Veronica Wipes the Face Of Jesus 

~ STAND ~

LEADER:   WE ADORE THEE O CHRIST AND WE PRAISE THEE;      

 ~ GENUFLECT ~ 

ALL:   BECAUSE BY THY HOLY CROSS, THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD.

~ STAND ~

LEADER: JESUS IS BARELY ABLE TO SEE BECAUSE THE BLOOD AND SWEAT THAT HAS FALLEN TO HIS EYES, HAS BLURRED HIS VISION. WHILE HOLDING ON TIGHTLY TO THE CROSS, HE DESPERATELY ATTEMPTS TO WIPE HIS EYES. A WOMAN IN THE CROWD KNOWN ONLY AS VERONICA, IS DISTRESSED BY HIS SUFFERING. SHE BREAKS FREE FROM THE CROWD AND MOVES QUICKLY TOWARD HIM. ALTHOUGH SHE IS AWARE THAT SHE RISKS HER OWN SAFETY, VERONICA DESPERATELY DESIRES TO OFFER OUR LORD SOME COMFORT. SHE TAKES HER VEIL VERY GENTLY WIPES THE BLOOD AND SWEAT FROM THE FACE AND EYES OF JESUS. DEEPLY TOUCHED BY WHAT SHE HAS DONE, JESUS LEAVES AN IMAGE OF HIS BLOOD STAINED COUNTENANCE ON HER VEIL.          

~ KNEEL ~

 ALL: ALMIGHTY GOD AND FATHER, THROUGH MARY IMMACULATE, I OFFER THEE THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THY DIVINE SON JESUS, FROM THE WOUNDS OF HIS HOLY FACE AND HEAD. I UNITE THIS OFFERING WITH VERONICA'S SELFLESS COMPASSION AND WITH THE MIRACULOUS IMAGE OF THE HOLY COUNTENANCE OF JESUS IMPRESSED UPON HER VEIL. I PRAY DEAR FATHER, BY THE INFINITE MERITS OF THIS COMPASSIONATE MOMENT, TAKE FROM MY HEART ALL JEALOUSY, INDIGNATION, WRATH, AND CONTENTION, AND WHATSOEVER MAY HURT CHARITY, AND LESSEN BROTHERLY LOVE. GRANT ME THE FERVOR TO BE CHARITABLE TO OTHERS DESPITE MY WEAKNESSES AND FAULTS, SO THAT I MAY TREAT OTHERS WITH ALL THE LOVE THOU DESIRES OF ME.

OUR FATHER¼HAIL MARY¼GLORY BE¼

LORD JESUS CRUCIFIED, HAVE MERCY ON ME, A WRETCHED SINNER.

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