Saturday: For Our Lady’s Patronage on Behalf of Our King and Realm

[Intention: For our Lady's patronage on behalf of our King and realm. ]

►J( In the name of the Father, and of the

Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Our Father. Hail Mary. I believe.

f, 0 God, come to my assistance.

Bj. 0 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. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

Ps. xix.

Exaudiat te Dominus.

MAY the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: may the name of the God of Jacob protect Thee.

May He send thee help from the sanctuary: and defend thee out of Sion.

May He be mindful of all thy sacrifices: and may thy whole burnt offering be made fat.

May He give thee according to thy own heart; and confirm all thy counsels.

We will rejoice in thy salvation: and in the name of our God we shall be exalted.

The Lord fulfil all thy petitions: now have I known that the Lord hath saved His anointed.

He will hear him from His holy heaven: the salvation of His right hand is in powers.

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord our God.

They are bound, and have fallen: but we are risen, and are set upright.

O Lord, save the king: and hear us in the day that we shall call upon Thee.

Glory be.

Ps. XX.

Domine, in virtute.

N Thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in Thy salvation He shall rejoice exceedingly.

Thou hast given him his heart's desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips.

For Thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: Thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones.

He asked life of Thee: and Thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

His glory is great in Thy salvation: glory and great beauty shalt Thou lay upon him.

For Thou shalt give him to be a great blessing for ever and ever: Thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with Thy countenance.

For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.

Let Thy hand be found by all Thy enemies: let Thy right hand find out all them that hate Thee.

Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of Thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in His wrath, and fire shall devour them.

Their fruit shalt Thou destroy from the earth: and their seed from among the children of men.

For they have intended evils against Thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.

For Thou shalt make them turn their back: in Thy remnants Thou shalt prepare their face.

Be Thou exalted, O Lord, in Thy own strength: we will sing and praise Thy power.

Glory be.

Ant. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

The Chapter. Isa. xxxv.

THE land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.

It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God.

Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees.

Say to the faint-hearted: Take courage, and fear not: behold your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God Himself will come and will save you.

Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness.

And that which was dry land, shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the dens where dragons dwelt before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.

And a path and a way shall be there, and it shall be called the holy way: the unclean shall not pass over it, and this shall be unto you a straight way, so that fools shall not err therein.

No lion shall be there, nor shall any mischievous beast go up by it, nor be found there: but they shall walk there that shall be delivered.

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And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

IV. Thanks be to God.

Lord, have mercy.

Christy have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

Our Father. f. Save Thy servants. Bj. Who hope in Thee, O my God. f. Be unto them, O Lord, a tower of strength. Bj. From the face of the enemy. f. Let not the enemy prevail against them. Bj. 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. 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, iv. 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. IV. Eternal rest give to them, 0 Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. f. May they rest in peace. IV. Amen.

For our absent brethren.

Save Thy servants who hope in Thee,

O my God. Send them help, O Lord, from the sanctuary. And defend them out of Sion. O Lord, hear my prayer. And let my cry come unto Thee.

Let us pray.

Defend us, we beseech Thee, 0 Lord, from all dangers to mind and body; and, by the intercession of the blessed and glorious Mary, Mother of God, Ever-Virgin, of blessed Joseph, of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul, of blessed George and all the saints, of Thy goodness grant to us health and security that, all adversities and errors being destroyed, Thy Church may serve Thee in quietness and liberty.

We beseech Thee, Almighty God, that Thy servant, George, our King, who of Thy mercy hath received the government of this realm, may receive also an increase of all virtues, wherewith becomingly

For the patronage of our Lady and the saints.

For the King.

adorned he may escape every enormity of vice, and, being acceptable in Thy sight, may attain at last to Thee who art the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

Grant to Thy servants, O Lord God, we beseech Thee, that they may enjoy perpetual health both of mind and body; and, by the glorious intercession of blessed Mary, Ever-Virgin, that they may be delivered from sadness in this world, and obtain everlasting joy.

Almighty and merciful God who, in answer to the prayers of blessed Mary, hast continually manifested through her Thy might and glorified her name: grant that, beneath her powerful patronage, we may reach a victory that is in accord with Thine adorable will.

Through Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

For our soldiers and sailors.

For victory.

f. O Lord, hear my prayer.

R?. And let my cry come unto Thee.

f. 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. 1$. Amen.