Short Prayers for Washing and Dressing
From The Ursuline Manual, 1851 Tools
Source
| Printed in | The Ursuline Manual; or, A Collection of Prayers and Spiritual Exercises |
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| Imprint | New York, Edward Dunigan & Brother (title page: "Edward Dunigan & Brother, 151 Fulton St."; engraved title: "Edward Dunigan & Brother, 151 Fulton St. near Broadway"), 1851 |
| Scan | leaf 85, leaf 86 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Approval | Ecclesiastical approval, printed on leaf-0012: "This edition of 'The Ursuline Manual,' having been duly examined, is hereby approved of." Signed "+ JOHN, Archbishop of New York." Dated "New York, October 1st, 1851." No imprimatur or nihil obstat is printed; the signature gives only "JOHN" with no surname. |
| So printed | Kept as printed on the page. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Prayers for
- a pure intention, humility, modesty, forgiveness of sins, a happy death
Boucicaut Master, The Visitation, leaf from a book of hours, about 1415. Cleveland Museum of Art.
As the ordinary, and most trivial duties of life can, according to the Apostle, be sanctified by an upright intention, take care to direct to the glory of God, even those actions, which too many young persons perform through vanity, or at best through custom. Besides thinking of God while you wash, dress, &c., say the following short prayers.
MY God, grant that all my thoughts, words, and actions, may be sanctified by a pure intention of pleasing thee alone.
O MY divine Saviour, may the tortures and humiliations of thy thorny crown sink deeply into my heart, that, strengthened by thy grace I may never indulge vanity, or exceed that moderation which religion prescribes in the arrangement of dress.
MAY the precious blood and water which issued from thy sacred side, O merciful Jesus cleanse my soul from every stain of sin.
O MY God, may the precious robe of innocence, which I received at baptism, be refreshed and purified by sincere repentance, and the saving merits of thy adorable Son, that at the awful moment of death I may exchange this vesture of dust for the bright garment of immortality. Amen.
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