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 in the  upper  room  at  Jerusalem,  let  us  day  one  Our Father and  one  Hail  Mary,  to  obtain,  by  the  merits of Jesus  ascended,  the  fruits  of  the  Holy  Ghost — long-suffering and  mildness. Our Father,  Hail  Mary.

O blessed and  happy  Apostles  of  our  Lord,  who in the  upper  room  did  receive  the  Holy  Spirit  with such fulness  that  ye  were  sweetly  inebriated  with divine love;  we  congratulate  you  with  the  most humble and  lively  affections,  and  contemplate  your graces with  a holy  envy. We beseech  you,  by  that love which  ye  bear  to  the  Holy  Spirit,  who  thus  filled you with  his  special  benedictions,  obtain  for  us efficacious  aid  rightly  to  practise  that  brotherly  concord,  that  continual  prayer,  and  that  tender  devotion to Mary,  whereby  we  can  obtain,  even  as  you  obtained it, the  coming  of  the  Holy  Ghost. Amen.

Come, O Holy  Ghost,  etc.

V. and  R.  Send  forth,  etc.

May the  infusion  of  thy  Holy  Spirit,  O Lord, purify our  hearts,  and  by  the  inward  sprinkling  of his  gracious  dew  make  them  fertile  in  all  good  works; through our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. In the  unity  of  the same. Amen.

May the  blessing,  etc.

ET us  prostrate  ourselves before  the  majesty  of  the Most Holy  Trinity,  and,  uniting  our  dispositions with those  of  our  Blessed  Lady  and  the  holy  Apostles in the  upper  room  at  Jerusalem,  let  us  say  one  Our Father and  one  Hail  Mary,  to  obtain,  by  the  merits of Jesus  ascended,  the  fruits  of  the  Holy  Ghost — faith and  modesty. Our Father,  Hail  Mary.

O Eternal Father,  how  shall  we  ever  bless  and