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 * That Thou wouldst spare us, ||||We beseech
 * That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to bring us unto true repentance, ||||Thee,
 * That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed, ||||hear us.
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 * That Thou wouldst vouchsafe to grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed, ||||hear us.
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Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us.

Let us pray.

E beseech Thy clemency, O Lord, that Thou wouldst vouchsafe so to strengthen Thy servants in Thy grace, that, at the hour of death, the enemy may not prevail over us, and that we may deserve to pass with Thy angels into everlasting life.

Almighty and most gracious God, Who, for Thy thirsting people, didst bring forth from the rock a stream of living water, draw forth from the hardness of our hearts tears of compunction, that we may bewail our sins, and receive forgiveness of them from Thy mercy.

O Lord Jesus Christ, Redeemer of the world, behold us prostrate at Thy feet. With our whole heart we detest our sins of thought, word, and deed, and because we love Thee, and will love Thee above all created things, we steadfastly purpose, by the help of Thy grace, never more to offend Thee, and rather to die than to commit one mortal sin. Amen.

O Jesus, Who, during Thy prayer to the Father in the garden, wast so filled with sorrow and anguish that there came forth from Thee a bloody sweat; have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us, O Lord; have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who wast betrayed by the kiss of a traitor into the hands of the wicked, seized and bound like a thief, and forsaken by Thy disciples; have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us, O Lord; have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who, by the unjust council of the Jews, was sentenced to death, led like a malefactor before Pilate, scorned and derided by impious Herod; have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us, O Lord; have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who wast stripped of Thy garments, and most cruelly scourged at the pillar; have mercy on us.

Have mercy on us, O Lord; have mercy on us.

O Jesus, Who wast crowned with thorns, buffeted, struck