EIGHTH STATION: JESUS MEETS THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM
 
Officiant:  We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you:
 
People:    Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
 
Officiant: There followed after Jesus a great multitude of the people, and among them
                were women who bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning to them said,
                "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for
                your children."
 
Officiant:  Those who sowed with tears:
 
People:    Will reap with songs of joy.
 
Officiant:  Let us pray.
                Teach your Church, O Lord, to mourn the sins of which it is guilty, and to repent
                and forsake them; that, by your pardoning grace, the results of our iniquities
                may not be visited upon our children and our children’s children; through Jesus
                Christ our Lord.
 
People:    Amen.

All:           Holy God,
                Holy and Mighty,
                Holy Immortal One,
                Have mercy upon us.