Stations of the Cross:

The finely sculpted and painted figures in each of the Stations of the Cross are attractively set in large niches. These begin in the front of the church with the first through seventh stations on the right and the eighth through the fourteenth on the left side. The Stations of the Cross are of Franciscan origin and are attributed to St. Leonard of Port Maurice, a saintly Franciscan Friar who preached on the sufferings of Christ.

The texts of the Way of the Cross are from His Holiness John Paul II (Meditation and prayers for the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome, Good Friday 2000)

Preparatory Prayer
O Jesus, my adorable Savior, behold me here prostrate imploring Your mercy for myself, and for the souls of all the faithful departed. Vouchsafe to apply to me the infinite merits of Your passion on which I am now about to meditate. Grant that, while I trace this path of sighs and tears, my heart may be so touched with contrition and repentance that I may be ready to embrace with joy all the sufferings and humiliations of this life and pilgrimage.

First Station