Fifth Sorrowful Mystery: Jesus Dies on the Cross
1.Jesus said, Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing. (Lk. 23: 32)
2. One of the criminals said: Jesus, remember me when You enter upon Your reign. And Jesus replied, I assure you; this day you will be with Me in paradise. (Lk. 23: 42-43)
3. Seeing His Mother there with the disciple whom He loved, Jesus said to His Mother, Woman, there is your son.
(Jn. 19: 26)
4. In turn He said to the disciple, There is your Mother. From that hour onward, the disciples took Her into his care.
(Jn. 19: 27)
5. Then toward midafternoon, Jesus cried out in a loud tone, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? (Mt. 27: 46)
6. Jesus realizing that everything was now finished, said to fulfill the Scriptures, I am thirsty. There was a jar there, full of common wine. They stuck a sponge soaked in this wine on a stick, and raised it to His lips. (Jn. 19: 28)
7. When Jesus took the wine, He said, Now it is finished. (Jn. 19: 30)
8. Jesus uttered a loud cry and said, Father, into Your hands I commend My spirit. After He said this, he expired.
(Lk. 23: 46)
9. Darkness came over the whole land until midafternoon with an eclipse of the sun. The curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two. (Lk. 23: 44-45)
10. They took Jesus' body, and in accordance with Jewish burial custom, bound it up in wrappings of cloth with perfumed oils. (Jn. 19: 40)
Mary's Son
Perfectly little baby,
Mary's little son,
lying in her loving arms
While Joseph looks on,
The joy of his mother,
God's only son,
and the heavens sing out their song
while shepherds look on.
Wondrous young man,
Mary's little son,
sitting in the temple
while the teachers looked on.
Frightened was his mother
for God's only son,
Feeling how the sword would feel
As she searched on.
Battered was his body,
Mary's precious son
as they pulled him off the cross
as soldiers looked on.
The sorrow of his mother
for God's only son
when they laid him in her lap
so hard to look on.
Empty was the tomb
Gone was Mary's son
when the stone was rolled away
as soldiers ran on.
The joy of his mother
for God's only son
Still echos in that empty tomb
As Heaven sings on.
KAC