especially N. N., and grant them a habitation in the land of light, where pain, sorrow and sadness are no more, and where the vision of Thy countenance gives everlasting joy to all Thy elect. To us, who are still living, and although laden with sins, hope in Thy mercies, vouchsafe to grant a participation in the merits of Thy saints and the imitation of their virtues, that, with the help of their intercession, we may now walk in Thy grace and hereafter be admitted to their happy society, through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

AT THE AGNUS DEI.

(St. Gertrude.)

O LAMB OF God, have mercy on us, and offer Thyself to God the Father with all Thy humility and all Thy patience, in satisfaction for our sins.

O Lamb of God, have mercy on us, and offer Thyself to God the Father with all the bitterness of Thy Passion, for our reconciliation to God.

O Lamb of God, have mercy on us, and offer Thyself to God the Father with all the love of Thy Divine Heart, for the supply of all our necessities.

Amen.

SPIRITUAL COMMUNION.

(St. Gertrude.)

Ο THOU stream from the life-giving fountain, Thou fragrance and sweetness of divine delight! I prostrate myself in my indigence and my misery in presence of Thine overflowing fulness. I set before Thee my sorrow and my tears, that, by reason of my exceeding unworthiness, my soul must go away fasting from Thy adorable banquet. And now, O Thou Who hast formed my substance and reformed it when fallen and decayed, I beseech Thee so to prepare me by Thine all-powerful wisdom, and by the tender compassionate love of Thy Heart, that I may worthily receive Thee into my soul, and that Thou mayest work and perfect in me without impediment all that Thou hast from eternity decreed concerning me, according to the good pleasure of Thy divine will. Amen.

AT THE LAST OREMUS.

GRACIOUSLY hear, O Lord, the prayers of Thy holy Church, which invokes Thee in the name of Thy beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ; may Thy right hand protect us, and turning away from us all evil, confirm us in Thy grace now and forever. Amen.

AT THE BENEDICTION.

MAY God be merciful unto us: may He cause the light of His countenance to shine upon us, and be merciful unto us. That we may know Thy way upon earth: Thy salvation among all nations. May God, even our God, bless us, may God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear Him (Ps. lxvi.).

AT THE LAST GOSPEL.

O ETERNAL Word of the Father, through Whom all things are created, Thou Who art the true light and wisdom, truth and life, come down from heaven to be our way: O do not permit me to love the darkness more than the light! O Word Incarnate, Who didst dwell among us, and Who dost visit us anew in this holy sacrifice, I adore Thee and hope from Thee and through Thee to obtain all the graces necessary for my sanctification, that I may one day see Thy glory, as of the only-begotten of the Father and be forever numbered among the children of God.

Amen.

THE DIVINE PRAISES.

BLESSED be God.

Blessed be His holy name.

Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true

man.

Blessed be the name of Jesus.

Blessed be His most Sacred Heart.

Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament

of the Altar.

Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.

Blessed be her holy and immaculate Conception.

Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.

Blessed be God in His angels and in His saints.

(Two years' indulgence for each public recitation after Mass or Benediction, one year for each private recitation; Leo XIII., Feb. 2, 1897.)

Devotions for Confession: Before Contession.

INVOCATION OF THE HOLY GHOST.

COME, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy love.

V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created.

R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of the faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit; grant us in the same Spirit to relish what is right, and ever to rejoice in His consolation. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

Enlighten me, O Spirit of truth, and make me see all my failings as clearly as I shall behold them one day, when in presence of my divine Judge. Make me see what evil I have done and what good I have left undone. Show me the number and the extent of the infidelities I have committed in Thy service. Let me realize how often, and to what degree, I have injured my neighbor, as well as the wrong I have done