FOR FAITH
O blessed Lord, whom, without faith, it is
impossible to please, let Thy Holy Spirit, I
beseech Thee, work in me such a faith as
may be acceptable in Thy sight, even that
faith which worketh by love. O let me not
rest in a …
PRAYERS
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you. — St. Matt. vii. 7.
All things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing,
ye shall receive. — St. Matt. xxi. 22. …
DIES IRAE
Day of anger, day of wonder,
When the world shall roll asunder.
Quenched in fire and smoke and thunder!
O, vast terror, wild, heart-rending,
Of that hour when earth is ending,
And her jealous Judge descending:
When the trumpet’s voice astoundeth.
Through earth’s sepulchres reboundeth,
Summons …
IN VIEW OF THE LAST JUDGMENT
In that tremendous day, Lord Jesus,
when the heavens and the earth shall be
shaken, and when Thou shalt come to judge
the world, deliver us from eternal death.
In that day of wrath, calamity, and misery:
In that day, great and bitter: …
IN TIME OF CALAMITY
God, who desirest not the death, but
the repentance of sinners, I beseech Thee,
in Thy loving kindness, turn Thy people to
Thyself; that when they devote themselves
to Thee, Thou mayest remove the scourges
of Thine anger. Give efficacy to the peni-
tence, and the …
AGAINST TEMPTATION
Almighty and most merciful Father, I
most humbly beseech Thee, for Thy Son’s
sake, Jesus Christ our Lord, have mercy
upon me, and succor me in these terrible
assaults and temptations of the devil. De-
liver my soul from all his power and craft;
send me …
AGAINST PASSION
Almighty God, who art slow to anger and
plenteous in mercy, give to Thy servant a
meek and gentle spirit, that I also may be
slow to anger, and quick to exercise mercy
and forgiveness. Give me a wise and a pa-
tient heart, that …
SUPPLICATIONS
Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto
Thee to hide me.
Hide not Thy face from me in the day when I am in
trouble.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of
hell gat hold upon me; …
SPECIAL DEVOTIONS.
I exhort, therefore, that, first of all,
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
giving of thanks be made for all men:
For kings, and for all that are in au-
thority: that we may lead a quiet and
peaceable life in …
DEVOTIONS FOR WHITSUNTIDE
St. John xiv. 15-31; xvi. 1-15; Acts ii.
Almighty and most glorious Lord God,
who as on this day didst send down Thy
Spirit upon Thine apostles in cloven tongues
as of fire; vouchsafe unto me the light of
His inspiration, and inflame in …