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LESSED be the most holy and undivided Trinity, now and forever.

O my God, I adore thee through the sacred heart of thy divine Son, as my Creator and Sovereign Good; I give thee thanks for all thy mercies to me, spiritual and temporal, general and particular, but more especially for the favors bestowed on me this day. May thy holy name be eternally praised and glorified, and may I never be ungrateful for thy bounties. Amen.

O my Lord Jesus Christ, Judge of the living and the dead, before whom I must one day appear to give an exact account of my whole life, enlighten me, I beseech thee, and give me a humble and contrite heart, that I may see wherein I have offended thy infinite majesty, and judge myself now with a just severity that thou mayest then judge me with mercy and clemency.

Examine yourself how you have passed the day, what sins you have committed against God, your neighbor, or yourself; and reflect whether you have complied with the full duty of your state of life.

CONFESS to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy apostles Peter