Repeat any one of the following ejaculations five times in honor of the Five Holy Wounds of Our Lord:

  1. Jesus, Saviour of the world, have mercy on me. You to Whom nothing is impossible, bestow mercy to the wretched.

  2. O Christ, Who by Your Cross has redeemed the world, hear us.

  3. Hail, Jesus, my loving Spouse. I salute You in the ineffable joys of Your divinity; I embrace You with the affection of all creatures, and I kiss the sacred wound of Your love.

  4. The Lord is my strength and my glory; He is my salvation.

Our Lord made known to St. Gertrude that if any one of the above ejaculations is repeated five times in honor of the Five Wounds of the Lord, spiritually kissing the wounds devoutly, adding some prayers or good works, and offering them through the Heart of Jesus, they will be as acceptable to God as the most difficult devotion.

The Five Holy Wounds