The Garden

'I like looking and meditating upon pictures: it makes me feel very good, and it carries me away.  (Susan Philipsz) 

 
1. Sweet Lord Jesu Christ, I thank thee and yield thee grace for that sweet prayer and for that holy orison that thou madest before the holy passion for us on the mount of Olivet.

2. Sweet Lord Jesu Christ, I thank thee and yield thee grace for that great fearfulness that thou hadst for our sakes, when thou became so full of anguish that an angel of heaven came to comfort thee, when thou sweatest blood for anguish.

3. I pray thee, Lord, and beseech thee, for thy sweet memory, that thou be mine help in all mine anguish and my temptations, and send me, Lord, the angel of counsel and of comfort in all my needs, that I may turn, through that sweat, out of all sickness of soul and body into life and health. 

We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You because by Your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world!

Our Father, Hail Mary 

Richard Rolle's Meditation on the Passion of The Lord
14th Century, England