The spirit of sloth, of selflove, and of the love of ease,

The spirit of hatred and contention,

The spirit of intemperance and impurity,

The spirit of pride, vanity, and all manner of ambition,

The spirit of envy and contention, The spirit of detraction, calumny, and all kind of uncharitableness,

The spirit of dissembling, flattering, and lying, The spirit of revenge, passion, and impatience, The spirit of incredulity and profaneness, The spirit of immoderate solicitude and worldly

We beseech thee hear us.

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.
I. O God the Father, eter-
nal fountain of all being,
Have mercy on us.

Thou who hast chosen us

in thy Son before the creation of the world, Thou who didst so love the world as to give thine only Son to redeem it, Thou who hast prepared for us a glorious inheritance, if we love thee and keep thy commandments,

II. O God the Son, eternal Word of the Father,

Thou who to save us sinners tookedst upon thee the frail nature of man, Thou who for our redemption becamest obedient to death, even to the death of the cross, Thou who at the last and dreadful day wilt come with glory to judge the living and the dead, III.-Ŏ God the Holy

pose, and irresistibly govern the whole frame of the world,

For thy provident forewarning us against the danger of sin, by threatening hell to our offences; and for thy gracious inviting us to our happiness, by promising heaven as a reward to our obedience,

the Father and the Son, Thou by whom was wrought the glorious mystery of our Saviour's incarnation, Thou who art the free dispenser of all graces, and our faithful comforter in all afflictions,

O sacred Trinity, three Persons and one God, of equal glory and co-eternal majesty,

O sacred Trinity, of whom, by whom, and in whom are all things,

Have mercy on us.

O sacred Trinity, to whom all the angels and saints of heaven continually sing, Holy, holy, holy, Blessed for ever be thy name, eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, for the immensity of thy power, which at first created all things of nothing, and still preserveth them that they return not again to nothing,

My soul doth magnify thee, O Lord.

For the riches of thy bounty, which filleth every thing, according to its capacity; and for the wisdom of thy counsels, which sweetly dis

Jesus the Son of God, and Saviour of mankind, for thine infinite glory in itself, and thine infinite love towards us,

For thy meek subjection to thy parents; for thy fasting and retirement; for thy miraculous and beneficent works; for all thy sufferings and ignominious death,

For thy glorious resurrection from the grave, and triumphant ascension into heaven; for sending the Holy Ghost to abide with thy Church for ever, and promising to be with us thyself to the end of the world, And blessed be thou, O God the Holy Ghost, who proceedest from the Father and the Son, for thy continual preservation of the Church in truth, unity, and holiness; for infusing the love of God into our hearts, and comforting us in all our temporal distresses with the hope of eternal happiness,

My soul doth magnify thee, O Lord.

And blessed be thou, O Lord, among thine innumerable benefits, for thy One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church; for the steadiness of faith, and peace of conscience, which we experience by relying on her authority; for the adorable sacrifice of the altar, and the plentiful means of salvation, which we so happily enjoy by embracing her communion,

For the particular benefits bestowed upon us, and the many dangers from which thou hast defended us; for our education, health, condition, and state of life; for our daily bread, and all thine other temporal blessings;

My soul doth magnify thee, O Lord.

For the checks of our own conscience and the motions of the Holy Spirit; for thy patience in expecting our repentance, and for the opportunities which thou offerest us of amending our lives; for our frequent deliverance from the occasions of sin, and for all thine other spiritual blessings,

My soul doth magnify thee, O
Lord, and my spirit rejoiceth
in God my Saviour.
Be thou exalted, O God, above
the clouds; and thy glory
above the heavens.
Whilst we live, we will sanc-
tify thy name; we will sing
praises to our God, whilst we
have any being.

O Lord, hear my prayer.
And let my cry come to thee.

Let us pray.

Almighty and ever-living God, from whom descendeth every good and perfect gift; graciously accept this humble tribute of praise and thanksgiving from us thy servants, and mercifully grant that the frequent meditation of thine infinite goodness may force our will to love thee above all things, and the serious consideration of thine incomprehensible Majesty captivate our understanding to the obedience of faith, that we may here, in reverence to thy word, believe what we do not see, and hereafter in the blissful vision of thy glory see more than we now believe. Through Jesus

Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lord have mercy on us, &c.

od the Father of heaven,

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. That we may learn to submit our reason to the obedience of faith, and so much the more exalt the wonders of thy goodness, as they exceed the capacity of our understandings, That we may continually praise thy sovereign Majesty for the being thou hast given us, acknowledging our dependence on thee, and adoring thy unsearchable counsels in the government of the world, Vouchsafe, O God, to conduct us by thy wisdom, to restrain us by thy justice, to comfort us by thy mercy, to defend us by thy power, To thee we desire to consecrate all our thoughts, words, actions, and sufferings; that henceforward we may think of thee, speak of thee, constantly refer all our actions to thy glory, and suffer willingly whatever thou shalt appoint, Give us strength to subdue

our passions, to overcome temptations, and to acquire the virtues that are proper for our state, Fill our hearts with affection for thy goodness, a hatred for our faults, a love of our neighbour, and a contempt of the world,

Teach us to be submissive to our superiors, condescending to our inferiors, faithful to our friends, and charitable to our enemies, Assist us to overcome sensuality by mortification, avarice by alms-deeds, anger by meekness, and tepidity by devotion, Make us prudent in our undertakings,

courageous in dangers, patient in afflictions, and humble in prosperity,

Grant that we be punctual at our morning and evening devotions, temperate at our meals, diligent in our employments, and constant in our good resolutions,

Hear us, O Lord.

ing, and the false liberty of an undisciplined life, Deliver us, O Lord. We sinners,

Beseech thee hear us.
That in thy temple and in
thy solemn worship all
may behave themselves,
both pastor and people,
with that true piety, re-
verence,
and respect,

which become thine ado-
rable Majesty,
That it may please thee
mercifully to look down
from heaven on those
that suffer, and strength-
en them in their afflic-
tions,

That it may please thee particularly to have mercy on our relations, friends, and benefactors,

and

open their eyes to see the beauty of thy truth, and give them grace to embrace it,

That by no temptation the weakest of us may be drawn to fall away from thee and thy truth, That it may please thee to preserve the Catholics of this land from all sin and wickedness, and so to adorn their lives with solid piety, that others, seeing their good works, may glorify thee, our Heavenly Father,

O God, by whose mercy the world subsisteth, and to whose power every nation of the earth is subject, have mercy on this nation, and according to its necessities, which are all known to thee, pour

We beseech thee hear us.

O almighty and eternal God, who hast appointed us six days in which we may labour and do all our work, and hast consecrated the seventh to thyself; grant, we beseech thee, that, according as thou hast commanded, we may sanctify this day, by devoting it entirely to thy love and service. Mercifully forgive us all our past neglect in this kind, pardon the sins which we have been guilty of during the course of the week, and give us grace to avoid them for the future. Make us sensible, O God, of the daily blessings which we receive from thy bounty, that as we know thee by faith, we may love thee by charity, and fixing all our hopes on the happiness of a future life, we may patiently suffer, in submission to thy holy will, what thou now permittest, and come at length to the joys of thy heavenly kingdom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.