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 THE FIRST STATION.

V. Adoramus te Christe, et benedicimus tibi.

V. We adore Thee, oh Christ, and we bless Thee.

R. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum.

R. Because, by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world.

(This Versicle and Response are said or sung before each Station.)

Jesus is condemned to death.

Leaving the house of Caiphas, where he had been blasphemed, and the house of Herod, where he had been treated as a fool, Jesus is dragged before Pilate, His back torn with scourges, His head crowned with thorns: and He, who on the last day will judge the living and the dead, is Himself condemned to a disgraceful death.