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"Father, into  thy  hands  I  commend  my  spirit"

V. We  adore  thee,  O  Christ,  and  we  bless  thee.

R. Because  by  thy  holy  Cross  thou  hast  redeemed  the world.

O my  beloved  Jesus,  who  didst  agonise  on  the  Cross  for the love  of  me,  and  who,  in  completing  this  great  sacrifice, didst accept  the  will  of  thine  eternal  Father,  by  resigning  thy spirit into  his  hands,  and  then  bowing  thine  head  and  dying, have mercy  on  all  the  faithful  who  are  in  their  agony,  and  on me  also  when  I  shall  be  in  that  extremity,  and  through  the merits of  thy  most  precious  blood  give  us,  in  our  agony,  an entire  conformity  to  the  divine  will,  that  we  may  be  ready either to  live  or  die  according  as  it  shall  best  please  thee,  desiring nothing  but  the  accomplishment  of  thy  blessed  will  in us. Three Glories.

V. Have  mercy  on  us,  O  Lord.

R. Have  mercy  on  us.

O my  God,  I  believe  in  thee,  I  hope  in  thee,  I  love  thee, and I  repent  of  having  offended  thee  by  my  sins.

O most  holy  Mother,  most  afflicted  by  the  intense  martyrdom which  thou  didst  endure  at  the  foot  of the  Cross, during the  three  hours'  agony  of  Jesus,  vouchsafe to  assist all of  us,  the  children  of  thy  sorrows,  in  our  last  agony,  that through  thine  interference  we  may  pass  from  the  bed  of  death, to  form  a  crown  for  thee  in  the  heavenly  Paradise. Three Hail Marys.

O Mary,  Mother  of  grace,

Mother of  mercy,

Protect us  from  the  enemy,

And receive  us  at  the  hour  of  death.

V. From  sudden  and  unprovided  death,

R. Deliver  us,  O  Lord.

V. From  the  deceits  of  the  devil,

R. Deliver  us,  O  Lord.

V. From  eternal  death,  deliver  us,  O  Lord.

O God,  who  for  the  salvation  of  mankind  didst  give  an example  and  a  help  in  the  most  painful  death  of  thy  Son; grant, we  beseech  thee,  that  in  the  extremity  of  death  we may  experience  the  effects  of  this  thy  charity,  and  deserve to  be  partakers  in  the  glory  of  him  our  Redeemer; through the same. &amp;c.