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loosened. I beseech thee by the memory of this most sacred and bitter pain on the cross to give me thy fear and love. Amen.

Our Father. Hail Mary.

III.

O Jesus, heavenly physician, remember the languor, livor, and pain which thou didst suffer on the lofty scaffold of the cross, torn in all thy limbs, not one of which had remained in its right state, so that no pain was found like to thy pain; for from the sole of thy foot to the top of thy head, there was no soundness in thee. And yet, regardless of all pains, thou didst piously pray to thy Father for thy enemies, saying: “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” By this mercy and in remembrance of that pain, grant that this memory of thy most bitter Passion be a full remission of all my sins. Amen.

Our Father. Hail Mary.

IV.

O Jesus, true liberty of Angels, paradise of delights, remember the grief and horror which thou didst endure, when all thy enemies surrounded thee like fierce lions, and tortured thee by buffets, spitting upon thee, tearing and