40 Days at the Foot of the Cross

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Note: If you are using this devotion for Lent, it is recommended that “Reflection One” begin on Saturday after Ash Wednesday. That way, “Reflection Forty” will be read on Wednesday of Holy Week. Note that there are more than 40 days in Lent when you count Sundays.

Table of Contents

Introductory Prayers

Introduction
(Ash Wed., Thurs. or Fri.)

Reflection One – A Mother’s Love
(Sat. after Ash Wed.)

Reflection Two – The Strength of the Immaculate Heart
(First Sun. of Lent)

Reflection Three – The Thoughts of the Mother of God
(Mon. of First Week of Lent)

Reflection Four – Spiritual Friendship
(Tues. of First Week of Lent)

Reflection Five – Total Surrender
(Wed. of First Week of Lent)

Reflection Six – A Leap of Joy Remembered
(Thurs. of First Week of Lent)

Reflection Seven – A Lowly Servant of the Lord
(Fri. of First Week of Lent)

Reflection Eight – Fidelity in All Things
(Sat. of First Week of Lent)

Reflection Nine – Unwelcomed by the World
(Second Sun. of Lent)

Reflection Ten – The Sword of Sorrow
(Mon. of Second Week of Lent)

Reflection Eleven – Living in Exile
(Tues. of Second Week of Lent)

Reflection Twelve – A Shared Suffering
(Wed. of Second Week of Lent)

Reflection Thirteen – A Mother’s Ponderings
(Thurs. of Second Week of Lent)

Reflection Fourteen – “Do Whatever He Tells You”
(Fri. of Second Week of Lent)

Reflection Fifteen – Hearing and Observing the Word of God
(Sat. of Second Week of Lent)

Reflection Sixteen – The Greatest of Miracles
(Third Sunday of Lent)

Reflection Seventeen – Entering into Jerusalem
(Mon. of Third Week of Lent)

Reflection Eighteen – “This is My Body…This is My Blood”
(Tues. of Third Week of Lent)

Reflection Nineteen – The Agony in the Garden
(Wed. of Third Week of Lent)

Reflection Twenty – The Innocence of the Lamb of God
(Thurs. of Third Week of Lent)

Reflection Twenty-One – The Scourging and Mockery
(Fri. of Third Week of Lent)

Reflection Twenty-Two – “Behold, Your King!”
(Sat. of Third Week of Lent)

Reflection Twenty-Three – The Sentence of Death
(Fourth Sunday of Lent)

Reflection Twenty-Four – The Gaze of Mother and Son
(Mon. of Fourth Week of Lent)

Reflection Twenty-Five – Jesus Falls
(Tues. of Fourth Week of Lent)

Reflection Twenty-Six – The Holy Women and Veronica
(Wed. of Fourth Week of Lent)

Reflection Twenty-Seven – Humiliation – Stripped of Garments
(Thurs. of Fourth Week of Lent)

Reflection Twenty-Eight – His Hands and Feet
(Fri. of Fourth Week of Lent)

Reflection Twenty-Nine – Jesus is Lifted Up on the Cross
(Sat. of Fourth Week of Lent)

Reflection Thirty – “Father, Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do”
(Fifth Sunday of Lent)

Reflection Thirty-One – “Today You Will be With Me in Paradise”
(Mon. of Fifth Week of Lent)

Reflection Thirty-Two – “Woman, Behold Your Son…Behold Your Mother”
(Tues. of Fifth Week of Lent)

Reflection Thirty-Three – “My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?”
(Wed. of Fifth Week of Lent)

Reflection Thirty-Four – “I Thirst”
(Thurs. of Fifth Week of Lent)

Reflection Thirty-Five – “It is Finished”
(Fri. of Fifth Week of Lent)

Reflection Thirty-Six – “Father, Into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit”
(Sat. of Fifth Week of Lent)

Reflection Thirty-Seven – The Earth is Shaken
(Palm Sunday)

Reflection Thirty-Eight – The Soldier’s Lance
(Mon. of Holy Week)

Reflection Thirty-Nine – The Pietà
(Tues. of Holy Week)

Reflection Forty – The Silence of the Tomb
(Wed. of Holy Week)

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Prayers for Holy Week and Easter

Novena in preparation for Divine Mercy Sunday
Good Friday is the first day of the Divine Mercy Novena

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