Opening Prayer PDF Print E-mail

My Lord, Jesus Christ,
You have made this journey to die for me with unspeakable love;
and I have so many times ungratefully abandoned You.
But now I love You with all my heart;
and, because I love You, I am sincerely sorry for ever having offended You.
Pardon me, my God, and permit me to accompany You on this journey.
You got to die for love of me;
I want, my beloved Redeemer, to die for love of You.
My Jesus, I will live and die always united to You.

At the cross her station keeping            
Stood the mournful Mother weeping            
Close to Jesus to the last.                

Stabat Mater dolorosa
Juxta crucem lacrymosa
Dum pendebat Filius.

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