Our Morning Offering – 4 March – First Friday of Lent
Prayer Before a Crucifix
Look down upon me,
good and gentle Jesus,
while before Thy face I humbly kneel
and, with burning soul,
pray and beseech Thee
to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments
of faith, hope and charity;
true contrition for my sins
and a firm purpose of amendment.
While I contemplate,
with great love and tender pity,
Thy Five Most Precious Wounds,
pondering over them within me
and calling to mind the words which David,
Thy prophet, said of Thee, my Jesus:
“They have pierced My hands and My feet,
they have numbered all My bones.”
Amen
This Prayer is often said after Holy Mass before the Crucifix in the Church. The faithful receive a Partial Indulgence but on the Fridays of Lent, the Indulgence is a Plenary Indulgence, under the usual conditions.
AnaStpaul 
Ana, I need your help. Do you know of any meditations of the 5 Wounds which reflects on specific sins associated with each Wound?
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Hmm – I can only think offhand of the Pieta – St Bridget of Swede, the entire booklet and then the 15 Prayers therein, of course. This is a booklet full of riches for the type of mediation you seek.
I know those who have for years done the meditation on the Precious Blood and through that Blood, which they have collected drop-by-drop in their souls, they have concentrated on different vices and sins.
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Some years back, I had in my possession just that type of meditation I am now looking for once more. I’ll have a look at the Pieta. Thanks, Ana.
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Otherwise you might find it in archived Catholic books online too. 🙏
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That’s an idea!! Thanks again, Ana.
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Ana, I found it. It was right under my nose – in my copy of In Sinu Jesu. Now I understand why the Spirit was urging me to return to this book this Lent.
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Well done! but be careful of that other book with no Imprimatur – no declaration of authority by the Church.
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Thanks for the caution, Ana. It’s okay so far.
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Just as I have been warned too – there are some very doubtful elements therein. 🙈
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