enlightened by the truths of the gospel. and animated by the ardour of divine love, we may ever sensibly feel the influence of this Holy Spirit. Amen. The Assumption. LET us consider, that the period appointed by the Eternal Wisdom being at length arrived, the Blessed Virgin quits the earth, to regain in heaven the company of her Son. Let us rejoice in her bliss and glory, begging that she may also conduct us thither by her prayers. The Prayer.-O THOU, who by excellence art styled the Mother of holy love, it was in thy death and thy glorious Assumption that this love attained in thee the very summit of its perfection. Obtain for us, we beseech thee, the grace of a pure life, of a holy death. and a happy participation in supreme bliss. Amen. The Crowning of the Blessed Virgin. LET us reflect how the most perfect of Sons receives into heaven the most holy of Mothers; assigning to her the rank that was due to her merits and dignity, and crowning her with the brightest diadem of glory The Prayer.-QUEEN of angels and men! acknowledged as such in heaven and on earth, under the boundless authority of thy Son; graciously accept the homage we have presented to thee in this Rosary. Look upon us as thy children; lift up thy pure hands on our behalf, that we may ever feel the effects of thy patronage, and at length behold thee seated on thy hrone of glory in the kingdom of heaven. Amen. A short Method of reciting the ROSARY of the The GLORIOUS MYSTERIES for Sundays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The Resurrection-Virtue of faith. The Ascension-Virtue of hope. The Descent of the Holy Ghost-Virtue of charity. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin-Virtue of anion with Christ. The Crowning of the Blessed Virgin and SaintsVirtue of confidence in their prayers. LITANY of the LIFE and PASSION of OUR LORD. LORD, have mercy on us.-Christ, have mercy on us, &c. Lord, have mercy on us. Sacred Trinity of Persons in unity of Essence, Have mercy on us. Blessed Jesus, true God and true Man, Through thy blessed nativity and painful circumcision, Through thy presentation in the temple, and flight into Egypt, Through thy hidden life, thy fast in the desert, and thy labours for the conversion of sinners, Through thy ineffable love, manifested in the institution of the sacrifice and sacrament of thy precious body and blood, Through thy prayer in the garden, and thy bloody sweat, Through thy being betrayed by Judas, insulted by the Jews, and scorned by Herod and his court, Through thy cruel scourging, crowning with thorns, and exhibition to the people as a mock king, Through thy carrying the cross, and thy agonizing crucifixion, Through thy vehement thirst, and painful agony on the cross, Have mercy on us Through the compassion thou hadst for thy blessed Mother and beloved disciple, standing at the foot of the cross, Through the separation of thy soul from thy body, and the wound in thy sacred side, Through thy glorious resurrection and admirable ascension, Through all thy sacred actions and sufferings during thy mortal life, V. Graciously hear our prayers, O Lord Jesus. Let us pray. on us. O God, who, for the redemption of the world, dids vouchsafe to be born, to be circumcised, to be rejecteu by the Jews, and betrayed with a kiss; to be bound like a malefactor, and like an innocent lamb to be led to slaughter; to be ignominiously led before Annas, Caiphas, Pilate, and Herod; to be accused by false witnesses, scourged with whips, buffeted, defiled with spittle, crowned with thorns, stripped of thy garments, nailed to an ignominious cross, and placed between two thieves; to have vinegar and gall given thee to drink, and to have thy sacred side pierced with a spear, mercifully grant, O Lord, through these dreadful pains, and all the circumstances of thy passion and death, which I, though unworthy, commemorate, that I may be delivered from the pains of hell, and, with the good thief, be conducted by thee to the man Bions of eternal light. Amen. Soul of Jesus, sanctify me. Blood of Jesus, wash me. Passion of Jesus, strengthen me. Wounds of Jesus, heal me. Heart of Jesus, receive me Thorns of Jesus, crown me. Sighs of Jesus, plead for me. Lips of Jesus, bless me in life and death, in time and eternity. Amen. LITANY of the BLESSED SACRAMENT. LORD, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Living bread, that came down from heaven, Hidden God and Saviour, Wheat of the elect, and vine-bearing virgins, Word made flesh, dwelling in us, Sacred Host, and Chalice of Benediction, Mystery of faith, most excellent and venerable sa crament, Atonement of the living and dead, Heavenly antidote against the poison of sin, Most holy commemoration of the Passion of Christ, Special memorial of divine love, Overflowing fountain of divine goodness, Most high and holy mystery, Awful and lift-giving sacrifice, Bread made flesh by the omnipotence of the incarnate Word, Sacrament of piety, sign of unity, and bond of charity, Priest and Victim, Viaticum of such as die in the Lord. Pledge of tutur glory, Have mercy on us From an unworthy reception of thy body and blood, From every occasion of sin, Through the desire thou hadst to eat this Passover with thy Disciples, Through thy precious blood, shed for us on the cross, and really present on our altars, Through the five wounds thou didst receive in thy sacred body, We sinners, We beseech thee, hear us. That thou wouldst preserve and increase our faith, reverence, and devotion towards this admirable sacrament, That by sincere confession we may be disposed for frequent and worthy communion, That thou woulds vouchsafe to deliver us from all tepidity, coldness, and obduracy, That thou wouldst vouchsafe to impart to us the precious and heavenly fruit of this most holy sacrament, Deliver us, O Lord. We beseech, That at the hour of death thou wouldst strengthen Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Let us pray. O God, who in this wonderful sacrament hast left us a memorial of thy death and passion, grant, we beseech thee, that we may so worthily reverence the sacred mysteries of thy body and blood, as continually to perceive in our souls the fruit of thy redemption Who livest, &c. Amen. |