The Exercise of the Way of the Cross

Before beginning, let us recall St Paul’s recommendation : ‘‘ Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.... He humbled Himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the Cross.” The more we enter into these dispositions that filled the Heart of Jesus as He passed along the Sorrowful Way—love towards His Father, charity towards men, hatred of sin, dispositions of humility and obedience, —the more our souls will receive graces and lights, because the Father will behold in us a more perfect image of His Divine Son.

My Jesus, You followed this path for love of me in bearing Your Cross. I wish to follow it with You, and like You: pour into my heart the sentiments which overflowed from Yours in those holy hours. Offer to Your Father for me the Precious

Blood that You then shed for my salvation and sanctification.