20 PRAYER TO OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL. may come to rejoice before | thee hereafter; through the merits of the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who with thee and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest. Amen. For Another's Conversion. O, let not the soul for whom I pray O divine and adorable | thy Church. Saviour, thou who art the way, the truth, and the life, I beseech thee to have mercy upon N., and bring him [or her] to the knowledge and love of thy truth. Thou, O Lord, knowest all his darkness, his weakness, and his doubts: have pity upon him, O merciful Saviour; let the bright beams of thy eternal truth shine upon his mind; clear away the cloud of error and prejudice from before his eyes, and may he humbly submit to and embrace with his whole heart the teaching of petition, O merciful Jesus, consolest me in sorrow; PRAYER TO OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL. O most faithful companion, whom God has appointed to watch over me, my guide and protector, ever at my side. What thanks can I offer thee for thy love, thy con-urgest me to good; and stancy, and thy innumer- movest me to do penance able benefits? Thou watch- and seek reconciliation est over me in sleep; thou with God. Ever be with + me. I beseech thee; encourage me in adversity; restrain me in prosperity; protect me in dangers and assist me in temptations, lest at any time I yield to them. Offer to the divine Majesty all my prayers, and sighs, and works; and when the last moment of life comes, be thou with me at my death. Spread over me the wings of thy protection, comfort and console me in my last agony; obtain for me the grace to die with the consolations of the Church and in the friendship of God, and so to enter into life eternal. Amen. ACT OF REPARATION. O THRICE holy God, I adore you, I love you, I bless you through the sacred heart of Jesus in the most holy sacrament; and I offer you, by the blessed hands of the immaculate Virgin Mary, all the holy hosts which are on our altars and in our tabernacles, in expiation, reparation, and atonement for all the sacrileges, impieties, blasphemies, and other crimes by which you are outraged throughout the universe. UNION OF DAILY PRAYER FOR THE POPE. POUR down thy choicest | in the bosom of unity, our blessings, O Lord, on our Sovereign Pontiff, and rejoice thy Church by the speedy proclamation of universal peace, that, resting strength against the enemy may be perfected in charity. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (300 days' indulgence each time; plenary, once a month. Pius IX. 9th July 1859.) LORD JESUS, shelter | divine heart our holy father under the protection of thy the Pope. + A PRAYER TO OBTAIN GOD'S GRACE IN THE CHOICE OF A STATE OF LIFE. firmness. and a zealous A PRAYER FOR ONE'S CONFESSOR. In asking thee, O my | vent zeal, God, to impart to me the graces which I stand in need of, can I, without ingratitude, forget before thee, him amongst thy ministers, to whom thou hast intrusted me, in order that he may reconcile me with thee in the Sacrament of Penance. Vouchsafe, O Lord, I beseech thee, to adorn his soul with all those virtues which form a holy priest. Grant to him the faith of St Peter, the charity of St Paul, a fer Unite in him evangelical liberty and true piety, with the penitential spirit of David. Infuse into his heart the meekness and humility of thy divine Son, the great High Priest of the new law. Direct him in all his actions, that after being here below a prudent and faithful dispenser of thy mysteries, he may receive from thee in heaven that bright crown reserved for a priest whose whole life has been consecrated to thy | sanctification. Through glory, to the salvation of his Jesus Christ our Lord. brethren, and to his own Amen. PRAYER TO BE SAID BY THOSE WHO CARRY ABOUT WITH THEM AN AGNUS DEI. O my Lord Jesus Christ, the true Lamb who taketh away the sins of the world, by thy mercy which is infinite, pardon my iniquities, and by thy sacred passion, preserve me this day from all sin and evil. I carry about with me this holy Agnus in thine honour, as a preservative against my own weakness, and as an incentive to the practice A PRAYER FOR O God, the lover and preserver of peace and charity, give unto all our enemies peace and true charity, and grant unto them the remission of all of that meekness, humility, and innocence, which thou hast taught us. I offer my entire self to thee, in memory of that sacrifice of love which thou didst offer for me on the cross, and in satisfaction for my sins. Accept this oblation, I beseech thee, O my God; and may it be acceptable to thee in the odour of sweetness. Amen. OUR ENEMIES. their sins, and by thy power deliver us from all their wicked designs. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ITINERARY, OR PRAYERS BEFORE A CANTICLE OF ZACHARY. Ant. Into the way of Blessed be the Lord peace. God of Israel, because he hath visited and wrought the redemption of his people. And hath raised up a horn of salvation to us in the house of David his servant; As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who are from the beginning; Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us. To perform mercy to our fathers, and to member his holy testa ment. re The oath which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would grant to us. That, being delivered from the hand of Our enemies, we may serve him without fear. In holiness and justice before him all our days. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Our Father, &c., in secret. . And lead us not in temptation. Ry. But deliver us from evil. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways. To give knowledge of salvation to his people; unto the remission of their sins. Through the bowels of the mercy of our God; in which the Orient from on high hath visited us. To enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death; to direct our feet into the way of peace. Glory, &c. Ant. May the almighty and merciful Lord direct me into the way of peace and prosperity; and may the archangel Raphael accompany me in the way, that I may return home in peace, safety, and joy. . Save thy servants. Ry. My God, trusting in thee. . Send us help, O Lord, from thy holy place. Ry. And out of Zion defend us. . Be unto us, O Lord, a tower of strength. |