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The Way of the Cross
Tenth Station
JESUS IS STRIPPED OF HIS GARMENTSV: We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.
R: Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.Consider the violence with which the executioners stripped Jesus. His inner garments adhered to His torn flesh, and they dragged them off so roughly that the skin came with them. Compassionate your Saviour thus cruelly treated, and say to Him:
My innocent Jesus, by the merits of the torment Thou hast felt, help me to strip myself of all affection to things of earth, in order that may place all my love in Thee, who art so worthy of my love. I love thee, 0 Jesus, with my whole heart; I repent of having offended Thee. Never permit me to offend Thee again. Grant that I may love Thee always, and then do with me what Thou wilt.
Pray the Our Father, a Hail Mary, and the Glory be.
Make me feel as thou hast felt;
Make my soul to glow and melt
With the love of Christ, my Lord.
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