TO THE SHOULDER WOUND OF JESUS
It is related in the annals of Clairvaux that St. Bernard asked Our Lord which
was His greatest unrecorded suffering and 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 and which is not recorded by men.
Honor this Wound with thy devotion and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost
ask through Its virtue and merit. And in regard to all those who shall venerate
this Wound, I will remit to them all their venial sins and will no longer remember
their mortal sins."
This revelation and promise of Our Dear Savior is another proof of His unlimited
mercy. You are urged to say these prayers daily and to promulgate this prayer
on a continuous basis, so that others may share in this blessing.
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THE PRAYER
O Loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I a miserable sinner, salute and worship
the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which 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 of Thy Most Blessed Body. I adore
Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee and give Thee thanks
for this most sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding
pain and by the crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross to be merciful to me, a
sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on towards
Heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen.
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Pope Eugenius III, at the earnest request of St. Bernard, has granted three
thousand years Indulgence to all who with a contrite heart, recite the Lord's
Prayer and Hail Mary 3 times, in honor of the Wound on the Shoulder of Our
Blessed Redeemer.
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