thou didst choose to be loaded with insults: oh, let my consolation be to be despised for thy sake. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I beseech thee, through thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.
At 7 o'clock
Jesus is conducted back to Pirate, and Barabbas is preferred before him.
Adore the Heart of Jesus, inexhaustible treasure of every good, open to all, and too little known by men.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which thou didst choose to suffer this insulting preference; oh, detach my heart from all created things. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I beseech thee, through thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.
At 8 o'clock.
Jesus is cruelly scourged at the pillar; his blood flows on every side.
Admire the immense love to which the wounds of our Saviour bear witness.
Blessed be the hour, O my Saviour Jesus Christ, in which thou didst choose to be torn by scourges, and to shed thy precious blood in order to blot out my sins. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable, mystery; and I beseech thee, through thy divine merits; O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy.
At 9 o'clock.
Jesus is crowned with thorns, and afterwards insulted by the soldiers.
Adore the divine King of your heart, in this cruel state in which he suffers for you.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which thou didst vouchsafe to suffer this painful crowning for our sakes; oh, pierce my heart with sorrow and regret for having offended thee. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; and I beseech
