The Way of the Cross - Station 7

Priest: The seventh station - Jesus falls the second time

Genuflect

Priest: We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.

People: Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

Stand

Priest: Consider the second fall of Jesus under the Cross -- a fall which renews the pain of all the wounds of the Head and members of our afflicted Lord.

Kneel

People: My most gentle Jesus, how many times hast Thou pardoned me, and how many times have I fallen again, and begun again to offend Thee! Oh, by the merits of this new fall, give me the necessary helps to persevere in Thy grace until death. Grant that in all temptations which assail me, I may always commend myself to Thee. I love Thee, Jesus, my love, with my whole heart; I repent of having offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.

Our Father . . . Hail Mary . . . Glory Be . . .

Priest: Lord, Jesus crucified!
People: Have mercy on us!

Stand

For the sins of His own nation,

Saw Him hang in desolation

Till His spirit forth He sent.

or

Vidit suum dulcem Natum

Moriendo desolatum,

Dum emisit spiritum.

The cross bearer and acolytes proceed to the eighth station.