Stations of the Cross – Thirteenth Station

The body of Jesus is taken down from the cross

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

Scripture

“Now there was a virtuous man named Joseph who, though he was a member of the council, had not consented to their plan of action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea and was awaiting the kingdom of God. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. After He had taken the body down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid him in a roch-hewn tomb in which no one had yet been buried.”

A Prayer

I beg you, Lord,
help me accept the partings that must come –
from friends who go away,
my children leaving home,
and most of all ,
my dear ones when you shall call them to yourself.
Then, give me grace to say:
“As it has pleased you, Lord, to take them home,
I bow to your most holy will.
And if by just one word
I might restore their lives
against your will,
I would not speak.

Grant them eternal joy.