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console me in all my tribulations. Amen.

SIXTH PRAYER.

O JESUS, inexhaustible Fountain of pity, remember now that bitterness which thou didst endure when, all thy strength being exhausted and thy Sacred Body dried up, thou didst feel that burning thirst, and hadst not one drop of water to cool thy parched tongue, but only vinegar upon hyssop; I beseech thee that thou wouldest extinguish in me the thirst of carnal concupiscence and worldly delights. Amen.

SEVENTH PRAYER.

O JESUS, mighty King, remember now that when thou wast plunged into the bitter waters of thy Passion until they closed over thy Head, thou wast forsaken not only by men but by thy Father also, and didst cry with a loud voice, saying: My God, my God,why ha st thou forsaken me? By this thine anguish and dereliction, I beseech thee, forsake me not in my last agony. Amen.

EIGHTH PRAYER.

O JESUS, strong Lion of the tribe of Juda, remember now the sorrow and the woe thou didst endure, when all the forces of thy Heart and of thy Flesh failed thee utterly, and thou didst bow thy Head and cry: It is consummated. By this thine anguish and thy woe, have