O SUFFERING Jesus to what excess did Thy
impious executioners' cruelty proceed! Beholding You faint under the
Cross, apprehensive of Thy death before they could complete their bloody
intentions, they compel Simon to carry the Cross that You might expire
on it in the most exquisite torture. Should I complain of their cruelty
or the repugnance of Simon? Have I not again crucified You by my crimes?
Have I not suffered with fretful impatience the light afflictions with
which thy mercy visited me? Inspire me now, my Jesus, to detest and
deplore my sinful impatience, ungrateful murmurs, and let me You to with
all my heart cheerfully accompany You to Mount Calvary; let me live in
You, and die in You. Amen.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be..., Etc. ...
Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us!
The soldiers furious when Jesus fell
Simon to bear His Cross, by force compel;
Afflictions bear like Job most patiently,
And follow the Lamb with great humility. |
