<p id="eow-description" class="">"I received 5480 blows on My Body. If you wish to honor them in some way, say 15 Our Fathers and 15 Hail Marys with the following Prayers for a whole year. When the year is up, you will have honored each one of My Wounds." (Jesus, to Saint Bridget.) These be...
<p id="eow-description" class="">"I received 5480 blows on My Body. If you wish to honor them in some way, say 15 Our Fathers and 15 Hail Marys with the following Prayers for a whole year. When the year is up, you will have honored each one of My Wounds." (Jesus, to Saint Bridget.) These beautiful prayers take less than twenty minutes each day. Sometimes I like to say five in the morning, five in the afternoon, and five in the evening. (The prayers are written below, if you'd like to follow along.) Here's the list of Our Lord's promises to those who recite these prayers for a year: http://www.catholictradition.org/Pass...
O Jesus! beloved and most desirable King, remember the grief You suffered, when naked and like a common criminal, You were fastened and raised on the Cross, when all Your relatives and friends abandoned You, except Your beloved Mother, who remained close to You during Your agony and whom You entrusted to Your faithful disciple when You said to Mary: "Woman, behold your son!" and to Saint John: "Son, behold your Mother!" I beg of You O my Savior, by the sword of sorrow which pierced the soul of Your holy Mother, to have compassion on me in all my afflictions and tribulations, both corporal and spiritual, and to assist me in all my trials, and especially at the hour of my death. Amen.
O Jesus! inexhaustible fountain of compassion, Who by a profound gesture of love, said from the Cross: "I thirst," suffered from the thirst for the salvation of the human race, I beg of You, O my Savior, to inflame in our hearts the desire to tend toward perfection in all our acts, and to extinguish in us the concupiscence of the flesh and the ardor of worldly desires. Amen.
O Jesus! sweetness of hearts, delight of the spirit, by the bitterness of the gall and vinegar which You tasted on the Cross for love of us, grant us the grace to receive worthily Your precious Body and Blood during our life and at the hour of our death, that they may serve as a remedy and consolation for our souls. Amen.
O Jesus! royal virtue, joy of the mind, recall the pain You endured when plunged in an ocean of bitterness at the approach of death, insulted, outraged by the Jews, You cried out in a loud voice that You were abandoned by Your Father, saying: "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" Through this anguish, I beg of You, O my Savior, not to abandon me in the terrors and pains of my death. Amen.
O Jesus! Who are the beginning and the end of all things, life and virtue, remember that for our sakes You were plunged in an abyss of suffering from the souls of your feet to the crown of Your head. In consideration of the enormity of Your wounds, teach me to keep, through pure love, Your commandments, whose way is wide and easy for those who love You. Amen.
Music from The Passion of The Christ soundtrack, by John Debney.</p>
