Proper for My State

Grant that I may be ever attentive at my prayers, temperate at meals, diligent in my employments, and constant in my resolutions. Let my conscience be ever upright and pure, my exterior modest, my conversation edifying, and my conduct regular. Assist me, that I may continually labour to overcome nature, to correspond with thy grace, to keep thy commandments, and to work out my salvation. Discover to me, O my God, the nothing- ness of this world, the grandeur of heaven, the shortness of time, and the length of eternity. oy THIRTY DAYS' PRAYER.

Grant that I may prepare for death, fear thy judgments, escape hell, and in the end obtain heaven. Vouchsafe, in fine, to grant repentance to all sinners, perseverance to the just, peace to the living, and eternal rest to the faithful de- parted. All which I beseech thee, O Lord, to grant through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ, the intercession of our Blessed Lady and all the saints, and the suffrages of our holy mother the Church. Amen