PRAYER.
O SORROWFUL Virgin! by the sword that pierced thy soul, obtain that the sufferings of thy beloved Son, and thy own sorrows, may be deeply imprinted on my heart; to the end, that sacrificing to God my entire will and affections, I may love him henceforth with a love, pure, ardent, and generous.
Second Mystery.
THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.
MEDITATE, with profound humility, the heart-rending grief of the Virgin Mother, when obliged to flee into Egypt, to preserve her divine Son from the persecution of impious Herod.
Our Father, etc., as before.
PRAYER.
O MOST afflicted Mother, by the sorrow that overwhelmed thee, when, to save the life of thy divine Son, thou wert forced to flee into Egypt, I conjure thee to be my guide and support during the exile of this life, that imitating thy perfect obedience I may persevere in justice, and, like thee, cling more closely to Jesus, during the trials of this life, in order that I may possess him with thee in eternity.
Third Mystery.
THE LOSING OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE.
MEDITATE, with profound humility, the anguish with which the Blessed Virgin sought, during three days, her beloved Son, whom she had lost in the temple.
Our Father, etc.
