Section 1
CONTENTS
1 On the sale of Jesus by the traitor Judas
2 On the sorrow and fear that Jesus experienced
3 On our Lord’s triple prayer, his prostration before the Father and his resignation of will
4 On how the Lord Jesus went to meet his betrayer
5 On the shameful arrest and leading away of the Lord Jesus
6 On the desertion of our Lord and the flight of the apostles
7 On Jesus before Annas the high priest
8 On Saint Peter’s triple denial
9 On Jesus taken from Annas to the priest Caiaphas
10 On the insults and mocking that our Lord suffered
11 On Christ being brought before Pilate
12 On Herod’s deriding of our Lord Jesus
13 On the angry shouts Away with him! and Crucify him!
14 On the stripping of Jesus and his being bound to the pillar and scourged
15 The despoiling, mocking, crowning, and striking of Jesus’ head
16 On the unjust condemnation of Jesus to death
17 On Jesus’ carrying his Cross and being led to the place known as Calvary
18 On the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus and his hanging naked, high, and long on the Cross
19 On Jesus’ wounds and the shedding of his precious blood
20 On Jesus’ prayer for his enemies
21 On the disrobing and dividing of Christ’s garments
22 On the crowd’s insults and Jesus’ enduring perseverance on the Cross
23 On the words spoken to the thief on the Cross
24 On the extraordinary inscription with the name of Jesus and placed above his head
26 On the admirable virtues of the Blessed Virgin and on her sorrow and tears
27 The lone dereliction of the Lord Jesus on his Cross
28 On the thirst of the Lord Jesus as he hangs on the Cross
29 On fulfilling the Scriptures in the death of Christ and on the words It is finished!
30 On the Lord Jesus’ sorrowful departure from this world
31 On the pitiable appearance of Jesus after his soul left his body
32 On the piercing of the sacred side of the Lord Jesus after his death
33 On the taking down of the Lord Jesus from the Cross
34 Prayers to members of Christ’s body