Sixth Station – Veronica offers her veil to Jesus

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

R. Because, by Your holy Cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

V. Consider the compassion of the holy woman, Veronica. Seeing Jesus in such distress, His face bathed in sweat and blood, she presented Him with her veil. Jesus wiped His face, and left upon the cloth the image of His sacred countenance. (Kneel)

R. My most beloved Jesus, Your face was beautiful when you before this journey, but now, it no longer appears beautiful and is disfigured with wounds and blood. Alas, my soul also was once beautiful, when it received Your grace in Baptism; but I have since disfigured it with my sins; You alone, my Redeemer, can restore it to its former beauty. Do this by the merits of Your Passion; and then do with me as You will.

(Optional Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be)

Can the human heart refrain from partaking in her pain, in that Mother’s pain untold?