1st Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! You have proved that You have no greater desire than
to be among men, even assuming human nature at the fullness of
time for the love of men. I recall all the sufferings of Your life
especially Your Passion.
I remember, O Lord, that during the Last Supper with Your
disciples, having washed their feet, You gave them Your Most
Precious Body and Blood, and, while consoling them, You foretold
Your coming Passion.
I remember the sadness and bitterness which You experienced in
Your Soul as You said, My Soul is sorrowful even unto death.
I remember all the fear, anguish and pain that You did suffer
in Your delicate Body before the torment of the Crucifixion, when,
after having prayed three times, bathed in a sweat of blood, You
were betrayed by Judas, arrested by the people of a nation You had
chosen and elevated, accused by false witnesses and unjustly
judged by three judges.
I remember that You were despoiled of Your garments and clothed
in those of derision, that Your Face and Eyes were covered, that
You were beaten, crowned with thorns, a reed placed in Your Hands,
that You were crushed with blows and overwhelmed with insults and
outrages. In memory of all these pains and sufferings which You
endured before Your Passion on the Cross, grant me before my death
a true contrition, a sincere and entire confession, worthy
satisfaction and the remission of all my sins. Amen.
2nd Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember the horror and sadness which You endured
when Your enemies surrounded You, and by thousands of insults,
spits, blows, lacerations and other unheard-of cruelties tormented
You. In consideration of these torments and insulting words, I beg
You to deliver me from all my enemies, visible and invisible, and
to bring me, under Your protection, to the perfection of eternal
salvation. Amen.
3rd Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember the very bitter pain You did suffer when
the executioners nailed Your Sacred Hands and Feet to the Cross by
blow after blow with big blunt nails, and, not finding You in a
sad enough state, to satisfy their cruelty they enlarged Your
Wounds, and added pain to pain, stretching Your Body on the Cross
and dislocated Your Bones by pulling Them on all sides. I beg of
You by the memory of this most loving suffering of the Cross to
grant me the grace to love You. Amen.
4th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I Remember the bruises You suffered and the weakness
of Your Body, which was distended to such a degree that never was
there pain like Yours. From the crown of Your Head to the soles of
Your Feet there was not one spot on Your Body which was not in
torment. Yet, for getting all Your sufferings, You did not cease
to pray to Your Heavenly Father for Your enemies, saying: Father,
forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Through this great mercy and in memory of this suffering, grant
that the remembrance of Your most bitter Passion may effect in us
a perfect contrition and the remission of all our sins.
Amen.
5th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember the sadness which You experienced when,
foreseeing those who would be damned for their sins, You suffered
bitterly over these hopeless, lost and unfortunate sinners.
Through this abyss of compassion and pity and especially
through the goodness which You displayed to the good thief when
You said to him, This day you will be with Me in Paradise, I beg
of You that at the hour of my death to show me mercy. Amen.
6th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember the grief which You suffered when, like a
common criminal, You were raised and fastened to the Cross, when
all Your relatives and friends abandoned You, except Your Beloved
Mother who remained close to You during Your agony and Whom You
entrusted to Your faithful disciple when You said,
Woman, behold Your son. Son behold your Mother.
I beg You by the sword of sorrow which pierced the soul of Your
Holy Mother, to have compassion on me in all my afflictions and
tribulations, both of body and spirit, and to assist me in all my
trials and especially at the hour of my death. Amen.
7th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember Your profound gesture of love from the
Cross when You said, I thirst, and Your suffering from the thirst
for the salvation of the human race. I beg You to inflame in our
hearts the desire to tend toward perfection in all our actions and
to extinguish in us all wordly desires. Amen.
8th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember the bitterness of the gall and vinegar
which You tasted on the Cross for love of us. Grant us the grace
to receive worthily Your Precious Body and Blood during our life
and at the hour of our death that It may be a remedy of
consolation for our souls. Amen.
9th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember the pain You endured when, immersed in an
ocean of bitterness at the approach of death, insulted, outraged
by the people, You cried out in a loud voice that You were
abandoned by Your Father, saying: My God, My God, why have You
forsaken Me? Through this anguish I beg You not to abandon me in
the terrors and pains of my death. Amen.
10th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember that for our sakes You were immersed into
an abyss of suffering. In consideration of the enormity of Your
Wounds, teach me to keep, through pure love, Your Commandments,
which are a wide and easy path for those who love You. Amen.
11th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember Your Wounds which penetrated to the very
marrow of Your Bones and to the depth of Your Being. Draw me away
from sin and hide me in Your Wounds. Amen.
12th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember the multitude of Wounds which afflicted You
from Head to Foot, torn and reddened by the spilling of Your
Precious Blood. O great and universal pain which You suffered in
Your Flesh for love of us! What is there You could have done for
us which You have not done?
May the fruit of Your sufferings be renewed in my soul by the
faithful remembrance of Your Passion and may Your love increase in
my heart each day until I see You in eternity, You Who are the
treasury of every real good and joy, which I beg You to grant me
in Heaven. Amen.
13th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember the pain You endured when all Your
strength, both moral and physical, was entirely exhausted; You
bowed Your Head, saying: It is consummated.
Through this anguish and grief, I beg You to have mercy on me
at the hour of my death, when my mind will be greatly troubled and
my soul will be in anguish. Amen.
14th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember the simple and humble recommendation You
made of Your Soul to Your Eternal Father, saying, "Father,
into Your Hands I commend My Spirit," and when, Your Body all
torn and Your Heart broken, You expired. By this precious death, I
beg You to comfort me and give me help to resist the devil, the
flesh and the world, so that, being dead to the world, I may live
for You alone. I beg of You at the hour of my death to receive me.
Amen.
15th Prayer Recite one Our Father and One Hail Mary.
O Jesus! I remember the abundant outpouring of Blood which You
shed. From Your Side, pierced with a lance by a soldier, Blood and
Water poured forth until there was not left in Your Body a single
Drop; and finally the very substance of Your Body withered and the
marrow of Your Bones dried up.
Through this bitter Passion and through the outpouring of Your
Precious Blood, I beg You to pierce my heart so that my tears of
penance and love may be my bread day and night. May I be entirely
converted to You; may my heart be Your perpetual resting place;
may my conversation be pleasing to You; and may the end of my life
be so praiseworthy that I may merit Heaven and there with Your
saints praise You forever. Amen. |
