Act of Adoration
From The Golden Manual, 1850 Tools
Source
| Printed in | The Golden Manual |
|---|---|
| Imprint | London, Burns and Lambert, 17 Portman Street, Portman Square, and 63 Paternoster Row, 1850 |
| Scan | leaf 56, leaf 57 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | We approve of the publication of the Golden Manual, and recommend it to the use of the Faithful. [cross] NICHOLAS, BISHOP OF MELIPOTAMUS. LONDON, January 1st, 1850. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- the interior life, mercy
The Bedford Master, Pentecost, book of hours, about 1420. Cleveland Museum of Art.
O almighty and everlasting God, Lord of heaven and earth, behold I, a poor worm of the earth, and a most miserable sinner, presume to appear before thee, and speak to thee, the Holy of Holies, and the sovereign Maker of all things. Oh, cast me not away from thy face, how unworthy soever; but assist me now by thy divine grace, and teach me to pray to thee as I ought.
And first,—acknowledging myself thy creature, and the work of thy hands, and confessing my total dependence on thee,—I desire to praise and glorify thee, and to pay thee the best homage I am able, in union with that which is paid to thee by all that fear thee and love thee upon earth, and by all the blessed angels and saints in heaven, and by thy Son my Saviour Jesus Christ in his humanity. I adore thy sovereign Majesty, prostrate in soul and body before thee. I offer up myself, and all that I have or am, to thee as to my first beginning; and I aspire to thee as my last end, with whom I hope to live for ever.
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