MARY, I am the cause of thy sufferings. O
refuge of sinners let me participate in those heart-felt pangs, which
rent thy tender soul, when thou did behold thy son trembling with cold,
covered with wounds, fainting under the Cross, more dead than alive?
Mournful Mother, fountain of love, let me feel the force of thy grief
that [ may weep with You, and mingle my tears with yours, and thy Son's
blood. O suffering Jesus, by Thy bitter passion, and the heart-braking
compassion of Thy afflicted Mother, grant me the efficacious grace of
perseverance ! Mother of Jesus, intercede for me! Jesus, behold me with
an eye of pity, and in the hour of my death receive me to the arms of
Thy mercy ! Amen, Jesus.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be..., etc. ...
Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us!
Exhausted, spent, see Jesus onward go,
With feeble step, in anguish faint and slow,
At last His grief-worn Mother He can see
Exclaiming: My Son, my heart is rent for You. |