were so long and so broad, teach me, that am deeply sunk in sins, to keep, by true charity, thy broad commandment. Amen. Our Father. Mail Mary.
PRAYER XI.
O Jesus! most deep abyss of mercy, I pray thee, by the depth of thy Wounds, which passed through thy heart and the marrow of thy bones, to drag me out, sunken as I am in sins, and hide me in the holes of thy Wounds from the face of thy anger, till thy wrath, O Lord, pass away. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary.
PRAYER XII.
O Jesus! the Mirror of truth, the Seal of unity, and the Bond of charity, remember the countless number of thy Wounds, with which thou wert wounded from the top of thy head to the sole of thy foot, and the greatness of the anguish, which, reddened with thy most holy Blood, thou enduredst for us in thy virgin Flesh! O loving Jesus, what is there that thou oughtst to do more for us that thou hast not done!
Write, O loving Jesus! I beseech thee, in my heart, all thy Wounds with thy most precious Blood, that, reading in them thy sorrow and thy death, I may persevere in thanksgiving constantly to the end. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary.
PRAYER XIII.
O Jesus! most strong Lion, immortal and invincible King, remember the agony which thou sufferedst when all the powers of thy heart and body utterly failed thee, and bowing thy head thou saidst, It is consummated!
By this anguish and sorrow, have mercy on me in the final consummation of my departure, when my soul is in anguish and my spirit troubled. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary.
PRAYER XIV.
O Jesus! Only begotten of the Father Most High, Splendour and figure of his substance,[1] remember the earnest commendation with which thou commendedst thy spirit to the Father, in saying, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and with torn body and broken heart, when the bowels of thy mercy were opened for our redemption, didst expire with a great cry.
By this thy most precious Death, I beseech thee, O King of saints, strengthen me to resist flesh and blood, the devil and the world, that, being dead to the world, I may live to thee: and in my departure’s last hour receive my spirit, returning as an exile and a pilgrim to thee!
- ↑ Heb. i. 3.
