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First Prayer:
Our Father....
Hail Mary.....
O Jesus Christ! Eternal Sweetness
to those who love Thee,
joy surpassing all joy and all desire,
Salvation and Hope of all sinners,
Who hast proved that Thou hast
no greater desire than to be among men,
even assuming human nature at all fullness of time
for the love of men, recall all the sufferings
Thou hast endured from the instant of Thy conception,
and especially during Thy Passion,
as it was decreed and ordained
from all eternity in the Divine Plan.
Remember, O Lord, that during
the Last Supper with Thy disciples,
having washed their feet, Thou gavest them
Thy Most Precious Body and Blood,
and while at the same time Thou didst
sweetly console them, Thou didst foretell them
Thy coming Passion.
Remember the sadness and bitterness
which Thou didst experience in Thy Soul
as Thou Thyself bore witness saying:
"My Soul is sorrowful even unto death."
Remember all the fear, anguish and pain
that Thou didst suffer in Thy delicate Body
before the torment of the Crucifixion,
when, after having prayed three times,
bathed in a sweat of blood,
Thou wast betrayed by Judas, Thy disciple,
arrested by the people of a nation.
Thou hadst chosen and elevated,
accused by false witnesses, unjustly judged
by three judges during the flower of Thy youth
and during the solemn Paschal season.
Remember that Thou was despoiled
of Thy garments and clothed in
those of derision; that Thy Face and Eyes
were veiled, that Thou wast buffeted,
crowned with thorns, a reed placed in Thy hands,
that Thou was crushed with blows and overwhelmed
with affronts and outrages.
In memory of all these pains and sufferings
which Thou didst endure before Thy Passion on the Cross,
grant me before my death true contrition,
a sincere and entire confession,
worthy satisfaction and the remission
of all my sins.
Amen.
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