claim to our grateful and charitable remembrance, To these, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we beseech Thee, a place of refreshment, light, and everlasting peace, through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.
PRAYER FOR RELATIVES
DEFEND, we beseech Thee, O Lord, by the intercession of the blessed Mary ever Virgin, this Thy family from all adversity; and mercifully protect us, now prostrate before Thee with our whole hearts, from all the snares of our enemies. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER FOR BENEFACTORS
CONDESCEND, O Lord, to reward with a long life all those who help us for the glory of Thy name. Amen.
(Ind. of 50 days, twice a day.— Leo XIII. Dec. 17, 1892.)
PRAYER FOR OUR FRIENDS
O GOD, Who by the grace of the Holy Spirit, hast poured into the hearts of Thy faithful the gifts of charity; grant to Thy servants, for whom we implore Thy mercy, health both of body and soul; that they may love Thee with all their strength, and cheerfully perform those things which are pleasing unto Thee. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
