A Prayer for a Happy Death
Prayer-Book for Religious, compiled by F. X. Lasance, 1914Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | PRAYER-BOOK FOR RELIGIOUS: A COMPLETE MANUAL OF Prayers and Devotions for the Use of the Members of all Religious Communities. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE PARTICULAR EXAMEN AND TO THE METHODS OF MEDITATION |
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| Imprint | NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO, BENZIGER BROTHERS, 1914 |
| Pages | p. 153 |
| Scan | leaf 165 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Nihil Obstat. REMY LAFORT, Censor Librorum. Imprimatur. ✠ JOHN M. FARLEY, Archbishop of New York. NEW YORK, May 16, 1904. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- a happy death, mercy
Albrecht Dürer, The Agony in the Garden, 1508. Art Institute of Chicago.
In Connection with the Seven Last Words of Our Lord on the Cross.
DIVINE Jesus! Incarnate Word of God! Who having taken flesh for my salvation, didst vouchsafe to be born in a stable, to lead a life of poverty, toil, and love, and finally to expire in agony on the cross: Say, I beseech Thee, to Thy eternal Father at the moment of my death: “Father, forgive her;” say to Thy blessed Mother: “Behold thy child;” say to my soul: “To-day shalt thou be with Me in paradise.”
My God, my God, forsake me not in that hour! “I thirst!” Yea, my soul thirsts, O my God, after Thee; Thou art the Fountain of living waters.
My life is passing away as a tale that is told; yet a little while, and all will be “consummated;” therefore my adorable Saviour, even from this moment, for all eternity: “Into Thy hands I commend my spirit.” My Jesus, mercy!