SMALL COMPLINE
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Prayer III, to the Most Holy Spirit:
O Lord, Heavenly King, Comforter, Spirit of Truth, show compassion and
have mercy on me, Thy sinful servant, and loose me from mine
unworthiness, and forgive all wherein I have sinned against Thee today as a
man, and not only as a man, but even worse than a beast, my sins voluntary
and involuntary, known and unknown, whether from youth, and from evil
suggestion, or whether from brazenness and despondency.
If I have sworn by Thy name,
or blasphemed it in my thoughts;
or grieved anyone,
or have become angry about anything;
or have lied, or slept needlessly,
or if a beggar hath come to me and I disdained him;
or if I have grieved my brother,
or have quarreled,
or have condemned anyone;
or if I have been boastful,
or prideful,
or angry;
if, as I stood at prayer, my mind hath been distracted by the wiles of this
world,
or by thoughts of depravity;