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 THE ELEVENTH STATION.

Adoramus, &c.

We adore Thee, &c.

Jesus is nailed to the Cross.

The cross is laid upon the ground, and Jesus is stretched upon his bed of death. At one and the same time, He offers His bruised limbs to His heavenly Father in behalf of sinful man, and to His fierce executioners to be nailed by them to the disgraceful wood. The blows are struck! the blood gushes forth!

Oh Jesus! nailed to the cross, fasten my heart there also, that it may be united to Thee until death shall strike me with its fatal blow, and with my last breath I shall have yielded up my soul to Thee.

The Act of Contrition. Page 17.