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The Wound in the Shoulder
O most loving Jesus, meek lamb of God, I a miserable sinner,
salute and worship the most sacred wound of Thy shoulder. Alone
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 on Thy Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus, Most
Sorrowful, I praise and glorify Thee and give Thee thanks for
this most secret painful wound, beseeching Thee by the merit and
pain of Thy heavy cross to be merciful to me a sinner and to
forgive me my mortal and venial sins and to lead me on towards
heaven along the Way of the Cross. Amen.
The Promises of our Lord Jesus to those who honor his Shoulder Wound!
It is related in the annals of Clairvaus that St. Bernard asked Our
Lord which was His greatest unrecorded suffering and that Our Lord
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 which
is not recorded by men. Honor this wound with devotion, and I will
grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through its virtue and merit, and
in return to all who venerate this wound I will remit to them all
their venial sins!, and will no longer remember their mortal sins! I will grant them contrition so perfect that their very sins shall be changed in My sight into jewels of precious gold.
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