Shadow Stations of the Cross Shadow Stations of the Cross SMA Middle School Students present Shadow Stations of the Cross. Show Transcript 2 of your sacrifice as we reflect on your pain and death teach us to humbly follow our example please forgive our mistakes and failures help us to follow in your footsteps a space full disciples amen we take this time during this Devotion to think about what it means to be Believers and followers of Christ we we remember and reflect on the words Jesus spoke to his disciples and what those words mean to today from the gospel of Matthew Jesus says if you want to become of my follower let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me for those who want to save their life will lose it and those who lose their life for my sake will save it please stand the first station is conducted we adore you oh Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world after Jesus was arrested he was taken before the sahed there they testified against him the threat to their Authority and power the high priest asked Jesus have you no answer to what these men testify against you Jesus was silent again the high priest asked are you the Messiah the Son of the Blessed 1 Jesus answered I am in jealousy and envy the sahin accused Jesus of blasphemy and called for pilate to have him crucified our way to Jesus Jesus help us learn from your example when other people receive us and do things that seem afraid allow our hearts to forgive love and love them help us not judge other people please stand we pray to our Lord who was unjustly condemned to die Lord help will always try to do the right thing even when I Am A Friend by the truth helped me to accept it and I need to strength to act with Justice and compassion the second station Jesus meets his mother we adore you oh Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world well slowly moving up the path from Calvary the Roman soldiers lifted his back and shouted at his head Jesus looked up and met the eyes of his beloved Mother Mary's heart was filled with grief yet she stayed composed her faith in God was strong she trusted that her son's suffering was further good and that they will come a time when she will understand our way to Jesus Jesus help give us the grace to always know that for us in our struggles help us acknowledge the guidance and support they offer even when we disagree please stand we pray to Mary who suffered with her son Mary you call the pain and frustration your son's suffer and die yet he trusted in the goodness of God in your wisdom teach us to love and Trust as you did the seventh station Jesus called the second time we adore you oh Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world exhausted from the long journey to the place of the skull each step Jesus Took caused him great pain he was so weak that the weight of the Cross pushed him down as he hit the ground second time the soldiers whipped and ridiculed him far away to Jesus Jesus when we feel like giving up help us remember what you did for us give us the strength to keep going even when we feel we cannot help us in our resolve to keep promises even when it is difficult our Lord who lifted himself from his Falls to to be crucified for us Lord grant me the courage and determination the Jesus is stripped of his garments we adore are you oh Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have to be seated Jesus had passed through the city Gates and came up to the top of the hill and the soldiers took the heavy cross from him his clothes were torn off his body the guards then casted lots for the garments this was left exposed vulnerable way to Jesus Jesus helped us to stand strong when we feel humiliated and made to feel foolish by others who are trying to hurt us help us find our self worth and dignity in you please stand please pray to Jesus our lord who suffered for us through humiliation and form Lord help us to have an open heart and keep us in the darkness of ourselves the 13th state Jesus taken down from the we adore you oh Christ and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world be seated come the day before the Sabbath a wealthy man from arama asked I look for the body of Jesus this man Joseph believed in the kingdom of God that Jesus described Joseph took the body of Jesus down from the cross to clean the cuts that covered the body then he wrapped the body of Jesus in a linen and customer and aloe as the burial custom of the Jews our way to Jesus Jesus your friends loved you deeply want us to do actions that show your love of the end of others help us to feel called to care for the sick and dying with tenderness these are Lord who is always merciful us teach us to be loving and merciful to others
