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 THE EIGHTH STATION.

Adoramus, &c.

We adore Thee, &c.

Jesus consoles the women from Jerusalem.

Jesus, lifting up His eyes, sees, amidst the rabble who were savagely thirsting for his blood, some holy women shedding floods of tears. At the sight of them, forgetting His own unparalleled afflictions, he exclaims: "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves and for your children."

Oh my God, I will lament over myself, and the misfortunes which I have brought upon myself by offending Thee: but I will likewise lament over Thee, from whom I have extorted tears so often, and who hast loved me, so as to lay down Thy life that I might be saved from hell.

The Act of Contrition. Page 17.