July 23, 2019
O Jesus! True liberty of angels,
Paradise of delights, remember the horror and sadness
which You endured when Your enemies,
like furious lions, surrounded You,
and by thousands of insults,
spits, blows, lacerations and other unheard-of-cruelties,
tormented You at will.
In consideration of these torments and insulting words,
I beseech You, O my Savior,
to deliver me from all my enemies,
visible and invisible, and to bring me, under Your protection,
to the perfection of eternal salvation.
Amen!
The Columbans are a society of missionaries, including priests and lay people, who minister to people of various cultures as a way of witnessing to the universal love of God.