Veneration of the Holy Wounds Lord Jesus, "Venerate my Holy Wounds."
PRAYER TO THE SCOURGING WOUNDS OF CHRIST
"Pilate wanted to please the crowd, so he set Barabbas free for them. Then he had Jesus whipped and handed him over to be crucified." (Mark 15:15) "Many enemies surrounded me like bulls; they are all around me, like fierce bulls from the land of Bashan.
They open their mouths like lions, roaring and tearing at me. My strength is gone, gone like water spilled on the ground. All my bones are out of joint... You have left me for dead in the dust." (Psalms 22:12-15)
"They cut deep wounds in my back and made it like a plowed field." (Psalms 129:3) Lord Jesus, we venerate the Holy Wounds on Your Body caused by the cruel scourging that you endured - those wounds that tore at Your Flesh and wounded Your bones, leaving You bloodied, weak, and almost dead, long before You reached Calvary.
We adore Your painful and bloody wounds that purchased for us eternal salvation. Eternal Father, for the sake of the cruel scourging wounds of Your Divine Son, have mercy on us, forgive our sins, and grant salvation to us, to our families, and to the whole world. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
PRAYER TO THE HOLY WOUNDS ON THE HEAD OF CHRIST
"They made a crown out of thorny branches and placed it on His head. They spat on Him, and took the stick and hit him over the head." (Matthew 27:29-30) "Many people were shocked when they saw Him; He was so disfigured that He hardly looked human. But now many nations will marvel at him, and kings will be speechless in amazement.
They will see and understand something they had never known."
(Isaiah 52:14) "I am no longer a human being; I am a worm, despised and scorned by everyone."
(Psalms 22:6) Lord Jesus, we adore and venerate the Holy Wounds on Your Head, caused by the crown of thorns which the cruel soldiers pressed against Your Forehead and around Your Head, to hurt and mock You, calling You a false king, and the blows that You received on Your Face and Head - those painful and cruel wounds from which flowed blood that left imprints of Your Sacred Face on the veil of Veronica, and on the Holy Shroud, reminding us of the cruelty and profound humiliation that You endured in the hands of Your enemies.
Almighty Father, for the sake of the precious wounds on the Head of Christ that He endured for our sake, have mercy on us, sinners, and grant conversion to the whole world.
Amen.
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