Behold, O kind and most sweet Jesus,
I cast myself on my knees in your sight,
and with the most fervent desire of my soul,
I pray and besseech you
that you would impress upon my heart
lively sentiments of aith, hope and love
with a true repentance for my sins
and a firm desire of amendment,
while with deep affection and grief of soul,
I ponder with myself and mentally contemplate
your five most precious wounds,
having before my eyes
that which David spoke in prophesy of you, O good Jesus,
"They have pierced my hands and my feet;
they have numbered all my bones"
