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 not waver  at  any  suggestion  of  the  devil,  so  that  we  also  may obtain the  holy  reward  of  Paradise. 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.

"Behold thy  mother;  behold  thy  son."

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,  forgetting  thy  sufferings,  didst  leave  us  as a  pledge  of  thy  love  thine  own  most  holy  Mother,  that  through her we  might  confidently  have  recourse  to  thee  in  our  greatest need, have  mercy  on  all  the  faithful  in  their  agony,  and  on  me also  when  I  shall  be  in  that  extremity,  and,  through  the  interior martyrdom  of  this  thy  dear  Mother,  awaken  in  our  hearts a firm  hope  in  the  infinite  merits  of  thy  most  precious  blood, that we  may  avoid  the  eternal  damnation  which  our  sins  have merited,   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.

"My God!  my  God!  why  hast  thou  forsaken  me?"

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,  heaping  suffering  on  suffering,  didst  endure with  infinite  patience  not  only  thy  many  bodily  tortures, but the  most  heavy  affliction  of  spirit  through  the  dereliction of thine  eternal  Father,  have  mercy  on  all  the  faithful  who are in  their  agony,  and  on  me  also  when  I  shall  be  in  that extremity, and,  through  the  merits  of  thy  most  precious  blood, give us  grace  to  suffer  with  true  patience  all  the  pains  and  afflictions of  our  agony,  that,  uniting  them  with  thine,  we  may be partakers  of  thy  glory  in  Paradise. Three Glories,

V. Have  mercy  on  us,  O  Lord.

R. Have  mercy  on  us.