Prayer to Our Lord on the Cross

JESU mi crucifixe, suscipe benignus precem quam nunc pro meæ mortis articulo tibi fundo, quando ilia jam appetente, omnes mei sensus deficient. Cum igitur, dulcissime JESU, mei oculi languidi et demissi te non amplius respicere poterunt, memento illius succensi aspectus, quem nunc tibi converto, et miserere mei. Cum labia mea arefacta non amplius tuas sacratissimas plagas osculari poterunt, memento illorum osculorum, quæ nunc tibi figo, et miserere mei. Cum manus meae frigidæ non amplius tuam crucem amplecti poterunt, memento sensus, quo nunc hoc ago, et miserere mei. Et cum tandem mea lingua tumens et immobilis non amplius loqui poterit, memento meæ invocationis hujus momenti. JESU, Joseph, Maria, vobis commendo animam meam.

MY crucified JESUS, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to Thee for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me. When therefore, O sweetest JESUS, my weary and downcast eyes can no longer look up to Thee, be mindful of the loving gaze which now I turn on Thee, and have mercy on me. When my parched lips can no longer kiss thy most sacred wounds, remember then those kisses which now I imprint on thee, and have mercy on me. When my cold hands can no longer embrace thy Cross, forget not the affection with which I embrace it now, and have mercy on me. And when, at length, my swollen and lifeless tongue can no longer speak, remember that I called upon Thee now. JESU, Joseph, Mary, to you I commend my soul.