My Offences Be Pardoned. Amen

Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

O God, be merciful to me a sinner.

O thou, who sufferedst for me, have mercy on me. Sprinkle me with thy blood, O Jesus, and I shall be made whiter than snow. 'praqEr after fattesrimt, WHEN ABSOLUTION HAS BEEN DEFERRED. Adas ! my God, I leave the tribunal of mercy, without having received the grace of justification which I so earnestly desire. I feel and acknowledge that I am unworthy of so great a favour, for I have broken my re- peated promises, neglected my resolutions, and, for a trifling gratification, deliberately offended thee. But instead of casting me in- to despair, the delay of absolution shall only prove an incentive to courageous and vigorous efforts to correct my faults, to repair my past omissions of duty, to practise solid virtue, and adhere more faithfully to my promises in Digitized by G00gk PRAYERS future, than I have done hitherto. With the assistance of that grace which I now earnest- ly implore, and on which alone I rely, I will adopt every means in my power to recover thy friendship, and merit the happiness of being reinstated among the favoured number of thy children. Amen