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 thy sweet  yoke  all  infidels,  heretics,  and  other  enemies of thy  holy  name.

Our Father,  &amp;c. Hail Mary,  &amp;c. Glory be  to  the Father, &amp;c.

LORD Jesus  Christ! God of  my  heart! by those five  wounds,  which  the  love  of  us  inflicted on thee,  succor  thy  servants  whom  thou  hast  redeemed with thy  precious  blood. Amen.

OST merciful  Redeemer,  I  humbly  beseech  thee, by the  unspeakable  torments,  and  the  immense grief, which  thou  wast  pleased  to  suffer  for me, a  contemptible creature,  especially  when  thy  divine  soul was bitterly  separated  from  thy  blessed  body,  that  thou wilt secure  my  poor  soul  at  the  final  separation,  and comfort me  then,  as  thou  didst  the  good  thief  saying to me:  this  day  thou  shalt  be  with  me  in  Paradise. ''Amen. ''

Let us  have  recourse  to  the  ever  immaculate  Virgin, Mother of  God,  beseeching  her  to  protect  us  under  the shadow of  her  wings,  until  the  wrath  of  God  be  appeased; and to  obtain  for  us  true  contrition,  and  perseverance  in  the holy grace  of  her  blessed  Son. We will  also  petition  for what each  one,  here  present,  stands  in  need  of,  according to his  spiritual  or  temporal  necessities,  to  the  greater  glory of God. To merit  these  favors,  we  will  pray  in  union with that  more  than  seraphic  love,  wherewith  the  dolorous Mother stood  under  the  cross  of  the  bleeding  Jesus.

ENEATH the  world's  redeeming  wood The most  afflicted  Mother  stood, Mingling her  tears  with  her  Son's  blood.

As that  flowed  down from  ev'ry  part, Of all  his  wounds  she  felt  the  smart, What pierced  his  body  pierced  her  heart.