The “Seven Last Words of Christ“ is a mediation commonly prayed during Lent and on Good Friday as a means of reflecting on the Passion of the Lord. The Seven Last Words are in reference to the seven last statements made by Jesus on the cross before his death.
A Prayer to Honor the Shoulder Wound of Christ | How shredded and agonizing the shoulder of the Lord must have been on that day from bearing the weight of the heavy cross to Calvary. This is a prayer honoring the shoulder wound of Jesus. Both Saint Padre Pio and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux had a sincere devotion to Christ’s shoulder wound.
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O Loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I, a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most Sacred Wound of The Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy Cross, which so tore Thy flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other wound of Thy Most Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee, and give Thee thanks for this most sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain, and by the crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross to be merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on towards Heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen.
The Divine Mercy Chaplet with Meditations is a chaplet that was given to Saint Faustina by Jesus as a spiritual tool for obtaining pardon for one’s sins through the offering of the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus to the Father in atonement for sins. Although all of the prayers are the same as the regular Divine Mercy Chaplet, this particular chaplet contains meditations on the Passion of Jesus in order to enhance meditation.
Divine Mercy Novena You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.
Pray 3 times…
O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You!
Pray the Our Father Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Pray the Hail Mary Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Pray the Apostles Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
On every large bead of the Rosary, pray…
Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
Then, on each of the 10 smaller beads that follow, pray…
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
BIBLE VERSES & MEDITATIONS
First Decade Meditations Jesus came with his disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit down here, while I go over yonder and pray.” A heavy weight of sorrow and distress falls upon Jesus.
His agony is so great that His sweat becomes like drops of blood.
He prays fervently to the Father, asking that this cup be removed from Him.
Having prayed three times, and bathed in a sweat of blood, Jesus watches as His betrayer, Judas, approaches with an angry mob.
He describes the sorrow of His Soul as even unto death.
He submits to His Father’s will; and hands himself over to be arrested.
All of his disciples desert him and run away. Jesus is left to fend for Himself.
The guards seize Jesus, bind him, and bring him to the Jewish leaders and high priests; where they condemn Jesus as liable to death.
Like furious lions, they surround Jesus and torment him with thousands of insults, spits, lacerations, and blows.
He is then thrown into a cold, dark holding cell, where He spends the rest of the night until the morning when they will bring him to the Sanhedrin.
2nd Decade Meditations The next morning, Pontius Pilate hands Jesus over to the Roman soldiers, who readily execute their cruelest punishments upon Jesus, who they consider to be an insurrectionist.
The blows and strikes delivered to Jesus leaves His face bruised, broken, and disfigured.
Though Jesus is harshly treated, He remains silent and opens not His mouth.
Like a lamb led to slaughter or a sheep silent before shearers, He does not open His mouth.
Jesus is then stripped of His clothes, his hands bound to the pillar, and is severely scourged with a Roman scourging whip.
The scourging whip used on Jesus has small iron balls and sharp sheep bones attached to it.
The blows from the iron balls inflicts excruciating pain and bruising to His body, while the sheep bones tear away small pieces of His flesh.
After scourging His back, shoulders, and lower extremities of His body, the Roman soldiers turn Jesus around and do the same to His front side.
When finished, the Body of Christ is completely ravaged; open wounds, gashes and stripes cover His entire bloodied Body.
The Pillar and the ground beneath where He was scourged are completed covered with His blood.
3rd Decade Meditations With sneers, mockery, and laughter, the soldiers put a purple cloak on Jesus and press it against His severely wounded Body.
The texture of cloak further irritates the open wounds.
The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and place it on His head.
They use a stick to press down on the crown so that the thorns deeply embed into Jesus’ head.
Streams of blood flow down over the face of Jesus, as the thorns press against His skull.
The soldiers place a reed in His right hand.
They kneel before Him and mock Him, saying “Hail, King of the Jews!” They take the reed and strike Him repeatedly over the head.
They spit upon Him and pluck at His beard.
The wounds on Jesus are further ripped open as the Roman soldiers tear away the purple cloak from His Body and they put His own clothes back on Him.
4th Decade Meditations At the urging of the chief priests and officers, Pontius Pilate orders Jesus to be crucified.
Jesus takes the cross and begins the journey to Golgotha.
He is forced to walk barefoot on the rough and dusty road, and is pulled with ropes by the soldiers to hurry him.
Weakened by so much trauma, Jesus struggles to find the strength needed to carry His cross.
The crowds on both sides hurl insults, stones, and other objects at Him. The body of Jesus enters into shock from having lost a large amount of blood.
Three times He falls during the journey; being crushed each time under the weight of the cross.
With each fall, the guards and crowd move in to further assault and harrass Jesus.
Splinters from the wood of the cross drive deep into His shoulder, which is already bruised and torn from the scourging.
To expedite the journey, the soldiers recruit Simon of Cyrene from the crowd to help Jesus finish the journey to Golgotha.
5th Decade Meditations Before being laid down to be crucified, Jesus is offered wine mixed with gall, a mild anesthesia, but He refuses to take it.
He is then roughly thrown to the ground and positioned on the cross to be crucified.
With indescribable cruelty His arms and legs are stretched on the Cross, pulled from all sides; dislocating His limbs.
A heavy, square, iron nail is driven through each of His hands and deep into the wood of the cross.
His left foot is then positioned against the top of His right foot, and with both feet extended, toes down, a nail is driven through the arch of each.
As His cross is raised and positioned upward, the weight of Jesus’s body on the nails through His hand sends excruciating pain throughout the nerves in His arms and Body.
In order to take of breath of air, Jesus needs to lift His body up by pushing His weight down on His nailed feet.
Hung naked and exposed, those passing by Jesus revile him, while the guards cast lots for His clothes.
[Feeling] Turned away by His Father, Jesus cries out “My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me.”
After three hours on the Cross, Jesus announces “It is finished”, and dies. A soldier pierces His side with a lance; a stream of blood and water gushes out.
At the end of the Chaplet, pray three times…
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
[Optional] Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless, and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us, and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments, we might not despair, nor become despondent, but with great confidence, submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy Itself. Amen.
The Divine Mercy Chaplet is a chaplet that was given to Saint Faustina by Jesus as a spiritual tool for obtaining pardon for one’s sins through the offering of the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus to the Father in atonement for sins.
Introductory Prayers You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls, and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.
[Pray 3 times:] O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You!
[Pray 1 time:] Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Amen.
[Pray 1 time:] Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
[Pray 1 time:] I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell; on the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
Main Chaplet Prayers First Decade Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
[Pray 10 times:] For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Second Decade Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
[Pray 10 times:] For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Third Decade Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
[Pray 10 times:] For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Fourth Decade Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
[Pray 10 times:] For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Fifth Decade Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
[Pray 10 times:] For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Closing Prayers [Pray 3 times:] Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
[Optional] Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless, and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us, and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments, we might not despair, nor become despondent, but with great confidence, submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy Itself. Amen.
