A daily Preparation for Death. 11. My heart, is ready, O God, my heart is ready: not my will, but thine be done. I resign myself entirely to thee, O Lord, to receive death at the time and in the manner it shall please thee to send it.

J22. I most humbly ask pardon for all the sins I have committed against thy sovereign goodness, and repent of them all from the bottom of my heart.

53. I firmly believe whatsoever the holy Catholic Church believes and teaches; and by thy grace I will die in this belief.

4. I hope to possess eternal life thro' thy infinite mercy, and the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ.

5. O my God, my sovereign Good, I desire to love thee above all things, and to despise this miserable world. I desire to love my neighbour as myself, for the love of thee, and from my heart to forgive all injuries.

16.40 my divine Jesus, how great is my desire to receive thy sacred body! O! come now into my soul, at least by a spiritual communion. O! grant that I may worthily receive thee before my death! I desire to unite my communion to all the worthy communions which shall be made in thy holy Church, even to the end of the world.

7. Grant me the grace, O my divine Saviour, perfectly to efface all the sins I have committed by any of my senses, by applying daily to my soul thy blessed merits, the holy unction of thy precious blood.

8. Holy Virgin, Mother of God, de fend me from my enemies in my last hour, and present me to thy divine Son Glorious St. Michael, prince of the hea venly host; my angel guardian, ande blessed patrons, intercede for me, and assist me in this my last and dreadful passage.

9. O my God, I renounce all temptations of the enemy, and in general what soever may displease thee. I adore and accept thy divine appointments with regard to my soul, and entirely abandonb myself to them as most just and equitable

10. O Jesus, my divine Redeemer, be to me a Saviour. Save me, O my God,o hiding myself with an humble confidence in thy dear wounds. I deliver my soul into thy divine hands, receive it into the bosom of thy divine mercy. Amen.

36 PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD. SHT .I Recite the Ps. Miserere, Have mercy, &c. p. 167, and the Ps. De profundis, Out of the depths, &c. p. 172, and at the end of each, instead of Gloria Patri, &c, say, Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. A Prayer for all the Faithful departed, O God, the Creator, as p. 181.0

For Father and Mother."

O God, who hast commanded us to honour our father and mother, have mercy n the souls of my father and mother and grant that I may see them in the glory of eternity: thro', &c.

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For all that lie in a Church Yard.

O God, by whose mercy the souls of the faithful find rest, grant to all thy servants, bere or elsewhere, that have slept in Christ, the full pardon of their sins; that being discharged from all guilt, they may rejoice with thee for all eternity.+

THE VESPERS, OR EVENING Fed

Our Father, &c.. Hail Mary, &e. T God. R. O Lord, make haste to help me. V. Glory be to the Father, etc. R. As it was in the beginning, etc

Allel.

Anth. The Lord said, etc.

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Psalm cix. Dixit Dominus.

1. THE Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand,

2. Until I make thy enemies thy footstool.

3. The Lord will send forth the sceptre of thy power out of Sion: rule thou in the midst of thy enemies.

4. With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength, in the brightness of the saints, from the womb before the day-star, I begot thee.

5. The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech.

6. The Lord at thy right hand hath broken kings in the day of his wrath.

7. He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins, he shall crush the heads in the land of

many,

8. He shall drink of the torrent in the way therefore shall he lift up the head.

Glory be to the Father, etc.

Anth. The Lord said to my Lord: Sit thou at my right hand. Anth. Faithful.

Psalm cx. Confitebor tibi.

1. I WILL praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart in the counsel of the just, and in the congregation.

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2. Great are the works of the Lord, sought out according to all his wills.

3. His work is praise and magnificence, and his justice continueth for ever and ever.

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4. He hath made a remembrance of his wonderful works, being a merciful and gracious Lord he hath given food to them that fear him. 5. He will be mindful for ever of his covenant: he will shew forth to his people the power of his works.

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6. That he may give them the inheritance of the Gentiles: the works of his hands are truth and judgment.

7. All his commandments are faithful, confirmed for ever and ever; made in truth and equity.

8. He hath sent redemption to his people che
hath commanded his covenant for ever.

9. Holy and terrible is his name. The fear of
the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

10. A good understanding to all that do it:
his praise continueth for ever and ever.
Glory be to the Father, etc.

Anth. Faithful are all his commandments,
confirmed for ever and ever.
Anth. In his commandments.

Psalm exi. Beatus vir.

1. BLESSED is the man that feareth the Lord.
he shall delight exceedingly in his command-
ments.

2. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the
generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

3. Glory and wealth shall be in his house:
and his justice remaineth for ever and ever.
4. To the righteous a light is risen up in
darkness: he is merciful and compassionate,
and just.

5. Acceptable is the man that showeth mercy,
and lendeth: he shall order his words with judg.
ment, because he shall not be moved for ever.

6. The just man shall be in everlasting re-
membrance: he shall not fear the evil hearing.
7. His heart is ready to hope in the Lord his
heart is strengthened; he shall not be moved
until he look over his enemies.

8. He hath distributed, he hath given to the
poor: his justice remaineth for ever and ever;
his horn shall be exalted in glory.

9. The sinner shall see, and shall be angry;
he shall gnash his teeth and pine away the
desire of the wicked shall perish,

Glory be to the Father, &c.

Anth. In his commandments he delights ex-
ceedingly. Anth. Let the name of the Lord.
Psalm cxii. Laudate pueri.

1. PRAISE the Lord ye children: praise ye
the name of the Lord.

2. Blessed be the name of the Lord, from
genceforth now and for ever.

3. From the rising of the sun until the going