Prayer Before a
Crucifix
Look down upon me, good and gently Jesus, while before Thy face I humbly
kneel; and with burning soul pray and beseech Thee to fix deep in my heart
lively sentiments of faith, hope and charity, true contrition for my sins
and a firm purpose of amendment. While with great love and tender pity I
contemplate Thy five wounds, pondering over them within me, calling to mind
the words which David, Thy prophet, said of Thee, my Jesus: “They have
pierced My hands and My feet; they have numbered all My bones.”
O Salutaris
O salutaris Hostia!
Quae coeli pandis ostium,
Bella premunt hostilia,
Da roburm, fer auxilium.
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria,
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria. Amen.
Tantum Ergo
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui,
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui;
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.
Genitori Genitoque
Laus et jubilatio
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio,
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio. Amen.
V. Panem de coelo praestitisti eis,
R. Omne delectamentum in se habentem.
Divine Praises
Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus!
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart!
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar!
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy!
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception!
Blessed be her glorious Assumption!
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother!
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse!
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints!
Indulgences
The Stations of the Cross constitute a major devotion in the Catholic
World. They surround the various Sacred places which were personally
sanctified by the sufferings and death of our Divine Savior.
Originally, this pious practice was limited to Jerusalem and its environs.
Gradually it became universal as several Popes granted plenary and partial
indulgences to the faithful who devoutly meditate on the Way of the Cross.
Indulgences are:
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A plenary indulgence every time the devotion is completed.
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An additional plenary indulgence if one receives Holy Communion on the
day.
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Also an additional plenary indulgence if one performs the devotion ten
times and receives Holy Communion within a month after so doing.
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A partial indulgence of ten years for every Station made if one was not
able to finish the Stations.
The conditions for gaining them are:
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Walking from Station to Station when making the Way of the Cross
privately; when making it publicly, it suffices for the priest with the
altar boys to do so.
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Meditate at each Station on the sufferings of our Lord.
These two conditions are essential. No oral prayers are prescribed; yet
they are profitable.
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