What is Station 13 of the cross?

Station 13 (Jesus’s body being taken down off the cross and laid in the arms of his mother Mary) differs from the gospels’ record, which states that Joseph of Arimathea took Jesus down from the cross and buried him.

What is the prayer in Matthew 6 9 13?

The Matthew account alone includes the “Your will be done” and the “Rescue us from the evil one” (or “Deliver us from evil”) petitions….Lord’s Prayer.

Matthew 6:9-13 NRSV Luke 11:2-4 (NRSV)
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us.

What happens in the 13 station?

In Catholic tradition this is where Mary stood and observed her son on the cross; other traditions place this spot at the entrance to the church. This is the Stone of Unction, where the body of Jesus was laid out and anointed with oil and spices in preparation for burial.

What is Saint Joseph’s prayer?

“O Saint Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me from your Divine Son all spiritual blessings, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, So that, having engaged here below your heavenly power, I may offer my thanksgiving and homage to the most Loving of Fathers.”

Did Mary hold Jesus after crucifixion?

Mary is only explicitly said to be at the Cross in John’s gospel but there are hints that she was there in the other gospels. In John’s Gospel she’s actually placed at the Crucifixion; Mary stands with the disciples, and they’re entrusted to one another’s care by the dying Jesus from the cross.

What is the meaning of Matthew 6 13?

Many in interpreting say, ‘Suffer us not to be led into temptation,’ as being what is implied in the word lead. For God does not of Himself lead a man, but suffer him to be led from whom He has withdrawn His aid. For we are then led into temptation when such temptations befal us as we are not able to resist.

Who helped Jesus carry the Cross?

Simon of Cyrene
The fifth Station of the Cross, showing Simon of Cyrene helping Jesus carry his cross.

Are the stations of the cross in the Bible?

However, of these 14 traditional Stations of the Cross, only eight are explicitly mentioned in the gospels. Thus, in 1991, Pope John Paul II introduced a new form of devotions, called the Scriptural Way of the Cross, that are grounded in scripture.