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 opened, thy  sinews  torn,  thy  hands  and  feet  distilling blood. I acknowledge, most  loving  Jesus! that my reiterated  offences  have  been  thy  merciless  executioners, the  cause  of  thy  bitter  sufferings  and  death. Yet, Godof  mercy! look on  my  sinful  soul  bathed  in the  precious  blood. Let me  die  to  the  vanity  of  the world, and  renounce  its  false  pleasures. Thou didst pray, my  Jesus! for thy  enemies; I forgive  mine; I embrace them  in  imitation  of  thy  charity: I bury my resentment  in  thy  wounds. Shelter me,  in  the day of  wrath,  in  the  sanctuary  of  thy  side. Let me live,  let  me  die  united  to  thee,  my  crucified  Redeemer. Amen.

Our Father,  etc. Hail Mary,  etc.  Glory  be  to  the Father, etc.

V. Jesus  Christ  crucified,  have  mercy  on  us.

R. Have  mercy  on  us: O Lord,  have  mercy  on  us.

V. And  may  the  souls  of  the  faithful  departed, through the  mercy  of  God,  rest  in  peace.

R. Amen.

V. We  adore  thee,  O Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  bless thy holy  name.

R. Because  by  thy  holy  cross  thou  hast  redeemed the world.

HIS station  represents  the  moment  when  Christ's most  sacred  body  is  taken  down  from  the  cross