditional Latin Mass. 2 Introit of Holy Thursday. 3 Rite of the erection of the Stations of the Cross.
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I look forward to you continuing to post these. Will you create a fresh post with each one or edit those post and tack on more text?
Either way, I’m interested in the lot.
I’ll be giving each station its own post so if people want to copy them and make their own booklet they will be able to do so. Glad you liked these. They truly are my favorites because they bring Sacred Scripture and ancient prayers of the Church to each station.