Give rest to the souls of the faithful departed. Lamb of God, at whose presence the earth shall be moved, and the heavens melt away,

Give rest to the souls of the faithful departed. Lamb of God, in whose blessed book of life all their names are written, Give eternal rest to the souls of the faithful departed. Ant. Deliver us, O Lord, from death eternal in that

tremendous day, when the heavens shall be moved and the earth: when thou shalt come to judge the world by fire.

у. Deliver us, O Lord, in that tremendous day.

R. And place us with the Blessed at thy right hand for ever.

. O Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come to thee.

Prayers as above, p. 684.

Have mercy on us.

Lord have mercy.

Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Christ hear us. Christ graciously hear us. God the Father of heaven, God the Son, Redeemer of the world, God the Holy Ghost, Holy Trinity, one God, God of all goodness, who willest not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live,

Who pardonedst not the Angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell for all eternity,

Who, when Adam fell, didst call him to confession and repentance for his sin, Who didst preserve Noah

Have mercy on us.

from the flood, and from the lot of the ungodly, by saving him in the ark, Who didst draw Loth from the midst of sinners, Who, softened by the prayers of Moses, didst forgive the sins of the backsliding people,

Who didst pardon the sin of David, after his confession and repentance,

Who didst spare Achab

when he humbled himself in penance,

Who didst graciously hear the penitent Manasses, and establish him on his throne,

Who didst grant pardon to the Ninevites, when they did penance for their sins in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes,

Who didst succour the Machabees, when they fasted and lay in ashes,

Who didst command thy priests to weep, and pray, and offer sacrifice for the people,

Who didst come into the world to save sinners, Who, when thou wouldst redeem the world, didst send as thy messenger John Baptist, the preacher of penance. Who didst fast forty days and forty nights, Who didst prevent, with thy grace, Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom, Who didst bear witness that the Publican, humbly striking his breast, was justified,

Who didst deliver the paralytic from his infirmity, when thou hadst forgiven him his sins,

Who, by the example of the Prodigal son, didst offer to sinners the hope of pardon,

Who didst make known to the woman of Samaria the fountain of living water,

Who didst bring salvation to the house of Zacheus, repenting of his sins, and making restitution fourfold, Who didst exercise thy mercy in behalf of the woman taken in adultery, Who didst receive publicans and sinners, and didst eat with them, Who didst forgive Magdalen her many sins, because she loved much, Who, looking tenderly on Peter, who denied thee,

didst bring him to compunction and to tears, Who didst promise Paradise to the penitent thief, Who lovest all thy crea

tures, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, Who givest to sinners both place and time for repent

ance,

Who didst come to seek and to save that which was lost,

Who hast pity on all men,

and hidest the sins of those who truly repent, Who wouldst have mercy, and not sacrifice,

Who, when we repent, rememberest our sins no more,

God, most merciful and patient, tender and lovingkind, notwithstanding all our sins, We sinners,

Beseech thee, hear us.

That thou wouldst vouchsafe to lead us to a true repentance,

That we may judge ourselves, and so escape thy judgment,

That we may bring forth in due time worthy fruits of penance,

That, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we may live soberly, justly, and godly,

That sin may not reign in our mortal body, That we may not love the world, nor the things of the world,

That we may work out our salvation with fear and trembling,

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. V. O Lord, hear our prayer. R. And let our cry come unto thee.

Let us pray.

O most gracious and most merciful God, look with compassion on the frailty of our mortal nature, and sustain our endeavours by thy grace, that, through thy boundless mercy, we may obtain the pardon of all our sins, persevere constantly in thy service, and in the end attain unto everlasting life. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, &c. Amen.

gels, who alone destroyest all heresies,

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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,* precur

Pray for England.

sor of the Messias, and great example of pen

ance,

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 preacher,

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St. Andrew,* first disciple of Christ, and constant lover of the cross, All ye holy Apostles and Evangelists, chief planters 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 defence 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,

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St. Ursula, most blessed martyr, who diedst in the glorious defence 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.

Pray for England,

From gluttony, drunkenness, and the false liberty of an undisciplined life, Deliver England, O Lord. 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, 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

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 reli