pardon of their sins, comfort in life, and thy perpetual protection: that persevering in thy service, they may always obtain thy mercy. Through.

P. COMM. Libera. Deliver, O Lord, we beseech thee, from all sin and from all enemies, thy servants, who offer their humble prayers to thee, that, leading holy lives, they may be attacked by no misfortunes. Through.

FOR A CONGREGATION OR FAMILY.

COLL. Defende. Preserve, O Lord, we beseech thee, this family from all misfortunes, through the intercession of blessed Mary, ever a virgin; and, as in all humility they prostrate themselves before thee, do thou mercifully defend them from all the snares of their enemies. Through.

SECRET. Receive, we beseech thee, O almighty God, our devout oblation; and, by virtue of this sacrament, defend thy servants from all adversity. Through.

P. COMM. Sumptis. Having received the offerings of our redemption, grant, we beseech thee, O merciful God, that, by the celebration thereof, we may find thy protection against all adversity. Through.

FOR PEACE IN A CONGREGATION OR FAMILY.

COLL. Deus largitor. O God, the author of peace and lover of charity, give to thy servants true agreement with thy holy will; that we may be freed from all the temptations that disturb us. Through.

SECRET. Being appeased by this sacrifice, grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that we may not be burdened with the sins of others, who beg to be freed from our own. Through.

P. COMM. Spiritum. Pour forth upon us, O Lord, the spirit of charity; that thou mayest by thy mercy, make those of one mind whom thou hast fed with one bread. Through.

AGAINST PERSECUTORS AND EVIL-DOERS.

COLL. Hostium. Crush, O Lord, we beseech thee, the pride of our enemies; and, by the power of thy right hand, frustrate all their malicious and obstinate designs. Through.

SECRET. May we, O Lord, by the virtue of this sacrament, be both cleansed from our hidden sins, and delivered from the snares of our enemies. Through.

P. COMM. Protector. Look down on us, O God our protector, and free us from the danger of our enemies, that we may serve thee without any disturbance. Through.

IN ANY NECESSITY.

COLL. Deus refugium. O God, our refuge and strength, fountain of all goodness, mercifully give ear to the fervent prayers of thy churcli, and grant, that, what we ask with faith, we may effectually obtain. Through.

SECRET. Grant, O merciful God, that this sacrifice of our salvation may continually cleanse us from all our guilt, and defend us from all adversity.

P. COMM. Sumpsimus. We have received, O Lord, the sacred gifts of thy mystery, beseeching thee, that what thou commandest us to do in remembrance of thee, may be a help to our weakness. Through.

IN ANY TRIBULATION.

COLL. Ne despicias. Turn not away thine eyes, O most merciful God, from thy people crying out to thee in their affliction; but for the glory of thine own name, relieve us in our necessities. Through.

SECRET.

Mercifully receive, O Lord, the offerings by which thou vouchsafest to be appeased, and by thy great goodness restore us to safety. Through.

P. COMM. Tribulationem. Look down mercifully, we beseech thee, O Lord, in our tribulation; and turn away the wrath of thy indignation, which we justly deserve. Through.

FOR RAIN.

COLL. Deus in quo. O God, in whom we live, move, and have our being, send us, we beseech thee, seasonable rain; that enjoying a sufficiency of the necessaries of this life, we may aspire with more confidence after those blessings which are eternal. Through.

SECRET. Be appeased, O Lord, with the offerings we make thee; and send us the aid of seasonable rain. Through.

P. COMM. Da nobis. Grant us, we beseech thee, O Lord, wholesome rain; and water from heaven the drought of the earth. Through.

FOR FAIR WEATHER.

COLL. Ad te. Hear us, O Lord, crying out to thee, and grant our humble request of a dry season; that we who are justly afflicted for our sins, may experience thy clemency and mercy. Through.

SECRET. May thy grace, O Lord, always go before and follow us; and mercifully receive, as consecrated to thy name, the offerings we bring for the remission of our sins; that by the intercession of thy saints they may avail us to salvation. Through.

P. COMM. Quæsumus. We beseech thy mercy, O almighty God, that thou wouldst stop the overflowing of rain, and show us thy pleasing countenance. Through.

FOR THE GIFT OF TEARS.

COLL. O almighty and most merciful God, who, to quench the thirst of thy people, madest water spring out of a rock; draw from our stony hearts the tears of compunction, that effectually

bewailing our sins, we may, through thy mercy, obtain pardon for them. Through.

SECRET. Mercifully look down, O Lord, on the offerings we make to thy Majesty; and draw from our eyes such torrents of tears as may extinguish the burning flames we deserve for our sins. Through.

P. COMML. Mercifully pour forth into our hearts, O Lord God, the grace of thy Holy Spirit; which, by sighs and tears, may make us wash away the stains of our sins, and obtain for us the desired pardon.

FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS.

COLL. O God, who rejectest none, but through repentance art mercifully reconciled to the greatest sinners, mercifully regard the humble prayers of us thy servants, and enlighten our hearts, that we may be enabled to fulfil thy commandments. Through.

SECRET. May this sacrifice, O Lord, which we offer for our sins, be acceptable to thee: and may it avail to the salvation, both of the living and of the dead. Through.

P. COMM. Hear the prayers of thy family, O Almighty God, and grant that the holy mysteries we have received from thee, may, by thy grace, remain uncorrupted in us. Through.

FOR SUCH AS ARE UNDER TEMPTATION, or

TRIBULATION.

COLL. O God, who justifiest the wicked, and desirest not the death of the sinner: we humbly beseech thy divine majesty to defend, with thy heavenly grace, thy servants who trust in thy mercy, and preserve them by thy continual protection; that they may always faithfully serve thee, and by no temptation be ever separated from thee. Through.

SECRET. Free us, O Lord, we beseech thee, by the power of these sacred mysteries, from

our own guilt, and forgive thy servants all their sins. Through.

P. COMM. May the mysteries we have received purify us, we beseech thee, O Lord, and free thy servants from all sin; that those who are oppressed with a guilty conscience, may rejoice in the fulness of thy heavenly remedy. Through.

AGAINST EVIL THOUGHTS.

COLL. O almighty and most merciful God, regard, in thy goodness, our prayers, and deliver our hearts from the disquietude of all perverse and evil thoughts; that we may become an abode for thy Holy Spirit. Through.

SECRET. We offer thee, O Lord, this sacrifice of salvation; that, purging our hearts from unclean thoughts, thou wouldst preserve them undefiled, and enlighten them by the grace of thy Holy Spirit. Through.

P. COMM. O God, who enlightenest every man coming into this world; illuminate, we be seech thee, our hearts with the light of thy grace, that always entertaining such thoughts as are worthy and well pleasing to thy divine Majesty, we may sincerely love thee. Through.

TO BEG CONTINENCE.

COLL. Inflame, O Lord, our reins and hearts with the fire of thy Holy Spirit; that we may serve thee with a chaste body, and please thee with a pure mind. Through.

SECRET. Break asunder, O Lord, the bonds of our sins; and that we may offer thee this sacrifice of praise with perfect liberty and a pure mind, grant us again, what thou didst formerly bestow upon us; and save us by thy pardon, whom thou vouchsafedst to save by grace. Through.

P COMM. O God, our help and protector, assist us: and may our mind and body flourish again in perfect purity, and a renewal of chastity;

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