Jesus is taken down from the Cross
V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee.
R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
The multitude have left the heights of Calvary, and none remain save the Beloved Disciple and the holy women, who stay at the foot of the Cross with Christ’s afflicted Mother. Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus take down the body of her Divine Son from the Cross, and place it with utmost reverence in her arms.
Prayer.
O thou, whose grief was boundless as an ocean that hath no limits, Mary, Mother of God, give us a share in thy most holy sorrow in the sufferings of thy Son, Who, ever present in the Blessed Sacrament, renews on our Altars daily His sacrifice on Calvary. Do thou have compassion on our infirmities. Accept us as thy children with the Beloved Disciple. Show thyself a Mother unto us; and may He, through thee, receive our prayer, Who for us vouchsafed to be thy Son.
An Act of Contrition.
O God, we love Thee with our whole hearts and above all things, and are heartily sorry that we have offended Thee. May we never offend Thee any more. Oh, may we love Thee without ceasing, and make it our delight to do in all things Thy most Holy Will.
Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day
our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
V. Blessed and praised every moment.
R. Be the Most Holy and Divine Sacrament.
V. Have mercy on us, O Lord.
R. Have mercy on us.
V. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R. Amen.
Fac ut portem Christi mortem,
Passiónis fac consórtem,
Et plagas recólere.
Let me, to my latest breath,
In my body bear the death
Of that dying Son of thine.
Jubilee 2025 