SHORT MORNING

PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN.

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

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

A MORNING HYMN.

Dear Saviour! I have learned to know
That thou dost ever list to me;
And that, wherever I may go,

I still am always seen by thee.

O teach me, Lord, what I should say,
Let truth direct my every word,
Nor let me speak throughout the day
Aught that should not by thee be heard.

Oh! keep me innocent; and free
From every fault, from every sin;
That thou, my God! mayest never see
A naughty thought my breast within.

Dear Jesus! let me be thine own!
To rise to thee my life was given :
As flowers that on the earth are sown
Shoot up and bear their sweets to heaven.

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THE LORD'S PRAYER.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil. Amen.

THE HAIL MARY.

Hail Mary, full of grace! our Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

THE APOSTLES' CREED.

I believe in God the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven; sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the Holy Catholic Church; the communion of Saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and life everlasting. Amen.

THANKSGIVING FOR A NEW DAY.

I praise and adore thee, oh blessed Trinity, for having permitted me to pass the foregone night in safety. How many children who, like me,. lay down to rest last evening, have been called before their just Judge to receive the reward or punishment due to their conduct! Oh my blessed guardian angel, join me in praising our good God for having preserved me from so great a danger.

Oh, Holy Ghost! give me thy grace that I may pass through this day in such a manner as to prepare myself to obey thy summons whenever it may be my turn to appear before thee. Give me peace, patience, and brotherly love; and keep me from doing or from saying anything which I could not continue to feel or to do if I were amongst thy blessed saints in heaven. Amen.

OFFERING Of the Day.

Oh God! I offer to thee all my thoughts, words, and actions of this day. Accept of those that are innocent, I beseech thee, through the merits of Jesus Christ thy Son, and forgive those that are otherwise through the same Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, world without end. Amen.

May the divine assistance remain always with us; and may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Let us bless the Lord.

Thanks be to God. Amen.

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SHORT EVENING

PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN.

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

THE "PATER NOSTER."

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. done on earth as it is in heaven.

Thy will be Give us this

day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen.

THE "AVE MARIA."

Hail, Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

THE CONFITEOR.

I confess to Almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, to the blessed Michael the Arch-angel, to the blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. There

fore, I beseech the blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Arch-angel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to pray to the Lord our God for me.

May the Almighty God have mercy on us, and, forgiving our sins, bring us to life everlasting.

May the Almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of all our sins. Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE DEAD.

Have mercy, oh Lord, on the dead who are suffering for a time on account of their sins. Listen to the prayers which we offer for them, as we hope that others will pray for us when we shall have departed from this life. Pardon the sins they have been guilty of, and admit them into thy joy; that they may for ever praise thy goodness, and may intercede for us that we also may hereafter join them for a happy eternity. Eternal rest give to them, oh Lord! and may perpetual light shine upon them. Amen.

THE PRAYER OF FAITH.

Grant, oh God! that I may accept of death as a homage and adoration which I owe to thy divine majesty; as a punishment justly due to my sins; in union with the death of my dear Redeemer; and as the only means of coming to thee, my beginning and last end.