Blood, by the merits of Thy holy Passion forgive me a sinner, for none of my thoughts are hid from Thee: pardon I ask, pardon I hope for, pardon I hope to find. Thou art pitiful and merciful, spare me and forgive me. Who livest and reignest, God, world without end. Amen. Prayers on the Five Wounds of Jesus Christ our Lord. (From the "Paradise."). I. MOST sweet Jesus, by the health-giving Wound of Thy Right Foot, forgive me all the evil thoughts wherewith I have offended Thee, and by its infinite merits supply all that my neglect of holy, thoughts has left deficient; so may I henceforth desire Thee alone, my sole chief Good, and seek and find Him Whom my soul loveth. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary. II. MOST sweet Jesus, by the blessed Wound of Thy Left Foot, forgive me, I pray Thee, all that I have done amiss against Thy divine goodpleasure, by evil imaginations or abuse of my outward senses; keep my thoughts in check henceforth by Thy holy fear, that so, becoming dead to the world and all created things, I may feel nothing and desire nothing, save Thee only, my God crucified for me. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary. III. MOST sweet Jesus, by the sacred Wound of Thy Right Hand, I most meekly pray Thee forgive all my evil and sinful acts; yea, and by its merits supply all that I have, by guilty negligence, in whatever duty, left undone; and henceforth may I by Thy grace trade more profitably with the talents Thou hast given me. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary. IV. MOST sweet Jesus, by the Wound of Thy Left Hand, forgive my passionateness, my sudden angers, and acts of impatience, into which I run so heedlessly and headlong on the slightest provocation, and from the rich stores of that heavenly Wound deal out to me the balm of patience in all adversities, that I may be found worthy to inherit the land of the living which Thou hast promised to the meek. Amen. MOST Sweet Jesus, by tai susired Wound of Thy pierced Heart, graciously forgive all that my heart hath ever sinned by perverse will or ill intention, and so implant my frail heart in Thine, O my God, that it may feel nothing, compass nothing, desire nothing other than Thine own; thus may it repose for ever; guided by Thine, and steadfastly persevere in all good, even to the end of life. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary. Prayers of S. Gregory on the Passion. LORD JESU CHRIST! I worship Thee, the Crown of Thorns. Let Thy Cross, I pray Thee, deliver me from the destroying Angel. O Lord Jesu Christ! I worship Thee, wounded on the Cross, given gall and vinegar to drink. Let Thy Wounds, I pray Thee, be medicine to my soul. Amen. O Lord Jesu Christ! I pray Thee, by the bitterness of Thy Passion which Thou enduredst at the hour of death, especially at the moment Thy most holy Soul departed from Thy blessed Body, have mercy on my soul at its departure out of my body, and bring it to eternal life. Amen. O Lord Jesu Christ! I worship Thee, laid in the sepulchre, and embalmed with myrrh and spices. I pray Thee that Thy Death may be my life. Amen. O Lord Jesu Christ! I worship Thee, descending into hell, and delivering thence Thy captives. I pray Thee suffer me never to enter therein. Amen. O Lord Jesu Christ! I worship Thee, rising again from the dead, ascending into heaven, and sitting on the Right Hand of the Father. I pray Thee that I may be counted worthy to follow Thee thither, and there be presented to Thee. Amen. O Lord Jesu Christ! Good Shepherd, preserve the righteous, justify sinners, have mercy on all the faithful, and be favourable to me, a wretched and unworthy sinner. Amen. Another Prayer. LORD JESU CHRIST, Son of the Living Death between Thy justice and my soul, now, and at the hour of my death. Vouchsafe to give grace and mercy to myself, pardon to the living, rest to the departed, peace to Thy Church, and life with eternal glory to all sinners; Who livest and reignest God, for ever and ever. Amen. S. Gertrude's Oblation of the Sufferings of Christ to the Eternal Father. FATHER, most loving, I offer Thee, in atonement and satisfaction for all my sins, all the entire Passion of Thy most dearly beloved Son, from the mournful cry He gave forth when laid upon the straw in the manger, through the helplessness of His Infancy, the privations of His Boyhood, the trials of His Youth, the sufferings of His Manhood, unto that hour when, bowing down His Head upon the Cross, with a great cry He gave up the Ghost. And I offer Thee, in atonement and satisfaction for all my negligences, O most loving Father, all the whole of the most holy life and conversation of Thy Son, most perfect in its every thought, word, and deed, from the hour when He came down from His high Throne to the womb of the Virgin, and thence came forth into this our sad wilderness, to the hour when He offered in Thy Fatherly Presence the glories of His victorious Flesh. Amen. HYMN OF S. FRANCIS XAVIER My God, I love Thee, not because I hope for heaven thereby; Nor because they who love Thee not Thou, O my Jesus, Thou didst me For me didst bear the nails and spear, And griefs, and torments numberless, E'en death itself-and all for one Then why, O blessed Jesus Christ! Not with the hope of gaining aught, But as Thyself hast loved me, E'en so I love Thee, and will love, Prayers for the Departed.. Antiphon.-Let the Angels lead thee to Per ilise. |