Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, Creator of heaven and earth, Savior of the world! Behold, unworthy and most sinful of all, humbly bowing the knee of my heart before the glory of Thy Majesty, I sing and magnify Thy immeasurable suffering, and I offer thanks to Thee, the King of all and God, for Thou hast deigned to descend from Thy heavenly throne and become incarnate of the Most Pure Virgin Mary, for the sake of human salvation: You are incorporeal, you have acquired a carnal nature to the Divinity: you are rich, you became poor by your will, so that you may enrich man in Your Kingdom: you bore the labors and all sorts of human troubles, like a man, and help everyone in all their sorrows and needs: forty days By fasting, you showed everyone the way to abstinence: you were tempted by many from the evil ones, delivering everyone from all kinds of temptations.
We know, O All-Powerful Master, that all this was not necessary for You, but for the sake of the salvation of mankind You endured everything: You were betrayed for thirty pieces of silver, that You might redeem man from the fierce work of the enemy: from the merciless Jews, like a gentle Lamb, You were snatched away, the human race from being devoured by a mental wolf: to Thou didst appear before Annas and Caiaphas in judgment, saving everyone from the condemnation of eternal fire: bound, mocked, spat upon, slandered by false witnesses and condemned to a reproachful death, man was freed from all misfortune, torment and from eternal death: To Pilate, no evil whoever did this, you were betrayed, and sent to Herod, and again scolded, delivering a man from evil circumstances and from the reproaches of the enemy. What then shall I repay to You, Lord, Lover of Mankind, for all that You have endured for the sake of a sinner?
We do not know, for the soul and the body and all that is good are from You, and all of mine is Your essence, and I am Yours: just for Your countless mercy, O Merciful Lord, I hope, I sing Your ineffable long-suffering, I magnify Your inscrutable look, I glorify Your immeasurable mercy, to which You bowed down for my sake condemned, so that I may be justified. Bien is tied to the pillar, the Savior, and without mercy, O merciful one, absolve me, I pray, from my sins: crowned with thorns, the thorns of sin are uprooted from my soul: with a reed bien on the head, crush the head of the serpent that bites me with the sting of sin: in a scarlet robe cursed and betrayed by the tormentor, enlighten me, O Most Holy King, with my spiritual robe, so that I may enter into Your all-red palace: imputed to the robbers and bearing the cross on Your frame, the robber enemy, who seeks to kill my soul, with Your cross. We know You, long-suffering Jesus, who is fiercely wounded: from the top of Your Holy head, even to the foot of the scabbard, there is no place in You that is intact.
What shall I say about Your ineffable love for mankind, O Christ the Savior; Just in the contrition of my heart, worshiping Your most pure passion and lovingly kissing You, I cry out: have mercy on me, a sinner. Be willing to be nailed to the cross, nail my heart with Thy commandments: raised up with the cross on Mount Calvary, lift up my thoughts to heaven, so that I may always philosophize on the high: I will drink the bile with the bitterness, sweeten my heart, saddened by sin, with Thy love, and drink the thirsty stream of Thy sweetness: Extend Your most pure hand to receive all, accept me, a sinner: having nails to my feet, although always being sinners, be with me a sinner, forbidding my feet from every evil way: having an open heart, show me Your grace, a sinner: the most pure head on the cross O bower, hear my unworthy prayer. O wonderful and immeasurable depth of mercy, Christ God!
For Thy enemies who crucified God, praying to God the Father, grant this grace to me, a sinner, love my enemies and pray for them: Paradise has opened to the repentant thief, look, My Light, upon me, a sinner, grant repentance, and open for me the doors of Thy mercy, and remember me, unworthy in Thy Kingdom. Finally, Your most holy spirit, betrayed in the hands of God the Father, accept, Creator, my spirit at the time of my death: taken from the cross and laid in the grave as if dead, Savior, living in the unapproachable light, take from me the heavy burden of sin, and do not disdain, Lover of mankind, to dwell in the tomb of my unworthy heart, to mortify my carnal wisdom: for it is not for anyone to be Your mortal creation, but for You, the Lord and my living God, by Your, O All-Merciful, mercy, I am vouchsafed to see You, my Creator and Savior, for accepting the death of the cross, crowned with glory and honor, in the light of Your inviolable glory: together with Your beginningless Father, and with the Most Holy and Good and Life-giving and By Your Consubstantial Spirit, Thou reignest before the ages, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.