present, and deserve to attain an everlasting reward in the world to come. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE FORMING OF ONE’S INTENTION
JOY with peace, amendment of life, space for true repentance, the grace and comfort of the Holy Ghost, perseverance in good works, a contrite and humble heart, and a happy consummation of my life, grant unto me, O almighty and merciful Lord. Amen.
THE SOUL’S LONGING FOR GOD
(Psalm LXXXIII)
HOW lovely are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! my soul hath pined, yea, even fainted for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she hath laid her young:
Even Thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house, O Lord: they shall praise Thee for ever and ever.
Blessed are the men whose help is in Thee: in whose hearts are the highways, (to Sion), who passing through the waterless vale, make it a place of springs, yea, like the early rain they clothe it with blessings.
