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« on: April 06, 2016, 08:45:16 PM »
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  • I went to an outdoor Stations of the Cross on Good Friday with some family and friends.  It was located at the Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center in Sierra Madre, CA.  (Near Santa Anita Race Track)

    I am willing to post the text of the Stations that our group used if anyone is interested.  It is pretty far out, nothing saintly about it.  Has a lot of Newchurch psychobabble and doesn't really follow anything of a normal format.  

    So if anyone wants to see it then reply to this message.  

    Oh, if Matthew or Mater don't want me to post it then I won't!   :cowboy:

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    « Reply #1 on: April 06, 2016, 09:08:19 PM »
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  • It didn't by any chance go on about how we are co-redeemers with Christ? I just happened come by the prayer booklet my parish used for their Stations this past Lent. Oh the horror!
    Fortuna finem habet.


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    « Reply #2 on: April 06, 2016, 09:36:27 PM »
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  • The Bishops Conference of Brazil started printing those versions. They never mention sin or anything and just go on and on about accepting diversity, drug addicts, and the poor/liberation theology. The marginalized in society and poor us.
    We conclude logically that religion can give an efficacious and truly realistic answer to the great modern problems only if it is a religion that is profoundly lived, not simply a superficial and cheap religion made up of some vocal prayers and some ceremonies...

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    « Reply #3 on: April 06, 2016, 09:39:33 PM »
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  • http://brasildogmadafe.blogspot.com.br/2015/03/the-unholy-way-of-cross-of-brazilian.html

    brasildogmadafe.blogspot.com.br/2015/03/the-unholy-way-of-cross-of-brazilian.html



    The Unholy Way of the Cross of the Brazilian Bishops
    The Way of the Cross of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops and the Fraternity Campaign

    Via Sacra CNBB 2015
    This year as part of the Fraternity (Equality and Liberty) Campaign  as propaganda for the Liberation of Theology and Masonic doctrine of CNBB (conferencia nacional de bispos brasileiros), a "Way of the Cross' version corresponding to the Fraternity Campaign was sent to parishes in the Brazilian dioceses. I would like to make a brief comparison of the "Way to blaspheme the Cross" of the CNBB with the Via Crucis of the great Bishop of Campos, Bishop Antonio de Castro. It seems interesting that in many ways they are opposing and contradictory.




    At first we receive a presentation from the conciliar Bishop Auxiliary of Brasilia, Leonardo Ulrich Steiner. He starts trying to explain what Lent is without making any reference to sin, penance, soul, salvation, hell, and Judgment. He briefly talks about fasting as a way to be "reintegrated" and with a bit of emphasis on the resurrection. In the following pages of the presentation he focuses on the Church in society to point of ambiguously defining the Church and Christians as well:. "The Church, communities of faith, Christians are active in society They, through dialogue and charity, care for people who are excluded from society. " I wonder, after reading this definition, who are those people "excluded from society". Ahh but we should meditate on the poor oppressed who are gαys wanting to marry he means? Was he referring to drug addicts walking in all the Brazilian neighborhoods openly smoking pot in front of society? If he is a little more specific, maybe I would know who those "excluded from society" are so that I may rush off and take care of them. Needless to say, it was not possible for him to give this presentation without citing three times what he said is the "conciliar docuмent, Lumen Gentium" and one other time the joy of the Gospel which is the heretical Exhortation Evangelii Guadium of Francisco. Notably, it is a recurring theme of JOY and HOPE and JOY of this "Way of the Cross" that the CNBB is pumping into the little that is Catholic in the dioceses. As you'll see, these modernists understand very well the law of prayer that says "lex orandi, lex credendi est", we believe as we pray and not the contrary. What we pray and profess is what we believe. This is how they are choking the faith out of Brazil.

    Just like everything is a celebration and party for the modernists, they decided to give this "Way of the Cross" the title "Celebration of the Way of the Cross" (page 7). Those who celebrated the Way of the Cross of the Lord were those who crucified him. Ingenuous this name. The beginning starts reminding the Lord that the Church is the "servant of humanity" rather than what we pray every day in the Angelus: Ecce ancilla Domini! Sweet words of the Virgin, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord." But the conciliar church is the servant of humanity, and in other terms the slave of world government as well as its members will come to be. "Still begging the Lord for the fruits of righteousness in our society, and that we become builders of the fraternal society" so begins the Fraternity campaign Anthem of 2015 with a first citation from Gaudium et Spes (Joy and Hope n. 2). Complementing the hymn with the refrain in line with the TL and Francisco:
    "I want a united Church,
      server and missionary
      that announces and learns to listen.
      The fight for dignity,
      For justice and equality,
      because "I came to serve"



    (The Brazilian Conference of Bishops initiate a Fraternity campaign every year to spread Marxism in the dioceses and manipulate catholic voters to vote for pro-Marxist agendas.)

    (I want) What part of the Way of the Cross comes to what 'I want'? The fight for dignity. Human dignity has all emphases in this corner. Nothing to do with God. Equality, teaches us that we need to fight for equality. I do not think I need to explain the nonsense with this hymn. The chorus ends with the motto of Fraternity campaign "I came to serve," serve humanity is the meaning of the words and  they do not hide this fact. Best we take a peek at the start of the Cross written by Bishop de Castro Mayer, a true Way of the Cross.


                                                               The Lion of Campos


    The Via Crucis of Bishop De Castro Mayer here

    "PREPARATORY PRAYER My Lord Jesus Christ, I dispose myself to follow Thee in the path Thou took in the judgment hall of Pilate to Calvary, to Thee immolated for my salvation. I beg the grace to grant me great pain and regret of having sinned, causing Thy atrocious suffering, and that Thy precious Blood is infused in my soul with the firm intention never to sin. "

    The rest of the hymn of the version of the "Via Crucis" of the Fraternity Campaign speaks only more dribble: 2. "The great ones oppress, exploit the people, but among you, you must be more diverse." The struggle between the classes. Marxism! A phrase that explains well the objective of the the Unholy way of the Cross of the CNBB. Just think of the people and promote diversity as the only commandment! Being diverse we say. Nothing about our sins! Whoever has taken a sociology course in a secular university knows that "diversity" refers to gαys and transvestites. Instead of trying to console God for our sins on the Cross, the CNBB wrote a version to cause the people to "serve humanity" and "be diverse". Diabolical! The singing only continues talking about "the wounds of hatred and intolerance" and "I want" a Church with an "open door without fear of love!" Not a word about the Way of the Cross of the Lord taking His cross. Not a word about the passion of our Lord. With only 2 sentences Don Antonio managed to place us mentally in the way of the cross and be sorry for our sins, and compared to the above 2 page hymn of the CNBB version it is just the opposite.

    1st Station
    Jesus is arrested and sentenced to death.
    After reading about the agony in the garden with emphases in fraternal love the director asks us to understand "to built on brotherhood and peace" and to give a sensitive heart summoning all to ask of the Father that we are a "living Church, fraternal of witnesses".

    The Via Crucis of Bishop de Castro Mayer starts without innovation with Jesus in the presence of Pilate.. "Yielding to the cries of the Jєωs, Pilate condemned Jesus to death on the Cross. What led the Jєωs to ask the death of Jesus Christ was their infidelity and they wanted to follow a religion to their liking, and not the religion revealed by the Son of God made man. In this they imitated Adam's disobedience and rejection of God's will. We are in the same miserable condition. Let us humble ourselves and ask Our Lady to obtain the grace of being faithful to the Holy Will of her Divine Son. "

    With undiluted Catholic doctrine, Bishop de Castro Mayer explains how the Jєωs reject our Lord because they wanted to follow a religion to their liking. We remember the cries of the CNBB repeating "I want a church" so unhappy with the Catholic Tradition! Bishop de Castro Mayer reminds us of original sin and all our miserable condition instead of "dignity" and moves us to humble ourselves.

    Instead of praying for brotherhood, equality, and freedom, as does the "Via non Crucis" of the CNBB, the Via Crucis of Bishop de Castro Mayer harmoniously ends each time with an act of contrition and a prayer for the faithful departed.

    2nd Station
    Jesus Carries The Cross
    After reading briefly about Pilate and the people asking Jesus to be crucified and Pilate saying that he is innocent of that  blood, lector 2 says: "A society in which millions of people are excluded, without the goods necessary for life; a society that produces every day new poor and miserable and kill the innocent, also becomes responsible for their blood. " This Way of the Cross is having the parish meditate on people, eliminating all it has to do with the Catholic religion. Then the lector asks that no one is excluded from society because we all have "equal dignity". This same "dignity" that asked that his blood fall upon us. This "Way of the Cross" is about us! Poor us! And all end up praying for the people who "carry the cross of inequality." We pray contemplating the lack of jobs in this Way of the Cross, but this is just beginning.

    Bishop de Castro Mayer reminds us that Jesus carries the Cross on His Shoulders:. "After waking in the Garden of Olives and the atrocious flogging, Jesus still submits to sacrifice to carry the cross to Calvary, Jesus did this to repair our sins. Learn that without sacrifice and the usual spirit of mortification, our religion is vain, empty, without merit. Let us ask Our Lady for the grace to accept with joy the mortifications which require us to comply with our duties of state. "

    3rd Station
    Jesus Falls the First Time
    After reading two sentences on the first fall of Jesus, lector 2 starts again with off things of "without considering our neighbor ... there will be no social peace, no true respect for authentic human values." Increasingly it seems that the CNBB is obsessed with "human values". The director continues, "let us go in search of dignity, for justice, and equality." The Via Crucis of the CNBB is anything but a search for God, it is a search for us and what we want, it is a search for the pity of us and social peace, humanity and everything to do with the worship of man instead of God. All are required to pray that "we are a Samaritan Church to homeless and the marginalized of society." Poor us!

    Now a dose of sanity from Bishop de Castro Mayer: "Have been exhausted by insomnia, hunger and loss of blood, Jesus succuмbs to the weight of the cross and falls to the ground. In the design of God, this fall is to discount the offenses of our sins, and. warn us against our assumption. By ourselves we will only go from sin to sin, drop in fall. Let us ask Our Lady to obtain the grace of vigilance in prayer and escape from the occasions of sin. "

    And here we have the "Via  non Sacra" of the CNBB complaining about the lack of human respect and the marginalized of society and the Bishop de Castro Mayer version reminding us of our sins that cause the fall of Jesus to warn us against our assumption.

    4th Station
    Jesus meets his mother.
    After reading a bit about the prophecy of Simeon and lector 2 humanizing the sufferings of our Lord, the director starts talking about mothers who "suffer with their children in health care, with poor education, lack of qualification for work, with drugs and violence." Dear Catholics in the dioceses, throw this "Way of the Cross of the CNBB" in the trash, burn it as reparation, and pray a Via Crucis that is worth it, for the love of God, and not for the love of humanity!

    Bishop de Castro Mayer:. "In Agony in the Garden of Gethsemani and the infamous process that her Divine Son has undergone, Mary was absent, But when He consummates the sacrifice of the redemption of the world, she is there. For both Jesus and Mary, in the decrees of the Almighty, they are identified as active in man's redemptive mission. It is in this way that the Mother of the redeemed, Mary, cooperates in the work of salvation. It is for the Mother who we have recourse to, in order to remain faithful to her Divine Son, in the midst of a paganized society that surrounds us. "

    Again although the CNBB does not like it, "It is this this Mother who we have recourse to, in order to remain faithful to her Divine Son, in the midst of a paganized society that surrounds us."

    5th Station
    Simon the Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross
    The fifth station begins more or less well and to the end that starts off on the tone of "the weight of the cross of illness and violence" what really are the results of sin, sin, a word that not once appears in this booklet of the " Celebration of the Cross ". It continues with more Marxist trash: "In society in which the great oppress and exploit the people, make that the Church is the protection of the poor and victims of injustice." It is conflict between classes which this Fraternity (equality and liberty) Campaign promotes.

    Pius XI advises us about this doctrine of Marxists in the encyclical Divini Redemptoris (9): "... According to this doctrine there is in the world only one reality, matter, the blind forces of which evolve into plant, animal and man. Even human society is nothing but a phenomenon and form of matter, evolving in the same way. By a law of inexorable necessity and through a perpetual conflict of forces, matter moves towards the final synthesis of a classless society. In such a doctrine, as is evident, there is no room for the idea of God; there is no difference between matter and spirit, between soul and body; there is neither survival of the soul after death nor any hope in a future life. Insisting on the dialectical aspect of their materialism, the Communists claim that the conflict which carries the world towards its final synthesis can be accelerated by man. Hence they endeavor to sharpen the antagonisms which arise between the various classes of society. Thus the class struggle with its consequent violent hate and destruction takes on the aspects of a crusade for the progress of humanity. On the other hand, all other forces whatever, as long as they resist such systematic violence, must be annihilated as hostile to the human race. "

    And now the Lion of Campos: "In the near future, on the way to Calvary, the executioners of the Savior convince themselves that the extreme weakness, a result of the torture he had been subjected to, Jesus Christ was not able to carru His cross to the top of the hill. They forced Simon of Cyrene to carry the cross of the Savior. Our salvation by God's will does not take place without our cooperation. We need, in our way, to help Jesus to carry the cross. And we do this when we do not conform ourselves to the ways to of a society that, in practice, has went wayward from the Christian austerity. May Our Lady grant us this grace. "

    Let me give you a bit of emphasis on this last sentence, "And we do this when we do not conform to the ways of a society that, in practice, has went wayward from the Christian austerity." If our dear bishop of Campos were only alive today. If he could be with us in these dark times!

    6th station
    Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
    After some reading and a quote from "Gaudium et Spes", the lector asks God to renew the Church by placing emphasis on people with "faces disfigured by hatred and intolerance of our time" and calls everyone to pray that "we are a fraternal Church" again. Just loving the oppressed people.

    Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer: "From the middle of that sadistic crowd that formed the nefarious entourage, the Savior on the road to Calvary, there is a strong woman, braving the arrogance of the soldiers, she approaches Jesus and wipes the sacred Face with a clean towel, disfigured by the blood of the crown of thorns, the spit of the assassins of the Sanhedrin and the slaps of bestial soldiery. Let us the ashamed admire the fortitude of this woman and ask Our Lady to obtain the grace to never betray, by human respect, our religion, with our conduct."

    7th station
    Jesus falls the second time
    Here the reader 2 ensures us that "the kingdom that Jesus announces and invites human beings to participate in is the kingdom of love, life and justice, not corruption, exploitation, abuse of power and strength. When there is not respect for the human person and that they are treated as income of merchandise, a fall is inevitable. Is there a worse fall than this? The daily path of the cross is hard and painful. Even so, the cross of our mission should not be abandoned. "

    I honestly can not believe what I just read. The words soul, eternity, salvation, hell and heaven are missing from the "Via non Sacra" of the CNBB but not only that, now we are saying that the kingdom of the Lord is something to the worldly. Of all falls, we are asked rhetorically, is there a worse fall than the lack of respect to people? Yes I answer! There is! There is a fall to mortal sin when we lose our soul and our salvation of the Lord, the same fall into sin which is a cause of the fall of our Lord on the way to Calvary! What beasts these bishops of the CNBB taking the Lord's meditation to only reflect on the people asking us if there is worse fall than lack of respect for a human. Blasphemy! The lack of respect in the parishes to the Body, Soul, Blood and Divinity of Our Lord in the abuse of the liturgy that all Brazilians know happens often! The lack of respect for God. The lack of respect for the holy! These apostates do not deserve to occupy the position they occupy in the Holy Church! How can they? Worse than this fall? Yes, there is no shame!

    Whoever wrote and had published this garbage has neither a small fraction of dignity and respect to God that the bishop of Campos had. "Despite the help of Cyrene, the enormous weakness of the Savior caused him to fall a second time on the way to Calvary. This second fall of the Savior reminds us of our repeated sins and on the other hand, the infinite mercy of God, that our only hope is repentance to bring us back. That the weakness of the Redeemer that fell to the ground, is our strength, and does not allow us to accept a half-Catholicism to taste sensuality, made more of falls than virtues. "

    Not even half-Catholicism does the CNBB have. The CNBB has zero Catholicism.

    I will not be able to finish this comparison of the Unholy Way of the Cross of CNBB. It only causes the people to meditate in conflict between classes, humanism, materialism, and liberation theology. There are plenty of other things that can be said about the of the CNBB's Way to blaspheme the Cross, it attacks the personal faith of the people and is a danger in the dioceses. In my opinion the Via Crucis of Don Antonio de Castro Mayer is perfect (if you know Portuguese or get a translation). You can read it here or elsewhere on the web and print it for use during Lent. Anything would be better than the "Via non Sacra" of the CNBB. Get that garbage out of the parishes. Saint Francis of Asissi also has a version that is great and there are others that are good.


    We conclude logically that religion can give an efficacious and truly realistic answer to the great modern problems only if it is a religion that is profoundly lived, not simply a superficial and cheap religion made up of some vocal prayers and some ceremonies...

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    « Reply #4 on: April 07, 2016, 06:03:42 AM »
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  • I'm so sick about all this social justice garbage. Stations of the (Marxist) dross!
    Fortuna finem habet.


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    « Reply #5 on: April 08, 2016, 06:25:30 PM »
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  • I figured I wasn't the only one scandalized with this stuff.

    Apparently the heterodoxy is spread worldwide (as Our Lady said, the errors of Russia will spread throughout the world).  

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    It didn't by any chance go on about how we are co-redeemers with Christ? I just happened come by the prayer booklet my parish used for their Stations this past Lent. Oh the horror!


    Looks like they're making EVERYONE out to be "co-Redeemers" so then when Our Lady is defined as Co-Redemptrix fewer will be impressed by that, kind of like saying she's nothing special, and so on.

    I didn't bring the copy with me this time.  Maybe later.

    I knew a serious student of Fatima who wondered for a time if Brazil would serve as the fulfillment of OLF's words that the dogma of the Faith will be preserved in Portugal (since they speak Portuguese in Brazil).  

    Quote from: Then I read what Centroamerica

    The Unholy Way of the Cross of the Brazilian Bishops



    Of course, she may have been referring to Catholics OTHER than the "Brazilian Bishops."

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  • Preparatory Prayer
    (to be said kneeling before the altar)

    ALL: My Lord, Jesus Christ,
    You have made this journey to die for me with unspeakable love;
    and I have so many times ungratefully abandoned You. | But now I love You with all my heart;
    and, because I love You, I am sincerely sorry for ever having offended You.
    Pardon me, my God, and permit me to accompany You on this journey.
    You go to die for love of me;
    I want, my beloved Redeemer, to die for love of You.
    My Jesus, I will live and die always united to You.

    At the cross her station keeping
    Stood the mournful Mother weeping
    Close to Jesus to the last

    The First Station: Pilate Condemns Jesus to Die
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider how Jesus Christ, after being scourged and crowned with thorns, was unjustly condemned by Pilate to die on the cross. (Kneel)

    R: My adorable Jesus,
    it was not Pilate;
    no, it was my sins that condemned You to die.
    I beseech You, by the merits of this sorrowful journey,
    to assist my soul on its journey to eternity.
    I love You, beloved Jesus;
    I love You more than I love myself.
    With all my heart I repent of ever having offended You.
    Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    Through her heart, His sorrow sharing
    All His bitter anguish bearing
    Now at length the sword has passed

    The Second Station: Jesus Accepts His Cross
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider Jesus as He walked this road with the cross on His shoulders, thinking of us, and offering to His Father in our behalf, the death He was about to suffer. (Kneel)

    R: My most beloved Jesus,
    I embrace all the sufferings You have destined for me until death.
    I beg You, by all You suffered in carrying Your cross,
    to help me carry mine with Your perfect peace and resignation.
    I love You, Jesus, my love;
    I repent of ever having offended You.
    Never let me separate myself from You again.
    Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    O, how sad and sore depressed
    Was that Mother highly blessed
    Of the sole Begotten One

    The Third Station: Jesus Falls the First Time
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider the first fall of Jesus. Loss of blood from the scourging and crowing with thorns had so weakened Him that He could hardly walk; and yet He had to carry that great load upon His shoulders. As the soldiers struck Him cruelly, He fell several times under the heavy cross. (Kneel)

    R: My beloved Jesus, / it was not the weight of the cross / but the weight of my sins which made You suffer so much. / By the merits of this first fall, / save me from falling into mortal sin. / I love You, O my Jesus, with all my heart; / I am sorry that I have offended You. / May I never offend You again. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    Christ above in torment hangs
    She beneath beholds the pangs
    Of her dying, glorious Son

    The Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider how the Son met his Mother on His way to Calvary. Jesus and Mary gazed at each other and their looks became as so many arrows to wound those hearts which loved each other so tenderly (Kneel)

    R: My most loving Jesus, / by the pain You suffered in this meeting / grant me the grace of being truly devoted to Your most holy Mother. / And You, my Queen, who was overwhelmed with sorrow, / obtain for me by Your prayers / a tender and a lasting remembrance of the passion of Your divine Son. / I love You, Jesus, my Love, above all things. / I repent of ever having offended You. / Never allow me to offend You again. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    Is there one who would not weep,
    'whelmed in miseries so deep
    Christ's dear Mother to behold.

    The Fifth Station: Simon Helps Jesus Carry the Cross
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider how weak and weary Jesus was. At each step He was at the point of expiring. Fearing that He would die on the way when they wished Him to die the infamous death of the cross, they forced Simon of Cyrene to help carry the cross after Our Lord. (Kneel)

    R: My beloved Jesus / I will not refuse the cross as Simon did: / I accept it and embrace it. / I accept in particular the death that is destined for me / with all the pains that may accompany it. / I unite it to Your death / and I offer it to You. / You have died for love of me; / I will die for love of You and to please You. / Help me by Your grace. / I love You, Jesus, my Love; / I repent of ever having offended You. / Never let me offend You again. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    Can the human heart refrain
    From partaking in her pain
    In that Mother's pain untold?

    The Sixth Station: Veronica Offers Her Veil to Jesus
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider the compassion of the holy woman, Veronica. Seeing Jesus in such distress, His face bathed in sweat and blood, she presented Him with her veil. Jesus wiped His face, and left upon the cloth the image of his sacred countenance. (Kneel)

    R: My beloved Jesus, / Your face was beautiful before You began this journey; / but, now, it no longer appears beautiful / and is disfigured with wounds and blood. / Alas, my soul also was once beautiful / when it received Your grace in Baptism; / but I have since disfigured it with my sins. / You alone, my Redeemer, can restore it to its former beauty. / Do this by the merits of Your passion; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled
    She beheld her tender Child
    All with bloody scourges rent.

    The Seventh Station: Jesus Falls the Second Time
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider how the second fall of Jesus under His cross renews the pain in all the wounds of the head and members of our afflicted Lord. (Kneel)

    R: My most gentle Jesus, / how many times You have forgiven me; / and how many times I have fallen again and begun again to offend You! / By the merits of this second fall, / give me the grace to persevere in Your love until death. / Grant, that in all my temptations, I may always have recourse to You. / I love You, Jesus, my Love with all my heart; / I am sorry that I have offended You. / Never let me offend You again. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    For the sins of His own nation
    Saw Him hang in desolation
    Till His spirit forth He sent.

    The Eighth Station: Jesus Speaks to the Women
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider how the women wept with compassion seeing Jesus so distressed and dripping with blood as he walked along. Jesus said to them, ``Weep not so much for me, but rather for Your children.'' (Kneel)

    R: My Jesus, laden with sorrows, / I weep for the sins which I have committed against You / because of the punishment I deserve for them; / and, still more, because of the displeasure they have caused You / who have loved me with an infinite love. / It is Your love, more than the fear of hell, / which makes me weep for my sins. / My Jesus, I love You more than myself; / I am sorry that I have offended You. / Never allow me to offend You again. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    O sweet Mother! Fount of Love,
    Touch my spirit from above
    Make my heart with yours accord.

    The Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider how Jesus Christ fell for the third time. He was extremely weak and the cruelty of His executioners was excessive; they tried to hasten His steps though He hardly had strength to move. (Kneel)

    R: My outraged Jesus, / by the weakness You suffered in going to Calvary, / give me enough strength to overcome all human respect / and all my evil passions which have led me to despise Your friendship. / I love You, Jesus my Love, with all my heart; / I am sorry for ever having offended You. / Never permit me to offend You again. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    Make me feel as You have felt
    Make my soul to glow and melt
    With the love of Christ, my Lord.

    The Tenth Station:
    Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider how Jesus was violently stripped of His clothes by His executioners. The inner garments adhered to his lacerated flesh and the soldiers tore them off so roughly that the skin came with them. Have pity for your Savior so cruelly treated and tell Him: (Kneel)

    R: My innocent Jesus, / by the torment You suffered in being stripped of Your garments, / help me to strip myself of all attachment for the things of earth / that I may place all my love in You who are so worthy of my love. / I love You, O Jesus, with all my heart; / I am sorry for ever having offended You. / Never let me offend You again. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    Holy Mother, pierce me through
    In my heart each wound renew
    Of my Savior crucified.

    The Eleventh Station: Jesus Is Nailed to the Cross
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider Jesus, thrown down upon the cross, He stretched out His arms and offered to His eternal Father the sacrifice of His life for our salvation. They nailed His hands and feet, and then, raising the cross, left Him to die in anguish. (Kneel)

    R: My despised Jesus, / nail my heart to the cross / that it may always remain there to love You and never leave You again. / I love You more than myself; / I am sorry for ever having offended You. / Never permit me to offend You again. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    Let me share with you His pain,
    Who for all our sins was slain,
    Who for me in torments died.

    The Twelfth Station: Jesus Dies Upon the Cross
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider how Your Jesus, after three hours of agony on the cross, is finally overwhelmed with suffering and, abandoning Himself to the weight of His body, bows His head and dies. (Kneel)

    R: My dying Jesus, / I devoutly kiss the cross on which You would die for love of me. / I deserve, because of my sins, to die a terrible death; / but Your death is my hope. / By the merits of Your death, / give me the grace to die embracing Your feet and burning with love of You. / I yield my soul into Your hands. / I love You with my whole heart. / I am sorry that I have offended You. / Never let me offend You again. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    Let me mingle tears with thee
    Mourning Him who mourned for me,
    All the days that I may live.

    The Thirteenth Station:
    Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider how, after Our Lord had died, He was taken down from the cross by two of His disciples, Joseph and Nicodemus, and placed in the arms of His afflicted Mother. She received Him with unutterable tenderness and pressed Him close to her bosom. (Kneel)

    R: O Mother of Sorrows, / for the love of Your Son, / accept me as Your servant and pray to Him for me, / And You, my Redeemer, since you have died for me, / allow me to love You, / for I desire only You and nothing more. / I love You, Jesus my Love, / and I am sorry that I have offended You. / Never let me offend You again. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    By the cross with you to stay
    There with you to weep and pray
    Is all I ask of you to give.

    The Fourteenth Station:
    Jesus Is Placed in the Sepulcher
    V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

    R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

    V: Consider how the disciples carried the body of Jesus to its burial, while His holy Mother went with them and arranged it in the sepulcher with her own hands. They then closed the tomb and all departed. (Kneel)

    R: Oh, my buried Jesus, / I kiss the stone that closes You in. / But You gloriously did rise again on the third day. / I beg You by Your resurrection that I may be raised gloriously on the last day, / to be united with You in heaven, to praise You and love You forever. / I love You, Jesus, and I repent of ever having offended You. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

    (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be.)

    Virgin of all virgins blest!
    Listen to my fond request:
    Let me share your grief divine.

    Prayer to Jesus Christ Crucified
    My good and dear Jesus,
    I kneel before You,
    asking You most earnestly
    to engrave upon my heart
    a deep and lively faith, hope, and charity,
    with true repentance for my sins,
    and a firm resolve to make amends.
    As I reflect upon Your five wounds,
    and dwell upon them
    with deep compassion and grief,
    I recall, good Jesus,
    the words the Prophet David spoke
    long ago concerning Yourself:
    ``They pierced My hands and My feet;
    they have numbered all My bones.''

    The faithful who, after receiving Communion, recite this prayer before a picture of Christ Crucified may gain a plenary indulgence on any Friday in Lent and a partial indulgence on other days of the year, with the addition of prayers for the Holy Father's intention.
    Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, no. 22

    A Plenary indulgence is grated to the faithful who make the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross. Those who are impeded can gain the same indulgence if they spend at least one half an hour in pious reading and meditation on the Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, no. 63

     
     

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    « Reply #7 on: April 08, 2016, 08:54:59 PM »
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  • Quote from: Neil Obstat

    I knew a serious student of Fatima who wondered for a time if Brazil would serve as the fulfillment of OLF's words that the dogma of the Faith will be preserved in Portugal (since they speak Portuguese in Brazil).  



    The idea comes from Dr. David Allen White's "The Mouth of the Lion" where he asserts that Brazil is the only American country that ever hosted a European capital (Portugal royalty fled Napolean and established their capital in Rio de Janeiro...the state of Campos).
    We conclude logically that religion can give an efficacious and truly realistic answer to the great modern problems only if it is a religion that is profoundly lived, not simply a superficial and cheap religion made up of some vocal prayers and some ceremonies...


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    « Reply #8 on: May 26, 2016, 12:03:29 AM »
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  • I found the copy.  It's called "God's Footprints to Calvary Stations of the Cross" adapted from Fr. Claudio Piccinini, C.P.

    I jumped in at the Third Station, which goes like this:

    I should have said no to the temptation.  Instead, look at me.  It is difficult to admit to being so weak. I have made a fool of myself. I'm so ashamed and depressed. I am hurting. Why am I not able to resist pressure? And what about the others? My action have hurt them. I am responsible for their pain. How will I ever be able to take their pain away? I need You to lift me up so that I may continue walking.

    Now, how does that fit in the Stations of the Cross?
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    « Reply #9 on: May 26, 2016, 03:06:48 AM »
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  • That is really sad.  
    May God bless you and keep you

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    « Reply #10 on: May 26, 2016, 03:28:49 PM »
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  • Quote from: Neil Obstat
    I found the copy.  It's called "God's Footprints to Calvary Stations of the Cross" adapted from Fr. Claudio Piccinini, C.P.

    I jumped in at the Third Station, which goes like this:

    I should have said no to the temptation.  Instead, look at me.  It is difficult to admit to being so weak. I have made a fool of myself. I'm so ashamed and depressed. I am hurting. Why am I not able to resist pressure? And what about the others? My action have hurt them. I am responsible for their pain. How will I ever be able to take their pain away? I need You to lift me up so that I may continue walking.

    Now, how does that fit in
    the Stations of the Cross?


    Vile emotionalistic humanist nonsense. Ever I, ever Man, ever my own feelings which spring from a corrupt body. No grief or contrition only an arrogant son of Lucifer whining to his therapist! It all appeals to our base nature and desire for spiritual sloth -- slithering down to Hell. The SSPX is no refuge now ! It is falling as the Newchurch did,greased by softness and sentimentality.Remember the fists of Pius X and the righteous fires of the Holy Inquisition -- the Church is a mighty army at war with the World.


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    « Reply #11 on: May 26, 2016, 11:19:16 PM »
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  • Quote from: Peccator Marison
    Quote from: Neil Obstat
    I found the copy.  It's called "God's Footprints to Calvary Stations of the Cross" adapted from Fr. Claudio Piccinini, C.P.

    I jumped in at the Third Station, which goes like this:

    I should have said no to the temptation.  Instead, look at me.  It is difficult to admit to being so weak. I have made a fool of myself. I'm so ashamed and depressed. I am hurting. Why am I not able to resist pressure? And what about the others? My action have hurt them. I am responsible for their pain. How will I ever be able to take their pain away? I need You to lift me up so that I may continue walking.

    Now, how does that fit in
    the Stations of the Cross?

    Vile emotionalistic humanist nonsense. Ever I, ever Man, ever my own feelings which spring from a corrupt body. No grief or contrition only an arrogant son of Lucifer whining to his therapist! It all appeals to our base nature and desire for spiritual sloth -- slithering down to Hell. The SSPX is no refuge now ! It is falling as the Newchurch did, greased by softness and sentimentality. Remember the fists of Pius X and the righteous fires of the Holy Inquisition -- the Church is a mighty army at war with the World.


    Vile emotionalistic humanist nonsense is where the Novus Ordo has sunk to.  And while this has nothing directly to do with the SSPX, we can honestly fear for the direction the Society is set to slide into if they continue to curry favor with these apostates.

    The subject does not form the superior;  the superior forms the subject.  As the good Bishop Richard Williamson warns, Bishop Fellay does not know his enemy.

    To be fair, the quote above is apparently not meant to be the thoughts of Jesus on the Way of the Cross, but somehow it's supposed to be the thoughts of the person walking the Stations, as if he is walking in the steps of Jesus.  But nonetheless, it's a sentimental, subjectivist naval-gazing exercise, which falls far short of a meditation on the sufferings of Our Lord.

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