4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him and the Son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 Thou madest him lower than the angels : to crown him with glory and worship.

6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands: and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet;

7 All sheep and oxen: yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord our Governor: how excellent is thy Name in all the world!

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

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

Let us pray.

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father,

who of thy great mercy hast promised forgiveness of sins to all them that truly repent and unfeignedly believe thy holy Gospel, have mercy upon us, most merciful

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Father, and for the glory of thy name turn from us all those evils, which we most righteously have deserved. Grant unto us pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God,

vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments; that through thy most mighty protection, we may be preserved in body and soul. Let thy fatherly hand, we beseech thee, ever be over us; let thy Holy Spirit ever be with us; and so lead us in the knowledge and obedience of thy Word, that in the end we may obtain everlasting life; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

AND in order that we may more seriously

apply our hearts unto wisdom, teach us, O Lord, to see how frail and uncertain our own condition is. Grant that neither the splendour of any thing that is great,

nor the conceit of any thing that is good in us, may withdraw our eyes from looking upon ourselves as sinful dust and ashes; but that we may press forward towards the prize of the high calling that is before us, with faith and patience, humility and meekness, mortification and self-denial, charity and constant perseverance unto the end; that so, when we shall have served thee in our generation, we may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a good conscience, in the communion of the Catholic Church, in the confidence of a certain faith, in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope, in favour with thee our God, and in perfect charity with the world; all which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

LORD, we beseech thee to keep thy Church and household continually in thy true religion; That they, who do lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace, may evermore be defended by thy mighty power; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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LMIGHTY God, who hast safely -brought us to the close of another day; We give thee humble and hearty thanks for this repeated mercy of thy providence, and for all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. Continue, we beseech thee, thy goodness and loving kindness to us: and since we are not able of ourselves to help ourselves, defend us, O Lord, this night from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Our Father which art in heaven, &c.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c.

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WEDNESDAY MORNING.

O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever.

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PSALM 34.

WILL alway give thanks unto the Lord: his praise shall ever be in my mouth.

2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

3 O praise the Lord with me: and let us magnify his Name together.

4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me: yea, he delivered me out of all my fear.

5 They had an eye unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him: and delivereth them.

8 O taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

9 O fear the Lord, ye that are his saints: for they that fear him lack nothing.