  (For Private Devotion Only.) Jesus Christ. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God the Father of heaven, Have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us. God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us. Jesus, made man to redeem us, Have mercy on us. Jesus, Who, during Thy whole life, didst burn with desire to die for us, Have mercy on us. Jesus, prostrate in prayer in the Garden of Olives, Have mercy on us. Jesus, agonizing, and covered with a bloody sweat, Have mercy on us. Jesus, comforted by an angel, Have mercy on us. Jesus, betrayed by Judas with a kiss, Have mercy on us. Jesus, tied and bound by Thy enemies, Have mercy on us. Jesus, abandoned by Thy disciples, Have mercy on us. Jesus, arraigned before Annas and Caiphas, Have mercy on us. Jesus, struck on Thy face by a servant, Have mercy on us. Jesus, accused by false witnesses, Have mercy on us. Jesus, declared worthy of death, Have mercy on us. Jesus, spit upon, blindfolded and buffeted, Have mercy on us. Jesus, denied thrice by Peter, Have mercy on us. Jesus, delivered in chains to Pilate, Have mercy on us. Jesus, despised and mocked by Herod, Have mercy on us. Jesus, to whom Barabbas was preferred, Have mercy on us. Jesus, cruelly scourged with whips, Have mercy on us. Jesus, wounded and bruised for our sins, Have mercy on us. Jesus, clothed in derision with a purple garment, Have mercy on us. Jesus, crowned with thorns, Have mercy on us. Jesus, with a reed in Thy hand instead of a sceptre, derided and insulted as a mock king, Have mercy on us. [pg 179]Jesus, most unjustly condemned to the ignominious death of the cross, Have mercy on us. Jesus, loaded with a heavy cross and carrying it to Calvary, Have mercy on us. Jesus, led as an innocent lamb to slaughter, Have mercy on us. Jesus, nailed to a cross, and elevated upon it between two thieves, Have mercy on us. Jesus, Who hast loved us, and delivered Thyself for us, as an oblation and a sacrifice to God, Have mercy on us. Jesus, Who didst wash us from our sins in Thy blood, Have mercy on us. Jesus, praying for Thy enemies, Have mercy on us. Jesus, blasphemed by those who passed by, Have mercy on us. Jesus, promising paradise to the penitent thief, Have mercy on us. Jesus, giving Thy Mother to St. John for his Mother, Have mercy on us. Jesus, complaining of being forsaken by Thy Father, Have mercy on us. Jesus, drenched in Thy thirst with vinegar and gall, Have mercy on us. Jesus, recommending Thy spirit into Thy Father's hands, Have mercy on us. Jesus, bowing Thy head and expiring on the cross, Have mercy on us. Jesus, Whose side was opened with a spear, whence issued forth blood and water, Have mercy on us. Jesus, taken down from the cross, wrapped up in a clean linen cloth, and laid in a new monument, Have mercy on us. Jesus, Whose soul after Thy death descended into hell, Have mercy on us. Jesus, Who, in judgment, will demand an account of the profit derived from Thy Passion and death, Have mercy on us. Be merciful, Spare us, O Lord! Be merciful, Hear us, O Lord! From all evil, Lord Jesus, deliver us. From the snares of the devil, Lord Jesus, deliver us. Through Thy most bitter Passion, Lord Jesus, deliver us. Through Thy infinite merits, Lord Jesus, deliver us. We sinners, Beseech Thee to hear us. That being dead to sin, we may live to justice, We beseech Thee to hear us. That we do not glory but in Thy holy cross, We beseech Thee to hear us. That for the love of Thee the world may be crucified to us, and we to the world, We beseech Thee to hear us. That we may always bear about in our body Thy mortification, We beseech Thee to hear us. That we may crucify our flesh, with its vices and concupiscences, We beseech Thee to hear us. That Thy sacred blood may cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God, We beseech Thee to hear us. That being partakers of Thy sufferings, we may be also of Thy glory, We beseech Thee to hear us. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Jesus! Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Jesus! Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, O Jesus! Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. V. O Lord, hear our prayer. R. And let our cry come unto Thee. Let Us Pray. O Lord Jesus! Who didst shed Thy precious blood for the remission of our sins, grant, we most humbly beseech Thee, that in the day of judgment we may merit to hear from Thy adorable mouth these consoling words: “Come, ye blessed of My Father, possess the kingdom prepared for you.” Amen. |
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