Be merciful, O Lord, and spare us. Be merciful, O Lord, and hear us. From the dangers most justly threatening our sins, Deliver us, O Lord.

From the spirit of pride, profaneness, and hypocrisy, Deliver us, O Lord.

From schism, heresy, and all blindness of heart, Deliver us, O Lord.

From all uncleanness, gluttony, drunkenness, swearing, and the false liberty of an undisciplined life, Deliver us, O Lord.

We sinners, beseech thee, hear us.

That in thy temple and in thy solemn worship all may behave themselves, both pastor and people, with that true piety, reverence, and respect, becoming thy adorable majesty.

That it may please thee mercifully to look down from heaven on those that suffer, and strengthen them in their afflictions.

That it may please thee particularly to have mercy on our relations, friends, and benefactors, and open their eyes to see the beauty of thy truth, and give them grace to embrace it.

That by no temptation the weakest of us may be drawn to fall away from thee and thy truth.

That it may please thee to preserve the Catholics of this land from all sin and wickedness, and so to adorn their lives with solid piety, that others seeing their good works, may glorify thee our heavenly Father.

O God, by whose mercy the world subsisteth, and to whose power every nation of the

We beseech thee, hear us.

earth is subject, have mercy on this nation," and according to its necessities, which are all known to thee, pour forth thy blessings upon it.

Give to all its inhabitants, O Lord, the spirit of the gospel; grant that all its magistrates may administer justice; and inspire us all with a zeal for unity, peace, and truth. Son of God,

We beeeech, &c.

Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, &c.
Lamb of God, &c.

Hear us, O Lord.

Christ hear us.

Christ graciously hear us.

Have mercy on us.

LET US PRAY.

Almighty and eternal God, who hast appointed us six days, in which we may labour and do all our work, and hast consecrated the seventh to thyself: grant, we beseech thee, that according as thou hast commanded, we may sanc tify this day, by devoting it entirely to thy love and service. Mercifully forgive us all our past neglects of this kind: pardon the sins we have been guilty of during the course of the week, and give us grace to avoid them for the future. Make us sensible, O God, of the daily blessing we receive from thy bounty; that as we know thee by faith, we may love thee by charity; and fixing all our hopes on the happiness of a future life, we may patiently suffer, in submission to thy holy will, what thou now permittest, and come at length to the joys of thy heavenly kingdom, through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, who

liveth and reigneth with thee, and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

WE

E fly to thy patronage, O Holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities, but obtain our deliverance from all dangers, O ever glorious and blessed Virgin.

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.

That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

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PRAYER.

YRANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that we thy servants may enjoy health of mind and body; and that by the intercession of the ever blessed Virgin, all thy Saints likewise interceding for us, we may be delivered from present sorrow, and hereafter enjoy eternal happiness. Amen.

The following LITANY, in behalf of our Country, may be said on one Sunday in each Month, instead of the above Litanies.

ORD have mercy on us.

Christ have mercy on us.

God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the World, have mercy on us.

God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us. O God, who hast been pleased to magnify thy name amongst our ancestors, and to distinguish them by the particular marks of their piety, continue the same mercy to us, we beseech thee: that now, in these days, we may seek thee with

all our hearts, and zealously labour to copy the examples which our forefathers have left us. Amen.

For this end, we most humbly implore thy goodness, to have compassion on this our country, and by thy powerful grace to remove from it whatever is provoking or displeasing to thee. Have mercy, O God, on this nation. thou its powerful deliverer.

And be

From infidelity and profaneness,—Deliver us, O Lord.

From all irreligion, and contempt of thy sacred mysteries,

From all presumption, and the abuse of thy holy word,

From all heresies and schisms,

From gluttony and drunkenness,

From the profanation of thy holy name, in cursing and swearing.

From all kinds of prodigality and sensuality,

From frauds, and all kinds of oppression and injustice,

Deliver us, O Lord.

From the spirit of faction, of malice, hatred, and every kind of uncharitableness, J O God, thou hast been a Father to this nation, and replenished it with many blessings.-Forsake it not now, we beseech thee, and give it not up to a reprobate sense.

Bless this people, O Lord, and be thou their inheritance. And sanctify us, and make us a holy nation.

Give to all its inhabitants, O Lord, the spirit of the gospel.-Hear us, O Lord.

Give to them a zeal for unity, peace,

truth.

and

Grant, that they may all seek the things that are above, and walk by the spirit of Christ.

Grant that all who are in error may, by thy heavenly light, be led into thy truth. Grant that all sinners may be truly converted, and, forsaking their evil ways, return to thee their God.

Grant that all scandals may be removed. Grant that the pastors may become the light of the world.

Grant that all magistrates may justice.

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Grant that all of the wealthier ranks may esteem virtue their greatest honour, and be ashamed of vice.

Grant that the youth of both sexes may be withheld from all evil ways, and that they may dedicate their lives to virtue, piety, and religion.

Grant that all obstinacy and blindness may be removed from the hearts of this people, and that being reformed according to thy blessed will, they may serve thee in holiness and truth.

Hear us, O Lord.

Hear us, O Lord, now calling on thee.-And through the infinite merits of thy only Son, grant our petitions.

LET US PRAY.

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast forsaken many Christian nations and in