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THE WAY OF THE CROSS.
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.
FOURTH STATION.
Jesus meets His blessed Mother.
Jesus most suffering! Mary, Mother most sorrowful! if for the past by sin I have caused you pain and anguish, yet, by God's assisting grace, it shall be so no more: rather be ye my love henceforth till death.
FIFTH STATION.
Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry the Cross.
My Jesus, blest, thrice blest was he who aided Thee to bear the Cross. Blest shall I be, if I too aid Thee to bear the Cross, by patiently bowing my neck to the crosses Thou shalt send me during life. My Jesus, give me grace to do so.
