The Seventh Word.
"Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit"
V. We adore thee, O Christ, and we bless thee.
R. Because by thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world.
O my beloved Jesus, who didst agonise on the Cross for the love of me, and who, in completing this great sacrifice, didst accept the will of thine eternal Father, by resigning thy spirit into his hands, and then bowing thine head and dying, have mercy on all the faithful who are in their agony, and on me also when I shall be in that extremity, and through the merits of thy most precious blood give us, in our agony, an entire conformity to the divine will, that we may be ready either to live or die according as it shall best please thee, desiring nothing but the accomplishment of thy blessed will in us. Three Glories.
V. Have mercy on us, O Lord.
R. Have mercy on us.
O my God, I believe in thee, I hope in thee, I love thee, and I repent of having offended thee by my sins.
A Prayer to our Blessed Lady of Dolours,
O most holy Mother, most afflicted by the intense martyrdom which thou didst endure at the foot of the Cross, during the three hours' agony of Jesus, vouchsafe to assist all of us, the children of thy sorrows, in our last agony, that through thine interference we may pass from the bed of death, to form a crown for thee in the heavenly Paradise. Three Hail Marys.
O Mary, Mother of grace,
Mother of mercy,
Protect us from the enemy,
And receive us at the hour of death.
V. From sudden and unprovided death,
R. Deliver us, O Lord.
V. From the deceits of the devil,
R. Deliver us, O Lord.
V. From eternal death, deliver us, O Lord.
O God, who for the salvation of mankind didst give an example and a help in the most painful death of thy Son; grant, we beseech thee, that in the extremity of death we may experience the effects of this thy charity, and deserve to be partakers in the glory of him our Redeemer; through the same. &c.
