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Devotion in Honor of the Five Holy Wounds, 1945 AD.
« on: April 19, 2025, 10:37:59 AM »
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    • https://lordcalls.com/dailyprayer/devotion-in-honor-of-the-five-holy-wounds
    PDF available at this web site, at the end...

    This devotion was included in the "Holy Hour of Reparation" booklet published by Soul Assurance Prayer Plan, 1945.  Imprimatur + S. A  Stritch, 1943, Archbishop of Chicago. 

    The Canadian SSPX used this edition till 2004.

    Devotion in Honor of the Five Holy Wounds

    The Five Holy Wounds are the five piercing wounds Jesus suffered during the Crucifixion – the nail wounds on his hands and feet as well as the lance wound which pierced his Sacred Heart. Let us meditate on the Five Wounds of Jesus Crucified.

      As I kneel before Thee on the Cross, most loving Savior of my soul, my conscience tells me it is I who have nailed Thee to that Cross with these hands of mine, as often as I have fallen into mortal sin, wearying Thee with my monstrous ingratitude.
    My God, my chief and most perfect Good, worthy of all my love, seeing Thou hast ever loaded me with blessings, I cannot now undo my misdeeds, as I would most willingly, but I can and will loathe them, grieving greatly for having offended Thee Who art infinite Goodness. And now, kneeling at Thy feet, I will try at least to compassionate Thee, to give Thee thanks, to ask of Thee pardon and contrition. Wherefore, with heart and lips I say:

    To the Wound of the Left Foot:
    Holy Wound of the Left Foot of my Jesus, I adore Thee! I compassionate Thee, O my Jesus, for that most bitter pain which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for the love whereby Thou wast wearied in overtaking me on the way to ruin, and didst bleed amid the thorns and brambles of my sins. I offer to the Eternal Father the pain and love of Thy most sacred humanity, in atonement for my sins, all of which I detest with sincere and bitter contrition.

    To the Wound of the Right Foot:
    Holy Wound of the Right Foot of my Jesus, I adore Thee! I compassionate Thee, O my Jesus, for that most bitter pain which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for the love which pierced Thee with such torture and shedding of blood in order to punish my wanderings and the guilty pleasures I have granted to my passions. I offer to the Eternal Father all the pain and love of Thy most sacred humanity, and I pray unto Him for grace to weep over my transgressions with burning tears, and to enable me to persevere in the good which I have begun, without ever swerving again from my obedience to the Commandments of my God.

    To the Wound of the Left Hand:
    Holy Wound of the Left Hand of my Jesus, I adore Thee! I compassionate Thee, O my Jesus, for that most bitter pain which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for having, in Thy love, spared me the scourges and eternal damnation which my sins have merited. I offer to the Eternal Father the pain and love of Thy most sacred humanity I and I pray Him to teach me how to turn to good account my span of life, and bring forth in it worthy fruits of penance, and so disarm the angry justice of my God.

    To the Wound of the Right Hand:
    Holy Wound of the Right Hand of my Jesus, I adore Thee! I compassionate Thee, O my Jesus, for that most bitter pain which Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee for Thy graces lavished on me with such love, in spite of all my miserable obstinacy. I offer to the Eternal Father all the pain and love of Thy most sacred humanity, and I pray Him to change my heart and its affections, and make me do all my actions in accordance with the will of God.

    To the Wound of the Sacred Side:
    Holy Wound in the Side of my Jesus, I adore Thee! I compassionate Thee, O my Jesus, for the cruel insult Thou didst suffer. I thank Thee, my Jesus, for the love which suffered Thy Side and Heart to be pierced, that the last drops of Blood and water might issue forth, making my redemption to abound. I offer to the Eternal Father this outrage, and the love of Thy most sacred humanity, that my soul may enter once for all into that most loving Heart, eager and ready to receive the greatest sinners, and from it may never more depart.

    Sweet Heart of my Jesus, grant that I may ever love Thee more and more.

    Posted Holy Saturday, 2025 AD.
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    Re: Devotion in Honor of the Five Holy Wounds, 1945 AD.
    « Reply #1 on: April 19, 2025, 04:37:10 PM »
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    • This is one of the most beautiful devotions and highly indulgenced.  Unfortunately some of the wording has been changed so as not to appear too harsh, and the requirement of the Pater, Ave, Gloria and Verse have been totally omitted after each prayer.

    The devotion can be found at the site below.  This is from the 1857 Raccolta with indulgences from 1807.  Scroll down to the bottom of page 82, devotion #31.

    https://www.saintsbooks.net/books/The%20Raccolta%20-%201857.pdf

    Also in the same book page 72 Devotion #27 you'll find that in 1740 ALL church bells were to ring at Nones (3 o'clock) and people were to pray in honour of the passion.  It was later advised that the people would pray the Five Paters, Aves, and Glorias with the verse in honour of the five wounds.

    Both these devotions are still in the 1957 Raccolta, (but with the prayers severely changed) which is the last one we have.
    We have lost Sssooooo many beautiful devotions.
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    Re: Devotion in Honor of the Five Holy Wounds, 1945 AD.
    « Reply #2 on: April 19, 2025, 05:30:31 PM »
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    • Thank you very much for the link...good to find original texts. I downloaded and will study it on Easter.
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    https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/resource/feast-days-in-medieval-england/

    Talk about the modern world losing so many devotions: England in the 13th Century had about 30 main religious Feasts.
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    Re: Devotion in Honor of the Five Holy Wounds, 1945 AD.
    « Reply #3 on: April 19, 2025, 05:58:55 PM »
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    • You're welcome.  I've been trying for a long time to get someone to reprint the 1857 Raccolta.
    I'm fortunate to have a couple copies and they are beautiful, leather with gold edges.  They were done in prayer book size as opposed to reference size with the Mass, stations rosary etc added after.  People used them daily. People had common sense back then.
    We do print a lot of the devotions from the Raccolta for our chapel and the Five Wounds is one of the booklets we print.
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