Prayer of St Thomas Aquinas: Grant Me, O Merciful God
The New Raccolta, 1903Source and notes
SAME PRAYER IN ENGLISH
Source
| Printed in | THE NEW RACCOLTA, OR, COLLECTION OF PRAYERS AND GOOD WORKS. TO WHICH THE SOVEREIGN PONTIFFS HAVE ATTACHED HOLY INDULGENCES. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING PRAYERS FOR MASS, AND VESPERS FOR SUNDAYS. |
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| Imprint | PHILADELPHIA, PETER F. CUNNINGHAM & SON, 1903 |
| Pages | pp. 564–565 |
| Scan | leaf 573, leaf 574 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | FROM THE THIRD ITALIAN EDITION AUTHORIZED AND APPROVED BY THE SACRED CONGREGATION OF HOLY INDULGENCES. Imprimatur: ✠ JACOBUS, CARD. GIBBONS, ARCHIEP. BALTIMORENSIS. BALTIMORE, July 20, 1887. Imprimatur: ✠ PATRICK JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8, 1900. Moreover, Our Holy Father, Leo XIII., by virtue of his apostolic authority, has approved this Collection issued from the press of the Sacred Congregation of the Propaganda, and, therefore, it must be regarded by all as the correct and authorized collection of indulgences hitherto granted for all the faithful and for such as are in communities specially designated. Wherefore, if by chance any doubt should arise either as to sense of the grant or the conditions requisite for gaining the indulgences, it must be determined solely by this Raccolta which His Holiness has directed to be considered the complete guide. On this account he has ordered the present decree to be prepared and prefixed to the present edition. Given at Rome, at the office of the Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics, on the 23d day of July, 1898. FR. H. M. CARD. GOTTI, Prefect. L. ✠ S. † A. SABATUCCI, Archiep. Antinoen. Secretary. The Sacred Congregation of Indulgences and Holy Relics has approved of, as authentic, and permitted to be printed and published, this English translation of the Italian Raccolta, a book containing various prayers and pious exercises, to which the Roman Pontiffs have attached indulgences. This approbation was given after the work had been duly examined by two professors of theology of Woodstock College, who testified that they found this translation to be entirely faithful and in full accord with the Italian original, published in the year 1886 by the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith. Given at Rome, at the Office of the Secretary of this same Sacred Congregation, April 28, 1887. FR. THOMAS MARIA CARD. ZIGLIARA, Prefect. [L. ✠ S.] ALEXANDER, BISHOP OENSIS, Secretary. DECRETUM ANNI 1886. |
| Indulgence | His Holiness, Leo XIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Jan. 17, 1888, has granted to the faithful who shall say the above prayer AN INDULGENCE OF THREE YEARS, once a day. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- amendment of life, obedience, patience, humility, perseverance, guidance
The Bedford Master, Pentecost, book of hours, about 1420. Cleveland Museum of Art.
Grant me, O merciful God, that what is pleasing to thee I may ardently desire, prudently inquire, truthfully acknowledge, and perfectly accomplish for the praise and glory of thy name. Ordain, O my God, my whole life, and what thou requirest that I should do, grant me to know it and to fulfil as is meet and profitable to my soul. Give me thy grace, O Lord my God, that I may not fail in prosperity or in adversity, avoiding pride in the former and discouragement in the latter. May I rejoice in nothing but what leads to thee, grieve for nothing but what turns away from thee. May I wish to please or displease no one but thee.
May I despise, O Lord, all transitory things, and prize only that which is eternal. May I shun any joy that is without thee, nor wish for anything outside of thee. May I delight in any work taken up for thee, and tire of any rest which is without thee. Grant me, O my God, to direct my heart toward thee, and in my failings constantly grieve, with the purpose of amendment.
Make me, O Lord my God, obedient without contradicting, poor without depression, chaste without corruption, patient without murmuring, humble without pretence, cheerful without dissipation, mature without dullness, prompt without levity, fearing thee without despair, truthful without duplicity, doing good without presumption, correcting my neighbor without haughtiness, and edifying him by word and example without hypocrisy.
Give me, O Lord God, a watchful heart, which no curious thought will turn away from thee; a noble heart, which no unworthy affection will drag down; a righteous heart, which no irregular intention will twist aside; a firm heart, which no tribulation will break; a free heart, which no violent affection will claim for itself.
Grant me finally, O Lord my God, science in knowing thee, diligence in seeking thee, wisdom in finding thee, a conduct pleasing to thee, a perseverance trustfully awaiting thee, and a confidence finally embracing thee. May I endure thy punishments by penitence; profit by thy benefits by grace in this world, and enjoy thy blessedness by glory in the next: Who livest and reignest, true God, forever and ever. Amen.
His Holiness, Leo XIII., by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, Jan. 17, 1888, has granted to the faithful who shall say the above prayer
AN INDULGENCE OF THREE YEARS, once a day.