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OFFICE FOR THE LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF  

WAY OF THE CROSS
AT THE COLOSSEUM

GOOD FRIDAY 2005

MEDITATIONS AND PRAYERS
BY CARDINAL JOSEPH RATZINGER

 

FIRST STATION   
Jesus is condemned to death

 

SECOND STATION    
Jesus takes up his Cross

 

THIRD STATION
Jesus falls for the first time

 

FOURTH STATION
Jesus meets his Mother

 

FIFTH STATION
The Cyrenian helps Jesus carry the Cross

 

SIXTH STATION
Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

 

SEVENTH STATION
Jesus falls for the second time

 

EIGHTH STATION
Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem who weep for him

 

NINTH STATION
Jesus falls for the third time

 

TENTH STATION
Jesus is stripped of his garments

 

ELEVENTH STATION
Jesus is nailed to the Cross

 

TWELFTH STATION
Jesus dies on the Cross

 

THIRTEENTH STATION
Jesus is taken down from the Cross
and given to his Mother

 

FOURTEENTH STATION
Jesus is laid in the tomb

 

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