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TWELFTH STATION: Jesus Dies on the Cross

The Crucifixion
Rafael, c. 1502-03
Oil on Panel

  

 

“Through Christ,” St. Paul tells us, “God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things whether in heaven or on earth by making peace through the Blood of the Cross.”

Despite God’s passionate desire for reconciliation and peace through the Blood of the Cross, humanity at the beginning of the 21st Century remains torn by conflict, strife, and war.  Few nations have suffered more than the Sudan, which – while just emerging from 21 years of civil war between the north and the south – is now embroiled in government-sponsored genocide against the people of Darfur in the west.

To get involved with the movement to bring peace to Darfur, visit http://www.savedarfur.org/.


Officiant:              We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you:
People:                  Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Officiant:              When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold your son!" Then he said to the disciple, "Behold your mother!" And when Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished!" And then, crying with a loud voice, he said, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit." And he bowed his head, and handed over his spirit.

Officiant:              Christ for us became obedient unto death:
People:                  Even death on a cross.

Officiant:              Let us pray.

O God, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; who lives and reigns now and for ever.

People:                  Amen.

All:                         Holy God,
Holy and Mighty,
Holy Immortal One,
Have mercy upon us.

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