The Book of Common Prayer Part 118

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments,

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace, to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit,

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived,

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand; and to comfort and help the weak-hearted; and to raise up them that fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet,

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort all that are in danger, necessity, and tribulation,

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by water, all women labouring of child, all sick persons, and young children; and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives,

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherless children, and widows, and all that are desolate and oppressed,

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men,

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts,

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them,

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

That it may please thee to give us true repentance; to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy Word,

_We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord_.

Son of G.o.d: we beseech thee to hear us.

_Son of G.o.d: we beseech thee to hear us_.

O Lamb of G.o.d: that takest away the sins of the world;

_Grant us thy peace_.

O Lamb of G.o.d: that takest away the sins of the world;

_Have mercy upon us_.

O Christ, hear us.

_Christ, hear us_.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

_Lord, have mercy upon us_.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

_Christ, have mercy upon us_.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

_Lord, have mercy upon us_.

_Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord's Prayer_.

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespa.s.ses, As we forgive them that trespa.s.s against us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. Amen.

_Priest_. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins.

_Answer_. Neither reward us after our iniquities.

Let us pray.

O G.o.d, merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful: Mercifully a.s.sist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought, and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed; that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

_O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake_.

O G.o.d, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the n.o.ble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.

_O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour_.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost;

_Answer_. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

From our enemies defend us, O Christ.

_Graciously look upon our afflictions_.