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 Amen. ''Our Father. Hail Mary.''

O Jesus! the true  and fruitful Vino,  remember  the overflowing and  abundant shedding of  thy  Blood,  which thou pouredst  out  as  plentifully as  though  it  were pressed out  of  a cluster  of grapes,  when  upon  the  Cross thou troddest  the  wine-press alone, and  from  thy  side, pierced by  the  soldier’s  lance, gavest us  to  drink  Blood  and Water, so  that  there  remained in thee  not  the  least  drop, and wert  at  last  suspended on high  like  a bundle  of myrrh,  and  thy  delicate  flesh shrunk away,  and  the  moisture of  thy  bowels  was  dried up, and  the  marrow  of  thy bones was  wasted  away.

By this  most  bitter  Passion, and  outpouring  of  thy most precious  Blood,  O loving Jesus,  I pray  thee,  receive my  soul  in  the  agony of death. Amen. ''Our Father. Hail Mary. ''

O Lord Jesus  Christ,  Son of the  living  God! in that  surpassing love,  in  which  thou enduredst all  the  wounds  of thy  most  holy  Body,  receive this prayer,  and  have  mercy on me  thy  servant,  and  on all  sinners;  and  to  all  the faithful, both  living  and  dead, give mercy,  grace,  remission of sins,  and  eternal  life. Amen.

O God, who  for  the  redemption of  the  world  wert willing to  be  born,  circumcised, rejected  by  the  Jews, betrayed by  the  traitor  Judas with a kiss,  bound  in  chains, led as  an  innocent  lamb  to  the sacrifice, and  shamefully  exposed before  Annas,  Caiphas, Pilate, and  Herod,  accused  by false  witnesses,  tormented with scourging  and  insult, spit upon,  crowned  with thorns, buffeted,  struck  with a reed, blindfolded,  stripped of thy  garments,  fastened  to a Cross  with  nails,  lifted  up on  a Cross,  reckoned  among robbers, given  gall  and  vinegar to  drink,  and  wounded with a lance! By these  thy most holy  sufferings,  O Lord, which I unworthily  commemorate, and  by  thy  holy Cross and  Death,  deliver  me from  the  pains  of  hell,  and vouchsafe to  conduct  me whither  thou  hast  conducted the thief  that  was  crucified with thee. Who, with  the Father and  the  Holy  Ghost, livest and  reiguest  for  ever and ever. Amen.

Most good  and  gracious Christ Jesus,  behold,  I have recourse to  thee; to  thee,  O loving  Jesus,  I return; but  I blush  with  the  deepest  shame and confusion  when  I look