The Psalter of Jesus
“ There is no other name under heaven given to men whereby we must be saved,” — Acts. iv. 12.
[There are three sorts of Psalters: the first is David’s, which contains one hundred and fifty Psalms; the second our blessed Lady’s, composed of one hundred and fifty Aves; the third is the Psalter of Jesus, containing fifteen Petitions, before each whereof, that glorious name being ten times repeated, amounts also to one hundred and fifty; which is the just proportion of a Psalter. It may be said, as the Rosary, either altogether, or in three separate parts, according to the leisure or devotion of each person, who should in the recital endeavour to excite an increase of faith and attention at each repetition of the sweet and adorable name of Jesus.]
Part I.
IN the name of Jesus every knee should bow , of those that are in heaven, on earth , and under the earth; and every tongue should confess that The Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. (Phil. ii. 10, 11.)
FIRST PETITION.
Jesus, have mercy on me.
(To be repeated nine times.)
Jesus, have mercy on me, O God of compassion, and forgive the many and great offences I have committed in thy sight.
Many have been the follies of my life, and great are the miseries I have deserved for my ingratitude.
Have mercy on me, dear Jesus, for I am weak; O Lord heal me, who am unable to help myself.
Deliver me from setting my heart upon any of thy creatures, which may divert my eyes from a continual looking up to thee.
Grant me grace henceforth, for the love of thee, to hate sin; and out of a just esteem for thee, to despise all worldly vanities.
