Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus to carry the Cross

7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9 Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.”


Father, we pray and meditate your beloved Son Jesus Christ's passions, through which you redeemed the world. We stand with the crowd who insulted Him with their words and actions. We participated with the people who offered Him to carry the cross. We identify our sins with your Son's cross. We refuse to remember the goodness and miracles we received from you in times of troubles and tribulations. We fail to carry our own crosses and follow you in this life, instead we have increased crosses for others by our words and actions.It is our sins and weakness caused Jesus to die in the cross. We unit our prayer, with Immaculate Heart of Mary, who accompanied her Son's way of the cross. We offer Jesus Christ's sufferings in taking upon the humiliating heavy cross and His pains and embarrassments inflicted by the human judgment and the sufferings of immaculate heart of Mary in atonement of our sins. Like Simon, we accept your saving love through the participation of redemptive journey of cross in our life. Grant your grace that we may see you in our life journey. Have mercy on us Lord!
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Fifth Station: Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus to carry the Cross

In giving, lies virtue of charity
In receiving lies virtue of humility


Creator seeks the creation’s help
In redemptive journey of cross
Subjecting Himself to the service of human
In giving, lies virtue of charity
In receiving lies virtue of humility
The willing help of Simon
Proclaimed human acceptance of salvation

All-powerful and almighty seeking human help
In redemptive journey of cross
Love emptied itself and its strength to be loved
Humbling Himself to receive the help of human
In giving, lies virtue of charity
In receiving lies virtue of humility
The willing help of Simon
Proclaimed human acceptance of salvation



God who created all things with His word
In redemptive journey of cross
Cared to save man through His humiliating death
Became a target of humiliation from human
In giving, lies virtue of charity
In receiving lies virtue of humility
The willing help of Simon
Proclaimed human acceptance of salvation


Father who is alpha and omega of everything
Omnipotent and omnipresent in every where and every place
In redemptive journey of cross
Became a refuge for human love
In giving, lies virtue of charity
In receiving lies virtue of humility
The willing help of Simon
Proclaimed human acceptance of salvation


Love that know only to give
In redemptive journey of cross
Lowered itself to the level of receiving
To have the presence of human
In giving, lies virtue of charity
In receiving lies virtue of humility
The willing help of Simon
Proclaimed human acceptance of salvation

Love that came to bind the human with Father
In redemptive journey of cross
Restored Human in His divine status
Subjecting Him to receive Human help
In giving, lies virtue of charity
In receiving lies virtue of humility
The willing help of Simon
Proclaimed human acceptance of salvation

Love that came to deliver the bondage
In redemptive journey of cross
Exchanged Human yoke by his redemptive yoke
Accepting the help of a human to carry the cross
In giving, lies virtue of charity
In receiving lies virtue of humility
The willing help of Simon
Proclaimed human acceptance of salvation

Love that came to ransom His life
In redemptive Journey of Cross
Made human to inherit the fruit of salvation
Suffering the burden but sharing the fruit
In giving, lies virtue of charity
In receiving lies virtue of humility
The willing help of Simon
Proclaimed human acceptance of salvation

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