THE ELEVENTH STATION

JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS

We adore you, O Christ,

and we bless you

Because by your holy cross

you have redeemed the world.

FROM SACRED SCRIPTURE

Gospel of Luke 23:33

And when they came to the place

which is called the Skull,

there they crucified him,

and the criminals,

one on the right

and one on the left.

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Let us contemplate Jesus

praying Psalm 116 

as he is nailed to the Cross,

recalling how these were 

the very words Jesus prayed 

as he left the Last Supper.

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PSALM

I love the Lord,

because he has heard

my voice and my supplications.

Because he inclined 

his ear to me,

therefore, I will call on him

as long as I live.

the snares of death 

encompass me;

the pangs of Sheol

laid hold on me;

I suffered distress and anguish.

Then I called on the name

of the Lord:

"O Lord, I beg you,

save my life!"

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What shall I render to the Lord

for all his bounty to me?

I will lift up 

the chalice of salvation

and call on the name of the Lord,

Precious in the sight of the Lord

is the death of his saints.

- Psalm 116:1-4, 12-13, 15

HYMN

Virgin of all virgins blest!

Listen to my fond request:

let me share thy grief divine.