guided by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. +(MAR. 25.) The Annunc. of the Bl. Virg. Mary. (p. 185.) WE beseech thee, O Lord, pour thy grace into our hearts; that, as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the message of an Angel, so by his cross and passion we may be brought unto the glory of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (APRIL 25.) Saint Mark's Day. (p. 187.) ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy holy Church with the heavenly doctrine of thy Evangelist Saint Mark; Give us grace, that being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be established in the truth of thy holy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (MAY 1.) S. Philip and S. James's Day. (p. 187.) ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting life; Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life; that, following the steps of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint James, we may stedfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (JUNE 11.) Saint Barnabas the Apostle. (p. 187.) LORD God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost; Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. +(JUNE 24.) Saint John Baptist's Day. (p. 186.) ALMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour, by preaching of repentance; Make us to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preaching; and after his example constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. +(JUNE 29.) Saint Peter's Day. (p. 187.) ALMIGHTY God, who by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thine Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock; Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to preach thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. + (JULY 25.) Saint James the Apostle. (p. 187.) GRANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him so we, forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy holy commandments; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. + (AUG. 24.) S. Bartholomew the Apostle. (p. 187.) ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst give thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and both to preach and receive the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. + (SEP. 21.) Saint Matthew the Apostle. (p. 188.) ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an apostle and evangelist; Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires, and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. (SEP. 29.) Saint Michael and all Angels. (p. 194.) EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order; Mercifully grant, that as thy holy Angels alway do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (OCT. 18.) Saint Luke the Evangelist. (p. 187.) ALMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul; May it please thee, that, by the wholesome medi cines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed; through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. +(OCT. 28.) S. Simon and S. Jude, Apostles. (p.187.) ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head cornerstone; Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. + (NOV. 1.) All Saints' Day. (p. 193.) ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. SHORT MORNING PRAYERS, INTENDED FOR USE WHEN THE FAMILY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF ATTENDING THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF THE CHURCH, OR ON OTHER OCCASIONS. (See Part II.) I The Master of the Family may begin by reading one or more of the Sentences proper for the Day, from the foregoing Services, or from the Second Part, or else the following. LAID me down and slept, and rose up again, for the Lord sustained me. Ps. iii. My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord, early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. Ps. v. When there is time to read a Psalm, any of the following are appropriate Morning Psalms. Psalms 23, 25, 63, 67, 93, 100, 145, 146, 148. ¶ Then all kneeling, may be said either the General Confession, or that in the Wednesday and Friday Services, or else the following Prayers. I acknowledge my faults, And my sin is ever before me. To be said by all. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. We have sinned with our fathers, we have done amiss, and dealt wickedly. For thy name's sake, O Lord, be merciful unto our sin, for it is great. ¶Then the Lord's Prayer, to be said by all. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will |