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MOST sweet  Jesus! praying to  thy  Father  in the  garden,  sorrowful  even  unto  death,  and sweating blood  in  an  agony  of  grief,  have  mercy on us.

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

O most sweet  Jesus! delivered by  the  traitor’s kiss into  the  hands  of  thine  enemies,  seized  and  bound like a thief,  and  abandoned  by  thy  disciples,  have mercy on  us.

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

O most sweet  Jesus! by the  unjust  verdict  of  the Jews found  guilty  of  death,  brought  like  a malefactor before the  tribunal  of  Pilate,  scorned  and  derided  by the  impious  Herod,  have  mercy  on  us.

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

O most sweet  Jesus! stripped of  thy  garments, and most  cruelly  scourged  at  the  pillar,  have  mercy on us.

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

O most sweet  Jesus! crowned with  thorns,  blindfolded, buffeted,  struck  with  a reed,  clothed  in derision  with  a purple  garment,  and  many  other  ways scorned and  overwhelmed  with  reproaches,  have mercy on  us.

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

O most sweet  Jesus! reputed more  criminal  than Barabbas the  murderer,  rejected  by  the  Jews,  and unjustly condemned  to  the  death  of  the  cross,  have mercy on  us.

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

O most sweet  Jesus! loaded with  a heavy  cross, and led  like  an  innocent  lamb  to  the  place  of execution,  have  mercy  on  us.

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