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1. Sorrowful, weeping stood the Mother by the cross on
which hung her Son.
2. Whose soul, mournful, sad, lamenting, was pierced by
a sword.
3. Oh how sad, how afflicted was that blessed Mother of
the Only-begotten.
4. How did she mourn and lament, loving Mother, while
she saw the torment of her divine Son?
5. What man would not weep if he saw the mother of
Christ in such sorrow?
6. Who would not mourn with her, beholding Christ’s
mother mourning with her Son?
7. For the sins of her race, she sees Jesus in torments and
subjected to scourges.
8. She sees her dear Son dying in anguish, as he gives up
the ghost.
9. O Mother, fount of love, make me feel the strength of
thy sorrow, that I may mourn with thee.
10. Make my heart burn with love for Christ my God, that I
may please him.
11. Holy Mother, do this: fix the wounds of the Crucified
firmly in my heart.
12. Share with me the pain of thy wounded Son, Who
deigns to bear so much for me.
13. While I shall live, make me dutifully weep with thee,
[make me] suffer with the Crucified.
14. I desire to stand beside the cross with thee, and to
unite myself with thee in lamentation.
15. Foremost virgin of virgins, be not harsh to me now:
make me weep with thee.
16. Make me a bearer of the death of Christ, make me a
sharer in [his] Passion and to ponder his
wounds.
17. Make me be wounded by [his] wounds, make me be
inebriated with the cross and the blood of
[thy] Son.
18. That I may not burn in flames, may I be protected by
thee, holy Virgin at the day of judgment.
19. Christ, when I depart from here, grant that through Thy
Mother, I may gain the palm of victory.
20. When the body dies, grant my soul may enter the glory
of paradise.
Stations of the Cross
Note: Music from the Parish Book of Chant (CMAA, 2012, page 257) and used with permission from The Church Music Association of America. Book can be purchased at amazon.com and is also available by download from http://media.musicasacra.com/pdf/pbc-web.pdf