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in our power to remove any obstacle in ourselves to the worthy reception of Thy Sacred Body
and Blood in the Most Holy Eucharist. Until this holy day comes, when our desire can be
fulfilled in participation at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, We desire to receive Thee spiritually,
who cannot receive Thee sacramentally. Amen.
Holy Hour
Opening prayer: + In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. R/
Amen.
Let us join in making our offering of this Holy Hour.
O Lord, open Thou my mouth to bless Thy Holy Name; cleanse my heart from all vain,
evil and wandering thoughts; enlighten my understanding, kindle my affections, that I may be
able to take part in this Holy Hour worthily, attentively, and devoutly, and may deserve to be
heard in the presence of Thy Divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. R/ Amen.
O Lord, in union with that divine intention, wherewith Thou Thyself didst praise God
whilst on earth, I offer this hour unto Thee.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, I consecrate to Thee this next hour for the conversion of sinners,
the restoration of family life and for my own special intentions. Intentions may be mentioned
here. I offer this Holy Hour to Thee, the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, as taught by Saint Louis de Montfort. R/Amen.
In taking leave of Thee, O King of Love, Heart of my God and God of my heart, I enter
confidently through that wound caused by my sins, into the ark of divine and infinite tenderness
which is Thy loving Heart. And here will I stay forever, to repeat to Thee through all time that I
love Thee and long to make Thee loved - and to sing throughout Eternity the infinite mercies of
Thy Sacred Heart. R/ Amen. (Fr. Mateo. I included this as an aid, but because I wrote it.)
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same; Another plenary indulgence, if they receive Holy Communion on the same day, or even
within a month after having made the Stations ten times;
The Saints tell us to meditate on the Passion in order to avoid sin. Let us stop and think
on this. The only reason Jesus suffered was because of my sins. This should be our only thought
as we meditate on the various Stations of the Cross. But we should stop and think that where this
devotion begins is in the morning of Good Friday. Jesus’ sufferings began this night in the
Garden of Gethsamane, which we recall in the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary. And Jesus
came from His prayer and suffering to find the Apostles sleeping. Will he find us in the sleep of
sin? Sin is like a sleep, because we are not awake to the real world. Reality is that this is not our
home, but a place of exile. And yet, if we are honest, we act as if this is all there is to life, what
we acquire here.
John 15:13 Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his
friends. 14 You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you. And yet have we been
Jesus’ friends? No, we have been His enemies by our sins. And yet, in His infinite mercy, He
still laid down his life for me, who have so often been His enemy! We shall follow the
meditations We wrote a year and a half ago. The point is that during the Passion, Jesus atoned
for my pet sins. Let us identify those Stations, which applies specifically to me! And as we
repeat this devotion throughout Lent, let us remember that Jesus atoned for my per sins!
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Pater, Ave et Gloria: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
The Fifth Station: Simon the Cyrenian is made to help Jesus carry His Cross. Bear ye
one another's burdens: and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2) Here Jesus
atones for all of the sins or refusal to help our neighbor, when he is in need, even if he is our
enemy!
Pater, Ave et Gloria: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
The Sixth Station: Veronica wipes the Face of Jesus. Veronica seeing the pitiful state of
Jesus had compassion on Him. Jesus atoned for all the sins of hard-heartedness and lack of
compassion.
Pater, Ave et Gloria: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
The Seventh Station: Jesus falls the second time. Here Jesus atones for the ins of the
flesh. By the flesh here we are talking about all of the sins of indulgence of our five senses, such
as gluttony, for instance. And the devil led him into a high mountain and shewed him all the
kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And he said to him: To thee will I give all this
power and the glory of them. For to me they are delivered: and to whom I will, I give them. 7
If thou therefore wilt adore before me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answering said to him. It
is written: Thou shalt adore the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Pater, Ave et Gloria: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
The Eighth Station: Jesus speaks to the daughter of Jerusalem. But Jesus turning to them,
said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children.
(Luke 23:28) Here Jesus atoned for all of the sins of parents, the lack of vigilance, the neglect
and even abuse of children.
Pater, Ave et Gloria: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
The Ninth Station: Jesus falls the third time. Here Jesus atoned for the sins of the devil,
those suggestions which come straight from the Devil himself. Luke 4: 9 And he brought him to
Jerusalem and set him on a pinnacle of the temple and said to him: If thou be the Son of God,
cast thyself from hence. 10 For it is written that He hath given his angels charge over thee that
they keep thee. 11 And that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy
foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering, said to him: It is said: Thou shalt not tempt the
Lord thy God. Let us not tempt God by failure to correspond to His grace.
Pater, Ave et Gloria: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
The Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of His garments. Here Jesus atoned for all the sins
against the Sixth and Ninth Commandments.
Pater, Ave et Gloria: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
The Eleventh Station: Jesus is nailed to the Cross. Here Jesus atoned for all of the sins of
anger and revenge.
Pater, Ave et Gloria: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
The Twelfth Station and Fifth Sorrow: Jesus is nailed to the Cross. Jesus is now
completing the atonement for all of the sins of the world, especially mine! He is also giving us
an example. Father forgive them for they know not what to do. This atones for sins of
unforgiveness. I thirst. All the sins of taste. Into Thy Hands I commend My spirit. Let us place
our lives in the hands of Almighty God from now to the end of our lives!
Pater, Ave et Gloria: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
The Thirteen Station and Sixth Sorrow: Jesus is taken down from the Cross. The
sacrifice is complete.
Pater, Ave et Gloria: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
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The Fourteenth Station and Seventh Sorrow: Jesus is placed in the sepulcher. True on
Good Friday Jesus was buried, but He rose against on Easter. Let us bury our sins and rise to a
life of virtue as we meditate on the Stations of the Cross.
Pater, Ave et Gloria: Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.
Note of Pope Michael: We wrote these, because in seminary seminarians are asked to
write meditations for the Stations of the Cross.
Miscellaneous Prayers
O Lord, help me to remember my sins, so that I can be sorry for them and root out their
cause and resolve to sin no more. Amen.
Saint Margaret Mary, Jesus brought His Most Sacred Heart to us through you; bring us to
His Most Loving Heart. Amen.
Saint John Eudes, who promoted devotion to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, teach
me to love those Hearts, which love me so much. Amen.
O my God, I resolve with the help of Thy grace to avoid sin and the near occasions of sin.
Amen.
Saint Athanasius, Heretics and Apostates have all of our churches, help us to keep the
holy Faith pure and to follow its teaches so that we may join you in praising God for eternity in
heaven. Amen.
A Spiritual Communion of Saint Alphonsus added to by Pope Michael: I believe that
Thou, O Jesus, art in the Most Holy Sacrament! I love Thee and desire Thee! Come into my
heart. I embrace Thee; oh, never leave me! Oh never let me leave Thee. 1
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LITANY OF THE HOLY POPES
St. Peter, pray for us St. Marcellus I St. Eugenius I
St. Linus, pray for us St. Eusebius St. Vitalian
St. Anacletus, pray for us St. Melchiades St. Agatho
St. Clement, pray for us St. Sylvester I St. Leo II
St. Evaristus, pray for us St. Marcus St. Benedict II
St. Alexander I * St. Julius I St. Sergius I
St. Sixtus I St. Damasus I St. Gregory II
St. Telesphorus St. Siricius St. Gregory III
St. Hyginus St. Anastasius I St. Zachary
St. Pius I St. Innocent I St. Paul I
St. Anicetus St. Zozimus St. Leo III
St. Soter St. Boniface I St. Paschal I
St. Eleutherius St. Celestine I St. Leo IV
St. Victor I St. Sixtus III St. Nicholas I (the Great)
St. Zephyrinus St. Leo I (The Great) St. Adrian III
St. Callistus I St. Hilary St. Leo IX
St. Urban I St. Simplicius St. Gregory VII
St. Pontian St. Felix III St. Celestine V
St. Anterus St. Gelasius I St. Pius V
St. Fabian St. Symmachus St. Pius X
St. Cornelius St. Hormisdas Blessed Victor III
St. Lucius I St. John I martyr Blessed Urban II
St. Stephen I St. Felix IV Blessed Eugene III
St. Sixtus II St. Agapitus I Blessed Gregory X
St. Dionysius St. Silverius martyr Blessed Innocent V
St. Felix I St. Gregory I (the Great) Blessed Benedict XI
St. Eutychian St. Boniface IV Blessed Urban V
St. Caius St. Deusdedit Blessed Innocent XI
St. Marcellinus St. Martin I martyr
* the number is not recited in the Novena, but given for information. Pray for us is said
after every name.
Ant O all ye priests of God, bless ye the Lord. O all ye servants of the Lord, sing praises
unto our God.
V/ Let them exalt them, in the congregation of the people.
R. / And praise them in the assembly of the elders.
O God, Who takest thought for Thy people in Thy loving kindness, and rulest them in
Thy love, grant for the sake of Thy Church the spirit of wisdom unto all those upon whom Thou
hast laid the duty of government, that the profit of holiness in the flocks may work eternal
gladness for the shepherds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen