Conclusion:

To conclude the Stations all say the Prayer of St Richard

Lord Jesus Christ, we thank thee for all the benefits thou hast won for us, for all the pains and insults thou hast borne for us. Most merciful redeemer, friend and brother, may we know thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, and follow thee more nearly, day by day.

Amen. The Proclamation of the Cross

A wooden cross or crucifix may be brought into the church and placed in the sight of the people who may come forward and offer prayerful reverence.

Hymn:

When I survey the wondrous cross where the young Prince of Glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, save in the cross of Christ, my God: all the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.

See, from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down!

Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown?

Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were an offering far too small; love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.

The minister says these devotions.

We glory in thy cross, O Lord, and praise thee for thy mighty resurrection;

by virtue of thy cross joy hath come into our world.

God be gracious unto us and bless us: make his face shine upon us,

Let thy ways be made known on earth: thy liberating power among all nations.

Let the peoples praise thee, O God: all the peoples praise thee.

We glory in thy cross, O Lord, and praise thee for thy mighty resurrection; by virtue of thy cross joy hath come into our world.

Almighty God, as we stand at the foot of the cross of thy Son, may we know thy love for us, that in humility, love and joy we may place at his feet all that we have and all that we are; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen

Hymn:

Take up thy cross, the Saviour said, if thou wouldst my disciple be; deny thyself, the world forsake, and humbly follow after me.

Take up thy cross, let not its weight fill thy weak spirit with alarm; his strength shall bear thy spirit up, and brace thy heart and nerve thine arm.

Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame, nor let thy foolish pride rebel; thy Lord for thee the cross endured, to save thy soul from death and hell

Take up thy cross then in his strength, and calmly sin's wild deluge brave, 'twill guide thee to a better home, it points to glory o'er the grave.

Take up thy cross and follow Christ, nor think till death to lay it down; for only those who bear the cross may hope to wear the glorious crown.

To thee, great Lord, the One in Three, all praise forevermore ascend: O grant us in our home to see the heavenly life that knows no end.

The Conclusion

The minister says:

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, we pray thee to set thy passion, cross, and death between thy judgment and our souls, now and in the hour of our death. Give mercy and grace to the living; pardon and rest to the dead; to your holy Church peace and concord; and to us sinners everlasting life and glory; for thou livest and reignest ever, world without end. Amen.

Let us pray for the coming of the kingdom in the words our Saviour taught us.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

O God, who for our redemption didst give thine only-begotten Son to the death of the Cross, and by his glorious resurrection hast delivered us from the power of our enemy; Grant us so to die daily from sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection; through the same thy Son Christ our Lord. Amen.

The ministers depart in silence.