tisement, we may merit to be reckoned worthy members of a thorn-crowned Head. Who livest.
AT SEXT.
Lord Jesus, who at the Sixth hour of the day didst hang on the wood of the Cross by thy Hands and Feet, dug through with nails, and with those same nails hast fastened to that gibbet the handwriting of our condemnation; grant that, my soul being freed from the slavery of sin, I may ever bear these, thy most sacred Wounds, as tokens of my deliverance, in the midst of my heart. Who livest.
AT NONE.
Lord Jesus, who at the Ninth hour of the day, when all things were accomplished, didst bow thy Head and yield up thy spirit to God the Father, and breathe the breath of life into mankind that was heretofore dead; grant to me, a sinner, that I, who owe my whole self to thee for having made me, may owe my whole self to thee again for having made me anew, and live now no more to myself, but to thee who hast died for me, for ever. Who livest.
AT VESPERS.
Lord Jesus, who at the hour of Evening didst will thyself to be taken down dead from the Cross, into the arms of thy most holy Mother; mercifully grant that I too, while I live, may never abandon my cross, which of thy goodness it has been thy will to bestow upon me; and that, when taken down from it at my death, I may merit to be presented before thee by the hands of thy most merciful Mother. Who livest.
AT COMPLINE.
Lord Jesus, who at the hour of Compline reposedst in the tomb, and wast bewailed by thy most sorrowful Mother, and by other women; make us, we beseech thee, with true tears, to bewail thy most holy Passion, and never to give place to the things by which thou wouldst be crucified again. Who livest.
