Repeat in a low voice this Ejaculation. Be it unto me, O Lord, according to thy word, for Jesus Christ's sake. Before you rise to leave the Church, repeat the two following Prayers. O Lord Jesu Christ, who hast this day made me a partaker of thy holy Mysteries, grant, that I may ever feel the effects of their vital influence on my life, and in my conduct. Pardon all those imperfections that have accompanied me in mine attendance at thy holy table; forgive the coldness of mine affections, the wanderings of my thoughts, and the distractions of my mind; and notwithstanding my weakness and frailty, let the sincerity of my holy purposes and resolutions be accepted in thy sight. Let my conversation be, as becometh the gospel of Christ. Let his blood, who, through the eternal spirit, offered Himself without spot to Thee, purge my conscience from dead works to serve Thee, the living God. Give me grace, that I may from henceforth put off, concerning the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt, according to the deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the spirit of my mind; and that I may put on the new man, which, after Thee, is created in righteousness, and true holiness. Finally, let me always abound in the work of the Lord; resist temptation; subdue my flesh, and bring it into subjection; and crucify, and overcome the world. And may these solemn vows, which I have now made at thy table, to forsake my sins, and to devote myself to thy service, never depart from my mind; but may their remembrance excite me to fight manfully under thy banner, and to continue thy faithful soldier and servant unto my life's end. Grant this, O Lord, for Jesus Christ's sake. May the Lord bless me, and keep me! May the Lord make his face to shine upon me, and be gracious unto me! May the Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon me, and give me peace both now, and for evermore! |