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V. O  God,  bow  down  to  aid  me.

R. O  Lord,  make  haste  to  help  me.

V. Glory  be  to  the  Father,  &amp;c. R. As  it  was,  &amp;c.

"Father, forgive  them,  for  they  know  not  what  they  do."

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

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

O my  beloved  Jesus,  who  for  the  love  of  me  didst  agonise on the  Cross  that  thou  mightest  pay  by  thy  sufferings  the debt due  to  my  sins,  and  didst  open  thy  divine  mouth  to  obtain my  pardon  from  eternal  justice,  have  mercy  on  all  the faithful in  their  agony,  and  on  myself  when  I  shall  be  in that  extremity,  and,  by  the  merits  of  thy  most  precious  blood shed for  our  salvation,  give  us  so  lively  a  sorrow  for  our  sins that we  may  breathe  out  our  souls  into  the  bosom  of  thine infinite mercy. Three Glories.

V. Have  mercy  on  us,  O  Lord.

R. Have  mercy  on  us.

O my  God,  I  believe  in  thee,  I  hope  in  thee,  I  love  thee, and, I  repent  of  having  offended  thee  by  my  sins.

" To-day  thou  shalt  be  with  me  in  Paradise."

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

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

O my  beloved  Jesus,  who  for  the  love  of  me  didst  agonise on the  Cross,  and  with  such  readiness  and  bounty  didst  respond to the  faith  of  the  good  thief  who  in  the  midst  of  thy  humiliation acknowledged  thee  to  be  the  Son  of  God:  O  thou who didst  assure  him  of  Paradise,  have  mercy  on  all  the  faithful in  their  agony,  and  on  me  when  I  shall  be  in  that  extremity, and,  through  the  merits  of  thy  most  precious  blood, revive in  our  spirits  a  faith  so  firm  and  constant,  that  it  may