The Fifteen Secret Tortures and Sufferings
of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
 The
following fifteen tortures were revealed to Sister Mary Magdalen of the
Sancta
Clara Order, Franciscan, who lived, died and was beatified in
Rome.
Jesus fulfilled
the wish of this Sister, who fervently desired to know something about
the unrecorded sufferings which He endured during the night while in the custody of the
Jews,
and awaiting His
trial before Pilate. Jesus related:
"The Jews considered
Me as the most wretched man living
on earth, so that is why:
 They fastened My feet with a rope and
dragged Me over
the stepping stones of the staircase, down into a filthy, nauseating cellar.
They took off My clothing and stung
My body with iron joints.
They attached a rope around
My body and pulled Me on the ground from end to
end.
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.
They tied Me to a post and pierced
My body with various arms.
They struck Me with stones and burnt
Me with blazing embers and
torches.
They pierced Me with awls; sharp spears
tore My skin,
flesh and arteries out of My body.
They tied Me to a post and made
Me stand barefoot on an
incandescent metal sheet.
They crowned Me with an iron crown and
wrapped My eyes
with the dirtiest possible rags.
They made Me sit on a chair covered
with sharp, pointed nails, causing deep wounds in My body.
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.
For shame and affliction, they
drove needles into the holes of My uprooted beard. They tied
My hands behind My back and lead
Me walking out of prison with strikes and blows.
They threw Me upon a cross and attached
Me so tightly
that I could hardly breathe.
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.
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 everyone
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."
Prayer
My
Lord and My God, it is my unchangeable 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 |
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