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Fifteenth Prayer:
Our Father....
Hail Mary.....
O Jesus! True and fruitful Vine! Remember the abundant
outpouring of Blood which Thou didst so generously shed
from Thy Sacred Body as juice from grapes in a wine press.
From Thy Side, pierced with a lance by a soldier,
blood and water issued forth until there was not left
in Thy Body a single drop, and finally, like a bundle of myrrh
lifted to the top of the Cross Thy delicate Flesh was destroyed,
the very Substance of Thy Body withered, and the Marrow of Thy Bones dried up.
Through this bitter Passion and through the outpouring
of Thy Precious Blood, I beg of Thee, O Sweet Jesus,
to receive my soul when I am in my death agony.
Amen.
Closing Prayer
O Sweet Jesus! Pierce my heart so that
my tears of penitence and love will be
my bread day and night; may I be converted
entirely to Thee, may my heart be Thy perpetual habitation,
may my conversation be pleasing to Thee,
and may the end of my life be so praiseworthy
that I may merit Heaven and there with Thy saints,
praise Thee forever.
Amen.
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