Saints LightThird Station: Jesus Falls the First Time
The Third Station, the first of three falls, comes from the Church's long tradition of meditating on the road to Calvary rather than from a single Gospel verse; written for this app in the spirit of St Alphonsus Liguori. Pray it when you feel discouraged by your own weakness.
The prayer
V. We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
Weak from the night of suffering, Jesus stumbles and falls under the weight. The Son of God lies in the dust of the road while people stare. He knows what it is to fail in front of others, to have the body give out when the will is strong. Then he rises. He does not stay down, because the work of love is not yet finished, and he will not leave it undone.
Lord Jesus, when I fall into the same sins again and again, do not let me lose heart. Lift me up by your grace, and give me the humility to rise and begin once more.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Pray it this week
The next time you fall into a habit you are fighting, make an Act of Contrition right away instead of waiting, and start again that same hour.
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
- 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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