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VIA CRVCIS — STATIO IV

Station IV — Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother

Station IV: Jesus meets His afflicted Mother. St. Alphonsus meditates on the meeting of Jesus and Mary on the way to Calvary: 'their glances pierced their hearts.' This station invokes Mary as Refuge of sinners and asks for the grace of true devotion to her.

LATINE
V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi.
R. Quia per sanctam Crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
STATIO IV — Iesus obviat Matri suae afflictae
Considera occursum Filii et Matris, quem Maria in via habuit. Oculi Iesu et Mariae se mutuo intuerunt, et vulnera eorum corda transverberaverunt. Maria voluit mori loco Filii sui.
Iesu mi amantissime et Mater mea Maria, per dolorem quem in hoc occursu habuistis, concedite mihi gratiam ut vere devotus sim Matri tuae. Et tu, Mater mea, Refugium peccatorum, intercede pro me nunc et in hora mortis meae.
Amo te, Iesu mi, super omnia, et ex toto corde me poenitet quod offenderim te. Numquam permittas ut iterum a te separar. Da ut semper te amem, et postea fac de me quidquid tibi placuerit.
Pater Noster. Ave Maria. Gloria Patri.
V. Miserere nostri, Domine.
R. Miserere nostri.
ENGLISH
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
STATION IV — Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother
Consider the meeting of the Son and the Mother on the way to Calvary. Jesus and Mary looked at each other, and their glances pierced their hearts. Mary would have died instead of her Son.
My most loving Jesus and my sorrowful Mother Mary, by the sorrow you experienced in this meeting, grant me the grace of being truly devoted to thy Mother. And thou, my Mother, Refuge of sinners, intercede for me now and at the hour of my death.
I love Thee, my Jesus, above all things; I repent with my whole heart of having offended Thee. Never permit me to separate myself from Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always, and then do with me what Thou wilt.
Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
V. Have mercy on us, O Lord.
R. Have mercy on us.
NOTA
FONS
S. Alphonsus de Liguori (1696-1787), Via della Salute; Raccolta
USUS
Lent, Fridays, any time of penance