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444 The Stddons of lhe Cross
Prayer
0 MY Jesus! I can not be Thy friend and follower
if I refuse to carry the cross. 0 dearly beloved
cross! I embrace thee, I kiss thee, I joyfull accept
thee from the hands of my God. Far be it r rgm me
to glory in anything, save in the cross of my Redeemer.
By it the world shall be crucified to me-and I to tbe
world, that I may be Thine, 0 Jesus, forever.
Our Father, etc; Hail Mary, etc
V. Lord Jesus, crucified :
R Have mercy on us!
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Jesus Falls the First Tim
V. We adore Thee, 0 Christ, and praise Thee:
R. Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed
the world !
UR dear Saviour carrying the cross was so weak-
0 ened by its heavy weight as to fall exhausted to
the ground. Our sins and misdeeds were the heavy
burden which oppressed Him; the cross was to Him
light and sweet, but our sins were galling and insupportable.
Prayet
0 MY Jesus! Thou didst bear my bur&n and the
heavy weight of my sins. Should I, then, not
bear in union with Thee my easy burden of suffering,
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