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GLORIOUS Virgin Mary, I commit my soul and body to thy blessed trust this night and for ever, but more especially at the hour of my death. I recommend to thy merciful charity all my hopes, my consolation, my distress, and misery: my life and the end thereof: that through thy most holy intercession, all my works may be directed according to the will of thy blessed Son. Amen.

BLESSED Joseph, father and guide of Jesus Christ in his childhood and youth, who didst lead him safely in his ﬂight through the desert, and in all the ways of his childhood, be also my companion and guide in this pilgrimage of life, and never permit me to turn aside from the way of God's commandments; be my refuge in adversity, my support in temptation, my solace in affliction, until at length I arrive at the land of the living, where with thee and Mary, thy most holy Spouse, and all the Saints, I may rejoice for ever in Jesus my Lord. Amen.

ANGEL of God, to whose holy care I am committed by the supreme clemency, enlighten, defend, and protect me this night, from all sin and danger. Amen.

GOD the Father, bless me; Jesus Christ, defend and keep me: the virtue of the Holy Ghost enlighten and sanctify me this night and forever. Amen. Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. Lord Jesus, receive my soul.