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Oremus.com > Traditional Prayers > Prayer Before a Crucifix > Printable Version Prayer Before a Crucifix Look down upon me,Good and gentle Jesus, While before Your face I humbly kneel, And with burning soul Pray and beseech You 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 Your five wounds, Pondering over them within me, Having in mind the words Which David Your prophet said of You, my Jesus: “They pierced my hands and my feet; They numbered all my bones.” —Ps. xxi, 17, 8, Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be… For the intentions of the Holy Father. |