Jesus falls under the weight of the Cross

We adore You O Christ and we praise You (Genuflexion)

R: Because by your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world

A reading from the Prophet Isiah:  (53:4-9).

It was our weaknesses that he carried, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one struck by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our offences, crushed for our sins; upon him was the punishment that makes us whole, by his strips we were healed. We had all l gone astray like sheep, each following his own way. Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth; like a lamb led to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearers, he was silent and uttered no cry.  When  he  was  cut off from  the  land  of  the  living,  smitten  for  the  sin  of  the  people,  a  grave was assigned him among the wicked  and a burial  place with evildoers.

Reflection

Quite often, due to our weakness, we too yielded to temptation and fell in sin. We were not strong enough to resist the devil, to control our unguarded thought and word and to extinguish our lustful desires. But Jesus, Lord of heaven and earth, has earned for us the grace to rise up from our spiritual death and keep on following him.

Silence…..Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be

Let us pray

Lord Jesus Christ, I beseech you, do not abandon me when , in my weakness I give in to sin; help me to deplore my past offences, and to  resist  temptation in the future, to subdue my evil inclinations and to cultivate the virtues proper to my  state. Amen.

•  O my Jesus,  forgive us  our sins, preserve  us  from the  fire of Hell, lead all  souls to Heaven,  especially those in need of Thy mercy.
•  My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and l love You.  I beg pardon for those who do not Believe, do not adore, do not hope, and do not love you
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