Lord Jesus Christ, sweet Savior of my soul, on this day of Your Crucifixion on the Cross You suffered and accepted death for our sins, I confess before You that I am the one who crucified You with my many sins. I pray, however, to Your unspeakable Goodness, to deem me worthy through Your Grace, O Lord, so that I too may endure sufferings for the faith, hope, and love that I have toward You, just as You, the Merciful One, endured for my salvation. Strengthen me, O Lord, so that from this day forward I may bear Your Cross with joy and great repentance, and hate my evil thoughts and my evil will. Plant in my heart the sorrow for Your death, so that I may feel it as Your beloved Mother, Your disciples, and the myrrh-bearing women who stood beside Your Cross felt it.
Enlighten my spiritual senses, so that they may be moved and comprehend Your death, as You caused even the inanimate creation to know You when it trembled at Your Crucifixion, and moreover, as the faithful and repentant thief recognized You and bowed before You, whereupon You placed him in Paradise. Give to me as well, O Lord, to me the evil thief, Your Grace, just as You gave it to him then, and forgive my sins through Your Holy Passions, and through true conversion and repentance place me together with him in Paradise, as the God and Creator that You are to me. I bow before Your Cross, O Christ, and out of Your love for us, I say unto it:
Rejoice, honorable Cross of Christ, upon which the Lord, being lifted up and nailed, saved the world!
Rejoice, blessed tree, because you held the fruit of life, which saved us from the death of sin.
Rejoice, strong bar, which shattered the gates of hell.
Rejoice, royal key, which opened the door of paradise.
O my crucified Christ, how much You suffered for us! How many wounds, how much spitting, and how much disgrace You endured for our sins and to give us an example of true patience in the sufferings and troubles of this life!
And since God sends us these because of our sins, so that we may correct ourselves and draw closer to Him, and thus He chastises us in this life only for our benefit—therefore, I pray to You, Master, that in whatever troubles, temptations, and pains may come upon me, You multiply my patience, strength, and gratitude as well; for I know that I am weak unless You strengthen me, blind unless You enlighten me, bound unless You untie me, fearful unless You make me bold, lost unless You seek me out, a slave unless You redeem me with Your rich and Divine power and with the Grace of Your Holy Cross, which I bow before and glorify, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
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