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 merciful,  and  ready  to  repent of the  evil,  and  hast  in  thy best and  wisest  manner  preordained all  things  to  the most high  and  perfect  good, impute it  not  to  me  for  eternal punishment,  and  let  me not  be  blotted  out  of  the  book of life; but  offer  for  me,  for my relief,  the  portion  that falls to  me,  namely,  of  thy precious Passion,  in  return tor which  it  has  been  thy  will to have  man  to  be  joint-heir with thee  in  the  land  of  the living.

Let, then,  O Lord,  the  consideration of  human  frailty stir and  incline  thee  to  mercy; for  thou  knowest  what is man’s  substance,  and  that thou hast  not  placed  him  for nought upon  the  earth; and preserve me,  who  am  the work of  thy  love,  lest  thou shouldst have  laboured  for  it in  vain,  and  that  the  shedding of thy  spotless  blood  may  not be fruitless  in  my  regard.

Thou who  makest  purification for  sins,  grant  that I may be  cleansed  from  the filth of  my  sins,  and  enlightened to  know  thee  with  the eye of  my  mind; and  that  I may  ever  confess  thee,  tend towards thee,  and  aspire  to thee  in  the  bent  of  my  heart; that, finally, by a happy  death, I may come  to  thee,  O Jesus Christ, who,  with  Goa  the Father, in  the  unity  of  the Holy Ghost,  livest  and  reign  est  world  without  end. Amen.

A method of  reciting  the  Lord's  Prayer  while  the  mind  is reflecting  on  the  parable  of  the  Prodigal  Son, for  eliciting affections of  compunction, by  the  following  and  similar expressions of  grief.

O most loving  Father,  who art solicitous  for  the  welfare of thy  children,  however  unworthy,  with  greater  affection and  care  than  any  father, nay, than  ever  was  mother  for  the  son  of  her  womb; to what  misery,  alas! have I been reduced by  my  own  fault  and wilfulness  in  forsaking  such a Father,  and  squandering  the grace  and  blessings  which  he so  bountifully  bestowed  upon