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opened, thy sinews torn, thy hands and feet distilling
blood. I acknowledge, most loving Jesus! that my reiterated offences have been thy merciless executioners, the cause of thy bitter sufferings and death. Yet, Godof mercy! look on my sinful soul bathed in the precious blood. Let me die to the vanity of the world, and renounce its false pleasures. Thou didst pray, my Jesus! for thy enemies; I forgive mine; I embrace them in imitation of thy charity: I bury my resentment in thy wounds. Shelter me, in the day of wrath, in the sanctuary of thy side. Let me live, let me die united to thee, my crucified Redeemer. Amen.
Our Father, etc. Hail Mary, etc. Glory be to the Father, etc.
V. Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us.
R. Have mercy on us: O Lord, have mercy on us.
V. And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.
Fac me tecum pie flere,
crucifíxo condolére,
donec ego víxero.
THIRTEENTH STATION.
Jesus is taken down from the Cross.
V. We adore thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, and bless thy holy name.
R. Because by thy holy cross thou hast redeemed the world.
THE MYSTERY.
THIS station represents the moment when Christ's
most sacred body is taken down from the cross