from the bosom of the Father into the womb of the Virgin, Have mercy upon us. By the humility of thy high majesty, which disdained not to descend into the womb of the Virgin Mary, Have mercy upon us. For the frailty of man, which thou loathedst not to take willingly for our sins, Have mercy upon us. For thy holy Nativity, wherein thou didst vouchsafe to be born of a woman, Have mercy upon us. By that cold manger which thou layest in, wrapped in poor clothes and fed with maiden's milk, Have mercy upon us. By the great joy of the shepherds, who worshipped thee lying in the manger, Have mercy upon us. For that painful Circumcision and shedding of thy precious blood, and for the virtue of thy 54 them to w sins, but t me for rig inheritor o ful Lord, v didst suffer sake. Tho didst pray sufferedst m for my sake most Precio be shed on most mercif profit me w who hast giv cleanse and sins. Let t mine unrigh thy Passiona for my sins. my faith an not in me, l that the hop ing never d not cold in n my flesh be death. Gra when death yet that th behold and 1 hath taken holy Name Jesus, and all thy blessed Names, Have mercy upon us. For the oblation and prayers of the three kings, Have mercy upon us. For that blessed oblation wherein thou wast offered to thy Father in the temple, Have mercy upon us. For thy flight into Egypt and all the pains that thou sufferedst there, Have mercy upon us. For thy coming again from Egypt unto Nazareth, and thy meek obedience wherewith thou didst willingly subject thyself to thy parents, Have mercy upon us. For thy meek and lowly conversation, during three and thirty years on earth, Have mercy upon us. For thy meek obedience and great patience, Have mercy upon us. For thy most holy meditations, words, and works of mercy, Have mercy upon us. For thy holy Baptism, and the glorious appearing of the Holy Trinity, Have mercy upon us. For thy holy fasting, contemplation, kneeling, and the tempting of the devil in the desert, Have mercy upon us. For thy thirst, hunger, cold, and heat, which thou sufferedst in this vale of misery, Have mercy upon us. For thy heaviness, labour, and weariness, Have mercy upon us. For the detraction and evil words, wherewith thine enemies reviled thee, Have mercy upon us. For thy watching and prayers, Have mercy upon us. For thy wholesome doctrine and benefits, and thy mighty resistance, whereby thou gavest no peace to thine enemies, Have mercy upon us. For the wonderful signs and miracles which thou wroughtest, Have mercy upon us. For thy meek and holy conversation, Have mercy upon us. For thy holy tears, and meek enthronization in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, Have mercy upon us. For that cursed council, wherein the malicious Jews conspired thy death, Have mercy upon us. By that fervent and charitable desire that thou hadst to redeem us, Have mercy upon us. By that great lowliness which thou showedst in washing the feet of thy disciples, and of Judas who betrayed thee, Have mercy upon us. For thy most worthy and noble institution of the Sacrament of thy most precious Body and Blood, Have mercy upon us. By that profound love, whereby thou sufferedst S. John the Evangelist to rest upon thy breast at supper, Have mercy upon us. For the peace which Have mercy upon us. For that agony, wherein thou offeredst thyself willingly to death, obeying thy Almighty Father, and for thy bloody sweat, Have mercy upon us. By thy great meekness whereby thou didst will to be comforted by an angel, so comfort me in every time, And have mercy up on us. |