My Jesus, loaded with contempt, nail my heart to Thy feet, that it may ever remain there to love Thee, and never quit Thee again. I love Thee more than myself; I repent of having offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.
Our Father, etc.
Twelfth Station.
Jesus Dies on the Cross.
V. We adore Thee, etc.
R. Because by Thy holy cross, etc.
Consider that thy Jesus, after three hours' agony on the cross, consumed at length with anguish, abandons Himself to the weight of His body, bows His head, and dies.
O my dying Jesus, I kiss devoutly the cross on which Thou didst die for love of me. I have merited by my sins to die a miserable death; but Thy death is my hope. Ah, by the merits of Thy death, give me grace to die, embracing Thy feet and burning with love to Thee. I commit my soul into Thy hands. I love Thee with my whole heart; I repent of ever having offended Thee. Permit not that I ever offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always; and then do with me what Thou wilt.
Our Father, etc.
Thirteenth Station.
Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross.
V. We adore Thee, etc.
R. Because by Thy holy cross, etc.
Consider that, Our Lord having expired, two of His disciples, Joseph and Nicodemus, took Him down from the cross, and placed Him the arms of His afflicted Mother, who received
