Jesus - The Crucified Lord 

• Prayer Before a Crucifix

Look down upon me,
good and gentle Jesus
while before our face I humbly kneel and,
with burning soul, pray and beseech you
to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity;
true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment.
While I contemplate,
with great love and tender pity,
your five most precious wounds,
pondering over them
I call to mind the words which David,
your prophet, said to you, my Jesus:
“They have pierced my hands and my feet,
they have numbered all my bones.”
 

• The Five Wounds of Jesus

Grant, Lord Jesus Christ,
that we who devoutly worship your five most precious Wounds,
may keep them deeply impressed upon our hearts
both in our life and in our deeds. Amen.