O most sweet Jesus! numbered amongst thieves, derided, blasphemed, made to taste vinegar and gall, and crucified in dreadful torments from the sixth to the ninth hour, have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
O most sweet Jesus! dead upon the cross, and in thy holy mother’s presence pierced by a lance in thy side, whence issued forth blood and water, have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on its.
O most sweet Jesus! taken down from the cross, and bathed with the tears of thy most sorrowful Mother, have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
O most sweet Jesus! covered with bruises, marked with five wounds, embalmed with spices, and laid in the sepulchre, have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us.
V. He truly bore our sorrows.
R. And he endured our grief.
LET US PRAY.
O GOD, who, for the redemption of the world, didst vouchsafe to be born, to be circumcised, to be rejected by the Jews, to be betrayed with a kiss, to be bound like a malefactor, and like an innocent lamb to be led to slaughter; to be ignominiously brought before Annas, Caiphas, and Herod; to be accused by false witnesses, scourged with whips, buffeted, spit upon, struck with a reed, crowned with thorns, stripped of thy garments, nailed to a Cross, and placed between two thieves; to have vinegar and gall given to thee to drink; to have thy side pierced through with a spear; do thou, O Lord, by these most grievous pains, which I, thy unworthy
