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 beloved Son  vouchsafed  to  suffer  for  us,  obtain  of him  for  us  the  grace  that  we  may  know  how  to mortify  our  rebellious  senses,  and  to  cut  off  all occasions of  sinning  by  that  sword  of  grief  and  compassion which  pierced  thy  most  tender  soul. Amen.

ET us  contemplate  in  this  mystery  how  those cruel ministers  of  Satan  platted  a crown  of  sharp thorns, and  most  cruelly  pressed  it  on  the  most sacred head  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.

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

MOTHER of  our  eternal  Prince  and  King  of glory,  by  those  sharp  thorns  wherewith  his most holy  head  was  pierced,  we  beseech  thee  that, by thy  intercession,  we  may  be  delivered  here  from all feelings  of  pride,  and  in  the  day  of  judgment from that  confusion  which  our  sins  deserve. Amen.

ET us  contemplate  in  this  mystery  how  our  Lord Jesus Christ,  being  sentenced  to  die,  bore  with  the greatest patience,  the  cross  which  was  laid  upon  him for his  greater  torment  and  ignominy.

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

HOLY Virgin,  example  of  patience,  by  the  most painful carrying  of  the  cross,  on  which  thy  Son, our Lord  Jesus  Christ,  bore  the  heavy  weight  of  our sins, obtain  for  us  of  him,  by  thy  intercession,  courage