O most loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I, a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy cross, which so tore Thy Flesh and laid bare Thy Bones so as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other wound of Thy most blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee, and give Thee thanks for this most sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain, and by the crushing burden of Thy heavy cross, to be merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on toward heaven along the Way of Thy Cross.
AmenPrayer to Our Lord’s Shoulder Wound
It is related in the annals of Clairvoux that St. Bernard asked our Lord which was His greatest unrecorded suffering. Our Lord answered him: “I had on My shoulder, while I bore My cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous wound which was more painful than the others, and which is not recorded by […]
