That thou wilt spare us,
We beseech thee to hear us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ , have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
LET US PRAY.
MAY thy clemency vouchsafe, O God, so to confirm thy servants in thy holy grace, that at the hour of death the enemy may not prevail over them and that with thy angels they may deserve to pass into life everlasting.
Almighty and most gracious God, who for thy thirsting people didst bring forth from the rock a stream of living water, draw forth from the hardness of our hearts tears of compunction, that we may bewail our sins, and receive remission of them from thy mercy: through Christ our Lord. Amen.
AN ACT OF CONTRITION.
O LORD Jesus Christ, Redeemer of the world, behold prostrate at thy feet a most ungrateful and perfidious creature! My God, I have offended thee exceedingly in thought, word, and deed. My heinous crimes fixed thee to the bloody cross. To rescue me from eternal damnation, thou didst agonize three hours on Mount Calvary. But, oh! how much am I displeased with myself! how grieved for having offended thee, a God of infinite goodness, of infinite charity! I am astonished and confounded at thy unwearied patience in supporting a most provoking sinner. From the bottom of my heart I detest all my sins; and because I love thee, and will love thee above all things created, I steadfastly purpose, by thy holy grace, never to offend thee more, and rather to die than commit one mortal sin. Amen.
