I

Jesus is Condemned to Die

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You

because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

 

He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;  he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 
Isaiah 53:7

No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
John 15:13 

II

Christ Takes up His Cross

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You

because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 
~ Isaiah 53:4-5.
"If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me."
~Luke 9:23
"Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For My yoke is easy, and My burden light." 
~Matthew 11:28-29
 

III

Jesus Falls the First Time

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You

because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

He has broken my teeth with gravel, pressed my face in the dust... 

~ Lamentations 3:16 
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 
~ Isaiah 53:6

Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world! 

~ John 1:29

IV

Jesus Meets His Mother

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You

because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

Come, all you who pass by the way, look and see whether there is any suffering like My suffering.
~Lamentations 1:12
 "And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you."
~ John 16:22

V

Jesus is Helped to Carry His Cross

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

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

"Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of Mine, you did for Me." ~ Matthew 25:40 
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
~ Galatians 6:2

VI

Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

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

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

 

His look was marred beyond that of man, and His appearance beyond that of mortals. 

~ Isaiah 52:14

"Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father." 

~ John 14:9

He spoke to us through a Son, whom He made heir to all things and through Whom He created the universe, Who is the refulgence of His glory, the very imprint of His being. 

~ Hebrews 1:3

VII

Jesus Falls the Second Time

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

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

I was hard pressed and was falling, but the Lord helped Me. ~ Psalm 118:13

We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. ~ Hebrews 4:15

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest."  ~ Matthew 11:28

VIII

Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem

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

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

"Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children." ~Luke 23:28
"Anyone who does not remain in Me will be thrown out like a branch and wither."
~ John 15:6
"I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish!" 
~ Luke 13:3

IX

Jesus Falls the Third Time

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

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

I am like water poured out; all My bones are racked. My heart has become like wax. My throat is dried up like baked clay, My tongue cleaves to My jaws; to the dust of death, you have brought Me down.
~ Psalm 22:15-16
Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus. He emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave. He humbled Himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.
~ Philippians 2:5-7             
Everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.
~ Luke 14:11

X

Jesus Clothing is Taken Away

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

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

They divide My garments among them, and for My vesture they cast lots.       Psalm 22:19 

Everyone of you who does not renounce all that he possess cannot be My disciple.  Luke 14:33

Put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and as for the flesh, take no thought for its lust.  Romans 13:14

XI

Jesus is Crucified

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You
because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left. [Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do."]
(Philippians 2, 8-9)

"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to Myself."
(John 12, 32)
Luke 23: 33-34
He humbled Himself, becoming obedient to death, even to death on a cross. Therefore God also has exalted Him.

XII

Jesus Dies on the Cross

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

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

Those who love Your law have great peace. 
Psalm 119:165)

It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle. Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit"; and when he had said this he breathed his last.
Luke 23: 44-46

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1st John 4:9-10 

I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.

~ John 10:14-15

Did not the Christ have to suffer those things before entering into His glory? 

Luke 24:26

XIII

Jesus' Body is Taken Down From the Cross

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

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

XIV

Jesus' Body is Laid in the Tomb

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

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who was himself a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be handed over. Taking the body, Joseph wrapped it [in] clean linen and laid it in his new tomb that he had hewn in the rock. Then he rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the tomb and departed.
Matthew 27: 57-60
 "Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it brings forth much fruit."
~John 12:24-25
The death that Christ died, He died to sin once for all, but the life that He lives, He lives unto God. Thus do you consider yourselves also as dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
~Romans 6:10-11
Christ rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures.
1st Corinthians 15:3-4