Still more copiously the Redeemer of mankind shed blood in His barbarous
crucifixion; when His veins being rent and arteries burst, there rushed
forth in a torrent from His hands and His feet that saving balm of life
eternal, to pay for all the crimes and enormities of the universe.
Whoever, after this, would continue in sin, and so renew the cruel
crucifixion of the Son of God? Let us weep bitterly for our bad deeds, and
let us detest them at the feet of the sacred minister of God; let us amend
our evil ways, and henceforth begin a truly Christian life, with the
thought ever in our hearts of all the blood which our eternal salvation
cost the Saviour of men.
Five Our Fathers, etc.
We beseech, etc.
Seventh Mystery.
Last of all, after His death, when His sacred side was opened, and His
loving Heart was wounded, Jesus shed blood, and with the blood there came
forth water, to show us how the blood was all poured out to the last drop
for our salvation. Oh, the infinite goodness of Our Redeemer! Who will not
love Thee, my Saviour? What heart will not consume itself away for love of
Thee, Who hast done all this for our redemption? The tongue wants words to
praise Thee; let us, then, invite all creatures upon earth, all angels and
all saints in paradise, and most of all, our dear Mother Mary, to bless,
to praise, and to celebrate Thy most precious blood. Glory to the blood of
Jesus! Glory to the blood of Jesus! now and ever throughout all ages.
Amen.
At this last mystery three Our Fathers and one Glory be to the
Father, etc., are said to make up the number of thirty‐three.
We beseech, etc.
_Then the following_
Prayer.
O most precious blood of eternal life, the ransom and redemption of the
whole universe! the drink and bath of our souls, thou who art ever
pleading the cause of men before the throne of God’s sovereign mercy! I
adore thee most profoundly, and desire, as far as it is in my power, to
compensate thee for the insults and affronts which thou art continually
receiving at the hands of men, especially of those who rashly dare to
blaspheme thee. And who is there that will not bless this blood of
infinite value? Who is there that will not feel himself inflamed with love
for Jesus, Who shed it? What should I be if I had not been redeemed by
this divine blood? What was it that drew thee forth from the veins of my
Lord, even to the last drop? Ah! it was naught else but love. O boundless
love, that has given us this balsam of salvation! O balsam beyond price,
streaming forth from the well‐spring of a boundless love, grant, oh, grant
that every heart and tongue may praise, and magnify, and bless thee, now
and forever, even unto the day of eternity. Amen.
_V._ Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, with Thy blood.
_R._ And Thou hast made us a kingdom unto Our God.
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