A PRAYER TO JESUS IN HIS SUFFERING.
Jesus, my God and Saviour,
I praise and thank you, with all my heart,
for what you have done for me:
for all that you endured, for my sake,
through your death on the Cross.
And because you always help me
when I turn to you in my loneliness,
I now reach out to you, in prayer,
to comfort you, and to be close to you
in that time of terrible sorrow
when you were deserted and in pain.
Jesus, praying in torment, in Gethsemane ,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, on trial, but innocent,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, beaten by the soldiers,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, mocked, and crowned with thorns,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, cruelly scourged at the pillar.
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, bruised by the weight of the Cross,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, stripped of your garments,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, nailed by your hands and feet,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, heart-broken, hanging on the Cross,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, my God, suffering bodily death,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, pierced to the heart by a spear,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, taken down into Mary’s arms,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, carried away to your grave,
thank you for dying for me.
Jesus, in your hasty burial,
thank you for dying for me.
Mary, Mother of Sorrows,
thank you for what you bore
when Jesus your son died to save us.
Jesus, I put my trust in you.
Jesus, give me your graces, please,
in even greater measure:
- courage, to tell others about you,
- hope, to endure my Way of the Cross,
- charity, to love others as you love me,
- faith, to persevere until I die,
- joy: even now, and when at last I see you.
Bring me, with all who love you,
to rest in your presence forever.
Through the merits of your Passion,
and the power of your Resurrection,
bring us all to live with you eternally,
in the Father’s glory and the Spirit’s love,
with all the Saints and holy Angels,
in the bliss and beauty of Heaven.