Thine I am, the price of Thy Blood; living or dying I would be Thine: keep me Thine own for ever, and draw me day by day nearer to Thyself, until I be wholly filled with Thy love and fitted to behold Thee, face to face, my SAVIOUR and my GOD.

Bless me, even me, O LORD JESU, with the FATHER and the HOLY SPIRIT, and give me large, full grace, always and in all things, now, henceforth, and in the hour of death to embrace Thy AllHoly Will. Amen.

Joy with peace, amendment of life, space for true repentance, the grace and consolation of Thy

HOLY SPIRIT, perseverance in good works, a contrite and humbled heart, and a happy consummation of my life, grant me, O Almighty and Merciful LORD. Amen.

Bless all whom Thou hast given me to love; relations, friends, all who by words or deeds have benefited me in body or mind, all who have been Thy instruments to my soul, whether still living or departed in Thy faith and fear.

Bless all to whom Thou givest me to minister. Teach me to say what Thou wilt bless to their soul's health. Bless and keep them and me, Good JESU.

[For other prayers, see Appendix I. p. 249.]

Place thyself in the Presence of GOD; recall that He in all His Majesty, Glory, Beauty, Goodness, Love, Holiness, is in the very place where thou kneelcst, as well as in the heaven of heavens, and out of thy nothingness adore His Infinite Love.

O LORD, my LORD, Thou preparest the heart and Thine ear

hearkeneth thereto. Prepare my heart, I beseech Thee, to reverence Thee, to adore Thee, to love Thee; to hate, for love of Thee, all my sins, imperfections, shortcomings, whatever in me displeaseth Thee; and to love all which Thou lovest, and whom Thou lovest or mayest love. Give me, Good LORD, my LORD, fervour of love, streams of thanks, shame for my unthankfulness, sorrow for my sins, longing for Thy grace, and to be wholly in-oned with Thee. O LORD, my LORD, I am all too cold and dry and hard; but let my very coldness call for the glow of Thy love; let my emptiness and dryness, like a barren and thirsty land, thirst for Thee, gasp for Thee, call on Thee to come into my soul, Who

refreshest those who are weary. Let my heart ache to Thee and for Thee, Who stillest the aching of the heart. Let my mute longings praise Thee, crave to Thee, Who satisfiest the empty soul that waits on Thee.

Before Self-Examination.

O LORD, the true Light, without Thy Light I am all darkness. I have no light of myself, save what I receive from Thee, Thou Sun of Righteousness; and alas! too often have I hid myself like Adam from Thee, and feared more to see Thy Face, and to own to Thee, that I had sinned, than to sin before Thy Face.

I have often blinded myself by not wishing to see my sin. I have