extend over all hearts the sweet empire of Thy love.
Indulgence of 300 days. — Pius X, June 16, 1906.
PRAYER IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF OUR LORD
O MY Lord Jesus Christ! Who, to redeem the world, didst vouchsafe to be born among men, to be circumcised, to be rejected and persecuted by the Jews, to be betrayed by the traitor, Judas, with a kiss, and as a lamb, gentle and innocent, to be bound with cords, and dragged, in scorn, before the tribunals of Annas, Caiphas, Pilate, and Herod; who didst suffer Thyself to be accused by false witnesses, to be torn by the scourge and overwhelmed with opprobrium; to be spit upon, to be crowned with thorns, buffeted, struck with a reed, blindfolded, stripped of Thy garments; to be nailed to the cross and raised on it between two thieves; to be given gall and vinegar to drink, and to be pierced with a lance; do Thou, O Lord, by these Thy most sacred pains, which I, all unworthy, call to mind, and by Thy holy cross and death, save me (and thy servant N. in his agony[1]) from the pains of hell, and vouch-
- ↑ If the prayer is said for a person in his last agony.
