tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193887829598570132024-03-19T05:26:44.798-07:00MARTYR DEVASAHAYAM PILLAIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-42498989565705672952018-09-02T02:30:00.000-07:002018-09-02T02:33:44.702-07:00The Birth Place of Bl. Devasahayam Pillai, Nattalam - 20.August.2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-31443348395499992752014-06-14T23:02:00.003-07:002014-06-14T23:02:55.741-07:00Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lord, have mercy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Christ, hear us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Christ, graciously hear us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning of Thorns, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, price of our salvation, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, stream of mercy, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, victor over demons, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, courage of martyrs, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, strength of confessors, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, bringing forth virgins, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, help of those in peril, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, relief of the burdened, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, solace in sorrow, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, hope of the penitent, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, consolation of the dying, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, peace and tenderness of hearts, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, pledge of eternal life, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, freeing souls from purgatory, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor, save us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, You Who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, You Who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, You Who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">V. You have redeemed us, O Lord, in Your Blood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">R. And made us, for our God, a kingdom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Almighty and eternal God, You have appointed Your only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the world, and willed to be appeased by His Blood. Grant we beg of You, that we may worthily adore this price of our salvation, and through its power be safeguarded from the evils of the present life, so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in heaven. Through the same Christ, Our Lord. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-88393711930499302582014-06-14T23:00:00.002-07:002014-06-14T23:00:54.063-07:00Chaplet of the Precious Blood of Jesus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Each red bead of the Precious Blood Chaplet represents a chalice filled with the Divine Blood of Jesus, uplifted by Our Lady to the Eternal Father, imploring every grace necessary for your soul and body.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This Chaplet is divided into 7 groups, containing 33 "Our Father's" in honor of the 33 years during which the Precious Blood flowed through the veins of Jesus Christ, before It was all poured out on the Cross for our salvation. After each group, a "Glory Be" is recited in thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity for this great gift of the Precious Blood. While reciting these prayers, meditate on the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">7 bloodsheddings of Jesus:</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;">First Mystery : </span>Jesus shed His Blood in the Circumcision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let us ask for chastity of body and soul.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Recite the "Our Father" 5 times, "Glory Be" once.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">V/. We pray You, Lord, help your servants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">R/. Whom You have redeemed with Your Precious Blood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;">Second Mystery : </span>Jesus shed His Blood in the Agony while praying</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">in the Garden of Olives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let us ask for the spirit of prayer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Recite the "Our Father" 5 times, "Glory Be" once.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">V/. We pray You, Lord, help your servants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">R/. Whom You have redeemed with Your Precious Blood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;">Third Mystery :</span> Jesus shed His Blood in the Scourging at the Pillar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let us ask for patience and self-control.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Recite the "Our Father" 5 times, "Glory Be" once.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">V/. We pray You, Lord, help your servants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">R/. Whom You have redeemed with Your Precious Blood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;">Fifth Mystery : </span>Jesus shed His Blood while carrying His Cross to Calvary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">R/. Whom You have redeemed with Your Precious Blood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;">Sixth Mystery : </span>Jesus shed His Blood in the Terrible Crucifixion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: red;">Seventh Mystery :</span> Jesus shed Blood and water from His Side pierced by a lance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Recite the "Our Father" 3 times, "Glory Be" once.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eternal Father, I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for the propagation and exaltation of my dear Mother the Holy Church, for the safety and prosperity of her visible Head, the Holy Roman Pontiff, for the cardinals, bishops, and pastors of souls, and for all the ministers of the sanctuary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His Precious Blood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eternal Father, I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for the peace and concord of nations, for the conversion of the enemies of our holy Faith, and for the happiness of all Christian people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His Precious Blood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eternal Father, I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for the repentance of unbelievers, the extirpation of all heresies, and the conversion of sinners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His Precious Blood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eternal Father, we offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all my relations, friends and enemies, for the poor, the sick, and those in tribulation, and for all those for whom Thou willest I should pray, or knowest that I ought to pray.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His Precious Blood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eternal Father, I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Redeemer, for all those who shall this day pass to another life, that Thou mayest preserve them from the pains of Hell and admit them the more readily to the possession of Thy glory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His Precious Blood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eternal Father, I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all those who are lovers of the Treasure of His Blood, and for all those who join with me in adoring and honoring It, and for all those who try to spread devotion to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Blessed and praised forevermore be Jesus Who hath saved us by His Precious Blood!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eternal Father, I offer Thee the merits of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus, Thy Beloved Son and my Divine Redeemer, for all my wants, spiritual and temporal, for the Holy Souls in Purgatory, and particularly for those most forgotten, the Souls of priests, and for those who in their lifetime were most devoted to this Price of our Redemption, and to the Sorrows and pains of our dear Mother, Most Holy Mary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. Circumcision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lord, Thou bearest me written in Thy Hands in letter of indelible red which are Thy Holy Wounds, and to inspire me with confidence, Thou gently sayest: "I have written thee in My Hands with the marks of My most Holy Wounds."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Therefore, will I ever say to Thee: "Read, Lord Jesus, read that handwriting and save me through Thy Precious Blood."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked Thee for many favors, but I plead for this one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Take it, place it in Thine open, broken Heart, and when the Eternal Father sees it, covered with the mantle of Thy most Precious Blood, He will not refuse it, if, in His infinite and farseeing wisdom, He sees it is best for my spiritual and temporal welfare. It is not alone my prayer, but Thine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;">1. The Circumcision. </span> The Circumcision calls me to a life of union with God; "Abide in Me and I in you!" Jesus receives His name in a Baptism of Blood. He shares in our human life, that we might share in His Divine Life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">R/. By the merits of Thy Precious Blood, shed seven times, keep me ever united to Thee; save me at death from the agonizing memory of a wasted life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;">2. The Agony in the Garden. </span> The Agony in the Garden shows sin as the destroyer of our life of union with God. Jesus sweated Blood because He foresaw me rejecting Him for sin. My many sins have crushed His Bleeding Heart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">R/. By the merits of Thy Precious Blood, shed seven times, keep me ever united to Thee; save me at death from the agonizing memory of a wasted life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;">3. The Scouring. </span> The Scourging warns me against being separated frm union with God, forever in Hell. As my Savior, He suffers scourges, instead of me who deserves them; to save me from the scourages of sin, both in this world, and in Hell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">R/. By the merits of Thy Precious Blood, shed seven times, keep me ever united to Thee; save me at death from the agonizing memory of a wasted life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From The New Revised Jesus, Mary, Joseph Novena Manual by Fr. Stedman, published by the Confraternity of the Precious Blood, Brooklyn, N.Y.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-12118934283034381912014-06-14T22:42:00.003-07:002014-06-14T22:42:26.077-07:00NOVENA TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By the Voice of Thy Blood, O Jesus! I would press Thee, solicit Thee, importune Thee, though Thou seemest to reject my supplications. I will not leave Thy bleeding feet until Thou hearest me. Too many graces, too many mercies have come from Thy Blood, for me not to hope, even to the end in its efficacy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then, O Jesus! by the Precious Blood seven times shed for the welfare of men, by each drop of that Sacred Price of our redemption, by the tears of Thy Immaculate Mother, I conjure Thee, I supplicate Thee, hear my earnest prayer. (Here, specify your request).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O Thou, who during all the days of Thy mortal life, consoled so many sufferings, healed so many infirmities, raised so often a sinking courage; Thou will not fail to have pity on a soul who cries to Thee from the depths of her anguish! Oh, no, it is impossible! Another sigh from my heart, and from the wound in Thine own, there will flow to me, upon a wave of Thy merciful Blood, the grace so ardently desired. O Jesus, Jesus! hasten the moment when Thou wilt change my tears into joy, my sighs into thanksgivings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Holy Mary, Source of the Divine Blood! I conjure Thee not to lose this occasion of glorifying the Blood which made Thee Immaculate. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-76023442557853493942014-06-14T22:40:00.000-07:002014-06-14T22:40:08.942-07:00NOVENA TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">By the Voice of Thy Blood, O Jesus! I would press Thee, solicit Thee, importune Thee, though Thou seemest to reject my supplications. I will not leave Thy bleeding feet until Thou hearest me. Too many graces, too many mercies have come from Thy Blood, for me not to hope, even to the end in its efficacy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then, O Jesus! by the Precious Blood seven times shed for the welfare of men, by each drop of that Sacred Price of our redemption, by the tears of Thy Immaculate Mother, I conjure Thee, I supplicate Thee, hear my earnest prayer. (Here, specify your request).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O Thou, who during all the days of Thy mortal life, consoled so many sufferings, healed so many infirmities, raised so often a sinking courage; Thou will not fail to have pity on a soul who cries to Thee from the depths of her anguish! Oh, no, it is impossible! Another sigh from my heart, and from the wound in Thine own, there will flow to me, upon a wave of Thy merciful Blood, the grace so ardently desired. O Jesus, Jesus! hasten the moment when Thou wilt change my tears into joy, my sighs into thanksgivings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Holy Mary, Source of the Divine Blood! I conjure Thee not to lose this occasion of glorifying the Blood which made Thee Immaculate. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-3346123168458586292014-06-14T22:26:00.003-07:002014-06-14T22:26:34.236-07:00Prayer to Our Crucified Lord<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Heavenly Father, in the Holy Name of Your Son Jesus, crucified for my sins, and in the love of the Holy Spirit, I come very humbly before You, with sorrow for my sins. I acknowledge that You suffered so much for me and for all, and that we are indebted to You forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Father, I appreciate very much Your sufferings for me and for the rest of humanity. I thank You for saving me through Your crushing pain, through Your many wounds, through Your tiredness and agony and through Your Precious Blood shed with so much pain and love for us; through Your difficulty to breath, through Your sweat and tears, through Your merciful patience, through every effort that You made and through Your total offering for my sins and for the sins of the whole world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lord, I complain sometimes when I have a little misfortune, a wound or when I am sick or tired, rejected, despised or prosecuted. But You were covered through Your entire Body with painful wounds; You were pierced with pain by the crown of thorns, You were stripped of Your Flesh by the scourging, You were insulted with terrible blasphemies, You were spat upon, You were humiliated, You were inflicted new wounds upon Your wounded shoulder by the crushing weight of the cross, You were inflicted more wounds upon Your wounds by the brutal stripping of Your garments, You were pierced painfully by the nails on the cross, You were hanged upon the cross to bleed painfully to death, You suffered asphyxiation as You found it very painful to breathe, and yet Your physical agony was only part of Your suffering compared to Your spiritual agony because You are God, and Your Holy Soul was sorrowful unto death as You surrendered Your life in exchange for our eternal life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You saw the ingratitude of men for Your great sacrifice, and You suffered for the pride of our sins, for the aggressiveness of those whom You created with so much love, for the hatred of men who always receive all Your love if only they come to You. My Lord Jesus, I come humbly before You, everlasting fountain of healing and life, Powerful Source of our Resurrection, food for our souls, eternal refuge of Divine Light, gate to the Majesty and Glory of the Father and our only hope and salvation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Divine Merciful Lord, I pray and beseech on behalf of all humanity for Your Mercy and compassion, for Your healing and blessings and for Your Salvation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O Precious Treasure from Heaven, You who are hidden to the proud, fill my heart with humility and purity that I may be worthy to receive the promises of everlasting life in Your Glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lord into Your Sacred Heart I place my heart united to all my needs and desires, I present humbly my petitions, please listen to my plea, embrace me with Your love, respond to my soul, look at me Your child who comes attracted by Your love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Father, in Your crucified Body I reverently place my sinfulness, my sicknesses and those of the people that I pray for; since You bore our diseases and infirmities, since You endured our sufferings and paid for our sins. Please dissolve them in Your mercy; grant me these petitions in Your Holy Name. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-35180987993849659562014-06-14T22:25:00.001-07:002014-06-14T22:25:16.729-07:00Litany in Honor of the True Cross<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The word of the Cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jesus has many who love His Kingdom in Heaven, but few who bear His Cross. He has many who desire comfort, but few who desire suffering. He finds many to share His feast, but few His fasting. All desire to rejoice with Him, but few are willing to suffer for His sake. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why do you fear to take up the Cross, which is the road to the Kingdom? In the Cross is salvation and life, protection against our enemies, infusion of Heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind, joy of spirit, excellence of virtue, perfection of holiness. There is no salvation of soul, nor hope of eternal life, save in the Cross. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Take up the Cross, therefore, and follow Jesus, and go forward into eternal life. Christ has gone before you, bearing His Cross; He died for you on the Cross, that you also may bear your cross, and desire to die on the Cross with Him. For if you die with Him, you will also live with Him. And if you share His sufferings, you will also share His glory. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">See how in the Cross all things consist, and in dying on it all things depend. There is no other way to life and to true inner peace, than the way of the Cross. Go where you will, seek what you will; you will find no higher way above nor safer way below than the road of the Holy Cross. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Cross always stands ready, and everywhere awaits you. You cannot escape it, wherever you flee; for wherever you go, you bear yourself, and always find yourself. Look up or down, without you or within, and everywhere you will find the Cross. And everywhere you must have patience, if you wish to attain inner peace, and win an eternal crown. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord!. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord!. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let us pray: Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us to follow Thee not only to the Breaking of Bread but also to the drinking of the Cup of Thy Passion. Help us to love Thee for Thine own sake and not for the sake of comfort for ourselves. Make us worthy to suffer for Thy name, Jesus, our Crucified and Risen Lord and Savior, now and forever. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-81196575767524661842014-06-14T22:24:00.000-07:002014-06-14T22:24:09.597-07:00Litany of the Holy Cross <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lord, have mercy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">God the Holy Ghost, our Advocate, Have mercy on us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hope of Christians, Save us, O Holy Cross. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pledge of the resurrection of the dead, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shelter of persecuted innocence, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Guide of the blind, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Way of those who have gone astray, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Staff of the lame, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Consolation of the poor, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Restraint of the powerful, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Destruction of the proud, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Refuge of sinners, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Trophy of victory over Hell, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Terror of demons, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mistress of youth, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Succor of the distressed, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hope of the hopeless, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Star of the mariner, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Harbor of the wrecked, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rampart of the besieged, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Father of orphans, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Defense of widows, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Counsel of the just, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rest of the afflicted, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Safeguard of childhood, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Strength of manhood, Save us, O Holy Cross. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last hope of the aged, Save us, O Holy Cross. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Light of those who sit in darkness, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Splendor of kings, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Civilizer of the world, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shield impenetrable, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wisdom of the foolish, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Liberty of slaves, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Knowledge of the ignorant, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sure rule of life, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Heralded by Prophets, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Preached by Apostles, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Glory of Martyrs, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Study of hermits, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chastity of virgins, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Joy of priests, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Foundation of the Church, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Salvation of the world, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Destruction of idolatry, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stumbling block to the Jews, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Condemnation of the ungodly, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Support of the weak, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Medicine of the sick, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Health of the leprous, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Strength of the paralytic, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bread of the hungry, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fountain of those who thirst, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Clothing of the naked, Save us, O Holy Cross.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Hear us, O Lord. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lord, have mercy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">R. Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Behold the Cross of the Lord! Begone ye evil powers! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, has conquered! Alleluia! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let Us Pray: O God, Who for the redemption of the world, wast pleased to be born in a stable and to die upon a cross; O Lord Jesus Christ, by Thy holy sufferings, which we, Thy unworthy servants, call to mind: by Thy Holy Cross, and by Thy death, deliver us from the pains of Hell, and vouchsafe to conduct us whither Thou didst conduct the good thief who was crucified with Thee, Who livest and reignest eternally in Heaven. Amen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sweet the wood, sweet the nails, sweet the Burden which thou bearest, for thou alone, O Holy Cross, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">V. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.<br />R. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. Amen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First Word: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear Jesus, Who for my love, suffered upon the Cross in order to pay with Your sufferings the debt of my sins and opened Your Divine Lips to obtain for me their remission from the eternal justice of God, have pity on me and on all the faithful who are in their last agony. When I come to that last hour, by the merits of Your most Precious Blood, which was shed for my salvation, give me such a lively sorrow for my sins that my soul will then expire in the bosom of Your Divine Mercy. My God, I believe in You, I hope in You, and I love You. I repent of having offended You by my sins. Amen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Second Word: "This day you shall be with Me in paradise."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear Jesus, Who for my love hung in agony upon the Cross, and with such readiness and bounty responds to the Good Thief when he acknowledges You to be the Son of God, and assures him of paradise, have pity on me and all the faithful who are in their last agony. When I shall come to the end of my life, by the merits of Your most Precious Blood, inspire in my soul a faith so firm and constant that it shall not waver at any suggestions of the evil one, so I may obtain the reward of holy paradise. My God, I believe in You, I hope in You, and I love You. I repent of having offended You by my sins. Amen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Third Word: "Behold your mother; behold your son."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear Jesus, Who for my love hung in agony upon the Cross and Who, forgetting Your own sufferings, gifted me with Your Holy Mother as a pledge of Your love through her, I pray that I will be enabled to call upon You with confidence in my greatest need. Have pity on me and all the faithful who are in their last agony. Through the interior martyrdom of Your dear Mother, inspire in my heart a firm trust in the infinite merits of Your most Precious Blood, so that I may be able to escape the eternal damnation, which I have merited by my sins. My God, I believe in You, I hope in You, and I love You. I repent of having offended You by my sins. Amen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fourth Word: "My God, my God, why have You forsaken Me?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear Jesus, Who for my love hung in agony upon the Cross and Who, adding suffering to suffering, in addition to Your bodily pains, endured with infinite patience the most painful affliction of spirit at being abandoned by Your Eternal Father, have pity on me and all the faithful who are in their last agony. When I come to the hour of my own death, by the merits of Your Precious Blood, grant me the grace of suffering with true patience all the pains and agony of my death struggle, so that by uniting my sufferings to Yours, I may be able at last to share Your glory in paradise. My God, I believe in You, I hope in You, and I love You. I repent of having offended You by my sins. Amen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fifth Word: "I thirst."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear Jesus, Who for my love hung in agony upon the Cross, and Who, not yet satisfied with so many reproaches and sufferings, suffered even more so that all people might be saved. The whole torrent of Your Passion is not enough to slake the thirst of Your Loving Heart. Have pity on me and all the faithful who are in their last agony, and upon me, so when I arrive at my final hour I will have lighted within me a fire of love so great that my heart will be filled with the desire of being united with You for all of eternity. My God, I believe in You, I hope in You, and I love You. I repent of having offended You by my sins. Amen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear Jesus, Who for my love hung in agony upon the Cross, and from that pulpit of truth proclaimed that You had finished the work of our redemption, whereby humankind, from being children of wrath and perdition, have been made children of God and heirs of heaven, have pity on me and all the faithful who are in their last agony. When I arrive at my final hour, by the merits of Your most Precious Blood, detach me completely from the world and from myself, granting me the grace to offer You from my heart the sacrifice of my life in expiation of my sins. My God, I believe in You, I hope in You, and I love You. I repent of having offended You by my sins. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Seventh Word: "Father, into Your Hands I commend My Spirit."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dear Jesus, Who for my love hung in agony upon the Cross, and in order to complete the great sacrifice embraced the Will of Your Eternal Father, resigning Your Spirit into His Hands and then bowing Your Head and dying. Have pity on all the faithful who are in their last agony and upon me. When I have come to my final moment, by the merits of Your Precious Blood, grant me a perfect conformity to Your Divine Will, so that I may be ready to live or die as it pleases You. I desire nothing else except the perfect fulfillment in me of Your Divine Will. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">O Divine Jesus, Incarnate Son of God, for our salvation You consented to be born in a stable, to spend Your whole life amid poverty, trials, and misery, and to die surrounded by sufferings on the Cross. At the hour of my death, please tell Your Father, "Father, forgive them." Tell Your Mother, "Behold your child." Tell my soul, "This day you shall be with Me in paradise."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My God, my God, do not forsake me in that hour. I thirst, yes, my soul thirsts for You Who are the fountain of living waters. My life passes away like a shadow; in a short while everything will be accomplished. Therefore, my adored Saviour, from this moment and for all eternity, into Your Hands I commend my spirit. Lord Jesus, receive my soul. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-58340017409492966692014-06-14T22:17:00.000-07:002014-06-14T22:17:01.748-07:00Litany in Honor of the True Cross<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The word of the Cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jesus has many who love His Kingdom in Heaven, but few who bear His Cross. He has many who desire comfort, but few who desire suffering. He finds many to share His feast, but few His fasting. All desire to rejoice with Him, but few are willing to suffer for His sake. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why do you fear to take up the Cross, which is the road to the Kingdom? In the Cross is salvation and life, protection against our enemies, infusion of Heavenly sweetness; in the Cross is strength of mind, joy of spirit, excellence of virtue, perfection of holiness. There is no salvation of soul, nor hope of eternal life, save in the Cross. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Take up the Cross, therefore, and follow Jesus, and go forward into eternal life. Christ has gone before you, bearing His Cross; He died for you on the Cross, that you also may bear your cross, and desire to die on the Cross with Him. For if you die with Him, you will also live with Him. And if you share His sufferings, you will also share His glory. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">See how in the Cross all things consist, and in dying on it all things depend. There is no other way to life and to true inner peace, than the way of the Cross. Go where you will, seek what you will; you will find no higher way above nor safer way below than the road of the Holy Cross. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Cross always stands ready, and everywhere awaits you. You cannot escape it, wherever you flee; for wherever you go, you bear yourself, and always find yourself. Look up or down, without you or within, and everywhere you will find the Cross. And everywhere you must have patience, if you wish to attain inner peace, and win an eternal crown. God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord!. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord!. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let us pray: Lord Jesus Christ, strengthen us to follow Thee not only to the Breaking of Bread but also to the drinking of the Cup of Thy Passion. Help us to love Thee for Thine own sake and not for the sake of comfort for ourselves. Make us worthy to suffer for Thy name, Jesus, our Crucified and Risen Lord and Savior, now and forever. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Reviled and put to scorn! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Death's pallid hue comes o'er Thee, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The glow of life decays, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yet angel hosts adore Thee </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And tremble as they gaze. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I see Thy strength and vigor </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All fading in the strife, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And death, with cruel vigor, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bereaving Thee of life; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O agony and dying! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O love to sinners free! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jesus, all grace supplying, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O turn Thy face on me! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In this Thy bitter Passion, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Good Shepherd, think. of me, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With Thy most sweet compassion, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unworthy though I be; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Beneath Thy Cross abiding,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'Forever would I rest, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In Thy dear love confiding, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And wilth Thy presence blest. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-83481317681823928832014-06-14T22:09:00.003-07:002014-06-14T22:09:49.105-07:00NOVENA PRAYERS FOR THE SALVATION OF SOULS AND THE CONVERSION OF SINNERS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My Jesus, pardon and mercy through Thy Sacred Wounds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O Jesus, Thou didst suffer and die that all mankind might be saved and brought to eternal happiness. Through the Agony of Thine Crown of Thorns I offer it to Thy Eternal Father that Thou wilt hear our pleas for further the grace of final perseverance for the just and mercy on sinners:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My dear parents and grandparents, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My brothers and sisters and other near relatives, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My godparents and sponsors of Confirmation, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My spiritual and temporal benefactors, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My friends and neighbors, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All for whom love or duty bids me pray, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who have offended me, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who will offend me, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who have suffered disadvantage of harm through me, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those whom I, still a sinner, will offend, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who are especially beloved by Thee, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those whose death is near at hand, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who desire most to be united to Thee, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who endure the greatest sufferings and trials, especially spiritual torments, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those whose death is most remote, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those sinners have no one to pray for them, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who are most deserving on account of their services to the Church, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The rich who do not need Thee and are thus the most destitute, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The mighty who spurn Thee, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The spiritually blind, that they might see their folly, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The frivolous, who spend their time in idleness, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The poor, who do not seek the treasures of Heaven, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The tepid, who devote little time to prayer, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The indolent, who neglect to perform good works, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those of little faith, who neglect the frequent reception of the Sacraments, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The habitual sinners, who require for their salvation to a miracle of grace, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Parents who fail to watch over their children, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Superiors who are not solicitous for the salvation of those entrusted to them, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who strive for worldly riches and pleasures, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The worldly minded, who fail to use their wealth and talents in the service of God, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who witness the death of others, but do not think of their own, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who blaspheme and commitsacrilege, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who violate the dignity of the human body and mind through impurity, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who sin because of my sins and bad example, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who do not provide for the life hereafter, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those whose judgment will be severe because of the great things entrusted to them, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The pope, kings and rulers, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The bishops and their counselors, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My teachers and spiritual advisors, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The priests of this diocese, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The priests and religious of the Catholic Church, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The defenders of the holy Catholic Faith, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who die on the battlefield, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who fight for their country, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who will be buried in the sea, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who are to die suddenly, in accidents and from other causes, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who will die of heart attacks, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who suffer with cancer, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who suffer with AIDS, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who shall die without the last rites of the Church, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who shall die within the next twenty-four hours, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For Catholic apostates, heretics, and other unbelievers, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For Catholics who hold Masonic membership or in other secret societies, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the conversion of the Jews, Thy chosen people of old, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For abortionsists and those who aid them, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For women who seek abortions, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For those who promote or practicre contraception, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For those who give scandal, especially to children, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My own poor soul when I shall have to appear before Thy judgment seat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Final perseverance and pardon grant unto all of these, O Lord; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and let Thy graces through these petitions flow unto them and be fruitful. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-87542069605614622282014-06-14T22:07:00.002-07:002014-06-14T22:07:57.011-07:00Prayer to the Wound of Jesus' Shoulder<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>(It is related in the annals of Clairvaux that St. Bernard asked Our Lord which was His greatest unrecorded suffering, and Our Lord answered: "I had on My Shoulder, while I bore My cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous Wound, which was more painful than the others, and which is not recorded by men. Honor this Wound with thy devotion, and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through Its virtue and merit. And in regard to all those who shall venerate this Wound, I will remit to them all their venial sins, and will no longer remember their mortal sins.")</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O most loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I, a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy cross, which so tore Thy Flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other wound of Thy most blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee, and give Thee thanks for this most sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain, and by the crushing burden of Thy heavy cross, to be merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on toward heaven along the Way of the Cross. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-71267077208468916762014-06-14T22:04:00.003-07:002014-06-14T22:04:49.435-07:00By the Passion of Your Blessed Son<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O God, by the passion of Your blessed Son You made an instrument of shameful death to be for us the means of life: Grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ, that we may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of Your Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-22226902006395514992014-06-14T22:03:00.006-07:002014-06-14T22:03:37.798-07:00Prayer to Jesus on the Cross<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O Jesus, for how many ages have You been on the Cross and yet people pass by in utter disregard of You except to pierce once again Your Sacred Heart. How often have I passed You by, heedless of Your overwhelming sorrow, Your countless wounds, Your infinite love. How often have I stood before You, not to comfort and console You, but to offend You by my conduct or neglect of You, to scorn Your love. You have stretched out Your Hands to comfort me, and I have seized those Hands - that might have consigned me to hell - and have bent them back upon the Cross, nailing them rigid and helpless to it. Yet I have only succeeded in imprinting my name on Your palms forever. You have loved me with an infinite love and I have taken advantage of that love to sin all the more against You. Yet my ingratitude has only succeeded in piercing Your Sacred Heart and causing Your Precious Blood to flow forth upon me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">O Jesus, let Your Blood be upon me, not for a curse, but for a blessing.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Lamb of God, You take away the sins of the world. Have mercy on me. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-52038361973142400492014-06-14T22:02:00.002-07:002014-06-14T22:02:14.234-07:00Prayer to Imitate the Suffering Christ<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O Jesus, You have called me to suffer because You on Your part suffered for me, leaving me an example that I might follow. When You were insulted, You did not return the insult. When You were mistreated, You did not counter with threats but entrusted Yourself to the One Who judges justly. By Your wounds we are healed. Help me to imitate You in suffering. Let me break with sin by means of my sufferings, so that I may no longer live according to the lusts of sinners but according to the will of the Father. Since You Yourself have suffered and been tempted, I know that You are able to bring aid to all who suffer and are tempted. I entrust myself to You and to the Father, my Creator, knowing that You will never fail me. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-62623369285539282572014-06-14T22:01:00.000-07:002014-06-14T22:01:10.649-07:00Prayer in the Steps of the Passion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most dear Jesus, filled with sorrow during the agony in the garden, covered with a sweat of blood while praying, have mercy on us, O Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most dear Jesus, delivered into the hands of the wicked by a kiss, bound like a robber, and abandoned by Your disciples, have mercy on us, O Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most dear Jesus, condemned to death by an unjust Council, taken as an evildoer before Pilate, and ridiculed by the wicked Herod, have mercy on us, O Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most dear Jesus, publicly shorn of Your garments, and most cruelly scourged at the pillar, have mercy on us, O Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most dear Jesus, crowned with thorns, beaten and blindfolded, clothed in rich purple and mocked, have mercy on us, O Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most dear Jesus, likened to the infamous Barabbas, rejected by Your people, and unjustly sentenced to death, have mercy on us, O Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most dear Jesus, burdened with the weight of the Cross and led to the place of execution like a lamb to the slaughter, have mercy on us, O Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most dear Jesus, reckoned with the wicked, blasphemed, and derided, and given gall to drink to mitigate Your pain, have mercy on us, O Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most dear Jesus, dying on the Cross in the presence of Mary, pierced with a lance that drew blood and water from Your side, have mercy on us, O Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most dear Jesus, taken down and placed in the arms of Your Sorrowful Mother, have mercy on us, O Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most dear Jesus, horribly bruised and marked with five wounds, annointed for burial and placed in a tomb, have mercy on us, O Lord.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My Jesus, I thank You for dying on the Cross for my sins. Have mercy on us, O Lord. Amen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Passion of Christ, strengthen me! Strengthen me under the pressure of temptation. Strengthen me when principle is at stake. Strengthen me to do Your Will, My God. Strengthen me in moments of suffering, in times of loneliness, in periods of depression. Strengthen me that I may never swerve from You, dear Christ, nor weaken through human respect, through a desire to be popular, through hope of social distinction. Strengthen me to accept my cross and carry it generously to the end. On the battlefield of life, stand by me that I may never prove a traitor in the ranks. Stand by me that I may not be dazzled by the glitter and glow of the enemy camp. Amen.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To be said on the Crucifix and the first three beads of an ordinary Rosary:</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">O Jesus, Divine Redeemer, be merciful to us and to the whole world. Amen.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Strong God, holy God, immortal God, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Amen.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Grace and mercy, O my Jesus, during present dangers; cover us with Your Precious Blood. Amen.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eternal Father, grant us mercy through the Blood of Jesus Christ, Your only Son; grant us mercy, we beseech You. Amen, Amen, Amen.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The following prayers, composed by Our Lord, are to be said using the Rosary beads.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eternal Father, I offer You the Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ. To heal the wounds of our souls.</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At each word that you pronounce of the Chaplet of the Holy Wounds, I allow a drop of My Blood to fall upon the soul of a sinner.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Each time that you offer to My Father the merits of My divine Wounds, you win an immense fortune.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Souls that will have contemplated and honored My crown of thorns on earth, will be My crown of glory in Heaven!</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I will grant all that is asked of Me through the invocation of My Holy Wounds. You will obtain everything, because it is through the merit of My Blood, which is of infinite price. With My Wounds and My Divine Heart, everything can be obtained.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From My Wounds proceed fruits of sanctity. As gold purified in the crucible becomes more beautiful, so you must put your soul and those of your companions into My sacred Wounds; there they will become perfected as gold in the furnace. You can always purify yourself in My Wounds.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My Wounds will repair yours. My Wounds will cover all your faults. Those who honor them will have a true knowledge of Jesus Christ. In meditation on them, you will always find a new love. My wounds will cover all your sins.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Plunge your actions into My Wounds and they will be of value. All your actions, even the least, soaked in My Blood, will acquire by this alone an infinite merit and will please My Heart.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In offering My Wounds for the conversion of sinners, even though the sinners are not converted, you will have the same merit before God as if they were.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you have some trouble, something to suffer, quickly place it in My Wounds, and the pain will be alleviated.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This aspiration must often be repeated near the sick: "My Jesus, pardon and mercy through the merits of Your Holy Wounds!" This prayer will solace soul and body.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A sinner who will say the following prayer will obtain conversion: "Eternal Father, I offer You the Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ to heal those of our souls."</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There will be no death for the soul that expires in My Holy Wounds; they give true life.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This chaplet is a counterpoise to My justice; it restrains My vengeance.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those who pray with humility and who meditate on My Passion, will one day participate in the glory of My divine Wounds.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The more you will have contemplated My painful Wounds on this earth, the higher will be your contemplation of them glorious in Heaven.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The soul who during life has honored the Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ and has offered them to the Eternal Father for the Souls in Purgatory, will be accompanied at the moment of death by the Holy Virgin and the angels; and Our Lord on the Cross, all brillant in glory, will receive her and crown her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><u><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Prayer in Honor of the Five Wounds</span></span></u><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: red; text-align: start;"><u>Act of Contrition</u></span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">As I kneel before Thee on the cross, most loving Saviour of my soul, my conscience reproaches me with having nailed Thee to that cross with these hands of mine, as often as I have fallen into mortal sin, wearying Thee with my base ingratitude. My God, my chief and perfect good, worthy of all my love, because Thou hast loaded me with blessings; I cannot now undo my misdeeds, as I would most willingly; but I loathe them, grieving sincerely for having offended Thee, Who art infinite goodness. And now, kneeling at Thy feet, I try, at least, to compassionate Thee, to give Thee thanks, to ask Thee pardon and contrition; wherefore with my heart and lips, I say: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: red; text-align: start;"><u>To the Wound of the Left Foot</u></span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Holy wound of the left foot of my Jesus, I adore Thee; I compassionate Thee, O Jesus, for the most bitter pain which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for the love whereby Thou laboured to overtake me on the way to ruin, and didst bleed amid the thorns and brambles of my sins. I offer to the Eternal Father the pain and love of Thy most holy humanity, in atonement for my sins, all of which I detest with sincere and bitter contrition. </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Holy Mother, pierce me through, </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">In my heart each wound renew </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Of my Saviour crucified. </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: red; text-align: start;"><u>To the Wound of the Right Foot</u></span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Holy wound of the right foot of my Jesus, I adore Thee; I compassionate Thee, O Jesus, for the most bitter pain which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for that love which pierced Thee with such torture and shedding of blood, in order to punish my wanderings and the guilty pleasures I have granted to my unbridled passions. I offer the Eternal Father all the pain and love of Thy most holy humanity, and I pray Thee for grace to weep over my sins with hot tears, and to enable me to persevere in the good which I have begun, without ever swerving again from my obedience to the divine commands. </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Holy Mother, pierce me through, </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">In my heart each wound renew </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Of my Saviour crucified. </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: red; text-align: start;"><u>To the Wound of the Left Hand</u></span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Holy wound of the left hand of my Jesus, I adore Thee; I compassionate Thee, O Jesus, for the most bitter pain which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for having in Thy love spared me the scourges and eternal damnation which my sins have merited. I offer to the Eternal Father the pain and love of They most holy humanity: and I pray Thee to teach me how to turn to good account my span of life, and bring forth in it worthy fruits of penance, and to disarm the justice of God, which I have provoked. </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Holy Mother, pierce me through, </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">In my heart each wound renew </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Of my Saviour crucified. </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: red; text-align: start;"><u>To the Wound of the Right Hand</u></span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Holy wound of the right hand of my Jesus, I adore Thee; I compassionate Thee, O Jesus, for the most bitter pain which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for Thy graces lavished on me with such love, in spite of all my most perverse obstinacy. I offer to the Eternal Father all the pain and love of Thy most holy humanity; and I pray Thee to change my heart and its affections, and make me do all my actions in accordance with the will of God. </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Holy Mother, pierce me through, </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">In my heart each wound renew </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Of my Saviour crucified. </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: red; text-align: start;"><u>To the Wound of the Sacred Side</u></span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Holy wound in the side of my Jesus, I adore Thee; I compassionate Thee, O Jesus, for the cruel insult Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee, my Jesus, for the love which suffered Thy side and Heart to be pierced, so that the last drops of blood and water might issue forth, making my redemption to overflow. I offer to the Eternal Father this outrage, and the love of Thy most holy humanity, that my soul may enter once for all into that most loving Heart, eager and ready to receive the greatest sinners, and never more depart. </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Recite one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Holy Mother, pierce me through, </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">In my heart each wound renew </span><br style="background-color: white; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">Of my Saviour crucified. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I, a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy Cross which so toreThy flesh and laid bareThy Bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other wound of Thy Most Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee, and give The thanks for this most sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain, and by the crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross to be merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on towards Heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719388782959857013.post-5556117893329626172014-06-13T09:37:00.001-07:002014-06-13T19:54:18.677-07:00STATION 14 Jesus Is Placed in the Sepulchre<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Consider the emotions of the Virgin - her eyes streaming with tears, her bosom heaving </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with sighs. What melancholy, what wistful looks she cast on that monument where </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">treasure of her soul, her Jesus, her all, lay entombed. Here lament your want of </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">contrition for your sins, and humbly adore your deceased Lord, who, poor even in death, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">is buried in another's tomb. Blush at your dependence on the world, at the eager </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">solicitude with which you labor to grasp its perishable advantages. Despise henceforth </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the world, lest you perish with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Charitable Jesus, for my salvation Thou performed the painful journey of the Cross. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let me press the footsteps marked by Thee, gracious Redeemer - the paths which, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">through the thorns of life, conduct to the heavenly Jerusalem. Would that Thou wert </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">entombed in my heart, that being united to Thee, I might rise to a new life of grace, and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">persevere to the end. Grant me, in my last moments, to receive Thy precious Body, as </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the pledge of immortal life. Let my last words be Jesus and Mary, my least breath be </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">united to Thy last breath on the Cross; that with a lively faith, a firm hope and ardent </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">love, I may die with Thee and for Thee; that I may reign with Thee for ever and ever. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Amen, Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You pious Christians, raise your voices, raise,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And join with me to sing your Saviour's praise,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Who shed His blood for us and died in pain,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To save our souls from hell's eternal flame.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Compassionate Jesus! behold with eyes of mercy this devotion I have endeavored to</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">eternal repose of the faithful departed, particularly for those whom I directed it. Do</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">not, my Jesus, suffer the ineffable price of Thy blood to be fruitless, nor my miserable</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">soul ransomed by it, to perish. The voice of Thy blood is louder for mercy than my</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">mercy's sake! Amen, Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Station 13: Christ is taken down from the Cross</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">V. We adore Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, and bless Thee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This Station represents the place where Christ's most sacred body was taken down from </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the Cross by Joseph and Nicodemus, and laid in the bosom of His weeping Mother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Consider the sighs and tears of the Virgin Mother, with what pangs she embraced the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">bloody remains of her beloved Jesus. Here unite your tears with those of the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">disconsolate Mother. Reflect that your Jesus would not descend from the Cross until He </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">consummated the work of redemption; and that at His departure from, as well as at His </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">entrance into the world, He would be placed in the bosom of His beloved Mother. Hence </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">learn constancy in your pious resolutions! cleave to the standard of the Cross. Consider </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">with what purity that soul should be adorned which receives, in the blessed Sacrament </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of the Eucharist, Christ's most sacred body and blood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At length, O Blessed Virgin! Mother of sorrow! thou art permitted to embrace thy </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">beloved Son. But alas! the fruit of thy immaculate womb is all over mangled, in one </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">continued wound. Yes, O Lord! the infernal fury of the Jews has at length triumphed; </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">yet we renew their barbarity, crucifying Thee by our sins, inflicting new wounds. Most </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">afflicted mother of my Redeemer, I conjure thee by the pains and torments thou </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sufferest in the common cause of Salvation, to obtain for me, by thy powerful </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">intercession, pardon of my sins, and grace to weep with a sympathizing feeling, thine </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and thy Son's afflictions. As often as I appear at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, let me </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">embrace Thee, my Jesus, in the bosom of my heart. May I worthily receive Thee as the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">sacred pledge of my salvation. Amen, Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our Father, Hail Mary & Glory be</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When from the Cross they took the blessed from,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His Mother cries, my Son, I am forlorn;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My child is dead, you virgins join with me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bewail in tears my love's sad destiny.</span></div>
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