Evening Prayer to the Holy Spirit

O Holy Spirit, most merciful Comforter: You proceed from the

Father in a manner beyond our understanding. Come, I beseech

You, and take up your abode in my heart. Purify and cleanse me

from all sin, and sanctify my soul. Cleanse it from every impurity,

water its dryness, melt its coldness, and save it from its sinful ways.

Make me truly humble and resigned, that I may be pleasing to You,

and that You might abide with me forever. Most Blessed Light,

most Amiable Light, enlighten me. O Rapturous Joy of Paradise,

Fount of Purest Delight, My God, give yourself to me and kindle in

my innermost soul the fire of Your love. My Lord, instruct, direct,

and defend me in all things. Give me strength against all immoderate

fears and against despondency. Bestow upon me a true faith, a firm

hope, and a sincere and a perfect love. Grant that I always do Thy

Most Gracious Will.

Amen.

By Saint Antiochus

Peace of Christ to ALL

Prayer in Praise of Christ

Prayer in Praise of Christ

Born as a son,
led forth as a lamb,
sacrificed as a sheep,
buried as a man,
he rose from the dead as a God,
for he was by nature God and man.

He is all things:
he judges, and so he is Law;
he teaches, and so he is Wisdom;
he saves, and so he is Grace;
he begets, and so he is Father;
he is begotten, and so he is Son;
he suffers, and so he is Sacrifice;
he is buried, and so he is man;
he rises again, and so he is God.
This is Jesus Christ,
to whom belongs glory for all ages.

--Amen--

--Saint Melito of Sardis

Catholic Church

Because of Your Mercy

Lord God, omnipotent Father, creator of all things, you gave me a

body and a soul, and created me in your image before time was.

O Lord, my God, I confess my offences to you; I have sinned before

you and before your angels, and my sins are as numerous as the

sands on the seashore. Yet for your love have mercy on me, God,

let me not perish. Do not turn your face from me since I do not seek

your forgiveness because I think I deserve it, but because of your

mercy. Look down on me, Lord, from the holy seat of your

majesty, and illumine the shadows of my heart with the radiance of

your splendor. Protect me, Lord, with the shield of your truth and

faith, so that the glowing darts of the devil may not pierce me.

Have mercy, Savior of the world, who live and reign for ever.

Amen.

Peace of Christ to ALL

Roman Catholic