things, and I discovered that therein alone" were the perfection of justice, the plenitude of science, the riches of salvation, and the abundance of merit. You also, my brothers, should form to yourselves a nosegay of the Passion of Jesus Christ, and adorn your bosom with it, and there let it remain; for if you have it thus before your eyes, meditating on the bitter sorrows of our Lord, you will more easily bear your own sufferings, being assisted by the help of Jesus Christ. May God be blessed through all eternity! Amen."
THE CLOCK OF THE PASSION.
In this exercise we divide the Passion and the history of the death of Jesus Christ into twenty-four parts, in order to meditate upon them, either collectively or one by one, at certain times to be determined upon beforehand.
At 6 o'clock in the evening.
After having taken leave of his holy Mother, Jesus celebrates his Last Supper with his disciples.
Admire the excess of his charity, and at the remembrance of it, thank our Lord Jesus Christ for his sufferings and merits, of which he granted us a share at this time; say to him with love and devotion:
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which thou didst desire to suffer the dolours of thy Passion. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery. I beseech thee, by thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.
At 7 o'clock.
Jesus washes the feet of his disciples, and institutes the Sacrament of his love.
Admire the humility with which Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, and his love which induces him to give himself to us to be our food.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which thou didst institute the divine sacrament of the altar. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I implore thee, O Jesus, by thy divine merits, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.
