Prayer to Beg the Grace of Contrition
The Dominican Manual, 1913Source and notes
Source
| Printed in | THE Dominican Manual: A SELECTION OF PRAYERS AND DEVOTIONS, AUTHORISED BY THE CHURCH, AND ENRICHED WITH NUMEROUS INDULGENCES. |
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| Imprint | Dublin, BROWNE AND NOLAN, LTD., NASSAU STREET., 1913 |
| Pages | p. 132 |
| Scan | leaf 158 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Nihil Obstat: THOMAS O’DONNELL, Censor Theol. Deput. Imprimatur: ✠ GULIELMUS, Archiep. Dublinen., Hiberniæ Primas. Die 16ᵒ Junii, 1913. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- contrition, forgiveness of sins, amendment of life
Albrecht Dürer, The Agony in the Garden, 1508. Art Institute of Chicago.
DIVINE Jesus. I desire with my whole heart to bewail my sins as they deserve. But the grace of contrition must be thy gift. Oh, give it me in thy mercy. I beg it through the merits of thy most precious blood, and since thou willest not the death of the sinner, but that he be converted and live, convert me, O God, and hear me in thy mercy.
All my sins displease me exceedingly; I will never more commit them; I am sorry for them; forgive me, O my God, forgive me. Save my poor soul which thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood, I commit myself to thy mercy; I resign myself into thy hands; deal with me according to thy goodness, not according to my iniquity.
Mary, help me! Thou art the refuge of sinners. I place all my hopes in thee.