Tuesday: For the Dying and Wounded, and Those Who Tend Them

[Intention: For the dying, the wounded, and those who tend them.]

J< In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Our Father. Hail Mary. I believe.

f, O God, come to my assistance, ity. O Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Amen. Alleluia.

Ant. Hear my cry, O Lord. Ps. lxxxvii. Domine, Deus salutis.

OLORD, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before Thee.

Let my prayer come in before Thee: incline Thy ear to my petition.

For my soul is filled with evils: and my life hath drawn nigh to hell.

I am counted among them that go down to the pit: I am become as a man without help, free among the dead.

Like the slain sleeping in the sepulchres, whom Thou rememberest no more: and they are cast off from Thy hand.

They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.

Thy wrath is strong over me: and all Thy waves Thou hast brought in upon me.

Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves.

I was delivered up, and came not forth: my eyes languished through poverty.

All the day I cried to Thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to Thee.

Wilt Thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to Thee?

Shall any one in the sepulchre declare Thy mercy: and Thy truth in destruction?

Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark; and Thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?

But I, O Lord, have cried to Thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent Thee.

Lord, why castest Thou off my prayer: why turnest Thou away Thy face from me?

I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.

Thy wrath hath come upon me: and Thy terrors have troubled me.

They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.

Friend and neighbour Thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, Because of misery.

Glory be.

Ps. v.

Verba mea auribus

GIVE ear, O Lord, to my words, understand my cry.

Hearken to the voice of my prayer, 0 my King and my God.

For to Thee will I pray: 0 Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear my voice.

In the morning I will stand before Thee, and will see: that Thou art not a God that wiliest iniquity.

Neither shall the wicked dwell near Thee: nor shall the unjust abide before Thy eyes.

Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: Thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie.

The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.

But as for me in the multitude of Thy mercy,

I will come into Thy house; I will worship towards Thy holy temple, in Thy fear.

Conduct me, O Lord, in Thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in Thy sight.

For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain.

Their throat is an open sepulchre: they dealt deceitfully with their tongues: judge them, O God.

Let them fall from their devices: according to the multitude of their wickednesses cast them out: for they have provoked Thee, O Lord.

But let all them be glad that hope in Thee: they shall rejoice for ever, and Thou shalt dwell in them.

And all they that love Thy name shall glory in Thee:

For Thou wilt bless the just.

0 Lord, Thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of Thy good will.

Glory be.

Ant Hear my cry, O Lord.

The Chapter. Apoc. xxii. 1-5

AND he shewed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street thereof, and on both sides of the river, was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruits every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

And there shall be no curse any more: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him.

And they shall see His face: and His name shall be on their foreheads.

And night shall be no more: and they shall not need the light of the lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall enlighten them, and they shall reign for ever and ever.

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B?. Thanks be to God. Lord, have mercy. Christy have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Our Father.

Save Thy servants.

Who hope in Thee, O my God.

Be unto them, O Lord, a tower strength. From the face of the enemy.

of f. Let not the enemy prevail against them. IV. Nor the son of iniquity approach to hurt them. y. O Lord, deal not with us according to our sins. Bj. Neither requite us according to our iniquities. f. Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff

Benedict.

For those in their last agony.

For the sick and wounded.

Bj. The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon earth; and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

f. Let us pray for our benefactors.

Bj. Vouchsafe, O Lord, for Thy name's sake, to reward with eternal life all them that do us good. Amen.

f. Let us pray for the faithful departed.

Bj. Eternal rest give to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

f. May they rest in peace.

bj. Amen.

f. For our absent brethren.

Bj. Save Thy servants who hope in Thee, O my God.

y. Send them help, O Lord, from the sanctuary.

bj. And defend them out of Sion.

f. O Lord, hear my prayer.

Bj. And let my cry come unto Thee.

Let us pray.

O most merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I entreat Thee by the agony of Thy most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thine immaculate Mother; wash in Thy Blood the sinners for whom I implore Thy mercy, laid now in agony and to die to-day.

O God, with whom it is an easy thing to give life to the dead; restore the sick and wounded to their former health, and let none that implore the healing of Thy heavenly mercy be in want of the remedies of earthly medicine.

Grant, 0 Lord, we beseech Thee, to all who tend the suffering, the help of Thy Divine wisdom and the protection of Thy right hand, that, their skill being blessed by Thy Providence, their courage may never fail. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Let us pray.

May the strength of the Holy Ghost be with Thy servants we beseech Thee, O Lord; that it may, by Thy mercy, cleanse their hearts and preserve them from all adversity. Teach, O Lord, our hands to fight and our fingers to war; give us courage in trouble, patience in suspense, and mercy in victory; that, led by Thine hand, and protected under Thy wings, we may come at last to an honourable triumph.

Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth One God, world without end. Amen. T. O Lord, hear my prayer. B?, And let my cry come unto Thee. y. May the Almighty and merciful Lord graciously hear us. Bj. Amen.

f. And may the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Bj. Amen.

For doctors and nurses.

For our soldiers and sailors.

For victtory.