St. Leonard's Way of the Cross: Fourteenth Station

Jesus is buried

Who will give me a source of tears with which to weep over the death of my Jesus and accompany him to the tomb? Poor Jesus, at the cost of all your blood you have redeemed the whole world from the slavery of hell and, except for a few people, there is no one to weep with compassion at your tomb.

What ignorance! I wish, my beloved Jesus, to weep for everyone over your death and to detest the sins that have betrayed you. Enclose in your tomb my poor heart. Yes, my Jesus, accomplish your mercy: grant that, purified and sanctified, it will rise again with you.

And since you have encountered death voluntarily for my salvation, grant that I may humbly accept my death for love of you so that, by means of this sacrifice of humiliation and love, I may glorify you in heaven for all eternity.

Reading: Matthew 27:59-61; Mark 15:46-47; Luke 23:53-56; John 19:39-42