Stations of the Cross

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THE SIXTH STATION

VERONICA WIPES THE FACE OF JESUS

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless You.

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

Let us consider the likeness of Jesus imprinted on that cloth, and lovingly strive to form a lively representation of it in our hearts. Happy will we be if we live with Jesus engraved upon our hearts. Let us pray to our Lord to be made worthy of so great a happiness.

O Lord, Who are so tormented, we beseech You to impress deeply on our hearts the image of your most Sacred Countenance, that we may always think of You, and, with your most sorrowful passion before our eyes, may ever bewail our sins. We desire to eat of this bread of sorrow until we die, and ever to detest our sins.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.

Jesus crucified have mercy on us.**
 
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Seventh Station

JESUS FALLS THE SECOND TIME

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

LET us consider our lord stretched on the earth. weighed down by His sorrows, and derided by the multitude. Let us bow down our heads, and, with bitter contrition for our sins, resolve for the future to humble ourselves, saying to our sorrowful Lord:

O Holy Redeemer, though we see you prostrate, we acknowledge you to be the Almighty God, and we beseech you to bring down our proud thoughts, ambition, and self-esteem, that we may humbly and willingly embrace contempt for our sins and abjection as a penance for our sins.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Jesus crucified, have mercy on us.**
 
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EIGHTH STATION

JESUS MEETS THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.

Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

LET us consider that we should weep both for Jesus, Who suffers so much for us, and for ourselves who are so ungrateful that we cannot find pleasure to our liking without at the same time offending him. Can we at the sight of such suffering still remain unmoved ? Now that we see what compassion Jesus shows for these women, let us take courage, and, with sorrow and contrition say to Him:

O DEAREST Savior, why are not our hearts steeped in tears of repentance ? We ask tears of you, 0 Jesus, tears of sorrow and compassion, that with tears in our eyes, and sorrow in our hearts, we may deserve to obtain that pity which you did show these women. Grant us this only consolation, that, after being regarded by you with eyes of pity in this life, we may behold you in peace at the moment of our death.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.

Jesus crucified have mercy on us.**
 
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THE NINTH STATION

JESUS FALLS THE THIRD TIME

We adore You, O Christ and we bless You.

Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.

HOW painful was this fall of Jesus! 11 See how they bruise and strike Him. Surely the sight of a God thus oppressed, a God thus trampled under foot, deserves our tears, we will turn to Him in sorrow of heart, and say"

O GOD, You Who art almighty, You Who with Your finger alone sustain heaven and earth, who is it that has made You fall to the ground. I Alas I we, by our sins and repeated relapses and we have added torments to torments, by accumulating sin upon sin. But behold us, now, contrite at Your feet, fully resolved never more to offend You. With tears and sighs we will repeat: Never more will we sin, O God, never more.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.

Jesus crucified, have mercy on us.**
 
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THE TENTH STATION

JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTS

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You.

Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.

LET us consider how Jesus, covered with bruises and wounds outwardly, was now inwardly tormented with a loathsome draught of gall. See how He atones for our want of modesty, and our vanity in dress; and by the bitterness which He tastes, for our excesses in eating and drinking! We will cast ourselves at the feet of Jesus and say to Him:

O MOST afflicted Lord, what a terrible contrast is this:

You, all blood and wounds; and we, all comfort and enjoyment. No! this is not as it should be. We beseech You, dearest Lord, make us change our lives; and let the sweetness of this world become bitter to us, so that henceforth we may have no relish but for the sweet bitterness of Your most holy passion, and so may in the end enjoy with You the delights of paradise.

Our Father; Hail Mary; Glory, etc. .

Jesus crucified, have mercy on us.
 
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THE ELEVENTH STATION

JESUS IS NAILED TO THE CROSS

We adore You, O Christ and we bless You.

Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.

CONSIDER the pain which Jesus suffered when He felt the nails pierce and tear His veins, bones, nerves and flesh, with unspeakable cruelty. Let us give vent to our sorrow, and say:

JESUS, merciful Lord, crucified for our sake, subdue our hard hearts with Your Holy fear and love ; and since our sins were the cruel nails which pierced You, grant that now our sorrow may pierce and nail to the cross all our ill-regulated passions; so that it may be our happy lot to live and die crucified with You on earth, to reign gloriously with You in heaven.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.
Jesus crucified have mercy on us.**
 
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THE TWELFTH STATION

JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You.
Because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the World.

LET us raise our eves and see Jesus, hanging on he Cross, fastened by three nails. Gazing on the divine face of the dying Jesus, we see Him praying for those who offend Him; He gives paradise to them that ask it; leaves His Mother to the care of John; recommends His soul to His Heavenly Father, and, bowing His head, dies!

O DEAREST Redeemer, we acknowledge that our sins have been the merciless executioners that have taken away your life. We do not deserve to be pardoned, for we are the traitors who have crucified You. But it is a consolation for us to hear You praying for those who crucified You. What shall we do for You, who have done so much for us? Oh Lord, we are ready and willing to pardon every one who has offended us. Yes, we pardon and wish well to all; and so we hope to hear You say to us in our last moments: “Today you shall be with me in paradise…”

Our Father. Hail Mary, Glory, etc.

Jesus crucified, have mercy on us.**
 
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THE THIRTEENTH STATION

JESUS IS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You.

Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.

LET us consider what a sword of sorrow pierced the heart of our disconsolate Mother when she received her dead Son into her arms. Alas at the sight of His wounds all the anguish of her tender heart was renewed but the sharpest sword that pierced her heart was sin;sin which deprived of live her dearest Son. Mingling our tears with those of the afflicted Virgin, let us say to her:

O QUEEN of Martyrs, when shall we be worthy to understand and sympathize with your sorrows, by having them ever present in our hearts ? Merciful Mother, grant that we may weep for our sins which have caused you so much suffering; that so weeping, we may live forever with you.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, etc.

Jesus crucified, have mercy on us.**
 
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THE FOURTEENTH STATION

JESUS IS BURIED

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.
Because by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

LET us consider how great were the lamentations of John, the Holy women, and all the followers of Christ, when He was inclosed in the sepulcher. But more than all, let us consider the desolation of Mary’s afflicted heart when she was separated from her Son. At the sight of her tears, let us regret having shown so little sorrow and compassion in the course of this Holy pilgrimage.

O JESUS, compassionate Lord, Who, for love of us, have chosen to accomplish this sorrowful journey, we adore You inclosed in the Holy Sepulcher. Grant that we may rise after this Holy exercise to a new life, and, by the gift of final perseverance, happily die in your grace. Grant us, by the merits of your Holy Passion on which we have been meditating, that our last food at that last hour may be your Divine Sacrament our last words, JESUS and MARY and that our last sighs may be united with that with which you did expire upon the cross that thus, with lively faith, firm hope, and burning love, we may die for you, and reign with you forever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be etc.

Jesus crucified, have mercy on us.
 
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Conclusion

O GOD, who, with the precious Blood of Your Only Begotten Son, has been pleased to sanctify the banner of the life-giving cross; grant, we beseech you, that those who delight in honoring this same Holy Cross may everywhere rejoice in Your protection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory, according to the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff.

In The Name of The Father, The Son, and of The Holy Spirit. Amen.**
 
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THE STATIONS
OR,
The Holy Way of the Cross

The Antiphon

We beseech You Lord to assist and direct our actions by thy powerful grace, and all our prayers and works may always begin and end with You. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Preparatory Act of Contrition.
JESUS, treasure of my soul, infinitely good, infinitely merciful, behold me prostrate at thy sacred feet! Sinner as I am, I fly to the arms of thy mercy, and implore that grace which melts and converts,–the grace of true compunction. I have offended You, adorable Jesus! I repent; let the favor of my love equal the baseness of my ingratitude. This Way of the Cross, grant me to offer devoutly in memory of that painful journey thou have traveled for our redemption, to the Cross of Calvary, with the holy design to reform my morals, amend my life, and gain these indulgences granted by thy vicars on earth. I apply one for my miserable soul, the rest in suffrage for the souls in purgatory, particularly N. N. [Here mention the souls for whom you intend to apply them.] I begin this devotion under thy sacred protection, and in imitation of thy dolorous Mother. Let then this holy exercise obtain for me mercy in this life, and glory in the next. Amen. Jesus!**
 
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Station I.

V. Christ is sentenced to death by Pilate.
We adore You, O Lord Jesus Christ, and we bless You,

R. Because by Thy holy Cross You have redeemed the world.

The Mystery

Our Gracious Redeemer, after suffering blows and blasphemies before Annas and Caiphas, after the cruel scourging, insulting contempts and bloody crown of piercing thorns, is unjustly condemned to death. This iniquitous sentence your Jesus accepted with admirable humility. Innocence embraces condemnation to free the guilty.

Reflect that that your sins were the false witnesses that condemned Him; your stubborn impenitence the tyrant that extorted from Pilate the bloody sentence. Propose now seriously an amendment of life, and while you reflect on the horrid injustice of Pilate, who condemns innocence, lest he should not appear a friend of Caesar, arraign yourself for your many sins of human respect; think how often you have offended God for fear of displeasing the eye of the world, and turning to your loving Jesus, address Him rather with tears of the heart than with expressions of the tongue, in the following

Prayer
MANGLED VICTIM of my sins, O suffering Jesus ! I have deserved those bloody scourges, that cruel sentence of death; and yet You did die for me, that I should live for You. I am convinced that if I desire to please men, I cannot be Thy servant. Let me then displease the world and its vain admirers. I resign myself into Thy hands. Let love take possession of my heart; let my eyes behold with contempt everything that could alienate my affections from You; let my ears be ever attentive to thy word; let me through this painful journey accompany You, [pleading heart-felt] mercy. Mercy Jesus! Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary, etc.
Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us!

You pious Christians who do now draw near,
With relenting hearts now lend a tear,
Your Lord behold with great humility,
Sentenced to die on Mount Calvary.
 
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Station II.

Christ takes the Cross on his shoulder.

V. We adore You, 0 Lord Jesus Christ, and bless You.
R. Because by Thy holy Cross You have redeemed the world.

The Mystery

This second station represents the place where your most amiable Redeemer is clad in his usual attire, after His inhumane executioners had striped Him of the purple garment of derision with which He was clothed, when as a visionary king they crowned Him with plaited thorns. The heavy brethren of the cross is violently placed on His mangled shoulders.

Behold your gracious Savior, though torn with wounds, covered with blood, a man of griefs, abandoned by all–with what silent patience He bears the taunts and injuries with which the [crowd] insults Him. He stretches out His bleeding arms, and tenderly embraces the Cross. Reflect with confusion on that sensitive pride which is fired with impatience at the very shadow of contempt–on your discontented murmurs in your lightest afflictions–and your obstinate resistance to the will of heaven in the crosses of life, which are calculated to conduct you, not to a Calvary of Crucifixion, but to joys of eternal glory and from your heart unite in the following:

Prayer

Meek and humble Jesus, my iniquity and perverseness loaded Thy shoulders with the heavy burden of the Cross. Yet I… flee even the appearance of mortification, and everything which would check the violence of my passions and if I suffered, it was with a murmuring reluctance. I now, O Savior of the world detest my [wrongs], and by Thy grace am determined no more to offend You [with grave sin]. Let me only glory in the Cross of my Lord, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. Lay then on my stubborn neck the cross of true penance; let me, for the love of You, bear the adversities of this life, and [cling] inseparably to You in the bonds of perpetual [love]. Amen, Jesus

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be the the Father, etc.
Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us.

No pity for the Lamb was to he found;
As a mock King my loving Lord they crown’d;
To bear the heavy cross He does not tire,
To save my soul from everlasting fire.
 
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Station III.
Jesus falls the first time under the cross.

V. We adore You, O Lord Jesus Christ, and bless You.
R. Because by Thy holy Cross You have redeemed the world.

The Mystery.
This third Station represents how our Lord Jesus Christ, overwhelmed by the weight of the Cross, fainting through loss of blood, falls to the ground for the first time.

Contemplate the unwearied patience of the meek Lamb, amidst the insulting blows and curses of His brutal executioners while you impatient in adversity and infirmity, presume to complain, [and thus] to insult the Majesty of heaven, by your curses and blasphemies. Purpose here firmly to struggle against the impatient [attacks] of temper; and beholdmg your amiable Jesus prostrate under the Cross, excite in yourself a just hatred for those sins, which rendered insupportable that weight with which your Savior, for love of you, was burdened, and thus address your afflicted Jesus:

Prayer
Jesus, the merciless violence of Thy… Executioners, the weight of the Cross, or rather the more oppressive load of my sins, crush you to the earth. Panting for breath, exhausted as you are, you did not refuse [to endure] new tortures for me. Will I then refuse the light burden of your commandments; will I refuse to do violence to my perverse passions and sinful attachments; will I relapse into those very crimes for which I have shed false and delusive tears? O Jesus stretch your Holy hand to my assistance, that I may never more fall into mortal sin; that I may at the hour of death secure… my salvation. Amen, JESUS.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be the the Father…, Etc.
Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us

From loss of blood He fell unto the ground,
No comfort for my Lord was to be found
He rose again beneath their cruel blows,
And on his bitter way unmurmuring goes.
 
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Station IV.
Jesus carrying his Cross, meets His most afflicted Mother

V. We adore You, O Lord Jesus Christ, and bless You.

R. Because by Your holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

The Mystery

THE fourth Station presents [for] your contemplation the meeting of the desolate Mother and her bleeding Jesus, staggering under the weight of the Cross.

Consider what pangs rent her soul, when she beheld her beloved Jesus covered with blood, dragged violently to the place of execution, reviled and blasphemed by an ungrateful, outrageous rabble. Meditate on her inward feelings, the looks of silent agony exchanged between the Mother and the Son ; her anguish in not being permitted to approach, to embrace, and to accompany him to death. Filled with confusion at the thought that neither the Son’s pains nor Mother’s grief have softened the hardness of your heart, contritely join in the following:

Prayer
MARY, I am the cause of thy sufferings. O refuge of sinners let me participate in those heart-felt pangs, which rent thy tender soul, when thou did behold thy son trembling with cold, covered with wounds, fainting under the Cross, more dead than alive? Mournful Mother, fountain of love, let me feel the force of thy grief that may weep with You, and mingle my tears with yours, and thy Son’s blood. O suffering Jesus, by Thy bitter passion, and the heart-braking compassion of Thy afflicted Mother, grant me the efficacious grace of perseverance ! Mother of Jesus, intercede for me! Jesus, behold me with an eye of pity, and in the hour of my death receive me to the arms of Thy mercy ! Amen, Jesus.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be…, etc.
Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us!

Exhausted, spent, see Jesus onward go,
With feeble step, in anguish faint and slow,
At last His grief-worn Mother He can see
Exclaiming: My Son, my heart is rent for You. **
 
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Station V.
Christ assisted by Simon the Cyrenean to carry the Cross.

V. We adore You, O Lord Jesus Christ, and bless You.

R. Because by Thy holy Cress thou have redeemed the world.

The Mystery,

THE fifth Station represents Christ Fainting. destitute of strength, unable to carry the Cross. His sacrilegious executioners compel Simon the Cyrencan to carry it, not through compassionate pity to Jesus, but lest He should expire in their hand, before they could glut their vengeance by nailing him to the Cross.

Consider here the repugnance of Simon to carry the Cross after Christ; and that you with repugnance and by compulsion carry the Cross which Providence has placed on your shoulders. Will you spurn the love of your Jesus who invites you to take up your cross and follow Hum? Will you yet with shameless ingratitude refuse the Cross, sanctified by His suffering? Offer up devoutly the following:

Prayer

O SUFFERING Jesus to what excess did Thy impious executioners’ cruelty proceed! Beholding You faint under the Cross, apprehensive of Thy death before they could complete their bloody intentions, they compel Simon to carry the Cross that You might expire on it in the most exquisite torture. Should I complain of their cruelty or the repugnance of Simon? Have I not again crucified You by my crimes? Have I not suffered with fretful impatience the light afflictions with which thy mercy visited me? Inspire me now, my Jesus, to detest and deplore my sinful impatience, ungrateful murmurs, and let me You to with all my heart cheerfully accompany You to Mount Calvary; let me live in You, and die in You. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be…,
Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us!

The soldiers furious when Jesus fell
Simon to bear His Cross, by force compel;
Afflictions bear like Job most patiently,
And follow the Lamb with great humility, **
 
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Station VI.
Veronica presents a handkerchief to Christ.

V. We adore you, 0 Lord Jesus Christ, and bless you.

R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

The Mystery

The Sixth Station represents the place where the pious Veronica, feeling compassion for our agonizing Redeemer, beholding His sacred face livid with blows and covered with blood and sweat, presents a handkerchief, with which Jesus wipes his face.

Consider the heroic piety of this devout woman, who is not intimidated by the presence of the executioners, or the clamors of the Jews; and the tender acknowledgment of Jesus. Reflect here, that though you cannot personally discharge the debt of humanity to your Savior, you can discharge it to His suffering members, the poor. Though you cannot wipe away the blood and sweat from the face of Jesus, you can wipe away the tear of wretchedness from the eye of misery. Examine, then, what returns you have made for the singular graces and favors your bountiful Jesus bestowed on you; and conscious of your ingratitude, address your injured Savior in the following

Prayer
JESUS, grant me tears to weep my ingratitude. How often have I, infatuated wretch, turned my eyes from you and your sufferings, to fix them on the world and its vanities! Let me henceforth be yours without division. Stamp your image on my soul, that it may never admit another love. Take possession of my heart on earth, that my soul may take eternal possession of you in glory.

Amen, Jesus.

Our Father, &c. Hail Mary, &c. Glory, &c.

Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us!

Veronica pressed through to meet our Lord,
His streaming face a napkin to afford,
Lo, on its texture stamped by power divine
His sacred features breathe in every line.**
 
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Station VII

Jesus falls under the Cross the second time.

V. We adore You, O Lord Jesus Christ, and bless You

R. Because by your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.

The Mystery

The seventh Station represents the gate of Jerusalem, called the gate of Judgment, at the entrance of which our Savior, through anguish and weakness, falls to the ground. He is compelled by blows and blasphemies to rise.

Consider your Jesus prostrate on the earth, bruised by His fall, and ignominiously treated by an ungrateful rabble. Reflect that your self-love and pride of preference were the cause of this humiliation. Implore, then, grace to detest sincerely your haughty spirit and proud disposition… It was your reiterated sins which again pressed Him to the ground. Will you then sin again, and add to the afflictions of your gracious Savior?

Prayer

MOST Holy Redeemer treated with the utmost contempt, deprived of fame and honor–led out to punishment–through excess of torments, and the weakness of thy… Mangled body, You did fall a second time to the earth. What impious hand has prostrated You? Alas, my Jesus, I am that impious, that sacrilegious offender: my ambitious pride, my haughty indignation, my contempt of others humbled You to the earth. Banish for ever from my mind the unhappy spirit of pride. Teach my heart the doctrine of humility, so that detesting pride, vain glory and human respect, I may for ever be united with You, my meek and humble Jesus. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be…
Jesus Christ crucified, have, mercy on us!

Prone at the city gate He fell once more,
To save our erring souls He suffered sore;
On His great mercy let us always call,
Since our Vain pride has caused His triple fall. **
 
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Station VIII
Christ consoles the Women of Jerusalem, who wept over him.

V. We adore You, 0 Lord Jesus Christ, and bless You.

R. Because by Thy holy Cross You have redeemed the world.

The Mystery.
The station represents the place where several devout women meeting Jesus, and beholding Him wounded and bathed in his blood, shed tears of compassion over Him.

Consider the excessive love of Jesus, who, though languishing and half dead through the multitude of His torments, is nevertheless attentive to console the women who wept over Him. They merited that tender consolation from the mouth of Jesus, “Weep not over me, but over yourselves and your children.” Weep for your sins, the sources of my affliction. Yes, O my soul, I will obey my suffering Lord, and pour out tears of compunction*. Nothing is more eloquent than the voice of those tears which flow from the horror of those sins. Address Him the following:

Prayer
JESUS, ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF THE FATHER, who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes, that I may day and night weep and lament my sins? I humbly beseech You by these tears of blood You did shed for me, to soften my flinty** bosom***, that tears may plentifully flow from my eyes, and contrition rend my heart, this hardened heart, to cancel my crimes and render me secure in the day of wrath and examination, when You wilt come to judge the living and the dead, and demand a rigorous account of Thy blood. Amen, JESUS.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory, &c.
Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us!

With tears of love the women they did weep,
Compassionating our Redeemer sweet;
Weep for your sins who caused him here to be,
O Lamb of God Thy mercy show to me. **
 
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Station IX.

Jesus falls under the Cross the third time.

V. We adore You, O Lord Jesus Christ, and bless You.

R. Because by Thy holy Cross You have redeemed the world.

The Mystery.

This Station represents the foot of Mount Calvary, where Jesus Christ, quite destitute of strength, falls a third time to the ground. The anguish of his wounds is renewed.

Consider here the many injuries and blasphemous derisions thrown out against Christ, to compel him to rise and hasten to the place of execution, that his inveterate enemies might enjoy the savage satisfaction of beholding him expire on the Cross. Consider that by your sins you daily hurry Him to the place of execution. Approach Him in thought to the foot of Mount Calvary, and cry out against the accursed weight of sin that prostrated Jesus, and had long since buried You in the flames of hell, if His mercy and the merits of his passion had not preserved You.

Prayer
CLEMENT JESUS, I return You infinite thanks for not permitting me, ungrateful sinner, as You has permitted thousands less criminal, to die in their sins. I, who have added torments to thy torments by heaping sin on sin, kindle in my soul the fire of charity, fan it with your continual grace into perseverance, until delivered from the body of this death, I can enjoy the liberty of the children of God and Thy coheirs. Amen, Jesus!

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory…
Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us.

On Calvary’s height a third time see Him fall,
Livid with bruises that our sight appall.
O gracious Lord, this suffered You for me,
To save my - soul from endless misery.
 
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