Suffering With Joy

Tenth Station: Jesus is Stripped of His Garments

March 19, 2010

Jesus is Stripped of His Garments

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

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

And they came to the place that is called Golgotha, which is the place of Calvary.  And they gave Him wine to drink, mingled with gall.  And when He had tasted, He would not drink.  And they divided His garments, casting lots; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying: they divided My garments among them; and upon My vesture they cast lots.¹

V.  They gave Me gall for My food.

R.  And in My thirst they gave Me vinegar to drink.²

Let Us Pray

Strip us, O Lord of our former self / with its evil deeds and ways; / and clothe us with the new nature which is created after the manner of God / in justice and in holiness of truth. / Through Christ our Lord.  Amen.³

Hymn: Virgin, of all virgins blest! Listen to my fond request: let me share thy grief with thee.

¹ Mt. 27: 33-35. ² Ps. 68: 22. ³ Rite of religious profession.

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Rite of religious profession: the rite of the Church in which monks and nuns make vows to Christ.  Some religious communities have a first profession and then a final profession while others take yearly vows and some make solemn vows according to canon law.

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