Scriptural Stations of the Cross
Most of God's people in World are starving spiritually. Although the spiritual nourishment of God's word and Holy Communion are more available than ever, we starve ourselves because we have become spiritually anorexic. We have indulged our carnal desires and lost our appetite for the things of God (see Prov 13:19; Gal 5:17). The Scriptural Stations of the Cross will feed us spiritually. Several Scripture passages are quoted for each station. We give little or no commentary but let the Scriptures speak for themselves. You can choose one or more passages as a basis for your prayer on each station. The Scriptures chosen are not the most obvious ones so as to give us a new, richer, and prophetic experience of God's word.
it is very good to make the whole Stations of the Cross every morning
THE FIRST STATION
Jesus Is Condemned To Death
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
Jesus Who never rejected anyone was rejected more than anyone else.
"There is no condemnation now for those who are in Christ Jesus." —Romans 8:1
"God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him." —John 3:17
"No one who comes will I ever reject." —John 6:37
"He was spurned and avoided by men, a Man of suffering, accustomed to infirmity, One of those from Whom men hide their faces, spurned, and we held Him in no esteem." —Isaiah 53:3
"All deserted Him and fled." —Mark 14:50
Prayer: Jesus, I repent of rejecting You by rejecting others (Lk 10:16). May I forgive those who have rejected me.
At the Cross her station keeping,Stood a mournful Mother weeping,Close to Jesus to the last.
SECOND STATION
Jesus Takes Up The Cross
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
"Jesus said to all: 'Whoever wishes to be My follower must deny his very self, take up his cross each day, and follow in My steps." —Luke 9:23
"It is your privilege to take Christ's part — not only to believe in Him but also to suffer for Him." —Philippians 1:29
"I wish to know Christ and the power flowing from His resurrection; likewise to know how to share in His sufferings by being formed into the pattern of His death." —Philippians 3:10
"Even now I find my joy in the suffering I endured for you. In my own flesh I fill up what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ for the sake of His body, the Church." —Colossians 1:24
"It is for His kingdom you suffer." —2 Thessalonians 1:5
"Never be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for His sake; but with the strength which comes from God bear your share of the hardship which the gospel entails." —2 Timothy 1:8
Prayer: Jesus, I rejoice in the measure that I share Your sufferings (1 Pt 4:13).
Christ above in torment hangs,She beneath beholds the pangsOf her dying, glorious Son.
THIRD STATION
Jesus Falls The First Time
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
The First Sin
"The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it." —Genesis 3:6
The First Sin in the New Testament
"Once Herod realized that he had been deceived by the astrologers, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys two years old and under in Bethlehem." —Matthew 2:16
The First Sin against Jesus in His public ministry
"At these words the whole audience in the synagogue was filled with indignation. They rose up and expelled Him from the town, leading Him to the brow of the hill on which it was built and intending to hurl Him over the edge." —Luke 4:28-29
Prayer: Jesus, thank You for having mercy on me and forgiving me of my first serious sin.
Is there one who would not weep,'Whelmed in miseries so deepChrist's dear Mother to behold?
FOURTH STATION
Jesus Meets His Sorrowful Mother
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
"Come, all you who pass by the way, look and see whether there is any suffering like my suffering." —Lamentations 1:12
"Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother: 'This Child is destined to be the Downfall and the Rise of many in Israel, a sign that will be opposed — and you yourself shall be pierced with a sword — so that the thoughts of many hearts may be laid bare.'" —Luke 2:34-35
"Near the cross of Jesus there stood His mother." —John 19:25
"Because she was with child, she wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth." —Revelation 12:2
Prayer: Jesus, thank You for giving me Mary to mother me. Mary, pray for me to love Jesus as You do.
Can the human heart refrainFrom partaking in her pain,In that mother's pain untold?Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled,She beheld her tender Child,All with bloody scourges rent.
FIFTH STATION
Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus To Carry The Cross
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
"As they led Him away, they laid hold of one Simon the Cyrenean who was coming in from the fields. They put a crossbeam on Simon's shoulder for him to carry along behind Jesus." —Luke 23:26
"Insult has broken My heart, and I am weak, I looked for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters and I found none." —Psalm 69:21
"The Lord saw this, and was aggrieved that right did not exist. He saw that there was no one, and was appalled that there was none to intervene." —Isaiah 59:15-16
"The twelve accompanied Him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and maladies; Mary called the Magdalene, from whom seven devils had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who were assisting them out of their means." —Luke 8:1-3
"Roam the streets of Jerusalem, look about and observe, search through her public places to find even one who lives uprightly and seek to be faithful, and I will pardon her!" —Jeremiah 5:1
Prayer: Father, I offer my life to help complete Your plan of salvation.
O dear Mother, fount of love,Touch my spirit from above;Make my heart with yours accord.Make me feel as you have felt;Make my soul to glow and meltWith the love of Christ, my Lord.
SIXTH STATION
Veronica Wipes The Face Of Jesus
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
"Since then no prophet has arisen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face." —Deuteronomy 34:10
"If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." —2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
"Even as many were amazed at Him — so marred was His look beyond that of man, and His appearance beyond that of mortals — So shall He startle many nations, because of Him kings shall stand speechless." —Isaiah 52:14-15
"His face became as dazzling as the sun." —Matthew 17:2
"Now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face." —1 Corinthians 13:12
"They shall see Him face to face and bear His name on their foreheads." —Revelation 22:4
Prayer: Jesus, may I have the love and courage to "seek Your face."
Holy Mother, pierce me through;In my heart each wound renewOf my Savior crucified.
SEVENTH STATION
Jesus Falls The Second Time
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
"Later on, Jesus found him in the temple precincts and said to him: 'Remember, now, you have been cured. Give up your sins so that something worse may not overtake you.'" —John 5:14
"For when men have once been enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift and become sharers in the Holy Spirit, when they have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to make them repent again, since thy are crucifying the Son of God for themselves and holding Him up to contempt." —Hebrews 6:4-6
"If we sin willfully after receiving the truth, there remains for us no further sacrifice for sin — only a fearful expectation of judgment and a flaming fire to consume the adversaries of God." —Hebrews 10:26-27
"When men have fled a polluted world by recognizing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then are caught up and overcome in pollution once more, their last condition is worse than their first. It would have been better for them not to have recognized the road to holiness than to have turned their backs on the holy law handed on to them once they had known it." —2 Peter 2:20-21 (see also Lk 11:24-26)
Prayer: Jesus, by Your grace may I never sin another time.
Let me share with you His pain,Who for all our sins was slain,Who for me in torments died.
Most of God's people in World are starving spiritually. Although the spiritual nourishment of God's word and Holy Communion are more available than ever, we starve ourselves because we have become spiritually anorexic. We have indulged our carnal desires and lost our appetite for the things of God (see Prov 13:19; Gal 5:17). The Scriptural Stations of the Cross will feed us spiritually. Several Scripture passages are quoted for each station. We give little or no commentary but let the Scriptures speak for themselves. You can choose one or more passages as a basis for your prayer on each station. The Scriptures chosen are not the most obvious ones so as to give us a new, richer, and prophetic experience of God's word.
it is very good to make the whole Stations of the Cross every morning
THE FIRST STATION
Jesus Is Condemned To Death
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
Jesus Who never rejected anyone was rejected more than anyone else.
"There is no condemnation now for those who are in Christ Jesus." —Romans 8:1
"God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him." —John 3:17
"No one who comes will I ever reject." —John 6:37
"He was spurned and avoided by men, a Man of suffering, accustomed to infirmity, One of those from Whom men hide their faces, spurned, and we held Him in no esteem." —Isaiah 53:3
"All deserted Him and fled." —Mark 14:50
Prayer: Jesus, I repent of rejecting You by rejecting others (Lk 10:16). May I forgive those who have rejected me.
At the Cross her station keeping,Stood a mournful Mother weeping,Close to Jesus to the last.
SECOND STATION
Jesus Takes Up The Cross
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
"Jesus said to all: 'Whoever wishes to be My follower must deny his very self, take up his cross each day, and follow in My steps." —Luke 9:23
"It is your privilege to take Christ's part — not only to believe in Him but also to suffer for Him." —Philippians 1:29
"I wish to know Christ and the power flowing from His resurrection; likewise to know how to share in His sufferings by being formed into the pattern of His death." —Philippians 3:10
"Even now I find my joy in the suffering I endured for you. In my own flesh I fill up what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ for the sake of His body, the Church." —Colossians 1:24
"It is for His kingdom you suffer." —2 Thessalonians 1:5
"Never be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for His sake; but with the strength which comes from God bear your share of the hardship which the gospel entails." —2 Timothy 1:8
Prayer: Jesus, I rejoice in the measure that I share Your sufferings (1 Pt 4:13).
Christ above in torment hangs,She beneath beholds the pangsOf her dying, glorious Son.
THIRD STATION
Jesus Falls The First Time
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
The First Sin
"The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and desirable for gaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it." —Genesis 3:6
The First Sin in the New Testament
"Once Herod realized that he had been deceived by the astrologers, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys two years old and under in Bethlehem." —Matthew 2:16
The First Sin against Jesus in His public ministry
"At these words the whole audience in the synagogue was filled with indignation. They rose up and expelled Him from the town, leading Him to the brow of the hill on which it was built and intending to hurl Him over the edge." —Luke 4:28-29
Prayer: Jesus, thank You for having mercy on me and forgiving me of my first serious sin.
Is there one who would not weep,'Whelmed in miseries so deepChrist's dear Mother to behold?
FOURTH STATION
Jesus Meets His Sorrowful Mother
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
"Come, all you who pass by the way, look and see whether there is any suffering like my suffering." —Lamentations 1:12
"Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother: 'This Child is destined to be the Downfall and the Rise of many in Israel, a sign that will be opposed — and you yourself shall be pierced with a sword — so that the thoughts of many hearts may be laid bare.'" —Luke 2:34-35
"Near the cross of Jesus there stood His mother." —John 19:25
"Because she was with child, she wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth." —Revelation 12:2
Prayer: Jesus, thank You for giving me Mary to mother me. Mary, pray for me to love Jesus as You do.
Can the human heart refrainFrom partaking in her pain,In that mother's pain untold?Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled,She beheld her tender Child,All with bloody scourges rent.
FIFTH STATION
Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus To Carry The Cross
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
"As they led Him away, they laid hold of one Simon the Cyrenean who was coming in from the fields. They put a crossbeam on Simon's shoulder for him to carry along behind Jesus." —Luke 23:26
"Insult has broken My heart, and I am weak, I looked for sympathy, but there was none; for comforters and I found none." —Psalm 69:21
"The Lord saw this, and was aggrieved that right did not exist. He saw that there was no one, and was appalled that there was none to intervene." —Isaiah 59:15-16
"The twelve accompanied Him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and maladies; Mary called the Magdalene, from whom seven devils had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who were assisting them out of their means." —Luke 8:1-3
"Roam the streets of Jerusalem, look about and observe, search through her public places to find even one who lives uprightly and seek to be faithful, and I will pardon her!" —Jeremiah 5:1
Prayer: Father, I offer my life to help complete Your plan of salvation.
O dear Mother, fount of love,Touch my spirit from above;Make my heart with yours accord.Make me feel as you have felt;Make my soul to glow and meltWith the love of Christ, my Lord.
SIXTH STATION
Veronica Wipes The Face Of Jesus
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
"Since then no prophet has arisen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face." —Deuteronomy 34:10
"If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." —2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
"Even as many were amazed at Him — so marred was His look beyond that of man, and His appearance beyond that of mortals — So shall He startle many nations, because of Him kings shall stand speechless." —Isaiah 52:14-15
"His face became as dazzling as the sun." —Matthew 17:2
"Now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face." —1 Corinthians 13:12
"They shall see Him face to face and bear His name on their foreheads." —Revelation 22:4
Prayer: Jesus, may I have the love and courage to "seek Your face."
Holy Mother, pierce me through;In my heart each wound renewOf my Savior crucified.
SEVENTH STATION
Jesus Falls The Second Time
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
"Later on, Jesus found him in the temple precincts and said to him: 'Remember, now, you have been cured. Give up your sins so that something worse may not overtake you.'" —John 5:14
"For when men have once been enlightened and have tasted the heavenly gift and become sharers in the Holy Spirit, when they have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to make them repent again, since thy are crucifying the Son of God for themselves and holding Him up to contempt." —Hebrews 6:4-6
"If we sin willfully after receiving the truth, there remains for us no further sacrifice for sin — only a fearful expectation of judgment and a flaming fire to consume the adversaries of God." —Hebrews 10:26-27
"When men have fled a polluted world by recognizing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then are caught up and overcome in pollution once more, their last condition is worse than their first. It would have been better for them not to have recognized the road to holiness than to have turned their backs on the holy law handed on to them once they had known it." —2 Peter 2:20-21 (see also Lk 11:24-26)
Prayer: Jesus, by Your grace may I never sin another time.
Let me share with you His pain,Who for all our sins was slain,Who for me in torments died.
