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Night Prayer.


IN the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Our Father, etc.; Hail Mary, etc.; I believe in God, etc.

Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity, now and for ever. Amen.

PRAYER.

O ETERNAL, Infinite, and Almighty God, Whose glory the heaven of heavens cannot contain, look down on thy unworthy servant, prostrate at the feet of thy mercy, and humbly confessing to thee, in the sight of all thy holy angels and blessed saints, the sinfulness and vanity of my life, but especially the transgressions of this day, by which I have so grievously wounded my own soul.

GENERAL CONFESSION.

I CONFESS to Almighty God, to blessed Mary, ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the saints, that I have grievously sinned in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my exceeding great fault.

Here examine diligently what sins you may have fallen into this day, by thought, word, deed, or omission, and humbly confessing them, proceed thus:

Of these, and all my other sins, I most sincerely repent, and am heartily sorry for every thought, word, and deed by which I have displeased thy infinite