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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Stations of the Cross |
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Station V: The Cross is Laid on Saint Simon of Cyrene
V. We adore thee, 0 christ. And we bless thee:
R. Because by thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Behold the Lord who holds all
things in the hollow of His hand,
now upheld by Simon, who
was standing in the crowd and
whom soldiers pressed to service;
who from his sharing in the
Passion of our Lord became a
Saint of Holy Church.
V. Holy god, holy and mighty, holy and immortal,
R. Have mercy upon us.
V. Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me,
R. Cannot be my disciple.
LET US PRAY
0 BLESSED LORD JESUS, who has taught us to take up
our Cross and follow thee; Grant us to grow through every
burden of daily life, that we may share our cross with thee,
who shared thy Cross with Blessed Simon; and who now
livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever
one God. world without end. AMEN
See how Simon, pressed to service
By the Roman soldiery,
Bears his cross and finds his master
So by grace of God may we,
Bearing all our load with patience
Find it even as did he.