Third Station

Jesus is Condemned to death (Luke 22:66–71)

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

Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, gathered together, and they brought him to their council. They said, “If you are the Messiah, tell us.”

He replied, “If I tell you, you will not believe; and if I question you, you will not answer. But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

All of them asked, “Are you, then, the Son of God?”

He said to them, “You say that I am.”

Then they said, “What further testimony do we need? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!”

God did not spare his own Son,

But delivered him up for us all

(Silence)

Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: Mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord. Amen.

Holy God,

Holy and Mighty,

Holy Immortal One,

Have mercy upon us.