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 share in  thy  most  holy  sorrow  for  the  sufferings of thy  Son,  and  have  compassion  on  our  infirmities. Accept us  as  thy  children  with  the  beloved  disciple. Show thyself  a  Mother  to  us;  and  may  he,  through thee, receive  our  prayer,  who  for  us  vouchsafed  to  be thy  Son.

''Pater. Ave. Gloria. ''

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

V. Adoramus  te,  &amp;c.

R. Quia  per  sanctam,  &c.

The body  of  her  dearly-beloved  Son  is  taken  from his Mother,  and  laid  by  the  disciples  in  the  tomb. The tomb  is  closed,  and  in  it  the  lifeless  body  remains until  the  hour  of  its  glorious  resurrection.

We too,  O God,  are  ready  to  go  down  into  the  grave whenever it  shall  please  thee,  in  whatsoever  manner it shall  please  thee,  and  wheresoever  it  shall  please thee. Let thy  just  decrees  be  fulfilled;  let  our  sinful bodies  return  to  the  dust  from  which  they  came; but do  thou,  in  thy  great  mercy,  receive  our  immortal souls,  and  when  our  bodies  shall  have  risen again, place  them  likewise  in  thy  kingdom,  that  we may  love  and  bless  thee  for  ever  and  ever. Amen.

''Pater. Ave. Gloria. ''

Miserere nostri,  &amp;c.

From pain  to  pain,  from  woe  to  woe, With loving  hearts  and  footsteps  slow, To Calvary  with  Christ  we  go.

See how  his  precious  blood  at  every  station  pours.

Was ever  grief  like  his? was ever  sin  like  ours?

Or else successive  verses  of Stabat  Mater,  p.  443. Music for all  these  in  "Hymns and Melodies,"  Nos. 230, 236, 158.