The Scourging
The Dominican Manual, 1913Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | THE Dominican Manual: A SELECTION OF PRAYERS AND DEVOTIONS, AUTHORISED BY THE CHURCH, AND ENRICHED WITH NUMEROUS INDULGENCES. |
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| Imprint | Dublin, BROWNE AND NOLAN, LTD., NASSAU STREET., 1913 |
| Pages | pp. 250–251 |
| Scan | leaf 276, leaf 277 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Nihil Obstat: THOMAS O’DONNELL, Censor Theol. Deput. Imprimatur: ✠ GULIELMUS, Archiep. Dublinen., Hiberniæ Primas. Die 16ᵒ Junii, 1913. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- patience, penance and mortification
SEVENTH SATURDAY.
The Scourging.
Before Communion.—O my sweet Saviour, what an example of patience thou art to me in this painful mystery! I unite my sufferings to thine: I detest my sins which bound thee to the pillar. May thy precious blood obtain for me pardon and mercy.
After Communion.—O sweet Lamb! delivered up to the inhuman fury of the wicked, I thank thee for having taken refuge in my poor heart. Oh! how sincerely I desire by love and affection to make thee forget the scourges and affronts thou didst receive in Pilate’s house. I bitterly repent of my past sins. O most merciful Mother, pray to Jesus for me.
Prayer.—O sacred Virgin, Queen of the most holy Rosary, by that sword of sorrow which transpierced thy most holy heart during the scourging of thy beloved Son, obtain for me, I beseech thee, the favours I petition.
Practice.—Patience.
Example.—The saints of the Order of Friars Preachers have borne in their bodies the mortification of Jesus Christ in an eminent degree. Their blessed founder, St. Dominic, scourged himself to blood three times every night. St. Catherine, of Sienna, worthy daughter of the blessed patriarch, imitated him in this severe penance. St. Vincent Ferrer, to obtain fruit in his missionary labours, scourged himself unmercifully; and when in sickness he had not sufficient strength to mortify himself as he desired, he humbly begged the assistance of his brethren, and received from their hands the discipline. St. Catherine, of Sienna, subsisted on herbs; on one occasion she passed eighty days without any other nourishment than the blessed Eucharist. She contented herself with a half hour’s sleep during the night. St. Catherine de Ricci went still farther in the practice of this mortification: during one entire month, she slept only for the space of four hours.
Let us admire these heroic examples, and if we cannot imitate them, let us at least cultivate the spirit of self-denial, without which we cannot attain to salvation.