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ook down  upon  me,  good  and  gentle    Jesus,  while  before  Thy  face  I  humbly  kneel,  and  with  burning  soul  pray  and beseech Thee  to  fix  deep  in  my  heart  lively sentiments of  faith,  hope,  and  charity, true contrition  for  my  sins,  and  a  firm purpose of  amendment;  the  while  I  contemplate with  great  love  and  tender  pity  Thy  five wounds, pondering  over  them  within  me,  and calling to  mind  the  words  which  David  Thy prophet said  of  Thee,  my  Jesus:  "They  pierced my  hands  and  my  feet;  they  numbered  all  my bones"  (Ps.  xxi.  17,  18).

Indulgence. A plenary  indulgence,  under  the  usual  conditions, if said  before  an  image  or  picture  of  the  crucified  Redeemer, after holy  communion. (Pius IX,  July  31,  1858.)