O Most Loving Jesus, I offer Thee the acts of adoration, of praise, of union and of supplication which Thy Holy Mother offered Thee in this Station.

What heart-rending anguish for Mary to hear the repeated blows which are struck to nail the sacred Body of Jesus to the Cross! What martyrdom She undergoes! Every wound inflicted upon the Body of the Son is impresson on the soul of the Mother. Her suffering is so great at this moment, thinks Saint Bernardine of Sienna, that if it were divided among all creatures that are able to suffer, each and all would die at the very instant. How then is it that our exalted Queen does not expire with Her Son? The love of the Son keeps the Mother for more suffering, so that the children may have life more abundantly.

With Mary, adore Jesus and renew your baptismal vows, together with your consecration to Our Lady. O good Jesus, nailed to the Cross for love of me, I renew at this moment the vows of my Baptism and the perfect consecration of myself to Thy holy Mother. By the nails which crush Thy bones and cut Thy veins, by all the sorrows of Thy Mother, fasten me inseparably to Thee, through this beautiful and perfect devotion to Mary; imbue with it my every thought, all my affections and all my works.

Thou hast said - "If I be lifted up from the earth I will draw all things to Myself". Draw me to Thee more and more by an intimate union with Thy holy Mother. Draw many souls to Thee. Draw all Christians, all the peoples of the earth. O Jesus, let Mary reign perfectly in our hearts, that Thou mayest reign there Thyself in this life and in the next.

Holy Mother, pierce me through,In my heart each wound renew, Of my Saviour Crucified!