For the Sick Person, if insensible.

LORD, look down from Heaven in much pity and compassion on this Thy afflicted servant, who is not able now to look up to 'l hee; and hear, O most merciful Father, our prayers in hs behalf. Pardon, good Lord, pardon all his sins, impute not to him any of his former follies. Lay not to his charge bis not improving, or in any way misusing his reason and understanding. We earnestly but humbly entreat Thee to restore them both to him again, together with such a measure of Thy Divine grace as may quicken and assist bim to employ his thoughts to the best purposes: that be

may trust Thee and sincerely obey Thee. And while be remains thus deprived of his reason, be pleased to quiet and compose his spirits. Remove all frighful imaginations from him: suffer not the evil one to approach him: preserve him from doing harm to himself. Thou art our Helper and our Redeemer; make no long tarrying, O our God: despise not Thou the work of Thine own hands, but help us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Dying.

1.

LORD JESU CHRIST

by Thy most sacred agony and prayer, which Thou didst pray for us in the garden, when Thy sweat was, as it were, great drops of blood falling down upon the ground,

implore Thee, offer unto Thy Father Almighty the bitter pains of Thy Passion borne for us, in atonement for all the sins of Thy servant, and deliver him at the hour of his death from all the pain and suffering he has endured for his sins; Who livest and reignest God, world without end, Amen.

II.

LORD JESU CHRIST,

Who for our sake didst

die upon the Cross, I beseech Thee offer unto Thine Almighty Father, for the soul of this Thy servant, all the bitter sufferings and pains which Thou didst bear upon the Cross for us poor sinners, especially at that moment when Thy most holy soul went forth from Thy sacred Body; and deliver him at the hour of his death from all the pain and suffering be has deserved for his sins; Who livest and reignest God, world without end.

III.

Amen.

LORD JESU CHRIST, Who by the mouth of Thy prophet hast said, I have loved Thee with an everlasting love, therefore with mercy have I drawn Thee, I pray Thee that Thou wouldest offer to Thy Almighty Father that same love of Thine which drew Thee down from heaven to earth, to suffer Thy bitter sorrows and griefs, for the soul of this Thy servant, and deliver him from all the pains and sufferings which he fears that he has merited for his sins. Deliver his soul in the

hour of his departure hence, open unto him the gates of life, and make him to rejoice with all Thy Saints in everlasting glory. O most merciful Saviour, Who hast redeemed us with Thy precions Blood, have mercy upon the soul of Thy servant, and bring him into the ever bright and g'orious places of Paradise, that he may live to Thee in indissoluble love, and never more be parted from Thee and Thine elect; Who livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.

ALMIGHTY Everlasting

God, Who givest us both the medicine of salvation and the reward of everlasting life, look mercifully upon Thy servant in his now failing strength, and refresh and strengthen the soul which Thou hast created; that at the hour of his departure he may, by the hands of Thy holy Angels, be presented to Thee, his Creator, pure from every stain of sin; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant from all the perils of hell, and from punishment, and from all pain. Amen.

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, as Thou didst deliver Enoch and Elias from the common death of men. Amen.

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, as Thou didst deliver Noah from the flood. Amen.

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, as Thou didst deliver Job from his sufferings. Amen.

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, as Thou didst deliver Isaac from being offered as a sacrifice, and being slain by the hand of his father. Amen.

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, as Thou didst deliver Lot from Sodom and from the flame of fire. Amen.

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, as Thou didst deliver Moses from the hands of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Amen.

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, as Thou didst deliver Daniel Irom the lion's den. Amen.

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, as Thou didst deliver the three holy children

from the burning fiery furnace, and from the hands of the king. Amen.

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, as Thou didst deliver David from the hand of king Saul, and from the hand of the giant. Amen.

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of Thy servant, as Thou didst deliver S. Peter and S. Paul from their prisons. Amen.

And as Thou hast delivered Thy blessed martyrs from the most bitter tortures, so deliver the soul of this Thy servant, and make him to rejoice in the joys of Heaven. Amen.

After the Departure of the Soul.

COME Angels of God, holy

ones of the Lord, and receiving his soul, offer it in the sight of the Most High.

Christ, receive Thee who called Thee, and may the Angels place. Thee in the bosom of Abraham.

Grant him eternal rest, O Lord.

And let light perpetual shine upon him.

Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Our Father:

y. From the gates of hell Rz. Deliver his soul, O Lord. y. May be rest in peace. R. Amen. . Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto Thee.

To Thee, O Lord, we commend the soul of Thy servant N., that being dead to the world he may live to Thee, and whatsoever sins he has committed through human frailty, do Thou wipe away by Thy pardoning mercy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer for a Good Death.

MOST merciful Lord and

Master, leave me not in my last hour in my mortal agony. As Thy Father sent His Angel from Heaven to

Prayers for the

LAMB of God, Who, as

an innocent lamb, was offered for us: Who didst suffer as man, and art adored as very God: Merciful Jesu, Pitiful Jesu, Jesu Son of the Virgin Mary: Who for us didst ascend the Cross, have mercy upon ... Wipe away the sins be hath committed,

strengthen Thee, so send Thy Holy Angel to help me at that hour, to strengthen me and confirm me, and to defend me against all the attacks of the enemy, and in every way to help me. Suffer not any temptation to ensnare me at the last. Strengthen me, that no pain nor adversity may tempt me to impatience. Give me in all things conformity and subjection to Thy will. Dispose my latter end as Thou knowest to be best for my salvation, and grant me final perseverance, that the communion which I have here with Thee, by grace I may have more perfectly where Thy Saints rejoice with Thee in glory; Who livest and reignest God, world without end. Amen.

Faithful Departed.

do away with his errors and iniquities: And grant him a place of light and of everlasting delights. Have mercy, Allmerciful, and grant him Thy pardon.

GOD, Who, by the

mouth of S. Paul Thine Apostle, hast taught us not to

wail for them that sleep in Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, that in the coming of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, both we and all oth r faithful people being departed, may be graciously brought unto the joys everlasting; through Him, Who shall come to judge the quick and the dead, and the world by fire. Amen.

ALMIGHTY, Eternal God,

to Whom there is never any prayer made without hope of mercy, be merci ́ul unto the souls of Thy servants departed from the world in the confession of Thy Name, that they

On the Day of Death.

GOD, Whose property it is always to have mercy and to forgive, we humbly beseech Thee to have mercy upon the soul of Thy servant N., whom Thou hast called out of this world, that Thou give him not into the hand of the enemy, neither forsake him, but bid him to be brought by Thy holy Angels into the land of Paradise; that forasmuch as he hoped and trusted in Thee, he may be partaker in eternal joy: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

On the Day of Burial.

Amen.

LORD, bow down Thine

ears unto our prayers, wherein we devoutly call upon Thy mercy, that Thou wilt bestow the souls of Thy servants, which Thou hast commanded to depart from this world, in the country of peace and rest, and cause them to be made partners with Thy holy servants; through Christ our Lord: Amen.

to have mercy upon the soul of Thy servant, so that, dead to the world, be may live to Thee, and whatsoever sins he has committed by human weakness, do Thou mercifully wipe away; through Jesns Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Benefactors.

GOD, the Giver of par

don and lover of salvation, we humbly beseech Thee to remember the souls of our friends, benefactors, and relations who have departed