Mid-morning
Ant. In holiness God created me;
He took me by my hand,
and redeemed me.
READING Genesis 3:14a–15
The Lord said to the serpent: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel.”
V. The Virgin Mary, as a rose from thorns, is born from Eve.
R. So that the power of God might wipe out sin; and his grace, our guilt.
Midday
Ant. When they reached the summit of Calvary,
Jesus was crucified.
READING Hebrews 5:7-9
In the days when he was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.
R. when you saw your Son and God voluntarily ascend the Cross.
Mid-afternoon
Ant. The Lord says to his mother:
Woman, behold your son!
And to the disciple: Behold your mother!
READING Genesis 9:17
God said: This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all mortal creatures that are on the earth.
V. At the foot of the Cross, you appointed the Virgin Mary, Woman of the New Covenant,
R. reconciler of sinners.
Prayer
Father most holy, who willed to associate Our Lady of Sorrows, Woman of the New Covenant, to the sacrifice of your Son; through the merits of his precious blood, grant, we pray, that your Church, born of Christ’s pierced side, may always celebrate the memorial of his work of redemption with the love of our Mother Mary showed. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
