O Jesus, eternal truth and wisdom, who wast treated as a seducer and a madman, I adore Thee and I love Thee with all my heart.

O Jesus, in whom are all the treasures of divine knowledge, but who wast looked upon us an ignorant man and the son of a carpenter, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, fountain of life, who didst hear the Jews say of Thee: Will he then kill himself, because Thou saidst to them: You cannot come where I go, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, the divine Word, who wast called a man possessed by the devil and a Samaritan, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, God thrice holy, who wast treated as a sinner by the chief priests, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, model of sobriety, whom Thy enemies accused of loving wine and of feasting, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, enemy of sin, but full of mercy towards the guilty, who wast called the friend of publicans and sinners, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, the splendor of the Father and the image of his substance, who wast represented as a flagitious man, and a false prophet, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, enemy of lies, who didst hear the Jews cast doubts upon the veracity of Thy words, when they ironically exclaimed: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Thou hast seen Abraham! I adore Thee…

O Jesus, God all powerful, who, in order to render Thyself conformable to our nature, with which Thou wast clothed, didst hide Thyself and leave the Temple, to avoid being stoned by Thy enemies, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, only Son and faithful worshipper of the living God, who wast accused by the High-priest of having blasphemed and wast judged by him to be worthy of death, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, King of glory, who full of meekness and of humility, didst allow Thy eyes to be blindfolded, Thy Face to be spit upon, and wounded by blows and buffets, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, who dost search our hearts and our reins, and from whom nothing is hidden, who without complaint didst allow those insulting words to be addressed to Thee: Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who is he that struck Thee? I adore Thee…

O Jesus, pacific King, accused of perverting the nation, of hindering the payment of tribute, of exciting the people to rebel, and of calling Thyself King and Messiah, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, King of kings, despised by Herod and by his court, and clothed, in derision, with a white robe as a madman, I adore Thee…

O Jesus full of love, who didst hear the people cry out: Put this man to death, and give up to us Barabbas… May his blood fall on us and upon our children, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, King of heaven and earth, crowned with thorns, insolently struck and cruelly outraged by the words: Hail King of the Jews, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, infinite goodness, the source of all creation, the sovereign master of the world, who didst listen to that sentence of death: away with him; away with him; crucify him; we have no king but Cesar, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, worthy of all praise, who wast blasphemed on the Cross by the passers by, by the bad thief, by the chief priests, by the ancients of the people, by the scribes and by the soldiers, I adore Thee.

O Jesus, holy victim of sinners, who didst hear Thy enemies say: He saved others, himself he cannot save. Let Christ the king of Israel come down now from the Cross, that we may see and believe, I adore Thee…

O Jesus, full of love, of confidence and of reverence for Thy divine Father, who wast wounded with the most poignant anguish when the people cried out at the sight of Thee expiring: He confided in God; let him now deliver him if he will have him; for he said: I am the Son of God, I adore Thee, and I love Thee with all my heart.

PRAYER

O my Savior Jesus Christ, I feel bitter compassion for the grief experienced by Thy divine heart on hearing the blasphemies vomited by Thy enemies against Thee and against Thy heavenly Father.

But, O Jesus, what must be Thy affliction at seeing, after having given Thy life to the very last drop of Thy blood for the salvation of men, that thou wouldst, in the lapse of centuries, have fresh enemies who would reiterate those blasphemies a thousand times! Receive, O sweetest Jesus, the ardent desire we have of repairing all the outrages and the contempt which Thou hast received, and which Thou dost still receive every day from heretics and impious men. Oh! why is it not given to us to withdraw Thee from the rage of those who hate Thee and who are leagued together against Thee and against Holy Church, Thy spotless spouse. Repeat with us, O merciful Jesus, that touching prayer which Thou didst address to Thy divine Father before Thou didst utter Thy last sigh: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. We offer to Thee, in reparation for all the innumerable insults inflicted on Thee, all the glory, all the honor, all the praises, and all the gladness which are and which will be given to Thee by the most blessed Virgin and Saint Joseph, the Angels, the saints, and all the elects, in time and in eternity. Amen.