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The suffering
of Jesus was intense as the cross was laid on His bruised and wounded back
and shoulders.
It is not only
the cross He is carrying, but the hate and disgust of the soldiers and the
crowd, and the weight of human history and the sin of the world.
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Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee;
Blessed are thou among
women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus carrying
His cross.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
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Prayer to the
Shoulder Wound of Christ
O Loving Jesus, meek
Lamb of God, I miserable sinner, salute and worship the most
Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy
Cross, which so tore Thy flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to
inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other wound of Thy
Most Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful; I praise
and glorify Thee, and give Thee thanks for this most sacred and
painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain, and by the
crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross to be merciful to me, a sinner,
to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on
towards Heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen.
Imprimatur: Thomas D. Beven, Bishop
of Springfield
It is related in the annals of
Clairvaux that St. Bernard asked our Lord which was His greatest
unrecorded suffering, and Our Lord answered: "I had on My
Shoulder, while I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous
Wound, which was more painful than the others, and which is not
recorded by men. Honor this wound with thy devotion, and I will
grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through its virtue and merit.
And in regard to all those who shall venerate this Wound, I will
remit to them all their venial sins, and will no longer remember
their mortal sins."
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