PRAYER.
O MOST holy Redeemer, treated with extreme contempt, and led out to punishment, through the excess of torments and weakness of thy mangled body, thou fallest a second time to the earth. What impious hand has prostrated thee ? Alas ! my Jesus, I am that impious, that sacrilegious offender! My ambitious pride, my haughty indignation, my contempt of others, humbled thee to the earth. Banish for ever from my mind the spirit of pride; teach me humility; that detesting all vanities, 1 may be ever united with thee, my meek and humble Jesus. Amen.
Our Father, etc. Hail Mary, etc. Glory be to the Father, etc.
V. Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us: O Lord, have mercy on us.
V. And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.
Vidit suum dulcem Natum
moriéndo desolátum,
dum emísit spíritum.
EIGHTH STATION.
Jesus consoles the Women of Jerusalem , who wept over him.
V. We adore thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, and bless
thy holy name.
R. Because by thy holy cross, thou hast redeemed the world.
THE MYSTERY.
THIS station represents the place where several devout women, meeting Jesus, and beholding him
