Ninth Station. Jesus falls the third time.

We adore you, Christ, and we praise you.

Because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the World.

Isaiah, chapter 53, verses 7 to 10. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By a perversion of justice he was taken away. Who could have imagined his future? For he was cut off from the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people. They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him in infirmity.

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.

Almighty God, you permitted your son to be weakened, broken, and crushed, so that he might rise from the dead freed from the ravages of sin. Along the road, we have looked at him through the eyes of the mother, the stranger, the comforter, the sufferer, and the mourner. As we complete his journey, grant us the wisdom from each view, that all the paths lead towards you, O Lord.