The Thirteenth Station:
The Body of Jesus Is Taken Down From The Cross
We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (genuflect)
Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
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| Pieta' at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Springfield, IL |
When the soldiers came to Jesus, they saw that He was already dead so chat they did not break His
legs, but one of them opened His side with a lance, and immediately there came out blood and water.
Joseph of Aramathea, because he was a disciple of Jesus (although a secret one for fear of the Jews),
besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate gave permission. (Jn. 19:33-34 and 38a.)
Meditation:
O My people. I will open your graves and have you rise from them,
And I will bring you back to your land.
Then you shall know that I am the Lord!
O My people! I will put My spirit in you that you may live.
You shall know then that I am the Lord.
I have promised it,
And I will do it, says the Lord. (Ezek. 37:12-14)
Beloved Savior, You returned to the Father all that He had given You, so that He might
restore all to You a hundredfold in the glorious resurrection. Help us, we beg You, to give generously of ourselves in all that we do for You so that like You we might be made perfect in a new resurrection. Amen.
Sing: (in preparation for the Fourteenth Station).
Sing: Jesus, Lord, Your gift accepted,
In three days You resurrected.
You did first what we shall do.
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