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Rh 37^ Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Gethsemani that His Body was bathed in a Bloody Sweat, which ran down in great drops to the ground. Our Father. Hail JIary, ten times. Glory be to the Father. Let us pray. O HOLY Virgin, more than martj'r, b}^ that ar- dent prayer which our beloved Saviour poured forth to His Heavenly Father, vouchsafe to intercede for us, that, our passions being subjected to the obe- dience of reason, we may always, and in all things, conform and subject ourselves to the holy will of God. A'tnefi. II. The Scourging of our Blessed Lord at the Pillar. "-w — LET us contemplate, in this Mystery, how our Lord Jesus Christ was most cruelly scourged in the house of Pilate ; the number of stripes inflicted upon Him being, it is said, about five thousand. Our Father. Hail Mary, ten times. Glory be to the Father. I ■ '. :is prav. O MOTHER of God, Fountain of patience, through those stripes thy only and dearly-beloved Son vouchsafed to suffer for us, obtain of Him for us grace to mortify our rebellious senses, to avoid the occasion of sin, and to be ready to suffer evers'thing rather than offend God. Adicu. HI. The Crowning of our Blessed Saviour with Thorns. cruel ministers of Satan plaited a Crown of
 * -| — ' LET us contemplate, in this Mystery, how those