O A Prayer to our Blessed Lady of Sorrows. HOLY Mother, most afflicted by the bitter sorrow which thou didst endure at the foot of the Cross during the Three Hours' Agony of Jesus: vouchsafe to assist all of us, the children of thy sorrows, in our last agony, that through thine intercession we may pass from the bed of death to form a crown for thee in the heavenly Paradise. Hail Mary, three times. O Mary, Mother of grace, Protect us from the enemy, And receive us at the hour of death. (i) V. From sudden and unlooked-for death, V. From the snares of the devil, R. O Lord, deliver us. V. From everlasting death, R. O Lord, deliver us. Let us pray. GOD, who for the salvation of mankind didst give an example and a help in the Passion and Death of Thy Son: grant, we beseech Thee, that in the hour of our death we may experience the effects of this Thy charity, and deserve to be partakers in the glory of Him our Redeemer, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. R. Amen. love thee, O Jesus, with my whole heart; I repent of having offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I may love thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt. Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory be to the Father. Dear Jesus, Thou dost go to die For very love of me : Ah! let me bear Thee company; ELEVENTH STATION. JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS. V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee. R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. Consider how Jesus, after being thrown on the Cross, extended His hands, and offered to His Eternal Father the sacrifice of His life for our salvation. These barbarians fastened Him with nails, and then, raising the Cross, allowed Him to die with anguish on this infamous gibbet. Y Jesus! loaded with contempt, nail my heart to Thy feet, that it may ever remain there, to love Thee, and never quit Thee again. I love Thee more than myself; I repent of having offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt. Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory be to the Father. Dear Jesus, Thou dost go to die For very love of me : Ah! let me bear Thee company; TWELFTH STATION. JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS. V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee. R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. Consider how thy Jesus, after three hours' Agony on the Cross, consumed at length with anguish, abandons Himself to the weight of His body, bows His head and dies. O MY dying Jesus, I kiss devoutly the Cross on which Thou didst die for love of me. I have merited by my sins to die a miserable death, but Thy death is my hope. Ah, by the merits of Thy death, give me grace to die, embracing Thy feet, and burning with love to Thee. I commit my soul into Thy hands. I love Thee with my whole heart; I repent of ever having offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt. Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory be to the Father. Dear Jesus, Thou dost go to die For very love of me : Ah! let me bear Thee company; I wish to die with Thee. THIRTEENTH STATION. JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN V. We adore R. Becau the world Cof disciples, Joseph and Nicodemus, took Him town from the Cross, and placed Him in the arms of is afflicted Mother, who received Him with unutterabile tenies: ness, and pressed Him to her bosom. O me. MOTHER of sorrow, for the love of this So. accept me for thy servant, and pray to Him for And Thou, my Redeemer, since Thou hast dæt for me, permit me to love Thee; for I wish but There and nothing more. I love Thee, my Jesus, and I repent of ever having offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt. Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory be to the Father. Dear Jesus, Thou dost go to die For very love of me : Ah! let me bear Thee company; FOURTEENTH STATION. JESUS IS PLACED IN THE SEPULCHRE. V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee. R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemer the world. Mede dagege Consider how the disciples carried the body of Jesus to bury it range ther panied by his holy Mother, who at her own hands. united with Thee in heaven, to praise Thee and love Thee for ever. I love Thee, and I repent of ever having offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee again.' Grant that I may love Thee; and then do with me what Thou wilt. Our Father. Hail Mary. Glory be to the Father. Dear Jesus, Thou dost go to die For very love of me : Ah! let me bear Thee company; I wish to die with Thee. After this, return to the High Altar, and say the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory be to the Father five times, in honor of the Passion of Jesus Christ, to gain the other Indulgences granted to those who recite them. |