The Fourth Station: Jesus Meets His Afflicted Mother

"…Consider how the Son met his Mother on His way to Calvary. Jesus and Mary gazed at each other, and their looks became so many arrows that wound those hearts that loved each other so tenderly..."

-Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Lent is a season to let go of the distractions that weigh us down and enter the desert for intense prayer, fasting, and sacrifice. To do this, we need supernatural strength.

Just as Jesus had companions like His Mother Mary on the way to Calvary’s Hill, Women of Grace® is here to strengthen you on your Lenten journey.

We have partnered again with our friends, the priests at the Archdiocese of Gulu, Northern Uganda, to make a 40-day novena of masses available to you and your loved ones throughout the Lenten season.

What better way to supernaturally sustain us on our journey through the desert than to be immersed in the power and grace of Holy Mass?

This Lenten Novena will begin on Ash Wednesday, Mar 5, 2025, and continue to Holy Thursday, Apr 17, 2025, to be offered by our friend, Rev. Father Jino Owiny, a Roman Catholic Priest in the Archdiocese of Gulu.

Please use the link below to submit the names of your family members, spouses, loved ones, friends, and your personal intentions. You are welcome to submit your intentions anytime during the Lenten season.  

Enroll Your Loved Ones

https://womenofgrace.commercev3.com/novena_for_lent

Don't miss this unique opportunity to receive the grace of Holy Mass for the 40 days of Lent. It is our special gift to you and your loved ones for walking with us in our mission to “transform the world one woman at a time.”

We all here at Women of Grace wish you abundant hope, faith, joy, and peace this Lenten season. Let us walk together in hope through the desert.

With gratitude,

Johnnette and the Staff of Women of Grace

P.S. Should you desire to offer a novena stipend, you will receive as our gift Johnnette’s e-booklet, L.E.N.T. in the Desert, along with a beautiful prayer card that you may share with loved ones enrolled in this special novena of masses.

P.P.S. We are also pleased to offer you Gregorian masses and single masses for the deceased. Lent is a wonderful time to intercede for the Holy Souls through our prayers, sacrifices, and the grace of Holy Mass.

The Fourth Station Prayer

"My Most Loving Jesus, by the pain You suffered in this meeting grant me the grace of being truly devoted to Your most holy Mother. And You, my Queen, who was overwhelmed with sorrow, obtain for me by Your prayers a tender and a lasting remembrance of the passion of Your divine Son. I love You, Jesus, my Love, above all things. I repent of ever having offended You. Never allow me to offend You again. Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will."

-Saint Alphonsus Liguori

Quote source: St. Alphonsus Liquori, The Way of the Cross (Liguori, MO: Liguori Publications, 1998).

Reprinted with permission from Liguori Publications, a ministry of the Redemptorists.

Image source: St. Martinuskerk, Beek, Stations of the Cross, Station 04, Jesus Meets His Mother, Mary, {{PD-US}}