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Las cartaa. planchaa. tablaaux. ate. paib^ant «t> ^Viimia A daa taux da reduction diffirants: Lorsqua la docuimant Mt trap grand pour tua -rtoroduit w% un aaui clich*. il ast filmi A parlor da I'angla supAriaur gaucha. da gaucha A droil at da iMut an baa. an pranant la nombra d'in^agaa nAcasaaira. Las diagrammas suivants illuatrant la mAthoda. / <. 32X •^ f^" iiiii'ii -I- -t y.'M iiii^ I • iiiiM *■■ -— ■^ i - ■ Cs- - i ') / % •'¥-- ♦ «-• ^. i- y %i x.f. r«r» » .*? .^ I I ! my 10 2> 4' VIA CRtClS K OR, m HOLY WAY OF THE CBOSS. c«irrA,iNiNa A NOVENA FOR THE PASSION OF OUR LORD, • A DoTMlt Megiod FOR PERFORMING THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS, PE^AYERS AT MASS, &c. ; W ITH ^CONCISE INSTRUCTIONS t>N THE SCAPULAR, * ^qTHE NOVENA or ST. FRANGIt XAVIIUUt. Ac. ^c. *e. ^, V, '^omjiueo poV Ine ^otta^oah-oii/ <* •ST. PATRICK'S CHURCI^i \ ^ I PRINTED BT AUOUSTIN CdTfi AMD CO. 'M. •^j* 4*^ r-i ,i^^>i«fe' >♦*, -. .J- r#i %. Q/, ^© • >^>v '^6, is «c / '© ^. ' ^^^^ ^^. % ^'m %x *». / !>' aB. 1^1 \ ^i^% ^^^^■4 **^ !^pkn^ Hi- M ^ u^tMfi!^ t iP ■> i V .u^- '' .--■^- >■ . r PREF JC^. §.IVI.E. '"fn Among the practices of de^liiQ^^tfti^ave been instituted in honor and in remembrance of the passion of our .Divine Re'deemer, that termed The Wnyofihe Cross deservedly hold* the first place. The Way of thje Cross, properly speaking, .as that which was marked out by Jesus Christ ""ISs Hetjarried His Cross from Pilate*^ hous6 to '*.Mount Calvary, where he consummated the grand work of man's redemption by His death. That holy way, sanctified by the blood of an Incarnate God, became early an object of gr^at (: devotion among Christians. After the death of her Divine Son, the Blessed Virgin; herself, according to an ancient ti^adition, niiade it a frequent practice to visit the principal pla^s- in and about the city of Jerusalem, which had beep honored with the presence, and, in many instances, marked by the blood of the Redeemer of mankind during the various stages of his pasBibn. In all subsequent ages, with but ^^tle ocdasional interruption in CQnsequenee (^ t= * .g|ill|UW>i,i i ! i i ll tH A ' ' • / f.%- PREFACE. \, ■ ■ ■ ■ • the difficulties and disasters of the times, great numbers of Christians continued to resort to the Holy Land,*in order to excite and nourish their piety by visiting that sainted portion of the earth, where both the justice and the mercy of the Almighty had been so signally manifested in the sufferings and death of His Divine Son. It was not, howevei-, till the year 1412, that the Franciscans, who had then the principal iharge of the holy places, regularly ^e^ablished in Jerusalem the fourteen stations of the^^^Tfay of the Cross,, in the order in which they are * ' lowed at this day. The Sovereign Pontiffs not fail to favor a devotion so solid and so con- genial to the true spirit of Christianity ; they opened in its favor all the treasures of the Church, and granted, more particularly si^b that period, special indulgences to all those, who would devoutly visit those venerable places, where Christ suffered and died for us. Biit/as the great body of Christians are unable to undertake that holy pilgrimage, and thus would be absolutely excluded from participar • ^ng in the graces annexed to it, several Popes^ "Lave expressly approved of the erection of re- pretentations of tU Way of ihe Cross of Jerusa- i> Ittm ; iQ the deyout visitation of which they have I •t . i 'i ■ '\ -^^1=^ TP^ A ' ; , 8, great 3sort to nourish )rtion of e mercy inifested ine Son. L2, that principal tablished yare »ntiffs d so con- ity ; they 3S of the trly siifb Jl thosOy venerable 5d for us. ire unable and thus participa- ral Popes ion of re- of Jerusa- theyhave *^^'^f^^^'• I I PREFACE. O attached the same spiritual favors, as can be obtained by those, whose circumstances and situation permit them the privilege of practising this form of devotion in the Holy City itself Thus was it, that the Wayi of the Cross, as these representations are now universally teirmed, was solemnly erected by order of Benedit t XIV. in the Coliseum^ .-at Rome; which as a place of devotion, has ever since continued to attract crowds of the Faithful. The venerable Benedict Lajbre, who died at Rome in the odour of sanctity in April, 1783, used to spend whole days^ and nights in that place, visiting the hbly stations of our Saviour's passion there* ^n represented, and lost as it were in the con- templation of that greatest of mysteries — k Oop, Incarnate, suffering and pTma fob THE Salvation of His own dREATURBS. The successors of Benedict XIV. seem to have vied with him, in their zeal for promoting the Devo- tion of the Way of the Ctjoss in all portions of of the Church. They were fully satisfied that nothing more edifying, nothing more salutary and affecting could be proposed to Christians, . than the mystery of the Cross : that the pas- uon of our Blessed Redeemer had ever been mc^jeot 0^ peculiar devotion to the ftltl^ servants of God, and the most constant theme ^ J"; •1/ ^fc^ .u^n ''' '':^'^^ s ^l'■ ' ^, '^?^'Wj^ippB^^pl^ i m 6 PKEPACE. of their pious meditations : that the Cross of Christ was the great book, wherein they read all the maxims of the 'gospel, written in charac- ters truly divine. Speaking on this very sub- ject, the same illustrious Pontiif, Benedict XIV remarks that the practice of meditating on the* passion and death of our adorable Saviour is most useful to all — ^to signers, to secure for them the grace of repentance and a sincere conver- sion—to the tepid, to excite them anew to fer- vor and fidelity to God— to the just, to urge them on to make additional efforts in the path of virtue and true religion. — Hence it is, that all Christians should be induced to nourish in their breasts a tender devotion towards their crucified Redeemer ; and there are certainly few practices better calculated to excite them to this, than the one of which we now speak. There are several conditions absolutely re- quisite, in order to obtain the indulgences attached. to this Devotion. The first is that the Way of the Cross shpuld be regularly established and according to the prescribed formalities.* " # J 5 f<-~ .^ I ♦ To the Priests of the Franciscan Order |r particular privilege htui been panted by Rome ■I >. •/ >oss of ey read charac- jry sub- ct xiy on the* /iour is for them conver- to f er- to urge the path is, that »urish in ds their jertainly them to eak. iitely re- ulgences t; is that 'egularly rescribed Ord«*|r [)y Rome PREPApB. I 2. That the Fourteen Stations be visited in regular order.f •n. for the erection of ^^e Way of the Crott — a privilege, however, not to be exercised out ©f . their own communities, unless with the express approbation of the Ordinary. In the absence of a Priest of this Order a special Indult from the Pope is necessary. Pastors, desirous of establishing this salutary devotion among their people, should, in all cases be careful to apply to the proper authority, in order to obtain the necessary permission, and to learn what are the various requisitions and the ceremonies pres- cribed for its due erection. Otherwise, tf the' erection be made without the.proper formali- ties, though the devotion of the faithful may be excited and increased, yet will they be deprived of the numerous indulgences attached to this holy exercise. t In performing this exerjM||,'it is generally necessary, in order to seculpRie Indulgences « annexed, that we should pass from station to station in regular order, placing ourselves on our knees in prayer before each one. When ihe devotion is publicly performed, and the CTOwd is too great to permit this course to be pursued, then it is sufficient, that the clergyman^ or .other person, who superintends the devotion* should make the visitation of the stations alone, or with a few attendants, the congregation rising witli him after each station, and following^ j*if St ifm-fff i * ■a- J. FBBFAOE. * d. TKat we mei^tate at each . Station, fot at least some moments^ on th^ circumstance of our Saviour's passion commemorated therein in ordor to excite in our hearts some pious affections of contrition for sin, and-compassion andlove for our blessed Redeemer suffering and dying for us4 ' 1 4. We should conclude by reciting the Lwd^ PrayeT, the Aingdicai ScHutatwn and t^e Doudom — Olory he to the Father, ^. six times, for the intention of the Church. Besides ^ef|e coi^ditions, there is another still more him' to the next simply with their eyes, af con- yenient. Should it be thought necessary, the devotion can be divided, provided^ it be all peiffcmiQed on the ^same day. Those whose time iEtnd circuinstancd^will permit, can perform it aii» often as they tnink proper the same day, uid each time they win. obtain the same Indulgences. It is recommended that on all occasions, when going through this exercise, we shoiddhave a particiidar intention to obtain' yelief for the suffering souls in purgatory. . 7 ITheChurdi itself has J»ot prescagbed aJtiy fied form of prayers fortius devotion, with, the exception perhaps of the closings' prayers as ]|iei^ned in. No. 4« Those who prefer it, i^. »t liberty t* follow ihm oym Frt^^W medit#5 t^ii^jne'eiHsh station.-,.. 4i-ift^y 4x1 .. i,:,;^ % J. ' « .-1^ 'O-f, -'J' I, fo^ at « of our jrein in B pious apasiiion ring and ting the i andtiie Sfc. six Besides ill more ' , -if con- «ry, the., it be all e whose perfoim ame day, le same that on exercise, bo obtain' "y-x 7 bed any 'with the ayers 'as ;er it, are medita*^ % preface: 9 essentially requisite for obtuning any indul- gence whatever; which is to be in the state of grace. Nevertheless, as any wgrk pf religion or any act of virtue may be profitably perform- ed evefi by- sinners, who may thereby^dispose themselves for a true convel'sion ; so /the devo- tion of the Waif of the Qross may be practised with great advantage and fruit even by those, wh6 are conscious of being in the state ofdeadly sin, from wh^h,- however, they^ desire ^nd are endeavouring to be delivered, they will cer- tainly find in the consideration of our lW's. passion the most powerful iuducements to» repentance. 'AvLd there have been indeed, as. is'felared^by those who haye written on this subject, instances oj/ffibst inveterate and habi- tual sinners, who have been entirely changed and perfectly converted by devoutly goin^ through this pious exercise. j" i To THE OREATEB GLO^T Of'GoD -{ -,- AND V- •■■..:" ■■■■ ^ THE SALYATIOir OF SOULB. - H X fl -I _. ^ *s. ^ ^ '1R i t 1 VI ',.>-«■ ,1- V -fe" J^^ .:m^- v\ i'&t. ^ •^•'ii~li.ii^..i 1 -r^ aW NOVE iir HONovs or WHIS MSSI[(DU ®IP - ,-?: ON THE TARIOITS CIRCUMSTANCBt OF /OUR lord's PASSION. r FIRST liAY. Who is it that sulBfeSH The Lamb without spot ;• w^ did no iin, neither was gutlefoundin hU moiOh. 1 Pet. ii. 22. The Holy of Holies, to whom the spirit was given without measure ; whom his veiy crupifiers acknowledged to be a just man, and the Son of God, when they said with compunc- tion, (Matt, xxvii. 54.) Indeed, this was ihe Son of God; and (Luke, xxiii. 47.) Indeed, tkis was a jttst man» . ' ' -■ ■ ■ v^ suffers, who had entirely speni hinisdf in «)Siig [|i»d to others ; who went abo¥t doing V miimimmmmmm NOVENA IN HONOUB OF ffO(fa, and healing all thafwere oppressed by the djtU, Acts x^ 38. So far, therefore, from de*, brving such • punishment, he merited all obe- ience and love. Whence he complains, ) Ps. y xxxiv. 12.) They repaid me evil for good, . H^ that suffers, is the great Lover of Man* kindj who became all things for us — our Fa*^ ther-Uour Master— our Physician—our Re- deei^er — our Shepherd — our Creator — our Be- . I«tifiep—^he Spouse of our Souls. A son should feel for the murder of his fe^ ther, and a spouse for the suffering of her bride- grodiii. How much more should I not feel for the sufferings and death of Christ, who even be- fore his Passion insinuated himself into our in. most {heart, l^y a wonderful sacrament ; in order, that we in return might feel his sufferings, as if they were our own ! / ;: . \ ■ . ^ ' [NoTfe.--At the close of this Meditation the Litany of thef PAili{(>n, or any other form of prayer to our auffering I«fD»rd mmj banrecitedTf according to each persbn's demotion and lei«tijre.J V . SECOND ]6aY. ; What does he suffer ? i^s kSK^ 5!?^""^^ may be comprised under two 9dby the from d^ all obe- ns, ) Ps. fhis fft^ T bride- feel for » ven be- I our in. Q order, gs, as if Litany of Miffering demotion "i -y ' f *,** 'r*('~!^fj-'~'- I I PAMION OP CHbIwT. I J5 ' / ' " '■ '' / / ' ^' heads— his exiernal ^ering, wiic^ oiir Lord himself ealIed/a>Ba/>«tm, and his he denominated a Chalice, er two imal, whi^ With regard to the former, | he suffered arf kind of torment. In external ^hirjlgs ; because he was stripped of his very g^Jents, which were divided amongst them b^ hi J executioners and he was crucified naked, and ih public. In hi? honour; every kind of contuiiely w4s of- fered him. In his reputation JheUas traduped in divers ways. In his virtu^; m was loolted iipon as a Samaritan, as ohe iossesed by a devil as a seducer,^ a glutton ind\ winedrinker, (John vii. 20. viii. 48.; Matt. Jxi. 19. xxyii. 63.) a blasphemer and a rlBprobate. In lui wisdom ; he was considered illiierate, as one become mad, and a fool. Mkrk iil. 21. In his miracles ; he was treated as fan inlpostor, a ma- gician, and ohe-who worked through Beelzebub, Lukexi. 15. In his bodjr ; he endured tor- ments, which in themselves Were the greatest of aU, and which jvere heightened by the delicacy of his iframe. In his Mends ; because he was either deserted by them in ihe hdur of distress, or because he suffered on aicouni of what they endured, and espedaUy his bless^ Mother. " MtB^mnvf^vrnvm "•••K 14 i'jA >.^ the powers of darkness, hy the Very devi^ themselves. For, the devil put it into the h^rt of Judas to betray him, John xiii. 2. And Christ himself when appreliended said ; This ts yotif* hmr, and th^ power of darkness. Luke xxii. 53. Neither was our Lord deHvered up tp the led the poW- bng by a -» i'«*lj!*(«a.'"w-s.;-.-f'- ■ ^ *'1^ i , '•*«s.. ^ 16 KOTENA m HONOUR
* J"*.5E'"M^'^'^^ r'^'/'^'n'il^'^^"*''*^^''* "^ THE PiWSIOlI OF CHBUT. 17 d'gmty of the sufferer, one drop of Mood would have aufficed, yet he wa, pleased to pour it out to4he last drop, that his redemption might be plentrful and superabundant ; «d that, as St Bernard says (Serm. 3 de Nativ.) from the gmtness of the remedy, I might be able lo estimate the magnitude of my danger. Moreover as/the whole of man was^ounded, »o he wished to suffer in every thing, that he ™ght apply a suitable remedy to eaeh of our vices ; hM nakedness to our cupidity, his i^no- mimes to our pride, &c. ■ \ - - . ■ ' ■ .'■ ■ He suffers for his enemies; even for his verr murderers, that he might obtain for them, from God, the pardon of their Deicide ; anithus he prayed for them to his Father on the cross; mty be excused them, and said, that theyhm, nol vhat they did. , :/ vwnoc . He sufferedfor all Mankind in such a mm^er as to offer up his torments to 'his Father, fo, each. He, therefore, appHed them to me in particular, and I can say with St. Paul, Se Oat ^^m,mddelmredhm,df forme. «ilat. " ■"■■ i^ ■.'/■■:. - '■sk '^^'Miix^mmm»mii \\ ■ '•A '■•\ ,*--» 18 NOVENA IN HONOUR O* FIFTfl DAY. With what sentiments did he suffer ? With those of the most ardent love, of which St. Paul writes, That you may he able to com- prehend what is the breadth and lengthy and height and depth ; to know also the charity of Christy which surpasseth all knowledge. Ephes. iii. lalo. ■ The proofs of this affection are, that he ar^ dently desired to suffer for us. ^Iham, said he, a Ifaptism, wherein I must he b4ptijS0d, and how I am straitened until it heM (Luke xii. 50.) ; that he embraced his suffer-' ings when they drew nigh, whereas, there are many who profess a desire df suffering, but flee from it when it approaches — that he was pre- pared to suffer even much more than his most cruel and most wicked enemies could invent or inflict. He wasofferedy because he himtdf mUed it. Isai. « V I SIXTH DAY. What virtues did he exhibit in his Passion ? THE PASSION OP CHRIST. 1» He particularly wished to display all virtues. He came on earth as the master, teacher and model of virtues, and thus, at the end of liis life, he was desirous of giving, as if in a com- pendium, a specimen of all. He merited those . virtues, for us by his Passion ; it was, therefore meet, that by the very acts of those virtues te ; should merit them for us. ' Many of his virtues were before obscured ; they are now brought forward and openly dis- played, as if he were leaving them to us as his last wiU, accbrding to what he said of charity. This is my commandment. He exercised those heroic acts, the practices of which he terms blessed—poverty of spirit, even to his garments, for he hangs naked ; and humility, which is nearly allied to poverty, being made the reproach of men^ and the ouU cast of tU people, Ps. xxi. 7. Meekness 5 «i,Ao, whm ha was remledy did not revile, when he suffered, ^he threatened not, hut delivered Am- self to him that judged him unjustly. 1 Pet^ ii 20. And, he was led like a sheep to the slaughter^ tmdasalamb before his shearer^, he opened not his mouth, Isai. i. iii. 7. He mourned, when totih a strong cry and tears, h^ffered ti^ 1^' 20 KOVBNA IN IIONOUU OF prayera andtupplicatums on the erost. Heb. v. 7. Nay,hi8 whole body perspired blood, through the greatness of his grief. .„j' He thirsted after justice, and of purchasing, even with his life, true justice for us, saying, I Ahirtt, He was so merciful, that he delivered himself entirely up to relieve our miseries, which excited the. compassion of his tender heart. . He was clean of heart, ^d therefore, his sacrifice was most pleasing to his Father. For it was fitting we should have such a A^A- priest, holy, innocent, undefiUd, separated from sinners, Heb. vil. 26. He was a peace-maker, because by his death he reconciled us to God. But now in Christ Jesus, you who sometimes^ Mwv afa/r off, a/r0 made nigh by the Blood of Christ, For he is ow peace, who hath made both one. Ephes. ii. 13. 14. In fine, he suffered tor Justice sake ; and all those things which he foretold his disciples would suffer, he himself endured in the highest degree. When mm shaU revile you aud per^pute you, and speak dU that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake,, ifc. Matt. v. 11. His obedience is to be specially consider fritrn the words of the Apostle, He hunMed t;:^wr'.W»W""Sr»f '' ^"v^r* ■.■•»!JS^« »HB PASSION OF CHWST. JJ JT^ *^"^^ <*«'-' ««<. *att. Phil. "negar should bo executed. ^ His.obedience was most nromn* tj r^. I have m gone iZkTt ■ "^ Vl^^ then,. 7Z:Ztl^' '" "^ *^ fron, then, that rehZJ"^ r^^ '"^ f'^ (iauu 1. 56.) from wTeTe wf ** "^ '^' likewise, that his \,b^i! ""'y P«"ceiw, ft was L, otdili T '"" ""«' """"Mo- *-S /^<«. ^FathllJr r^ ""^ «iv. 13. '^"'""dment, so I *,. j^,^ ■ !i 'it >' i. SEVENTH DAY. What journies or stations did Christ m.lr» • 1»>» Pijssion ? When, where ,1^ • ?^^ "" ^% # m t MOfJ^A IN HONOUR OF I I joYirniet or statioud^, were seven. 1. From the chamber of the last -fltipper ho went into the garden, where he was sorrowful, prdyed and aweated drops of blood, %, From Gothsemane^ where he was appre- hended, he went to Annas. 3. From Annas to Caiphas. 4. From Caiphas to Pilate's^ hall. " 5. T'l'om thence to itlie palace of Herod. 6. From Ilerod back to Pilate. ' 7. From^ thence/ after Ills cbjidemnation, to Mount Calvary. ^A With regard to each of these, we may form various considerations, such as, on the Ferson and' Dignity of the Sufferer, his interior feeUngs, his steps, his w6rds, &c., his attendants, the |people":by whom he was surrounded, the plaoes to which hfe was led. He suffered in the flO(j||pr of his age, bloom of youth, at the festival of the| when, there was a great concourse of the Jewish ale, in the royal city and metropolis of the o^Calvary.'a public, expbsed lous plal^a place of skulls and death. ..^•'^ <■ ty^'i\^\\ f n. -tapper ho sorrowful, ras appre- [erod. anation, to 3 may form he Ferson or feelings, idants, the » the places age^ the| 'the Jewish polis of the ic, expbsed i and death. 4i THB P4iaiO£r OF CHRIIT. '2$ -^ He did .0 ; that as he died for all, he miirit" be «N.n by ^1, that he might be subject to mom ll3!ti ''''"^'' *"^ *^ "^"y* that by _ .would viyify.the bofle, of the d««l. m«,e midnight, and^ ignoble, wretched elhng for hi, birth-place, to conceal hi, glory; but he-suffenni at mid-day. for the greatef coT- fo«on. that h« death might he mor, notoriou,. that h« m«ery might be more fully geen. and to ahew the supreme ardour of hi$ love, by which he- offered himself . halooauat for our Sins, I * ' He suffered between two thieves, and in the Mght of a great multitude, most of whom were the slaves and agents of the devil: EIGHTH DAY. ^W«atwere the sorrows of the blessed Virrin on account of the sufferings of her Son ? ' was of the highest degree, because ^ He was her Son, according to. nature, and «rtirely hers, for she had conceived him with- ^Afather; and rfie, therefore, had the ooapr- *: ■ , ■■ > ^'»^i .-U^' AJS :,' ^r «IrI^' «• • ^* 7' ^v* *C , ^Jg,* h ',5> ^4 ■■o.( \ vh^A IS HONOUR OP bjiied love of a fathef. and motor for him. Moreover, she conceived him by the oveitsha- dowingofthe Holy Ghost, who. is Love itself, and this Divine Spirit stimulated her love. ■ ■ . ■ ' ■■'■■/•■' ' 2. Because he was her First-born, and her Only-begotten Son, circumstances which' ag- gravated her grief, as we read in Zacharias. And they shall mourn for him, as one moumetit 'for aft onlt/ son ; and they shaU griece over him, Cis the manner is to grieve 'fQjr the death of the frst^borh. (xii. 10.) ' 3. On account of their wonderful resemblance to each other ; thus mothers are wont to love thg^se of their children, who are most like them- selves. But Christ, in his entire body and manner greatly resembled his mother ; and she, likewise, resembled him in his excellent habits and virtues. * 4, On Accoufit of th^ wonderful sanctity and wisdom of Christ. For clvirity properly regu- lated, has the greatest love for those- that are most holy, because they are most like to God. If to this love, thifit of nature, which is the great- out possible in a mother for her Son, be added, . the love is wonderfully inqreased, then cooise- 4iiieiUly, the grief is more vehement. And it WOB PABStON OP OHRUT. 2$ the daughters of Jerusalem bemoaned himao much, because they knew his innocence, what must his Mother have felt, who knew him so weU, and so intimately ? 5. On account of the inestimable benefits she had received from Christ, for he that U mighty had done great things for her; and particul^ly. he made her his Mother, and rendered her wor ' thy of being his Mother. Now, love is grateful, md IS always anxious to make a retuin. How, then, must she not have been affected, at the sufferings of her benefactor, and of such a be- ncfactor. ■J-K '■■■ b. Because her Son was also the Son of God To maternal love then, she added, that of the creature for the Creator. When she was, there- fore, mtenorly fiUed with a sense of his divine exceUence, and most ardently loved her God in her Son, his unmerited and cruel suffering must have reaUy pierced through her tender heart. . » 7. Because the spirit of the blessed Virmn was united with God, and therefore, with her Son. Hence, she must have considered and felt his sufferings, as if they were her own. She fciww, also, that her grief afflicted the heart cf ■.r ^/• •fr. u NOYBNA IN HONOUR OF her Son, and this pierced her with new sorrows Moreover, her grief was very much increased]^ because she well understood all those circum* stances of our Lord's passion which were here- tofore mentioned, and from which we are to form a proper estunate of the bitterness and magnitude of his sufferings. Oh, how truly did the sword of grief pierce through her soul'l Luke ii. 35. K > ■ A_ NINTH DAY. What were the virtues exhibited by his Mo-^ ther during the Passion of her Son? Resignation of her own will : conformably to that saymg of Christ, Not my loiUy but thine be done. Humility. Amidst so much suffering, igno- miny, contempt, and grievous accusations of Jesus, who is condemned as a malefiictor, she is not ashamed to acknowledge herself openly as his Mother, and to share in all his ignominy. Fortitude and greatness of soul ; though she is filled with the most deadly anguish at the wght of her agonizing Son, ihodoesnpt mk *.■♦ V ffe THE PASSION OP CHRIST. 27 under her grief, but stimds before the cross, and contemplates those inlmense sufferings, which with such cruel pangs afflict her heart, r : Charity for mankind ; she is not mdignant at the murderers of her Son, but rather has com- passidn on their blindness. And beeausc, he endured his sufferings for the salvation of all, * pious Mother, after the example of her Son, differed them up to God the Father, .even for those who crucified him. f\' \ ' J / I -. *>" 1 « ' 1 1 J . ■ ; _ , ■ ■ ■ . ■ ■;■--" -'- . ■-■■ ■■ ■^- ' ' ■':■■ i ' ; ■ 1 ,ii H'P f* M|^'*<^«-S^'jy -ff^^ ■«»^«*'^^'H«S*|W9»^'feH¥' "^ ■* ""'"'■■''^"V " .$" i K*l^' 'i J ij 1 ( E X E R C I S^E or THE . ' WAY ©IF T[Hl[|f©[g@@® '» -x In the name of the Father and of the Son and oflhe Holy Ghost. Amen. « Blessed be the Most Holy and undivided Trinity now and for ever more. Amen. V. Thou, Lord, wilt open my lips. R. And my tw^guq shall announce thy praise. / V. Incline unto my aid, d Go(j: R. Lord, make haste to help me. * V. Glory be to the Father and to th§ Son and to the Holy Ghost. ' ^^a , R. As it was to the beginning^ ;^ii<)|^ •nd erer sbaJl be w''3 hi.:. rm WAT or the cross. Si > .- Ah! to Him how deep and painftil Is the anguish sinners give ! ^ From their crimes and pleasures shameful Outrage vile does He receive ! Vice triumphant holds dominion ! * Sin appears where'er we turn ! Jesus' daily crucifixion Ah! bewail— with sorrow mourn. . A PRATER TO MRBCT THE INTENTION. * . Lord Jesus-Christ, la viour of my soul, 1 present myself before Thee to follow the Way of thy Cross and to retrace in spirit^ that sacred path, which was watered with Thy adorable blood during thy painful journey to Cajvary'a Mount. I will con- template Thy immmerable sufferings and Thy invincible patience. Give to my heart those sentiments of compassion and love, which such a spectacle should produce: give me a perfect sorrow for niy sins, which have beenthe cause-of all Thy suffering* : If d grant me the grace of , beaiing with iMi^ice, and even with joy, whatever 1 **^ '*^^*® ""fty Jfor Hiee. I offer t^ ll»» /i *l7Pr WKiWg!WBBn>w V I ,£11-,...^.."; -*r -',''--M-' THE WAY OF THE CROSB. 35 .pronouncing sentence of death upon th^ Author of h'fe. Contemplate the meekness, with which this spotless Lamb of God listens to the false and blasphemous charges, that are brought against him. Admire the resigna- tion, with which He receives the announce- ment, that He has been adjudged guilty of various crimes, for which He is condemned to die upon an ignominious Cross. 3e asto- nished, Omy soul, at this iniquitous, this cruel sentence : and learn hence to place little ¥alue upon the judgments of man, since he has not hesitated to condemn Him, who is Holiness itself. Better, infinitely better is it to be thought guilty by our fellow-creatures, while, conscience justifies us in the sight of God ; than to enjoy the favors and commen- dations of man, at the same time that our hid- den crimes render us deserving of the anger of the -Almighty. He, who judges U8, is the Zorcf."— Reflect here also, that this very Pi- lat^, who now pronounces sentence upon our Blesjsed Redeemer, had already publicly de- ^f himself satisfied of His innocence. ^?^i *^^* ^^^ Jews welre bent upou Yet * ^i^*" n '■■*^. dG W:-^> r THB WAT OF TRB CROSS. His destruction, through the fear of incurring their displeiasure and risking thereby the favor of the Roman Emperor, he yields to their entreaties, and .^andoi^s the Lord and Creator of EmperoS^'and of kings to the blind fury of an exasperated and sacrilegious 1 inob. We feel as if we could not too ;strong- \y condemn this infafnoui? conduct of Pilate ; yet such is the cpnduct, which we have unfortunately imitated, as often as we have consented to offend Our God, rather than dis- please the world or submit ta the jeers and scoffs of false friends ; yes, and as often as we have preferred a vile, momentary gratifi- cation to the. grace and friendship of the Almighty. let us humble ourselves before our suffering Jesus for having thus basely, thus daringly insulted Him. 1 PBATEB*^ my Divine Saviour! /what a source of grief it should be to me to reflect, that I had a voice in the sentence pronounced against Thee by Pilate ! Yes, my sins demanded Thy death no less earnestly, than the Jew« THB >rAT OF THH CROSS. 37 r> Old, when they cried :« Crucify Him, Cru- cify Him." Pardon me, dear Jesus ? l' do now take the most sincere resplution, with the aid of Thy all-powerful grace, never to offend Tliee any more and to grieve for my sins and to do penance for them, as long as I live.— May I learn from the conduct pursued towai;d. thee by Pilate, and the meekness and patience with which Thou didst submit to it, to fear Thy judgments, and not those of a wicked world. May I never be influenced ;either by the commendations or the ridicule rf Thy enemies upon earth, except it be to dread the one arid to despise the other. Grant - also that I may never cease to look upon sin, which I have so often and so basely preferred to Thy love, as the greatest of all evilsH~and . that grieving incessantly for the ^numberless iniquities of my past life, I may thus secure to myself a favorable judgment from Thee after my death. Amen. Our Father, &c. Hair li^iy, &c. Glory be to the Father, &c. t . V. JI6SUS Christ crucified have>> mercy on vah / \ m i- r/i THE WAT OF THE CROM. R. Have mercy on us ; O Lord have mer- cy on us. ' ' V. And may the souls of the faithful de- ,^ted through the mercy of God rest i peace. R. Ameri.*^ Cujus animam gementem, Contristati m et dolentem Pfertranaivit gladius. ■^/ , down from ev'ry part, As that stream' Of all his wounds she felt the smart What piero'd his body, pierc'd her heart. 'iM: '.t-^J. A 'I !,k . . 1 ■ THB WAT OP THE CROSS. $9 a SECOND STATION. V 'ESUS is LOADED WltH HIS CROSS. «n Jn ^^l!*""? .'^^'^' ^ ^^'^ J««"s Christ, and bless Thy holy name. R. Because by Thy holy Crossj Thou hast redeemed the world. REFLECTIONS. " \ This Station represents our Divine Saviour loaded with the heavy weight of the Cross,- Which He IS required to bear on His manried shoulders to the place of execution. ,-; _ Behold, my soul, tbe Lord of Lords a^ the King of Kings loade^Jf like a common malefactor with the ignominious instrument of H,s death. Oh! it was ft this that Ho had so • lony a n d s o-«arneatly- i w. With what Jove, with what irdbur He em- braces ,t: with wh»t fervor He is determined il ^ \ ,'4 lV- Ul '■. h: m THE WAT OF THE CROSS. to carry it and not to part with it, until He ^has consummated upon it the grand designs of His loving heart in the redemption of man. Shall we then any longer fly from the Cross ! Shall w6 not rather henceforth bear it pa- tiently with Jesus, by submitting cheerfully to all the little trials, which He may think proper to send us? He walks before us in the Way of the Cross as our Prince and our Head. Let us follow Him with courage, with patience and with perseverance, remem- bering that He has declared : « he that taketh not tip his'Croas and followeih mc, is not worthy of me." Mat. x. 38. PRATEB. Sweet Jesus ! this heavy burthen of the Cross ought not to be laid upon Thyshoul- ders, but uppn mine. Thou art innocence ' itself and the God of all holiness : whereas I am a most grievous sinner, who have richly^ deserved to bd loaded with the Cross, whicl^ presses so heavily upon Thee. I am resolved, Bqr lITvinelSavrour, at lea«rt to bear with pa- tience and with reaignation to thy divine will^ THE WAY OP THE CROSS il all the crosses and trials, Thou mayest d^ign -: — to send me. Grant me the grace to pers^ere in this my resolution and to follow The^ con- stantly tiir death in the way of the jbross. Amen. . / Our Father, &c. Hail Mary, 6et. Glory be to the Father, ^c. / V. Jesus Christ crucified, have iiercy on us. R. Have mercy on us: Lord have mejr^ cyonus. ^ ^ V. And may the souls of the faithful de- ^ parted through the -mercy of God rest in peace. R.. Amen. , ' i O quam tristis et afflieta Fuit ilia benedicta MsLter Unigeniti. \' . >,<4 How sad and how afflicted is The blessed Mary, when she sees Herson, her God, in sacrifioe. ''.i .< irim J Ikk^iil U ' ig ' "»\ H ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^HHKwHK»??^*s r'^^'iW^fwi'''^ ^^ I. ftli'^ t- IM^ -'^;5 THE WAT OP THB CROSS. w >■;.■ V 9 THJRD STATION. JESUS PALLS UNDER THE WEIGHT OP ^THE CROSS. -r V. We aidore The^ LordT Jesus Christ, atid bless Thy holy naine. . R. Because by Thy hojy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. -^ ;- " •■ ■• . ,V _ /r|:flections. : This Statipnrepresents our Adorable Sa- viour falling umfcr the weight of the Cross, ^yiew now, roy soul, Omnipotence itself (jrostrate in the dust. Weakened by all that ;. He had alriiady suffered, and faint from hay- ing lost so much blood, by the cruel scourging and the crowning with thorns, to which H4 had been so inhumanly subjected, Jesus has not proceeded far on His journey towards jPalvary, before He sinks exhausted to the: :t? ..X V THE WAT* OP THE CB088: 43 2JH- ground; C^dotewftr your Saviour in T^^ His humiliating conditton. Remember it was your sins and your repeated infidelities - to God that pressed most heavily upon His loving heart and overpowered the weakness of His human nature. Hasten to His assist- ance, arid, by the sincerity of your sorrow 9nd repentance, ease Him of the burthen, tinder which He lies ;\ and raise Him from the dust, in which' the Weight of your num- berless iiiiquities his prdstrated Him. PRATEBJ . ;'? Thoii sinkest; under the weight of my iniquities, O most loving Saviour: and I, •unhappy sinner^ am scarcely sensible of them, notwithstanding their number and enormity. O my Jesus, cast upon me an eye of pity atid soften my hardened heart, ttiat [ may be madejfully aware of the extent of my guilt and my base ingratitude to Thee : and that I may never cease, night or day, to bewail my gins; which ha ve inflicted upi ■^i- 4w THE WAT OF THE CROSS Our Father^ &c. Hail Mary» &c. Glory be to the Father, &c. . ^ V. Jesus Christ crucified, have DQ^erqy 05r R. Have mercy on ujf: Lord, havfe tnercyonus. . . y. Andmay the souls of the faithful de- parted tfirough the mercy of God rest in. peace. ' R. tAmen. Qu» Meerebat, et dolebat, t; r; £t tremebaty cum videbat ' . ' Natipcenasinclyti. ' Hi''- "* r (Thepi^ V . .Great flpods of tears stream from her eyes, r " . j^^ her Jesus dies. ° . * " -' t ^m:. •■;'.■:.. -4, ,, ■ ,.■ _ ••/ V ^ ^ r * • [ F" *' _; » 1 I ■ ^^V" ' , ■• ._ . ' V i ^ - / THE WAY OF THE CROSS. 45 FOURTH STATION JESUS MEETS WITH HIS BELOVED MOTHER. '^ We adore Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, ^ and bless Thy holy name. K. Because by Thy holy Qoss Thou hast redeemed tha World. ' ' f ' 'ilEPLECTIONS. • This Station presents to your contempla- tion the meeting of Jesus and Mary—and Oh ! under what circumstances ? Who can * conceive what are the feelings of that files- sed Mother, on seeing her Divine Son in the ' hands ofhismdsl cruel enemies and treated worse than the vilest of criminals fl What » bitter anguisK rends her^pure soulji^jhe - Views His sacred pPMATi qH ^^J'"^ ^'^^^^ ^^ dragging along With difficulty the instrument of His ^tfi,: -ij,»-^ -• ■ ^ ■1 46 T^ WAY OF THE GR08S. amid the blasphemies and ifisults of an un. grateful and outrageous rabble ! See the looks of silent agony exchanged between the Mo- ther and the Son : and consider ^hat must be her grief, in not being permitted to remain teith Him, and to lay down her life with His. Assure her that youiiirill no longer offend your Saviour : that ySu will never crucify Him anew by wilful, deliberate sinr, and you will give consolation to her afflicted soul. ^ 1^ PRATCB. J O most sorrowful Mother ! We pretend noHo form any conception of the grief, the anguish of thy maternal heart on beholding thy ajpprable Son in this lamentable conditipa* The p6wer of God alone sustains thee uni^er this dreadful trial ! Thou art jfully sensible that it ia His divine will, that thy beloved Jesus should suffer thus to atone for our sins. ThdU: boWest with resignation to the ^decree of heaTem: and thou dost unite, with thy Di* vine SoD,lQ presenting to the Eternal Father^ all thd surornigB and insults He endurijii, ftf= Jbebalf of His ungrateful, sinful creature O VA IrAT OF THB cwSx, ml .^ 47 r-A my blessed,%jjr distressed Alother, pray for me ; inte^edieifor me, (hat hencefiwth being • sensible ai^t^egrieyousness an^^iormity of my sinsji^ never again renew %s suffer, ings or thy mrovvs by wilfully consenting to offend Him. this is the resolution, wbicK I do now sincerely take With thc> assistaii<^ of His grace.— -0 adorable Redeemer of tiie world, by Thy bitter passion knd the de% anguish of Thy afflicted Mother, gr^ntmel, the grace to persevere in this my resolution till the last moment of my existence upon ^arth. Amen. Our Father, &c. Hail Mary, &c. Gloiy be / to the Father, &c, V* Jesus Christ crucified hav^ mercy op R. Have mercy on us: O Lord have mercy on us. '■ * ' ^^ *'■'<•... --vF. And may the souls of the faithful de- parted through the mercy of God rest in peace, .;>:.-, ^^i,,,,«/:^^ :;.,.,■:.. ,:-.:' ' DL Amen* ^^M ^^1 'i^' \r 1- J * '3 v^ f'* "- firt-/^' ' ^"^ J ' 'iy;^ j'^ ^'^'^►sp^j^****^' \ r, 48 THE WAT OP THE CROSS. Quis est homo qui non lieret, Christi Matreni si videret In tanto supplicio. i Who can with tearless eyes look on The bleeding wounds of such a Son, Forwhfimthe Mother doth bemoan. :[ . \ • •■ ■ ■ t -'kTT' • ♦ ■ ^T-" ' ■•'',' ::'%'-^'^w^' ^^^"^^Y'^^fy^'^^fi]^ THE WAY OP THE CROSS, *" 49 1 ^m m £B flFTH STATION. SIMO^ THE CTRENEAN, ASSISTS JESUS TO ^ CARRY HIS CROSS, . V. We ado|e\Thee Lord Jesus Christ, arid bless Thy hply name. R. Because by ThyJtioly Cross Thou hast redeemed the worlc|. " ■ ■ . ■ ■ ■ ' ■ ■ . 4 .:..;. • ■ ■ '" ' '■ ■ ■ ■ "M: '. '. \ REFLECTIONS. ' This Station represents to your view your adoraWe Saviour receiving assistance, in the carriage of His Cross, from Simon the Cyre- nean . . # ^ This Simon is apparently a stranger, who is passing onjiis way, when, it is probable, for having expressed his regret at seeing Jesus iJhnst so cruelly treated, he is seized upon 1^ the blood-thirsty rabble an^ made to carry the r ■±-9: -. ■■ -^- »'il ?!&• so THE WAjr OF tfiE 0RO88. i Ci|pss in His stead. This they do, not through compassion for our Blessed Redeem- er, but from the exhausted appearance which He presents, — in consequence of the number- less torments and indignities He has already endured at their hands, — they iear lest He should die on the way, and they should thus ha deprived of the infamous gratification, which they anticipate, of seeing him nailed to the Qross. Oh happy Simon ! Uy.le dost thou know the signal honour that is conferred ^upon thee, in being called upon to render assistance "to' the Saviour of the world! Hesitate not to carry that blessed wood upon which the sacrifice of the Divine victim is to be consummated ! Thou art highly favour- ed in being made the bearer of the instrument of man's salvation \ Oh let me be associate^J with Thee in the glorious office of carrying the Cross of my suffering Jesus, that accom- panying Him in His passion, I may deserve ,to become His companion in glory. PRATER; ] .' "0"roj adorable Redeemer ! how desirable f •*^»ll ^'^^Vffi ■*-'>^'l«^i.< THE WAT OF THE CROSS. a appears to me the lot of Simon, in being summoned to carry Thy Cro^s for Thee ! I should' deem myself happy to be permitted " to share witii Thee that precious burthei Yet, O Lord, how much reluctance do I itot daily display to bear with the Various press) and trials, which Thy providence continualljr' sets before me ih my path through life ? And is it not thus alone, that is, by patience under sufferings and afflictions, forbearance undeA insults and reproaches, and submission under eve^y species of visitation, that l can be allowed the privilege of easing Thee of that heavy load, that weighs down thy exhausted frame, as ThoiL journeyest on to Calvary, thou hastdecWed ; " If any man will come after me. let him deny himself, take up his Cross and follow me." Give me then the grace to.carry with courage and resignation, whatever crosses it may please Thee to send me. Do not permit that I should shrink from them, since without them J cannot expect salvation. Amen. ^ Our Father, (Jco, Hail Marj^jj^r Glory be to the Father, ^c. .» 52 THE WAT OP THE CROSS. V. Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us. . R. Have mercy on us: Lord, "have mercy on usm*^ - V. And may the souls of the faithful de- parted through the mercy of God rest in peace. R. Amen. ^- ■V-. . J- -c*. » Quis posset non contristari Kam Matrem contemplari IJolentem cum Filio. ":\. O worse than Jewish heart, that could Unmov'd, behold the double flood - Of Mar/s tears, and Jesus' blood. '^ .^■■: m" ff ,. • ' :'d ■A' /n/ THE WAY OP THIS CSbsS. 53 ■i- 8 « SIXTH STATION. \ A PIOUS WOMAN WIPES THE PACE OP JESUsi V. We adore Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, and bjess Thy holy napie. R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou btot redeemed the world. % '^.'•, RBPLEOTIONB. ; ' This Station represents the motnint, when a^iou? woman, as 8 asserted by an ancient aiAi #ell authenticated tradition, moved with compassion for our Blessed i^eemer, ^ hastens towards Him to wipe His sacred face, which is Incessantly bathed iq tears and all ^ disfigured with sweat and blood.* She is intimidated neither by the presence of the aoldiers nor by th^ clamors of the lewu. ^^oua^ would be no doubt delighted, to render this kind o%e to your Saviour. You 'i A- i* i 4 y u. THB WAT OP THE CROSS. can do it~at least you can do something that will be equally acceptable to the loving heart of^your Jesus. For though we ' have 5not Him always with us, yet the poor,' whom He has constituted His representatives, * we have always with us.' Love then the poor, the afflicted members of Christ. Visit them ill their distress ; compassionate them in their wretchedness and misery ; aid them in sick- ness hnd in want ; wipe away by your chari- table attentions the tears of the widow and the orphan :— and all this, Jesus has declared He will look upon and reward as if done to Himself. Thpsyou can give more relief and more consolation to your suffering Saviour,, than did this devout woman, whose aff^ting f*nni\tini fntirarrl.3 u:.^ \ . conduct towards Him much admire. we can never too ^■iislirV PRATER. d 0-Thou most beautiful of the Sons of men ! liow is it that there is no longer '^comeliness or sightliness" in Thy person : (hat Thou *il " despised and the most abject of men— a JWmot sorrows and acquainted with infirm- THB WAT OP THE CROSS. $i Hy : that Thy "look is, as it were, hidden and despised :" and that Thou shouldst "be thought, as it were, a leper and as one struck by God !»• O my Jesus, whence comes this, but from my sins ! Yes, my sins, my base, my vile pleasures have thus sadly disfigured Thy sacred. Thy majestic countenance ! What is it now that I can do to wipe- that ^ sacred face ? J|p is it at least that f can do to repair the ifffm, that I have inflicted upon Thee, and the insults, to which I have sub^ jected Thee by the countless iniquities of my past life ? I do repent of them, my God— -O grant that I may repent of them yet more sincerely. But I feel that there is something more required of me. Thou dost urge me " to redeem my sins with alms and my ini- J quities with works of mercy to the poor."f The poor Thou hast authorized to receive from me in Thy behalf, whatever I am thus - disposed to do, to secure Thy mercy^-JTh^S are Thy special friends— I will then, my Jesus, love them-— I will cherish and a^iat ■ ' h "Y * Isaiah lii!» t Daniel iv. I iiu :i ,1 c' ♦ » 1 THK WAT OF THE CROSS. them 1^ the best of my ability, that' 1 m^ m^rit to hear Thee address me after death with that consoliiig i^enten^ie: *«pome, blessed of my t'ather, possess the kmgdom prepared for you : for I was hungry and you gave me to eaftl was" thirsty, and y6u gave me to drink:.! was a stranger, and you took me in J naked and you clotfied me :. sick and in prisop ahd you visited me. For Amen Isay imjo^jrouasoftenas you did it toone of the least of My brethren, you did^it to me."»— ^ ^ J^-Savimir,--!!^ 40^^^^-!^^ Saviour, gra^^ thatthis may be my portion. and the portion of all thbsej'f^i^whom 1 pray. Amen.'':. .*i!>>4.-:...;-.:.:^-« ■^•^■'-^'!w .•;■'•:■■•. - Our Father, &c. Hail Mar^jj^ &c. Glory be V to the Father, &c. * V. Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy oil IW.; ' ■•-^':- * '■ .- .',. - ■'; -,.,. ___. ■ ■ « • ' "■ ' - ■ -^^^ v^ --■-"■,- R. Have mercy on us^ 6 1^ have mercy onus. * t % ^ -V. And may the souls of the faithful dej^ paitod through the m^y of God rest in V psn^ R* Ainent «. \A ...^,,- St. Matthew, xxv. TBal Wat ov the cross; \, Fto peooatis suae gentis Vidii Jedum in tijrmentis^ ■ Et flagellis subdituinl. _ !«_ _ 57 #• She sees her Jesus fop our crimesi ' ' ^ Sheseeshimacourg'd A thousand\imes, ' ^ i , A thorny crown his head confines; . * >^ * :A i . V «M ' r ^ , * \. > 'W '"'^t «■■ ' «. ■ .v;r • • • «•' # / V * 4 > ^I'l';' .^ t » ^1 ' • -ft ' » -^,. Ifc: l^r ^ ^-^-^— i-i-. -^6- * i 1. .4 *.-* -^ ^ -1 ^>^ « * . \ •<.-* %%" .•• ' • . , 41 -.-9^-4- « **«r .■aqst.tf^^gte^ ' •.#\v'> ^ *^**»Ssy^i^^|#bl#@Bjfe;-^ d8 THE WAT OF THE CROM. S3sa s SEVENTH STATION. ■v o ■ ■ -' JEfiVS FALLS A SECOND Tllkli! ifNDEB THE CROSS. V. We adore TJiee, Lord Jesus Christ, and bless Thy holy name. R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. REFLECTIONS. » In this Station is represented our suffering ' Jesus, upon whose shoulders, after a short respite, the cross has b^en replaced, sinking ' a second time exhausted beneath its weight. The merciless crowd, hv whom He is sur-' " .1. rounded, endeavour by every species of insult/ land abuse to compel Him (o rise. He suffers' m with H is usual patience and forbearancft ; ing resolved to undergo every thing for the! * )ve of us, in order to afford us a remedy for * \:--^'^- I .«a 80 ..■ :v ,. ;. \ ' an op ■' '\ * ■ - w ■ 1. ":;■■' is i tro THE anr ■1. ■ ■■ ~- itv Christ, ied WAt OT TRB CROSS. .«achof oar spiritual evils. Consider, my soitl, thy Lord, stretched on the ground, weak ^Knd faint in body-but Oh ! how much more oppressed by the~lri*ter anguish of hi. mind, ^ilh reason had He exclaimed : " my soul IS sorrowful even unlo death." See Him trodden under foot by, bi, enemies-insulted and abused by ,1 e mu|...t:de-a„,l reflect that It was thy base'pri.le, that l.asairain prostra- ted Him 10' (he ground, -and subjected Him -to so many in.lignities. Ah ! be c'.^ m'rded .ana astonished: and determine to banish for- ever from thee a vice,; so detested by thy Saviour, and which jias been the cause to .Z r. """'^ humiliation and so much cruel sufienng. -,.► ,\- PRAYER. ■'I .0. my most adorable Redeemer ! illustrious pattern of humility ! may F, by Thy humUia- Si Jl '^ '^^'' '"^'"^ **' be meek and humble of heart." May I banish forever twin my breast every sentimi^nt ot pride, r *''''*" ^'^''^ " «» object of pecuii^- •Wraon to The,, for Thy eyes do abhor the U_. Ar }■' '-,. h i^ I t TBB WAt OP THE i^- IHB WAY OF THE CROSS. 63 V*- / Saviour thus abruptly address these pious women ! Why does He bid them reserre their tears and their lamentations for them- selves and their children ! They condole with Him in His sufferings, and they meet With reproof. Ah ! it was not so much to reprove them, as to impart t<^ all His disci- ples an important lesson, that He spoke as He did. Could we have thought, if He had not jpositively declared it Himself, that, in contemplating what He suffered for the love of us, we could find anyobject^more deserving of our tears than Himself! Is there then something more deplorable, than the passion and death of >«• Incarnate God! YeSj my soul, there is— it is that, which was the cause of this passion and death— that, which affect- ed the heart of our loving Redeemer more sensibly, than all ^the torments He had already endured, or to which He was yet to be sul^ected— it is Siw— the worst the gfeea|- est of all evils. If then, while following Him in spirit through the various stages of Hj^ pa s s i on, and pondering uver the injuries, th0 abuse and the insults, which were heaped V' H '***-. . ^""' THE WAY OF THCB CROSS. iipon Him, we cannot refrain our tears, Hi ^ould remind us, that if those tears flow merely from a natural tenderness of feeling—* _^they are unproductiv^e and not accompanied with a change of heart-^i four grief is merely for Him, and not for our, sins, which were the true cause §f all He- suffered— thJ^n do w0 jjondole wijh Him in vain— our tears He , rejects, and He t)ids us weep for ourselves, and no^ for Him. PBAYEK. '.^1 O sweetJesus ! Savioui of my soul ! grant that I may profit by the salutary lesson. Thou dost impart to the "daughters of Jerusalem." Oh ! whd will give water to my head and a. fountain of tears to my eyes, that night and day I may bewail my sins— my numberless my grievous sins, which were indeed the real cause of all Thy suff^ings and of all Thy own sorrows. I humbly beseech Thee, my Saviour, by those tears of blood. Thou did|t shed for me, to soften my heardened heart, that I mayiievAr cease to regretlliilpiquitie^ of mf past life— that I may never cease to >^ *«« WAT OF THB 0B08S. \ t, y 6^ Wp fot them on earth, and thereby esc^ fh6 punishment due to them in eternity. ^urFather, &c. Hail Mary, ^^c^iSlcHy h^ to the Father, ^pc. "'' v.- Jesua Christ crucifie^^ve m^^^^^ R. Have taercy on u^»^r4, have Mercy on u^. -V. 'f:^, ^^^^pf^ .. ■ I V..^Andmay theiouls opl^aithful de- parted through the mercy of God rest in peace. R# Amen. m \ Eia Mater ! fons amoris. Me sentire vim doloris - - */;,* Fao, ut tecum lugeam. Ah pious Mother ! teach my heart Ofsigha.and tears the hojy art ; And in ihj grief to bear a part. :4--i »«i : -■ >j ' ' . .0 f-* ^ .■T- ■ ..^ ■ • ', t .:;.ff^.' ■: " '■■''' • '^m 66 THE WAY OP THE CROSS. ■ .f) .--?;; A ":'"7: " . NINTH STATION. JESUS FALLS UNDER THE CROSS A THIRD . TIME. / , y. We adore Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, , Wid bless Thy holy name. R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast M '«. redeemed the world. ~ REFLECTIONS; In this Station we are called upon to con- sider Jesus Christ falling a third time* to the ground.-— He has npw reached the mountain destKied for the sacrifice— Himself being the victim, which the Almighty has provided. Like another Isaac, Helias been carryi^g^ the wood, upon which that sacrifice is to be oopsummated. In tbo ordinary coutsa-J ^ #: nature tie would have been unable to bear so long that heavy burthen, in whicff He-^ W p^ THE WAT OF THE CB088. 61 :•=!% •» bore the weight of all ouf sind : but JBis Divinity supported H|s humanity^ that He , might su%,4he iqbre ^rlfe^love of m . Again, however; fife abaiidc^sKimsel^ a^ ft were, to the weakness of l^s human nature, and sinks to the eqrth exhausted beneath His load. This, third fall subjects our adorable Redeemed to a new series of insults and abuse. What is it, my soul, that has brought upon Him these additional sufferings ani* humiliations ! What is it, that has again prost^ted Him, but our repeated relapses into siiT ! How often have we avowed, in the presence of God, our sorrow for having offended Him ! And have we not as ofteii grieved the heart of our loving Saviour, hy plunging into the very same sins; thereby casting Him again to the ground, and renew* ing the torments of His bitter passion ? How long shall we continue to act thus ! Shall we never cease to love iniquity, and to prefer it to the grace and favor df our ftod ! Shall our life upon earth be a perpptnal succes»-'- ' THBiWAT OF THE CROSS. ... . ■ . , \ • r i¥e do nor determine to risie now in earnest and abandon our evil ways, the patience of our ineek Saviour, may at length be exhaust-^ id,aD■ \ < ■■ •■ R. Have mercy on is : Lord, hSve mei^ on US. «* ' : ' ' -'^^ cyonus. I n.L^'^^'^ ^'^^soul^of the (kilfulde. partPf^ through ^^ — -- — - -^ peace. ^^ . R« Amen,~~ A.' -i-jJH ■■•*»i4vi.-'''*'i>.V- ;;/ 70 THE WAT <>? THK CKisS. Fao ut ardeat corineum in amando Christum Deum, Ut illi oomplaoeaiQ. Of aU 'great gifts l ask this one, v To love my Jestts, thy dear Son, ^ose bleeding woumis my heart hatew«a ''(i»f' • ^ 'W^' i''.' \ '■: > i ." i ,n *■•■ «, ( iff ' ,■■"11: *ry 1 THBJIfAY OP TttB cfltOSg. 1 * « * \. .*;* f-^ -Tf ,-r-- t VS •/ fc' -p- ■ ' ♦v. i TENTH STATION. ! /OBSUS'IS STRIPPED OF HIS OARMBimS AND . otFBRED Wine, and ^iitbbh. v.. We adote Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, and tlesiy Tfiy holy name. * , ^ R. Because by Thy holy Cros^ Thou hast redeemed the wdrld. • , •f REFLECTIONS. i .:)■ This Station represents Jesus Cbfist strips ' ped of His garments and offered a mixture of wine and myrrh, o^whichffe^ tastes; »!# I . ^Contemplate again, Christian^ soul, "the Lamb of God, who taketh away |^ sins of , theworld." He is now at the end of Hispainful to journey, but He has nof yet endured aU|^that His love ha s determined Him to undergp^fo r the salvation of man. , The Cross, the alt^r upon which He is to beimmolated, is laid IBB WAT TO^THE CROSS. ttpr mixture of winej to the |?ste|is ot conserftj||o p^t, 1 - t^ ^fciises ot^^iif w,;iJudely,Hii8 ||rW His garmente^Ua , , feilting rabbl€f! 4|fc! is thifiifqr the sh^efal nstians ! L^t usparn lation of this scetie^^lpw Jfesils bhi^st aire the virtues of piMty briety : artji how detestable in |^ if^ht are the oppoi^te vices— vices, which he . ,3|^vertheless extretiiely common even ^mong - ^ fiJJ'Iw prdiesseiidificifleg, and by Which His r^^ V^^^"^*^'^^^*'*^ most painful humi- ^ ' fe^ ■v^".'****^®®^®^^^fy>'^'^i^"rfy renewed^ '"^-'^'-^^^ ^■'■- ' ■'^".'i"-"1 '•"■■'•■:-• ^V■:^.^■.■.:;:v n -^ ■ vv : ■■' ^vP ,,,:./ ^..-;,^ .■-.:: r .;-,;. :;;:'i'/V> \ ' -• ^ ;P^ and spott^ss Lamb^ : ^ Ood I to what a variety of torments art ' gti^ected, in g rfer t o cure all on ^^"^Wieai! T|ptehat indignitic slk- f' i THE WAY dF THE PB089. / ra jimt" Thy virginal flesh, as an atonement ^c '^® ^^'® gratifications, to Which the hase- p .^ and corri/ption of our animal nature so €^ngly incline us I Thou, whQ seest tlie ^^ecrets of hearts, kiiowest, alas! too welt, |iow often mine has jjbeen defiled, 4)y indulg- ing in fbrbijJden, mis-named pleaures. Oh ! ^cleanse that heart in the purifyih A bath of . ^y sacred blood. Grant, thdt hen^eforthf^ may not only hold in the greatest venWation, . but also endeavour most scrupulously \to cul- tivate in mind, and body, that virtue. Which is, above all others, ax^ odour of S^^tne^ most pleasant and agreeable to The^, Thou lover of chaste souls.—And Thou,^ most ^r6 ^d perfect of created beings— ImmacuKt6 JWolher of ap Incai'n^ God-r^lo Thou pity my Ave^ess, and intercede lor me, that! may neverv^^ain permit my soul to be defile! with the poUiiiing pleasures of sin-^and thai yT^l^^^'mmy desires, 1 . may live sob^f|PS* jue^, p piously in this world,^aitirig % {hd hlesSed ^pe and - iioimiig of , the glory^of our gceae (Sd, i^ ouFiimour Jesus Chri|,^^^ n jj-. ■».. # ■■; .#r^ ^^ J I ^ . , .\ .«^'. ^ '] ' \ .«*, \ THB wAY of the CBOSff. '■:-\-^ \ •■ for us, that He might redeem lis from aH Bwquit)r.»'--Tit, ii. Amen: f . CMir Father, &c. Hail Mary, &c. Glory be I^i^esus Christ crucified, have mercy on ^* 'T ' V.-,j ..A..;, r:';: ■:■:::./>• :< ;;-^^'^>-: " •?' rr- ,.,■-.■ H. Have mercv on us: O Lord, have mercy on us. ' '^^^r'^ :■ ^' .< -^ ^-^ ^ \ '' ■■ . \ < ^' ;# ' -%: ■ v., And may the souls of the feithful diB- parted thorough the mercy of God rest ii» peace. ?'■.>:";■ -4^ ' -^- ^'*- '--^ -■-'"-.:'■• .^...^^.•.Ametew^;:iMjv , •\. A". -■.' ^ J^ €hieifixifige plagas \ ^ Cordi meo valideii .i;:,.:'i4:.i. -•--1 ■ ■'ii ';r O holy iother; Vijgin West, > V wl Imprint those wou Ads pn my cold breast ; In them Til slee^ and take my ^est. ..;»■ .t.M- ..'tLiJ.: , tuti-'ii' ■=.-■■■•■ • ■ ti T* r . ■■■■..'. I '••■1 :-r'\ ¥ \ li^ ■y !' * .,..,.. ttiiniiaii': '**SB'n'««l*- In this Staticm we behoM^ at length, the victim placed on the altar—Jesus is nailed tS the Cross. >* • .^- 1 !i t ^ ■\ Consider W|py soul, attentively the condition ofWour loving Saviour! View His sacred pe^on.— From the crown of His head to the so\es ^ His feet, there is He ' Aealtfei^or sQ"ndn|is, in Him i—His bodi^ in > «U l«t;«raied J|F^rirised;~His wounds, by ,*» cruel maiHifer. in which His^rments « ^ '■pi . 41 , '•. $* i9 THB GR09S. ^ »«F\ l have been mmPWhim; are all renewed ; and the blp flows afresh in streams from every pipt ! j,, ^,,{3 ^^^^^^ exhausted and almost lifeless, as He is,-,^iil|Wfce#Iiipi. self dieerfully upon the altai: of the Cross, }? ^^^naate that sacrifice, after which He ^^*M^*^"^^"^ so ardently sighed I Ahj ^®^%on the dreadful tort^ure jii§l„awattr T<^tr€«us atthis m^ »W| vspeclac|^ that ifkrc ••^mnted to yom ^^^^-^h^^^i^^f^ Qody after having endued ^ij^spe^iea andiyariety of torments, A^ iafled to an' »|n«PiW)Ui Crx)a^^nd^t% his dwh Jpatwres !->^b I How hai^ k t^nt hod 'h upoik l^hich His%earied, Uis mangled limbs re- ::£.; ^ ross. can *'■ ?«**",>: an wii re- / ■ t ' / *HB WAI OF THB CB088. 77 g dine! How additionally painful now Is that !,T" "*■ •»'°™*-»he pillow, upon which ^^Ui« sacred Head is forced to rest ! Oh ! what ' ^y^'y- ^ mystery of charity, that* ^GoT could have subjected Himself to so "^ch, and that for the sake of us, ungrateful Mgs • But a mystery afco of ingratitude, th| we, seeing and believing all this, should yePhe so willing as to renew this heart-rend- ing «ene, for the sake of the momentary *i«Ufication, th|t sin can impart. ^ PRATER. ' .^^ardent'Ioverof my soul! who hast " thmoved me and delivered Thyself for me !" how can I contemplate, in Thy ex^ cruciating,^^endless sufferings, the work of my sins, and.stlll Consent to offend Thee ! Ah!^yes,—it was I, who pierced Thy sacred hands, by plunging mine into the filtE f^f'^J &^«sl> who pierced Thy sacred iwt, by permitting mine to run in the ways of iniquity aid crime ! It was L whn .t. F«»<« |ny virginal and mangled body naked on the hard woodof tfie Cross, ^by my *ant \ is \ THE WAT OP TfiB CROSS. of modesty and love of ease I ^t was I, who placed that thorny pillow under Thy vene- * rable head, by my excesses of vanity and pride ! It was I, in a word, who, by my^ numberless transgressions, insulted and blas- phemed Thee, and heaped upon Thee every indignity, to which Thou wast subjected during thy dolorous passion ! But oh ! how is it, my adorable Redeemer, that I can re- flect upon all this, that I can believe all this, and yet willingly sin against Thee I I have indeed reason to fear, that this very cruel indifference, which I thus display towards Thee, is an evidence of my want of accep- tance in Thy sight I Hast Thou thep reject- ed me ! Ah ! no, my God— :it caiinot be 1 When I look upon Thee stretched upon Thy bed of pain, I behold Thee weeping, ming- ling Thy tears with Thy blood I Truly then do I exclaim : " See how He loved me^ Do then, I entreat Thee, by those precious tears and that sacred blood, which Thoii didst shed for the love of me,— ye% Jor the love of me, as much as if 1 alone w^re in eicisiienpe-^^ |t teifgth the g^c^ ''mmmmmm■■■< r-^v THB WAT OF THE CROflB » to avoid sin, to hate and detest it, and to cru- cify, by works of penance, my sinful flesh and all its irregular appetites, that, being ** nailed with Thee to the- Cros^" I may merit to rise mih Thee to eternal glory. Amen.; Our Father, &c. Hail Mary, &c. Glory be / to the Father, &c. ^x;Y* Jesus Christ crucified, have mercy on us. V ■ • ' ■ R. Have mercy on us : Lord have mercy onus. % . -- ^ V. And may the souls of the faithful de- parted through the mer(;y of God rest in peace. '. ' ■ ^■■■■^"'■: ■ R. Amen.^ ■'-i Fae me vere tecum flere, Crucifixo eondolere. Donee ego viiero. O Virgm, now this mrnt give, That I with Jesud tm^^may grieve, For all the days thjrtiMprill live. iv ■*■• ' 80 *flB Wi,T OF THE CROSS.. A« \ »- ■ .. *. .1 ' X. ?i n' TWELFTH STATION. ' .' . ' '. JESUS EXPIRES ON THE CRisS. • " • V. We adore. Thee O Lord Jesus Chrjsf and bless Thy holy name.- " ' »i J|9Gause bjr Thy holy- Cross ¥hoii hast ^' redeemed the world. '^ ■^ -, ..■,■■■■. - .-■■ ■■>■■■■ ■'. ■ -■ ■ ' . .''■•■ ♦. --■ ; . ■" ■ i'' . . ^ — ':' ■' ■' ' " ' KiEPLBiCTlONS. ,. ' '.':,»,:': r-^^M^^M-' ' 'V *■ ; .Mft this Sitatidn tv^ are baiy d|,n tb con- ^ ^ i^^te Uie consummation of tfae ^august,' . ...*, r Calvan^.^ Jesus expires anihe ' " ■'■-••'-■■ ■^■i*" ■*■■ » ■>' f ' » < •• ristian soul, the CrdSs, Spended the innocem Lamb ' the air amidst th^ cmi^^ ?- ^^ble. and rudely dropped \ r prepared to receive it f By shock, the^AVoUnds of His h^ds '^w^Bwm, vkiv.:.. THB WAT OF IBB OBoag. and feet are renewedand widened-the bone. .dislocated-:-the v?ins and sinews broken— The*lood flows in great abundance-^nd the repeated strokes, by which the Cross is stayv • «l«n«««'ade fast in thfe ground, increase, to an intense degree, ibe tortures of His already exwociating sUfieriiigs! View now th* M'n-f Sorrows," raised between hearen , an(j earth, th? propitiatory victim for sin I F^rnotto contera|,late again that mangled body ■; the weight whereof, resting entirely V upon the nails, which aflSx Him to the Cross jjte,rmgopen more jvyelythtf wounds. of Hisiands^j^t . See that head ctpwned Whcynsi having, indeed,.«not whereon to ' !!r*t eyesbathfed in tears toikW with blo^^at faceJefiled with spiitle ahd " ■covered wifh gore-that death-like cbunten. Mce-tha t pouth drenched with vintjgr an? f'"^'^ *'■''' -'anientablQ: condition your -Jesus continues from the sixth, t» the'ninth hour!^.l^gt|, when all is ' consumma- • <2 iLa .M«SiLT*™i ""cu«„ ,8 - consumma- W , ^Ind the ang*r of His Eternal Father is appeased, by the most perfect and complete oblaUon,.^ch He has m^ of Himself >d ■ ■ ly ^^ 'i. «' »■ K**-! J^ THE WAY OP THE CROSS. '>K; of all His suffering ; bowing His head, He gives up the ghost !" The sun is obscured; the earth trembties^" the rocks are split ; all nature mourns her Author's death : will Our heacts alone be insensibli ? Shall we not at least now learn, how terrible is the justice of God, which would^ot be appeased, except by such sufierings and such a death ? Shall we; , nevec.'be, convinced of the enormity of sin, which^wasnotto be expiated but by such a . victim and such a sacrifice ? , Consider also. Christian souti before lea- ving this scene, and treasure up in your heart the dying words of your Saviour. He begs ibrigiveness for Jiis enemies—" Father for- g'ive them, for tj^y know not what they do." Will you anj^ lolnger refuse to forgive yours ? —He promises paradise to the penitent thief ; "This day thou shalt be ^ilh Me in para- \ dise," — beg the -same favor for yourself. — He gives Mary to John for his mother, and John to Maty for her son— " Woman behold thv son-r-son behold thy mother." / Beseigfeh that afflicted mother to accept you as her child. — In the excess of Ifis anguish, He com j)lains to , „i-:;_. •x^ -.t. it THE WAY OP THE CROSS. 83 ; «is Father that He has forsaken Him. "My God, Mjr Godj wfiy has Thou forsaken Me ?" Ah ! it was for no other reason, but that poor sinful man might not be forsa- ken—He " thirsts ;" not so much from ex- ^ treme sufl^ing amj the loss of blood, asfrom ^ His veheia&nt desire of your salvation. Oh ' ^^let^im not thirst in vitinvi: ^ — , / •*v- PRAYBR.' ^ my blessed Jesus, suBering and ^yine for the love of me ! When 1 behold Tfcy dev^ mother, Thy beloved disciple jnd the 'Wiiiieift Magdalen at the foot of l«hy%Sss, witnessing and contemplating Thy litter passion and death; Ideemtheir's a happy pnvilege.to have been permitted to ho eye witnesses to this most painful, yet most, awful? spectacle. I am inclined to e^vy their lot, flattering myself, that had I been present, with, the knowledge I now have of Thy cha- racter and goodness, I Would have by every means m my power, testified to Thee the af- fection and gratitude pf my heart, inspitjs%f r ■ < * ' \. VVi- J ■ ♦ ■ IK'' 4 84 THE WAT OF THE CHOSS the futh less enemies by whotaXThbu wast surroiinded. Why is it thea, that^ssisling ,.frequ€?Xtlj[; as*I do, at the adorable sacrifice of . our alt^ij^, and believing ft to be precisely the^^ same in substance, as that, which Thou didst ^ once offer on Calvary, I should^ display so inuch watit of reverence for it ? Oh, grant that henceforth my conduct, at that truly solemn- moment, may really be art' evidence ol the faith I profess.— Convince me now, more than ever, of the hemousness of siu, since it was this alone, that subjected TThee to so much inconceivable suffering and such a cruel death !— Imprint deeply on my heart the im^ portant, tbb saldtary lesso|i, Thou didst con- % \ey to man by Thy d|ing breath. Through- out the whole course of Thy mortal life,^ there was scarcely airy principle which Thou didst so frequently |ifcuicate, as that, which > teaches us, that Thou wilt pardon us and', grant us^mercy, only in proportion as we / grant pardon and mercy to our brethren. .In that beautiful prayer, which Thy sacred lipi§ dictated for us, the same principle is stfongly^en£;>rced. And tp shouu Im^w ii^ •« y*^ - i . .- THE WAT OF THE CROSS. Ml ;;♦• /" .. ^■^ k - flexibly Thou* wouldsit be guided by it, and ' liow dear to Thy heart is the attribute of mer- cy, Thy last words on the Cross are a prayer fdr Thy own tnerciless executioners : ** ^a- H rther 'forgive them for they know not what o they dp^- Shall I then refuse to pardon- those, who have pained or ofiended me, when \ -I reflect on this : and when F reflect more- over, that the injury I may sustam by the greatest insult which it is in the pqwerof, npan to offer me, isnot to be compared to the injury done Thee by the least of my^nns. No, my merciful Bedeemer, I shall refuse pardon to no one. As I rely upon Thy boundless mercy, I do forgive ^11, wljo have ever offended me, and that with the utmost sincerity of iny heart. Grant, I beseech Thee, that I may never, even for a moment, harbor rancour or ill-will in my brea3t.-^* Thou dost promise, my loving Jesus, pardon — ^ and eternal happiness to the penitent thief. Oh ! bestow on me the same favor ; but ena- ble me to lajbour for this important end, during the whole course of my life. Preserve rae ikom iha. delusion of trusting, to a death-bed \ ' i. " . .- ^.. ^':?.- ^-V '.I :'-: aa t>. ■ti-t THE WAT^bP OTl CROSS. repentance.. ' Imprihtde^lily oi/my mind that SQkmti truth,,that^ Thou didst pardon the . . penitent thief ev«n at the Approach oF death ; / ' :^ Igfl is it the only i<)starice of the sincere con I ' ^^^^^^^." <^^ ^ dying .sinner recorded in Thy t ^ ^J^^"^ volume, that we mi^it noipresiiAcw ^ - -"^^adthoii most affiicted of mothers— thou^; fe' who wasi bequeathed to iis all as our mother^ by Thy dyin^ Son^e another to me now^ . and at^he hour o^iny death. Oh ! #yy for ' \ me to thy heloved J^sui; .that I may serve «im faithfully upon -^arth, and by the merits ^ of His passion and death, may be admitted to ^a placeinHis heavenly kingdom. Amen. ^ur Fathei., &c. fiailMaiy, &c. Qkfty b^ ^X: totheKther,&c. > .T.';^esus Christ' crucified, have mercy on U3« / C •• • K^* • " «!,•.''*•' .-'.,,-■ . " • ■ , ^ »■"■■■■ R. Have mcrcy^^n US ; Oh tord, have onus; ,* - . < • . '.'■'■'■ .- •■. .; iXv Am^ may -the souls of the faithful de- ' parted through the -mercy of God re«t ia ■ RtvAmiBn. « » i", ^•.*. M %"' /' -^ -,-.iJV w --■ I ' \- Tm WAT OF THR 0B0B8, WR^ Juxta cirudem' tecum stare, Te libenter sociare, Inplahctu desidero. Beneath the cross with thee 111 stand, - And wai unite in one strong ban4, Whilst grief and Ioyc Aiy heart expand. ' ■» - ■-ji. I»: V* THE WAY or THE OTOSS; > ' THIRTEENTH STATION. raSDS 18 TAKEN DOWN FROM xm CROSS, \ and ^less Thy hol)- name. \R. Because by Thy hol^ Cro^s Thou hast redeemed the world. t ■ , ■ ■ .'•. ■' '■ -.'''■■- ./"'■■ , ■ ■ ,: -. . ;■ '■ _ - ■-" ■;■■ ,1 REFLECTIONS. ' This Station represents the moment, when : the most -sacred body of our Crucified Sa- viour ,s taken down from the Cross by Jo^ph and Nifcodemus, and placed in the arms of His most afflicted mother. .Cast your eyes again, Christian siql, apoiJi', .J.e altar,, on which lies immolated the y^ tim of man's redemption. Behold that ad.v rable Lamb-^yeg^ adorable eved in death " . ^Wmimg ujtoi the Cross, lifeless and bat, 4., . ' .in ! ! ■ -t \ "^l »». THE WAT OF CROSS. 89 ':-f /jribly disfig\ed ! As if to insult Him even after death, d^ of the soldiers plunges a spear into His \|essed side ! Ah! it was thus that your lovi^ Saviour would have an opening made to ^is sdcred heart, to afford you a place of refV in time of temp, tationand trouble !-~Atfength, exhausted by their woi;Jc pf iniquity, \His heartless- persecutors abandon their victi^ and leave Him to his Holy Mother and a fb\ iithful friends. I'hough you have been,* aks I in the number of His enemies, join noW at least His friends ; and hasten to theirs^sliis- Atance, while they disengage His sacred bod^ ftpm the Cross, to which your sins 1^e'\' cruelly nailed Hiin, This ;vt>u can ^ly '^ making without delay, if yoa haVe not alrea- dy done so, an humble and candid confession of your many grievous transgressions, with ^aisincere sorrow for having commftted them. --BeRpld now the bckly of your ^esns, placed' TinthearnJs of His most sorrowful mother, ^o ceases not to kiss those iifeg^vlng wdun^ ^and to bathe them with her tears! She is grieved, net so much, now^ by the considera- \ -\\ \ ■v.. / '. so 'IfiSW^.'. i» THE \rAT6FTHB CROSS,, IJjmofHis sufferings, as by the recolIecUon ^ ot that melancholy truth,- so often foretold by her Divine Son, and formally announced to , her by holy Simeon-that few, very few would labour lo.profit by His sufferings-and, . that, notwithstanding all. He had now done to secure their resurrection with Him to eteri^l glory, ruin, endless ruin ^uld be the portion, which the greater part\ would .secure to themselves, by their ingratitude andi perseverance in iniquity !—Doyoi con- templa^^ur lifeless Saviour— view Atten- r"!!iHr °™''*' ""^ work of your siis— .**fw'"d wash them with tears of d^ep and hea-Welt compunction? Earnestly bfeg of your Redeemer, ft, grant, that you at leak may profit by His passion and death;, and' that you may never again attach Him to tBe Cross by a return to sinf Beseecb HlS and your afflicted motherVto join her powerful- favw'' '° ■^''"■'' '° "'*'"''' ■'"■ ^°" *'■'* «'^«' ■^,-.... PRAYER.'. •, .-*• ,.-..• ..;::•,■,-':- * O my Cri^cjfied Jesus .'I adore Thee taken down from the Cross and placed in the collection retold by Linced to ery few tigs-and, >w done Him to uld be t\ would Tatitude ou eon- Itten- Tbee « in the ^ / -' , , >HE WAT OF THE CROSS. 91 arms ofThy most sorroMful mother. I cannot undo tvhat I havdfcone, ing Thee by my sins ; grad^t I may, by a sincere and penitent confi them, take Tbeo. down from the Cn that I may never .^gain attach Thee to it,lfy offending Thee anew. May I be ever grate- ful to Thee for the efficient means, Thou hast- left me for this purpose in the sacrament q|v penance. Enable me, by Thy grace, tcr make a proper use of that sacrament ; and never tp approach it, without having first ' excited in my Jbul sentiments of real an(i /,, lasting sorrdw, by the contemplation of, Thy v painful sufferings and death. Oh ! let thesfe^ - ;. sufferings b^ my salvation : and do Thou, by' ^ ,.' Thy bleeding wounds, heal the wounds of ,:'^ my^ poor, diseased soul ! Do not permit that I ^ should render void, in my behalf, all that ^:; Thou hast endured for the love cf me. Ra^ \ther grant, that „ [ may be in the number of tV^e few, who, by their fidelity, shall secure their resurrection to eternal glory, through Thy passion and death. Let not, I entreat Thee, that blood, which Thou didst shed ,-M 4 ,^>1 -.^-^^i.-. \M^: i \ '7' 1 t \ < » \ ■' :;.■''■'■ - ■.-■ ■-', . . ■ '- ' / '■''' V \. 1 ' ." ^ ;■'' " . '■■ ■ ■ '^- 1 ■ '' ^ 'if . . at - ' . ^■.. . ■.' 'of-.- . -■■■■:-:>,*-* ■' .; _ '•■;_ ' . --'.^;aSi;'-.. < HHH n IIM ■.-.:} l^^^^^^^^^^^^^^l ^^^^^H ■./■':■■■ I • . ■ . -Ir ...•.■- - %-f • • "■■■-■. .. * >(■ •-.■-;----- ■■"'■■ *■---. ■^ ■ ' ■ ■ . . ■■.'"■'-' .' . * "> '"■'.■ .• V ■ ■" . ,. ■ ..- ■■--.■■ . , . ♦ ■■\ „.......•■ :-.;-'...._l_L..:... ■.: 1 :L.,1.,.....:.J.^.__. . .. ■ -'-■ ■'■ • " *■■-' ' ■ ■ ■ .x.-^'-- ■ - . - immi ■ ^^^^^^^^^^^K^vT" f ■-J ■ . \ ■• ' 7^ ^^^^^^^HH^^ ^'. ' r' ■■ ^^^^B^^'.' . ■ ■'•' ■ ■ ■ ! -. .' " * « • ■ " .i'' , -■*'■'..■ - " - • ■ ; "f .- : .- - .■■'■■ ^- ' v ■: ■ ' ■ ■ ..^ -■- ,..: ,. ■-f^::/--. 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J^is Christ crucified, have mercy on cyon«!""V'°""=^-'^"^'''^^^'---l y. And may the (i;>u|s of the faithful de- Portal through th. mercy of God re^tt R. Amen. Fae me plagis vulnerari, Crucehacinebriari Ob amorem Filii. ,/ ■ Vbuchsafe to wound me with his spear, Chirst's sacred cross I love to bearf % - And with his gore I will app^ '■^j' .'iali'^MJ^^^S^" S0^' "■•> , ..-Sfe-^)--*- - v-'-y THE WAY OP THE CROSS.' in vain.-=- st afflicted her of my ' pity, an^ ■■ / Glory be Kercy on lavemer- itbful de- I rest in IS spear, ear, ^ r. 93 FOURTEExXXH STATION. JESCS IS LAID lif THE SEPULCHRE. / ' y. -We Sdore Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, and bless J'hy holy name. R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed. the world. * .■'-■-■» REFLECTION^. In this 'Station is represented the Sepul- chre, in which the body of Jesus was laid. Consider,^now that the sufferings of your Saviour are^all at an end,- how Joseph and his companions, having embalmed the body and wrapped it in fine linen, pl^ce it in a ' sepulchre, in which no one e^er had been laid, the mouth of which they close with a large stone. Would you join them in this holy work? This you can do, as often a» ..»!* if f ■/ -*■ ^1 'J f H THE WAT T » THB CROM. ■«""P you communicate ; when your Jesus, rfier having been first mj^stVally immolated ^n the altar during the holy Sacrifice, is entomb^ ed, as it were, in your heai:t. Ah ! be care- ful that the tomb, you prepai'e for Him there, be such a one, as will be agreeable, to Him. In that, in which He was placed after death, no one had ever'been Ikldl— Alas! has not that hear^, which you provide for Him, been filled with the rottenness and corruption of death by mortal sin ! Venture not then to receive Him there,' until you have thorough- ly cleansed and purified it, not .onlj^from all-^ sin, but from every affection to it. Letjt be henceforth the great object of, y^^endeV i^ours, to reserve that ifieiirt excHpely for Him: and never again give iflmittiance to His enemies, the spirits of darkness. See also that the white Imet of punty of bSy^ and soul be prepared, to eiivelope that sacred deposit; not forgetting the sweet spices, ^hlph are the oth#r Christian virtues; At the mouth of that tomb place the rocfc, of determinatipn, by the firm resolutions, which 70U t^e, of being at all tim^s faithful m %£ \ \- \ THE WAT OF THK GBOMk # your adorable Sarioar. Thus will you ren- der the tomb of your Jesus glorious, and secure for yourself la share in His resurrec- tion to eternal jife. •r».. \ PRATER^ \ ^ost sweet Jesus ! I contemplate and adore Thee reposing in a cold and gloomy sepulchre \Ah I my loving Saviou7,.is it to this, th^t^y repeated, my heinous trans- gressions have reduced Thee, who art the life and %htof the world! What return can I make Thee for tttfe infinite love. Thou hast displayed towards me? I have nothing, ray God, that is worthy of Thy acceptance; l^^tThou dost net hesitate t6 ask of me mj» ~ poor^sinful heart ,\^d, in,order to secure it . for Thyself, Thou #ouldst come and bu^f Thyself, as it were therein, in the sacrement 0f Thy teve: Shall I refuse Thy /equest #-^hall I, particulaivly after hatingjaccom^ panied Thee in spirit through the pimcipal stages of Thy passiojd, and aftee having con- ai&red the countless torments dnd the cruet ^eith) Thou didst endure to save me from \ S »*>4 96 THE WAT OP THE CROSS. ■V I ^ -'^" ^ endless ruin,— shall I after all thik refdse Thee that hear't ? No, my blessed ^aviour, I will not~I beg of Thfee to accepjt of it— but I beseech Thee to cleanse it first by Thy purifying grace, and spread abroad in it the ^ sweet od6ur of all the Christian virtues, that it may be found a suitable place, wherein to repose Thy sacred and adorable body. Once having taken possession of it,, leave it not ; butMmpar^to it strength and resolution to persevere faithful to Thee till death. Oh I give me grace duly to appreciate that greats est of all Thy benefits, which Thou hast bequeathed to us in the most angustof Thy sacrements. Grant that I may always make such use op that divine institution, both as a sacrifice and ^safcrement, in which is shown forth Thy death unto^ the end of time, that it "lay render seciir^ my resurrection. \U Mary mother of my Jesus arid temple of n^ Living God [ who can conceive .the arden\devotion, with whicH^during the few years, \huu didst remaJit after Him upon earth, tbW didst introduce thy Divine Son, in the HolVcommunion. into thy chaste and ■.^- THE WAT OF THE CRO« at refdse laviour, of it— by Thy I it the es, that jrein to Once it not ; tion lo Oh I great-^ u hast ►f Thy make tbasa sliown that it ' A ' *■: %t - en)p1e e -the i few upon Son, e and virginal heart! There indee/ and there ^lone, did He find a resting'pl/ce most pleas- ing to Himself, and such as i/o other creatiiVe could offer Him. . Oh! iAercede for me, tha^ I may at legist' never introduce Hii)» jnto a hreast defiled by wilfu|ysin ; and that I may be always preserved from that greatest ttf misfortunes,an unworthy communion.— Pray for me also, my Blessed Mother, that the re- flections, which I have been making, on the inconceivable love of my Redeemer, as dis- played in His si>fferings and death, may make a deep and lasting impression upon my heart, and may otherwise prove beneficial to my soul, and to the souls of those, for whom it ha« been my intention to pray. May I, learn- ing thereby the enormity of sin, never cease to grieve for the numberless transgressions of my past^ life, until I shall have received in .heaven the assurance that all have been blot- ted out in the blood of the Lamb, that was slam on Calvary's Mount ; to whom " be benediction and honour and glory and powei for ever and ever." Ahen. ' ^-w- • M-V- £ '%. •-W^* ! -I- / I I* / 98 THE WAT OP THE CROSS. ?Our Father, &c. *HaiI Mary, &c. Glory be to the Father, ^c. V. Jesus Christ crucified have mercy or us. R. Have mercy on us : O Lord have mercy on us. y. And may the souls of the. faithful de^ parted through the mercy of God rest m peacc^. R. Amen, . I .... Inflammatus et accensus Per te, Virgo, sim defensua^ In die judicii. Fa« me cruce custodiri, ^ Morte Christi praemuniri Confoveri gratia. •<3 '♦ These prayers, although placed, according to custom, after each Station are not to be con- sidered of obligation. They can be omitted if bought proper. But 'those, with which the devotion closes, should be recited for the inten- tion of the Churoh^ s- / • - ■ "■ . ■ ■ ; 'J'i. ■ ■ -,, i» ■- - « ■ ■ *•' . y, .■*,'. » - ,• THE WAT OP THB CROSS. 99 Quando corpus morietur Fac ut animee donetur Paradisi gloria. ' From hell's dire flames thy client Sfeve, - r ' .0 Virgin pure, this grace I crave ; On Judgment-day my soul receive. /• "'■'■.' ' ■ ^*'**'' ' ' / . O Jesus Christ, I humbly pray, ' t That thou wilt save ine on that day : • ^ Let Mary intercede f^ me. ■ r ' " . .' ' ' ■ ■ ■ / • "\ ' ■ ■ When death will cl(^emy eyes to rest, - . ' O Christ, attend to her request. And number me among the blest: > On returning to the dtaf< mite the filhwin^ ^ pravera, . ^ ' , ^ Antiphon, Christ became obedient for ' us unto death,, even the de^th of the Cross. V. By Thy Holy Cross deliver us, O God. *"■ ' ■-■■■-■ ' -.' . ■ ■".■._ ^ *- ^ R. From all pur enemies. i _ - , ■ '"* ' ,. ■--■■ '} • 100 THE WAY OP TtlE CROSS. Let US pray. " Look down, we beseech Thee, EtWnal I g Father, on this Thy Family, for which! our Lord Jesns Christ was pluased to be delivered into the hands of the wicked, and to siflfer the torment of the Cross: who Iheth lind- reigneth, one God m utiity with Thee and Holy Ghost, for ever and ever. R. lAmen. ^ %i Antiphon, all ye, that pass by the way, attend, and see ifthere be grief ijike unto my grief, V. Pray for us, most sorrowful Mother of God. ^ R. That we may be made worthy of j the promises of Christ. Let us pray. We »heseech Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, that the Blessed Virgin Mary, who, during Thy bitter passion, had her most holy soul pierced with the sword of sorrow, may effec- tually intercede for us with Thy clemency,, mi •/ MB WAT OP THE CROSS. 101 hnih now ard at fhf» hour of death i Who liy^tst and re g .. si, one GmJ with the Father and the Holy Gho>t, lo< ever and ever. R. Amen. ' the An'iphon b is a ho> and wholesome thojgit topravfor the d. ad, that they may be lo. sed irom their sins. V. Eternal rest give unto them, Lord. R. A d let p p, u,l light shine upoa them. Let If pray. O God, the Creator and Redeemtf jfalf the faithful, r rant to the souls of Thy ser- vant, de rd tr mis ion of all their sins, that ^ through pious ..u^jflffons they may ohtam tie pardon, wl ichliy have always d6s,red : Who livest aud reignest one God for ever and ever. R. Amen. Our FaJber, &c. Had Mary, &c. Glory-be to the Father, ^c.-rEach ta be r V. Jesus Christ crucified, have merer on R. Have hi^rcy on us, Lord, have . mercy on us. V. Ahd may the souls or the faithful de^ parted, through the mercy of God, rest in , peace. • R. .Amen. / ^ .. li .' ,::-/■ A > ^ >".T -' V • ' n Tire WAT OF TlIB CROM.' ASPraATIOJJS BEFORE COfM My God, my life, my lovo, To thee, to tlieo I eall ; O come to mo from lieavc >^ And bo my God/ my My faith beholds \\\d^ Lord, Cdnceal'd in humhn food ; My sensps fait ; but in thy word I trust,'nnd find niy a6d. O, whoii wilt thoii be mino. Sweet lover of my soul ll \ ' ^y Jesus dear, my king di^e, Ceme o'er my heart^to rule. O come ! and fix thy throne,. In \tho midst of my heart ; O make it burn for the alone, ' And fi^om thence ne'pr depart. Begone ye, from my mind, Va^n childish earthly toys ; In iB^ Jesus alone I find, Trui&^leasures, solid joys. ^ 1^ -i" ^ r>?''a ^^T-r^- p ^ gf^^v*^ (f^irs^re^ v^r :4 104 THE WAT OP THE C?ROSS. |i. « ASPIRATIONS IN THE MOMENT OP COMMUNION. Delightful moment ! happy hour ! My heart is drawn with mighty charms ; ^ O love !• O love ! I feel thy pow*r. Since I repose in Jesus' arms. • • ^- ■ ■ ■■?■ / 'I ASPIRATIONS AFTER COMMUNION. What happiness caiTequal mine ? I've found the object of my love ; My Jesus dear, my king divine, Is come in me from fieav'n above; He chose ipy heart for his abode, - "* He there becomes-my daily bread ; There on me flows his healing bloody - There, with hi&flesh> my soul is fed. s ^ ' " . • I am my love's, and he is mine ; In me he dwells, in him I live ; Wliat greater treasure could I find ? And could ye, heav'ns, a greater giv« ? ' O lacred banquet, heav'nly feast ! O overflowing source of grace, Wltere, God th&food, and man the guest^ i Meet and iioite in sweet embrace I C-'^ 'Ct'i^pil'fi* THE WAt OP THE CROSS. ^5 Ye angels lend your heavenly tongue*—'/ Come, and with me in praises join ; ^ Come, and unite in thankful songs, Your sweet immortal voice to mine. I * O, that I had your burning hearts, J I- To love my God, my spouse most dear] O that he would ^tli flaming darts, Raise in my heart a heav*nt fire ! Dear Jesus ! now tiiy heart is thine ; may it from thee never fly ! [old it with chains of love divine- Make it be thine eternally. Vain objects, that seduc'd my soul, 1 now despise your fleeting charms ; In vain temptation's billows rolj, ■**- I lie secure in Jesus' arms. »'^ \ 'i ":y I- - » > **^rffcww^?lA s 1-i* f 'Srttyfti^*^ '•v,r ^ » WBVOUTLT AT ' ■ ' ■ ■ ■ / ce of the Mm. FAITH. • fir^KP i E.er„a^ Truth/ I most Jesus CLns^, my^Viour s goinf to liauno- K late himsejf, and. to placrftimse/f i„ a stat^ X^f death for the sins ofjthe wild. I b2: ^eve w,th the same ffi.h af the sacnnl «^^.s alt^ because fou },y, revealed ■ ' *' ■ / I ■ - , INVOCATION.! ^ jSrant me O Lord, UJces that'w necessary fo^ m^ to assis^ ^ thf Holy M««. . y\ ■•? ^f^ .y 108 -rf^ PBAtE9S i:OR ASSISTING pEVOUTLY AT with all (hat attention, respect, deVpfiop, and . love, which so august a sacrifice f^uires. And you, Blessed Spirits ! who are to bev like me, the witnesses and adorers of the Great Victim that is going to olfer himself^ assist me j|i glorifying this God oNmy salva- tion, On the Altar where his Lov^will-again sacrifice him for all mankind, and for me in particular. Grant, Lord ! that I may not be present here like the sacijlegious Jews, the murder-' ers and blasphemers of a dying God. ,May I rather conceive at this moment the most lively sorrow for my sins, through the love of you ; and m^ay .1 participate inthelfuits of this Great Sacrffice, through the pardon which I hope and humbly implore from your mercy. v^ t> / OFFERING AND DIRECTION OF INTENTION. O my God ! I.de3i|fe to assist at this Holy Mass^ to comply with the precept of i the Church, (if U be 4 Mass of obligatipn.^) fa jpgi^iry^of the Passion and Death o>fi^sus , ■^■n,* AT THE HolV SACRIFICE OP THE MASS. 10!) ^^hrist, and I offei- this divine sacwfice to your -Sovereign Majest/v To acknowledge.your infinite greatness ; to render true homa^ «nd suitable adora- tion to your Sovereign filing, and to make a public avowal of myentlVpy^ependence on you, and of your absolute cfeiminion over all . creatures. \ To thank you, from my wholejieart, for ^ all the graces and benefits I haveS^ceived, ; and continue to receive from yoU, and%r the Abundant graces which you pour dow^^^h y^ur Church. , • ,\ I offer it to You aS an expiation for my'' sms, and the sins of the world, and by way . of satisfaction for the suffering souls in Pur-" gatory.- -x^ In fine, I offer it to implore from You, the source of all goodness, the graces that are necessary for myself, my parents, my rela- tives, my friends, my benefactors, my ene- mies, and all those for whom You wish me to r^ ^ ^"'^'"'^ ^«"' Lord, to grant us «il^ur grace and gldry, through the preci- ' ous Blood of the Mim.God, who> now about •\' ,*m -»* .%■ - - -' 110 PBATEBS F09 ASSUtma DETOUTLT AT to sacrifice Himself on thisOidtar for our sal- vation. Holy Father ly^l^^k upon the fece of Your Christ !" >.r t-* ': I {The Ma88 maybe divide^ into four parte: ' ^ \ 1. The commencementy or preparation of the Sacrifice., \( 2. The Offertory^ or oblation of the Symbohy which are the Inatter of the Sa- crifice. \ <\ 8. The'tkinpn or Action pf the SacA^ce, 4. The CoMummation of the Sacrifice.) i v:;;- r /•- \ .v.- .■ :.>. ' -'^^. ■J>: Shs Sanct catch heart! fel-/ ..■i4'fe»S£s{.£ f!-^; '■ ^ '.yl^w •■■•^^•w^s^ip^ \ \. I'HE OomiERCEMEln' «i?yieii(F(pv ■J': The Priest approaches the Altar. ^ ' •; Altar 10 pour forth^' I """* '"""■» Your life - o i^n • ^^r^"' ^^"^ and "ur II e . O shall it alwaysVio vain > O hoy and adorable Trinity co^Sit possession of n,^ ^hole hear,^ aj^ 3_ / 1 'S. .-. -r Introibo, &c. Shall I be so Vpdv as fn o,»# - Sanctuary of Yo„Xe oTrO^, '^^ -tch its Divine fire, aXe^i^f.- *" heart ? w eniundle it m my ■I ^^4 'K- L- ^^?^v 112 PRAYEflS AT MASS. Confiteor, &c. Purify me, beforehand, Lord, and may I purify my own heart by the tears and senti- ments of a lively sorrow, with which I desire to accompany the humble and sincere confes- sion that I now make of all the sins of my life. They are many and grieviou^, and should fill me with confusion and shame. I dete* ancTrenounce them now and for ever. I humbly ask their for^iv.eness from You, God, \yhose mercy is equaUo Your power. The Priest ascehOsiil Altar. ■H^,. Hasten ye heavenly troops ! Angels of glory attend I Jt is the innocent Isaac bur- dened with the heavy load of my iniquities that ascends the sacred mountain ! O may I in you^ company admire this glorious spec- tacle, always ancient and ever new— a God, the victim for my sins! always living and always dying for me ! . KyrieEleison. Gloria in Excelsis. A thousand times, my God, I conjure! You to have mercy on the most miserable ofl sinners, and after having implored your patA - m-i ■^ PIUYEJls AT MASS. 113 - ,f PMTERS AT MASS. 115 _ Holy Father, eternal and ali-powerful God, behold every thing that can excite Your regard, and Your mercy. \ Already, in the symbols which we present .You, in the bread which we offer You, the matter of the sacrifice is prepared, the Victim draws nigh. It is no longer Abraham arranging the pile, on which his son is to be consumed, and taking the knife into his hands. Figures and shadows have passed away. Behold the true, the only sacrifice, th^t is worthy of Your acceptance. Receive it, adorable Trinity, unto the odour of, sweet- ness, or rather, as You canhot reject it, grant us, through its infinite merits, the abundance pf Your heavenly graces. Come, Osancti- fying Spirit ! Descend, incarnate Love ! Comr?, Divine Fire, and consume the . Victim I ^This is Your grand. Your glorious work, the mcaniatiorM)f the word renewed. Bles^ therefore, Your own work, in the ncrifico ^h we offer Tfou. We oflfer You our- »6lVw, with open hearts, and beaeech You to -V 't % it ^Ult£^; '- ■rv Hi PRAYEBA #T MASS. ,1 enkindle in them this Divine Fire, will enable us to Ic^e without end, on eartb aoid in heaven, a God who is here about to display one of the greatest^ miracles of His . " power, in order to shew us the prodigious ex- tent of His love. Lavabo ! Angels of Heaven ! who are about to as- sisyjie Divine Victim, that is going to be immolated for us, with what sentiments do you look upon sinners who come to this holy sacrifice, covered ^r with the leprosy^ of 'sin !■ ■■'^/ ",,■ ^^. ' ■ , ■ ■ ' O Lordy purify me, on6 of the greatest of sinners, and cleanse my heart, that I may de- sefre ta encompass with the innocent, Your holy altar, and to offer You this ado/able sacr^ce.. V ^ Secr^lll'Prayers. I uhite my intention, O Lo^^,.withthat of ^it minister, who here otfisrs his supplica- my behalf, and that of Your peopte. ie 9flerice of my Saviour in Wk «^ •^- si as cc r in vc bo >m sul H( hej »^ nai vv .! f 4' *t"ia "-s^^ .y* X i p^' ^^- PRATERS AT MASS. ■% 411 117 ' iirf passion, and through it I humbly beseech Hiip, to grant me a love of silence, and a holy discretion in all my words and conver- jf. The Pre/ace. I • Sovereign Lofd, what am I going to be iioldl All Your greatness concealed under Ifie veils of bread and wine ! %/ And whilst Your love for us ungrateful Sihriers, reduces you so low, the Heavens are asfbnished, the Angels tremble, the Seraphim cover their faces with their wings ! r" All the powers of the universe bow down, in adoration and praise, fand with a thousand Voices exalt Your infinite Majesty, which fills, both heaven and earth ! Christian people! let us unite our voices 40 theirs, and publish to the whole world this sublime and etejnal canticle, Holy, Hdy^ Holy ! is the Powerful God of Armies I The heavens and the earth are filled with Hi« glory, o Let us bless Him that cometh in the name of |he Lor^, who is the Lord Himself t % M- •%»■ <'S \ ' ;'«f ■i^^^/i/e■;»,■ :j\ »„ i-i . . '»M^ ^^ \- 5(1 >'- *^!""<^' "n'-' ;-^ Vi &■ ^'^^ .1 PIPITERS AT MASS. \ THE ACTION Of THE SACRIFICE. ■ . ^ v ^ * f e igitur. Receive, O Great God, together with the adoration of all creatures, that of Your Bless- ed Son. * \ He is going to make You an offering of His life^ — the principal end of sacrifice. He is5< a God, who is about io acknowledge Your Supreme Being, Your absolute dp^inion. • This act of dependence, worthy of being made to You alone, was prepa^$?^l before all ages. Nothing was ever to be compared to this August Victim, which you expected from all^^ternity. The moment it appeared, the ancient offerings of the blood of animals be* came an object of horror in Your sight. Be-^ hold the just Abel, or rather, the God of Abel, whose blo'bd is about to flow for the sins of mankind. « / Memento. ili/rhroughj the infinite merits of thii^bldod pray you, C " " which I stand pray you, O Lord, for all the gracies of iinneed.;.i...;,.;;n.,,i / ^:^i^r- ^. tj ^t. , ;i- - -^^Si^rtr=-^r- 'f'n* - ;■ 'iy~?L-'i~m^^-f- %^T£RS AT MASS. 119 7 [H^re pause, and represent to God your spiritual ^ants, and the graces and virtues which you parti- cularly require.] ^ Having prayed^r myself; Lord, I again present You the Slood of Your Son in behalf of Your entire Church, and all for whom J am bound to pray, through the relations bP kindred, justice, gratitude, and charity. I also oflfer it for my enemies, wbom, for Your sake, 1 most heartily forgive. Communicantes. / Olilorious Elect of God ! August Queen of HeaVen » ye choirs of Apostles'^ and Martyrs, vouchsafe me the benefit oF your intercession. Lend me your hearts, that I may be £)11 on fire at this moment, when the Eternal Son of the Living God is going ■ to come down from heaven ! * T v*v *- :t--'!Vi Hanc igilur, &e. Behold Him this moment ! fiehold tbisitt Eternal Word of God ! Open wide, ye gates of Glory, and permit the Just One to appear and descend J- i hi?? : ^ Heaven and ^artb ! beall atteiiH#ld tdd PRAtERS AT HASS i those miraculous words wbid) ard^ going to produce the Creator of time ; and to place in the hands di man, Him, by whom all things were made ? And You, Holy Spirit ! do You seize on all the powers of my sou), and make me here adore, admire, and love the Word made Flesh t ' / Elevation of the Host. Eternal Son of the Living God f whom I , here acknowledge really present,, uncjer the appearances of bread and wine that are now no more, I adore You with all the powers of my soul I Prostrate with the Angels in the most pro- found reverence, I love You, my Saviour, whom I now behold on the throne of Your love ? O dread Majesty ? infinite Mercy ! save me— forgive me f Grant, that I may be never more separated from You. ^>.''' \ ^m^ ' , Elevalion of the Chalice. -fT Behold, O holy Father, this Blood of ithe jnst Abel, of your adorable Son, which is * Siat^JHv Igtor ;e in liiigs ! do and the mk tn I the sof )ro- •ur, [)ur iTe 7er he is ' i\ FBATERSAT MASff. 13 presented to you for the purpose of disarming your justice. / ^ ^ "^ If I deserve only your anger,; do I not at least turn ^way your face from thii^ divine Lamb. Behold how He is immolated lor me ? Through thi$ great price, and this powerful intercession, I confidently hope for j mercy. This is the Blood that " pacifies all things in - in heaven and on earth." may it ^restore' consolation an^ peace to my sinful soul ! As your Eternal Son, infinitely powerful and holy as Yourself is, here presented be- fore Your eyes in a state of death for the sins of the whole world, I presJme to unite With His merits, the sentiments of my sorrow, that with a contrite and humble heart I may share in Your mercies. - A Jesus sacrificed ! a sinner humbled ! This twp-fo)d spectacle cannot fail, Lord to excite your compassion, and to be much more pleasing in your sight than the sacrifices of Abraham and Melchisedech, / :-.-:- -7- -^ ,— . -rr- Memento, &c. "'"i ^ -" ;-'"'-^*r-"'; ■' -f ■ . ■■■* We present you, Lord, the Blood of thi« ^-— ^i- :,^-^ J^^FF??S RiV^i m PBATEBS AT MASS. ^crificed Lamb, in bel^aif of our brethern of the Church suffering. Ylp'q have said^ 6 Lord, that sooner would the i most tender mother forget the most beloved of .her oflspring, than that You would forget the children of your mercies. Behold them, Lord, -in Purga- tory, suffering under the rigorotis/xercise of Your justice. Iris true, that your justice mii^t be satisfied ; but the Victim which v^ here offer^ou ibr these holy souls is of pri^less value. You love those souls, and they are jn suffering. You love them, and t^iey are^sepa- ted from you. You love them, and they love you in return. 0. eternal Beauty I listen to the voice of the Blood of Jesus Christ,"and. deliver them. Your justice will receive no injur/, and Your love vvill be satisfied* Pater Noster. Agnus Dei. ; ^ I know, O Lord, how essentially necessary prayer is for me ; and that all things are pro- mised to prayer. I also feel my many mis- eries ^hich should form the subject of my prayer. But; alas I such is my misfortune that I do not wish to pray. ^I do not add good works to prayer. Nay, such is the ' \ ' PRAYERS AT MASS. m depth of mj^ misery* that I do not wish to be heard in prayer, that I should even be ex- tremely sorry if you granted all my requests, ^-^nd destroyed within me the tyranny of my Passions. Have I not reason then, adora- ble Lamb, to repeat witl^ut ceasing this f^rayer at least. Take pity, Lord, on this excess of my miseries : teach' me how to pray i teach me how to act. ' [Here we m^y prepare ourselves for a spiritual communion, if we be not to receive sacramentally.J THE CONSUMMATION OF THE SACRIFICE. Communion. /9^ Lord of love ; you who burn with a de- sire of being united to your creatures, why cannot I daily live in such a manner, that every day I might have the happiness of re- ceiving your adorable body ? O make me worthy, at least, of desiring to receive you. Increase, and inflame this desire', and grant me grace -to renew and satisfy it as frequently and as devoutly as possible. ' - Enter then into my soul, divine Jesus f Come and be my consolation, my strength, andipy 5uppQrt4ft^k valley of t e ars , wh e re *•!■; W] i> -\ m m PRATERS AT KASfiT. I mourn in exile from you. I sigh every moment for the bliss of being united to you, and for4he holy and divine union of my heart with yo\ir most SacreA and Loving Heait. This will be a pledge of that eternal Union to __ J^t^$*wi have invited all our hearts. .:^> * The last Pray^ls. *How many benefits, O Lord, have I recei- ved from you, and h^w much ingratitude have I not shewn you in Veturn I What gra- titude havel shewn for ^at singular predilep- tion, by which I was called to the bosom of the true Church, and provided with such^ abundant mean^ of salvation ? Hate I been the riiost faithful, as I have been one of the most favored of your children ? Alas ! the .onlyieturn I mdke is by increasing the num- ber of my sins, and renewing the contempt of your precious pardon, which I have so often received. Nevertheless, O mercy of my God ! you are not yet exhausted. You still await me, and invite me to return. ^You oflfer me the ^ sacraments and ar thousand means of grace. ». /" » PRATERS AT MASgr. 125 As if dying once was not enough to satisfy your love, you renew for me, every day,.the sacrifice of your death. _ ,- O ingenious love of my God ! who oah thank you, who can praise you, who caa make you a suitable return ? • Yourse\f alone, Lord ! can fulfil all my obligations ai^ you desire to /ulfij them. You have fulfilled ^em in this Eucharistic Sacrifice. ^Accept then,o holy Father, this divme thanksgiving from l^,r Son. They are worthy of you.. They are to great ao sublime and so infinite,-that more worthy even with all ypur greatness, you could ^ot expect nor receive. may I "hever forgek the extent of your mercies and your favours^ May I always faithfully serve you, andmajr I loveyoii now,,and for ever. Amen. *^ he - ........ ..„.,. „_.v._ . f .t , V .; . ^ ■;i,; . .. ... "... i -i'--J>j;: ,-_ r 1 ;e. ' 1: '.-, -.-'..'■;" '^ *'/ ' *"",■■.' . , __■ ;, .4 ■ *•■' I.... ^ ■-'-. '■ -t ■■■^ -,.■: in 1. t '^^M :--.,.„.,„,./... .... ..-. .1,,.., ■' r* , .vP>^iSSi&^^^' INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS EXACT PERPORMINO OP THE I *' TilosB who/^rfbrm the Novedk are to observe the^ instructions upoftaH and each of the i^e days. First, They are to endea- voiirtu imitate some one of thisSaint's virtues, 6y practising some exterior act or acts thereof : ns for instance^ his zeal, humility, patience, etc.5ccow%,Theyare todosomeworkof mer. cy either spiritual or corporal, for the benefit of their neighbours ; as giving alms, visiting the sick, or those who are in prison, comforting the afflicted, praying for the souls in purga- tory, or for those 4hat are in the state of mor- talsin,etc. Thirdly, They are to o% up to this Samt some particular mortification, as festing, wearing of haircloth, discipliuing^ % l^: 1 ■ t -^^; im\ BT. FRANCIS XAVIER. 127 using themselves with less teiiderness, etc. Fourthly, They are to c/rb their senses, their eyes and ears, and tl^ir tongues, endea- vouring to avoid even the least of sins. Fifth- ly, They are to read some chapter or passage of the life of this Saint, or meditate awhile upon some one of his virtues, with an earnest desire to imitate them. Sixthly, They are to endeavour, for the glory of^God, to excite some person to bear devotion to this SainC Seventhly, It will be convenient they every^ day invoke the intercession of some one rank of the saints, as they do of the choir angels, to th6 end that their adVocates and interces- sors beirig multiplied, as the church expresses it, they may the more readily obtain what ihey ask. The classes of saints may be di- vided into patriarchs, prophets, apostles, mar- tyrs, bishops, doctors, priests, religious, con- fessors, virgins and other saints in heavem For the more effectual prevailing with St^ Francis Xaverius, it will be convenient evcry^ day to make a special commemoration of St. Ignatius of Loyola, whom St. Francis Xave- ^^^^ joPO^red, respected and- loved^ as hm TSffier, master, and superior. 'V '128 THE NOVENA OP ° ■ i ,Upori one of the nine days, the person per- ^ forming jthis devotion must confess and com- municatk making a mcfet diligent .preparation topleasi^od and Saint Francis, Xaverius . for the^bore ready obtaining of the thing - desired. * ■ Such as cannot read, may cause ari(^r to ■ readihese prayers, they giving great^atten- ti^n to them, and offering them up to St. Fran- cis ; or instead thereof they may say ten times the Lord's Prayer, ten Ha^ Mary's, and ten times Glory he tothet0her, etc., in ^emoryoftheten years -that 's^iht Francis ^^averius spent in the Indies ; begging of the Samt whatsoever they desire, and praying as he did for the conversion of infidels. ° " TT^oughthe most proper time for perform- ing this Novena be from the fourth of March te the twelfth, which is the day of the canoni- zation of St Francis Xaverius, yet it may be performed at any other time of the year. ^ How much the devotion of this Novena daily spreads is well known ; on this accouit St. Francis had obtained, favours for several pewons, as they themgelves testify. In the >,^ .V n ai a] ir L m. ST. FRANCIS XAVIEB. 129 in year 1688 it was performed at Madrid, with extraordinary solemnity in the royal chapel of the palace, their catholic Majesties being every day there present. THE FIRST DAY OF THE NOVENA. t The person performing this devotion kneeling before the altar or the image Of St. Francis Xaverius^ shall lift up his heart to God, and profoundly humbling himself in spirit, and offering up all his prayers, thoughts, and words to His glory, in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St, Francis Xaverius and all the angels and saints in heaven, he shall make the sign of the cross, and saj following prayer* O Lord Jesus Christ I true God and Ma^, my Creator and Redeemer, for thy sake alone and because I love thee above all things, f am sorry from the bottom of my heart for hav- ing offended thee; andfl do firmly propose hever to fallinto sin again, to shun all occa- Itens of offending thee, to confess my ^ins, the peflaflc < 'm^^m^' r 136 THE NOVlfcNA Oif :■ \ ed me, and to make restitution and satisfeo. lion wberemjt shall be. due from me.- For the love of tjifie I fofgive all my enemies ; to thee I offer up my life, actions, and sufferings, in satisfaction for my sins ; and since I huml Wy beg it of thee, I trust in thy goodness and infinite mercy, that thou wilt forgive me them through the merits of thy precious blood and pAsion, and wilt give me grace to amend my lifiS and to persevere in thy service unto my death. Amen. • ' .Most glorious St. Francis Xaverius ! apos- tle of the Indies, if it be for the glory ot God Tf *{'""«'<"•. 'hat I obtain what [desire M beg by performing ihis Novena ; obkin >r me this graqeof our Lord,4f not, guide my etition, and ^beg of our Loi^for me, that God, and Lord of the angels, whom thou dost entrust with the/gukdianship of men, I make thee an ofiering^of all the merits of th^ heaTOn^y spirits, and of those of thy servSnt Saij^ Francis Xaverius, who was catW *n angel forhig pDrity, and because he pn8«rt»a , ' f3J'. ■^"l # jf BT.FRAllCIS XAVIER. 131 **■ '. .w meii from many spiritual and corporal dan- gers. I beseech thee grant me that purity of soul and and body, which thou didst confer on this thy holy apostle, and that particular grace whichT beg in this ;Novena, to thy greater honcmr and gtory. Amen.^ a^ [Here say thrice the Lord^a Prayer and three Hail Marfa^ and then the foUomng prayer to St. Francis Xdveriua,] Most holy i&ther, % Francil Xaverius ! who receivest thy prai^from'the mouths of innocent children^I most humbly implore thy bountiful charity for the sak^of the most preciouf blood of Jesus, and the immaculatfi conception of our blessed LadyMother of Godi; to the end that thou mayest obtain :Qf God's infinite goodness, that at the approacly)f my last hour, my heart may be separated aiul withdrawn from all worldly thoughts and dis- tractions, and be fixed in the fnost ardent lore of him and a vehement desire of a hajipy eter- iaity ; »o that laying aside the multiplicity of ^thly things which hitherto have^ perploxefl " >) I may most diligently seek and perfectly ' (bat one thing which is liec^iisary, wliidi ^ J. ..AA-^i-^'h-..-^-- ,^ .^tjtfi;^j&mi»i . ^.Hi^ •^ <'m Pl ^.w^^^^0^ «K*^i*^^^ fi^nP^ / ^„ «»«%V?gg3Kl' ■! }33 / the'novena op „ MS, to die and rest in pe^ce tinder the protection of the most holy Virgin Mary, in the wounds of Jesus her most blessed sonTtrTthe sweet -embraces of my God, and ii, thy presence, holy samt! through whose Intercession' I hope to obtain his mercy. But yi^t, whl&t it shall please the divine Providence to preserve rpy life, I beseech thee my most loving, pro. tector and most affectionate father, to obtain for me of his divine majesty, that I rrlay live as r would have wished to hav^lived at the hour of my death, ever imitating thy virtues and fuimiing the most hojy will of God; that so my temporal death may be io me a pas- sage fnto life everlasting : I.aI^!Beseech thee to obtain for me that which I ask in this No- vena, if it be for .the glory of God and the good of my soul. Amen. * : c# ; ^ l^n the next place, you are tolask a/ SL "^'(^^w Xaverius the particularXXm^^r you desire to obtaih, heighten^t^ much as in you is, ydur carifldevice inhimj ^h fuch words as mur (fectionai^ ^fioughts shall suggest, ^ t ♦ s 1 ^"i -ft '«'3-%V?gg3Kl' ■! K ^ ' vs. FRAILS XAVIER.^ 133 Then the more to please this holy apostle, in imitation ofhimysay that prayer which he himself composed and used to say enery day for the conversion of infidels, which is as follows,] Eternal God ! Creator of all things, remem- ber that thou alone didst create the soujtof infidels, framing them to thy own image and likeness : behold, O Lord, how to thy disho- nour hell daily is replenished with them : re- member, Lord ! thy only son Jesus Chi^ist, who suffered for them, most bountifully shed- ding his precious blood ; suffer not, g Lord !* thy son and our Lord to be any longer despis- ed by infidels ; but rather, being appeased by the entreaties and prayers of thy elect the saints, and of the church, the most blessed spouse ofihy Son, vouchsafe to be mindful of tliy /mercy, and forgetting their idolatry and infidelify, cause them also to know bim #||u didst send, Jesus Christ, thy Son our L^, who 18 our health, life, and resurrection^ through who m we are madft frc^a ^j^(\ f.^^^ •m tf> whom be all glory for ever. /Amen. AiA conclude with the priyer prop^ to this stinf. ^ j^n^ '^sfi^^j\ V 134 THE NOTBNA OV Antiph. Well fare thee, good and faith ful servant; because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things : enter into the joy of thy Lord. V. Our Lord hath guided the just man by right ways. R. And hath shewed him the kingdom of Qo^. O God ! who wert pleased to reduce to the bosom of -thy church the nations of the Indies^ through the preaching and miracles of St. ^ Francis Xav^rius, mercifully grant us, that we may imitate his virtues, whose glorious ^ nuerits we^^hold in Veneration. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. M t T — ^ — rr^ y Y ■' -iv'fW , * ■*■ ' "W- 4 h^ir*^^^& ^m^ ft-ttfgfc." l«|^^i >iwM '> > V '■m- , * Bt, FRANCIS XAYIEB. THE LITANY OP ST. FRANCIS XATERIUS. Lord, haye mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. ' ^ ^ Lord, have mercy uoon us. ' Christ, hear us. "^ Christ, graciously hear us. - ; C God the Father of heaven, have mercy upon us. God the Son, Redeemer of th© \v^ld, have mercy upon us. God the Holy Ghost, have mercy u66n ■ us. ■■. ■ .^- ■ '^ ■ Holy Trinity one God, have mercy upon us. . Holy Mary, Pray for us Holy Father Ignatius, St. Francis 3^V«iiius, most worthy son of St. Ignatius, St. Francis Xaverius, apostle of the • Indies, " " ■► ; :i St. Francis Xaverius, evangilizing peace, r ' i '^ St. Francis Xaverius, evangelizing all m-- g00d,^--^-.r:---t-— ^-— ^- ^--i- - ^ esse! of election, carrying the name of Jesus before the Qentj l pa. ^ 136 » *0 Vessel lull of divine gra^e. Fintnamentof the oriental church Pefenderof the ^-^'^ ^ ^ -aV -^+^B^- 'U -^j^iFg:' ^J^^f ' 136 THE NOVENA OF ■|^ #< Enemy of Infidelity, - Preachepof'evangilical truth, \ / Destroyer of iJols, ■ ■ Y' Chosen "instrumRUt of the eternal Fa- ther, for the /propagation of/^iviae glory, ' ( -/ "'. •■ -y Faithful follower of Jesus Christ, Trumpet of the Holy- Ghost, Pillar pf the Church of God, ^ JL(ight of Infidels,' • " * Master of the Faithful, ; - Mirror of true piety, ♦ Guide in tk1?way of virtue and per- fection, ^^ '• Pattern of apostolical spirit and sanctity, Curer of the lame and blind, Helper of tho^e that sutfer shipwreck. Health of the sick, Protebtor in time of plague, famine and ;' war, ■ ■■ '■ ■■ ■""■^ ---'-..-■■; From whom the devils fly, "• Whose power the sea and tempests obey. Whose command the sea .and all ele- ments reverence, " ■\. Wonderful worker of miracles, Reftip;e oflthe miserable. Comforter of the afflicted, S plendour o f th eeai ^t , a m __^4.. Tabernacle of incorjuption,,,^'^ 1 . Treasure of divine love, ^^^^^.^w. ^* ,1 i "T^- .W2. ' H IS ■*■' X •t **^- ST. PRANCW XAVBRIUS. / 137 Glory of the Society of Jesus, Xaverius most poor, - Xa^'erius most chaste, Xaverius most obedient, — ^^^ — ^ Xaveiius most humble, • Xaverius most desirous of the croiB and labours of Christ, V Xaverius most zealous of God's glory and the good of souls, • . ^ Angel .in life and manners, Palriaich in affection and care of God's people, • Prophet in gift and spirit, • - ^ Apostl^ in dignity and merit, Doctor of the Gentiles in all sorts of lan- Martjr in desiring to dje for Christ, Confessor' in virtue and profession of Virgin inbody: and miiid, ^^- T In whom we reverence through the divine goodness, the merits of all saints, '. liamb of God, wh5 takest awayihe sing of ^ the world. Spare us, Lord, ^amb of God, who takest aWay the siqs f>f the world. Graciously hear us, Lord. 8 I 4 QB f - Lamb of G ^ r^wha takesiTaway the iins^of" ;^ \i %/. T^v- %i. . ^^^^^i Have mercy upon i». M %■■* -V- ^,1*- 138 V THE NOVENA OP Christ, graciously hear. US. Lorfl, have mercy upon us. ; , ;, Christ, have mercy upon us. '- V Lord> have mercy upon us. ' . Our Father, &c. ' ' ^ ^ . ., Vv Pray for us, -St. Francis Xaverius. ' IR. That we may be 'made \vorthy of the promises of Christ. » . g; , ' LET 0S PRAY. -'^ Lord Goil! who hast vouchsafejJ, by the preaching and miracles of St. Francis Xave- rius, t«!'join unto ihy church ll^e countries ot the Indies, grant propitiously we beseech thee, that reverencing his glorious merits, w^may also imitate his example. Through , Christ, our Lord. ^ AvaeL ■,,: • $ s. . I THE SECOND DAY- J ,: ^^^ Lara Je^us Chriit^ true (iod and man, &c. H8 before on the first dqy. , ;; > ) , Most glorious St. Francis Xaverius. &c. as the first day, , and so on all thefoUowing '\day9^-h!W 'r^.: , ^■r~:-i:/'j:l-,^:..^i-., . J fii. PBAYER FOR THISjDAY. •' MA , Lord Gk)d of the Archangels 1-whom thou dpst intrust with the most, weighty conciBriii^^ ■»)-; ;-»r * vy^'SSfW .W ST4 FRANCIS XAVIEB. 139 '^4 of thy glory, and the bepefit of men, I offer up to thee the merits of these ^ most dih'gent spirits and those of thy great servant St. Fran- ois Xaverius whom thou madest the minister of thy glory, and to whom thou recommendr est the j^piritual welfare of innumerable soulsf I beseech thee, grant that I may perform these duties which thy most holy ^and divine will hath imposed upon me, and also that I may . obtain that particuiar grace which I beg of thee in this N,ovena, to thy greater honour^ and glory. Amen. i THE THIRD DAY. * ! 'C . ^ Lor4 God^pf the Principalities ! who acco^. ding^to th^ fflspbsition of thy divine wii^ by means of angels, and archangels, take care of the welfare of mankind, ci^lightehing, instruc- ^tin^ and governing them : I ofler up lb thee ^^he merits of ^hose most ^jealooq^ spirits 'aiicl ilhose of tBy servant St. f^rancis Xav^ritlff, who enlightened , afid converted many' ki%- iloms andj^rovinces, and in tbein innmndll^ souls^Tnot «n^ by himself, but J)y hisdi^dt^s and followers^ instructing teiujhiog and^eoiiH 146 Itkb notsnX of mnding. I beseech thee grant me the zeal of this holy apostle, and the particular petition I tender in this Noven^^ to thy honour and pt « y. Amen. . / . \.'- THE FOURTH DAY. Lord G9d of the Powers f who have h special prerogative to curb t^ie infernal spirits: vlioffer up to thee the merits of these most po- tent spirits, and those of thy servant St. Fran- cis Xaverius, to whom thou gavest Singular power of expelling devils^from bodies and souls. I beseech thee, grant me the grace to overcome all the temptations of the devil, and *atwhich I beg of theein tliisNovena, to thy grwtef honour and glory. Am^n. ■J. THE FIFTH DAY. ^ ^;tprd God of the Virtues I by whose means 's.m /•:■ I U2 "^ 'W THE VOVKSA or THE SEVENTH DAY, ' a Lord God of the Thrones ! on whom fhoii reposest as on the seat of thy glory and throne of thy Majesty : I offer up to thee the merits of these Supreme spirits and those of St. Frah- c»X,mi„s, that throne of thy glory, that Te«el of ekction, to convey thy name to new nattons, who deniedbimself to himself, and all worldly things, casting them out of his heart, that those alone might possess it. I beseech Jee, grant that 1 may despise all worldly ft«.gs,and restintheealone; grant me als; the petition I make in this Novena, to thy greater honour and glory. Amen. .; . ,; THE EIGHTH DAY, ■ _ Lordpodofthe Gherubims ! .who are a- *>rited with most perfect wisdom : I offer up > to thee the merits of these most intelligent ^..its, and those of thy servant St. Francis X.VWIUS, whom tho^didst grace With sup«re^ . nunetit ^isdoroiandto whom thoti didst re- ~* ' profound aerrat., «i,nt Iho might N «M«* thy law to many peopte^ai^ nJtionT' 'o 7-^-- 1 V * "*;:.. ^■n;. - *^- ' a- ' « V 1 r -*;;.. ^Vf, • BT. FBitNCU ZATIBB. 143 ^^^^^ thee, grant that I may learn to v fear and please thee, which is true wisdom ; and y that by word and example I may teach others to keep thy commandments, and that thou wilf also grant me the favour I beg in this No- vena, to thy greater honour and glory. Amen. Y THE NINTH DAY. Lord God of the Seraphims ! who are in- flamed with^he most ardent love of thee : I offer up to thee the merits of these most fe'r- vent spirits, and those of thy servant St. Francis Xaverius, who like a Seraphim, was inflamed with thy love, conquering innume- rabie hardships and dangers of his life, to please thee and to make those know and love thee, who before offended thee, and knew thee not. It^secch thee, grant that I may love thee, my only God and Ldrd, and en- deavour to bring ail men to the knowledge and love of thee, and also that thou wilt grant me that which I ask in thi« Vn^^r.^ to thy 5 ^greater honour and glory. Amen. /■ u . , wrfw^rt^m^v s- '^ I P 4 • '•';(', v'y »'.',fr n) , / " J. ,Jx ' ) 1" 1 1 /* tr,t , * " • -V, ! .!» ' di a er wi sei W£ ev< Ca spc noi thh r- • ■ r -- , -f 4.^^ ('.- . SHORT INSTRUCTIONS ON THE COlVFRAWmoftJ (Translated fifom Mgr. Bouvier's " Treatite :ydn Indulgences ") Itts generally admitted that this pious so- dality owes its(>rigin to Saint Simon Stopb,- a native of En^nd, iind a Carmdite/friar of endyent pi(?ty, who was elected general of bis ODder in 1245. The Blessed Virgin appear- ed to him in a vision, and presented him. with a scapular, which remained in his pos-^ session as a proof of his vision; and which was to beamode^fbr the Scapufers to be ever after woi^n by alj the children of Mount- *Carmel,asaba%6Kthe Blessed Virgin's special favour. The celebrated Doctor Lau- noy, endeavour|(^ to overthrow the truth of this vision in a dissertation published in 1653. — I M I 111 — . . . U -^-^---.^.,^-,»».'.^ ■-_:.. 1.1 .I . . - ...L. .. —^ . III! '. i.i M ii . I I *.!. I - II. ■ ■. ...■■ - .. UL. I . . ■:,—t— , — -«■ ■- . ■ .■ . —.■.... .. ^.L ■■ ■.» . .. ||||J arguing mainTf on the ground that Ecclesial- tical writers were silent on that head. Bene^ # \ ■# 146 INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SCAPULAB. ■• - . fllV • ■,",;■,-. ■ - ■■■ diet XIV, refuted the Doctor in his work on %the Canonization of saints {vol. I. part 2, J chap. 9.) ; and in his treatise on Festivals.^ {Book 2. chap. 6); he looks upon the afore- said vision as an indubitable fact. 4 V The institution of this Confraternity, does, in all probability, date from the time of Saint Simon Stoch ; and it iS'^ipwa settled point, that no Catholic can doubt of its existence, nor of its canonical autheilticity, nor of the indulgences granted to it ; it is also incontro- Tertibly^certain that, the feast and office of ^ ' Our Lady of Mount-Carmel, have been law- fully established and approved of by the, Ro- 'man Pontiffs, as demohstratednby the same 'Benedict XIV, in the same chapter of hili Trhatiae on Festivals, v :_ . Clement VIII, in a constitution of the 13th Nov., 1600, granted to the General of the . Cfffiaelites, the power of establishing, in all *fmces according to his own judgment, and llo the ordinary ecclesiastical rules, the confrsK lemity.of Mount-Carm el ; to admit thereto. 'hy himself, or by his delegates, allsecular per- aons, ^ to regulate and detemune the piipi exerciiesto> be followed. ^ ^^ rork on mrt 2, stivals. B afore- *, ''•'■'■'. r, does, »f Saint I point, stence, of the contro- [Hce of jn^ law- he, Ro- ) same of hi^ le 13th ol the »in all it, and: confrsK hereto* „ INSTRUCTIONS ON THB SCAPlrtiAB. yHUT INDULGENCES ATTACHED TO THE CONFRATERNITY. Paul v., in his briefs of the 30th October 1606, Slst August 1609 and the 19th July 1614, has granted the following indulgences to the members of the Confraternity :— lo. On the day of reception into the order^ • a plenary indulgence, on coVidition that they, shall have confessed their sins and received , Holy Cdmmunion, and that they shall pray according to the intentions of the Sovereign Pontifl: ' • , %o, A plenary indulgence, on the same^ conditions, on the Festival of Our Lady c^ Mount-Carmel, which falls on the " I6th ot July. ^ N. B. Benedict the XI V:, in^ 1762,' e]^ tends the privilege of gaining this mdulgence to every day ^ing the Octave of this Festi- val in favour of those who cannot gain it pn Jhe day itself * " 3o. A plenary indulgence at lie hour oj death, to all the members who pronounce in ' i» .m their hearts, if not with their lips, the holy lar per- name of Jesus. ^^rl - • -jia <^. % 143 INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SCAPULAR. 4o. A plenary indulgence to the members "who assist at the procession that is, made o^i one Sunday of each month, with the per- mission of the Ecclesiastical Superior. 5o. Clement X., in his brief Commisaa nobis^ of the 8th May 167*4, grants the pri- vilege of gaining the last-mentioned indul- gence to all those, whom sickness, . infirmity or any other reasonable cause mighc prevent from assisting at this procession, provided they visit with devotion the Chapel of the Confraternity ; cr if they should be in the possibilityof visiting it as prisoners, travellers, pilgrims, sailors, fyc! — the indulgence can be gained by reciting the offic^of the Blessed Virgin, or by^ saying 50 times Our Father mid Hail Mdf^,with an act of contrition and the resolution of going to confession and com- munion at the earliest opportunity. C( Religious who have not the Confraternity in the Chapel or Chiftxihes of their Monas- teries, can gain the same indulgence, by re- citing, in common or in private the Litanies -€f4be saints^ and by MfeHmg lions prescribed by Paul V. '^f-^W^ 'flfff, '-f? 8 nrsTBucnWs on the scapular, lli^ 60. Five years and five quaraatines ta those who wearing the scapular, rcrceive the Holy Sac^ment once in the month, andpraj for the ordinary intenticms. 7o. Three years and three quarantines, ta those who do the same on the festivals ol the JBle^d Virgin Mary. „ ' JHb. Five years aiid five ^usirantines, to ^Wlfe who accompany the Holy Viaticum, , I when it is Carrie^ to the sick, and who pray fo/them. ' > ^ >J 9o. An indulgence of three hundred days', to those who abstain from flesh meat on Wed- nesdays and Saturdays. * *. *- lOo. An indulgence of forty days, to thosa who recite every day seven times Our Fh' ther and JOaU Mary, in honour of the Bless- ^^^ Virgin- . , -^ 116. One hundred days to those who ac- coriipany to the place of Vurial the body of any person, whether the deceased had beeirif member of the Confraternity or not. Igo^ jn>neJmndred days to thoso who rce l fe • « '* .^n /^l With devotion the offico of the Blessed Virgin Mary^ \ I V \ : HE MEMBERS OE THE^ CONFRATERNITY. ;f Nothmg.mor^ is requisite, than the jthiee * ~ -conditions mentioned in the fast pai4grapL ' Thfe Bulls of thoSovereign PonUffs p^cHbe no daily prayers,^or practice ; Nevertheless it •. • is tho^iverlsal custom among the member^ of Iv ^ the sodality to say every day some vbcal pray* \ ers,inhonour of theBllfesed Virgin, such as t%.' ; \Litany of Lormo^ the Anihm^ « HailHofy .^ fc(|ii^en,>l seveh^ times; OwFaXhei^ HaU '\ Mary, and Glory b^to thp Father fycl, or \. a few decades of the b^^s. \ V i) : ' v : ^^^' > : A4J. 'for the^ priyil^gc^ oftW^fi^ft^^ i?Mtt, in Which it ia^tated that the. ^m ; Virgin Maiy, would deliver from thepaiiis - of purgatory, on the first SaQirday 'affcr; theif dfeath, the souls bf such members of ^ th| Confraternity as would have lead a chrw- , • tian life upOii earth ; the members wiio would ''. " wish to enjoy this privilege, ^re to siy' daily, ^ seven times Our JPdthermni Bail l^ory, to abstain from flesh meatdn fFc*ic« who vV rMTO^^ ^ ll^CT" m itia, Tie' 3US to. fil«qu,tat.s non apponat nocere ei. i-t clamor ineus ad te veniat ■ .^/Suscipwue Christusin 'nua^ero fidefii,- s»ora.,et„osliceei„dig„isuscipi.j?:'r " .on-bus nostris. . Co^cedat .ibi De(,s per Un.gen.tum suum medi^torem Dei et homi «««,te;^pusbe„evive„di,locumba„e gend ■ " cons.ant,a.,be„eperseVera„d.-,etad i'^ v.lie hsredatem feliciter perve.iiendi p! «c«tnosh.K,iefra.er„a,chaLs Sa,,^. Jung.t.mterris,i.adivmapie,VqL-Sl .on-s est auctr.x.e,amatrix,„oscum fide ib^, ^ Chr«t^niPominum nostrum, R. Aniep." ' t • Oremus, ; . < r^"^"^ ■ ethianefamulum tuum, quern in tuo sancto rr^ " ' ' ^'^r'"""«^^ecipim..sh,.j." ««crwreliirionisi beafffi irAhitr;^: ..._ Tr- . . - ( ^C ; ',».<* ;«^!fej^ Twcim religionism beat® gehitrici ?gecialiter dedicat tuaei Virg ini benefdiceredigw w -jS i|>;ii*i*r»i«> i » . 1 n il f ♦ s» i a ( - 154 instruct;on& on the scapular. neris, et praesta, ut, te largiente, devotus in Ecclesia persistere valeat cum augment© ViN tutum, atque suffragiis hujusmfxli s^ri-Ordi- nis adjutusvitam p|rcipere mereafiiFfiBternamT Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen; ,■■;;■,.:■■■ "■..'-•■•r'- ... -\,:' :■■ ./ '■^^^■■- ' ' Deinde conp^ms ad habitum in cUtari repott" J, • tum,dicati • : V. Ostende nobis, Pomine| misericordiam tuam./"^ ^ r ,'■';: '[- , ■ B. Et salutare tuum da bobisf. ' i y. Domine Deus virtutum, converle nos. R. Et ostende faciem tuam, et salvi erimus. V. Domine, exauddR-ationem meam. a. Et ielamOr meus ad te.veriiat. V-i Dominus vobiscum. R. Et cum spi- ritu tuo.' • - ::.m. '■^•■^i-' ' i.^' -.♦ Supplied te, Domine^ rbgamus, ut super hunc habitum servo tuo imponendum, bene f dictio tua benigna descendat, ut sit bene' f ctus, atque divina virtute procul pellantur M hostium nostrorum yisibiUium et iovisibiUum tela nequissima. f.--4- s^ )tus m to Vi^r i-brdi- emanuJ R. repon" ordiam '■■■' '■ i [e nos. primus. m, a. pa spi- lt super' bene £ bene* f illantur urn SrSTBVCnpNi^pN THE 80APULAB., 15$ '■■■■•—,•'■■■"'■■ "■'■■■, Oremus;^ ' Caput omnium fidelium Deus, et humaril geipris Sal vat' rj hpc habitum, quem prop- ter tuura, tuaeque genltricis Virginis Mariae de Monte Cdrmeli, aniorem atqua devotion- em, servus tuus est delaturus, dexterk tuft sancti^l fica ; et hoc, quod per ilium 4nystic^ datur inteliigi, tua semper custodift corpore et inini^r^rvetur, et ad remunerationem perpe- m cum Sanctis, omnibus felicissim^ purdu- tatur : Qui vivis et regnas in saecula saeculo- -. rum. R. Amen. ' - , '-^-;''- Oremtis. ■■- y,-:;/ ;"■■■:"' ■■" Creator, conservator et salvator omnHim, largitor humanae salutis Deus, et 'datur grati® spiritualis bene f dictionem tuam super hunc habitumimmitte,utquieumge8taverit,coelesti virtute munitus, fidem integram, spem firmam^ etcharitatemdesideratam teneat, etti te nun- quam separari permittas : Qui vivis et regnas In saecula saeculorurh. R. Amen, Anqud henedietd hahitum aspergity eumque red- * pienti imponit dieens: ^ ^ Accipe, vfr devote,Tunc fiSbitum^edic- ^"W» pr«<^? MDctijssimma Virginem, ut ejio^ / \ T, •«'- r 156 INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SCAPULAR. mentis ilium perferas|sino macula, et te ab omni adversitate defendat, atque ad Vitam \^j0rducat aeternam. \ ^ Postea (Mit^ ~%f \ .;if*^i- Ego ex potesiate mihi tradita et conc^ssa, suscipio ac ricipio te ad participatu)nem/(>m- nium orationum, discipiinarum precum, suf- fraporum, eleemosynarum, jejuniorum, vigi- liarum, Missarum Horarum Canonicarum, ac cffiter^Btim bonorum spirituallum, qu» passim die noctuque XcQoperante misericordia Jesu Ghristi) a Religiosis otius nostrafe sacra Reli- ' gionis peraguntur. In nomine Patris, et filii. et Spiritus sancti. R. Amen. .'* * Turn tiffno cruets Confratr&m benedidt dicens : . Bene f dicat te Conditor coeli et terrae, Deus omnipotens qui te eligere ^ignatus est ad beatissimae Virginis Marise^e Monte Car- meli societatem et confraternitatem j quam precamui, ut in hora obitus tui conterat caput serpehtis, qui tibi est adversarius, et tandem tanquam victor palmam et coronam sempiter- nae haereditatis consequaris. Per Christum Domjpum. R. Amt^^ ^ Denique iOmi c^pxa beneAsIa upergit^ tjmin eodiae interibiU *?> / i >.N ■^S^ AD VESPER AS / ^ " . :. .>■ ■■■-"■■ ., ■ ■•.,,-■" , ■ . — Deusin adjutorium meum^nmae TDomine, F,ho, et Spintui Sancto ;,Sfcut erat, in prind- jp?™'^'''""'"^ Domino aeo : sede & dextris tuoram!"^*'"^^''^'"" *""'= scabUnmpedume SinJiT""- "'*"*" *«»' emittet Dominus ex 13." '" "'"""^ ^T'«l'^ ordinem Mel. \/;- -■■-'■ 7^'^" ■mPygfamg 110. .. 'v ;\- •"■■. ' --^y . .' ;' in oonciUo jMtorum et congregatione. !)>■'«■ N mf» 'iii n i i m i^ K ': "o^US AI> 7E8FERA8. escam dedit timen- tlbus se. .''■■;; ;2:'>-'^r :'■■■;'" V Memor erit in sieeulum tesiamenti sui : vir- tutem operum suorum annuntiabit populo suo. Ut det illis hsereditatem gentium : bpera ma- Viuum ejus, Veritas et judicium, Fidelia omnia mandata ejus; com^^fia ih ' sseculum sseculi, facta in veritate et sequitate. ^ Redemptionem misiti)opulo suo: mandavit ^_ in asternum testamentuin suunu ISimctum et terribile iKnuenejus : inii^ pientisdtimor Domini. Intellectus bonus omnibus facientibus eum : ' laudatio ejus manet in speculum sseculi. Gloria Patn.,eto. 1 */';. Psalm'M 111. ^ ^ f t^ i^eatus vir qtd timet Dominum : in mandatis » l^tts volet nimis. v ' I • Potens interr&erit s&nenejus: generado ^ iJectorum benedicetur. v i Gloria et divitiiB^ in domoejus: et justitia .ejus manet in sseculum ss^^. ^^ V Exortum est in tenebris lumen rectis : mies- '^ ricors, et^miserator, et Justus. ^ Jueundus homo qui Mseratur et commodat. f #■ ■K ' Manus habent, et non palpabunt, pedes ha- bent, et non ambulabunt : non clamabuQt in giitture suo. • / - ^ Suniles illis fiant qui faciunt ea : et omnef qui conMunt in eis. * # A ; '^ Domus Israel speravit in Domino :. afijutbr eonim et protector eortim est., • -■- '■ ■'-%'■ ^ AD VESPEBAS. viei Domus-^aroii jsperayit in Domino • adiiifrin nor adjutoreorumet protector eo^^ est ^^^minus memor ix.it nosiri: et benedixit ^^dixit^lomui Israel:', benedixit domui .\^':^nedixit omnibus qui tiraent Ddminim, • pusiUis cum majoribus. ^ommum . Adjiciat Dominus super vos; super vos W super fihos vestros. . ^ ^' ®* , tei^!"^^'*^ '■ r^ ^""^° '' q-^^eit ccBlum et J^on moptui laudabunt to, Domine • r,*.n„^ . Qmnes qui descendunt in infernum * '^"^ feed nos qui vivimus, benedicimus Domino • ex hoc nunc et usque in speculum. •^^'^"^V . Woria Patri, etc. Psalmus 116. Lau^ate Doniinum, omnes irentes • lon^,* ' eum, omnes populi. ^ • ^ * ^^"*^**® Quoniam eo^firmataiest super nos miseriror. "" ;diaejus; et Veritas Domini man^Kn^l Gloria Patri, et Filio, ete ' ^ *^""^"^- - mi m^ .^Mficat, Ma^ificat : aniina mea Dominum. . ■ ,.n 1 *^. i .< '. * .; Quia respexit humilitatem ancillse suae ecce- nim ex hoc beatemme diceut omnes genera- tiones. . . ^' Qwa fecit mihi ma^nam qui potens est : et g^ sjinctum nomen ejus. ' Et misericordia ejus a progepie in progenies : -timentibus eum. Fecit potentiam in braehio suo : dispersit su- '^ mente cordis sui. ^: Deppsuit potentes de sede : et exaltavit hu- mil^: Esurientes impletit bonis : et divides dimisit/ -inanes. * Suscepit Israel puerum suum : recordatus mi- , N «ericordi{B suae. v *^> ' Sicut locutus est ad Patres litres : Abta,- " ham et semini ejus in saecula. ^ . " - Gloria Patri, etc. ■■^<' ,tff' Fims. With the ;ipprobation of His Lordship the Bishop /i4 of Quebec, the undersigned have published* this ^ editioa of " The Way of the Cross." sit ' ' . '' • '' ' . ^ E, HoaA^ & CULLEN.' , - ^ Quebec, 6Ui Jany. 1844, ^--~-:-~--'~~:—r-*^^% .f.y ■ v^ lifei^M ^' %r 9t^ ecce- m4ra- ' it: et jnies : >it su- t hu-. imisjt, IS mi- , Vbi-a- }' L '-, ',j'i ^^ ' r iishop I' this SN.' o ^ ,1*- ^ %•. J ' » .1-'^ h \ \ * I •\ ; m / ** «» «» ' < 4 •*;• ? \i '',> ^' r.^1 ,> ■ 4 l--. ■-' "1^ / ^ ,"1 ^. •»« ' -Vii y f»i « iM.^.i « i^ ■ 4 . 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