We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
Again the high priest asked him and said to him, "Are you the Messiah, the son of the Blessed One?" Then Jesus answered, "I am; and ‘you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.’" At that the high priest tore his garments and said, "What further need have we of witnesses? You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?"

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
And [Pilate] said to the Jews, "Behold, your king! They cried out, "Take him away, take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your king?" The chief priests answered "We have no king but Caesar." Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha.

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother," And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. They pressed into service a passer-by, Simon, a Cyreninan, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
"Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?" And the king will say in reply, "Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me."

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins, upon him was the chastisement 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.

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many women who mourned and lamented him. Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children.

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
O Lord, grant salvation! O Lord, grant prosperity! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; we bless you from the house of the Lord. The Lord is God, and he has given us light. Join in procession with leafy boughs up to the horns of the altar. You are my God, and I give thanks to you; O my God, I extol you.

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
They gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall. But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink. After they had crucified him, they divided his garments by casting lots;

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, and the other on his left. Then Jesus said "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do."

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was torn down the middle. Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit"; and when he had said this he breathed his last.

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out. Joseph of Arimathea, secretly a disciple of Jesus for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted it.

We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you
Because through your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world
Taking the body, Joseph wrapped it [in] clean linen and laid it in his new tomb that he had hewn in the rock. Then he rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the tomb and departed.