At The Pater Noster
meditate upon the seven words of Christ uttered by Him upon the cross: 1, Christ prayed for His enemies; what dost thou do? 2, The thief, repenting, obtained heaven; learn seriously to repent and do penance, but delay it not to the last. 3, Christ commends His Mother to St. John, and St. John to His Mother; to whom canst thou better commend thyself? 4, Christ complains that He is forsaken; and dost thou expect consolation as thy right? 5, Christ thirsted for thy salvation; and dost thou turn away from it with loathing? 6, Christ announced that all His torments were finished; thus shall all thy good and evil in this world be brought to a close. 7, Lastly, after the example of Christ, commend thy spirit into the hands of thy heavenly Father.—Luke xxiii. 46.
Affections.
“And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.”—Matt. vi. 12.
Make me also to hear, “This day thou shalt be with Me in paradise.”—Luke xxiii. 43.
O Mary, “behold thy Son!”—John xix. 26.
“Forsake me not, O Lord my God: do not Thou depart from me.”—Ps. xxxvii. 22.
“For Thee my soul hath thirsted.”—Ps. lxii. 2.
“Happy is he who hath finished his course, who hath kept the faith.”—2 Tim. iv. 7.
“Into Thy hands I commend my spirit.”—Luke xxiii. 46.