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 to  one  another, that  by  mutual care and  attention  they  might have comfort  in  adversity, and help  in  temptations.

Oh, that  thou  wouldst  be similarly  careful  of  me,  O Lord,  that  I may  fear  neither what man  nor  malignant spirit can  do  to  me;  and that, as  if  standing  under  the Cross, I may  set  thee  always in my  sight,  for  thou  art  at my  right  hand,  that  I may not be  moved!

O Jesus most  strong! for love is  strong  as  death; this it was  that  compelled  thee  to die:  yet  it  also  caused  thee to overcome  death  and  every ill. When, then,  thou  wert on the  point  of  being  delivered from  the  ills  and  miseries of  this  mortal  life,  thou didst calmly  and  securely  commend thy  spirit  into  the  hands of thy  eternal  Father,  resigning, as  it  were,  of  thy  own accord, thy  life  and  thy  soul to him  from  whom  thou  hadst received them; knowing  that he was  able  to  raise  thee again to  life,  no  more  to  be exposed  to  death  or  any  ills.

Grant me,  O Jesus,  so  to bear  the  pains,  labours,  ills, and miseries  of  this  life,  that when I come  to  the  end  of  it I may  render  up  my  soul  to thee  my  Creator  with  filial confidence and  a ready  will; and deliver  me  from  the  evil (oh, dreadful  evil!)  of  eternal damnation,  for  thou  hast redeemed me,  O Lord,  the God of  truth! Amen, amen.