gossip, when carried on in my presence?

Have I endeavoured to act as a peacemaker, and resolutely refused to be drawn into quarrels myself? Have I avoided taking information touching my parishioners at second-hand, or delegating autho. rity to unfit persons?

Have I been circumspect in my dealings with my flock, especially with the female portion of it?

Have I avoided undue interference with others, especially the private affairs of families ?

Have I been strictly temperate in my diet, and regular in observing the fasts of the Church?

Have I been careful to inquire into the antecedents of persons seeking to be married, so as not to join those together who are within the forbidden degrees, or have been divorced?

Have I abstained from ascribing bad motives, especially to my theological opponents?

Have I been eager for popularity, or set myself to obtain promotion? Have I bought a living, or allowed one to be bought for me? If so, what amends have I made?

Have I ever taken a fee either for administering Holy Baptism, or for registering it? Have I connived at this offence in others?

Have I ever quitted a parish where I was of use, merely for the sake of increased income?

Have I been fickle in moving from place to place? In altering my plans of parochial work?

Have I ever accepted incompatible duties?

As Incumbent. Have I taken my fair share of work-treated my Assistant Curates with due courtesy

avoided slighting or rebuking them in the presence of others-given them a fair stipend-upheld them in disputes arising out of the conscientious discharge of their office?

As Assistant Curate. Have I remembered that I am only the deputy of the Incumbent, and am bound either to obey his directions, or to leave his parish? Have I censured his conduct, or complained of him to the parishioners-contradicted his teaching in the pulpit -tried to make a party for myself in the parish-held aloof from forwarding his plans?

Prayer after Self-Examination.

sins, and my faults are not hid from 7. O LORD, Thou knowest all my Thee. Give me ever true penitence tion of mind, I may make my conand faith, that with a holy disposifession and obtain pardon of Thee, the atoning Blood of Thy dear SON, the just and merciful GOD, through JESUS CHRIST. Amen.

Act of Contrition.

8. O Eternal FATHER, Just and Righteous Judge, Who art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity; in deep contrition I offer unto Thee with fullest confidence the precious Blood of Thy dear SON as the perfect atonement for all my numberless offences. I beseech Thee that Thou wouldst apply It both now and ever to my heart, that It may give me deep contrition, may purify me yet more and more from my iniquities, and cleanse me from all my sins, through the same Thy SON JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen.

While washing.

O LORD JESU, Who didst wash us from our sins in Thine Own Blood, wash away all the stains of my soul, and I shall be whiter than snow.

While dressing. Clothe me, O LORD, with Thy heavenly grace, and cover me with the robe of righteousness.

Before reading Holy Scripture. My delight shall be in the Law of the LORD, and in Thy law will I exercise myself day and night.

When the clock strikes.

Watch ye therefore, for ye know not when the Master of the house cometh, at evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning.

On leaving the house. The LORD preserve my going out and coming in, from this time forth

for evermore.

Before a walk.

Show me Thy ways, O LORD, and teach me Thy paths.

For custody of the eyes. Turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity, and quicken Thou me in Thy way.

On going into a Church. LORD, I have loved the habitation of Thy House, and the place where Thy honour dwelleth.

On beginning any work.

A. M. D. G.

Or,

accomplish this work to Thy glory and my salvation, as may be plcasing unto Thee.

On completing any work.

O LORD JESU, I commend unto Thee this work of mine, to be perfected and finished by Thee, and I offer it unto Thee in union with Thine own works.

Before conversation.

Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips.

Before taking medicine.

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for Thou art my praise.

In sudden pain.

O LORD, by Thy Cross and Passion strengthen me; LORD, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not my will, but Thine be done.

Grace before Meat.

[y. The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O LORD. R. And Thou givest them their meat in due season. Y. Thou openest Thine hand. R. And fillest all things living with plenteousness. . Glory, &c. R. As it was, &c.]

which we are about to receive of Bless, O LORD, these Thy gifts Thy great bounty. Through.

Grace after Meat.

[V. All Thy works praise Thee, O LORD. R. And Thy saints give thanks unto Thee. . They show the glory of Thy kingdom. Ry. And talk of Thy power. V. Glory, &c. Ry. As it was, &c.]

Thanks be to GOD for these and all His bounties bestowed on us. Through.

On lying down in bed.

In the Name, &c.

Ant. Remember not, LORD, our offences.

Ps. 84. O how amiable, &c.
85. LORD, Thou art become, &c.
86. Bow down Thine ear, &c.
116 (v. 10-16.) I believed, &c.
130. Out of the deep, &c.

Ant. Remember not, LORD, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers, neither take Thou vengeance of our sins.

LORD, have mercy, &c.
Our FATHER, &c.

V. I said, LORD, be merciful unto me. R. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee. Y. Turn Thee again, O LORD, at the last. R. And be gracious unto Thy servants. V. O LORD, let Thy mercy be showed upon us. R. As we do put our trust in Thee. Y. Let Thy Priests be clothed with righteousness. And let Thy Saints sing with joyfulness. . Cleanse me, O LORD, from my secret faults. R. And keep Thy servant from presumptuous sins. Y. LORD, hear my prayer. Ry. And let my cry come unto Thee. y. Let us pray.

R.

9. O merciful LORD, incline Thine ears to our prayers, and enlighten our souls by the grace of Thy HOLY SPIRIT, that we may worthily celebrate Thy Holy Mysteries, and may love Thee with an everlasting love. 10. Inflame our hearts, O LORD, we beseech Thee, with the fire of Thy HOLY SPIRIT, that we may serve Thee with chaste bodies, and please Thee with pure souls.

11. We pray Thee, O LORD, that Thy Holy Comforter may enlighten our minds, and, as Thy SoN hath promised, may lead us into all truth.

12. Let the virtue of Thy HOLY SPIRIT, O LORD, be present with us, to purge us from all evil, and to keep us from all harm.

13. GOD, Who didst teach the hearts of Thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of Thy HOLY SPIRIT; grant us by the same SPIRIT to have a right judgment in all things and evermore to rejoice in His holy comfort.

14. Visit, we pray Thee, O LORD, and cleanse our consciences, that when Thy Son, our LORD JESUS CHRIST, Cometh to us, He may find in us a mansion fitted for His abode.

15. O GOD, Who in this wonderful Sacrament hast left unto us a perpetual memorial of Thy Passion; grant to us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate the Sacred Mysteries of Thy Body and Blood, that we may always perceive in ourselves the fruit of Thy Redemption. Who livest.

PRAYERS BEFORE HOLY COMMUNION.

To be said as opportunity offers.

SUNDAY.

O Supreme High Priest and true Chief Bishop, JESUS CHRIST, Who didst offer Thyself to God the FATHER, a pure and spotless Victim upon the Altar of the Cross for us miserable sinners, and Who didst give us Thy flesh to eat, and Thy Blood to drink, and didst ordain that Mystery in the might of the HOLY SPIRIT, saying, "This do, in remembrance of Me;" I entreat Thee by the same Blood, the great price of our salvation; I entreat Thee by that wonderful and unspeakable love wherewith Thou didst vouchsafe so to love us, miserable and unworthy, as to wash us from our sins in Thy Blood, teach me, Thy unworthy servant, whom, among Thine other gifts, not for any merit of mine, but of the condescension of Thy mercy alone, Thou hast vouchsafed also to call to the dignity

of Priesthood, teach me, I pray Thee, by Thy HOLY SPIRIT to handle so great a Mystery with such reverence and honour, with such devotion and fear as I ought and as it becometh me. Make me through Thy grace, always so to believe and understand, to conceive, and firmly to hold, to think and to speak of this wondrous Mystery, as shall please Thee, and benefit my soul. Let Thy good SPIRIT enter my heart, there to be heard without utterance, and without the sound of words speak all truth. For these things are exceeding deep and covered with a sacred veil. Of Thy great mercy, grant me to celebrate this solemnity with a clean heart and pure mind. Free my heart from all defiling and unholy, from all vain and hurtful thoughts. Fence me with the holy and faithful guard and mighty protection of Thy blessed Angels, that the enemies of all good may fly away ashamed. By the virtue of this vast Mystery, and by the hand of Thy holy Angels, repel from me and all Thy servants the hard spirit of pride and vainglory, of impurity and uncleanness, of doubting and mistrust. Let them be confounded that seek after my soul to destroy it: let them perish that seek my hurt.

MONDAY.

King of Virgins, and Lover of chastity and innocence, extinguish in my frame, by the dew of Thy heavenly blessing, the fuel of evil concupiscence, that so one even purity of soul and body may abide in me. Mortify in my members the lusts of the flesh, and all hurtful emotions, and give me true and persevering chastity, with Thine other gifts which please Thee in truth; so that I may with chaste body and pure beart offer unto Thee the sacrifice of praise. For with what mighty contrition of heart and fountain of tears, with what reverence and awe, with what chastity of body and purity of soul, should that Divine

and Heavenly Sacrifice be celebrated, wherein Thy Flesh is indeed taken, where Thy Blood is indeed drunk, wherein things lowest and highest, earthly and divine, are united, where is the presence of the holy Angels, where Thou art in a wonderful and unspeakable way both Sacrifice and Priest.

TUESDAY.

Who can worthily celebrate this Sacrifice unless Thou, O God, makest him worthy? I know, O LORD, yea, truly do I know and this do I confess to Thy lovingkindness, that I am not worthy to approach so high a Mystery, by reason of my very many sins and numberless negligences: but I know, and truly with my own heart do I believe, and with my mouth confess, that Thou canst make me worthy, Who alone canst make that clean which cometh from that which is unclean, and sinners to be righteous and holy. By this Thine Almighty power I beseech Thee, O my GOD, to grant that I, a sinner, may celebrate this Sacrifice with fear and trembling, with purity of heart and streams of tears, with spiritual gladness and celestial joy; let my mind feel the sweetness of Thy most blessed presence, and the guardianship of the holy Angels round about me.

WEDNESDAY.

For now, O LORD, mindful of Thy venerable Passion, I approach Thine Altar, to offer Thee that Sacrifice which Thou hast instituted, and commanded to be offered in remembrance of Thee for our wellbeing. Receive it, we beseech Thee, O GOD Most High, for Thy holy Church, and for the people whom Thou hast purchased with Thy Blood. And since Thou hast willed that I, a sinner, should stand between Thee and this Thy people, although Thou canst discern no good work in me, yet at least reject not the office of the dispensation

intrusted to me; let not through my unworthiness the price of their salvation be wasted, for whom Thou didst vouchsafe to be a saving Victim and Redemption. We bring before Thee, O LORD, if Thou wilt graciously vouchsafe to behold, the tribulations of the poor, the perils of the people, the groans of prisoners, the miseries of orphans, the necessities of strangers, the helplessness of the weak, the depressions of the languishing, the infirmities of the aged, the aspirations of the young, the vows of virgins, the wailing of widows.

and abundant feast of Thee, the living GOD, Who camest down from heaven, and gavest life unto the world, even of Thy holy and blessed Flesh, the Lamb without spot, Who takest away the sins of the world; even of that Flesh which was taken of the holy and glorious Virgin Mary, and conceived of the HOLY GHOST, and of that Fountain of mercy which from the soldier's spear flowed from Thy most sacred Side, that therewith enlarged and sated, refreshed and comforted, they may rejoice in Thy praise and glory.

I pray Thy clemency, O LORD, that on the bread to be offered unto Thee may descend the fulness of

Thy benediction, and the sanctification of Thy Divinity. May there

descend also the invisible and incom

prehensible Majesty of Thy HOLY the sacrifices of the fathers, Which SPIRIT, as it descended of old on may make our oblations Thy Body and Blood. And teach me, an unworthy Priest, to handle so great a Mystery with purity of heart and the devotion of tears, with reverence and trembling, so that Thou mayest graciously and favourably receive the sacrifice of my hands for the good of all, living and departed.

SATURDAY.

I beseech Thee also, O LORD, by this most sacred mystery of Thy Body and Blood, wherewith we are daily fed, washed, and sanctified in Thy Church, and are made partakers of the One Supreme Divinity, give unto me Thy holy virtues, that fulfilled there with I may approach with a good conscience unto Thy holy Altar, so that these holy Sacraments may be made unto me salvation and life; for Thou hast said with Thy holy and blessed mouth, "The Bread which I will give is My Flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. I am the Living Bread Which came down from heaven. If any man shall eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever."

O most sweet Bread, heal the