A Prayer at the Collects
A Manual of Prayer, 1869Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | A MANUAL OF PRAYER. COMPILED FROM VARIOUS BOOKS OF CATHOLIC DEVOTION |
|---|---|
| Imprint | MUNICH, HERMANN MANZ., 1869 |
| Pages | pp. 46–47 |
| Scan | leaf 60, leaf 61 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | PERMISSU SUPERIORUM. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- amendment of life, a happy death
Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximilian, The Mass of St. Gregory, Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic, about 1500. Cleveland Museum of Art.
O Almighty God, we humbly beseech thee mercifully to give ear to the prayers here offered thee by thy servant in the name of thy whole Church, and in behalf of us thy people. Accept them, to the honour of thy name, and the good of our souls; and grant to us all mercy, grace, and salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
O most wise and bountiful Lord, who hast ordained this life as a passage to the future, confining our repentance to the time of our pilgrimage here, and reserving for hereafter the state of punishment and reward: vouchsafe us thy grace, while we yet are alive, and still have opportunity of reconciliation with thee, so to watch over all our actions, and correct every least deviation from the true way to heaven, that we be not, surprised either with our sins uncancelled or with our duties imperfect; but when our bodies go down into the grave, may our souls have ascended to thee, to dwell for ever in the mansions of eternal felicity. Through &c.