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 of the Gospel. Do Thou visit them in their afflictions, give them "patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions;" that best issue, increase in godliness, a more perfect surrender of themselves to Thee, a more deep desire to be wholly Thine, a more thorough deadness to the world. For this end hast Thou afflicted them; let Thine end be fulfilled, even the purifying of their souls through these present fires.

Finally, most holy Father, for all the members of this my flock, for this my own parish, my own dear charge, children and old men, young men and maidens, the prosperous and the afflicted, the healthful and the sick, those in the midst of life, those at the point of death, yea, for all whom Thou hast given me, I implore Thy mercy with all my soul; though I be unworthy to be heard, yet hear me out of Thy holy heaven, through the power of the blood of Jesus Christ.