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O Mother  of  our  Eternal  Prince  and  King  of  Glory,  by those  sharp  thorns  wherewith  his  most  holy  head  was pierced, we  beseech  thee,  that  by  thy  intercession,  we may  be  delivered  here  from  all  motions  of  pride,  and  in the  day  of  judgment  from  that  confusion  which  our  sins deserve. Amen.

Let us  contemplate,  in  this  mystery,  how  our  Lord Jesus Christ,  being  sentenced  to  die,  bore  with  great patience the  cross,  which  was  laid  upon  him  for  his greater torment  and  ignominy.

Our Father,  &amp;c.

By the  people's  cruel  jeers; By the  holy  women's  tears; By thy  footsteps  faint  and  slow, Weigh'd beneath  thy  cross  of  woe; Jesu, Saviour,  &amp;c.

O Holy  Virgin,  example  of  patience,  by  the  most  painful carrying of  the  cross,  on  which  thy  Son,  our  Lord  Christ, bore the  heavy  weight  of  our  sins;  obtain  for  us  of  him by thy  intercession  courage  and  strength  to  follow  his steps, and  bear  our  cross  after  him  to  the  end  of  our  lives. Amen.

Let us  contemplate,  in  this  mystery,  how  our  Lord Jesus Christ,  being  come  to  Mount  Calvary,  was  stripped of his  clothes,  and  his  hands  and  feet  most  cruelly  nailed to the  cross,  in  the  presence  of  his  most  afflicted  Mother.

Our Father,  &amp;c.

By thy  weeping  Mother's  woe; By the  sword  that  pierced  her  through When, in anguish  standing  by, On the  cross  she  saw  thee  die; Jesu, Saviour,  &c.