Prayer for Light.

And for love of Thee, O my GOD, I would repent and cast out of me any evil which, through blindness or carelessness, or weakness of my will, has overtaken me. Open Thou mine eyes that I may see Thy Holiness and my vileness. Teach me by the Light of Thy Love to see the hatefulness of any the least unlove. Through Thy tenderness make me to hate all severity in judging; in sight of Thy forgiving look, make me to hate all memory of others' evil; in sight of Thy boundless Mercy, make me ashamed of all mistrust of Thine unspeakable Goodness to Thy poor sinner.

Let me not deceive myself through self-love; teach me to judge myself through Thine own Truth; enlighten my eyes, quicken my memory, kindle my love, that I may remember if in anything I have displeased Thee; especially, wherein I have heretofore offended Thee; and make me with my whole heart, hate it, grieve for it, and love Thee.

After Self-Examination.

CAN it be, O my GOD, that I have in this little time so offended Thee? Could I not watch with Thee one hour? Could I not remember for this little time my purposes, promises, offerings of myself, prayers for Thy grace? Yet but for Thy grace I should

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have been much worse. I grieve then, for love of Thee, that I have again so offended Thee. I thank and love Thee that I have not offended Thee more. never more to offend Thee. I love Thee, O my GOD, above myself and my own will and all created things. Make me SO abidingly to love Thee, so to love and cherish Thy Will, that I may never prefer my own, but instantly and wholly choose Thine. Forgive me, O my GOD, wherein I have displeased Thee in thought, word, or deed; forgive me, remembering all the Holy Thoughts, Words, and Deeds of my Good LORD, and through Thy love transform my whole soul into love of Thee and of Thy Will.

O my GOD, Thou Alone art all my Good, Thou Alone hast in Thyself all Good. I would protest before Thee, that not for the whole world, nor for all countless worlds, nor for all imaginable goods which my heart ever longed for or could long for, nor to avoid any evils which my soul, when most downcast, most dreaded, not would I will to

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choose any the very least thing, which should be beside or against Thine All-holy Will. Living or dying, sleeping or waking, I would be only that which Thine All-holy Will willeth. Keep me, O LORD, as the apple of Thine eye, and hide me under the shadow of Thy wings.

Our Father.

The Grace.

Preparation for the
Holy Communion.

I.

O MOST Tender LORD, dust and ashes and a miserable sinner, I come to plead Thine own Allholy Passion, Thy Love wherewith Thou so lovedst me, as to give Thyself for me to that most bitter Death upon the Cross of shame. What wilt Thou not do for me, Who gavest Thyself for me, Who givest Thyself to me? I am not fit to appear before Thee. I come to Thee trusting wholly in Thee. Thou madest me; Thou hast remade me. Look upon me,