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Litany of the Seven Words from the Cross. 625

mp" FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW NOT ( dim) WHAT THEY( pp) DO."

Even while Thy life- blood flows, Craving pardon for Thy foes,

cr Hear us, Holy JESU. SAVIOUR, for our pardon sue, When our sins Thy pangs renew, For we know not what we do:Hear us, Holy JESU.

Oh! may we, who

mercy need, Be like Thee in heart and deed, When with wrong our spirits bleed. cr Hear us, Holy JESU.

" TO- DAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE."

JESU, pitying the sighs

Of the thief who near Thee dies, Promising him Paradise,

hilt

Hear us, Holy JESU.

May we, in our guilt and shame, Still Thy love and mercy claim, Calling humbly on Thy Name. Hear us, Holy JESU.

Oh! remember those who pine, Looking from their cross to Thine; Cheer their souls with hope Divine. Hear us, Holy JESU.

" WOMAN, BEHOLD THY SON."

" BEHOLD THY MOTHER."

JESU, loving to the end

Her whose heart Thy sorrows rend, And Thy dearest human friend, Hear us, Holy JESU.

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