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V. Send them help, O Lord, from the sanctuary.
R. And defend them out of Sion.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto Thee.
Let us pray[1]
O God, whose property is always to have mercy and to spare, receive our humble petition; that we, and all Thy servants who are bound by the chain of sins, may, by the compassion of Thy goodness, mercifully be absolved.
- ↑ For the Devotion of the Forty Hours, the following Prayers are used:
Deus qui nobis sub Sacramento mirabili, &c.
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord God, that we. Thy servants, may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body; and, by the intercession of the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, may be delivered from present sorrow, and obtain eternal joy.
Omnipotens, &c., for the Pope, as above. O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all piety, hearken unto the devout prayers of Thy Church; and grant that what we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually.
Almighty, everlasting God, in whose hand are all the powers and all the rights of kingdoms, come to the assistance of Thy Christian people, that all pagan and heretical nations, who trust in their own violence and fraud, may be broken by the might of Thy right hand.
Then follows the last Prayer, Omnipotent sempiteme Deus, &c., Almighty, everlasting God, &c. with the versicles, except that, in the last response but one, &c., instead of the simple Amen, is said— R. And ever preserve us. Amen.
