Prayers of St. Clare in Honor of the Five Wounds

The New Raccolta, 1903, no. 14

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PRAYERS COMPOSED BY S. CLARA OF ASSISIUM IN HONOR OF THE FIVE WOUNDS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST

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Printed in	THE NEW RACCOLTA, OR, COLLECTION OF PRAYERS AND GOOD WORKS. TO WHICH THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFFS HAVE ATTACHED HOLY INDULGENCES. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING PRAYERS FOR MASS, AND VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS.
Imprint	PHILADELPHIA, PETER F. CUNNINGHAM & SON, 1903
Number	14
Pages	pp. 176–179
Scan	leaf 185, leaf 186, leaf 187, leaf 188 of the Internet Archive copy
Approval	FROM THE THIRD ITALIAN EDITION AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED BY THE SACRED CONGREGATION OF HOLY INDULGENCES. Imprimatur: ✠ JACOBUS, CARD. GIBBONS, ARCHIEP. BALTIMORENSIS. BALTIMORE, July 20, 1887. Imprimatur: ✠ PATRICK JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8, 1900. Moreover, Our Holy Father, Leo XIII., by virtue of his apostolic authority, has approved this Collection issued from the press of the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda, and, therefore, it must be regarded by all as the correct and authorized collection of indulgences hitherto granted for all the faithful and for such as are in communities specially designated. Wherefore, if by chance any doubt should arise either as to sense of the grant or the conditions requisite for gaining the indulgences, it must be determined solely by this Raccolta which His Holiness has directed to be considered the complete guide. On this account he has ordered the present decree to be prepared and prefixed to the present edition. Given at Rome, at the office of the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics, on the 23d day of July, 1898. FR. H. M. CARD. GOTTI, Prefect. L. ✠ S. † A. SABATUCCI, Archiep. Antinoen. Secretary. The Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics has approved of, as authentic, and permitted to be printed and published, this English translation of the Italian Raccolta, a book containing various prayers and pious exercises, to which the Roman Pontiffs have attached indulgences. This approbation was given after the work had been duly examined by two professors of theology of Woodstock College, who testified that they found this translation to be entirely faithful and in full accord with the Italian original, published in the year 1886 by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. Given at Rome, at the Office of the Secretary of this same Sacred Congregation, April 28, 1887. FR. THOMAS MARIA CARD. ZIGLIARA, Prefect. [L. ✠ S.] ALEXANDER, BISHOP OENSIS, Secretary. DECRETUM ANNI 1886.
Indulgence	His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Nov. 21, 1885, granted to all the faithful who, with at least contrite heart and devotion, shall recite these prayers, with the versicle and prayer: AN INDULGENCE OF THREE HUNDRED DAYS, once a day.
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Prayers for: forgiveness of sins, penance and mortification, a happy death, perseverance

Albrecht Dürer, The Agony in the Garden, 1508. Art Institute of Chicago.

I.

To the Wound in the Right Hand.

Praise be to thee, O my Lord Jesus Christ, for the most sacred wound in thy right hand. By this adorable wound, and by thy most sacred passion pardon me all the sins I have committed against thee in thought, word, and deed, with my negligence in thy service and the sensuality of which I have been guilty, whether in sleeping or watching. Grant me a devout remembrance of thy most merciful death, and of thy divine wounds; grant me the grace to mortify my body and thus offer thee a token of my gratitude, who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary.

II.

To the Wound in the Left Hand.

Praise and glory to thee, O sweet Jesus Christ, for the most sacred wound in thy left hand. By this adorable wound have mercy on me and deign to root out of my heart every thing displeasing to thee. Give me victory over thy perverse enemies, that with thy grace I may be able to overcome them. By the merits of thy most merciful death save me from all dangers in the present and the future life, and grant that in heaven I may live gloriously with thee, who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary.

III.

To the Wound in the Right Foot.

Praise and glory to thee, O sweet Jesus Christ, for the most sacred wound in thy right foot. By this adorable wound grant that I may be able to do penance for my sins. By thy most merciful death I devoutly supplicate thee to keep thy poor servant, night and day, united to thy holy will, averting all disasters from body and soul. When the day of wrath shall come, receive me in thy mercy, and conduct me to eternal blessedness; thou who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary.

IV.

To the Wound in the Left Foot.

Praise and glory to thee, O most merciful Jesus Christ, for the most sacred wound in thy left foot. By this adorable wound, grant me the grace of a full indulgence that, with thy help, I may deserve to avoid the sentence of eternal reprobation. I pray thee also, by thy most holy death, O my merciful Redeemer, that I may before death receive the sacrament of thy body and blood, with the confession of my sins and perfect penitence, and purity of body and mind. Grant that I may also receive the sacred unction for my eternal salvation, O Lord, who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary.

V.

To the Wound in the Sacred Side.

Praise and glory to thee, O most benign Jesus Christ, for the most sacred wound in thy side. By this adorable wound, and by thy infinite mercy shown in the opening of thy side, first to the soldier, Longimus, and now to us all, I beseech thee that, having freed me by baptism from original sin, so now, by thy precious blood, which is offered and received in all parts of the world, thou wilt deliver me from all evils, past, present, and future. By thy most bitter death, grant me a lively faith, a firm hope, a perfect charity, that I may love thee with all my heart, with all my soul, and with all my strength. Confirm me in doing good; grant me perseverance in thy service, by which I may ever please thee. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary.

V. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi. V. We adore thee, O Christ, and bless thee.

R. Quia per mortem et sanguinem tuum redemisti mundum. R. Because by thy death and thy blood thou hast redeemed the world.

OREMUS. LET US PRAY.

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui humanum genus per Filii tui Domini nostri Jesu Christi quinque vulnera redemisti, præsta supplicibus tuis, ut qui ejusdem vulnera quotidie veneramur, per pretiosum ejus sanguinem a morte subitanea et æterna liberari valeamus. Almighty, everlasting God, who hast redeemed the world by the five wounds of thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant us, thy suppliants, that, daily venerating his holy wounds, we may by his precious blood be delivered from a sudden and eternal death.

Per eumdem Christum Dominum nostrum. Through the same Christ, our Lord.

Amen. Amen.

His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Nov. 21, 1885, granted to all the faithful who, with at least contrite heart and devotion, shall recite these prayers, with the versicle and prayer:

AN INDULGENCE OF THREE HUNDRED DAYS, once a day.

Amen