Through the Same Jesus Christ Our Lord

WE beseech Thee, Almighty God, to behold our prayers, and to pour out upon us Thy loving tenderness ; that we who are afflicted by reason of our sins may be refreshed by the Advent of our Saviour ; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord ^. WE beseech Thee, Lord our God, to gird up the loins of our mind by Thy Divine power ; that at the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, we may be found worthy of the banquet of eternal life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord ". « Gelasian. « Ibid. y Ibid. « Ibid. 1 8 PRAYERS FOR SACRED SEASONS. GKANT, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, this grace unto Thy people, to wait with all vigil- ance for the Coming of Thine Only-begotten Son ; that as He, the Author of our salvation, taught us, we may prepare our souls like blazing lamps to meet Him, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord '. INCLINE, O Lord, Thy merciful ears to our voice, and illuminate the darkness of our hearts by the light of Thy visitation; Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.