Third Station. Jesus Falls the First Time.

We adore you, Christ, and we praise you.

Because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the World.

Isaiah, Chapter 53, verses 1 to 3. Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we held him of no account.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end.

Jesus, as you bore the cross for us, as you walked the lonely road to Golgotha, your humanity came through. Your limbs failed you, and you fell. Yet then, you rose and carried on. Lord, strengthen us in our humanity, that we can remain faithful to our baptismal promises. And when we do fall, help us to rise and carry on the road with you.