Liturgy of the Passion

(based on the Stations of the Cross)

Jesus’ Journey to Calvary

Were you there?Were you there when they crucified my Lord?Were you there when they crucified my Lord?Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

Jesus is condemn

ed to death

We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Jesus takes up

his cross.We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Jesus falls for the first

time.We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Jesus meets his mother, Mary.

We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Simon of Cyrene helps

Jesus to carry the

cross.We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Veronica

wipes the face of Jesus.We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Jesus falls for

the second time.We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Jesus comforts

the women of Jerusalem.We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Jesus falls for

the third time.

We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Jesus is stripped

of His garment

s.We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

Were you there when they pierced him in the side?Were you there when they pierced him in the side?Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.Were you there when they pierced him in the side?

Jesus is nailed to the cross.We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Jesus dies on the cross.

Were you there when the sun refused to shine?Were you there when the sun refused to shine?Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.Were you there when the sun refused to shine?

Jesus dies on

the cross.We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Jesus is taken down

from the cross.We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

Jesus is laid in

the tomb.

Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?

Jesus is laid in

the tomb.We adore you, O Christ,

and we praise you.

Response: Because by

your holy cross you have

redeemed the world.

When I think about the cross,When I think of Jesus,I’m reminded of his love, love that never leaves me.

Who am I that he should die, giving life so freely?When I think about the cross help me to believe it.