An excellent Devotion for Fridays; and for Lent;
composed by St. Augustin:

I. O dearest Jesus so sorrowfully praying to Thy Father in the Garden; whilst trembling with agony; and covered with a sweat of blood; have mercy on us.

R. Have mercy on us, Lord; have mercy on us.

II. O dearest Jesus; betrayed by a traitor’s kiss into wicked hands; seized upon; and bound; like a robber; and abandoned by thy disciples: have mercy on us.

R. Have mercy on us, Lord; have mercy on us.

III. O dearest Jesus; by the unjust council of the Jews; found guilty of death; led to Pilate as a malefactor; spurned and mocked by unjust Herod; have mercy on us.

R. Have mercy on us, Lord; have mercy on us.

IV. O dearest Jesus; stripped of all thy garments; and most cruelly scourged at the pillar; have mercy on us.

R. Have mercy on us, Lord; have mercy on us.

V. O dearest Jesus; crowned with thorns; buffeted; smitten with a reed; blindfolded; covered with a purple garment; derided in every way; and saturated with contempt; have mercy on us.

R. Have mercy on us, Lord; have mercy on us.

VI. O dearest Jesus; less valued than the robber Barabbas; rejected by the Jews; and unjustly condemned to the death of the cross; have mercy on us.

R. Have mercy on us, Lord; have mercy on us.

VII. O dearest Jesus; laden with the cross of wood; and led to thy place of punishment like a lamb to slaughter; have mercy on us.

R. Have mercy on us, Lord; have mercy on us.

VIII. O dearest Jesus; ranked among thieves; blasphemed and derided; with gall and vinegar insulted in thy thirst; and from the sixth to the ninth hour left hanging on the cross in dreadful torment; have mercy on us.

R. Have mercy on us, Lord; have mercy on us.

IX. O dearest Jesus; extended lifeless on the gibbet of the cross; in presence of thy holy Mother pierced with a lance; and shedding blood and water in one mingled stream; have mercy on us.

R. Have mercy on us, Lord; have mercy on us.

X. O dearest Jesus; taken down from the cross; and by thy virgin Mother bathed with tears of most bitter sorrow; have mercy on us.

R. Have mercy on us, Lord; have mercy on us.

XI. O dearest Jesus; shrouded with stripes; marked with five wounds; embalmed with spices; and laid in the sepulcher; have mercy on us.

R. Have mercy on its, Lord; have mercy on us.

V. Surely he hath borne our infirmities.
R. And carried our sorrows.

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