Lord Jesus Christ, take me along that holy way you once took to your death, Take my mind, my memory, above all my reluctant heart, and let me see what you once did for love of me and all the world.

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.

Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world

Twelfth Station: Jesus dies on the cross

From the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, my God, why have you deserted me?’ When some of those who stood there heard this, they said, ‘This man is calling on Elijah’, and one of them quickly ran to get a sponge which he dipped in vinegar, and putting it on a reed, gave it to him to drink. ‘Wait!’ said the rest of them, ‘and see if Elijah will come to save him.’ But Jesus, again crying out in a loud voice, yielded up his spirit. – Matthew 27:45-54

Prayer from “A Woman’s Way of the Cross” by Sylvia Hunter