The Agony in the Garden
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus!
Your Son sweat blood for love of us!
God our Father offered your Son, Jesus, a cup of suffering for love of us!
Your Son accepted the cup of suffering from His Father for love of us
Knowing all our sins, Your Son still accepted His passion for love for us!
Your Son accepted the weakness of his closest followers, who could not even watch one hour with Him, such is His love for us!
Your Son was betrayed by His own Apostle in the garden for love of us!
Your Son called even Judas, “friend,” such is His love for us!
Your Son healed one who had come to arrest Him, such is His love for us!
Your Son overcame Satan’s hateful lie in the Garden of Eden for love of us!
Your Son let Himself be bound and led away like a criminal for love of us!
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death! Amen.
And so . . .
In Gethsemane . . .
The Scourging at the Pillar
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus!
Your Son was whipped far more than once for love of us!
Your Son was whipped far more than twice for love of us!
Your Son was whipped far more than three times for love of us!
Your Son was whipped far more than four times for love of us!
Your Son was whipped far more than five times for love of us!
Your Son was whipped far more than six times for love of us!
Your Son was whipped far more than seven times for love of us!
Your Son was whipped far more than eight times for love of us!
Your Son was whipped far more than nine times for love of us!
Your Son was whipped far more than ten times for love of us!
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death! Amen.
And so . . .
The Crowning with Thorns
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus!
Your Son was surrounded by a Roman cohort and mocked for love of us!
Your Son was crowned with a mock crown made of thorns for love of us!
Your Son was clothed in a mock royal robe, a soldiers cloak for love of us!
Your Son was made to hold a mock scepter, a reed for love of us!
Your Son was spat upon for love of us!
Your Son was struck with the reed for love of us!
Your Son was slapped in the face for love of us!
Your Son was knelt before in mockery by the soldiers for love of us!
Your Son was ridiculed as, “King of the Jews,” for love of us!
Your Son was paraded in front of the crowds clothed as a mock king for love of us!
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death! Amen.
And so . . .
The Carrying of the Cross
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus!
Your Son embraced the cross for love of us!
Your Son was driven out of His own city for love of us!
Your Son was paraded through the streets like a criminal for love of us!
Your Son was berated, harassed, and mocked as He walked for love of us!
Your Son got up after every fall along the Way of the Cross for love of us!
Your Son accepted His pain in meeting you along the Way of the Cross for love of us!
Your Son accepted the your pain in His meeting you along the Way of the Cross for love of us!
Your Son accepted help from Simon of Cyrene in order to reach Golgatha for love of us!
Your Son revealed to the women of Jerusalem that He was not thinking of Himself but of us as He carried the cross, such is His love for us!
Your Son dragged that cross all the way up to Golgatha for love of us!
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death! Amen.
And so . . .
The Crucifixion
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you! Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus!
Your Son had His left hand nailed to the cross for love of us!
Your Son had His right hand nailed to the cross for love of us!
Your Son had His right foot nailed to the cross for love of us!
Your Son had His right foot nailed to the cross for love of us!
Your Son was raised up naked in front of the crowds on the cross for love of us!
Your Son forgave those who tormented and crucified Him on the cross, such is His for love of us!
Your Son called first into Paradise a criminal, such is His for love of us!
Your Son experienced abandonment by His Father in heaven upon the cross for love of us!
Your Son gave us you to be our Mother from the cross for love of us!
Your Son died in agony on the cross for love of us!
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death! Amen.