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123. The Three Hours on Good Friday and

A prayer from The Raccolta 1878, sourced from an older public-domain edition.

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123. The Three Hours on Good Friday and

any other Friday. i. Plenary, on Holy Thursday or during Easter Week, to all who shall, either in public or private, practise this de- votional exercise on Good Friday from noon to three o'clock, either by meditating according to their abilities on the suf- ferings of JESUS CHRIST during the three hours He hung on the Cross, and on the seven words He then uttered, or else, instead of meditation, by reciting psalms, hymns, or other prayers. I, II, IV. ii. 200 Days, any Friday in the year, to every one who, in remembrance of, and out of devotion to, the agony of our Blessed LORD, shall spend some time in prayer, as above. IV. iii. Plenary, once every month, on the last Friday, to every one who has meditated and prayed every previous Friday in the month, in the way just mentioned. I, 11, IV. (See Instructions, p. 1.)

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