Act of Sorrow and Humility
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. 473 |
| Scan | leaf 485 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
- contrition, humility
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 JESUS, I am a poor sinner. But Thou wilt not despise a contrite and humble heart. I am truly sorry for having sinned, because Thou art so good and sin displeases Thee. O Lord! I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof, but say only the word, and my soul shall be healed.