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Grant us to live chastely in deed and word, that we may obtain a virtuous life, and not fall
away from thy promised blessings; for blessed art Thou forever.
Amen.
Prayer VII, of St. John Chrysostom
May be done in an Antiphonal manner
1. O Lord, deprive me not of Thy heavenly good things.
2. O Lord, deliver me from the eternal torments.
3. O Lord, if I have sinned in mind or deed, forgive me.
4. O Lord, deliver me from all ignorance, forgetfulness, faintheartedness, and stony
insensibility.
5. O Lord, deliver me from every temptation.
6. O Lord, enlighten my heart which evil desire hath darkened.
7. O Lord, as a man I have sinned, but do Thou, as the compassionate God, have mercy on
me, seeing the infirmity of my soul.
8. O Lord, send Thy grace to my help, that I may glorify Thy holy name.
9. O Lord Jesus Christ, write me Thy servant in the Book of Life, and grant me a good end.
10. O Lord my God, even though I have done nothing good in Thy sight, yet grant me by Thy
grace a good beginning.
11. O Lord, sprinkle into my heart the dew of Thy grace.
12. O Lord of heaven earth, remember me Thy sinful servant, shameful and unclean, in Thy
Kingdom, Amen.
13. O Lord, accept me in penitence.
14. O Lord, forsake me not.
15. O Lord, lead me not into temptation.
16. O Lord, grant me good thoughts.
17. O Lord, grant me tears, and remembrance of death, and compunction.
18. O Lord, grant me the thought of confessing my sins.
19. O Lord, grant me humility, chastity, and obedience.
20. O Lord, grant me patience, courage, and meekness.
21. O Lord, implant in me the root of good, Thy fear in my heart.
22. O Lord, vouchsafe me to love Thee with all my soul and thoughts, and in all things to do
Thy will.
23. O Lord, protect me from evil men, and demons, and passions, and from every other
unseemly thing.
24. O Lord, Thou knowest that Thou doest as Thou wilt: Thy will be done also in me a
sinner; for blessed art Thou unto the ages.