Lord Jesus Christ, take me along that holy way you once took to your death, Take my mind, my memory, above all my reluctant heart, and let me see what you once did for love of me and all the world.

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.

Because by your Holy Cross, you have redeemed the world.

Eleventh Station: Jesus is nailed to the cross

When they reached the place called The Skull, they crucified him ther and the two criminals also, one on the right, the other on the left. Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing’. Then they cast lots to share out his clothing. The people stayed there watching him. As for the leaders,they jeered at him. ‘He saved others,’ they said, ‘ let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, and when they approached to offer him vinegar they said, ‘If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself’. Above him there was an inscription: ‘This is the king of the Jews’. One of the criminals hanging there abused him. ‘Are you not the Christ?’ he said. ‘Save yourself and us as well.’ But the other spoke up and rebuked him. ‘Have you no fear of God at all?’ he said. ‘You got the same sentence as he did, but in our case we deserved it: we are paying for what we did. But this man has done nothing wrong. Jesus’, he said, ‘remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ ‘Indeed, I promise you’, he replied, ‘today you will be with in paradise.’ – Luke 23:33-43

Prayer from “A Woman’s Way of the Cross” by Sylvia Hunter