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 be moved  with compassion  for  me,  and  invoke  thy  clemency in  my  behalf,

Merciful Jesus,  have  mercy  on me.

When; I  shall have  lost! the use. of my  senses,  when  the world Shall  have  vanished  from  my  sight,  when  my agonising  soul  shall  feel  the  sorrows  of  death,

Merciful Jesus,  have  mercy  on me.

When my  last  sighs  shall  force  my  soul  to  issue  from, my body,  accept  them  as  the  children,  of  a  loving impatience to come  to  thee,

Merciful Jesus,  hare  mercy  on  me.

When my  soul, trembling  on  my  lips,  shall  bid  adieu  to the  world,  and  leave  my  body  lifeless,  pale,  and  cold,  receive this  separation  as  a  homage  which  I  willingly  pay to thy  divine  majesty,  and  in  that  last  moment  of  my mortal  life,

Merciful Jesus,  have  mercy  on  me.

When at  length  my  soul,  admitted  to  thy  presence,  shall first behold  the  splendour  of  thy  majesty,  reject  me  not, but receive  me  into  thy  bosom  where  I  may  for  ever  sing thy praises;  and  in  that  moment  when  eternity  shall begin to  me,

Merciful Jesus  have  mercy  on  me.

Let us  pray.

O God,  who  hast  doomed  all  men  to  die,  hut  hast  concealed from  all  the  hour  of  their  death;  grant  that  I  may pass my  days  in  the  practice  of  holiness  and  justice,  and that I  may  deserve  to  quit  this  world  in  the  peace  of a  good  conscience,  and  in  the  embrace  of  thy  love. Through Christ  our  Lord  Amen.

Indulgences: 100 days  once  a  day. Plenary, with  the usual conditions,  and  applicable  to  the  dead,  once  a  month, for those  who  nave  raised  this  Litany  daily  during  the month.

1. Hear  us  O  God  of  our  salvation,  and  issue  not  the decree for  the  completion  of  our  days  before  thou  forgivest  us  our  sins;  and  because  penance  avails  not in hell,  and  there  is  no  room  for  amendment  in  the  pit,