May the power of thy holy Cross, I beseech thee, O Lord, go before me and lead me through the day, wheresoever I may be. In thy mercy so guide me to-day that my enemy may find in me nothing that is his, but all that is thine; or, should aught of evil be so found by reason of my frailty, may thy loving kindness quickly blot it out. May thy holy angel guard me and bring me safe and unharmed unto the evening hour. Amen.
(From a Prayer Book)
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven,
have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary,
~ pray for us. (repeat after each invocation)
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of the Church,
Mother of Mercy,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother of Hope,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother most admirable,
Mother of good counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Saviour,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual vessel,
Vessel of honour,
Singular vessel of devotion,
Mystical rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the covenant,
Gate of heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Solace of Migrants,
Comfort of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of Angels,
Queen of Patriarchs,
Queen of Prophets,
Queen of Apostles,
Queen of Martyrs,
Queen of Confessors,
Queen of Virgins,
Queen of all Saints,
Queen conceived without original sin,
Queen assumed into heaven,
Queen of the most holy Rosary,
Queen of families,
Queen of peace.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
Let us pray. Grant, we beseech you, O Lord God, that we your servants may enjoy lasting health of mind and body, and by the glorious intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever Virgin, be delivered from present sorrow and enter into the joy of eternal happiness. Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
(Invoke the help of the Holy Spirit.)
Jesus, my God and my Lord! I kiss the Wound of Your right hand, which today and throughout my life has been so generous and so gentle to me. How much good have I received! How much evil have you averted from me! Accept the Blood that flowed from this Wound as an infinite thanksgiving .
Jesus, my God and my Lord! I kiss the Wound of Your left hand, and through the Blood that has flowed from It, I beg You to enlighten my mind for me to recognise my ingratitude – and to move my will to repent of my wickedness, so that I can convert completely and steadfastly once and for all.
Jesus, my God and my Lord! I kiss the Wound on Your left foot, and through the Blood that has flowed from It, I beg You to blot out all harmful self-love in me, that I judge myself with such severity, so that You may judge me with mercy and clemency.
Reflect now on all the mistakes and sins by which you have made yourself guilty against God, your neighbour and yourself, then implore His pardon.
Jesus, my God and my Lord! in the bitterness of my heart and from the shame I feel, I confess my guilt to You. I have again deviated from my resolution to serve You and disobeyed you, my best Father, and You were therefore also displeased with me!
Also today I have shown you new ingratitude for Your bounties! How fervently would others have loved You, how accurately served You, if they had received so many and great graces as I have done, what a great treasure of merits they would have amassed with it!
How can I not be ashamed of this indifference and waste and feel sorry for my pitiful failure? I hardly dare raise my eyes to You! Are you not, O my God! the infinitely most lovable Good? You are the infinitely beautiful – rich – powerful – wise – just – holy – unchangeable – eternal God, whom I cherish and love above all and with all my might! How was it possible that I despised You so much and preferred things so unworthy, yes, so abominable, to You, the purest Good. Truly, this is my greatest and only pain that I, wretched creature worthy of all contempt, have ever offended You! I despise every sin with all my heart, because sin is an abomination in Your sight and the cause of my soul’s corruption .
Have mercy on me, O Son of God! I do not deserve mercy; but I hope in Your causeless mercy, and while it is still the time of grace for me, I kiss the Wound of Your right foot , and beg You, pay my debts with the Blood that flowed from It; grant me the grace to work worthy fruits of penance and to walk steadfastly in the way of Your commandments and the path of my salvation.
Jesus, my God and my Lord! I kiss the Wound of Your dearest Heart, and by the Blood and Water that flowed from It, I beg You, strengthen my purpose, which I now hide in It. I want to remain faithful to it, and nothing ever shall separate me from You.
I want to beware of every sin, especially N. N. I rely on Your grace, and as a sign of my earnest purpose of amendment I want to do this penance: N.N.
(From: Fr Joseph Anton Berchtold, Exercises for the Honest Christian, Boll, Augsburg, 1846)
CONSECRATION OF THE FAMILY TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, Who didst manifest to St Margaret Mary the desire of reigning in Christian families, we today wish to proclaim thy most complete domination over our own.
We would live in future with thy life, we would cause to flourish in our midst those virtues to which thou hast promised peace here below, we would banish far from us the spirit of the world which thou hast cursed; and thou shalt reign over our minds in the simplicity of our faith, and over our hearts by the wholehearted love with which they shall burn for thee, the flame of which they shall keep alive by the frequent reception of thy Holy Eucharist.
O Divine Heart, deign to preside over our assemblings, to bless our enterprises, both spiritual and temporal, to dispel our cares, to sanctify our joys, to alleviate our sufferings.
If ever one or other of us should have the misfortune to afflict thee, remind him, O Heart of Jesus, that thou art good and merciful to the penitent sinner.
And when the hour of separation strikes, when death shall come to cast mourning into our midst, we will all, both those who go and those who stay, be submissive to thy eternal decrees. We shall console ourselves with the thought that a day will come when the entire family, reunited in heaven, can sin for ever thy glories and thy mercies.
May the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the glorious Patriarch, St Joseph, present this consecration to thee, and keep it in our minds all the days of our life.
All glory to the Heart of Jesus, our King and our Father.
[Plenary Indulgence on the day of consecration, and every year on the day of renewal, on the usual conditions. – Pius X., May 19th, 1908.]
– From: St Anthony’s Treasury, Laverty and Sons, Leeds, 1922
+ In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
[50 days Indulgence; 100 days if made with holy water.]
Place yourself in the presence of God, and humbly adore Him.
Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity, now and forever. Amen.
I adore thee, O my Saviour Jesus Christ, and I give thee thanks for having, by thy sufferings and Death upon the Cross, redeemed the world. O thou, Who didst suffer so much for love of me, grant me mercy!
O my God, I adore thee with the most profound respect, and I love thee with all my heart, because thou hast created me, and done unto me all manner of good, and because thou art in thyself infinitely good and infinitely amiable. I adore and love thy infinite perfections, and beg of thee the grace to participate in them.
I am thine, O my God! because thou hast made me what I am. Grant that I may be wholly thine, and that having nothing in view but to love thee, I may do nothing that would be capable, not only of separating me eternally from thee, but of depriving me, even for the least moment, of thy holy love.
I cheerfully accept all the pain and misery which thou wouldst have me suffer in this life, because such is thy good pleasure, and because this cheerful acceptance will procure for me an eternal happiness; and as I would fain please thee in all my conduct, grant, O my God, that I may love all thou lovest, and hate all that displeases thee. It is thy desire, O good Jesus, that I love thee. Since, then, to merit thy holy love, it is necessary to lead a life conformable to that which thou didst lead while here on earth, grant me grace to enter into the practices of thy holy life, and to imitate thee in thy sufferings, so that I may be always inseparably united to thee.
Thank God for His graces and benefits
I thank thee, O my God, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, for all the graces and blessings which thou hast been pleased to bestow upon me; for having given me life, for having preserved it till now; for having made me a Christian, and delivered me from my sins; and for all the special graces which, in thy bounty, thou hast this day conferred upon me.
Beg of God the graces we shall need during this night
I beg of thee, O my God, the continuation of thy bounties and thy graces to me, and above all that of dying happily; that is, to die in loving thee. I will then endeavour to prepare myself that I may not die unprovidedly, should it be thy will to take me this night out of this world; and as I know that sin infinitely displeases thee, and that I am filled therewith, I will endeavour from this moment to be cleansed therefrom, and offend thee no more. Give me, then, O my God, the light necessary to know my sins, and a true contrition that I may hate and never more commit them.
[Here examine your conscience.]
Beg pardon of God.
O my God, I most humbly beg pardon for all the sins which I have committed against thy Divine Majesty; my heart is overwhelmed with sorrow for them, and the cause of my sorrow is the consideration of thy goodness, the horror thou hast for my faults, the punishment which they deserve, and the state in which I am of not being able to perform adequate penance for them. Ah! my God, how have I been so wretched as to relapse so often into sin, after having always promised thee to change my life! I am covered with confusion at appearing before thee after so many relapses and infidelities; and were I not firmly convinced of the infinite greatness of thy mercy, I would hardly dare to hope for pardon for them.
I present myself then before thee, attracted by thy goodness, and wholly covered with the Precious Blood of Jesus, my Saviour, beseeching thee to acknowledge me as His servant, and to preserve me in thy holy grace. I assure thee that, notwithstanding all my evil inclinations and the disorderly affections of my heart, it is my desire to be wholly thine, to offend thee no more, and to make all the satisfaction I possibly can for my sins!
Beg of God to keep us this night in His holy love.
Preserve me, O my God while I wake, watch over me when I sleep, so that, having watched with Jesus Christ, I may repose in peace with thee!
Preserve me, O my God! from all sin during this night; enlighten my darkness by thy Divine Light, and in thy goodness keep me from all the snares which the devil, my enemy, might lay for me.
O my God! who hast prepared invisible treasures for those who love thee, diffuse through my heart the fire of thy holy love, so that loving thee in all things and above all things, I may obtain what thou hast promised me, which surpasses all that I could desire. This is what I ask of thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Abandon yourself entirely to God, and offer Him the repose you are about to take.
O my God, I offer myself wholly to thee, do with me what thou pleasest; my life is in thy power. If thou wilt take it from me, I offer it to thee; if thou leavest it with me I am satisfied: I abandon myself entirely to thy holy will.
I offer thee, O my God, the sleep I am going to take in honour of thy eternal rest, and in union with that which Jesus my Saviour took while on earth. Permit not, I beseech thee, that I should take this repose through a movement of pleasure or sensuality; but grant that it be in submission to thy holy will, and only through necessity, so that, having regained new strength, I may serve thee to-morrow with more fervour. I bless thee, O my God! for having put this interruption to my malice, which is so great while I am awake. I accept this repose as the image of thy peace, the re-establishment of my strength, the cessation of my sins, the warning of my death, and the figure of that repose which is enjoyed in heaven.
Pater (Our Father), Ave (Hail Mary), Credo (Apostles’ Creed), Hail Holy Queen, Prayer to St Joseph.
A NIGHT PRAYER
(translated from the Irish)
May the will of God be done by us.
May the death of the Saints be won by us.
And the light of the Kingdom begun in us:
May Jesus, the Child, be beside my bed,
May the Lamb of Mercy uplift my head,
May the Virgin Mary her brightness shed,
And Michael be steward of my soul!
– St Anthony’s Treasury, Laverty & Sons, Leeds, 1916
Lo! dim shadows of the night are waning;
Lightsome and blushing, dawn of day returneth;
Fervent in spirit, to the world’s Creator
Pray we devoutly:
That he may pity sinners in their sighing,
Banish all trouble, kindly health bestowing;
And may he grant us, of his countless blessings,
Peace that is endless.
This be our portion, God forever blessed,
Father eternal, Son, and Holy Spirit,
Whose is the glory, which through all creation
Ever soundeth. Amen.
Maker of all, eternal King,
Who day and night about dost bring:
Who weary mortals to relieve,
Dost in their times the seasons give:
Now the shrill cock proclaims the day,
And calls the sun’s awakening ray,
The wandering pilgrim’s guiding light,
That marks the watches night by night.
Roused at the note, the morning star
Heaven’s dusky veil uplifts afar:
Night’s vagrant bands no longer roam,
But from their dark ways hie them home.
The encouraged sailor’s fears are o’er,
The foaming billows rage no more:
Lo! e’en the very Church’s Rock
Melts at the crowing of the cock.
O let us then like men arise;
The cock rebukes our slumbering eyes,
Bestirs who still in sleep would lie,
And shames who would their Lord deny.
New hope his clarion note awakes,
Sickness the feeble frame forsakes,
The robber sheathes his lawless sword,
Faith to the fallen is restored.
Look on us, Jesu, when we fall,
And with thy look our souls recall:
If thou but look, our sins are gone,
And with due tears our pardon won.
Shed through our hearts thy piercing ray,
Our souls’ dull slumber drive away:
Thy name be first on every tongue,
To thee our earliest praises sung.
All laud to God the Father be;
All praise, eternal Son, to thee;
All glory, as is ever meet,
To God the Holy Paraclete.
– From: An Approved English Translation of the Breviarium Romanum, Burns & Oates, London, 1964
As fades the glowing orb of day,
To thee, great Source of Light, we pray;
Blest Three in One, to every heart
Thy beams of life and love impart.
At early dawn, at close of day,
To thee our vows we humbly pay;
May we, mid joys that never end,
With thy bright saints in homage bend.
To God the Father, and the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One,
Be endless glory, as before
The world began, so evermore. Amen.
Glory to thee, my God, this night
For all the blessings of the light;
Keep me, O keep me, King of kings,
Beneath thy own almighty wings.
Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son,
The ill that I this day have done,
That with the world, myself, and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed;
Teach me to die, that so I may
Rise glorious at the awful day.
O may my soul on thee repose,
And with sweet sleep mine eyelids close,
Sleep that may me more vigorous make
To serve my God when I awake.
When in the night I sleepless lie,
My soul with heavenly thoughts supply;
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,
No powers of darkness me molest.
You, my blest guardian, whilst I sleep
Close to my bed your vigils keep;
Divine love into me instil,
Stop all the avenues of I’ll.
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,
Praise him, all creatures here below,
Praise him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
– Bishop T. Ken, 1637-1711
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