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 THE SIXTH STATION.

Adoramus, &c.

We adore Thee, &c.

A pious woman wipes with a veil the face of Jesus.

As Jesus proceeds along covered with the sweat of death, a woman, moved with compassion, makes her way through the crowd of soldiers, and wipes His face. In reward of her piety, the impression of His divine countenance is left upon the veil.

Oh Thou, the most comely amongst the sons of men! behold, in the state to which Thy mangled body is reduced, an image of what my soul, formed to Thy resemblance, adorned with Thy especial graces, has been made by sin. Purify it, my God, more and more from its filthy stains, restore it to its lost beauty, and let Thy divine image again be seen within me.

The Act of Contrition. Page 17.