Most Merciful Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, I, a miserable sinner, kneel before the image of Your most Sacred Body, which You left upon the Holy Shroud. Dear Jesus, in contemplation of Your many sufferings, I feel deep sorrow and contrition, and I desire to make reparation for my sins. Grant that I may be made ever more aware of Your Great Love, as I walk the Way Of Sorrow together with Your most Holy Mother. May that torrent of sorrow, which she bore in union with You, O Jesus, overflow into my poor heart, and unite me with her in a very special love for You.
         May Your most Adorable Face so brutally beaten and bloodied, be the source of love and consolation which will draw me ever closer to You.
         O my Guardian Angel, help me to assist the tottering Savior on the Way To Calvary, and to remain at the foot of the Cross to offer my love and compassion.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross, You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   Mercy, My Savior, mercy! It was my sins not Pilate that passed the sentence of death upon You. Grant me the grace to be ever aware of the consequence of sin.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   O Blessed Savior, my sins in all their vileness have made Your Cross almost impossible to bear. Yet, Your Holy Love spurs You onward.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   O my Savior, how pitiful this first fall! Your most Holy Face covered with sweat, spittle and blood is further marred by dust and dirt from this torturous fall. O my God, forgive me, grant me the grace to never again fall into sin.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon. 

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   O loving Mother of our Savior, how the words of Simeon must have come to mind: "and Your own heart a sword shall pierce". How that very Head you caressed is now crowned with thorns, bloodied, bruised, pouring out a feverish sweat and defiled by spittle from vile mouths. O Most Sorrowful Mother, pray that I may adore your Beloved Son evermore, and that I may console you, O Mary.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   O my Jesus, when the Cross was laid on Simon, it was to remind me of the necessity of participating in Your most Sorrowful Passion. O Savior of my soul, grant me the grace to carry my daily crosses with patience and with love, a constant reminder of the Cross You bore for me.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   O Most Gentle Jesus, how graciously You accepted the loving act Veronica, how grateful You were when she wiped blood and sweat from Your most Holy Face. May I have the very image, which You imprinted on her veil, impressed upon my soul a symbol of Your Love for me.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   O my Lord, this second fall rends my heart. My sins, the very sins I repeat time and again, have brought Your Sacred Body to fall to the ground.
Grant me the grace to shun all things that are displeasing to You.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by You Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   How those words resound, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me. Weep for yourselves and for your children". Dear Jesus, I shall weep for my sins; however, permit me also to shed tears of gratitude for Your Great Love.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   O my Suffering Savior, my obstinacy in sin brings You crashing down to the ground under the overwhelming weight of my sins. When, O my Blessed Savior, will I walk the narrow path that leads to salvation? When will I gently soothe Your wounds instead instead of adding to Your Agony? O Most Holy Mother, pray that I may persevere in the righteous way.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   O Immaculate Lamb of God, how shamefully I have caused You to be treated! There are no words now, just a painful reflection of my past. Let my eyes see only that which is edifying and grant that I may shun all that is immoral, so to live a life according to Your commandments.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   O my Blessed Redeemer, I cannot withhold the tears from my eyes. The excruciating agony of the nails being driven into Your wrists, and through Your feet, makes my heart grow faint. Hold me fast to Your Cross,
O my Savior, that I may never stray away from You.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   O my Jesus, stretched out upon the infamous Cross, though dead, You speak a language of Love unknown to the human heart. Your death is the life of the soul, restored because of Your Great Love, a love so sadly ignored and unknown. O how much You endured so that I might become Your friend, providing I do the things You command me. O Blessed Redeemer, I will be Your friend. Forgive my past indifference and stubbornness, Grant that I, unlike the many who have passed You by without noticing You, may stop and gaze, then kneel and adore You, for You are worthy of all love and adoration.

ALL:   O my God, I am heartily sorry and beg pardon for all my sins, not because these sins bring suffering and hell to me; but because they have crucified my loving Savior, Jesus Christ, and offended Your Infinite Goodness. I firmly resolve, with the help of Your grace, to confess my sins, to do penance and to amend my life... Amen.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   My crucified Savior is now taken down from the Cross. The Sabbath is near and there is no time for the washing and the annointing of His Body. How lovingly He was embraced by His afflicted Mother! How gently He was carried to the tomb! May I, O Jesus, also embrace You as did Your Holy Mother Mary. Permit me to annoint You with my love and may my tears of repentance wash Your Sacred Body.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.

V. We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You,
R. Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.
ALL:   How carefully and lovingly Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus placed spices around Your Sacred Remains! How their hearts must have rent when they gazed at the blood-stain on Your right side! O Lord, that
Precious Blood, which flowed from Your Sacred Heart, left its stain on Your
Holy Shroud, as a witness to Your love. And You, O Lord, left us Your Image
in Death on the Shroud You were enveloped in to remind us of Your Sorrowful
Passion. O that Holy Face, sealed in the silence of death speaks to the heart
and touches the soul, that all
may read therein the greatest Love the world has ever known.
V. Our Father...Hail Mary...Glory Be...
V. Merciful Face Of Jesus,
R. Pity and pardon.