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Mary meets Jesus on the Way

IV. Mary meets Jesus on the Way

Come, O ye sinners, come and see if ye can endure so sad a sight. This Mother, so tender and loving, meets her beloved Son, meets Him amid an impious rabble, who drag Him to a cruel death, wounded, torn by stripes, crowned by thorns, streaming with blood, bearing His heavy cross.

Ah, consider my soul, the grief of the blessed Virgin thus beholding her Son! Who would not weep at seeing this Mother's grief? But who has been the cause of such woe?

I, it is I, who with my sins have so cruelly wounded the heart of my sorrowing Mother! And Yet I am not moved; I am as a stone, when my heart should break because of my ingratitude.

Virgin most holy, I crave pardon for the sorrows I have caused thee. I know and confess that I deserve it not, for it is I through whom thy Jesus was so treated; yet do thou call to mind that thou art the Mother of mercy. Show mercy, then to me, and I promise to be more faithful to my Redeemer in the time to come, and thus to console thee for the many sorrows I have offered to thine afflicted heart. Amen.

V. Hail Mary, etc.;

R. Holy Mary, etc.

V. Virgin Most Sorrowful

R. Pray for us.