inflame nv will, to purify my body, and to sanctify my soul. Give me strength, O my God, to expiate my offences to overcome my temptations, to subdue my passions, and to acquire the virtues proper for my state. Fill my heart with a tender affection for thy good. ness, a hatred for my faults, a love for my neighbour and a contempt of the world. Let me always remember to be submissive to my superiors, condescending to my inferiors, faithful to my friends, and charitable to my enemies. Assist me to overcome sensuality by mortification, avarice by alms-deeds, anger by meekness, and tepidity by devotion. O my God, make me prudent in my undertakings, courageous in danger, patient in afflictions, and humble in prosperity. Grant that I may be ever attenive at my prayers, temperate at my meals, diligent in my employments and constant in my resolutions. Let my conscience be ever upright and pure, my exterior modest, my conversation edifying, and my comportment regular. Assist me, that I may continually labour to overcome nature, to correspond with thy grace, to keep thy commandments, and to work out my sal vation. Discover to me, O my God, the nothingness of this world, the greatness of heaven, the shortness of time and the length of eternity. Grant that I may prepare for death, thy judgments, that I may escape hel obtain heaven, through Jesus Chris'. at I may fear and in the end Amen. The ROSARY of the BLESSED NAME OF JESUS. n the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Thou, O Lord, wilt open my lips. And my tongue shall announce thy praise. Incline unto my aid, O God. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for Amen. ever. The five Mysteries of the first Part. I. The Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Meditation.-The Son of God assumes human flesh out of the pure blood of the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, and is made man in her womb. O Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us. (Ten Times.)—Glory, &c. II. The Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Meditation.-The Saviour of the world is born for our redemption; his Mother remaining a Virgin. O Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us. (Ten Times.)-Glory, &c. III. The Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Meditation.-Our Saviour being eight days old, begins to suffer for our sins, and his blood already flows for us. He is circumcised according to the law, as if he had been himself a sinner. O Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us. (Ten Times.)-Glory, &c. IV. Our Lord Jesus Christ is found in the Temple. The Meditation.-Our Saviour being twelve years old, shows himself more than mortal by his knowledge and wisdom, teaching the teachers of the Jews Ŏ Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us. (Ten Times.)-Glory, &c. V. The Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Meditation The Saviour of the world is baptized by St. John. The Eternal Father declares him to be his Son. O Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on us. Times.)-Glory, &c. The Prayer. (Ten O JESUS, whose name is above all names, that in the name of Jesus every knee may bend, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and in hell. Who at the time appointed by the Eternal Wisdom, assumedst flesh in the womb of the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, and thus became the Son of David, whose birth gladdened men and angels. Who began so early to suffer for us, and to shed on our account that blood that washeth away the sins of the world. Whose immortal wisdom appeared at the age of twelve vears. To whose baptism all heaven was attentive: grant to us to celebrate those mysteries to thy honour and our own salvation. Who with the Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest, one God, for all eternity. Amen. The five Mysteries of the second Part. I. Our Saviour washes his disciples' feet. The Meditation.-Our Saviour, to show us an example of humility, and how much we ought to serve each other, descendeth so low, as to wash the feet of his disciples, though he is the God whom heaven and earth adore. O Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, have mercy on us. (Ten Times.)-Glory, &c. II. The Prayer of our Lord Jesus Christ in thạ Garden. The Meditation.-Our Saviour, knowing his Passica to be now at hand, is so affected with the thoughts of it, and so oppressed with the load of our sins, that he prays to his Almighty Father, that the bitter cup might O Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, have mercy on us. (Ten Times.)-Glory, &c. III. Our Saviour is apprehendea The Meditation.-Our Saviour, as if he had been no more than mortal man, yields to the power of men, and permits himself, for our redemption, to be apprehended, as if he were a malefactor. O Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, have mercy on us. (Ten Times.)-Glory, &c. IV. Our Saviour carries his Cross. The Meditation.-Our Saviour, being torn with scourges, and pierced with thorns, to expiate our sins, is obliged to carry the cross on which he is to die, and moves on, labouring in sorrow, towards the place of his crucifixion. O Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, have mercy on us. (Ten Times.)-Glory, &c. V. The Descent of our Saviour into Hell. The Meditation.-The soul of our Saviour being separated by death from the body, descends to the place where the saints were expecting his redemption The Prayer. O JESUS, whose name is above all names, that in the name of Jesus every knee may bend, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and in hell. Whose mysterious humiliations and sorrows, appointed for thee, on account of our sins, appeared in thy washing of the feet of thy servants and creatures; in thy distress and prayer, and bloody sweat; in thy being secured and brought before courts as a criminal; in thy bearing the load of the cross; and in the separation of thy soul from the body, and its descent to the regions below; grant to us to celebrate those mysteries to thy honour and our own salvation. Who with the Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest, one God, for all eternity. Amen. The five Mysteries of the third Part. 1. The Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ The Meditation.-The soul of our Lord Jesus Christ which had been separated from the body, is re-united to it by a miracle of the Almighty power, and that body which had been dead, rises to die no more. O Jesus, Son of the living God, have mercy on us (Ten Times.)-Glory be to the Father, &c. II. The Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Meditation.-Our Lord Jesus Christ ascends into the highest heaven, where the Saviour of mankind sits at the right hand of God the Father Al Ö Jesus, Son of the living God, have mercy on us. (Ten Times.)—Glory be to the Father, &c. III. Our Lord Jesus Christ sends down the Holy Ghost. The Meditation.-Our Saviour, now seated at the right hand of God, his Almighty Father, sends down the Holy Ghost to inspire and animate his disciples, that they may be qualified to publish to mankind his cross and his glory. O Jesus, Son of the living God, have mercy on us. Ten Times.)-Glory be to the Father, &c. IV. Our Lord Jesus Christ crowning the blessed Saints. The Meditation.-Our Saviour having, by his passion, resurrection, and ascension, opened a way for the sons of Adam to heaven, which they had lost by sin, bestows on his Mother and his Saints a crown of immortal glory. O Jesus, Son of the living God, have mercy on us (Ten Times.)-Glory be to the Father, &c. |