Praise to Jesus Despised in His Passion
Preces Gertrudianae, compiled by Thomas Alder Pope, 1861Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | Preces Gertrudianae: Prayers of St Gertrude and St. Mechtilde of The Order of St. Benedict. |
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| Imprint | LONDON, BURNS AND LAMBERT, 1861 |
| Pages | pp. 107–108 |
| Scan | leaf 119, leaf 120 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
Albrecht Dürer, The Agony in the Garden, 1508. Art Institute of Chicago.
Taught to St Mechtilde by our Lord himself.
O JESUS, most glorious in thy magnificence, I praise and bless thine incomprehensible omnipotence, thus weak and helpless for us in thy Passion. I adore and glorify thine unsearchable wisdom, thus accounted foolishness for us. I praise and magnify thine unutterable love, which did submit to be hated of all men for the sake of thine elect. I praise and extol thy meek and gentle mercy, sentenced to a fearful death for man. I praise and adore thy ravishing sweetness, embittered for us by thy most bitter death. Amen.