R. Amen

Our Father (secretly).

O divine and adorable Lord Jesus Christ, who hast gra- ciously redeemed us by thy bitter passion and death, we offer up this hour of Prime to thy honour and glory; and most humbly beseech thee, through the great humiliation thou didst undergo in being condemned before the false tribunals of Pilate and Herod, where thou wast reviled by the soldiery, clothed like a fool, and degraded below the worst of criminals, to grant us true humility of heart, and a sincere conviction of our own wretchedness, misery, poverty, blindness, and desti- tution, that we may never esteem ourselves above the lowest of our fellow -creatures, but always acknowledge ourselves truly the worst of sinners ; so that our extreme misery may excite thy tender compassion and infinite goodness to forgive us all our sins, to replenish us with thy divine grace, and to exalt us to eternal glory in heaven. Amen