O GOD the HOLY GHOST, have mercy upon me, be gracious unto me, and grant that I receive this holy sacrament worthily, that through it my weak faith may be strengthened, my cold heart kindled with love, my troubled conscience comforted, my hope freshened, my sinful life bettered, and finally be saved. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.147).
Category Archives: 2020 Prayers
Before Communing 2.
O GOD the SON, SAVIOUR of the world, have mercy upon me, and let me be a loving guest at Thy holy supper. Give me what Thou hast promised and let me take what Thou hast appointed for me. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.146).
Before Communing 1.
O GOD the FATHER in heaven, have mercy upon me, be gracious unto me Thy child, who in childlike fear, am about to approach Thy holy altar. Let me partake of Thy heavenly feast, as Thou hast prepared it for me, to the salvation of my soul. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.146).
On Leaving the Church.
THE LORD preserve my going out and coming in from this time forth and for evermore. Amen. GLORY be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.154).
Before and after Vespers 1.
JESUS, Master, do Thou meet us while we walk in the way, and long to reach the heavenly country, so that following Thy light, we may keep the way of righteousness, and never wander away into the horrible darkness of this world’s night, while Thou, Who art the Way, the Truth, and the Life, art shining within us; Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.154-155).
For the Holy Ghost 4
O MERCIFUL Lord, Who understandest the groaning of the contrite heart before it is expressed, make us, we pray Thee, the temple of the Paraclete, to the end that we may be crowned with the shield of celestial mercy; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.26).
After the Benediction 3.
GRANT, O Lord, that as I have now celebrated Thy worship (and received Thy holy sacrament), so I may likewise, by Thy grace, do honor to Thee in all my daily life; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.152).
After the Benediction 2.
GOING on from strength to strength, and having fulfilled all the Divine service in Thy temple, even now we beseech Thee, Lord our God, make us worthy of perfect loving-kindness, make straight our path, root us in Thy fear, and make us worthy of the heavenly Kingdom, in Christ Jesus our Lord, with Whom Thou art blessed, together with Thy all-holy and good and quickening Spirit, now and always and unto the ages. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.152).
Before the Benediction.
I pray that the hand of the truth may be stretched out and blessing given to this people on account of Thy lovingkindness, O God of compassion: May a hand of piety and power and sound discipline and cleanness and all holiness, bless this people, and continually preserve it to advancement and improvement, through Thy Only-Begotten Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.151-152).
Concerning the Eucharist, thus give thanks 4:
FINISHED and accomplished as far as in us lieth, O Christ, our God, is the mystery of Thy dispensation; for we have had the memorial of Thy death, we have seen the figure of Thy resurrection, we have been filled with Thine imperishable life, we have had delight in Thy delicacies, in which there is no satiety, and which do Thou be pleased to award to us all in the world to come, by the grace of Thine eternal Father, and of the holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.151).