Consternation fills my soul when I behold the Savior fall a third time beneath the Cross. The incredible obstinacy of sinners who refuse to amend their lives. O Jesus, grant that I may be truly converted and suffer every evil rather than be numbered among such ungrateful sinners. X. Jesus is stripped of His garments. Ghastly wounds are re-opened.
Blood flows afresh.
O Jesus, help me to know all my sins and confess them with deep sorrow and true humility. Jesus is nailed to the Cross. Jesus Crucified, help me to esteem and practice true Christian mortification that I may love only Thee and renounce the world, the flesh, and the Devil. Jesus dies on the Cross. Jesus, my God, dies on the Cross for me.