and forgiveness, and grace and mercy upon all. Amen.
SHORT PRAYERS OF ST. GREGORY
On our Lord's Passion.
1. O Lord Jesus Christ! I adore thee hanging on the Cross, wearing on thy Head thy crown of thorns. Let thy Cross, I pray thee, deliver me from the destroying Angel. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary.
2. O Lord Jesus Christ! I adore thee wounded on the Cross, given gall and vinegar to drink. Let thy Wounds, I pray thee, be medicine to my soul. Our Father. Hail Mary.
3. O Lord Jesus Christ! I pray thee by that bitterness of thy passion which thou enduredstat the hour of death, especially at the moment thy most holy Soul departed from thy blessed Body; have mercy on my soul at its departure out of my body, and bring it to eternal life. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary.
4. O Lord Jesus Christ! I adore thee laid in the Sepulchre and embalmed with myrrh and spices. I pray thee that thy Death may be my life. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary.
5. O Lord Jesus Christ! I adore thee descending into hell, and delivering thence thy captives; I pray thee, suffer me never to enter therein. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary.
6. O Lord Jesus Christ! I adore thee rising again from the dead and ascending into heaven, and sitting on the right hand of the Father; I pray thee that I may merit to follow thee thither, and there be presented to thee. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary.
7. O Lord Jesus Christ! good Shepherd, preserve the just, justify sinners, have mercy on all the faithful, and be favourable to me, a wretched and unworthy sinner. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary.
PRAYER.
I implore thee, O Lord, Jesus Christ, that thy Passion may be my strength, to fortify me, protect me, and defend me. Let thy Wounds be my meat and drink, to feed me, inebriate me, and delight me. May the sprinkling of thy Blood be the washing away of all my sins. May thy Death be my eternal glory. In these let me have my refreshment, my triumph, my health, my study, my joy, my desire both of body and soul, now and for ever. Amen.
ANOTHER PRAYER.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God! interpose thy Passion, Cross, and Death between thy justice and my soul, now and at the hour of my death.
Vouchsafe to give grace and
