INTERCESSION — PRAISE

Let us beseech the Lord in peace,
for the heavenly peace,
and the salvation of our souls;--
for the peace of the whole world;
for the stability of God's holy Churches,
and the union of them all;--
for this holy house,
and those who enter it with faith and
reverence;
for our holy Fathers;
the honourable Presbytery,
the Diaconate in Christ,
and all, both Clergy and people;--
for this holy retreat, and all the city
and country,
and all the faithful who dwell
therein;--
for salubrious weather,
fruitfulness of earth,
and peaceful times;--
for voyagers; travellers,
those who are in sickness, toil, and
captivity,
and for their salvation.
Aid, save, pity, and preserve them,
O God, in Thy grace.
Making mention
of the all?holy, undefiled, and more than
blessed
Mary, Mother of God and Ever?Virgin,
with all saints,
let us commend ourselves, and each other,
and all our life;
to Christ our God.
To Thee, O Lord, for it is fitting,
be glory, honour, and worship.
The grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ,
and the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Ghost,
be with me, and with all of us. Amen.
I commend me and mine,
and all that belongs to me,
to Him who is able to keep me without
falling, and to place me immaculate
before the presence of His glory,
to the only wise God and our Saviour;
to whom be glory and greatness,
strength and authority,
both, now and for all ages. Amen.

O Lord, my Lord,
for my being, life, reason,
for nurture, protection, guidance,
for education, civil rights, religion,
for Thy gifts of grace, nature, fortune,
for redemption, regeneration, catechising,
for my call, recall, yea, many calls
besides;
for Thy forbearance, long?suffering,
long long?suffering
to me?ward,
many seasons, many years; up to this
time;
for all good things received,
successes granted me,
good things done;
for the use of things present,
for Thy promise, and my hope
of the enjoyment of good things to
come;
for my parents honest and good,
teachers kind,
benefactors newer to be forgotten,
religious, intimates congenial,
hearers thoughtful,
friends sincere,
domestics faithful,
for all who have advantaged me,
by writings, homilies, converse,
prayers, patterns, rebukes, injuries;
for all these, and all others
which I know, which I know not,
open, hidden,
remembered, forgotten,
done when I wished, when I wished not,
I confess to Thee and will confess,
I bless Thee and will bless,
I give thanks to Thee and will give
thanks,
all the days of my life.
Who am I; or what is my father's house,
that Thou shouldest look upon a dead
dog,
the like of me?
What reward shall I give unto the Lord
for all the benefits which He hath done
unto me?
What thanks can I recompense unto God,
for all He hath spared and borne with me
until now?
Holy, Holy, Holy,
worthy art Thou,
O Lord and our God, the Holy One,
to receive the glory, and the honour,
and the power,
for Thou hast made all things,
and for Thy pleasure they are,
and were created.