Lord, offer all my sufferings to Thy Father, as Thou didst offer all Thine Agonies to Him. O Good Jesus, crucified for us; nail my will to Thy Cross, for love of Thee. Good Jesus, give me a deep love for Thee, that nothing may be too hard for me to bear from Thee. Good Jesus, Who hast borne the Cross for me, what cross willest Thou that I should bear for Thee? Thou knowest, Lord, that I am all weakness; teach me to bear my cross. Bear it for me, bear it in me. Lord, strengthen me to bear my cross patiently, humbly, lovingly. If I sink under it, look on me and raise me up. Give what Thou commandest, and command what Thou willest. Only by Thine all-holy Cross and Passion, sanctify my cross to me, and keep me Thine for ever. Good Jesus, nailed motionless by Thy sacred Hands and Feet for love of me; keep me still, motionless, unmoved, unshaken, cleaving fast to Thee. O Good Jesus, my God, and my All, keep me ever near Thee, let nothing for a moment separate me from Thee. Good Jesus, to Thee I flee; hide me in Thy sacred Side. O Good Jesus, who keepest Thine own under the shadow of Thy wings; teach me to flee to Thee, and hide me from all evil. O Good Jesus, shelter me from the evil one, shed Thy dew upon me to calm my soul, and dwell in me fully, that I may wholly love Thee. Good Jesus, Strength of the weary, Rest of the Restless; by the weariness and unrest of Thy sacred Cross, come to me who am weary that I may rest in Thee. Lord, if Thou increase my pain, increase also my patience. Thou knowest my weakness. Good Jesus, Who hast borne so patiently with me; make me wholly patient for love of Thee. O Good Jesus, obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross for me; Good Jesus, mocked and blasphemed for love of us; make me truly humble for love of Thee. O Blessed Jesus, into Thy hands I commend my soul and my body, to live or to die as seemeth good to Thee, and to Thine infinite mercy; for Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, Thou God of truth! Good Lord, teach me to judge myself as Thou judgest. Make me more ashamed of sin than of all besides yet not so ashamed as not quickly to come to Thee, O All-merciful, All-loving Lord. Good Jesus! by Thy Loneliness in the Garden, by the Desolation Thou didst will to come over Thee, sanctify mine. Good Jesus, Who alone orderest all things well, I cast myself wholly upon Thine infinite undeserved love; I trust Thee with my all; myself, and all whom I love, and all which I desire, my present and my future, my hopes and my fears, my time and my eternity, my joys and my sorrows. Deal with me as Thou willest, and knowest best; only bind me safe to Thine everlasting love. Good Jesus! who didst give Thyself for me, give Thyself to me; make me wholly Thine, that I may deeply love Thee. Good Jesus! stripped naked, racked, reviled, forsaken, motionless on the Cross for love of me; help me to bear all pain meekly, in humble love of Thee. Strip me, empty me of myself, to fill me with love of Thee. Good Jesus, lead me that I may follow Thee; hold me that I may cling fast to Thee; teach me, that I may choose Thee alone; keep me, that I may be Thine for ever. Jesus, most tender, Thou hast been very tender to me; make me very tender to all and of all who are Thine, for the love of Thy most tender love. O Good Jesus, who hast so loved us; pour Thy love into my soul, that I may love Thee intensely, and all besides in and for Thee. Amen. ETERNAL Father! I am Thy most unworthy servant, whom Thou hast so loved that Thou gavest Thy dearly-beloved Son to die for me. Deal mercifully with Thy servant in this hour, lest that precious Blood be shed for me in vain. For what profit is there to me in my Saviour's Blood, if I go down to corruption? O Jesus Christ, I am like that lost sheep whom Thou didst seek so diligently, and set it on Thy shoulders to bring it home again. Thou art the Good Shepherd, who didst lay down Thy life for Thy sheep. Oh! seek Thy servant, for I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost. Let not that roaring lion, that goeth about seeking whom he may devour, snatch me and tear me from Thee; save me upon the Cross, take me into Thy loved embrace and draw my soul to Thee; receive me, Good Jesus, of Thy mercy; receive my soul in peace. Enlighten mine eyes, O Good Jesus, that I sleep not in death; lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him. O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Living God, set Thy Passion, Cross, and Death, between Thy judgment and my soul. O Good Jesus, remember not my old sins, but have mercy upon me and that soon, for I am come to great misery. O most sweet Lord Jesus Christ, for the honor and virtue of Thy blessed Passion, bid me be written among the number of Thine Elect. Enter not into judgment with Thy servant, most compassionate Jesus, for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified. One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I seek after that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto Thy name: lo, the just wait for me till Thou recompense me. Oh! establish me according to Thy word, that I may live, and let me not be disappointed of my hope. Amen. PRAYER FOR THE FAITHFUL IN THEIR AGONY,0 MOST merciful Jesus, Lover of souls; I pray Thee, by the agony of Thy most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thy Immaculate Mother, cleanse in Thine own Blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their agony and who are to die this day. Amen. Heart of Jesus, once in agony, pity the dying. RECOMMENDATION OF A DEPARTING SOUL. The Priest, vested in surplice and violet stole, enters the room of the dying person, saying: P AX huic domui. EACE be unto this house. R. And unto all who dwell therein. R. Et omnibus habitantibus in ea. He then sprinkles the dying person, the chamber, and the bystanders, with holy water in the form of a cross, saying the Asperges as dt p. 112. He next presents a crucifix to the dying person to be kissed, and exhorts him to look forward to everlasting life: leaning the crucifix before him, that, beholding it, he may be encouraged to hope for eternal salvation. Then, having lighted a andle, the Priest kneels, and with the bystanders devoutly recites the Shorter Litany, as follows: K THE LITANY FOR THE DYING. YRIE eleison. Christe eleison. Kyrie eleison. Omnis chorus Justo- Sancte Abraham, Sancte Joannes Bap- Ora pro eo. Omnes sancti Patriarchæ et Prophetæ, Orate, etc. LORD, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. All ye Choirs of the Holy Abraham, St. John the Baptist, St. Joseph,. All ye holy Patriarchs |