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THE FOURTH
STATION
Jesus meets His Mother.
V. We adore thee O Christ and we bless thee,
R. Because by thy Holy Cross you have
redeemed the world.
THERE is no part of the history of Jesus but
Mary has her part in it. There are those who profess to be His servants, who
think that her work was ended when she bore Him, and after that she had nothing
to do but disappear and be forgotten. But we, O Lord, Thy children of the
Catholic Church, do not so think of Thy Mother. She brought the tender infant
into the Temple, she lifted Him up in her arms when the wise men came to adore
Him, She fled with Him to Egypt, she took Him up to Jerusalem when He was twelve
years old. He lived with her at Nazareth for thirty years. She was with Him at
the marriage-feast. Even when He had left her to preach, she hovered about Him.
And now she shows herself as He toils along the Sacred Way with His cross on His
shoulders. Sweet Mother, let us ever think of thee when we think of Jesus, and
when we pray to Him, ever aid us by thy powerful intercession.
Our Father, who art in heaven…
Hail Mary, full of grace…
Glory be to the Father…
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