The Eleventh Station

Jesus is nailed on the Cross

Focus: Abortion - the nailing of an unborn Child

Leader: We adore you oh Christ and we praise you!

All: Because by your holy Cross, you have redeemed the world!

Behold the wood of the Cross on which Jesus, the Savior of the world was being nailed. His hands and feet bled, his body all wracked with pain. Jesus willingly accepted all these for the sake of all humanity for whose redemption he had been sent......

The Twelfth Station

Jesus dies on the Cross

Focus: Abortion -an act of destruction against God’s creation

Leader: We adore you oh Christ and we praise you!

All: Because by your holy Cross, you have redeemed the world!

No one but Jesus, the Son of God could have accepted such a death - a death for others. Jesus frees humanity at the cost of his own life. He gives us a lesson in self-sacrifice saying, “The one who loses his life for my sake will save it” (Mt 10:39). Jesus has preserved our life by virtue of his death. How grateful are we to him for saving us for eternity?.....

The Thirteenth Station

Jesus is brought down from the Cross

Focus: Abortion - lack of human respect to the unborn

Leader: We adore you oh Christ and we praise you!

All: Because by your holy Cross, you have redeemed the world!

The body of Jesus now experiences peace. There is no one now to beat him, no one to pull, push or shove. Brought down from the Cross, his body is placed in the arms of Mary, his beloved mother. Even as she gazes on the battered body of Jesus, Mary offers all her heartache for sinful men. The body, prepared for burial, is laid in the tomb, there to lie awhile till the promise of rising again on the third day is fulfilled............

The Fourteenth Station

Jesus is laid to rest in the tomb

Focus: Love of God the final destination

Leader: We adore you oh Christ and we praise you!

All: Because by your holy Cross, you have redeemed the world!

For three days the sacred body of the Lord rests in the tomb. The third day reminds us of the words of Jesus: “Destroy this temple and in three days I will rebuild it” (In 2:19). The resurrection of Jesus is the key point of our faith. We believe that we too will rise again with him from our sinfulness and death......

Saint Anthony of Padova, the great Miracle Worker.

Confessor and Doctor of the Church. He exercised his apostolic activity mainly in Padova (Italy), where he died on 13 June 1231. Less than one year after his death, Pope Gre gory IX declared him a Saint.

The veneration of Saint Anthony began immediately after his death. The rush of pilgrims was such, and his fame was so great that he heard all prayers and soon a magnificent Basilica was built over his tomb.....