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Through thy cruel Scourging and Crowning,

Through thy Thirst, and Tears, and Nakedness,

Through thy precious Death and Cross,

Through thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension,

Through thy sending forth the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete,

In the day of judgment,

We sinners,

Beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldst spare us, We beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldst pardon us,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring us to true penance,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe mercifully to pour into our hearts the grace of the Holy Spirit,

That thou would vouchsafe to defend and propagate thy holy Church,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe to preserve and increase all societies assembled in thy holy Name,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe to bestow upon us true peace, humility, and charity,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe to give us perseverance in grace and in thy holy service,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe to deliver us from unclean thoughts, the temptations of the devil, and everlasting damnation,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe to unite us to the company of thy Saints,

That thou wouldst vouchsafe graciously to hear us,

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,

Spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,

Graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,

Have mercy on us.

Christ hear us.

Christ graciously hear us.

Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy.

Lord have mercy.

V. We adore thee, O Christ, and we bless thee.

R. Because through thy holy Cross thou hast redeemed the world.

O God, who for the redemption of the world wast pleased to be born, to be circumcised, to be rejected by the Jews, to be betrayed by the traitor Judas with a kiss, to be bound with thongs, to be led as an innocent lamb to the slaughter, and to be shamefully presented to the gaze of Annas, Caiaphas, Pilate, and Herod; to be accused by false witnesses, to be insulted with scourgings and revilings, to be spit upon and crowned with thorns, to be buffeted upon the face and struck with a reed, to be blindfolded, to be stripped of thy clothes, to be fastened with nails to the cross, to be hoisted up thereon, to be reckoned among thieves, to have gall and vinegar given thee to drink, and to be pierced with a lance; through these thy most holy Sufferings, which we, thy unworthy servants, devoutly call to. mind, and by thy