Hear us, O Lord.

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 for our neighbours, and a contempt for the world; Teach us to be dutiful to our superiors, conciliating 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 may be punctual at our morning and evening devotions, temperate at our meals, diligent in our employments, and constant in our good resolutions;

Let our consciences be ever upright and pure, our exterior modest, our conversation edifying, and our comportment regular;

Discover to us the nothingness of this world, the greatness of heaven, the shortness of time, and the length of eternity;

Be merciful, O Lord, and spare us.

Be merciful, O Lord, and hear us.

From the dangers most justly threatening our sins, Deliver us, O Lord.

From the spirit of pride, profaneness, and hypocrisy, Deliver us, O Lord.

From schism, heresy, and all blindness of heart, Deliver us, O Lord.

From all uncleanness, gluttony, drunkenness, swearing, 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, reverence, and respect, becoming thy adorable majesty ;

That it may please thee mercifully to look down from heaven on those that suffer, and strengthen them in their afflictions;

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

We beseech thee, hear us.

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 forth thy blessings upon it;

Give to all its inhabitants, O Lord, the spirit of the gospel; grant that all its magistrates may administer justice; and inspire us all with a zeal for unity, peace, and truth; Son of God,

We beseech, &c.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, &c.,

Hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, &c.,

Have mercy on us.

Christ hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us.

LET US PRAY.

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 neglects of this kind: pardon the sins 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

blessing 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.

WE fly to thy patronage, O Holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but obtain our deliverance from all dangers, O ever glorious and blessed Virgin. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,

That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

PRAYER.

GRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that we thy servants may enjoy health of mind and body; and that, by the intercession of the ever blessed Virgin, all thy Saints likewise interceding for us, we may be delivered from present sorrow, and hereafter enjoy eternal happiness. Amen.

The following LITANY, in behalf of our Coun try, may be said on one Sunday in each Month, instead of the above Litanies.

LORD, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on 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. O God, who hast been pleased to magnify thy name amongst our ancestors, and to distinguish them by the particular marks of their piety, continue the same mercy to us, we beseech thee that now, in these days, we may seek thee with all our hearts, and zealously labour to copy the examples which our forefathers have left us. Amen.

For this end, we most humbly implore thy goodness to have compassion on this our country, and by thy powerful grace to remove from it whatever is provoking or displeasing to thee. Have mercy, O God, on this nation. And be thou its powerful deliverer.

From infidelity and profaneness,—Deliver us, O Lord.