beloved Son vouchsafed to suffer for us, obtain of him for us the grace that we may know how to mortify our rebellious senses, and to cut off all occasions of sinning by that sword of grief and compassion which pierced thy most tender soul. Amen.
III. — THE CROWNING OF JESUS WITH THORNS.
The Meditation.
LET us contemplate in this mystery how those cruel ministers of Satan platted a crown of sharp thorns, and most cruelly pressed it on the most sacred head of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our Father, etc. [once]. Hail Mary, etc. [ten times].
The Prayer.
O MOTHER of our eternal Prince and King of glory, by those sharp thorns wherewith his most holy head was pierced, we beseech thee that, by thy intercession, we may be delivered here from all feelings of pride, and in the day of judgment from that confusion which our sins deserve. Amen.
IV. — JESUS CARRYING HIS CROSS.
The Meditation.
LET us contemplate in this mystery how our Lord Jesus Christ, being sentenced to die, bore with the greatest patience, the cross which was laid upon him for his greater torment and ignominy.
Our Father, otc. [once]. Hail Mary, etc. [ten times].
The Prayer.
O HOLY Virgin, example of patience, by the most painful carrying of the cross, on which thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, bore the heavy weight of our sins, obtain for us of him, by thy intercession, courage
