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O divine blood of my Jesus, I adore Thee from the depth of my heart! I invoke Thee most fervently, for Thou art my salvation, and by Thee I hope to obtain the joys of paradise. Most precious blood of Jesus, cry to heaven for mercy on our behalf and deliver us ! By the precious blood of Jesus, I beseech Thee, Father in heaven, have mercy on the poor souls in purgatory. Adore the five wounds of your crucified Jesus, kissing them in spirit, praying for true and abiding sorrow for your sins, for perfect conformity to the will of God, and for the grace of perseverance. Jesu Dulcis Amor Meus JjfESUs! as though Thyself wert here J I draw in trembling sorrow near; And hanging o'er Thy form divine, Kneel down to kiss these wounds of Thine, How pitifully Thou art laid ! Bloodstain' d, distended, cold, and dead I Toy of my soul, my Saviour sweet, In Honor of Our Lord and Our Lady 295 Hail, awful brow! hail, thorny wreath !

Hail, countenance now pale in death 1 Whose glance but late so brightly blazed, That angels trembled as they gazed. And hail to thee, my Saviour's side; And hail to thee, thou wound so wide: Thou wound more ruddy than the rose, True antidote of all our woes ! Oh, by those sacred hands and feet For me so mangled ! I entreat, My Jesus, turn me not away, But let me here forever stay. PRAYERS FOR THOSE IN THEIR AGONY Omost merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I pray Thee by the agony of Thy most sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thy immaculate Mother, wash in Thy blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their agony, and are to die this day. Amen