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 the 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 Sprinfield).
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 My Shoulder,which I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievious Wound, which was more painful than the others, which is not recorded by men. Honor this wound with thy dev0tion, 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".
~O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that trustieth in him. O fear the Lord, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear them. ~ Psalm 34, 8-9
Labels: Good Friday, Holy Saturday
