Pare Me for Thy Kingdom

Have mercy on all sinners, &e., as before. Our Father, &c.

Hail Mary, &c. •. The Fifth Petition. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus , 1 Jesus, Jesus, Jesus , r make me constant. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus , ) JESUS, make me constant in faith, hope, and charity, giving me perseverance in all virtues, ana a resolution never to offend thee. Let the memory of thy passion, and of those bitter pains thou suneredst for me, 3y THE JESUS PSALTER. 227 strengthen my patience, and recreate me in all tribulation and adversity. Let me always hold fast the doctrines of thy Catholic Church, and render me a dili- gent frequenter of all holy duties. Let no false delight of this deceitful world blind me ; no fleshly temptation, or fraud of the devil, shake my heart. My heart, which has for ever set up its rest in thee, and resolved to undervalue all for thy eternal reward. Have mercy on all sinners, Jesus, I beseech thee ; turn their vices into virtues, and mak- ing them true observers of thy law, and sin- cere lovers of thee, bring them to bliss in everlasting glory. Have mercy also on the souls in purgatory, for thy bitter passion, I beseech thee, and for thy glorious name, J esus.

O blessed Trinity, one eternal God, have mercy on me. Our Lord Jesus Christ humbled himself, being made obedient unto death , even the death of the cross. — Phil. ii. 8. Hear these my petitions, O my most mer- ciful Saviour, and grant me grace so fre- quently to repeat and consider them, that they may prove easy steps whereby my soul may ascend to the knowledge, love, and per- formance of my duty to thee and my neigh- bour, through the whole course of my life. Amen