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 thy friendship  and  favour. Lastly, obtain,  I  beseech thee, for  the  souls  of  my  parents,  brethren,  relations, and benefactors,  both  living  and  dead,  life  everlasting. Amen.

1. O  most  sweet  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  eternal  sweetness of  those  who  love  thee;  the  joy,  desire,  and  firm hope of  the  hopeless;  solace  of  the  sorrowful,  and  most merciful lover  of  all  penitent  sinners;  who  hast  said,  thy delight is  to  he  with  the  sons  of  men;  for  the  love  of whom  thou didst  assume  human  nature  in  the  fulness  of time:  remember,  most  sweet  Lord  Jesus,  all  those  sharp sorrows which  did  pierce  thy  sacred  soul,  from  the  first instant of  thy  incarnation,  until  the  time  of  thy  sorrowful passion,  preordained  from  all  eternity:  remember,  O moat  amiable  Saviour,  all  that  bitter  anguish  thou  didst suffer, when  at  thy  last  supper  thou  didst  wash  the  feet of thy  disciples,  didst  feed  them  with  the  sacred  banquet of thy  precious  body  and  blood,  and  most  sweetly  comforting them,  didst  foretell  them  thy  ensuing  passion; after which,  going  to  Mount  Olivet,  thou  saidst,  My  soul is sorrowful  unto  death. Remember, I  beseech  thee,  O most  sweet  Saviour,  that  bitter  grief  and  anguish  which thy sacred  soul  did  suffer  when,  praying  three  several times to  thy  heavenly  Father,  thou  didst  sweat  water and blood,  thou  wast  betrayed  by  thy  own  disciple,  apprehended by  thy  chosen  people,  accused  by  false  witnesses, unjustly  arraigned  before three  judges,  and  in thy  chosen  city,  in  the  Paschal  solemnity,  in  the  flourishing age  of  thy  youth,  wrongfully  condemned,  bound, beaten, spurned,  spit  upon,  despoiled  of  thy  garments, and clothed  with  others  in  scorn;  wast  blindfolded,  buffeted, spit  upon  again,  bound  naked  to  a  pillar,  most cruelly scourged,  crowned  with  thorns,  struck  with  a reed,  and  afflicted  with  innumerable  other  torments, pains, and injuries. O my  Lord  Jesus,  by  the  memory and merit of all that  bitter  pain  and  anguish,  before Thou