The Way of the Cross
Third Station: Jesus falls the first time
This third Station represents how our Lord Jesus Christ, overwhelmed by the weight of the Cross, fainting through loss of blood, falls to the ground for the first time.
Leader: We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you.
All: Because by your holy cross You have redeemed the world.
Jesus, the cross you have been carrying is very heavy. You are becoming weak and
almost ready to faint, and you fall down. Nobody seems to want to help you. The
soldiers are interested in getting home, so they yell at you and try to get you
up and moving again.
As a child, sometimes I start to do something, but then get tired of it. I hurry
to get finished and sometimes don't do my work well. Sometimes I don't pay
attention to what I should be doing. When things get hard for me, sometimes I
give up.
As an adult, I sometimes put things off. I give up too easily, and sometimes
don't do my work as well as I know I can.
My Jesus, the heavy burden of my sins is on Thee, and bears Thee down beneath
the cross. I loathe them, I detest them; I call on Thee to pardon them; may Thy
grace aid me never more to commit them.
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, through the mercy of God, Rest
in peace.
All - Amen.
Christ above in torment hands:
She beneath beholds the pangs
Of her dying glorious Son.