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 THE TENTH STATION.

Adoramus, &c.

We adore Thee, &c.

Jesus is stripped of his clothes.

The divine Victim being arrived at the place of sacrifice, His garments, though sticking to his wounds, are violently torn off by His barbarous tormentors. Behold the Saint of Saints stripped in the sight of an obscene multitude, and standing there covered with ignomy and shame.

Thus, Oh Jesus! didst thou expiate the infamous deeds of men. Oh, by that shame more sensibly felt by Thee than all Thy other tortures, give me grace to prevent, by timely repentance, the shame of that last and most terrible day, when Thou wilt lay open to the gaze of angels and of men all the turpitude of the sinner.

The Act of Contrition. Page 17.