Morning Prayers
As soon as you awake, make the sign ✝ of the cross, saying :
Glory be to the Father Who hath created me.
Glory be to the Son Who hath redeemed me.
Glory be to the Holy Ghost Who hath sanctified me.
Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity, now and forever. Amen.
On rising from your bed, say:
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I arise. May He bless, preserve and govern me and bring me to everlasting life. Amen.
While you are dressing, occupy yourself with pious thoughts. As soon as you are dressed, kneel down and say :
1. My God, I adore Thee and love Thee with all my heart.
2. I thank Thee for all Thy benefits, and especially for having preserved me this night.
3. I offer Thee whatever I may do or suffer
this day, in union with the actions and sufferings
of Jesus and Mary, with the intention of gaining
all the indulgences I can in favor of the souls in
Purgatory.
4. I intend that every thought, word and work, and suffering shall be for Thy greater glory, and in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of my Guardian Angel and of all my holy patrons.
5. I resolve to conform myself to Thy holy will, and particularly in those things which are contrary to my inclinations, saying always : May the most just, most high, most adorable will of God be in all things done, and praised, and for ever magnified.
6. I resolve to fly from all sin this day, and especially such a one (here mention the fault into which you fall the oftenest,) and I beg of Thee to give me perseverance for the love of Jesus Christ.
My Jesus, keep Thy hand over me this day ! Most Holy Mary, take me beneath thy mantle ! And do Thou, Eternal Father, help me for the love of Jesus and Mary !
Then say the following prayers :
The Lord's Prayer. The Hail Mary. The Creed.
Afterwards say three Hail Mary's in honor of the purity of the B. V. M.
HOW TO PASS THE DAY IN A HOLY MANNER.
When you are tempted to sin, say often:
Jesus and Mary.
When the bell rings for the Angelus, at morning, noon and evening, pray as follows :
The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary, And she conceived of the Holy Ghost.
Hail Mary, etc.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord May it be done unto me according to thy word Hail Mary, etc.
And the Word was made flesh, And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary, etc.
PRAYER.
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, has been made known by the message of an angel, may, by His passion and cross, be brought to the glory of His resurrection, through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Whoever says the Angelus daily for a whole month and goes to confession and communion, in the course of the same month, gains a plenary indulgence. — Benedict XIII.
Before meals, say :
Bless us, Lord, and these Thy gifts which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through
Christ our Lord. Amen. After meals, say ;
We give Thee thanks, Almighty God, for all Thy benefits, Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.
May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace ! Amen.
When the clock strikes, say :
My Jesus, I love Thee ; never permit me to offend Thee again, and let me never be separated from Thee.
In adverse circumstances, say :
Lord, since Thou hast so willed it, I will it also.
When you know or doubt of some sin you have committed, say immediately :
My God, I am sorry for having offended Thee; I will sin no more.
And if it was a grievous sin, confess it directly.