The Way of the Cross
Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of His Garments, and offered Vinegar and Gall.
Jesus ascended Mount Calvary, and was by His inhuman executioners stripped of His garments. The skin and congealed blood are torn off with them, and his wounds renewed.
Leader: We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you.
All: Because by your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
The soldiers notice you have something of value. They remove your cloak and
throw dice for it. Your wounds are torn open once again. Some of the people in
the crowd make fun of you. They tease you and challenge you to perform a miracle
for them to see. They're not aware that you'll perform the greatest miracle of
all!
As a child, sometimes I'm tempted to repeat stories I know are unclean and
disrespectful. I sometimes try to act grown up by using crude and bad words.
As an adult, sometimes I repeat stories that are disrespectful of others. I can
entertain thoughts that are not clean. Sometimes I give the young people around
me a bad example to follow.
Help me to keep myself pure and clean. Help me say things that build up the
people around me. Help me overcome worldly desires that I may become more like
Jesus. Help me set a good example for others to follow.
My Jesus, stripped of Thy garments and drenched with gall, strip me of love for
things of earth, and make me loathe all that savors of the world and sin.
Our Father.... Hail Mary.... Glory be to the Father....
Leader - Jesus Christ Crucified.
All - Have mercy on Us.
Leader - May the souls of the faithful departed, throught the mercy of God, Rest
in peace.
All - Amen.
Holy Mother, pierce me through;
In my heart each wound renew
Of my Savior crucified.