The second fall of Jesus is far more painful than the first. The sight of the many sins which I have committed even in my early youth and of my numberless infidelities bears Him down and causes Him to fall again. Mary discerns this mystery more clearly than any other human creature and therefore She feels more keenly the torments which rend the Heart of Jesus. Why is my heart not broken by these sad thoughts?
By this second fall, Jesus expiates more particularly the disordinate love of ourselves and of the seductions of this world, which are the cause of so many sins and of the eternal ruin of numberless souls.
O Mary, I beseech Thee, by the tears and the sorrows of Jesus, to cure me of my disordinate love of creatures and to wean me from all the things which one day I must necessarily leave behind. O wise and faithful Virgin, teach me to appraise the maxims of the world at their true value. O tender Mother, obtain for all the privileged children of Thy love, that the remembrance of Thy sorrows may detach their hearts from this world and themselves, and cause them to cling more affectionately to Thy holy and Immaculate Heart.
Holy Mother, pierce me through, In my heart each wound renew, Of my Saviour Crucified!