For Private Devotion Only.
Remember not. O Lord, our offenses, nor those of our parents: neither take thou vengeance of our sins.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Christ have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Lord have mercy.
Jesus, receive our prayers. Lord Jesus, receive our petitions.
God the Father, Creator of the world, Have Mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of mankind, Have Mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Perfecter of the elect, Have Mercy on us.
Sacred Trinity, three Persons and one God, Have Mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for England. *
Holy Mary, Queen of Angels, who alone destroyest all heresies, *
Holy Mary, Virgin of virgins, whose eminent sanctity our Lord hath honoured with so many miracles, *
St. Michael, prince of the Church, *
St. Gabriel, glorious messenger of our Saviour's Incarnation, *
St. Raphael, faithful guide of those who have lost their way, *
Holy Angel, to whose pious custody this province is committed, *
All ye holy Angels and blessed Spirits of heaven, who celebrate with joy the conversion of sinners, *
St. John Baptist, precursor of the Messias, and great example of penance, *
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets, friends of God, and advancers of His truth, *
St. Peter, prince of the Apostles, and supreme pastor of Christ's sheep, *
St. Paul, doctor of the Gentiles, who, of a persecutor, becamest a preacher, *
St. Andrew, first disciple of Christ, and constant lover of the cross, *
All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, chief planners of the Christian faith, and zealous maintainers of Catholic unity, *
St. George, our principal patron, *
St. Alban, our first martyr, *
St. Thomas of Canterbury, who, as a faithful shepherd, laidst down thy life in defense of the Church, *
All ye holy Martyrs of this nation, who voluntarily lost your lives here to find them in a joyful eternity, *
St. Gregory, most vigilant Bishop of the Universal Church, whose pious zeal sent missioners from Rome for the conversion of our ancestors, *
St. Augustin, Apostle of this nation, by whom our forefathers were reclaimed from paganism and infidelity, *
St. Bede, most venerable Confessor, by whose religious life and learned writings the Catholic faith was eminently propagated amongst us, *
All ye holy Bishops and Confessors, by whose wisdom and sanctity this island was once a flourishing seminary of religion, *
St. Helen, most holy queen, and mother of the first Christian emperor, *
St. Ursula, most blessed martyr, who died in the a glorious defense of faith and chastity, *
St. Winefride, most admirable virgin, even in this unbelieving generation still miraculous, *
All ye holy Saints of this nation, who, amidst the innumerable joys of heaven, still retain a particular charity for the salvation of your country, *
All ye holy Saints of all places who, though divided here in several regions, were united in the same faith, and now enjoy one common felicity, *
Be merciful, Spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful, to us
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
From the dangers most justly threatening our sins, Deliver England, O Lord. **
From the spirit of pride, rebellion, and apostacy, **
From the spirit of hypocrisy, profaneness, and sacrilege, **
From the presumption of private opinion, and contempt of the authority of thy Church, **
From schism, heresy, and all blindness of heart, **
From gluttony, drunkenness, and the false liberty of an undisciplined life, **
We sinners, Beseech thee, hear us.
That it may please thee to hasten the conversion of this our miserable country, and reunite it to the ancient faith and communion of thy Church, We beseech thee, hear us. ***
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 embrace it, ***
That it may please thee to comfort and strengthen thy servants, who suffer for the Catholic faith, ***
That it may please thee not to permit the weakest of us by any temptation whatsoever, to fall away from thee and thy truth, ***
That it may please thee to assist with thy special grace those good pastors who venture their lives for their flock, ***
That it may please thee daily to augment in them the fire of thy love and the zeal of gaining souls, ***
That it may please thee to preserve the Catholics of this land from all sin and scandal, ***
That it may please thee so to adorn their lives with solid piety, that others, seeing their good works, may glorify thee our heavenly Father, ***
That it may please thee to enlighten the hearts of all schismatics with thy powerful grace, ***
That it may please thee to shew them the danger of their state, and the great importance of eternal salvation, ***
That it may please thee mercifully to look down from heaven on the tears of the afflicted, and the blood of so many martyrs, who have spent their lives, and suffered death, to convert us to thee, ***
Son of God, ***
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us.
Christ hear us.
Christ graciously hear us.
Let us pray.
Almighty and everlasting God, whose judgments are righteous and counsels unsearchable; who visitest the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation, and yet at length rememberest mercy; forgive, we beseech thee, the sins of our forefathers, and turn away thy wrath from their posterity: deliver the ignorant from being seduced by false teachers, and the learned from being abused by their passions, and the whole nation from the spirit of contradiction, licentiousness, and discord; that instead of so many divisions and changes in religion, under which they labour, they may be again restored to that unity of mind, steadiness of faith, and tranquillity of conscience, which is no where to be sought but in the communion of thy Church, nor possible to be found but by the conduct of thy grace. Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
