THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS:

PRAYER BEFORE THE CRUCIFIX:
My good and dear Jesus, 
I kneel before You, 
asking You most earnestly 
to engrave upon my heart 
a deep and lively faith, hope, and charity, 
with true repentance for my sins, 
and a firm resolve to make amends. 
As I reflect upon Your five wounds, 
and dwell upon them 
with deep compassion and grief, 
I recall, good Jesus, 
the words the Prophet David spoke 
long ago concerning Yourself: 
``They pierced My hands and My feet; 
they have numbered all My bones.''

V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. 

R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world.