The Clock of the Passion

THURSDAY

Hour 1 - 6:00 p.m. Jesus says good-bye to His Mother before the Supper.

Hour 2 - 7:00 p.m. Jesus washes the feet of His Disciples, and institutes the Most Holy Sacrament.

Hour 3 - 8:00 p.m. Jesus gives the Sermon of the Supper, and goes to the Garden of Olives.

Hour 4 - 9:00 p.m. Jesus prays at the Garden.

Hour 5 - 10:00 p.m. Jesus enters into His agony.

Hour 6 - 11:00 p.m. Jesus sweats blood in His agony.

Hour 7 - MIDNIGHT. Jesus is handed over by Judas, and bound.

FRIDAY

Hour 8 - 1:00 a.m. Jesus is led to the house of Annas.

Hour 9 - 2:00 a.m. Jesus is taken to the house of Caiphas, and slapped.

Hour 10 - 3:00 a.m. Jesus is blindfolded, mistreated and mocked.

Hour 11 - 4:00 a.m. Jesus is dragged before the Great Council, and is judged worthy of death.

Hour 12 - 5:00 a.m. Jesus is taken to Pilate, and accused.

Hour 13 - 6:00 a.m. Jesus is mocked and ridiculed by Herod.

Hour 14 - 7:00 a.m. Jesus is returned to Pilate, and Barabbas is preferred over Him.

Hour 15 - 8:00 a.m. Jesus is cruelly scourged at the pillar.

Hour 16 - 9:00 a.m. Jesus is crowned with thorns, and presented to the people.

Hour 17 - 10:00 a.m. Pilate condemns Jesus to death, and begins His walk to Calvary.

Hour 18 - 11:00 a.m. Jesus is stripped naked and his Crucifixion is commenced.

Hour 19 - MIDDAY. Jesus is now Crucified, and pleads for those who have Crucified Him.

Hour 20 - 1:00 p.m. Jesus commends His Spirit to the Father.

Hour 21 - 2:00 p.m. Jesus undergoes His last hour of agony.

Hour 22 - 3:00 p.m. Jesus dies [offer a moment of silence now], and is then pierced with the lance.

Hour 23 - 4:00 p.m. Jesus is lowered from the Cross, and delivered to His Mother.

Hour 24 - 5:00 p.m. Jesus is buried, and left in the Holy Sepulchre.


Translated from the Italian by Abate J. Gaume, Barcelona, Spain, 3rd corrected edition, 1859 (pg 279-280) and translated from the Spanish by Jan Paul von Wendt - cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx