Prayer to Our Lord Jesus Christ in Remembrance of His Saving Passion(s)

Prayer to Our Lord Jesus Christ in Remembrance of His Saving Passion(s)

Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Creator of heaven and earth, Savior of the world, behold me, unworthy and greatest sinner, humbly bow the knee of my heart before the glory of Your majesty, I sing and magnify Your immeasurable suffering and give thanks to You, King and God of all, because You graciously descended from Your heavenly throne and became incarnate of the immaculate Virgin Mary for the sake of human salvation; being without body, You united the bodily nature with divinity; being rich, You voluntarily became poor, that You might enrich man in Your kingdom; You bore human weakness and various misfortunes upon Yourself as a man, that You might help all in their different sorrows and deprivations; for forty days You fasted, that all might see the way to temperance; many times You endured the temptations of the evil one, that from the various temptations You might deliver all. I know, Almighty Lord, that none of this was necessary for You, but for the sake of human salvation You endured it all. You were sold for thirty pieces of silver, that You might redeem man from the heavy bondage of the enemy; You were seized by the merciless Pharisees as an innocent lamb, that the human race might be rescued from the jaws of the devil; You stood before the council of Annas and Caiaphas, that You might bring all away from the judgment of hell; You were bound, humbled, scourged, falsely accused by false witnesses and sentenced to a shameful death, that You might free man from every plague, torment and from eternal death; You were handed over to Pilate, though You had done no evil, and sent to Herod the tetrarch and again despised, that man might be delivered from evil plagues and hostile mockery. I do not know, Lord Lover of mankind, how I can repay You for all that You have suffered for me, a sinner, for soul and body and every good thing are from You, and all that is mine is Yours, and I am Yours; only on Your boundless mercy, merciful Lord, hoping, I sing Your unspeakable long‑suffering, I magnify Your incomprehensible providence, I glorify Your infinite mercy, by which You have inclined toward me, that I may be justified. You, merciful Savior, were bound to a column and mercilessly scourged, therefore deliver me, I pray, from my sins; You were crowned with thorns, therefore uproot the sinful thorns of my soul; You were beaten with a reed on the head, therefore crush the serpent’s head that wounds me with the sting of sin; You were clothed in scarlet and handed to the tormentors, therefore cleanse, O holy King, the garment of my soul, that I may enter Your beautiful light; You were placed beside the robbers and bore the cross upon Your shoulders, therefore drive away the robber‑enemy who seeks to destroy my soul. I know that You, long‑suffering Jesus, were grievously wounded: from the top of Your holy head down to the soles there was not a single place untouched on You. What, then, shall I say of Your unspeakable love for mankind, Christ our Savior? Only, bowing to Your immaculate passions and lovingly kissing them, in repentance I cry: have mercy on me, a sinner. You gave Yourself to be nailed to the cross, therefore nail my heart to Your commandments; crucified on the cross, You were raised on the hill of Golgotha, therefore lift my thoughts to heaven, that I may ever contemplate the heavenly; You were given gall and vinegar to drink, therefore let Your love satisfy my heart, filled with the bitterness of sin, and quench my thirst with the stream of Your goodness; You spread Your immaculate hands to receive all, therefore receive me, a sinner; You had nailed Your feet, desiring always to be with sinners, therefore do not abandon me, a sinner, turning my feet away from every deceitful path; You had an open heart, therefore show me, a sinner, Your grace; You bowed Your holy head upon the cross, therefore hear my unworthy prayers. O wondrous and immeasurable depth of mercy, Christ God, You prayed to God the Father for Your enemies, the crucifiers, therefore grant me, a sinner, the grace to love my enemies and pray for them; You opened Paradise to the robber who repented, therefore look upon me, a sinner, my Light, grant me repentance and open the doors of Your mercy, and remember me, unworthy, in Your kingdom. At the end You delivered Your holy soul into the hands of God the Father, therefore receive, O Creator, my soul at the hour of my death; You, Savior, who dwelleth in the impenetrable light, were taken down from the cross and laid in the tomb as dead, therefore remove from me the unbearable burden of sins and do not allow me to dwell in the tomb of my unworthy heart, Lover of mankind, that my fleshly passions may be dead, and that I may live not for myself, a worthless creature of Yours, but for You, my Lord and God, and that by Your mercy, most merciful Creator and my Savior, who accepted the cross‑death, I may be worthy to see You crowned with glory and honor, in the light of Your impenetrable glory, where You reign forever with Your uncreated Father and the holy, good, life‑giving and consubstantial Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

Source: kyrios.org.ua