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

Opening Prayer

Resolved to sin no more, I humble myself at your most holy feet, O Jesus, my most merciful Redeemer. With sorrow for my sins, I ask your forgiveness with all my heart, and I love you above all things.

Accompany me with your grace, O most loving Jesus. Enlighten my mind and soften my heart, so that by meditating on your most painful voyage to Calvary, I may be filled with sorrow for my sins. By your suffering, by your blood, make me worthy to obtain by this devotion the indulgence granted, which I offer for the souls in purgatory.

O my sweet Jesus, grant that in the Way of the Cross I may learn to love you always. Amen.

Jesus is condemned

"Crucify him!" Who? And for whom? Jesus, most innocent, for me, a sinner. Oh, what a cruel sentence, a sentence of death without mercy.

My most amiable Jesus, you wish to die for me. And I, with my sins, am that witness who accuses you, that judge who condemns you. How ungrateful I have been! You have given me life, and I deliver you to death.

I repent of my sins. I despise them. I detest them. And since you have not punished me by making me die on the cross, grant me at least the courage to accompany you in sorrow to Calvary.

Readings: Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; Luke 23:23-25; John 19:16