Text Box: BITTER LAMENTATIONS PART ONE Intentions With the grace of God, let us awaken our hearts a profound sorrow for our sins. In the spirit of reparation, let us offer to our Heavenly Father, this meditation on the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us be mindful of God’s immense love for us, His unworthy creatures. Out of pure love for man, God sent His only-begotten Son Jesus Christ, who assumed our human nature, that He might satisfy Divine Justice by suffering cruel torments and by dying on the Cross. Let us also offer this contemplation as act of veneration to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother most sorrowful, and to all the Saints but especially to those who distinguish themselves by their devotion to the passion of Christ. In this first part of our contemplation, let us recall our Lord’s sufferings, beginning with His prayer and bloody sweat in the Garden of Gethsemane and ending with His unjust accusation before the tribunal of Sanhedrin. These insults and indignities which Our Lord suffered, let us offer for the exaltation of the Church, for all clergy and religious, for the people of God, for the enemies of His Cross and for all unbelievers so that all may become the one true fold of Christ.