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Treasures of the
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Prayer to the
Shoulder wound of Jesus
This Roman Catholic prayer is variously attributed to Saint
Bernard of Clairvaux or to St. Gertrude or St. Mechtilde.
In English:
'"O Loving Jesus, Meek Lamb of God, I 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 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 towards Heaven along the Way of
Thy Cross. Amen."
According to St. Bernard, he asked Jesus which was His
greatest unrecorded suffering and the wound that inflicted
the most pain on Him in Calvary and Jesus answered:
"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 men. Honor this Wound
with thy devotion and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost
ask through its virtue and merit and in regard to all those
who shall venerate this Wound, I will remit to them all
their venial sins and will no longer remember their mortal
sins."
In the twelfth century Pope Eugenius III approved of the
promises with regards to this prayer. The modern version of the
prayer bears the imprimatur of Bishop Thomas D. Bevan.
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