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Agnus Dei, qui tollis

peccata mundi,

Miserere nobis, Jesu.

Jesu, audi nos. Jesu, exaudi nos.

Oremus.

DOMINE Jesu Christe, qui dixisti: Petite, et accipietis; quærite, et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis; quæsumus, da nobis petentibus divinissimi tui amoris affectum, ut te toto corde, ore et opere diligamus, et a tua nunquam laude cessemus.

Sancti Nominis tui, Domine, timorem, pariter et amorem fac nos habere perpetuum; quia nunquam tua gubernatione destituis quos in soliditate tuæ dilectionis instituis. Per Dominum Christum nostrum. Amen.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,

Have mercy on us, O
Jesus.

Jesus, hear us.
Jesus, graciously hear

us.

Let us pray.

O LORD Jesus Christ, who hast said: Ask, and ye shall receive; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; give, we beseech thee, to us who ask, the grace of thy most divine love, that with all our heart, words, and works, we may love thee, and never cease to praise thee.

Make us, O Lord, to have a perpetual fear and love of thy Holy Name; for thou never failest to govern those whom thou dost solidly establish in thy love. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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Prayers for the Stations;

OR THE WAY OF THE CROSS.

(Most numerous Indulgences attached to this Devotion.) The Priests and Acolyths, kneeling before the altar, say as follows:

JESUS, our adorable Saviour, behold us prostrate at thy feet, imploring thy mercy for ourselves, and for the souls of all the faithful departed. Vouchsafe to apply to us the infinite merits of thy Passion, on which we are now about to meditate. Grant that while we trace this path of sighs and tears, our hearts may be so touched with contrition and repentance, that we may be ready to embrace with joy all the crosses, sufferings, and humiliations of this our life and pilgrimage.

V. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord.

R. And my mouth shall show forth thy praise. V. O God, come to my assistance.

R. O Lord, make haste to help me.

V. Glory be, &c.

R. As it was, &c.

Then the Priest and people move in procession to the First Station.

FIRST STATION.

JESUS CHRIST CONDEMNED TO DEATH.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and we bless thee.

R. Because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world.

Priest.

Leaving the house of Caiaphas, where he had been blasphemed, and the house of Herod, where he had been mocked, Jesus is dragged before Pilate, his back torn with scourges, his head crowned with thorns; and he, who on the last day will judge the living and the dead, is himself condemned to a disgraceful death.

Prayer.

IT was for us that thou didst suffer, O blessed Jesus; it was for our sins thou wast condemned to die. Oh, grant that we may detest them from the bottom of our hearts, and by this repentance obtain thy mercy and pardon.

An Act of Contrition.

O GOD, we love thee with our whole hearts and above all things, and are heartily sorry that we have offended thee. May we never offend thee any more. Oh, may we love thee without ceasing, and make it our delight to do in all things thy most holy will.

Our Father.

Father.

Hail Mary. Glory be to the

Prayer.

O JESUS! who for our sins didst bear the heavy burden of the cross, and fell under its weight, may the thoughts of thy sufferings make us watchful over ourselves, and save us from any grievous fall into sin.

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JESUS IS MET BY HIS BLESSED MOTHER.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and we bless thee.

R. Because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world.

Priest.

Still burdened with his cross, and wounded yet more by his fall, Jesus proceeds on his way. He is met by his Mother. What a meeting must that have been! What a sword of anguish must have pierced that Mother's bosom! What must have been the compassion of that Son for his Holy Mother.

Prayer.

O JESUS! by the compassion which thou didst feel for thy Mother, have compassion on us, and give us a share in her intercession. O Mary, most afflicted Mother! intercede for us, that, through the sufferings of thy Son, we may be delivered from the wrath to come.

Act of Contrition, &c., as before.

V. Quæ morebat et dole-
bat,

Pia Mater, dum vide.
bat

Nati poenas inclyti.

R. Sancta Mater, &c.

Christ above in torment hangs,

She beneath beholds the

pangs

Of her dying glorious
Son.
Holy Mother, &c.

FIFTH STATION.

THE CROSS IS LAID UPON SIMON OF CYRENE.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and we bless thee. R. Because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world.

Priest.

As the strength of Jesus fails, and he is unable to proceed, the executioners seize and compel Simon of Cyrene to carry his cross. The virtue of that cross changed his heart, and from a compulsory task it became a privilege and a joy.

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