Prayers to the Sacred Wounds of Jesus
Collect.
O most lovely Redeemer of my soul, prostrate before thee upon the cross my conscience reproaches me with having nailed thee with my own hands to that cross, as often as I have fallen into grievous sin, thus wounding thee by my exceeding ingratitude. O my God, my most perfect and Sovereign Good, to whom are due all the affections of my heart for the blessings which thou hast unceasingly bestowed upon me; I, miserable that I am, cannot undo my evil deeds as I would; but with deep sorrow I abhor them as offences against thine infinite goodness; and, kneeling at thy Feet, I will at least endeavour to compassionate thee, to thank thee, and to implore of thee pardon and amendment of life, while with my heart upon my lips I thus say:
THE WOUND OF THE LEFT FOOT.
O my Jesus, I adore the most sacred Wound of thy Left Foot; I compassionate thy bitter sufferings. I thank thee for the love with which thou didst labour to overtake me in the way of perdition, staining thyself with the blood drawn forth by the thorns and briers of my sins. I offer to the Eternal Father the sorrow and the love of thy sacred Humanity, in expiation of my abominable transgressions, which I detest with bitter and sincere contrition.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory.
THE WOUND OF THE RIGHT FOOT.
O my Jesus, I adore the most sacred Wound of thy Right Foot; I compassionate thy bitter sufferings. I thank thee for the love which transfixed thee, convulsed and bleeding in punishment of my wanderings, and the guilty indulgence of my unbridled passions. I offer the sorrow and the love of thy most sacred Humanity to the Eternal Father; and implore of him the grace to bewail my transgressions with burning tears, and to per-
