At the end of each decade add the aspiration to the most holy Virgin, Holy Mary, &c., as above.
Here, then, you have a method most easy and useful to man, and most pleasing to God, of commemorating daily the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Mysteries of which are thus readily recalled to the memory.
Seven Thanksgivings
IN RELATION TO THE SEVEN BLOOD-SHEDDINGS OF JESUS CHRIST.
AGAINST THE SEVEN CAPITAL SINS.
I.
O most humble Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, true God and man! to thee be eternal praise and thanksgiving, because in thy tender age, namely, on the eighth day of thy mortal life, it was thy will to shed for us thy precious and innocent Blood; and, like a true son of Abraham, to bear the pain of Circumcision.
By this most holy shedding of thy Blood, I implore of thee the grace of humility, against all pride and worldly vanity. Our Father. Hail Mary.
II.
O loving Pelican, Jesus Christ, true God and man! to thee be eternal praise and thanksgiving, because in the garden, out of the exceeding anguish of thy Heart, thou pouredst forth a Bloody sweat, and offeredst it to thy Father with the most ready resignation of one who was to die for us.
By this most holy shedding of thy Blood, I implore of thee the grace of bountifulness, against all cupidity and avarice. Our Father. Hail Mary.
III.
O most chaste Spouse, Jesus Christ, true God and man! to thee be eternal praise and thanksgiving, because, in the hall of Pilate, thou sufferedst thyself to be mercilessly bound, and thy virgin flesh to be most cruelly scourged and torn.
By this most holy shedding of thy Blood, I implore of thee the grace of chastity, against all sensuality and lust. Our Father. Hail Mary.
IV.
O most meek Lamb, Jesus Christ, true God and man! to thee be eternal praise and thanksgiving, because thou sufferedst thy sacred Head to be crowned with sharpest thorns, and to be struck from above with a hard reed.
