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 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  Christ’s  sepulchre,  where his blessed  body  was  laid  with  piety  and  devotion. Consider the  feelings  of  the  Virgin; tears  streaming from her  eyes,  her  bosom  heaving  sighs. What melancholy, what  wishful  looks  she  cast  on  that monument, where  the  treasure  of  her  soul,  her  Jesus, her all,  lay  entombed. Here lament  your  want  of contrition  for  your  sins,  and  humbly  adore  your deceased Lord,  who,  poor  even  in  death,  is  buried  in another’s  tomb. Blush at  your  dependence  on  the world, and  the  eager  solicitude  with  which  you  labour to grasp  its  perishable  advantages. Despise henceforth the world,  lest  you  perish  with  it.

OST loving  Jesus! for my  salvation  thou  didst perform the  painful  journey  of  the  cross,  I adore thee reposing  in  the  holy  sepulchre. Let me  press the footsteps  marked  by  thee,  gracious  Redeemer: the paths  which,  through  the  thorns  of  life,  conduct