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 ''Pater. Ave. Gloria.''

Miserere nostri,  &amp;c. Sancta Mater,  &amp;c.

V. Adoramus  te,  &amp;c.

R. Quia  per  sanctam,  &amp;c.

At the  sight  of  the  sufferings  of  Jesus,  some  holy women in  the  crowd  were  so  touched  with  sympathy, that they  openly  bewailed  and  lamented  him. Jesus, knowing the  things  that  would  befall  Jerusalem  because of  its  rejection  of  him,  turned  to  them,  and said, "  Daughters  of  Jerusalem,  weep  not  for  me,  but weep  for  yourselves  and  for  your  children ."

O Lord  Jesus,  we  mourn,  and  will  mourn,  both for thee  and  for  ourselves;  for  thy  sufferings,  and for our  sins  which  caused  them. 0, teach  us  so  to mourn,  that  we  may  be  comforted,  and  may  escape those dreadful  judgments  which  are  prepared  for  all who shall  reject  or  neglect  thee  in  this  life.

''Pater. Ave. Gloria. ''

Miserere nostri,  &amp;c. Sancta Mater,  &amp;c.

V. Adoramus  te,  &c.

R. Quia  per  sanctam,  &amp;c.

Jesus had  now  arrived  almost  at  the  summit  of Calvary;  but  before  he  reached  the  spot  where  he was  to  be  crucified,  his  strength  again  fails  him,  and he falls  the  third  time,  to  be  again  dragged  up  and goaded onward  by  the  brutal  soldiery.

O Lord  Jesus,  we  entreat  thee,  by  the  merits  of this  thy  third  most  painful  fall,  to  pardon  our  frequent relapses  and  our  long  continuance  in  sin;  and may the  thought  of  these  thy  sufferings  make  us hate  our  sins  more  and  more.