mit me to love thee; for I wish but thee, and nothing more. I love thee, my Jesus, above all things. I repent, etc.

Pater, Ave, Gloria.

STATION XIV.

Jesus is placed in the Sepulchre.

V. We adore thee, etc.

YONSIDER how the disciples carried the body of

who arranged it in the scpulchre, with her own hands. They then closed the tomb, and all withdrew.

Ah! my buried Jesus, I kiss the tomb that encloses thee. But thou didst rise again the third day. I beseech thee by thy resurrection, make me rise glorious with thee at the last day, to be always united to thee in heaven, to praise thee and love thee for ever. O Jesus, I love thee. I repent, etc.

Pater, Ave, Gloria.

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LET US PRAY.

OOK down, O Lord, we beseech thee, upon this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ did not refuse to be delivered into the hands of wicked men, and to endure the torments of the Cross. Who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

May our Lord Jesus Christ bless us, who for us was scourged, laden with his Cross, and crucified.

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TO THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN IN HER DESOLATION. AIL Mary, full of sorrows, the Crucified is with thee tearful art thou amongst women, and tearful is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of the Crucified, give tears to us, crucifiers of thy Son, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

SHORT METHOD OF

The Stations of the Cross.

STATION I.

Jesus condemned to death.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee. R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

My Jesus, often have I signed thy death-warrant by my sins; save me by thy death from that death eternal which I deserve.

V. Our Father, etc. Hail Mary, etc.

R. Have mercy on us, O Lord.

V. Have mercy on us.

STATION II.

Jesus is laden with the Cross.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee. R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

My Jesus, who by thy own will didst take on thee the heavy cross which I made for thee by my sins; O, make me know the weight of them, and sɔr.ow for them ever while I live.

Our Father, etc. Have mercy, etc.

STATION III.

Jesus falls the first time under the Cross.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee. R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

My Jesus, the heavy burden of my sins has made thee fall beneath the cross. My Jesus, I loathe them

I detest them; I beseech thee to pardon them; aided by thy grace I will never commit them more. Our Father, etc. Have mercy, etc.

STATION IV.

Jesus meets His Mother.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee. R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

Jesus, most suffering! Mary, Mother, most sorrowful! if for the past by sin 1 have caused you pain and sorrow, yet by divine grace it shall be so no more, but I will love you faithfully until death. Our Father, etc. Have mercy, etc.

STATION V.

Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry the Cross. V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee.

R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

My Jesus, happy was that man of Cyrene, who aided thee to bear the cross. Happy shall I be if I too aid thee to bear the cross, by suffering with patience and good-will the crosses thou shalt send me during life. My Jesus, give me grace to do so. Our Father, etc. Have mercy, etc.

STATION VI.

Jesus and Veronica.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee. R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

Jesus, most compassionate, who didst deign to print thy sacred countenance upon the towel with which Veronica wiped the sweat from off thy brows,

print in my soul deep, I pray thee, the lasting memory of thy most bitter pains.

Our Father, etc. Have mercy, etc.

STATION VII.

Jesus falls a second time.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee. R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

My Jesus, often have I sinned, and by sin often made thee fall beneath the cross. Help me to use such efficacious means of grace, that I may never fall again into sin.

Our Father, etc. Have mercy, etc.

STATION VIII.

Jesus comforts the Women of Jerusalem.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee. R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

My Jesus, who didst comfort the pious women of Jerusalem, who wept to see thee so tormented, comfort my soul with thy mercy, for in thy mercy alone is my sole trust. Oh, may I never frustrate it!

Our Father, etc.

Have mercy, etc.

STATION IX.

Again Jesus falls a third time.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee. R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

My Jesus, by all the bitter pains thou didst endure, when a third time thou didst fall beneath the heavy cross, oh! never, never let me fall away, but rather let me die than ever mortally sin again!

Our Father, etc. Have mercy, etc.

STATION X.

Jesus stripped and drenched with gall.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee. R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

My Jesus, who wast stripped of thy clothes, and drenched with gall, strip me of love for things of earth, and make me loathe all that savours of the world and sin.

Our Father, etc.

Have mercy, etc.

STATION XI.

Jesus nailed to the Cross.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee. R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

My Jesus, by those agonizing pains thou didst endure when the cruel nails pierced thy tender hands and feet, and fixed them to the cross, O make me ever crucify my flesh with the spirit of true Christian penance.

Our Father, etc. Have mercy,

STATION XII.

etc.

Jesus dies upon the Cross.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee. R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.

My Jesus, three hours didst thou hang in agony upon the cross, and then didst die for me; let me die before I sin again, and if I live, may I live to love thee and serve thee faithfully.

Our Father, etc. Have mercy, etc.