Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy Christ, have mercy on us. on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us. God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Virgin of Virgins, pray for us. Mother of Christ the fountain of divine grace, pray for us. Mother most pure and most chaste, pray for us. Mother without spot or stain, pray for us. Mother as lovely as thou art wonderful, pray for us. Mother of our Creator and Redeemer, pray for us. Most prudent Virgin, deserving object of our veneration and praise, pray for us. Powerful, compassionate, and faithful virgin, pray for us. Resplendent mirror, reflecting every virtue, pray for us. Chosen abode of heavenly wisdom, pray for us. Copious source from which sprang all our joy, pray for us. Spiritual and honourable vessel, replenished with the precious ointment of piety and devotion, pray for us. Mystical rose, diffusing thy fragrant odours around this vale of tears, pray for us. Fortress of our defence, impregnable as the tower of David; fair as the turret of ivory; resplendent as the palace of gold, pray for us. Ark of the new and eternal covenant, pray for us. Gate of heaven, through which the King of Glory descended upon the earth, pray for us. Star of the morn which ushered in the orient Sun of justice, pray for us. Most powerful of intercessors, in whom the weak find health; sinners, a refuge; the afflicted, a comforter; and all Christians protection and aid, pray for us. O, glorious Queen whom angels, patriarchs, prophets, apostles, martyrs, confessors, virgins, and all the host of heaven honour and praise, pray for us. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Anth. We fly to thy patronage, &c. and the Prayer, "Pour forth, &c.," as in the foregoing Litany, page 172. THE LITANY OF ST. JOSEPH. Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Jesus, receive our prayers. Lord Jesus, grant our petitions. O God the Father, Creator of the world, Have mercy on us. O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind, Have mercy on us. Holy Ghost, perfecter of the elect, Have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us. St. Joseph, advocate of the humble, St. Joseph, exiled with Christ into Egypt, St. Joseph, pattern of humility & obedience, St. Joseph, nursing father to the Son of St. Joseph, the just and perfect man, St. Joseph, pattern of the industrious and innocent, Pray for us. St. Joseph, endowed with all virtue, St. Joseph, spouse of the ever-blessed virgin, St. Joseph, union of all Christian perfections, St. Joseph, protector of the dying, St. Joseph, our dear patron and defender, Pray for us. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Hear us, O Lord. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us. V. Pray for us, O holy St. Joseph. R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ. O God, who didst make choice of holy St. Joseph to be the spouse of the blessed Virgin Mary, the nurse and guardian of thy beloved Son Jesus, we humbly beseech thee to grant us, through his intercession, purity both of soul and body, that, being free from all sin and adorned with the wedding garment, we may be admitted to the nuptials of the Lamb in eternal Glory, through the same Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, who liveth and reigneth, with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. INSTRUCTIONS AND DEVOTIONS FOR THE SICK. "1. If you are attacked by any considerable illness, let your first care be to send for your spiritual physician, and settle the state of your soul. This is much better done in the beginning of sickness than afterwards, when the strength of the fever or the quality of the remedies may render a person absolutely unfit for so great a work. Sickness is often sent for a punishment of sin, and therefore a sincere repentance and confession of sins is often a more effectual means of recovery than any other. "2. If you have not your will already made, as it is prudent you ought, let this also be done in the beginning of your sickness, that, having settled your temporal affairs, you may apply your soul, without disturbance, to the spiritual. "3. Engage your best friends to give you timely notice if your distemper be dangerous, and not to flatter you with hopes of life when there are little or no grounds for hope. Make the best use you can of that time which, perhaps, is to be your last. Admit but of few visits, nor of any other discourse but such as may be for your soul's profit. "4. Take proper care for the discharge of your debts and all other obligations incumbent upon you; and this as much as may be in the beginning also of your sickness: forgive all N |