THE FIFTEEN SECRET TORTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF OUR LORD
THE FIFTEEN SECRET TORTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST
"I looked for one that would comfort me, and I found none"
Revealed to the pious, God-loving Sister Mary Magdalen of Sancta
Clara Order, Franciscan, who lived, died and was beatified in Rome.
Jesus fulfilled the wish of this Sister, who desired to ardently know
something about the secret sufferings which He endured the night
before His death.
This devotion is approved and recommended by His Holiness Clement XII, 1730-1740)
1. They fastened My feet
with a rope and dragged Me over the stepping stones of the staircase,
down into a filthy, nauseating cellar.
2. They took off My clothing and stung
My body with iron joints.
3. They attached a rope around My body
and pulled Me on the ground from end to end.
4. They hanged Me on a wooden piece
with a slip knot until I slipped out and fell down. Overwhelmed by this torture, I wept
bloody tears.
5. They tied Me to a post and pierced
My body with various arms.
6. They struck Me with stones and
burnt Me with blazing embers and torches.
7. They pierced Me with awls; sharp
spears tore My skin, flesh and arteries out of My body.
8. They tied Me to a post and made
Me stand barefoot on an incandescent metal sheet.
9. They crowned Me with an iron
crown and wrapped My eyes with the dirtiest possible rags.
10. They made Me sit on a chair
covered with sharp pointed nails, causing deep wounds in My body.
11. They poured on My wounds
liquid lead and resin and, after this torture, they pressed Me on the nailed chair
so that the nails went deeper and deeper into My flesh.
12. For shame and affliction, they
drove needles into the holes of My uprooted beard. They tied my hands behind
My back and led Me walking out of prison with strikes and blows.
13. They threw Me upon a cross
and attached Me so tightly that I could hardly breathe anymore.
14. They threw at My head as I lay
on the earth, and they stepped on Me, hurting My breast. Then, taking a thorn
from My crown, they drove it into My tongue.
15. They poured into My mouth
the most immodest excretions, as they uttered the most infamous expressions
about Me.
Then, Jesus added,
"My daughter, I desire that you let everybody know the Fifteen Secret Tortures
in order that everyone of them be honored."
"Anyone who daily offers Me, with love, one of these sufferings and says with
fervor the following prayer, will be rewarded with eternal glory on the day of
judgement."
~ P R A Y E R ~
My Lord and My God, it is my unchangable will to honor you in these Fifteen Secret
Torments when You shed Your Precious Blood; as many times as there are grains
of sand around the seas, as fruit in the orchards, as leaves on the trees, as flowers
in the gardens, as stars in the sky, as angels in Heaven, as creatures on earth. So
many thousands of times may you be glorified, praised and honored, O Most
love-worthy Lord Jesus Christ - Your Holiest Heart, Your Precious Blood, Your
Divine Sacrifice for mankind, the Holiest Sacrament of the altar, the Most Holy
Virgin Mary, the nine glorious choirs of Angels and the Blessed Phalanx of the
Saints, from myself and everyone, now and forever, and in the eternal ages.
In like manner, I desire, my dear Jesus, to give You thanksgiving, to serve you,
to repair and atone for all my ignominies, and to offer You my soul and body as
Your possession forever. Likewise, I regret all my sins and beg Your pardon, O
my Lord and my God. And I offer You all the merits of Jesus Christ to repair
everything, to obtain a happy dying-hour and the deliverance of the souls from
Purgatory. This prayer I desire to renew at each hour until my death, O lovable
Jesus. Sweet Savior, fortify my resolution and permit not that neither wretched
men nor Satan destroy it. AMEN.
