To Jesus
P. 222

1. O my Lord Jesus Christ, o divine Word and incarnate Son, I believe in you and adore you present for me in this memorial of your passion and death, o Jesus, true God and true man.

2. O my God and my all! Oh, what have you done for me, Father, Son and Holy Spirit! Lo, my Jesus the immensely loving Jesus, there he is among sinners.

3. O my God Father, o my God Holy Spirit, the passion of the soul and the body of Jesus continues before the very eyes of the angels and saints, of the blessed mother and yours.

4. His agony and sweat of blood go on without ever ceasing, as go on his arrest and dragging through the tribunals; still repeating the infamies of illegal trials!

5. The scourging and the crowning of thorns, the mockery, the hitting, the spitting, the preference for Barabbas, still go on.

6. Every day the injustices of his condemnation are repeated; and his journeys to the Calvaries of the world, under the heavy burden of the cross, still go on.

7. Every day the stripping of his garments and the crucifixion continue.

8. Jesus’ advent and birth, his example and words, as well as the benefit of his miracles continue today in the world and in souls.

9. His passion continues in the sacrifice and sacrament of the Eucharist, which are inventions of his love; it continues also in the perversion of sinners, moved by the evil spirit.

10. So must continue in each soul the spirit of the patriarchs and prophets, the spirit of the apostles and martyrs, the spirit of Joseph and Mary, for the compassion and cooperation with Jesus.