Prayer against an Unprepared Death
The Raccolta, compiled by the Apostolic Penitentiary, 1910, no. 434Source and notes
Against an Unprovided Death
Source
| Printed in | The Raccolta |
|---|---|
| Imprint | 28 Orchard Street, London W; New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, Burns & Oates (London) and Benziger Bros (New York, Chicago, Cincinnati), 1910 |
| Number | 434 |
| Pages | pp. 371–373 |
| Scan | leaf 391, leaf 392, leaf 393 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | We approve of the Translation by virtue of the above Rescript of His Holiness. N. CARDINAL ARCHBISHOP. Westminster, October 23, 1857. APPENDIX. NIHIL OBSTAT: HENRICUS S. BOWDEN, Censor Deputatus. IMPRIMATUR: EDMUNDUS SURMONT, Vicarius Generalis. Westmonasterii, die 10 Maii, 1909. |
| Indulgence | i. 100 Days. T.Q. ii. Plenary, on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, and on the two feasts of the Holy Cross, May 3 and September 14, to those who, having made the Devotion every day for a year, visit the Holy Sepulchre, or the Blessed Sacrament in Church. I, II, III, IV. (See Instructions, page 1.) |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- a happy death
Albrecht Dürer, Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels, 1513. Cleveland Museum of Art.
434. Against an Unprovided Death. 1
HEAR us, O GOD of our salvation, and issue not the decree for the completion of our days before Thou forgivest us our sins; and because penance avails not in hell, and there is no room for amendment in the pit, therefore we humbly pray and beseech Thee here on earth that, giving us time to pray for pardon, Thou wouldst give us also forgiveness of our sins. Through CHRIST our LORD. Amen.
Take away, merciful LORD, all errors from thy faithful people, avert from them the sudden destruction of the wasting pestilence; and those whose wanderings Thou dost justly chastise, do Thou mercifully pity when corrected. Through CHRIST our LORD. Amen.
Ant. Sin no longer, O my soul; think upon the sudden change from sin to endless torments. There, in hell, penance is not accepted, and tears profit not. Turn, then, whilst thou hast time; cry out and say, Have mercy upon me, O my GOD.
Ant. In the midst of life we are in death; but to whom can we look to be our helper save Thee, O LORD, who art justly angry with us because of our sins? O holy GOD, holy and strong, holy and merciful SAVIOUR, deliver us not over to a bitter death.
℣. Lest, overtaken by the day of death, we seek time for penance, and be unable to find it:
℟. Hearken, O LORD, and have mercy on us, for we have sinned against Thee.
WE beseech Thee, ALMIGHTY GOD, receive in thy fatherly pity thy people who flee unto Thee from thine anger; that those who fear to be chastised by the rod of thy majesty through sudden death, may be made worthy to rejoice in thy pardon. Through CHRIST our LORD. Amen.
We beseech Thee, ALMIGHTY GOD, graciously incline thine ear to the assembly of thy Church, and let thy mercy to us prevent thine anger, for if Thou shouldst mark iniquities there shall no creature be able to stand before Thee; and in that same admirable charity whereby Thou didst create us, pardon us sinners, and destroy not the work of thy own hands by sudden death. Through CHRIST our LORD. Amen.
Hear our prayers, O LORD, and enter not into judgment with thy servants; for, knowing that there is no justice in us on which we can dare to presume, we acknowledge no other fount of mercy whereby we can be washed from our sins, delivered from our infirmities, and especially from sudden death, but only Thee, O GOD. Through CHRIST our LORD. Amen.
O GOD, in whose sight every heart trembles and every conscience is awed; show forth thy mercy upon us, thy suppliants, that we, who trust not in the excellence of our own merit, may never experience thy judgments by suddenness of death, but may receive Thy pardon. Through CHRIST our LORD. Amen.
i. 100 Days. T.Q.
ii. Plenary, on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, and on the two feasts of the Holy Cross, May 3 and September 14, to those who, having made the Devotion every day for a year, visit the Holy Sepulchre, or the Blessed Sacrament in Church. I, II, III, IV.
(See Instructions, page 1.)
Prayer.
MOST merciful LORD JESUS, by thy agony and bloody sweat, and by thy death, deliver me, I beseech Thee, from sudden and unprepared death. O most gentle LORD JESUS, by thy cruel and ignominious scourging and crowning with thorns, by thy Cross and bitter Passion, and by thy own great goodness, I humbly pray Thee let me not die unprepared and pass from this life without the Holy Sacraments. JESUS, my best beloved, my LORD! by all thy travails and all thy sorrows, by thy Precious Blood, and by thy most holy wounds, and by those last words spoken by Thee upon the Cross—“My GOD, my GOD, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” and again, “FATHER, into thy hands I commend my spirit”—most ardently I pray Thee, free me from sudden death. Thy hands, O my REDEEMER, have wholly made and formed me; oh, suffer not death to take me unawares; grant me, I beseech Thee, time for penance; vouchsafe me a happy passage when I am in thy grace, that in the world to come I may love Thee with my whole heart, and praise and bless Thee for ever and for ever. Amen.
PATER and Ave five times, in memory of the Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Ave thrice, to the Blessed Virgin, Mother of Sorrows.
- 434 Pius VII, March 2, 1816.