The Second Station - Jesus Takes Up His Cross

We adore You Oh Christ & we praise You (genuflect)

  because by Your Holy Cross  You have redeemed the world.

2nd Station

I reply:  (Please kneel)

My Jesus, Lord,
I take my daily cross.
I welcome the monotony that often marks my day, discomforts of all kinds, the summer's heat, the winter's cold, my disappointments, tensions, setbacks, cares.
Remind me often that in carrying my cross, I carry Yours with You.
And though I bear a sliver only
of Your Cross, You carry  all of mine,  except a sliver, in return.

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