The Way of the Cross
for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
“It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they this first fall, grant me perseverance in my good
may be loosed from sins.” - 2 Mach. 12:46 resolutions, that I may always walk faithfully in
The Way of the Cross represents the sorrowful journey that Jesus made Your holy ways. The souls in Purgatory now suffer
with the cross to die on Calvary. The Church teaches that the Souls in because they neglected and abused Your graces
Purgatory undergo a process of purification that must include suffer- in this life. They now realize that no sin-stained
ing. By praying and making sacrifices for the Holy Souls, you have the soul can see God. Therefore, have mercy on them,
power and privilege to relieve their pain. In return, their gratitude will
bring you countless blessings. May a stream of mercy flow from you to and cleanse them from all sin. Through the in-
the Holy Souls in Purgatory. tercession of Your sorrowful Mother, deliver them
from Purgatory.
An Act of Contrition
O My Jesus! I love You above all things. I hate and detest all my sins,
because by them I have offended You. The holy indulgences, the fruits The Fourth Station
and merits of this devotion, I intend to gain for the souls in Purgatory, Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother
in particular for those who in life were near and dear to me, and also for
those for whom I am, in a special way, obliged to pray.
O Mary, my merciful Mother and the Mother of the poor souls in O Heart of Mary! O Heart of Jesus! I offer my life for
Purgatory, accompany me, by your intercession, on this journey. my sins. May the sweet names of Jesus and Mary
be on my lips and in my heart at the hour of my
[Station theme - I to XIV] death. O sweetest Heart of Jesus, I implore that I
may love You more and more. Sweet Heart of Mary,
Leader: We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You. be our salvation. Mother most sorrowful, merciful
All: Because by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. Queen of the Holy Souls, into your hands I place my few merits
[Prayers of Stations I to XIV] and implore you to unite them with the infinite merits of your Son.
Offer them to the eternal Father for those souls who are bound to me
My Jesus, mercy! by ties of relationship.
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord — and let perpetual light shine The Fifth Station
upon them. Merciful Jesus, grant them eternal rest. Amen.
Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus to Carry His Cross
O my Jesus, I accept the cross. I embrace it. Let me
help You to carry Your cross, by being patient in
The First Station all trials that may assail me. How many souls in
Jesus is Condemned to Death Purgatory now regret their past impatience! But
You, O Lord, be generous with them and remit all
O my innocent Jesus, to free me from eternal that still remains to be expiated.
death, You allowed Yourself to be condemned by
a pagan judge to the death of the cross. Give me The Sixth Station
a hatred for sin and the grace to live that I may Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
one day obtain from You a merciful sentence. The
poor souls in Purgatory have already been judged. O Lord, Jesus Christ, You who have left on Veronica’s
Through Your mercy they have escaped hell; yet on account of their sins, veil the image of your bloodstained countenance,
Your justice has caused them to suffer the pains of Purgatory. O most grant that the memory of Your bitter passion and
merciful Jesus, have pity on them. Revoke the sentence of their exile death may ever remain impressed on my soul. Have
and open to them the gates of heaven. pity on the poor souls, made to your image and
likeness and redeemed by Your Most Precious Blood. Free them from all
The Second Station sin that they may enter heaven, to see You face-to-face forever and ever.
Jesus is Made to Bear His Cross
The Seventh Station
O holy cross, You are the tree of life, the gate of Jesus Falls the Second Time
heaven, our salvation, and our only hope. Be my
salvation at the hour of death. O Jesus, be mindful My sins have made Your cross heavy, O Jesus. I
of Your servants who have departed this life with detest them and firmly propose to amend my life.
this sign of faith. Free them by the victorious Never permit me to separate myself from You again.
power of Your cross, by which You have conquered Have mercy, O Jesus, on those souls who now
death. Lead them into eternal life and happiness. suffer the pains of Purgatory for mortal sins com-
mitted in this life. O clement Heart of Jesus, have
The Third Station compassion on them.
Jesus Falls the First Time
The Eighth Station
O Jesus, through Your weakness under the cross and the merits of Jesus Comforts the Women of Jerusalem
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Most compassionate Heart of Jesus! My Jesus, who death. Take me when I am best prepared. In that
said to the holy women: “Do not weep for Me, but hour, fill my soul with holy sentiments of faith,
weep for yourselves and for your children,” make hope, and charity. Grant me true and perfect con-
me weep for the ingratitude that I have returned for trition for my sins and the grace to accept with
Your love. I wish to make amends in this life for my Christian resignation my death, with all its pains and
sins, that I may obtain pardon for them in the next. sufferings. May I leave this world invoking Your Most
Grant me a tender love for the souls in Purgatory, Holy Name. Mary, Mother of Sorrows, refuge of the
especially for the souls of my relatives. For the future, dying, be near me in my last agony. Remember, O
I promise to do what I have neglected through my most loving Jesus, the poor souls with that love with
forgetfulness and hardness of heart. which You gave comfort to the good thief: “Today you will be with Me
in Paradise.” Call these souls into the kingdom of Your glory, that they
The Ninth Station may praise You together with all the angels and saints forever and ever.
Jesus Falls the Third Time
The Thirteenth Station
Through this most painful fall, O Jesus, I ask You to Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross
deliver me from an unhappy death, which would
plunge me into hell. From the power of the enemy O Jesus, You whose soul descended to the dead to
deliver my immortal soul, and make me live and announce peace to the just of the Old Testa-
die in Your grace. Look with mercy upon the poor ment, descend now among the poor souls who
souls doing penance in Purgatory. With tears and yearn for You. Free them from the chains of their
prayers they seek Your help and mercy. Hear their prayers and lead slavery, and grant them the liberty of true children
them out of that place of purification into the blessed peace of heaven, of God! O Mary, my Mother, may I, like Jesus, be
there to enjoy forever the splendor of Your glory. placed in your arms at my departure from this world. Be with me
at the tribunal of the Divine Judge, that through your intercession, I
The Tenth Station may obtain a favorable judgment. Sweet Heart of Mary be my salvation!
Jesus is Stripped of His Garments
The Fourteenth Station
My most blessed Redeemer, stripped of Your Jesus is Laid in the Tomb
garments for love of me, grant me holy modesty and
purity. Deliver me from all dangerous inclinations O Jesus, through the merits of Your bitter passion
and death, and through Your glorious Resurrection,
to created thing. Make me die to everything of
I beseech You to have compassion on the poor
this world, that at death separation from all earthly souls, and grant them a happy and glorious admis-
things may be easy. Of what benefit now are wealth sion into heaven. Let them enter into that peace so
and the pleasures of this world to the souls in Purgatory? Their bod- long desired. Let them contemplate the splendor
ies they had to leave to decay and dust of death, and their wealth to of the Beatific Vision. Let them bless eternally Your mercy. Sweet Heart
heirs. Only their works have followed them: the good to be rewarded, of Mary, be my salvation, that I may not be condemned to that place of
and the evil to be punished. O Lord, put an end to their suffering. Do not agony, when my body will be in the cold earth. Let my soul flee the fires
keep them any longer from the inheritance of the saints, but pardon of Purgatory. Most loving Mother, on that day save your child. Bring
me quick relief and through your merits deliver me from the flames,
them and admit them into the realm of eternal bliss and happiness.
that I may thank you in heaven and, with you and all the saints, adore
and love Jesus, your beloved Son, who with the Father and the Holy
The Eleventh Station Spirit lives and reigns, true God, forever and ever. Amen.
Jesus is Nailed to the Cross
My most innocent Jesus, nailed to the cross for my Closing Prayer
sins, I beseech You, through the merits of Your My crucified Redeemer, I offer You this devotion, which by Your grace, I have
just finished. Grant that the precious fruits of Your death on the cross be not
horrible suffering, to come to my aid in my last lost either for me or for the souls in Purgatory. Mary, Mother of Sorrows, place
sickness and agony. Grant me the grace to receive in my petitions in the Heart of your beloved Son, so that I may be admitted
time Your most holy Sacraments. Come to me then, into the kingdom of grace, there together with my dear ones, both living and
dead, to be blessed eternally. O Gentlest Heart of Jesus, ever present in
O Most Holy Viaticum, and pour into my soul the the Blessed Sacrament, ever consumed with burning love for the poor cap-
patience of Your Most Sacred Heart! And you, O Mary my Mother, console tive souls in Purgatory, have mercy on them. Be gentle in Your judgments,
me in that hour and make sweet my sufferings, through the sorrow but let some drops of Your Precious Blood fall upon the devouring flames.
O merciful Savior, send Your angels to conduct the poor souls to a place of
that pierced your heart at the crucifixion. Lamb of God, have mercy on refreshment, light and peace. Amen.
the souls in Purgatory, whose sufferings are greater than the sick and
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord — and let perpetual light shine upon
dying. Spare them this agony, and through the merits of Your passion them. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on them. Merciful Jesus, grant
admit them into eternal dwellings. them eternal rest. Amen.
The Twelfth Station The Way of the Cross for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
Originally published by: Frank Quin & Company, Philadelphia 1928
Jesus Dies on the Cross
Reprinted by Holy Souls Mass Apostolate Our gratitude to Aida Santiago, PWHS Area
P.O. Box 618652 Coordinator for Camarines Sur for providing us
O Jesus, through Your three hours’ agony on the cross, grant me a happy Chicago, IL 60661 a copy of this booklet. ED
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