INTERCESSIONS:- For Religious Communities of Women, For Guilds and Confraternities, . For Newly-admitted Members of a Guild or Con- fraternity, For the Household, General Litany, FOR THE USE of Clergy and other SPECIAL SERVANTS OF THE CHURCH :- For a Parish Priest, Intercession for Flock, Before Praying with the Sick, On Preparing a Sermon, Before Celebrating the Holy Eucharist, Commendation of a Former Flock, Prayer for Use of Lay-Helpers, Prayers for a Deaconess, Prayers for Members of Religious Communities, In Anticipation of joining a Řeligious Community of Women, SPECIAL OCCASIONS OF CHURCH WORK:- For a Woman engaged in helping Missionary Work On a Summons during the Night, In Time of Infectious Disease, When Teaching Communicants' Classes, '4 Morning. No. I. LORD God Almighty, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, Who hast made all things, visible and invisible, the earth, and the sun, and the stars, and the unseen beings in the spiritual world; Who dost maintain and rule all the universe by Thy power, I bow down myself before Thee, the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. I humbly join myself in adoring Thee with the holy angels, with the Church at rest, with the Church yet militant here in earth. Lord, have mercy upon me. O Lord God, I confess my utter unworthiness to approach Thee. I dare come only in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord; I plead the ransom He paid for me by His Death; I look up in the hope that I may be accepted as partaker of His Life. I cast myself upon the power of His intercession. I pray as He hath taught us. OUR FATHER, etc. O Lord God most holy, I confess to Thee with shame all that hath been amiss in me A during the night past. Pardon, I beseech Thee, for the Lord Jesu's sake, all that I have thought or done unworthily of my regeneration, unworthily of my adoption, unworthily of my special calling. Cleanse me, O Lord, by Thy Holy Spirit; cleanse me thoroughly and for ever. I renounce this day the world, the flesh, and the devil. I throw myself upon Thee to help me. I desire to give myself wholly unto Thee, to do all to Thy glory. I thank Thee, O God, with all my heart, for sustaining my life during the past night, for refreshing sleep, for lengthened time to repent, and renewed strength to serve Thee. I praise and bless Thee for continuing to me my reason, my senses, and especially my eyesight; for preserving me from fire, from pain, from distressing thoughts, from evil angels, and from wicked men. I glorify Thee for Thy constant and most kindly care so unremittingly bestowed on me, unworthy as I am, and on all who are dear to me; for the opportunities of serving Thee which Thou hast deigned to give me, and especially for . for the indulgences which Thou hast, in Thy Fatherly kindness, lavished upon me, especially for the love of those who love me. And above all do I thankfully acknowledge how often and often Thou hast renewed Thy most precious gift of the Holy Spirit to me; and now I beseech Thee again, O Lord, to strengthen my miserable weakness against all sin during the coming day, and especially against . . ., to which I am sadly disposed, and most easily tempted. I earnestly desire Thy help to beware of all occasions of such sins, to be watchful against the very first signs of temptation, to shrink from all that is unbecoming my calling, to realize Thy holy Presence everywhere and |