II THE SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR O most sorrowful Mother Mary, meditating on the Mystery of the Scourging of Lord, when, at Pilate's command, thy Divine Son, stripped of His garments and bound to a pillar, was lacerated from head to foot with cruel scourges and His flesh torn away until His mortified body could bear no more, I humbly pray: Our Father, 10 Haily Marys, Glory Be to the Father. and the Fatima Decade Prayer: O MY JESUS, forgive us our sins, save us from the fire of Hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who are most in need of Thy mercy. I bind these blood-red roses with a petition for the virtue of MORTIFICATION OF THE SENSES and humbly lay this bouquest at thy feet. |