upon those wounds of thine, when I see that crown of thorns, and learn that it is for me that thou hast suffered it all. I indeed it was who inflicted on thee all those dreadful wounds; I pressed down that crown of thorns upon thy sacred Head; I fastened thee upon that Cross.
But, oh, the greatness of thy charity, clemency, and mercy! It is I that have sinned, and it is thou that art tortured, and payest for me the penalty of the death which I deserve. It is I who have been myself thy enemy, but by thy Cross thou makest me thy son. It is I who have been a slave, but thou, by thy Blood, proclaimest me free.
Oh, if once thou wouldst permit me to be all on fire with thy love, then would I most cheerfully devote to thee my very life, for I owe thee myself and my all Amen.
CHAPTER VI.
Various Exercises
IN HONOUR OF THE FIVE SACRED WOUNDS AND THE SEVEN BLOOD-SHEDDINGS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
A TWOFOLD ROSARY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,
Which may be said either in honour of the seven Blood sheddings of Jesus Christ, or in honour of his five sacred Wounds.
The first Rosary has seven decades:
It is to be said thus:
Begin with the Apostles' Creed, I believe, &c.
At each decade say once the Lord's Prayer, and the following salutation ten times, with the variation only of the mystery of the Blood-shedding in each decade:
Hail, most sweet Lord Jesus Christ, full of grace; there is mercy with thee. Blessed be thy most holy Life, Passion, and Death, and blessed be thy Blood which thou hast shed for us, &c.
At each salutation, after shed for us, add:
To decade I. In thy circumcision.
II. In thy agony.
III. In thy scourging.
IV. In thy crowning with thorns.
