Saints LightFourth Station: Jesus Meets His Mother
The Fourth Station recalls the meeting of Jesus and Mary on the way, a scene from tradition that fulfills Simeon's prophecy (Luke 2:35); written for this app in the spirit of St Alphonsus Liguori. Pray it for parents and for anyone watching a loved one suffer.
The prayer
V. We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you.
R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
Along the way Jesus sees his Mother. Their eyes meet, and no words are needed. Mary cannot take the cross from him, and she does not try to stop him. She simply stays, sharing his pain with a love that will not look away. Simeon had told her a sword would pierce her soul. Now she feels it, and still she offers her Son to the Father with him.
Holy Mary, Mother of sorrows, stay close to me as you stayed close to Jesus. Teach me to remain faithful beside those I love when they suffer, even when I cannot fix what hurts them.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Pray it this week
This week, spend real time with someone you love who is going through something hard, even if all you can do is listen.
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
- 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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