Through thy instructing us in the virtue and efficacy of prayer, and by giving us a model thereof in the divine "Our Father," &c. _Have mercy upon us._ Through thy inflamed desire to redeem mankind, _Have mercy upon us._ {243} Through thy meek and humble entry into Jerusalem on Palm-Sunday, riding upon an ass, _Have mercy upon us._ Through thy humility in washing the feet of thy disciples, even those of the traitor Judas, _Have mercy upon us._ Through thy ineffable love manifested in the institution of the sacrifice and sacrament of thy precious body and blood, _Have mercy upon us._ Through the prayer thou didst thrice repeat in the Garden of Mount Olivet, when a bloody sweat trickled down thine agonized body, _Have mercy upon us._ Through thy condescending to receive a kiss from the mouth of the traitor Judas, _Have mercy upon us._ Through thy being apprehended, bound, and brought before the tribunals of Annas and Caiphas, _Have mercy upon us._ Through the blows, buffets, and opprobrious usage thou didst endure the night before thy crucifixion, _Have mercy upon us._ Through thy presentation to the pagan judge, Pilate, in the quality of a notorious criminal, _Have mercy upon us._ Through thy being sent before Herod, and scornfully treated by that wicked king and his soldiers, _Have mercy upon us._ Through the cruel and contumelious whipping thou didst endure at the pillar, _Have mercy upon us._ {244} Through the barbarous clamours of the people to have Barrabas, the murderer, released, and the innocent Jesus put to death, _Have mercy upon us._ Through the false accusations, suborned witnesses, slanders, and calumnies, brought against thee by the Jews, _Have mercy upon us._ Through the shameful stripping off thy clothes, and exposing thy naked body to the multitude, _Have mercy upon us._ Through the pressing of a crown of sharp pointed thorns on thy sacred head, _Have mercy upon us._ Through thy being clothed in a purple garment, and derided as a mock king, having a reed put into thy hand for a sceptre, _Have mercy upon us._ Through the scoffing salutations, insulting reflections, and scornful adorations, whereby thou wert mocked by the Jews and the soldiers, _Have mercy upon us._ Through their spitting on thy divine face, and striking thy sacred head, _Have mercy upon us._ Through thy being exposed to the people in the most lamentable condition, Pilate saying to the multitude: Behold the man! _Have mercy upon us._ Through the horrid clamours and repeated vociferations of the Jews, "Away with him! Crucify him!" _Have mercy upon us._ Through thy meek and patient hearing of the sentence of death pronounced against thee, _Have mercy upon us._ {245} Through thy bearing thy heavy cross on thy sacred shoulders, _Have mercy upon us._