reflect upon the separation of Christ’s soul from His body.—Matt.
xxvii. 50. It is appointed unto men once to die.—Heb. ix. 27.
_Affections._
“Let my soul die the death of the just.”—Num. xxiii. 10.
“Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.”—Rom. xiv. 8.
“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.”—Apoc. xiv. 13.
At The Agnus Dei,
when the priest strikes his breast, reflect how many of those who
saw Christ dying on the cross, striking their breasts
returned.—Luke xxiii. 48. And dost not thou strike thy breast in
token of true sorrow for thy sins?
_Affections._
Lord, I strike my breast with the publican, and say, “Be merciful to me a
sinner.”—Luke xviii. 13.
“And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not revenge of my sins, neither
remember my offences, nor those of my parents.”—Tob. iii. 3.
“Let Thy mercies speedily prevent us.”—Ps. lxviii. 8.