Station III		 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Stations of the Cross

Station V


Station IV: Jesus Meets His Holy Mother


V. We adore thee, 0 christ. And we bless thee:
R. Because by thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Behold the Lord, meeting on the way to his death the mother who bore him. The ancient Simeon's word to her is now fulfilled: "And a sword shall pierce thine own soul also."

V. Holy god, holy and mighty, holy and immortal,
R. Have mercy upon us.
V. Yea, a sword shall pierce thine own soul, also,
R. That the thoughts out of many hearts shall be revealed.

LET US PRAY

0 BLESSED LORD JESUS, at whose Presentation in the Temple the aged Simeon prophesied the piercing of the compassionate heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Grant that we may be aided by her deep devotion and lifted by her prayers before thee: who now livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. AMEN

See we now His Holy Mother
Gazing on her son once fair,
Who with sweat and blood all matted
Thorny crown doth patient wear,
See fulfilled the early warning
As her soul is pierced there.


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