- Agony in the Garden
(fruit of mystery is sorrow
for sin)
Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem
Pater Noster
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To honour the places
of retreat that Jesus Christ
chose during his life,
especially that of the
Garden of Olives.
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His humble and fervent
prayers offered during
his life and on the
eve of his passion.
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His patience and
gentleness towards his
apostles during his
life and especially
in the Garden of Olives.
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His weariness of soul
during all his life
and especially in the
Garden of Olives.
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The outpouring of
blood in which his
sorrows bathed him.
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The comfort he
consented to receive
from an angel in his
agony.
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His conformity to the
will of his Father in
spite of his natural
reluctance.
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The courage with which
he went to meet his
executioners and the
power of his words
with which he crushed
them and then
uplifted them.
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His betrayal by Judas
and his arrest by the
Jews.
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His desertion by his
apostles.
- Glory Be
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to
the Holy Spirit. As
it was in the beginning
is now and ever shall
be, world without end.
Amen.
- Fatima Prayer
O My Jesus, forgive us
our sins, save us from
the fires of Hell.
Lead all souls to
Heaven, especially those
in most need of Thy
mercy. Amen.
Scourging at the
Pillar (fruit of mystery
is purity)
The Church of the Flagellation, Jerusalem
Pater Noster
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To honour the chains
and ropes with which
Jesus was bound.
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The blow that he
received in the house
of Caiphas.
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The three denials of
St. Peter.
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The shameful treatment
he received at the house
of Herod when he was
dressed in a white robe.
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His being stripped of
all his clothes.
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The scorn and insults
he received from his
tormenters because of
his nakedness.
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His being beaten and
flayed with rods of
thorn and cruel whips.
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The pillar to which he
was bound.
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The blood he shed and
the wounds he received.
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His collapse through
weakness into a pool
of his own blood.
- Glory Be
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to
the Holy Spirit. As it
was in the beginning is
now and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen.
- Fatima Prayer
O My Jesus, forgive us
our sins, save us from
the fires of Hell. Lead
all souls to Heaven,
especially those in most
need of Thy mercy.
Amen.
Crowning with thorns
(fruit of mystery is moral
courage)
Crowning with Thorns, Prison in Jerusalem
Pater Noster
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To honour his being
stripped a third time.
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To honour His crown
of thorns.
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The veil with which
they blindfolded him.
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The blows and the
spittle rained upon his
face.
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The old robe they put
over his shoulders.
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The reed they put into
his hand.
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The rough stone upon
which he was made to
sit.
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The abuse and insults
that were hurled at him.
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The blood which poured
from his adorable head.
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His hair and beard
which they tore at.
- Glory Be
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to the
Holy Spirit. As it was
in the beginning is now
and ever shall be, world
without end. Amen.
- Fatima Prayer
O My Jesus, forgive us
our sins, save us from
the fires of Hell. Lead
all souls to Heaven,
especially those in
most need of Thy mercy.
Amen.
Carrying the Cross
(fruit of mystery is
patience)
Pater Noster
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To honour Our Lord
being presented to the
people at the
Ecce Homo.
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The preferring of
Barabbas to Jesus.
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The false testimonies
given against him.
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His being condemned
to death.
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The love with which
he embraced and kissed
the Cross.
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The dreadful sufferings
he endured in carrying
it.
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His falling through
weakness under its
weight.
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His sorrow on meeting
his Mother.
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The veil of Veronica on
which his face was
imprinted.
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His tears and those of
his Mother and the
pious women who
followed him to
Calvary.
- Glory Be
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to
the Holy Spirit. As it
was in the beginning is
now and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
- Fatima Prayer
O My Jesus, forgive us
our sins, save us from
the fires of Hell. Lead
all souls to Heaven,
especially those in
most need of Thy
mercy. Amen.
Crucifixion (fruit
of mystery is
perserverance)
Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem
Pater Noster
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To honour the five
wounds of Jesus Christ
and the shedding of his
blood on the Cross.
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His pierced heart and
the Cross upon which
he was crucified.
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The nails and the lance
which pierced him,
the sponge, the gall
and the vinegar which
he was given to drink.
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The shame and the
ignominy he endured in
being crucified naked
between two thieves.
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The compassion of his
Blessed Mother.
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His seven last words.
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His abandonment and
his silence.
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The distress of the
whole universe.
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His painful and
shameful death.
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His being taken down
from the Cross and
his burial.
- Glory Be
Glory be to the Father
and to the Son and to
the Holy Spirit. As it
was in the beginning is
now and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
- Fatima Prayer
O My Jesus, forgive us
our sins, save us
from the fires of Hell.
Lead all souls to
Heaven, especially
those in most need
of Thy mercy. Amen.