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hese devoted  women,  moved  by  compassion, weep over  the  suffering  Saviour. But He turns  to  them,  saying,  "Weep  not  for  Me,  who am  innocent,  but  weep  for  yourselves  and  for your  children." Weep thou  also;  for  there  is nothing  more  pleasing  to  Our  Lord,  and  nothing more profitable  for  thyself,  than  tears  shed  from contrition for  thy  sins.

Jesus, who  shall  give  to  my  eyes  a  torrent  of tears,  that  day  and  night  I  may  weep  for my sins? I beseech  Thee  through  Thy  bloody tears to  move  my  heart  by  Thy  divine  grace,  so that  from  my  eyes  tears  may  flow  abundantly, and I  may  weep  all  days  over  Thy  sufferings,  and still more  over  their  cause,  my  sins.

Our Father,  etc. Hail, Mary,  etc.

esus, arriving  exhausted  at  the  foot  of  Calvary, falls  for  the  third  time  to  the  ground. His love  for  us  is  not  exhausted,  not  diminished. What a  fearfully  oppressive  burden  our  sins  must be to  cause  Jesus  to  fall  so  often! Had He,  however, not  taken  them  upon  Himself,  they  would have plunged  us  into  the  abyss  of  hell.