R. Amen

Lord Jesus Christ, who hast gra- ciously redeemed us by thy bitter passion and death, we offer up this hour of Compline to thy honour and glory, most ^ humbly beseeching thee, through the injury thou didst suffer Ny the treacherous kisB of Judas, and by thy capture in the Digitized by CjrOOQlC COMPLINE. garden, to grant ns thy grace, that we may never betray thee y unworthily receiving the blessed sacraments, particularly the adorable Eucharist of thy body and blood, in the state of mortal sin, and that we may bndle our passions, and bind down our vicious inclinations under the sweet yoke and light burden of thy holy law till death. Amen