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.
Fac me tecum pie flere,
crucifíxo condolére,
donec ego víxero.
TENTH STATION.
Jesus is stripped of his Garments and offered Vinegar and Gall.
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 how our Lord Jesus Christ ascended Mount Calvary, and was stripped of his garments by his inhuman executioners, the skin and congealed blood tom off with them, and his wounds renewed. Consider the confusion of the modest Lamb, exposed to the contempt and derision of an insulting rabble. They present him with vinegar and gall. Condemn here that delicacy of taste, that sensual indulgence with which you have flattered your sinful body. Pray here for the spirit of mortification. Think how happy you would die, if, stripped of the world and its attachments, you could expire covered with the blood and partaking in the confusion of your Redeemer.
