“ GRACE AFTER MEAT.
We give thee thanks, almighty God, for all thy benefits; who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.
Vouchsafe, O Lord, to render to all who do us good for thy name's sake, life everlasting. Amen.
May the souls of the faithful, &c.
The Angelus
I. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary, and she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with Thee; Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, Now and at the hour of our death. ”

“ Cast on them a look of mercy, free them from their pains, and put them in possession of the inheritance of heaven. Remember that they are the work of thy hands, redeemed by the most precious blood of thy divine Son Jesus; deal with, them according to thine infinite mercy. Hear, O Lord, the prayer I make to thee with all confidence, through the merits of the passion and death of thy most dear Son Jesus, that they may be consoled, and may enjoy without delay that immortal glory which thou hast prepared for thine elect. O merciful Lord, have pity upon them, according to our trust in thee. ”

“ Call to mind thy mercies, O Jesus! and grant me the pardon which I beg for so many impious, heretical, and slothful Christians who dishonour thee, and above all, for myself, who have so often offended thee. Remember not my ingratitude; but remember that thy divine Heart, bearing the burden of my sins, was afflicted even unto death. Let not thy sufferings and thy blood be in vain; destroy in me my sinful heart, and give me one according to thine own, a humble and a contrite heart; a heart that is pure, and full of horror for sin ”

“ Grant, I beseech thee, O my dearest Jesus, that I may so often and so tenderly meditate upon thee Risen and Glorified, that my heart may become daily more and more inflamed with love of thee, so that thy beauty may make the world dull and intolerable, and I may thirst exceedingly with pure and disinterested love for the hour when thou shalt admit me to behold thee as thou art, my dearest Lord, at this very moment on thy throne in heaven; who livest and reignest, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. ”

“ O most lovely Redeemer of my soul, prostrate before thee upon the cross my conscience reproaches me with having nailed thee with my own hands to that cross, as often as I have fallen into grievous sin, thus wounding thee by my exceeding ingratitude. O my God, my most perfect and Sovereign Good, to whom are due all the affections of my heart for the blessings which thou hast unceasingly bestowed upon me; I, miserable that I am, cannot undo my evil deeds as I would; but with deep sorrow I abhor them as offences against thine infinite goodness ”

“ Adore the sacred Heart of Jesus, all inflamed with the love of men, and giving to his disciples the food of his holy doctrine.
Blessed be the hour, O my Lord Jesus Christ, in which thou gavest thy last instructions, which only breathed the most tender charity, and which were followed by the admirable example of the sacrifice of thyself. I unite all my actions and all my sufferings to this adorable mystery; I beseech thee through thy divine merits, O Jesus, to vouchsafe to remember me at the hour of my death, and to grant me pardon and mercy. ”

“ How strong was the force of thy love, my dear Redeemer, when, being about to depart out of this world to thy eternal Father, thou providedst for us this divine banquet, enriched with all heavenly sweetness. It was through the wonderful effects of thy divine goodness that thou didst humble thyself to such an excess for our redemption, as to take upon thee the infirmity of our nature. And is it not through an infinite excess of thy love, that thou hast left us thy body and blood for the food and nourishment of our souls ”

“ Jesus, our loving Saviour, humbly kneeling at thy feet, we adore thee with the deepest veneration of our soul; and in order that we may give thee proof of the sorrow we feel for our insensibility to the outrages and sufferings which thy loving Heart made thee undergo for our salvation in thy painful Passion and death, we here unite ourselves with the hearts of all those who love thee, and together with them we give thanks unto thee with our whole soul. We wonder at the boundless patience and the generosity of thy divine Heart ”

“ Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Antiphons.
Sin no longer, O my soul; think upon; the sudden change from sin to endless torments. There, in hell, penance is not accepted and tears profit not. Turn, then, whilst thou hast time; cry out and say, Have mercy upon me, O my God.
In the midst of life we are in death; but to whom can we look to be our helper save thee, O Lord, who art justly angry with us because of our sins? O holy God, holy and strong, holy and merciful Saviour, deliver us not over to a bitter death. ”

“ O my beloved Jesus, who for the love of me didst agonise on the Cross that thou mightest pay by thy sufferings the debt due to my sins, and didst open thy divine mouth to obtain my pardon from eternal justice, have mercy on all the faithful in their agony, and on myself when I shall be in that extremity, and, by the merits of thy most precious blood shed for our salvation, give us so lively a sorrow for our sins that we may breathe out our souls into the bosom of thine infinite mercy. ”

“ I am astonished at thy unwearied patience in supporting a provoking sinner. With my whole heart I detest any sins; and because I love thee, and will love thee above all created things, I steadfastly purpose, by the help of thy grace, never more to offend thee, and rather to die than to commit one mortal sin. Amen.
O Jesus, who during thy prayer to the Father in the garden, wast so filled with sorrow and anguish, that there came forth from thee a bloody sweat: have mercy on us. ”

“ By all those sorrows, joys, passions, compassions, and whatsoever else is dear to thee in heaven and on earth, take pity on me, O compassionate Redeemer! hear my prayers, and grant me that for which I now most humbly and heartily petition thee. [Mention here the thing you desire, or reflect mentally upon it.] Give me, O gracious Saviour, speedily to experience thy divine succour and comfort, who, according to the accustomed sweetness of thy tender heart, art wont to grant the requests of those who fear and love thee, even to their soul's desire and satisfaction ”

“ How can there be found hearts so hard and impious as to despise thee, who art worthy of the respect and love of angels and men ! And among the very children of the Church, thine own children, there are some, alas, who feel nothing but coldness and indifference for thee; who take no pains to testify their gratitude and devotion towards thee; who never honour thee, or invoke thy intercession, or seek to gain thy protection. And how many times have I myself plunged into thy heart the two-edged sword! ”

“ I adore thee, divine Jesus, really present in this sacred host; I acknowledge my unworthiness to receive thee; yet encouraged by thy goodness, I venture to follow the impulse of my heart, which powerfully attracts me to thee. " O Lord of Hosts, how lovely are thy tabernacles! my soul longeth and fainteth" for thy possession; for " blessed is the man that trusteth in thee." Thou art the God of all glory; and what am I, and what should I have- been, hadst thou not raised me from the grave of sin? ”

“ Grant, O Lord, we beseech thee, that while we lament the departure Of thy servant, we may always remember that we are most certainly to follow him. Give us grace to prepare for that last hour by a good and holy life, that we may not be taken unprepared by sudden death, but may be ever on the watch, that, when thou shalt call, we may go forth to meet the bridegroom, and enter with him into glory everlasting. ”

“ So tenderly has he loved us, that if all the men, all the angels, and all the saints, were to unite with all their strength, they could not attain to the thousandth part of the love our Lord Jesus bears towards us. He loves us infinitely more than we love ourselves; he loves us to excess. For what greater love, than that God should die for us, his own creatures! He has loved us to the end. (St. John xiii. 1.) There has not been a moment from eternity in which God has not loved us, and thought of us, one by one. "I have loved thee with an everlasting love. ”

“ And now, O God, calling to mind with the greatest gratitude the blessed passion and death of thy Son Christ our Lord, as also his resurrection from the dead, and his glorious ascension into heaven, we prepare to offer to thy divine Majesty a pure, a holy, and a spotless victim —for so thou hast ordained — the holy bread of eternal life and the chalice of our salvation. ”

“ O Lord God Almighty, I pray thee, through the precious blood which thy divine £on Jesus shed through, the streets of Jerusalem, in carrying the cross on his sacred shoulders; set free the souls in Purgatory, and especially the one which is the richest in merits before thee, in order that in the sublime height of glory which it expects, it may loudly praise thee and bless thee for ever. ”

“ Deliver me, O merciful God, from the evils of this day, and guide my feet in the way of peace; strengthen my resolution to embrace with gladness all opportunities of doing good, and carefully to avoid all occasions of sin, especially those which I have found, by experience, to be most dangerous to my soul; and when, through frailty, I forget thee, do thou, in thy mercy, remember me; that as I often fall by the evil propensity of my nature, I may always rise again by the assistance of thy grace. ”

“ O holy Virgin, my august Queen, obtain for me from thy divine Son the peace which he left as a heritage to his disciples. The world knows it not; it resides only in souls that are sanctified by grace. Obtain for me, I beseech thee, grace to maintain this peace with God, by my fidelity in keeping his law; with my superiors, by my submission, obedience, and respect; with my equals, by meekness, patience, and charity ”

“ Almighty and most gracious God, who for thy thirsting people didst bring forth from the rock a stream of living water, draw forth from the hardness of our hearts tears of compunction, that we may bewail our sins, and receive remission of them from thy mercy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Redeemer of the world, behold, prostrate at thy feet, an ungrateful and perfidious creature. O my God, I have offended thee exceedingly in thought, in word, and in deed. My heinous crimes fixed thee to the bloody cross. ”