Prayer before a Crucifix
Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesuswhile before Your face I humbly kneel and,with burning soul,pray and beseech Youto fix deep in my heart lively sentimentsof faith, hope, and charity;true contrition for my sins,and a firm purpose of amendment. While I contemplate,with great love and tender pity,Your five most precious wounds,pondering over them within …