Saints LightEleventh Station: Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross
The Eleventh Station recalls the Crucifixion and the Lord's prayer for his executioners (Luke 23:33-34); written for this app in the spirit of St Alphonsus Liguori. Pray it when you are struggling to forgive.
The prayer
V. We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
They stretch him out on the wood and drive nails through his hands and feet. The hands that blessed children and healed the sick are fixed in place. The feet that walked the roads of Galilee to find the lost are held fast. Raised up, he prays for the very men who did this, asking the Father to forgive them. His first word from the cross is mercy.
Lord Jesus, you forgave those who nailed you to the cross. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me, and to hold nothing back from you. Fix my heart to your will, so that I never leave you.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Pray it this week
Name one person you find hard to forgive, and pray for their good by name every day this week.
More in Stations of the Cross
- Stations of the Cross: Opening Prayer
- First Station: Jesus Is Condemned to Death
- 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
- 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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