Priest

V. Fac me tecum pie flere, Let me mingle tears with thee, Crucifixo condolere, Mourning him who mourned for me. Donec ego vixero. All the days that I may live.

R. Sancta Mater, &c.

Holy Mother, &c. STATIONS OF TUE CROSS. ^ourterntf) Station. • JESUS IS LAID IN THE SEPULCHRE.

V. Adoramus te, &c.

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We adore thee, &c.

R. Quia per, Sec, R. Because, &c. Priest. The body of her dearly-beloved Son is taken from his Mother, and laid by the disciples in the tomb. The tomb is closed, and there the lifeless body remains until the hour of its glorious resurrection. Prayer.

We too, O God, will descend into the grave when- ever it shall please thee, as it shall please thee, and wheresoever it shall please thee. Let thy just decrees he fulfilled; let our sinful bodies return to their parent dust; but do thou, in thy great mercy, receive our im- mortal souls, and when our bodies have risen again, place them likewise in thy kingdom, that we may love and bless thee for ever and ever. Amen