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Stations of the Cross in the Church of Nunraw Abbey Lent 2012
Drawings of the Stations of the Cross by Fr. Gabriel Sherry, ocso
The pictures were first hung on the walls of the wooden hut first Chapel, as the fondation began at Nunraw Abbey.
Father Gabriel Sherry | Born 21 February 1915 | Entered Roscrea 17 September 1933 | Solemn Profession 6 October 1938 | ordained 8th January 1941. | Co-founded Nunraw 1946 | Died 11 June 1968 | |
Meditations for the Stations of the Cross
From The Twenty-Four Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Jesus Chris
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Preparatory Prayer
O my Mother Mary, in looking at the face of sorrowful Jesus, pale, sad, harrowing, the memory of the pains that He is about to suffer awakens in You. You foresee His Face covered with spit and You bless it, His Head pierced by the thorns, His eyes blinded, His Body tortured by the scourges, His
Hands and Feet pierced by the nails; and wherever He is about to go, You follow
Him with Your blessings. And I too will follow Him together with You. When
Jesus is struck by the scourges, crowned with thorns, slapped, pierced by the nails, everywhere He will find my “I bless You” together with Yours.
And now, O my Jesus, let my poor heart draw life from Your
Heart, that I may live only with Your Heart; and in each offense You will receive, let me be ever ready to offer You a relief, a comfort, a reparation, and an act of love, never interrupted.
I will follow You in everything, to keep You faithful company.
My afflicted Good, I offer You these Stations of the Cross in memory of Your Passion and Death, to disarm the just wrath of God for so many sins, for the triumph of the Holy Church, for the conversion of all sinners, for peace among peoples, especially our