135. Prayer to Our Lord on the Cross
r.) ESE- mu erueilixe, Y crucified JEsus, suscipe benignus pre- mercifully accept cem quam nunc pro mez the prayer which I now mortis articulo tibifundo, make to Thee for help quando illa jam appeten- in the moment of my te, omnes mei sensus de- death, when at its ap- ficient. proach all my senses shall fail me. 133 Leo XIII, March 4, 1882. 134 Leo XIII, May 2r, 1892. 135 Pius X, September 4, 1903. JESUS CRUCIFIED Cum igitur, dulcissime JESU, mei oculi languidi et demissi te non amplius respicere poterunt, me- mento illius succensi as- pectus, quem nunc tibi converto, et miserere mei. Cum labia meaarefacta non amplius tuas sacra- tissimas plagas osculari poterunt, memento illo- rum osculorum, quze nunc tibi figo, et miserere mei. Cum manus mee fri- gide non amplius tuam crucem amplecti pote- runt, memento sensus, quo nunc hoc ago, et mi- serere mei. Et cum tandem mea lingua tumens et immo- bilis non amplius loqui poterit, memento mez invocationis hujus mo- menti. JEsu, Joseph, Maria, vobis commendo animam meam. IIS When therefore, O sweetest JESUS, my weary and downcast eyes can no longer look up to Thee, be mindful of the loving gaze which now I turn on Thee, and have mercy on me. When my parched lips can no longer kiss thy most sacred wounds, remember then those kisses which now I im- print on thee, and have mercy on me. When my cold hands can no longer embrace thy Cross, forget not the affection. with which I embrace it now, and have mercy on me. And when, at length, my swollen and lifeless tongue can no longer speak, remember that I called upon Thee now. Jesu, Joseph, Mary, to you I commend my soul