Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.

“ I will praise thee, O Lord, my God! with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy holy name for ever.
Praise ye the Lord, for the Lord is good: sing ye to his name, for it is sweet. My Jesus ! let thy holy name be the seal of my heart.
In the name of Jesus, let every knee bend, of those that are in heaven, on earth and under the earth.
My sweet Jesus! grant that the most ardent love of thee may imprint on our hearts thy sacred name; that it; may be always in our minds and frequently on our lips. ”

“ I beg thee to pardon all my enemies, and others ill-affected towards me. Bless, O Lord! the sick with patience and health, support, with thy assisting grace, all those who are in agonies, that they may not perish.
Our Father, &c. Hail Mary, &c. Glory be to the Father, &c.
TO THE WOUND OF THE RIGHT HAND.
MY Lord, Jesus Christ! I humbly adore the most sacred wound of thy right hand. I render thee thanks for that cruel pain, suffered with so great love and charity. I feelingly compassionate thy torments, and the excessive grief of thy most afflicted Mother. ”

“ Mary Magdalen, who, in thy grief, noticed not the bright host of heaven, St. Mary Magdalen, who would not be comforted until the life-giving voice had said: "Mary!"
St. Mary Magdalen, who wast the first apostle of the resurrection,
Lamb of God, &c, three times.
LET US PRAY.
O MY God ! may thy love be the sole principle of my penance. Let my sorrow be to have offended thee, my supreme good, my first beginning and last end. May my tears flow from a heart wounded with love. I grieve for the past, and firmly resolve never more to offend thee. ”

“ O great Saint! whose name I bear, grant me thy particular protection in every danger of soul and body; obtain for me the grace of fidelity to all the obligations of my holy state.
My heart hath uttered a good word! I speak my wants to the King.
I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord! they shall praise thee for ever and ever.
One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life.
The mercies of my God I will sing for ever. ”

“ Fountain of all goodness! bless all our undertakings, to thy greater honor and glory and the salvation of souls.
O Eternal Father! in the name of thy holy Jesus, I humbly beseech thee, mercifully to grant my petition.
Praise the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
To thee, O Lord! be glory and honor; let shame and confusion be my portion.
O praise the Lord, all ye nations! praise him all ye people, &c.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and of his greatness there is no end. ”

“ O Heart, ever sensible of our misery, and ever ready to redress our evils; the real victim of love in the holy Eucharist, and a propitiatory sacrifice for the sins of men! Seeing that the generality of Christians make no other return for these thy mercies than contempt of thy favors, forgetfulness of their own obligation, and ingratitude to the best of benefactors, is it not just that we, thy servants, penetrated with the deepest sense of the like indignities, should enter upon a due and satisfactory reparation of honor to thy most sacred majesty? ”

“ All the earth is full of thy glory. Glory be to the Father; glory be to the Son ; glory be to the Holy Ghost.
Blessed be the most holy and undivided Trinity, now and for ever, world without end. Amen.
Most holy and undivided Trinity, prostrate at the throne of thy mercy, we do, with all the powers of our souls, adore thy divine Majesty, and acknowledge that to thee alone are due all love, praise and thanksgiving for thy infinite goodness. ”

“ From my hidden sins, cleanse me, O Lord! and from the sins of others spare thy servant.
Have mercy on me, O God! according to thy great mercy: and according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my iniquity.
My soul! deplore thy ingratitude - thou hast not loved him who has loved thee with an eternal love, and even unto death, and the death of the Cross. ”

“ Be with me, O mighty prince! that I may courageously fight, and happily vanquish that proud dragon, Whom thou hast, by the divine power, so gloriously overcome, and whom our powerful king, Jesus Christ, has, in our nature, so completely overthrown; to the end, that, having triumphed over the enemy of my salvation, I may, with thee, and the holy Angels, praise the clemency of God, who, having refused mercy to the revolted Angels after their fall, has granted repentance and forgiveness to fallen man. ”

“ REJOICE, O most glorious Virgin! the love which the Almighty bears thee, extends even to those who love and reverence thee. Great is their portion, happy their lot in particular, who with zeal and affection promote thy honor and thy glory. I rejoice in the favor thou enjoyest, O glorious Mother of God! Look down on thy servant, and by thy power and goodness, obtain for me, from thy Son, a meek and pure heart, that I may serve thee in this life, and by thy intercession, be happy with thee hereafter. ”

“ From the very bottom of my heart, I detest all my sins; and because I love thee, and will love thee above all things created, I steadfastly purpose, by thy holy grace, never to offend thee more, and to die a thousand deaths, rather than commit one mortal sin. Amen.
THE STATIONS OF THE SACRED PASSION.
O MOST sweet Jesus! praying to the Father in the garden, sorrowful even unto death, and sweating in an agony of grief, have mercy on us.
Resp. Have mercy on us, O Lord! have mercy on us. ”

“ O GLORIOUS Apostle and martyr of Christ, chosen by him to call us to the light of the Gospel, and the knowledge of the true and living God, obtain for us a perfect faith, firm hope, and ardent charity, that bearing always in our flesh the mortification of Christ, we may walk before God with simplicity, meekness, and humility, and thus press towards the mark — "the glorious city whose builder and maker is God."
O blessed Apostle, be our guide, whilst we travel through the dark and stormy night of life, till this corruptible put on interruption, and this mortal put on immortality. ”

“ Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, hear us, O Lord Jesus.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Lord Jesus.
V. Christ Jesus, hear us. R. Christ Jesus, graciously hear us.
LET US PRAY.
O LORD Jesus Christ, who hast said : Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you; mercifully attend to our supplication, and grant us the gift of thy divine Charity, that we may ever love thee with our whole heart, and never desist from thy praise; who livest and reignest God, world without end. ”

“ O GLORIOUS saint, faithful imitator of Jesus Christ, martyr in will and in reality, so full of charity, zeal, love, and purity, deign to intercede for us poor exiles ; you who are so high in the favor of God, we do entreat you to procure for us a little spark of that divine love which animated your heart, that we too one day may have the happiness of seeing our God face to face. ”

“ Let us consider death as the time of Harvest. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Going, they went and wept, casting their seeds; but coming, they shall come joy, bearing their sheaves: — as the just carrying their good works up to heaven, after the toils, trials, and sorrows of their exile upon earth.
5th. Let us Consider death as the end of a tedious sad painful war. Job says: I will wait through the days of this sorrowful combat, till my happy change shall take place. . . . The life of man upon earth is a warfare. Life is indeed a continual war, with the world, Satan and ourselves. ”

“ May Jesus Christ appear to thee with a mild and cheerful countenance, and give thee a place among those who are to be in his presence for ever. Mayest thou be a stranger to all who are condemned to darkness, chastised with flames, and punished with torments. May God command thy wicked enemy with all his evil spirits, to depart from thee. At thy approach, encompassed by Angels, may the infernal spirits tremble and retire into the horrid confusion of eternal night. May thy God arise, and thy enemies be put to flight. May all who hate him, fly before his face: let them vanish like smoke ”

“ OMNIPOTENT, and most merciful Creator! who to refresh thy thirsty people in the desert, didst command streams of water to flow from the hardest rocks, draw, we beseech thee, from our dry eyes, and stony hearts, desired tears of perfect compunction, that we may fully detest all sin, and only thirst after the happy and glorious vision of thee, our God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. ”

“ O sacred Heart of Jesus, overflowing with all sweetness! to thee we recommend ourselves and all our concerns, parents and relations, our superiors, benefectors, friends and enemies: take under thy protection this house, congregation, and State: extend thy care to all such as lie under any affliction, and to those who labor in the agony and pangs of death: cast an eye of compassion on the obstinate sinner, but particularly on the poor souls in purgatory, and also on those who are engaged and linked with us in the holy confederacy of honoring and worshipping thee. ”

“ How hast thou favored thy unworthy creature! O, that my earnest desire to do thy will in all things, may prove that I am not altogether ungrateful for the favor thou hast, notwithstanding my unworthiness, conferred on me! But, my God, whilst I am enjoying and thanking thee for this blessing, my heart yearns for the conversion of the millions and millions of redeemed souls, who know thee not. For their conversion I offer up all that our Jesus has done for their salvation ”

“ I declare before thy throne, and before the whole court of heaven, that I freely choose, to die here upon my knees, rather than to live any longer, to rob thee of due honor, by one mortal sin. My heart was Created for thee, and I love thee more than myself. ”

“ AN ACT OF REPARATION OF HONOR.
O HEART of Jesus, infinitely merciful, ever desirous to communicate thy divine love to our cold hearts! thy delight is to remain for ever with the children of men: for this reason, O amiable Redeemer! thou hast instituted a peculiar sacrament of love, in which we might find the treasure and source of all heavenly blessings, through which we might enter into the sanctuary of thy inflamed Heart, and there meet with secure repose in life, and sweet comfort in death. ”

“ O GLORIOUS virgin and martyr, whose glory God has been pleased to manifest by shining miracles! we address ourselves to you with entire confidence. Obtain for us, that, following your example, we may generously combat all that opposes the reign of Jesus Christ in out hearts, that he may ornament them with thy virtues, with that angelic purity of which you are so perfect a model; in order that, enkindled with a love for Jesus, we may walk constantly in the way he has pointed out to us, and partake one day of your eternal felicity. ”

“ Most amiable Heart, which hast loved us with an eternal love! supply what is wanting in my love, and receive my desire, at least of loving thee with all the ardor and sincerity thou so justly meritest. But remember, O adorable Heart! that thou hast not disclosed thyself to us only as an object of our adorations; thou desirest much more to engage our love, and to become the ground and tender motive of our tender confidence. For this end thou wert pierced through with a lance on the cross; and for the same purpose thou, remainest a dally victim of thy own love on our altars. ”

“ POUR forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ thy Son has been made known by the message of an Angel, may, by his Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of his resurrection. ”

“ This we know, O dear Redeemer! and would most willingly redress these thy sufferings by our own, or share with thee in thine.
O merciful Jesus, ever present on our altars, and with a heart open to receive all who "labor and are burdened;" O adorable Heart, source of true contrition! impart to our hearts the true spirit of penance and to our eyes a fountain of tears, that we may bewail and cast off our sins, and those of the world. ”

“ I humbly cast myself at thy sacred feet, and I desire at least to sympathize with thee in all thy sufferings for me, to thank thee for thy excessive charity, and to beg thy pardon, not only with my lips, but from the bottom of my heart. ”