Prayer to our Lord Jesus Christ Crucified

Behold, O good and loving Jesus,

that I cast myself on my knees before you

and, with the greatest fervor of spirit,

I pray and beseech you to instill into my heart

ardent sentiments of faith, hope and charity,

with true repentance for my sins

and a most firm purpose of amendment.

With deep affection and sorrow

I ponder intimately

and contemplate in my mind your five wounds,

having before my eyes what the prophet David

had already put in your mouth about yourself, O good Jesus:

They have pierced my hands and my feet;

they have numbered all my bones (Ps 22:17-18).