026. 106. For those whose Illness has been the result of past Sin.

106. For those whose Illness has been the result of past Sin.

Ant. Thou, Lord, keepest our souls from the pit, and our life from perishing by the sword of the enemy.

Turn Thou us, God our Saviour, iy And let Thine anger cease from us.

WE beseech Thee, Almighty God, that, as the goodness of Thy long-suffering calls us to repentance, so Thou wouldest give grace to Thy servants now visited by Thy chastisements, enabling them to profit by this merciful dispensation with sincere contrition and selfabasement for all the errors of their former life.

Open their eyes to the contemplation of Thy justice which they have offended. Fill their hearts with a devout acknowledgment of Thy mercy, whereon alone they can rely. Strengthen their resolutions, that they may break off all past habits of evil, and, judging themselves with sincerity, and humble submission to Thy decree, may escape the terrible sentence of the last day, and may praise Thee for calling them from the ways of sin; through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Amen.