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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Stations of the Cross |
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Station VIII: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
V. We adore thee, 0 christ. And we bless thee:
R. Because by thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Behold the Lord, whom prophets
long foretold; he meets a great
company of women who bewail and
lament him, to them he prophesies:
"Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me,
but weep for yourselves and for
your children: If they do these things
in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?"
V. Holy god, holy and mighty, holy and immortal,
R. Have mercy upon us.
V. They that sow in tears,
R. Shall reap in joy.
LET US PRAY
0 BLESSED LORD JESUS, who hast taught us to lay up for
ourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not steal:
Grant that as we walk through the midst of this crumbling
world, our hearts may rest in thee, who art the goal of
all our striving and the peace beyond our restlessness;
who now livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost,
ever one God, world without end. AMEN
Lo, the women loudly wailing,
Hear messiah prophesy,
Woeful tidings to his city,
Who sent forth her king to die.
King eternal may he show us,
Where true joy and true peace lie.