to meet us, and so we may deserve to be received by Thee into Thy everlasting dwelling-place.
An indulgence of 200 days, once a day. — Leo XIII, March 25, 1897.
Prayer in Honor of the Passion and Death of Our Saviour
O God, Who for the world's redemption wast pleased to be born, circumcised, rejected by the Jews, betrayed by the kiss of the traitor Judas, bound with chains, led like an innocent lamb to sacrifice, and shamefully presented before Annas, Caiphas, Pilate, and Herod, accused by false witnesses, beaten with whips, buffeted, insulted, spit upon, crowned with thorns, smitten with a reed, blindfolded, stripped of Thy garments, fastened with nails to the cross, and lifted up on high, reputed among thieves, and made to drink gall and vinegar, and wounded by a lance; oh, by these most sacred sufferings, which, unworthy as I am, I thus commemorate, and by Thy holy cross and death, deliver me, Lord, from the pains of hell, and deign to lead me where Thou didst lead the penitent thief, who was crucified by Thy side; Thou Who, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father, etc., five times.
The Sovereign Pontiff, Pius VII, by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences, Aug. 25, 1820, granted to all the faithful who, with at least contrite heart and devotion, shall say this prayer, and the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory be to the Father, each five times, an indulgence of three hundred days, once a day, also a plenary indulgence, on any one of the last three days of the month, to all those who, having said these prayers every day for a month, and being truly penitent, after confession and communion shall pray devoutly for some time for the intention of His Holiness.
