the derision which thou didst undergo, when, clothed in purple, thou didst stand, crowned with most acute thorns; and, because thou didst most patiently bear to be spit upon, in thy glorious face, thy eyes bound, and to be most violently beaten on the cheeks and neck, by the malignant hands of the wicked.
Peace be to thee, my Lord Jesus Christ, who didst most patiently suffer thyself to be bound to a pillar, inhumanly scourged, led, streaming with blood, to Pilate’s tribunal, and to be seen like an innocent lamb.
Blessed be thou, my Lord Jesus Christ, who didst most patiently submit to hear, with thy blessed ears, insults and lies vomited against thee, and the voices of the people asking that a guilty robber should be absolved, and thou, innocent, condemned.
Honor be to thee, my Lord Jesus Christ, who, with thy whole glorious body bathed in blood, was condemned to die on the cross, and didst painfully bear thy cross on thy sacred shoulders, and wast furiously led to the place of thy passion, and despoiled of thy garments, and didst thus wish to be fastened to the cross.
Immense glory be to thee, my Lord Jesus Christ, who didst humbly bear for us, that the
