Thirteenth Station

Jesus Dies on the Cross (Luke 23:44–46)

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

Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, while the sun’s light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” Having said this, he breathed his last.

Christ for us became obedient unto death,

Even death on a cross

(Silence)

O God, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection delivered us from the power of our enemy: Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; who lives and reigns now and forever. Amen.

Holy God,

Holy and Mighty,

Holy Immortal One,

Have mercy upon us.