thou didst vouchsafe to die for us, in order to consummate the great work of our redemption. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; and I beseech thee, through thy divine merits, O Jesus, to remember me at the hour of my death and to grant me pardon and mercy.
At 4 o'clock.
A soldier pierces the sacred side of Jesus with a lance, after which Joseph and Nicodemus take down his holy Body from the cross, and place it in the arms of his afflicted Mother.
Adore this sacred wound, from which flowed forth blood and water.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which thou wert pleased, through thy wound, to open to us thy sacred Heart, the source of salvation and grace; oh, let thy divine unction flow upon us through the hands of Mary, to whom thou didst leave us as her adopted children! I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; and I beseech thee, through thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.
At 5 o'clock.
Jesus is placed in the holy sepulchre.
Adore Jesus Christ, who remains in our tabernacles, as it were enclosed in a holy sepulchre.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which thou wert pleased to resign thyself into the hands of Joseph and Nicodemus to be buried; which foreshowed so well the generosity with which thou dost abandon thyself into the hands of the priests, in order that thou mayest thy own self provide the better for my wants. O my Jesus, grant me a share in the compassion of thy holy Mother; arm me with the courage of thy two disciples against human respect; but above all give me the ardent love of Mary Magdalen, in order that I may seek thee until I have found thee risen again to die no more. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; and I beseech thee, through thy
