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Scholastica’s Academy
Tabunok, City of Talisay, Cebu

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The Stations of the Cross for Teens

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

An Act of Contrition
My Lord Jesus Christ, You have made this journey to die for me with love unutterable, and I have so many times
unworthily abandoned You; but now I love You with my whole heart, and because I love You I repent sincerely for having
ever offended You. Pardon me, my God, and permit me to accompany You on this journey. You go to die for love of me; I
wish also, my beloved Redeemer, to die for love of You. My Jesus, I will live and die always united to You.

Let us pray.
Brief pause in silence. Let us pray.

Lord Jesus Christ, fill our hearts with the light of your Spirit, so that by following you on your final journey we may come to
know the price of our Redemption and become worthy of a share in the fruits of your Passion, Death and Resurrection.
You who live and reign for ever and ever. Amen.

The First Station: Jesus is Condemned to death.

Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world
READER 1: There you stand before the crowd after being beaten. You never deny yourself, yet humbly acceptthe punishment
given to you by those who had witnessed your miracles. It’s easy to look at this scene now and think, ‘How could they have
accused you and condemned you to death? All you did was love every person you met.’ Yet they are not alone in their
condemnation of you.
Pause
Reader 2:How often do I ignore you at school in the person no one wants to talk to? How often do my words condemn you in the
way that I speak about others? It was not only the Jews and Pontius Pilate whocondemned you, but I stand next to them shouting
just as loud, ‘Crucify Him!’
Pause
ALL:Jesus, forgive me for the ways in which I condemn and pierce others with my words and actions.Help me to love like you and
to learn from your example.
The Second Station: Jesus carries the Cross
Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 3: By now you have endured a sleepless night, betrayal by your friends, and a beating that is too horrible to fully
imagine. You’ve been whipped, stripped, and spit on by countless faces, some of whom last week treated you as royalty as
you entered the city. And now, they hand you a cross tocarry. The weight of it is far more than any number of pounds we
can figure. For in carrying the cross, you carry the weight of our sins.
Pause
Reader 4:How often do I forget that you have carried the load for me? How often do I try to carry things on myown, not
allowing you to help me? It was not only the sins of the world that you carried; it was my sin, my selfishness, my pride, my
anger. Each added more weight to the load. And it was not only my sin you carried but also my burdens, my worries, my
fears, my sadness, my insecurities. Each youcarried step by step up towards Golgotha, the place of the Skull.
Pause
ALL: Jesus, help me not to forget the load that you carried for me. Give me the strength and the courageto let go of those
things that separate me from you.
The Third Station: Jesus Falls for the First time
Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 5: As you walk through the narrow streets, every movement, every jolt burns and reopens your wounds.The pain
along with the weight of the cross becomes too much and you fall. In boxing, when a fighter falls and is too beaten to
continue, the fight is stopped by the referee. Yet, there is no one there to stop the battle that you fight for us. Even though
you know what still lies ahead, you do notstop and somehow find the strength to continue.
Pause
Reader 6:How many times have I fallen in my walk? Too many to count, I’m sure. So many times when I fallI don’t feel
like getting back up and trying again. There are too many temptations that I am facedwith that feel too fun and easy to do
because so many around me are doing them.
Pause
ALL:Jesus, help me to remember your courage and perseverance when you fell. Give me the courage toget back up when
I fall. Help me remember that it is worth it to live as you lived.
The Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Mother
Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 7: Amid all the shouts and jeers from the crowd that move like a wave in your mind as you struggle to remain conscious,
one voice stands out. At first it is so faint that you wonder if it is real, but then as your eyes meet and you see her face you are
not surprised that she is there for you. She has always been there for you. Her ‘Yes’ to the Father has been a light in the
darkness. And now, here in your darkest hour, she is there.
Pause
Reader 8:There are so many times when I feel alone in my struggles. It seems that no one understands whatI am going
through, especially my parents; but I realize they must. How many times have I hiddenthings from my parents out of fear
of what they would say, or what trouble I would be in when all they want is to love me?
Pause
ALL: Jesus, help me to remember that I am never alone in my struggles. Help me to see my parents asyou saw yours.
Help me know their love for me and when things are hard between us, help me toremember the light of your Mother in
my life.

The Fifth Station: Simon helps Jesus carry his Cross

Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 9: The soldiers who had beaten you all day had what appears to be a moment of compassion. Yet instead, their
selfish motives override their opportunity for charity. They only want to follow their orders to get you up to the place where
you will be crucified. How beaten you look that they decideto grab Simon a Cyrenian out of the crowd to help you carry the
cross. He follows behind you, walking in your steps, helping you move forward. You press on, knowing that the worst is yet
to come.
Pause
 Reader 10How often do I pass up an opportunity to help someone in need? Do I let what others may think of me stop me
from reaching out?
Pause
ALL: Jesus, open my ears to hear the ways that you call me to serve. Help me follow Simon’s example ofhelping others. Help
me to know what it means to be a true and faithful servant.

The Sixth Station: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 11: By now the thorns cut so deeply into your head that even seeing where you should step next is almostimpossible.
Up to this point all who approach you, other than your mother, either shout at you or spit in your face. As Veronica approaches,
she walks differently than the others. As she reaches out her hands and wipes your face with her cloth, suddenly her face of
compassion becomes clear. No words are necessary, both your eyes say it all. For in that moment, your dignity as a man is
restored. Pause
Reader 12:How many times have I forgotten that each person is made in your image and likeness and thereforedeserves
my respect? Do I make others objects of my pleasure and ignore their humanity? Veronica courageously stepped forward
and dared to treat you differently than everyone else. Could I do the same?
Pause
ALL:Jesus, help me to see your presence in others. Give me the courage to follow Veronica’s example of treating others with
love even when no one else does.

The Seventh Station: Jesus falls the second time.

Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 13: The soldiers are enraged at you for falling this time. They can’t understand how Simon’s help is not enough.
In their anger they hit you again and again before they remember that you have to be alive to be crucified. The beating
stops, but the shouts and taunts become louder and harsher.
At this moment you can stop this! You are the Messiah and have the power to reveal yourself to everyone there. But you
know that it would not fulfill all that is written about you. You know that you must be faithful to all of the Father’s promises
to His people. Remembering your love and yourfaithfulness you get up, and now with your wounds full of dirt and each step
embedding it deeper, you keep going.
Pause
Reader 14:How many times have I failed to follow through on my promises? Or worse yet, how often have I liedeven to people
I care about? Do I remember your faithfulness even when I fail?
Pause
ALL:Jesus, help me to believe in your faithfulness and love for me. Give me the grace to follow throughon my word to
others. Help me to be a person of integrity.
The Eighth Station: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem.
Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 15: Their wailing sounds like a funeral. They cry and weep as if you are already dead. While air still passes
through your lungs and your heart still beats, to them, you are dead. They know you are on your way to be crucified and
because of the beating you have endured you already look like you
should not be breathing at all. Yet in this moment consumed by death, you speak words of life and say, ‘Daughters of
Jerusalem, do not weep for me.’
Pause
Reader 16:Do I listen to your words in my life? How often have the things I’ve watched or listened led me awayfrom you? Have
I allowed the gospel of Life to reign in my heart?
Pause
ALL:Jesus, help me to listen to your words of life. Show me ways that I can put you first.

The Ninth Station: Jesus falls for the third time.

Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 17: Again you fall, this time from sheer exhaustion. Only your will presses you forward while your bodyrefuses. How
 difficult it must be to be you, fully God and fully man. God knows that this has to
be finished and that it is not yet complete. Man feels the excruciating pain and every bone in your body wants to stop right here
and move no further. Somehow both join together and you muster the strength to get up. You vow to not fall again because
now you can see the place they are leading youto. You know the end is close and so you press on.
Pause
Reader 18:How many times have I let my flesh win over my spirit? How often have I chosen to sin rather than tofollow your
way? Was it my sin that became too heavy that you fell this third time?
Pause
ALL:Jesus, help me to follow your ways. Help me remember your victory over my sin. Give me the graceto recognize when
I sin and the desire to sin no more.

The Tenth Station: Jesus is stripped of his garments

Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 19: In some ways to get to this point is a relief because you know this is almost over. In other ways it is terrifying
because you know the worst pain possible for man to endure is still waiting for you. By
now your bloodied cuts have dried into your garments, because of this they act as a layer of skin foryou since so little of your
own remains. As the soldiers strip you bear it is not the nakedness that ispainful but rather the vicious tearing of your skin. The
cuts that had closed, now reopen and once again a river of blood runs all over your body. You are stripped of your dignity as
a man, for even animals are given a swifter, less painful death.
Pause
Reader 20:How often have I judged others by the way they look or what they are wearing? Do I find my ownself-worth
and self-identity by the clothes I wear or the way I look?
Pause
ALL:Jesus, help me to look past the outside of others. Help me not to judge them by how they look orwhat they wear. Help
me to find my self worth and identity in you.

The Eleventh Station: Jesus is nailed to the cross.

Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 21: Lying down on wood is not foreign to you. The first place you were laid when you came into this world was a
wooden manger. There you were laid in love and now it is out of love that you lay here on this wooden cross. The soldiers
pull your right arm out beside you and then horrific pain flows through your entire body. The nail pierces not only your hand
but also your whole body. The soldierpounds it in, only stopping to wipe your blood off his own face. Again the nail is driven
into your other hand and the pain jolts your entire body. Pain shoots up your legs as they nail your feet.
Pause
Reader 22: In reflection, I am angered by the soldiers. I can’t understand why they are doing this to you and yet what is
hardest to realize is that not only am I in the crowd watching all of this, but I’m also oneof them nailing you to the cross. How
many times has my sin become a strike of the nail into your body? How often do I turn away from your mercy?
Pause
ALL:Jesus, I’m sorry for nailing you to the cross with my own sin. Help me to seek your forgiveness andmercy for the times
that I sin.

The Twelfth Station: Jesus dies on the Cross.

Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 23: Above your head is the inscription, ‘King of the Jews’. As you use every last ounce of life left in youto lift your
body so that you can speak, you do not look the part. Yet, every word out of your mouthis one of love, truly from another
kingdom. The faces of all humanity must flash before your eyes asone by one you recount whom you are doing this for. And
finally you say, ‘Father, into your hands I commend my spirit...it is finished.’ You breathe your last and it looks as though this
is the end.
Long Pause

Reader 24:Jesus, help me never forget your love for me. Help me to know that you died for me. Fill me withcomfort in knowing
that I never suffer anything you don’t understand.
The Thirteenth Station: Jesus is taken down from the Cross
Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 25: The first arms that held you in this world are also the last. Your mother was told a sword would pierce her heart
the day she presented you as an infant to the Father. Now as she holds your body that is mangled beyond recognition she
sees not only the man she now holds, but also the child sheheld and her heart is pierced. Your comfort to her will come but
in this moment she has only the Father to be with her in her sorrow and pain. All hope seems gone.
Pause
Reader 26 :How many times have I lost hope in you? How often have I doubted your ability to be God in my lifeover all things?
Pause
ALL:Jesus, help me to trust in you. Help me to place all of my hope in you and give me peace in knowingthat you are Lord
over all things.

The Fourteenth Station: Jesus is placed in the tomb

Assigned Leader: We adore you O Christ and we praise you….
All: (Please genuflect) Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.
Reader 27: You are laid to rest by Joseph of Arimethea, Mary Magdalene, Mary your mother and a few other women. As
your body is anointed, Mary Magdalene remembers your eyes penetrating her heart. Tears stream down her face along with
the others there as they too remember your love. They wrapyour body in clean linens and lay it in a new tomb. The stone is
rolled over the entrance and now itsurely is the end. Up to this point, death is final. While those you have lived with, laughed
with and cried with are in their heightened sorrow believing all is over, you are conquering sin and death.
Pause
Reader 28:How many times has death felt like the end? When I’ve lost a loved one it can be so hard to remember your
victory. How often do I miss the opportunities to say, “I love you’ to those special people in my life? Do my family and
friends know how I feel about them?
Pause
ALL:Jesus, help me always remember that death is not the end. Give me the strength to say the words, ‘I love you’ to those
people in my life that I do love. Help me to love every person not just in wordsbut also with my actions.

Jesus, I love you, I need you, and I trust you.Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE INTENTION OF THE HOLY FATHER

1 Our Father…
1 Hail Mary…
1 Glory Be

CONCLUDING PRAYER

Let us pray.
Brief pause in silence.

Lord Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit, you were drawn by the Father from the darkness of death
to the light of a new life in glory. Grant that the sign of the empty tomb may speak to us and to future
generations and become a wellspring of living faith, generous love, and unshakeable hope. To you, O Jesus,
whose presence, hidden and victorious, fills the history of the world, be honor and glory for ever and ever.
Amen.

You may now be seated in silence. Please write how you felt while praying together the Stations of the Cross.
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https://www.kofc.org/en/resources/cis/devotionals/wayofcross.pdf