En ego, o bone et dulcissime Iesu | Prayer Before a Crucifix
En ego, o bone et dulcissime Iesu, ante conspectum tuum genibus me provolvo, ac maximo animi ardore te oro atque obtestor, ut meum in cor vividos fidei, spei et caritatis sensus, atque veram peccatorum meorum paenitentiam, eaque emendandi firmissimam voluntatem velis imprimere; dum magno animi affectu et dolore tua quinque vulnera mecum ipse considero ac mente contemplor, illud prae oculis habens, quod iam in ore ponebat tuo David propheta de te, o bone Iesu: Foderunt manus meas et pedes meos: dinumeraverunt omnia ossa mea. Amen.
Behold, o good and most sweet Jesus, I fall upon my knees before Thee, and with most fervent desire beg and beseech Thee that Thou wouldst impress upon my heart a lively sense of faith, hope and charity, true repentance for my sins, and a firm resolve to make amends. And with deep affection and grief, I reflect upon Thy five wounds, having before my eyes that which Thy prophet David spoke about Thee, o good Jesus: “They have pierced my hands and feet, they have counted all my bones.” Amen.
En ego, o bone et dulcissime Iesu, | Behold, o good and most sweet Jesus,
ante conspectum tuum genibus me provolvo, | I fall upon my knees before Thee,
ac maximo animi ardore te oro atque obtestor, | and with most fervent desire beg and beseech Thee
ut meum in cor vividos fidei, spei et caritatis sensus, | that Thou wouldst impress upon my heart a lively sense of faith, hope and charity,
atque veram peccatorum meorum paenitentiam, | true repentance for my sins,
eaque emendandi firmissimam voluntatem velis imprimere; | and a firm resolve to make amends.
dum magno animi affectu et dolore tua quinque vulnera mecum ipse considero ac mente contemplor, | And with deep affection and grief, I reflect upon Thy five wounds
illud prae oculis habens, quod iam in ore ponebat tuo David propheta de te, o bone Iesu: | having before my eyes that which Thy prophet David spoke about Thee, o good Jesus:
Foderunt manus meas et pedes meos: dinumeraverunt omnia ossa mea. | “They have pierced my hands and feet, they have counted all my bones.”
Amen. | Amen.
