Visita Iglesia
Visita
Iglesia is a Filipino tradition of visiting different churches during Holy
Week. They offer prayer in each church.
The Sign of the Cross
In
the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Opening Prayer
Almighty, ever living God, you have given the human
race Jesus Christ our Saviour as a model of humility. He fulfilled your will by
becoming man and giving his life on the cross. Help us to bear witness to you
by following his example of suffering and make us worthy to share in his resurrection.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Lord’s
Prayer
Our Father in heaven, holy be your name, your
kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily
bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Do not bring
us to the test but deliver us from evil. Amen.
The Hail
Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with you,
blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy
Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Glory Be to
The Father
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.
Final Prayer
(after the 14th Station)
O Lord Jesus Christ, help me to see in the cross
the lengths to which man’s sin will go. Help me to see in the cross that sin is
enmity to you, that sin is the destroyer of all beauty, and the enemy of all loveliness. Help me to
see in the cross the lengths to which your love will go, that you did love us so
much that you kept nothing back. Help me to see in the cross the wonder of your
love and to surrender forever for it. I
ask you this through your sorrowful mother, Amen.
May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
Prayer for
the Pope (after the Final Prayer)
Father of Providence, look with love on our Pope, your
appointed successor to Saint Peter on whom you built your Church. May he be the
visible center and foundation of our unity in faith and love. Grant this
through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with You and the
Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.
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| Manila Cathedral Intramuros Metro Manila Philippines |
FIRST
STATION
Jesus is
condemned to death
Priest: We adore You, O Christ, and
we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: Again the high priest
began to ask him, and said to him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed
One?” And Jesus said to him, “I am. And you shall see the Son of Man sitting at
the right hand of the Power and coming with clouds of heaven.” But the high
priest tore his garments and said, “What further need have we of witnesses? You
have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?” And they all condemned him as
liable to death.
All: (Kneel and Pause) The
kings of the earth rise up/ and the princes conspire together against the Lord
and against his Anointed. / I will proclaim the decree of the Lord;/ the Lord
said to me: / “You are my Son; this day I have begotten you. / Ask of me and I
will give you the nations for an inheritance / and the ends of the earth for
your possession”
Priest: Let us pray. All powerful
and eternal God, for proclaiming the truth your Son, Jesus Christ, is condemned
to death by crucifixion. Stir up your love in our hearts so that we might be
ever faithful to all that You have told us and fear nothing more than the loss
of your friendship through sin.
All: Amen.
(Our father,
Hail Mary, Glory Be)
(Stand)
Sing: Now the
Cross as Jesus bore it,
Has become
for us who share it,
The jeweled
Cross of Victory.
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| Altar of Manila Cathedral |
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| Minor Basilica of St. Lorenzo Ruiz Binondo, Metro Manila |
SECOND
STATION
Jesus
carries his Cross
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: And Pilate said to the
Jews, “Behold, your king!” But they cried out. “Away with him! Crucify him!”
Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?”. The chief priest answered,
we have no king but Caesar.” Then he handed him over to them to be crucified.
And so they took Jesus and led him away, bearing the cross for himself.
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) Who
would believe what we heard? / To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? /
He grew up like a sapling before him, like a shoot from the parched earth; /
there was in him no stately bearing to make us look at him. / He was rejected
and avoided by men, / a man of suffering, accustomed to infirmity, / one of
those from whom men turn away, / and we held him in no esteem.
Priest: Let us pray. Father in
heaven, your Son, Jesus Christ, still carries his Cross in his persecuted
brothers and sisters throughout the world. Make us feel the needs of all
persons so that we might as readily help them as we would help Jesus himself.
All: Amen.
(Our Father,
Hail Mary, Glory Be)
(Stand)
Sing: Weakened,
prodded, cursed, and fallen,
His whole
Body bruised and swollen,
Jesus
tripped and lay in pain.
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| Altar of Basilica of St. Lorenzo Ruiz |
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| Our Lady of Pillar Plaza Miranda, Sta. Cruz Metro Manila Philippines |
THIRD
STATION
Jesus falls
the first time
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: If the world hates you,
know that it has hated me before you. If you were of the world, the world would
love what is its own. Because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you
out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I have
spoken to you: No servant is greater than his master. If they have persecuted
me, they will persecute you also.
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) Why are
your clothes red, / and your garments like those of the wine presser? / “The
wine press I have trodden alone, / and of my people there was no one with me. /
I trod them in my anger, and trampled them down in my wrath; / their blood
spurted on my garments and I stained all my clothes. / I looked about, but
there was no one to lend support; / so my own arm brought about the victory.”
Priest: Let us pray. O God, to free us from sin and
weakness your Son, Jesus Christ, embraced his fearful passion and crucifixion.
Strengthen us in our baptismal resolutions by which we renounced sin and Satan,
so that through the passion of this life’s sufferings we might rise to a new
life of joyful service free of all selfishness.
All: Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be)
(Stand)
Sing: Weakened,
prodded, cursed, and fallen,
His whole
Body bruised and swollen,
Jesus tripped
and lay in pain.
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| Altar of Our Lady of Pillar |
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| Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima Marulas, Valenzuela City Metro Manila Philippines |
FOURTH STATION
Jesus meets his afflicted
mother
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: Now they were standing by
the cross of Jesus his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary of Cleophas, and
Mary Magdalene. When Jesus, therefore, saw his mother and the disciple standing
by, whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he
said to his disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple
took her into his home.
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) To what
can I compare you, O daughter Jerusalem? / What example can I show you for your
comfort, virgin daughter Sion? For great as the sea is your distress; / who can
heal you?
Priest: Let us pray. O blessed
Lord, at your passion a sword of sorrow pierced the loving heart of your mother
as Simeon had foretold. Grant that we who look back on her sorrows with
compassion might receive the healing fruits of your sufferings.
All: Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be)
(Stand)
Sing: Simeon stopped in
hesitation,
Not foreseeing his proud station,
Called to bear the Cross
of Christ.
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| Altar of Our Lady of Fatima |
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| Shrine of Our Lady of Grace Grace Park Caloocan City Metro Manila Philippines |
FIFTH STATION
Simeon of Cyrene helps
Jesus to carry his Cross
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: And when they had mocked
Jesus, they took the purple cloak off and put his own clothes on him, and they
led him out to be crucified. Then they forced a certain passer-by, Simeon of
Cyrene, coming from the country, to take up his cross. they brought Jesus to
the place called Golgotha, a name meaning “the place of the skull.”
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) With a
loud voice I cry out to the Lord; / with a loud voice I beseech the Lord. / My
complaint I pour out before him; before him I lay bare my distress. / When my
spirit is faint within me, you know my path. / In the way along which I walk
they have hid a trap for me. / I look to the right to see, but there is no one
who pays me heed. / I have lost all means of escape; / there is no one who
cares for my life.
Priest: Let us pray. Lord Jesus
Christ, help us to see in the sufferings and shortcomings of our lives a share
in Your Cross; strengthen and console us in the belief that we bear all things
in union with You, who have taken upon Yourself even our guilt.
All: Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be)
(Stand)
Sing: Brave but
trembling came the woman,
None but she
would flaunt the Roman,
Moved by
love beyond her fear.
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| Altar of Shrine of Our Lady of Grace |
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| San Roque Church Blumentritt Sta. Cruz Metro Manila Philippines |
SIXTH STATION
Veronica wipes the face of
Jesus
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: “Lord, when did we see
you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you drink? And when did we see
you a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? or when did we see
you sick, or in prison, and come to you?” And answering the king will say to
them, “Amen, I say to you, as long as you did it for one of these, the least of
my brethren, you did it for me.”
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) A
faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; / he who finds a treasure. / A faithful
friend is beyond price, no sum can balance his worth. / A faithful friend is a
life-saving remedy, such as he who fears God finds; / for he who fears God behaves
accordingly. / and his friend will be like himself.
Priest: Let us pray. Almighty and
ever-loving God, we feel your love and understanding in the consolation and
support we receive from one another. Give us, we beg You, the courage and
dedication to sacrifice and suffer with those who are in need, the least of your
people.
All: Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary,
Glory Be)
(STAND)
Sing: Prostrate on the
dust He crumbled,
Flogged in Body He
resembled
All our brothers poor and
scorned.
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| Shrine of Espiritu Santo Tayuman Sta. Cruz Metro Manila Philippines |
SEVENTH STATION
Jesus falls the second
time
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: It was our weaknesses
that he carried, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as
stricken, as one struck by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our
offenses, crushed for our sins; upon him was the punishment that makes us
whole, by his stripes we were healed. We had all gone astray like sheep, each
following his own way; but the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all.
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) Though
he was harshly treated, / he submitted and opened not his mouth; / like a lamb
led to the slaughter or a sheep before the shearers. / he was silent and
uttered no cry. / When he was cut off from the land of the living, and smitten
for the sin of his people, / a grave was assigned him among the wicked and a
burial place with evildoers, / though he had done no wrong nor spoken any
falsehood.
Priest: Let us pray. Lord Jesus
Christ, You shared in our weaknesses and accepted our guilt. Grant us the favor
of rejoicing over our human weaknesses, so that in all we do, Your strength,
dwelling in us, may be shown to all others.
All: Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary,
Glory Be)
(STAND)
Sing: May our sympathy for
Jesus
Turn to those who were now
need us
May we see Christ bruised
in them.
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| San Sebastian Church Quiapo Metro Manila Philippines |
Eight Station
Jesus meets the women of
Jerusalem
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: There was following Jesus
a great crowd of people, and among them
were some women who were bewailing and lamenting Him. Jesus turning to them
said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep yourselves and for
your children.”
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) Come, all of you pass by the
way, / look and see whether there is any suffering like my suffering, /
suffering which the Lord has afflicted me on the day of his blazing wrath. / At
this I weep, my eyes run with tears: far from me are all who could console me,
/ far away are any who might revive me.
Priest: Let us pray. Beloved
Jesus, with tears of pity these women of Jerusalem responded to You, broken,
bruised, beaten, on the road to Calvary. Deepen our faith, we beg You, so that
we may see You in our brothers and sisters, bruised by our envy, beaten down by
injustice, and broken by our greed and our
indifference.
All: Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary,
Glory Be)
(Stand)
Sing: Jesus fell again in
weakness,
Stumbling as we do, to
lead us
Through
our sorrow and our pain.
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| Altar of San Sebastian Church |
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| Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Rosary (Manaoag Church) Manaoag Pangasinan Philippines |
TENTH STATION
Jesus is stripped of his
clothes
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: They gave Jesus wine to
drink mixed with gall; but when he had tasted it, he would not drink. Then
after they had crucified him, they divided his clothes, casting lots, to
fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, “They divided my clothes among
them, and upon my garments they cast lots.”
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) Happy
is the man whom God chastises! / Do not reject the punishment of the almighty.
/ For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands give healing. /
Insult has broken my heart, and I am weak; / I looked for comforters, and I
found none. / Rather they put gall in my food, and in my thirst they gave me
vinegar to drink.
Priest: Let us pray. Lord Jesus
Christ, stripped of everything, You stood exposed to the jeers and contempt of
the people whom You loved. Clothe us with genuine love of others, so that
nothing we suffer may ever fill our hearts with hatred or bitterness.
All: Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary,
Glory Be)
(STAND)
Sing: Pierced the hands that
blessed and cured us,
Pierced the feet that
walked to free us,
Walked the hill of
Calvary.
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| Back area of the Manaoag Church |
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| St. Joseph Cathedral San Jose City Nueva Ecija Philippines |
ELEVENTH STATION
Jesus is nailed to the
Cross
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: When they came to
Golgotha, the place called the Skull, they crucified Jesus and the robbers, one
on his right and other on his left. And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for
they do not know what they are doing.”
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) My God,
my God, why have you forsaken me, / far from prayer, far from the words of my
cry? / O my God, I cry out by day, and you answer not; I cry out by night, and
there is no relief for me. / All my bones are racked. / My heart has become
like wax melting away within my chest. / My throat is dried up like baked clay,
my tongue cleaves to my jaws; / they have pierced my hands and my feet; / I can
count all my bones.
Priest: Let us pray. Lord and
Saviour, You have told us that we too must accept crucifixion if we are to
accept resurrection with You. Help us to rejoice in the sufferings that come
with the fulfillment of our daily duties, seeing in them the royal road of the
cross to the resurrection.
All: Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be)
(STAND)
Sing: Pierced the hands that
blessed and cured us,
Pierced the feet that
walked to free us,
Walked the hill of
Calvary.
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| St. Joseph Cathedral |
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| St. Vincent de Paul Parish Church Ermita Metro Manila Philippines |
TWELFTH STATION
Jesus died on the Cross
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: It was now about the
sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the temple was torn in the middle.
Jesus cried out with a loud voice and said in the middle. Jesus cried out with
a loud voice and said, “It is finished. Father, into your hands I commend my
spirit.” Then bowing his head, he died.
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) My
people, what have I done to you? / or in what have I offended you? / Answer me.
/ What more should I have done, and did not do? / I led you out of the land of
Egypt, and you prepared a cross for me. / I opened the Red Sea before you, and
you opened my side with a lance. / I gave you a royal scepter, and you have
given me a crown of thorns. / With great power I lifted you up, and you have
hung me upon a cross. / My people, what have I done to you, or in what have I
offended you? / Answer me.
(from the Reproaches of Good Friday)
All: Our Father in heaven, /
holy be your Name, / your Kingdom come, / your will be done, on earth as in
heaven. / Give us today our daily bread. / Forgive us our sins as we forgive
those who sin against us. / Do not bring us to the test but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
(STAND)
Sing: Stunned and stricken,
Mary our Mother
In your arms was placed
our Brother,
“Full of Grace” now filled
with grief.
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| Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando San Fernando Pampanga Phlippines |
THIRTEENTH STATION
The body of Jesus is taken
down from the Cross
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: When the soldiers came to
Jesus, they saw that he was already dead so that they did not break his legs,
but one of them opened his side with a lance, and immediately there came out
blood and water. Joseph of Arimathea, because he was a disciple of Jesus (although
a secret one for fear of the Jews), besought Pilate that he might take away the
body of Jesus. And Pilate gave permission.
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) O my
people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, / and I will bring
you back to your land. / Then you shall know that I am the Lord. / O my people!
I will put my spirit in you that you may live. / You shall know then that I am
the Lord. I have promised it, / and I will do it, says the Lord.
Priest: Let us pray. Beloved
Savior, You returned to the Father all that He had given You, so that He might
restore all to You a hundred-fold in the glorious resurrection. Help us, we beg
You, to give generously of ourselves in all that we do for You, so that like
You we might be made perfect in a new resurrection.
All: Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary,
Glory Be)
(STAND)
Sing: Jesus Lod, your gift
accepted,
In three days You
resurrected,
You did first what we
shall do.
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| Barasoain Church Malolos Bulacan Philippines |
FOURTEENTH STATION
Jesus is laid in the tomb
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: Joseph of Arimathea took
the body of Jesus, and wrapping it in a clean linen cloth he laid it in his new
tomb, which he had hewn out of rock. Then he rolled a large stone against the
entrance of the tomb and departed.
All: (KNEEL AND PAUSE) I will
praise you, O Lord, for you drew me clear and did not let my enemies rejoice
over me. / O Lord, my God, I cried out to you and you healed me. / O Lord, you
brought me up from the lower world: / you preserved me from among those going
down into the pit. / Sing praise to the Lord, you his faithful ones, and give
thanks to his holy name. / For his anger lasts but a moment; his good will is
for a lifetime. / At nightfall, weeping enters in, but with dawn comes
rejoicing.
Priest: Let us pray. Almighty and
eternal God, on the edge of sadness when all seemed lost, You restored to us
the Saviour we thought defeated and conquered. Help us, we beg You, so to empty
ourselves of self concern that we might see your hand in every failure and your
victory in every defeat. These things we ask in the name of your Son, Jesus
Christ, who lives and reigns forever with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen
(Our
Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be)
(STAND)
Sing: Jesus, Risen, be our
lover
In your Food and in our
brother.
Lead us home to heaven
with You.
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| Barasoain Church |
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| Barasoain Church |
CLOSING
The Resurrection of Jesus
Priest: We adore You, O Christ,
and we praise You.
All: Because by Your holy
Cross You have redeemed the world.
Priest: When the Sabbath was
past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, brought spices that
they might go and anoint Jesus. Very early on the first day of the week, when
the sun had just rises, they came to the tomb. They were saying to one another,
“Who will roll the stone back from the entrance of the tomb for us?” for it was
very large. But looking up they saw that the stone had been rolled back, and
upon entering the tomb they were amazed to see a young man sitting at the right
side and clothed in a white robe. He said to them, “Do not be terrified. You
are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified, He has risen, he is not
here. Behold the place where they laid him.”
(REMAIN
STANDING)
All: I believe in God, the
Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His
only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born
of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and
was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again. He
ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will
come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy
Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the
resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen.
THIS
CLOSING MAY BE OMITTED ON GOOD FRIDAY
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