V.
JESUS IS CRUCIFIED ON MOUNT CALVARY.
MOST afflicted Mother of God! suffer thy servant to remind thee of that grief which pierced thy sacred soul, when with abundant tears, and inexpressible anguish of heart, thou beheldest him crucified on Mount Calvary, and heardest him pronounce his seven last words; but especially, when bowing down his head, he rendered his blessed soul into the hands of his eternal Father. I bear a sensible part in thy affliction, most tender and distressed Mother! obtain for me, from thy divine Son, through the merits of this thy anguish, a meek and pure heart, and a happy departure from this life, under thy maternal care and powerful protection. Amen. Hail Mary.
VI.
JESUS IS TAKEN FROM THE CROSS.
MOST afflicted Mother of God! suffer thy servant to remind thee of that grief which pierced thy sacred heart, when Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea took down the sacred remains of thy divine Son from the Cross, and placed them in thy arms. O afflicted mother! what then was the anguish of thy heart on beholding the sacred body of thy Son? when thou beheldest this sacred body exhausted of all its hands and feet by the nails which fixed him to the Cross, and in his side by the cruel lance which even pierced his sacred heart. I bear a sensible part in thy affliction, most tender and distressed Mother! obtain for me, from thy divine Son, through the merits of this thy anguish, a meek and pure heart, and a happy departure from this life, under thy maternal care and powerful protection. Amen. Hail Mary.
