Suffering With Joy

Eighth Station: Jesus Meets the Women

March 17, 2010

Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem

V.  We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.

R.  Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

And there followed Him a great multitude of people and of women who bewailed and lamented Him.  But Jesus turning to them said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over Me but weep for yourselves and for your children.¹

V.  They that sow in tears.

R.  Shall reap in joy.²

Let Us Pray

O God, who dost choose rather to have mercy / than to be angry with those who hope in Thee: / grant that we may truly grieve for the evil we have done / and so deserve to obtain the grace of Thy consolation. / Through Christ Our Lord.  Amen.³

Hymn: Let me mingle tears with thee, mourning Him who mourned for me, all the days that I may live.

¹ Lk. 23: 27-28. ² Ps. 125:5. ³ Prayer over the People, Saturday of Fourth Week in Lent.

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Prayer over the people: On weekdays of Lent in the Traditional (Extraordinary Form) Liturgy, a prayer is said over the people after the Postcommunion prayer.  It begins with “Bow down your heads before God” and then the prayer for that day is said.  These prayers are all quite beautiful and in keeping with the season.

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