ness, and our hope: to thee do we cry, poor banished sons of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us ; and after this our exile show to us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus; O most clement, most pious, and most sweet Virgin Mary.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
Hear, O merciful God, the prayers of thy servants, that we who meet together in the society of the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mother of God may, through her intercession, be delivered by thee from the dangers that continually hang over us. Amen.
O God, whose only-begotten Son, by his life, death, and resurrection, hast purchased for us the rewards of eternal life ; grant, we beseech thee, that meditating upon those mysteries in the most holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise ; through the same Christ our Lord, Amen.
THE FIVE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES.
I. The Prayer and Sweat of Blood of our Blessed Saviour in the Garden.
Let us contemplate, in this mystery, how our Lord Jesus Christ was so afflicted for us in the Garden of Gethsemani, that his body was bathed in a sweat of blood, which ran trickling down in great drops to the ground.
Our Father, &c. once; Hail Mary, &c. ten times ; Glory, &c. once.
By the blood that flow’d from thee
In thy grievous agony;
By the traitor’s guileful kiss,
Filling up thy bitterness;
Jesu, Saviour, hear our cry;
Thou wert suff’ring once as we;
Now enthroned in majesty
Countless angels sing to thee.
