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COMMUNITY PRAYERS Noon Prayers
The Angelus.
NOON EXAMEN OF CONSCIENCE
Imagine you are on Calvary in the presence of your
Crucified Jesus.
Pause THANKSGIVING
0 my God, I most humbly thank Thee for the
great benefits of Creation and Redemption, and
for all the special graces Thou hast given me, for
Thy mercy and patience in bearing with me in
spite of my many faults and sins, and above all,
my Lord and my God, for having called me to
this holy Institute in order to save me in it and
make me perfect in it, and to help Thee in saving
other souls and rendering them perfect in Thy
service.
Kiss the Wound of the Right Hand. PETITION FOR LIGHT
0 my God, give me light to know my faults
and sins and to see them in their true colors, and to realize my
mean and wretched motives in committing them.
Kiss the Wound of the Left Hand.
PARTICULAR EXAMEN
How many times have I fallen into the fault
or practised the virtue of my particular examen?
Mark down the record. Kiss the Wound of the Right Foot.
I confess to Almighty God, to Blessed Mary
ever Virgin, to Blessed Michael the Archangel,
to Blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles
Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have
sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed,
through my fault, through my fault, through my
most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech Blessed
Mary ever Virgin, Blessed Michael the Archangel, Blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles
Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to pray to the
Lord, Our God, for me.
V.—May the Almighty God have mercy upon
us, forgive us our sins, and bring us unto life
everlasting.
R.—Amen.
V.—May the almighty and merciful Lord grant
us pardon, absolution, and remission of all our'
sins.
R.—Amen.
ACT OF CONTRITION
0 my dear Lord, through Thy infinite mercy,
pardon me my many sins and faults. I am
heartily sorry for them, because by them I have
grieved Thy Sacred Heart and rendered myself
unworthy of Thy love. I am sorry from my
heart for the ungrateful return I have made Thee
for all Thy goodness to me. Forgive me, dear
Lord, and pierce my heart with more and more
perfect sorrow; I love Thee above all things! Kiss the Wound of
the Left Foot. My Lord and my God, I now firmly resolve
with Thy help to correct during the next day the
fault of my Particular Examen and to practise
the virtue I am striving for in it. Confirm my
resolution by the merits of Thy bitter Passion
and Death, which I now offer in satisfaction for
all my faults and sins.
My heart is ready, 0 my God! My heart is
ready to make atonement for my faults and sins
and to adopt the means of correcting them, and
of acquiring the perfection of my holy state. Kiss the Wound of the Sacred Heart.
PRAYERS
Glory be to the Father (Seven times).
Hail Mary.
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, God of Hosts! all the
earth is full of Thy glory. Glory be to the Father;
glory be to the Son; glory be to the Holy Ghost!
PRAYER OF ST. GERTRUDE
Sacred Heart of Jesus! living and
Source of eternal life, infinite treasury of the
Divinity, burning furnace of divine
love! Thou art our refuge and our sanctuary. 0
amiable Saviour, consume our hearts with that
burning fire with which Thine is ever inflamed;
pour down on our souls those graces which flow
from Thy love, and let our hearts be so united to
Thine, that our wills may be one, and ours in
all things conformed to Thine. May Thine be
the standard and rule of our desires and of
our actions. Amen. Gospel Luke 12
...
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: Fear
not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father
to give you a Kingdom. Sell what you possess,
and give alms. Make to yourselves bags that
grow not old; a treasure in heaven that faileth
not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there shall
your heart also be.
HYMN TO THE HOLY GHOST
Come Holy Ghost, send down those beams,
Which sweetly flow in silent streams
From Thy bright throne above.
0 come, Thou Father of the poor,
Thou bounteous source of all our store.
Come, fire our hearts with love. 0 Thou of comforters the best;
0 Thou, the soul's delightful guest,
The pilgrim's sweet relief,
Thou art our rest in toil, and sweat
Refreshment in excessive heat,
And solace in our grief. 0 sacred light, shoot home Thy darts!
0 pierce the centre of those hearts,
Whose faith aspires to Thee.
Without thy Godhead nothing can
Have any price or worth in man,
Nothing can harmless be. Lord, wash our sinful stains away,
Water from heaven our barren clay;
Our wounds and bruises heal.
To Thy sweet yoke, our stiff necks bow,
Warm with Thy fire, our hearts of snow;
Our wandering feet repel. 0 grant Thy faithful, dearest Lord,
Whose only hope is Thy sure word,
The seven gifts of Thy Spirit!
Grant us in life, to obey Thy grace,
Grant us in death, to see Thy face,
And endless joys inherit. Amen.
HAIL, HOLY QUEEN
Hail, Holy Queen! mother of mercy! our life,
our sweetness, and our hope! to thee do we cry,
poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send
up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley
of tears. Turn, then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy towards us, and after this,
our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of
womb, Jesus: 0 clement! 0 loving! 0 sweet
Virgin Mary! Pray for us, 0 holy Mother of God,
That we may be made worthy of the promises
of Christ! Sacred Heart of Jesus, grant us grace to love
and serve Thee.
Amen! Sacred Heart of Jesus, Angel of the Great
Council, direct us! Agonizing Heart of Jesus, have mercy on the
dying! Compassionate Heart of Mary, obtain for us
true humility. |
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