underwentest for my sake, all and each of which I offer to thee in the most sacred wound of thy blessed Heart and Side, that thou mayest offer them to thy heavenly Father for my sins, in union with thy measureless charity, with which thou hast suffered them all, for the sake of man’s salvation. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary.
PRAYERS
FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WHOLE CHURCH FROM ALL EVILS AND INJURIES,
Through the merits and power of the Wounds of Christ.
I.
O God, who desirest not the death but the penitence of sinners, favourably regard people, that, with a contrite heart, has recourse to thy most sacred Wounds, that, while it honours them devoutly, thou mayest mercifully avert from it war, famine, pestilence, and all other scourges of thy wrath.
II.
O God, who despisest not the sighing of the contrite, nor slightest the affection of the sorrowful, be favourable to our prayers which in our affliction we pour forth to thy sacred Wounds; receive them mercifully, and grant that whatever the devil’s or man’s devices plot against us may be crushed and brought to nought; that we, being hurt by no temptations, but saved out of trouble and distress, may in the Church give thanks to thee, our God.
III.
O Lord, forgive us our sins, and out of thy sacred Wounds grant to us the mercy that we pray for, that thou mayest regard our low estate, look upon our afflictions, repel from us adversities, and, bestowing on us the effect of our petition, mayest listen graciously to thy suppliants, and preserve them from all evil, protected by the shield of thy Wounds.
IV.
Most gracious God, who rememberest not the sins of those that have recourse to thee, but graciously hearkenest to their sighs; regard the many temples, the many altars, the many holy spots dedicated in time past to thy holy Name, and now profaned by the abominations of heretics. Remember thy inheritance, acquired by the reception of thy most sacred Wounds, and by the shedding of thy most precious Blood; and hasten to visit thy vineyard, which the wild boar endeavours to uproot, and, by thy power strengthen its cultivators against the madness of them that lay it waste; make them conquerors, and
