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340 The EuchO~&ic Rosary
of purity thus torture Thy innocent flesh; and in the
Blessed Sacrament impure hearts insult Thee by their
sacrilegious communions.
0 Thou bloody Victim, scourged at the pillar, patient
Victim abused in the sacrament, we adore Thee and we
beg of Thee, through the intercession of Thy holy Mother,
the grace of mortifying our senses.
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THE THIRD SORROWFUL MYSTERY
The Crowning udh Thorns
KING of glory! crowned with thorns and proclaimed
In derlsion . king of the Jews by brutal soldiers who
ignominiously spit upon Thy adorable face, Thou fallest
a victim to the sins committed by pride; in the Blessed
Sacrament also Thou bearest a crown of ignominy made
up of the many acts of irreverence, contempt, hypocrisy,
and vanity committed by Christians in Thy sanctuary.
0 loving King! overwhelmed with insults both in Thy
passion and in the sacred Host, we adore Thee and we
beg of Thee, through the intercession of Thy holy Mother,
the grace of mortifying our self-love.
THE FOURTH SORROWFUL mSTEBY
The Cawyi~zg of the Cross
URSES, outrages, ill-treatments, angulsh of heart, sufferings
of all kinds, nothing can, 0 dear Redeemer,
alter the mildness and patience with which Thou carriest
Thy heavy cross; with like sweetness and patience dost
Thou bear in the long course of ages, doubts, want of confidence,
murmurs, insults, discouragement on the part of
Thy childrep
0 Jesus l we adore Thee carrying with love the crbs
pepared for Thee by Thy Father, and we beg of Tbee,
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