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ET us  contemplate  in  this  mystery  how  our  Lord Jesus Christ  was  so  afflicted  for  us  in  the  Garden of Gethsemani,  that  his  body  was  bathed  in  a bloody sweat, which  ran  trickling  down  in  great  drops  to  the ground.

Our Father,  etc. [once]. Hail Mary,  etc. [ten times].

OST holy  Virgin,  more  than  martyr,  by  that ardent prayer  which  thy  beloved  Son  poured forth unto  his  Father  in  the  Garden,  vouchsafe  to intercede  for  us,  that  our  passions  being  reduced  to the  obedience  of  reason,  we  may  always,  and  in  all things, conform  and  subject  ourselves  to  the  will of God. Amen.

ET us  contemplate  in  this  mystery  how  our  Lord Jesus Christ,  being  delivered  up  by  Pilate  to the  fury  of  the  Jews,  was  by  them  most  cruelly scourged at  a pillar.

Our Father,  etc. [once]. Hail Mary,  etc. [ten times].

MOTHER of  God,  overflowing  fountain  of patience,  by  those  stripes  thy  only  and  most