Saints LightFirst Station: Jesus Is Condemned to Death
The First Station shows Pilate handing Jesus over to be crucified (John 19:16); written for this app in the spirit of St Alphonsus Liguori. Pray it as the first step of the Way of the Cross.
The prayer
V. We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
Jesus stands before Pilate, bound and silent. The governor knows he is innocent, yet he gives in to the crowd to keep the peace and save himself. The Lord who will judge the living and the dead lets himself be judged unjustly. He does not argue for his life. He accepts the sentence because he has already said yes to the Father, and that yes is for me.
Lord Jesus, you were condemned so that I might be set free. When I am tempted to choose what is easy over what is right, give me courage. Never let me judge others harshly, since you bore every unjust judgment for my sake.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Pray it this week
This week, notice one moment when you are tempted to go along with the crowd, and stand quietly for what is right instead.
More in Stations of the Cross
- Stations of the Cross: Opening Prayer
- Second Station: Jesus Takes Up His Cross
- Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time
- Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Mother
- Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry the Cross
- Sixth Station: Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
- Seventh Station: Jesus Falls the Second Time
- Eighth Station: Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
- Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time
- Tenth Station: Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments
- Eleventh Station: Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross
- Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies on the Cross
- Thirteenth Station: Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross
- Fourteenth Station: Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb
- Stations of the Cross: Closing Prayer
- The whole Prayer Book
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