Veneration of the Wounds On the Shoulder of Christ

Years ago in Clairvaux, France, we are told that St. Bernard once asked of the Lord which among His sacrifices and sufferings was greatest, most painful and least known. Our Lord answered: "I have a most painful wound on my shoulders as I carried the cross on the bitter way to Calvary, which pained me more than did my other wounds, but which was never known because it was never seen. Do honour this wound in your prayers and I will give anything you ask through the merits of this same wound. And all who will venerate this wound will obtain from Me the remission of their sins, and I will no longer remember the mortal sins they have committed and already forgiven.

Prayer
O dearest Jesus, Lamb of God most meek, I, a miserable sinner, render homage and worship to the wounds upon Thy shoulder made by the heavy cross Thou didst carry. Its weight tore Thy flesh and bared Thy shoulder bones, which caused Thee sufferings more than did Thy other wounds... I adore Thee, O grieving Jesus, I praise, I love and honour Thee. I thank Thee for Thy adorable and most painful wound. Vouchsafe to grant me, through the excessive pain and unmeasured weight of the cross to have mercy on me, a sinner. Forgive me my mortal and venial sins, and guide me on to heaven through the way of the cross. Amen.
-Miracles of Our Lord of Pardon,
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