Be merciful unto us, From the power of the By thy Nativity, By thy Cross and sion, By the grace of the Holy Beseech thee to hear us. us, We beseech thee to hear us. safe to bring us unto By thy Death and Burial, By thy glorious Resur-S rection, By thy admirable Ascension, We beseech thee to hear us. O Lord, deliver us. We beseech thy clemency, O Lord, that thou wouldst vouchsafe so to strengthen thy servants in thy grace, that at the hour of death the enemy may not prevail over them, but that they may deserve to pass with thy angels into everlasting life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who with thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God world without end. Amen. Almighty and most gracious God, who for thy thirsting people didst bring forth from the rock a stream of living water, draw forth from the hardness of our hearts tears of compunction, that we may bewail our sins, and receive remission of them from thy mercy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. O Lord Jesus Christ, Redeemer of the world, behold, prostrate at thy feet, an ungrateful and perfidious creature. O my God, I have offended thee exceedingly in thought, in word, and in deed. My heinous crimes fixed thee to the bloody cross. To rescue me from eternal damnation, thou didst endure an agony of three hours on Mount Calvary. How much I am displeased with myself, how grieved at having offended thee, a God of infinite goodness, of infinite charity! I am astonished at thy unwearied patience in supporting a provoking sinner. With my whole heart I detest my sins; and because I love thee, and will love thee above all created things, I steadfastly purpose, by the help of thy grace, never more to offend thee, and rather to die than to commit one mortal sin. Amen. O Jesus, who during thy prayer to the Father in the garden, wast so filled with sorrow and anguish that there came forth from thee a bloody sweat have mercy on us. R. Have mercy on us, O Lord; have mercy on us. O Jesus, who wast betrayed by the kiss of a traitor into the hands of the wicked, seized and bound like a thief, and abandoned by thy disciples have mercy on us. R. Have mercy, &c. O Jesus, who by the unjust council of the Jews wast sentenced to death, led like a malefactor before Pilate, scorned and derided by the impious Herod: have mercy on us. R. Have mercy, &c. O Jesus, who wast stripped of thy garments, and most cruelly scourged at the pillar: have mercy on us. R. Have mercy, &c. O Jesus, who wast crowned with thorns, buffeted, struck with a reed, blindfolded, clothed with a purple garment, in many ways derided, and overwhelmed with reproaches: have mercy on us. R. Have mercy, &c. O Jesus, who wast less esteemed than the murderer Barabbas, rejected by the Jews, and unjustly condemned to the death of the cross: have mercy on us. R. Have mercy, &c. O Jesus, who wast loaded with a cross, and led to the place of execution as a lamb to the slaughter: have mercy on us. R. Have mercy, &c. O Jesus, who wast numbered among thieves, blasphemed and derided, made to drink of gali and vinegar, and crucified in dreadful torment from the sixth to the ninth hour: have mercy on us. R. Have mercy, &c. O Jesus, who didst expire on the cross, who wast pierced with a lance in presence of thy holy Mother, and from whose side poured forth blood and water have mercy on us. R. Have mercy, &c. O Jesus, who wast taken down from the cross, and bathed in the tears of thy most sorrowing Virgin Mother: have mercy on us. R. Have mercy, &c. O Jesus, who wast covered with bruises, marked with the five wounds, embalmed with spices, and laid in the sepulchre: have mercy on us. R. Have mercy, &c. V. He truly hath borne our sorrows. R. And he hath carried our griefs. O God, who for the redemption of the world, didst deign to be born, to be circumcised, to be rejected by the Jews and betrayed by Judas with a kiss, to be bound with fetters and led like an innocent lamb to the slaughter, to be ignominiously brought before Annas, Caiphas, Pilate, and Herod, to be accused by false witnesses, to be scourged, buffeted, and reviled, to be spit upon, to be crowned with thorns and struck with a reed, to be blindfolded, to be stripped of thy garments, to be nailed to a cross and raised thereon, to be numbered among thieves, to be made to drink of gall and vinegar, and to be pierced with a lance do thou, O Lord, by these thy most holy sufferings, which I, thy unworthy servant, commemorate, and by thy most holy cross and death, deliver me from the pains of hell, and vouchsafe to conduct me whither thou didst conduct the penitent thief who was crucified with thee. Who with the Father and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth for ever and ever. Amen. O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore the sacred wound of thy left foot. I thank thee for the pain which thou didst endure with so much love and charity. I condole with thee in thy sufferings and with thy afflicted Mother. I humbly beg pardon for my sins, which I deplore beyond all imaginable evils, because they offend thee, O infinite goodness: and I resolve never more to sin. Vouchsafe to convert all sinners, and to make them understand the heinousness and the enormity of mortal sin. Our Father, &c. Hail Mary, &c. Glory be, &c. Sancta Mater, istud agas, Cordi meo valide. Holy Mother, this bestow, heart, Ofthe Crucified the wounds. O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore the sacred wound of thy right foot. I thank thee for the pain which thou didst endure with so much love and charity. I condole with thee in thy sufferings and with thy afflicted Mother. Grant me strength against all temptations, and prompt obedience in the execution of thy holy will. Comfort, O Jesus, all the poor, the miserable, and the afflicted, all who are tempted or persecuted. Most just Judge, govern those who administer justice, and assist all those who labour in the care of souls. Our Father, &c. Sancta Mater, &c. O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore the sacred wound of thy left hand. I thank thee for the pain which thou didst endure with so much love and charity. I condole with thee in thy sufferings and with thy afflicted Mother. Deliver me from the pains of hell; grant me patience in the adversities of this life, and conformity in all things to thy blessed will. I offer unto thee all my sufferings both of mind and body, in satisfaction for my sins, which have so often deserved eternal torments. Pardon all my enemies, and all those who bear ill will against me. Grant patience to the sick, and restore them to health and support with thy assisting grace all who are in their agony, that they may not perish. Our Father, &c. Sancta Mater, &c. O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore the sacred wound of thy right hand. I thank thee for the pain which thou didst endure with so much love and charity. I condole with thee in thy sufferings and with thy afflicted Mother. Grant me a resolute will to seek after all things which concern my salvation. |