thanksgiving. Abide with me and further me with Thy continual help, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

MERCIFULLY accept, O Lord, this our

service and grant that we, striving to do Thy will on earth as it is done in Heaven, may there with Thy holy Angels ever praise Thy blessed Name.

FORGIVE us, O Lord, wherein we have

failed to offer Thee acceptable worship, and grant that our prayers may be brought into Thy presence in Heaven, there to be offered before Thy divine majesty, through the merits and intercession of Thy blessed Son our Lord.

BLESSED be Thy Name, O Lord God,

for that it hath pleased Thee to have Thy habitation among the sons of men, and to dwell in the midst of the assembly of the saints upon the earth: Grant, we beseech Thee, that in this place set apart to Thy service Thy holy Name may be worshipped in truth and purity through all generations; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

SECTION VI

BENEDICTIO MENSAE

V. Bless we the Lord.

R. Thanks be to God.*

BLESS,

LESS, O Lord, these Thy gifts to our use and strengthen us for Thy service. Through Jesus Christ our Lord.

We thank Thee, Heavenly Father, for the light of this day, and for these Thy gifts which we are to receive, and pray Thee to bless them to our use.

O Lord, grant that whether we eat or drink, or whatsoever we do, we may do all to Thy glory, through, etc.

God be merciful unto us and bless us, in receiving our daily bread, for Jesus Christ's sake.

We thank Thee, Heavenly Father, for the food that we are to receive, and pray Thee to bless it to our use, for Jesus Christ's sake.

*These versicles may be used as preface to forms following.

Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts which of Thy bounty we are about to receive, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For these and all His mercies, God's holy Name be praised, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Unto God, the Giver of every good gift, be thanks and praise for these and all His benefits, through Christ our Lord.

We give Thee thanks, Almighty God, for these and all Thy gifts which of Thy mercy we have received, who livest and reignest God, now and for ever.

V. The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O Lord, and Thou givest them their meat in due season.

R. Thou openest Thine hand and fillest all things living with plenteousness.

Bless, O Lord, this food to our use, for Christ's sake.

V. All Thy works praise Thee, O Lord: R. And Thy saints give thanks unto Thee.

Thanks be to God, for these and all His bounties, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

V. Oculi omnium in Te sperant, Domine, R. Et tu das iis escam in tempore opportuno.

V. Aperis tu manum tuam;

R. Et implis omne animal benedictione.

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et

semper,

Et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Benedic nobis, Domine Deus, et his donis quae ex tua largitate sumus sumpturi, per Jesum Christum, Dominum nostrum.

Amen.

V. Confiteantur tibi, Domine, omnia opera tua;

R. Et sancti tui benedicant tibi.

Agimus Tibi gratias, Domine Deus Omnipotens, pro his et universis beneficiis Tuis, qui vivis et regnas in unitate Spiritus sancti, Deus, in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

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SECTION VII

EXAMEN IN SINGULOS DIES

the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart;

Prove me, and examine my thoughts.

O Holy Spirit, show me wherein I have this day sinned against God, against my neighbor, against myself.

Help me to recall:

What "idle words" (St. Matt. xii, 36) I

may have spoken.

What business I have transacted.

What work and duty I have done.

What amusements I have engaged in.

What I have read; what I have written.

What trials I have had to meet.
What temptations have assailed me.

What blessings have come to me.

Show me wherein I have failed:
In courtesy and kindness.

In helpful service.