℣. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you.
℟. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
Having reached Calvary, Jesus is stripped of his garments and given a bitter mixture of gall and myrrh to drink.
See how much our sins of vanity and gluttony have cost Jesus! Lord, grant me the grace of detaching my heart more and more from all vanity and sinful satisfaction, to seek you only, my supreme and eternal happiness.
Have mercy on us, O Lord.
Have mercy on us.
Holy Mother, etc.
Holy Mother, pierce me through,
In my heart each wound renew
Of my Savior crucified.
Sancta Mater, istud agas,
Crucifixi fige plagas
Cordi meo valide.