Jesus Is Crucified
V. We adore you O Christ, and we praise you. R. Because by your holy cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reading: (John 19:18-19)
“There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side and Jesus between them. Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the cross; it read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.”
Christ Speaks
My executioners pressed the nail into my hand until it stabbed my flesh. Then a heavy hammer-blow smashed. And pain exploded like a bomb of fire in my brain, then they seized my other arm, and my legs. And each time, agony again exploded - all for you!
Congregation
My God, am I worth all this? What can I give you in return? Here and now I accept for the rest of my life whatever sickness, torment, agony that will come to me. You suffered to be my redeemer, I will suffer to be a co-redeemer of my fellowmen.
Hail Mary...
V. Give us your help, O Lord! R. Give us your help! V. May the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. R. Amen.
Hymn
Tui Nati vulneráti,
Tam dignáti pro me pati,
Pœnas mecum dívide.
Let me share with thee his pain
Who for all my sins was slain
Who for me in torments died.