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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Stations of the Cross |
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Station III: Jesus Falls the First Time
V. We adore thee, 0 Christ. And we bless thee:
R. Because by thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Behold the Lord by whom all things were made. He falls in the dust. His agony and bloody sweat, the rigours of his final trial, the mocking and the scourging now take their toll.
V. Holy god, holy and mighty, holy and immortal,
R. Have mercy upon us.
V. Surely he hath borne our griefs,
R. And carried our sorrows.
LET US PRAY
0 BLESSED LORD JESUS, accept our humble thanks that thou didst bear the full weight and pay the price of sin, that we might have its full weight lifted from our souls, for we would be weighed down indeed and lost forever but for thee and thine abiding grace; who now livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. AMEN.
He who lifts our fallen nature
Low now falls amidst the din,
Bearing more than cross His burden
Grievous load of all our sin,
Deeper, far more sharply cutting
Is the weight He bears within