V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and our hearts will be regenerated.

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

Place yourself in the presence of God, and give Him thanks for all the benefits you have received from Him, particularly this day.

O MY God, I firmly believe Thou art here, and perfectly seest me, and that Thou observest all my actions, all my thoughts, and the most secret motions of my heart. Thou watchest over me with incomparable love, every moment bestowing favours, and preserving me from evil. Blessed be Thy holy name, and may all creatures bless Thy goodness for the benefits I have ever received from Thee, and particularly this day. May the saints and angels supply my defect in rendering Thee due thanks. Never permit me to be so base and wicked as to repay Thy bounties with ingratitude, and thy blessings with offences and injuries.

Ask our Lord Jesus Christ grace to discover the sins you have committed this day; and beg of Him a true sorrow for them. O MY Lord Jesus Christ, judge of the living and the dead, before whom I must appear one day to give an exact account of my whole life; enlighten me, I beseech Thee, and give me a humble and contrite heart, that I may see wherein I have offended Thy infinite Majesty and judge myself now with such a just severity, that then Thou mayest judge me with mercy and clemency.

Here examine what sins you have committed this day, by thought, word, deed, or omission. But if nothing occur to your mind wherein you have offended, reflect again on the chief sins of your life past. Then conceive a great sorrow for having offended God, and say,

O MY God! I detest these and all other sins which I have committed against Thy divine Majesty. I am extremely sorry that I have offended Thee, because Thou art infinitely good, and sin displeases Thee. I love Thee whole heart, and firmly purpose, by of Thy grace, never more to offend

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Thee. I resolve to avoid the occasions of sin; I will confess them, and will endeavour to make satisfaction for them. Have mercy

on me, O God, have mercy and pardon me, a wretched sinner. In the name of Thy beloved Son, Jesus, I humbly beg of Thee so to wash me with his precious blood, that my sins may be entirely remitted.

Endeavour as much as possible to put yourself in the condition you desire to be found in at the hour of death.

O MY God! I accept of death as a homage and adoration which I owe to Thy divine Majesty, as a punishment justly due to my sins, in union with the death of my dear Redeemer, and as the only means of coming to Thee, my beginning and last end.

I firmly believe all the sacred truths the Catholic Church believes and teaches, because Thou hast revealed them. And by the assistance of Thy holy grace, I am resolved to live and die in the communion of this Thy Church.

Relying upon thy goodness, power, and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, and life everlasting, through the merits of

Thy Son, Jesus Christ, my only Redeemer, and by the intercession of His blessed Mother, and all the saints.

I love Thee with all my heart and soul, and desire to love Thee as the blessed do in heaven. I adore all the designs of Thy divine providence, resigning myself entirely to Thy will.

I also love my neighbour for Thy sake, as I love myself; I sincerely forgive all that have injured me, and ask pardon of all I bave injured.

I renounce the devil, with all his works; the world, with all its pomps; the flesh, with all its temptations.

1 desire to be dissolved, and to be with Christ. Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit; Lord Jesus, receive my soul.

May the blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, and all the saints, pray for us to our Lord, that we may be preserved this night from sin and all evils.

Blessed St. Michael, defend us in the day of battle, that we may not be lost at the dreadful judgment.

O my good angel, whom God, by his divine mercy, has appointed to be my guar

dian, protect me from the dangers of this night. Amen.

Almighty God, have mercy on us, and, our sins being forgiven, bring us to life everlasting. Amen.

The almighty and merciful Lord give us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins. Amen.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this night without sin.

Have mercy on us, O Lord! have mercy

on us.

Let Thy mercy, O Lord! be poured upon us, according to the hopes we have placed in Thee.

Lord, hear my prayer. And let my supplication come to Thee.

Let us Pray.

VISIT, we beseech Thee, O Lord, this house, and family, and drive from it all snares of our enemy: let Thy angels dwell herein, who may keep us in peace, and may thy blessing be always upon us: through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

May our Lord bless us, and preserve us from all evil, and bring us to life everlasting;