REV. PATRICK J. WEST, Pastor
REV. GIOVANI ROMERO, Parochial Vicar
REV. MR. DANIEL MARLEY, Deacon
MR. AUGUSTO LUCERO, Director of Religious Education
MR. ROBERT WEIGEL, Director of Music Ministry
THE FIRST STATION: JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, sorrowing, hears the death sentence: "Crucify Him! His Blood be upon us and upon our children." O Mary, hear my prayer! "Blood of Jesus, be my Redemption."
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
Through he heart, His sorrow sharing
All His bitter anguish bearing
Now at length the sword has passed.
THE FOURTH STATION : JESUS MEETS HIS AFFLICTED MOTHER
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, broken-
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
Is there one who would not weep,
‘whelmed in miseries so deep,
Christ's dear mother to behold.
THE FIFTH STATION : JESUS IS ASSISTED BY THE CYRENEAN
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, bewildered, sees all refusing to help Jesus. O Mary, even as I ask Jesus to help me, may He ever find me ready in Catholic Action for home and foreign missions!
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
Can the human heart refrain
From partaking in her pain
In the mother's pain untold?
THE SEVENTH STATION : JESUS FALLS THE SECOND TIME
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, in pain untold, sees the cross crush Jesus, yet He rises. O Mary, fill me with zeal for the spiritual works of mercy!
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
For the sins of His own nation
Saw Him hang in desolation
Till His Spirit forth He sent.
THE NINTH STATION : JESUS FALLS THE THIRD TIME
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, crushed in spirit, sees Jesus prostrate in the dust. O Mary, lest I fall again, help me to prepare worthily and make proper thanksgiving at Penance and Communion!
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
Make me feel as you have felt;
Make my soul to glow and melt
With the love of Christ, my Lord.
THE TENTH STATION : JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTS
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, torn from Christ, sees Him torn from the robe she made for Him. O Mary, strip me from all that stains my baptismal robe!
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
Holy Mother, pierce me through
In my heart each wound renew
Of my Savior crucified.
THE ELEVENTH STATION : JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, pierced anew, sees wells of His Redeeming Blood dug in His hands and feet. O Mary, in His wounds help me renew my baptismal vows and with those nails bind me to Jesus forever!
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
Let me share with you His pain,
Who for all our sins was slain,
Who for me in torments died.
THE TWELFTH STATION : JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, overwhelmed, sees Jesus die, His Bleeding Wounds pleading for me. O Mary, place one drop of that Redeeming Blood on my sinful soul!
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled,
She beheld her tender child,
All with bloody scourges rent.
THE THIRTEENTH STATION : JESUS TAKEN FROM THE CROSS
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, mourning, receives her dead Jesus from the altar of the cross. O Mary, help me to receive the living Christ from the altar of the Mass with something of your reverence and love.
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
By the cross with you to stay there
With you to weep and pray is
All I ask of you to give.
The pictures of the Stations of the Cross are the actual oil paintings on canvas Stations that have hung in the church since its construction in 1925. Each canvas work is inside an exquisite handcrafted inner frame that is placed in the center of an outer frame gilded with gold leaf trim and lettering. In spite of their age, they are as fresh as the day they were mounted without any need of restoration.
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THE SECOND STATION: JESUS IS MADE TO BEAR HIS CROSS
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, uncomplaining, sees the Precious Blood flow from the wound in His shoulder. O Mary, help me to shoulder my cross patiently, in union with Jesus !
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
O how sad and sore distressed
Was the mother highly blessed
Of the sole begotten one.
THE THIRD STATION : JESUS FALLS THE FIRST TIME
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, sore-
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
Christ above in torment hangs
She beneath beholds the pangs
Of her dying, glorious Son.
THE SIXTH STATION : VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, calm in grief, sees Veronica brave the fury of "the crowd." O Mary, by the grace of Confirmation may I never fear what "the crowd" may say or think!
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled,
She beheld her tender child,
All with bloody scourges rent.
THE EIGHTH STATION: JESUS CONSOLES THE WOMEN
OF JERUSALEM
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, suffering, see Jesus suffer from desertion of His own, yet even now He comforts others. O Mary, fill me with zeal for the spiritual works of mercy!
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
O Sweet Mother! Fount of Love
Touch my spirit from above
Make my heart with yours accord.
THE FOURTEENTH STATION : JESUS LAID IN THE SEPULCHRE
V. We adore You O Christ and we praise You
R. Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
Mary, now desolate, buries in death the Son to Whom she once gave birth. O Mary, renew your motherhood over me now and at the hour of my death! Amen.
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory Be to the Father....
Virgins of all virgins blest!
Listen to my fond request:
Let me share your grief divine.