A Prayer of Thanksgiving.

Almighty and most merciful Father, who hast created me to love and to serve Thee, grant that I may have so worthily partaken of the Sacrament of thy blessed Son, that I may henceforth lead a new life, in thy stedfast faith and service. Thou, who knowest my frailties and infirmities, strengthen and support me; grant me faith; grant me repentance. Illuminate me with thy Holy Spirit, that, after all my lapses, I may now continue stedfast in obedience, and, after long habits of sin and negligence, may at last work out my salvation with diligence and constancy. Purify my thoughts from pollutions, and fix mine affections on things eternal; that having lived, while Thou shalt grant me life, in thy faithful service, I may, whenever thy call shall summon me to another and a better world, be received into the arms of thy mercy, through Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.

For God's gracious Assistance.

Almighty God, by whose mercy I have now commemorated the death of thy Son, Jesus Christ, my Savior and Redeemer, grant that from this time I may so live, that the memorial of his death may be efficacious to mine eternal salvation, by strengthening my faith in his merits, and quickening mine obedience to his laws. Remove from me, O God, all inordinate desires, all corrupt passions, and all vain terrors; and fill me with zeal for thy glory, and with confidence in thy mercy. Make me to love all men ; to use thy gifts, whatever Thou shalt bestow, to the benefit of my fellow-creatures; enable me to conquer all evil habits; deliver me from vexatious thoughts; and grant me light, to discover, and grace to perform my duty. As life advances, let me become more pure, and more holy; more useful in my station; and more zealous in thy

service. And so let me pass through things temporal, by the guidance of thy Holy Spirit, that when Thou shalt be pleased to call me hence, I may be received to everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate, with this most gracious expression of acceptance, well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

Then shall the Priest say the LORD'S PRAYER, the People repeating after him every Petition.

Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven: Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us ; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

After which shall be said as followeth.

O Lord and heavenly Father, we thine humble servants entirely desire thy Fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee that all we, who are partakers of this holy Communion, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice; yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through

Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honor and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen.

Or this:

Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and blood of thy Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favor and goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. And we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us