THE WAY OF THE CROSS

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THE WAY OF THE CROSS THROUGH EXTREME POVERTY
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CONDEMNED

• Station 1

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50,000 people are sentenced to dieeach day
because of extreme poverty.
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Lord,help us to find the Way of the Crossto be
the way of life, justice and peace.Amen.
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BURDENED

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Consider the starving of the world,the 800
million people who go to bed hungry every day.
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Lord,give bread to the hungrygive a hunger for
justice to those who have bread.Amen.
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OVERWHELMED

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Unfair trade rules and crushing debt cost the
worlds poorest countries more than 714 billion.
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Lord,open our eyes to structuresof oppression
and free usfrom apathy and indifference.Amen.
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LOVED

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More than half a million women die in pregnancy
and childbirth each year, one every second.99
are in developing countries.
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Lord,lead us to advocate for suffering mothers
whose health,dignity and choicesare in jeopardy
from illness,poverty, hunger and violence.Amen.
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ASSISTED

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Education reduces poverty,providing choices and
opportunities for a better life.115 million
children,94 in developing countries,are not in
school.
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Lord,help us to share our blessings of
health,education, food and clean water,offering
a more hopeful life for millionsof your
children.Amen.
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RECOGNISED

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More than 2.6 billion people have no basic
sanitation and more than 1 billion people use
unsafe drinking sources of drinking water.
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Lord,thank you for the beauty and abundance of
the earth.Help us to be good stewards of Your
creation.Amen.
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STUMBLED

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Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the
destitute defend the rights of the poor and
needy.
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Lord,let not the needy be forgottennor the hope
of the poor be taken away.Amen.
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CRIED

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Gender equality will ensure women an equal
chance to improve their lives and the lives of
their families especially through education and
employment.
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Lord,enlighten us to provide women everywhere
with equal dignity and opportunity.Inspire
every society to oppose violence against women
and strengthen gender justice.Amen.
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FALLEN

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Every 30 seconds an African child dies from
malaria.Every day 8000 people die of AIDS.These
are preventable,treatable diseases.
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Lord,empower us to be instruments of your
healing by advocating for prevention programs and
affordable medicines for those without the means
to cope with their illnesses.Amen.
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DISHONOURED

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The worlds 32.8 million refugees and displaced
persons,the results of conflicts over scarce
resources and political discord,are those least
likely to benefit immediately from global
anti-poverty efforts.
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Lord,give us courage to take the path of
risk.Give us the grace to listen to those whose
voice is lost,to hear their cries and shout for
justice.Amen.
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CRUCIFIED

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When one part of the Body of Christ suffers,we
all suffer.God has given us the ministry of
reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5 18)
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Lord,in the midst of conflict and divisionyou
turn our minds to thoughts of peace.Your Spirit
changes our hearts and nations seek peace
together.For this we never cease to thank and
praise you.Amen.
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DIED

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Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Darfur
the world is gradually waking up to the fact
that genocide is the problem of immense evil.
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Lord,forgive us our faint-heartedness and
selfishness,for failing to love others as we
should,for failing to believe that you have
empowered us to protect our sisters and
brothers.Amen.
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MOURNED

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More than 25 of children under the age of 5 in
developing countries are malnourished.More than
11 million of them die each year from
preventable illnesses.
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Lord,give us the compassion to meet the basic
needs of children worldwide for food, clean
water, health care,freedom from exploitation,
and education.Amen.
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BURIED

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Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons
will you strive for justice and peaceamong all
people and respect the dignity of every human
being?
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Lord,grant that all who are baptised into the
death of your Son may live in the power of his
resurrection and look for him to come again in
glory.Amen.