THE LITANY FOR THE CONVERSION OF ENGLAND. (300 days each time any prayers are said for the Conversion of England.) Remember not, O Lord, our offences, nor those of our parents, and take not revenge of our sins. us. us. us. us. us. us. Lord, have mercy on Lord, have mercy on Christ, have mercy on Christ, have mercy on Lord, have mercy on Lord, have mercy on Jesus, prayers. Lord Jesus, receive our petitions. receive our O God the Father, Creator of the world, have mercy on England. O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind, have mercy on England. O God the Holy Ghost. Perfecter of the elect, have mercy on England. O sacred Trinity, three persons and one God, have mercy on England. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Holy Mary, Queen of St. Michael, prince of St. Raphael, faithful Pray for England. All ye holy angels and blessed spirits of heaven, who celebrate with joy the conversion of sinners, St. John Baptist, precursor of the Messias, and great example of penance, All ye holy patriarchs and prophets, friends of God, and advancers truth, of his St. Peter, prince of the apostles, and supreme pastor of Christ's sheep, St. Paul, doctor of the Gentiles, who, of a persecutor becamest a preacher, St. Andrew, first disciple of Christ, and constant lover of the cross, All ye holy apostles and evangelists, chief planters of the Christian faith, and zealous maintainers of Catholic union, St. George, our principal patron, St. Alban, our first martyr, Pray for England. St. Thomas of Can terbury, who, as a faithful shepherd, laidst down thy life in defence of the Church. All ye holy martyrs of this nation, who voluntarily lost your lives here to find them in a joyful eternity, St. Gregory, most vigilant bishop of the universal Church, whose pious zeal sent missionersfrom Rome for the conversion of our ancestors, St. Augustin, apostle of this nation, by whom our forefathers were reclaimed from paganism and infidelity, St. Bede, most venerable confessor, by whose religious life and learned writings the Catholic faith was eminently propagated amongst us, All ye holy bishops and confessors, by Pray for England. whose wisdom and sanctity this island was once a flourishing seminary of religion, St. Helen, most holy queen and mother of the first Christian emperor, St. Ursula, most blessed martyr, who died in the glorious defence of faith and chastity, St. Winefride, most lous, All ye holy saints of this nation, who, amidst the innumerable joys of heaven, still retain a particular charity for the salvation of your country, All ye holy saints of all places, who, though divided here in several regions, were yet united in the same faith, and now enjoy one common felicity, Pray for England. most justly threatening our sins, From the spirit of pride, rebellion, and apostasy, From the spirit of hypocrisy, profaneness, and sacrilege, From presuming on their own private opinions, and contemning the authority of thy Church, From schism, heresy, and all blindness of heart, Deliver England, O Lord. From gluttony, drun- thee hear us. We beseech thee hear us. That it may please & thee particularly to have mercy on our relations, friends, and benefactors, and open their eyes to see the beauty of thy truth, and embrace it, That it may please thee to comfort and strengthen thy servants, who suffer for the Catholic faith, That it may please thee not to permit the weakest of us, by any temptation whatsoever, to fall away from thee and thy truth, That it may please thee to assist with thy special grace those good pastors who venture their lives for their flock, That it may please thee daily to augment in them thefire of thy love and the zeal of gaining souls, That it may please thee to preserve the Catholics of this land from all sin and scandal, We beseech thee hear us. We beseech thee hear us. state, and the great importance of eternal salvation, That it may please thee mercifully to look down from heaven on the tears of the afflicted, and the blood of so many martyrs, who have spent their lives, and suffered death, to convert us to thee. Son of God, We beseech thee, hear us. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord. takest away the sins of the world, Hear us, O Lord. Lamb of God, who us. takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us. Christ, graciously hear Let us pray. Almighty and ever- whole nation from the lasting God, whose judg- spirit of contradiction, ments are righteous, and licentiousness, and discounsels unsearchable; cord; that instead of so who visitest the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation, and yet at length rememberest mercy; forgive, we beseech thee, the sins of our forefathers, and turn away thy wrath from their posterity: deliver the ignorant from being seduced by false teachers, and the learned from being abused by their passions, and the many divisions and changes in religion, under which they labour, they may be again restored to that unity of mind, steadiness of faith, and tranquillity of conscience, which is nowhere to be sought but in the communion of thy Church, nor possible to be found but by the conduct of thy grace. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. PRAYERS TO OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL. O most faithful companion, whom God has appointed to watch over me, my guide and protector, ever at my side. What thanks can I offer thee for thy love, thy constancy, and thy innumerable benefits? Thou watchest over me in sleep; thou consolest me in sorrow; thou raisest me when I fall; thou wardest off danger; thou preparest me for the |