The Twenty-Four Hours of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Introduction to the Hours of the Passion

Preparation and Thanksgiving for Each Hour

† First Hour: From 5 to 6 PM †

Jesus takes leave of His Most Holy Mother

† Second Hour: From 6 to 7 PM †

Jesus Departs from His Most Holy Mother and Sets Out for the Cenacle

† Third Hour: From 7 to 8 PM †

The Legal Supper

† Fourth Hour: From 8 to 9 PM †

The Eucharistic Supper

† Fifth Hour: From 9 to 10 PM †

First Hour of Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane

† Sixth Hour: From 10 to 11 PM †

Second Hour of Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane

† Seventh Hour: From 11 PM to Midnight †

Third Hour of Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane

† Eighth Hour: From Midnight to 1 AM †

Jesus Is Arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane

† Ninth Hour: From 1 to 2 AM †

Jesus on His Way to the High Priest Annas Is Pushed into the Brook Cedron

† Tenth Hour: From 2 to 3 AM †

Jesus Interrogated by Annas, Insulted and Struck in the Face

† Eleventh Hour: From 3 to 4 AM †

Jesus before the Court of Caiaphas, Falsely Accused and Declared Guilty of Death

† Twelfth Hour: From 4 to 5 AM †

Jesus Exposed to the Mockery of the Soldiers, Heaped with Abuse and Insults

† Thirteenth Hour: From 5 to 6 AM †

Jesus in Prison

† Fourteenth Hour: From 6 to 7 AM †

Jesus Brought before Caiaphas Again and Then to Pilate

† Fifteenth Hour: From 7 to 8 AM †

Jesus in the Courthouse of Pilate and at the Court of Herod

† Sixteenth Hour: From 8 to 9 AM †

Jesus Returned to Pilate, Set after Barrabas and Scourged

† Seventeenth Hour: From 9 to 10 AM †

Jesus Crowned with Thorns, Mocked and Ridiculed. Ecce Homo! Condemned to Death by Pilate

† Eighteenth Hour: From 10 to 11 AM †

Jesus Takes the Cross on His Shoulder. Walk to Calvary. Jesus Falls under the Cross and Is Stripped of His Clothes

† Nineteenth Hour: From 11 AM to 12 PM †

Jesus is Crucified

† Twentieth Hour: From 12 to 1 PM †

First Hour of Jesus’ Agony on the Cross

† Twenty-First Hour: From 1 to 2 PM †

Second Hour of Jesus’ Agony on the Cross

† Twenty-Second Hour: From 2 to 3 PM †

Third Hour of Jesus’ Agony on the Cross

† Twenty-Third Hour: From 3 to 4 PM †

Piercing of Jesus’ Side with the Lance. Deposition from the Cross

† Twenty-Third Hour: From 4 to 5 PM †

Burial of Jesus. Mary’s Bitter Desolation