In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the
fire of Thy love.
Most holy and adorable Trinity, one God in three Persons, I believe that
Thou art here present; I adore Thee with the deepest humility, and render
to Thee, with my whole heart, the homage which is due to Thy sovereign
majesty.
O my God, I most humbly thank Thee for all the favors Thou hast
bestowed upon me up to the present moment. I give Thee thanks from the
bottom of my heart that Thou hast created me after Thine own image and
likeness, that Thou hast redeemed me by the precious blood of Thy dear
Son, and that Thou hast preserved me and brought me safe to the
beginning of another day. I offer to Thee, O Lord, my whole being, and in
particular all my thoughts, words, actions, and sufferings of this day. I
consecrate them all to the glory of Thy name, beseeching Thee that
through the infinite merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour they may all find
acceptance in Thy sight. May Thy divine love animate them, and may
they all tend to Thy greater glory.
Adorable Jesus, my Saviour and Master, model of all perfection, I resolve
and will endeavor this day to imitate Thy example, to be, like Thee, mild,
humble, chaste, zealous, charitable, and resigned. I will redouble my
efforts that I may not fall this day into any of those sins which I have
heretofore committed (here you may name any besetting sin), and which I
sincerely desire to forsake.
O my God, Thou knowest my poverty and weakness, and that I am unable
to do anything good without Thee; deny me not, O God, the help of Thy
grace; proportion it to my necessities; give me strength to avoid
everything evil which Thou forbiddest, and to practice the good which
Thou hast commanded; and enable me to bear patiently all the trials
which it may please Thee to send me.
