From neglecting to worship Thee in public or in private, from worshipping carelessly, or unworthily, or superstitiously, Good Lord, etc. Good Lord, etc. From audacity and hastiness of judgment, From want of deference to our superiors, and from speaking evil of dignities, Good Lord, etc. From malice and hatred, party spirit, illtemper, and readiness to take offence, Good Lord, etc. Good Lord, etc. From envy, discontent, and restlessness, From falsehood, exaggeration, and every form of untruthfulness, Good Lord, etc. By the mysteries of Thy holy Incarnation, by Thy Life and Ministry, Thy Death and Passion, Thy Resurrection and Ascension, Good Lord, etc. In times when we are tempted by the world, the flesh, or the devil, Good Lord, etc. In every crisis of life, in difficulties of work, in time of infectious disease, Good Lord, etc. In contact with death, in time of perplexity, in discouragement, in personal affliction, Good Lord, etc. In sickness and pain, in weakness and disappointment, Good Lord, etc. We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord God, and that it may please Thee to rule and govern Thy holy Church universal in the right way; We beseech Thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please Thee to look mercifully upon the English Church, and to guide her in her troubles, and to purify her with Thy Holy Spirit; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to provide Thy Church with all that is outwardly necessary for Thy work in the conversion of souls; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to give Thy priests a spirit of devotion, and boldness, and love, and to make them bright examples to Thy flock; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to touch their hearts with a most hearty love for those committed to their charge, with earnest zeal for their salvation, and with an awful and most devout reverence for Thy holy Mysteries; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to stir the hearts of the laity, to help in good works, and to hasten Thy kingdom; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to bless all communities of women, that in holiness of life they may please Thee, and that in helping the clergy and succouring the afflicted they may do good service in Thy Church; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to bless the missions of the Church, all those who work in them, both clergy and laity, men and women, and to prosper their labours in our colonies and among the heathen; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to show Thy favour upon our schools, and upon all children brought up in Thy faith and fear; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to bless my own immediate relations and friends, especially ; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to reward those who have acted kindly by me, and those who have ministered to me the means of grace; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to bring those who love me, especially Saints in glory everlasting; to share with Thy We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to bless according to their several necessities those who have asked for my prayers, and those who are joined with me in the observance of any outward rules of life; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to pardon those with whom I have at any time shared in sin, to forgive those who have done me any wrong, and to recompense to every one any loss, and to undo any mischief that I have caused them; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to have mercy upon the sick and distressed, and to give them a happy issue out of all their afflictions; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to confer the places of dignity and responsibility in Thy Church upon those who are best fitted for the same; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to guide the hearts of those whom Thou hast endowed with wealth, that they may be self-denying and liberal, and wise in promoting the cause of godliness and true devotion, and in charity to the poor; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to raise up among our commercial people a sense of scrupulous honesty in their dealings; and to check the spirit of idle speculation; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to cause all who employ others to recognise their responsibility to treat their dependents as brethren in Christ; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to repress the extreme luxury of the rich; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to check and root out the dreadful drunkenness of our people; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to cleanse our towns and villages from the degradation of unchastity; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to comfort and help the poor, and to bring them to eternal life; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to remedy, in Thine own good time, the miserable evils of the crowded dwellings of the poor; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to bless the earth that it may bring forth its fruits abundantly, and to give us such seasonable weather that we may live healthfully, and gather in happily the produce of Thy bounty; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to withhold and ward off from us the scourges of war, famine, and pestilence, to keep us safe from earthquake and tempest, and extremes of heat and cold; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to shed forth Thy Holy Spirit in this parish, and to bring all to repentance and holiness of living; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to convert hardened sinners; to have mercy upon those in error and schism; and to bring them back to Thy fold; We beseech Thee, etc. That it may please Thee to give us true, and earnest, and lifelong repentance, an undoubting trust in Thy Promises, and a sure confidence in Thy Love; We beseech Thee, etc. O Christ, hear us. Amen. |