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Morning Prayers.

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At your first waking in the morning make the sign of the cross, saying, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity, now and for ever. Amen. Then adore God, and make an offering of your whole being to him, for that day and for ever.

Take care to rise early. While you are dressing and washing yourself, entertain some pious thoughts; and, by devont aspirations, beg of God to clothe your soul with heavenly virtues, and to wash you clean from all stains of sin.

Then kneel down in your oratory, or by your bed­side; make the sign of the cross in memory of Christ crucified; and place yourself in the presence of the divine majesty, by a lively faith that he sees and beholds you, and is in the very centre of your soul. Bow yourself down to adore him, beg pardon for your unworthiness and sins, and crave his grace, that you may behave yourself as you ought in his presence.

Then say,

The Lord's Prayer.

OUR Father who, art in heaven, hallowed

be name: come: thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and for­give us our trespasses, as we forgive them liat trespass against us: and lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil. Amen.