PRAYER TO GOD THE FATHER
O Holy Lord, Almighty Father, and most merciful God, before all time Thou didst beget the Son, coequal, coeternal, and consubstantial with Thyself, and the Holy Spirit proceeding from Thee and Him. Thou didst create the heavens and the earth, the sea and all things that have life in them, visible and invisible. I praise Thee, I adore Thee, I glorify Thee. Look lovingly upon me, a most wretched sinner. Despise not the work of Thy hands. Through Thy unspeakable goodness save me, and for Thy holy name's sake aid me. Through the same, etc.
PRAYER TO GOD THE SON
O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, God omnipotent and merciful, splendour and image of the Father; Life everlasting, who art one in substance with the eternal Father and the Holy Ghost; equal in honour, in glory, and in coeternal majesty; Thee I praise. Thee I adore. Thee I glorify. Suffer me not, I beseech Thee, to perish; come to my aid, save me. Help me whom Thou hast redeemed by Thy blood with
