Stripped of His garments, Jesus is violently thrown down on the Cross. His hands and His feet are nailed to it in the most cruel way. Jesus remains silent, because it so pleases His heavenly Father. He suffers patiently, because He suffers for you. How do you act in sufferings and trials? How fretful and impatient, how full of complaints are you!

O Jesus,  meek and patient Lamb,  I renounce forever my impatience.   Crucify, O Lord, my flesh,  with its evil desires and vices. Punish and afflict me in this life,  but spare me in the next.  I resign myself altogether to Thy holy will.  May it be done in all things.