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Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity

The “Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity” is a beautiful and powerful way to honor and invoke the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit. This prayer is divided into three sections, each carefully crafted to help us deepen our relationship with one of the three Persons of the Trinity while simultaneously acknowledging the unity and indivisibility of the Godhead.

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Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

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To God the Father

Heavenly Father, Author of all creation, we praise You for Your boundless love and mercy. You are the source of all goodness; the giver of life. You formed us in Your image and guide us with providence.

We thank You for the gift of Your Son, Jesus Christ, through whom You revealed Your loving plan of salvation. By His life, death, and resurrection, we are reconciled to You. You have adopted us as Your beloved children and made us heirs to Your Kingdom.

May we cherish our identity as Your sons and daughters, living lives that radiate Your love to everyone whom we meet. We entrust ourselves to Your unfailing care. We desire that Your will be done in our lives, now and forever.

We ask this through Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.

To Jesus, Son of God

O Jesus, Eternal Son of the Father, We adore You as our Savior, Lord, and Brother. You, the Word made flesh, revealed the Father’s love. You offered Yourself as a sacrifice for our salvation.

Your Sacred Heart, pierced for our transgressions, pours out mercy, compassion, and unfathomable love. You nourish us in the Eucharist, strengthening our faith. As our Risen Lord, You intercede for us constantly.

Help us to follow in Your footsteps and embrace the Cross. Transform us into Your likeness, so that we may radiate Your goodness. Be our strength, solace, and joy, and sustain us with Your grace until we behold You face to face in Your heavenly Kingdom.

We ask this in Your most holy name, You who live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.

To the Holy Spirit

O Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of Life, we praise You, the eternal Love between the Father and the Son. You bring life, inspire prophets, and guide the Church. You empower us with Your gifts and unify all in love.

We thank You for the new life in Baptism, which makes us Your temples. Sanctify us, Holy Spirit, conform us to Christ, and lead us to divine love. Kindle in us the fire of Your love and the zeal for Your Kingdom. Guide our minds, strengthen our wills, and direct our actions.

Renew the earth, and bring healing, comfort, and hope to all. Convict us of sin, and lead us to repentance and conversion. Guide the Church, and inspire our leaders with courage and compassion. Grant us unity, humility, and openness to Your promptings.

We consecrate ourselves to You, Holy Spirit: our hearts, minds, and bodies. May we be attentive to Your voice and responsive to Your call.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Ascension Novena

The Ascension Novena

The “Ascension Novena“ prayer is a heartfelt appeal to Jesus Christ that is prayed over a nine-day period leading up to the feast of His glorious Ascension into Heaven. The prayer expresses joy and gratitude for Jesus’ glory and triumph, asks for grace to share in His eternal joy, seeks courage to persevere in faith, and overcome human weakness. A request for a special favor is also included.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR 2026
If you live in the United States, Catholics in the Ecclesiastical Providences of Boston, Hartford, New York, Omaha, and Philadelphia:
* Novena dates: Tuesday, May 05 – Wednesday, May 13, 2026
* Feast date: Thursday, May 14, 2026 (a Holy Day of Obligation)

All other Ecclesiastical Provinces:
* Novena dates: Friday, May 08 through Saturday, May 16, 2026
* Feast date: Sunday, May 17, 2026

Please check with your local parish to confirm which date applies in your diocese.

Prayer video – The Ascension Novena

Jesus, I honor You on the feast of Your Ascension into Heaven. I rejoice with all my heart at the glory into which You entered to reign as King of Heaven and Earth. When the struggle of this life is over, give me the grace to share Your joy and triumph in Heaven for all eternity.

I believe that You entered into Your glorious Kingdom to prepare a place for me, for You promised to come again to take me to Yourself. Grant that I may seek only the joys of Your friendship and love, so that I may have hope to be united with You in Heaven.

In the hour of my own homecoming, when I appear before Your Father to give an account of my life on Earth, have mercy on me.

Jesus, in Your love for me You have brought me from evil to good and from misery to happiness. Give me the grace to rise above my human weaknesses. May Your humanity give me courage in my weaknesses and free me from my sins.

Through Your grace, give me the courage and perseverance, for You have called and justified me by faith. May I hold fast to the life You have given me and come to the eternal gifts You promised.

You love me, dear Jesus. Help me to love You in return. I ask You to grant this special favor: (Mention your request).

By Your unceasing care, guide my steps toward the life of glory You have prepared for those who love You. Grant me the grace to grow in holiness and to show my thankfulness to You through a life of faithful service. Amen.

Prayer to St. Joseph the Worker

The “Prayer to St. Joseph the Worker” is a prayer seeking the intercession of St. Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus and a carpenter by trade. The prayer asks for St. Joseph’s guidance and help in approaching work with patience, perseverance, and a charitable attitude towards fellow workers. It also asks for the grace to see work as participation in God’s creative activity and Christ’s redemptive work, and to offer it to God in thanksgiving or as reparation for sins. The prayer concludes by asking St. Joseph to obtain all that is needed according to God’s plan and to be present at the moment of death.

Prayer to St. Joseph the Worker

Offering our Work as Prayer to God

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St. Joseph, by the work of your hands and the sweat of your brow, you supported Jesus and Mary, and had the Son of God as your fellow worker. Teach me to work as you did, with patience and perseverance, for God and for those whom God has given me to support.

Teach me to see in my fellow workers the Christ who desires to be in them, that I may always be charitable and forbearing towards all. Grant me to look upon work with the eyes of faith, so that I shall recognize in it my share in God’s own creative activity and in Christ’s work of our redemption, and so take pride in it.

When it is pleasant and productive, remind me to give thanks to God for it. And when it is burdensome, teach me to offer it to God, in reparation for my sins and the sins of the world.

O good father St. Joseph! I beg you, by all your sufferings, sorrows and joys, to obtain for me what I ask.

(Mention your petitions now)

Obtain for all those who have asked my prayers, everything that is useful to them in the plan of God. Be near to me in my last moments that I may eternally sing the praises of Jesus, Mary, and you, St. Joseph. Amen.

Our Father, Who 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 those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

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

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Prayers for the Unborn

Prayers for the Unborn and their mothers facing unplanned or difficult pregnancies. Through two powerful prayers, we seek God’s protection, grace, and guidance for all those affected, and intercede for a renewed culture of life where every child is cherished as a precious gift from conception onward.

Prayers for the Unborn

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Heavenly Father, we come before You with hearts full of love for the precious gift of life. We pray for all unborn children, that they may be protected and cherished from the very moment of their conception.

Lord, we know that every life is valuable in Your eyes, knit together by Your loving hands in the mother’s womb. We pray that all mothers facing difficulties and challenges with their pregnancies may be filled with Your strength, courage, and grace. May they be surrounded by love and support, and may they choose life for their babies.

We pray for a renewed culture of life in our society, where every child is welcomed and cared for as a miraculous creation. Help us to build a world where pregnancy termination is unthinkable, and where all life is treated with the dignity it deserves.

Give us the wisdom and compassion to reach out to those who are hurting after having terminated their pregnancy, offering them Your healing love and mercy. May they find peace and forgiveness in Your endless grace. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Holy Mary, Mother of mercy, we come to you pleading for the littlest and most vulnerable among us – the unborn. Intercede for all children whose lives are threatened before birth. Wrap them in your mantle of protection, and guide their mothers to choose life and love.

Pray for women facing the anguish of unplanned pregnancy. Fill their hearts with courage and hope, that they may say “yes” to the new life within them, just as you did. May your tears of sorrow soften hearts, and awaken our world to the precious gift of human life. Amen.

The Chaplet of the Two Hearts

The “Chaplet of the Two Hearts” is a devotion honoring the profound spiritual union between the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It seeks to make reparation for sins, invoke Mary’s intercession, meditate on their love and sufferings, and obtain graces through their merits.

The Chaplet of the Two Hearts

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In Honor of the Sacred Heart …

Our Father, Who 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 those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. (Pray 3 times)

In Honor of the Immaculate Heart …

Our Father, Who 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 those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. (Pray 3 times)

The Passion of Our Lord …

Our Father, Who 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 those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. (Pray 3 times)

The Sorrows of Mary …

Our Father, Who 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 those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. (Pray 3 times)

In Atonement to the Hearts of Jesus & Mary …

Our Father, Who 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 those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. (Pray 3 times)

Closing Prayer

O United Hearts of Jesus and Mary, You are all grace, all mercy, all love. Let my heart be joined to Yours, so that my every need is present in Your United Hearts. Most especially, shed Your grace upon this particular need… (State your need here.)

Help me to recognize and accept Your loving will in my life. Holy and Sacred Wounds of the United Hearts of Jesus and Mary, answer my prayer. Amen.

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The Divine Praises

“The Divine Praises” is a prayer that is often recited after Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. It consists of a series of short invocations praising God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and giving honor to the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, and the angels and saints.

The Divine Praises

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Blessed be God.
Blessed be His Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true Man.
Blessed be the Name of Jesus.
Blessed be His Most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be His Most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Ghost, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most Holy.
Blessed be her Holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her Glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be St. Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints. Amen.

May the heart of Jesus, in the Most Blessed Sacrament, be praised, adored, and loved with grateful affection, at every moment, in all the tabernacles of the world, even to the end of time. Amen.

The “Go to Joseph” Prayers

The “Go to Joseph” Prayers invoke the intercession and protection of St. Joseph in three parts. It appeals to St. Joseph’s roles as the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the foster father of Jesus, and the one entrusted with the care of the Son of God by the Eternal Father. Through these roles, the prayer pleads for St. Joseph’s pity, refuge, and deliverance from misfortunes, afflictions, and the consequences of sin, seeking his powerful intercession through his great love for Mary, Jesus, and God.

The “Go to Joseph” Prayers

Prayer video – The “Go to Joseph” Prayers

I. In the miseries of this vale of tears, to whom shall we have recourse, O blessed Joseph, if not to thee, to whom thy beloved spouse Mary entrusted all her rich treasures, that thou might keep them to our advantage? 

“Go to my spouse, Joseph,” Mary seems to say to us, “and he will comfort you. He will deliver you from the misfortunes which now oppress you, and will make you happy and contented.” 

Have pity on us, therefore, O St. Joseph; have pity on us through that love which thou didst cherish toward a spouse so worthy and amiable.

 Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be …

II. We are fully conscious that we have offended the justice of God by our sins, and deserve His most severe chastisements. What shall be our place of refuge? 

“Go to Joseph,” Jesus seems to say to us; “Go to Joseph, in whom I was well pleased, and whom I had for My foster father. To him, as to a father, I have communicated all power, that he may use it for your good according to his own desire.” 

Pity us, therefore, O blessed Joseph, pity us for the great love thou didst bear toward a Son so admirable and so dear. 

Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be …

III. Unhappily the sins we have committed call down upon the heaviest scourges: this we must confess. In what ark shall we take refuge in order to be saved? Where shall we find the blessed rainbow that shall give us comfort and hope in the midst of our afflictions? 

“Go to Joseph,” the Eternal Father seems to say to us. “Go to him who took My place on earth with regard to My Son-made-man. I entrusted to his keeping My Son, Who is the unfailing source of grace.Therefore, every grace is in his hands.” 

Pity us, then, dear St. Joseph, pity us by thy great love for Almighty God, Who has been so generous to thee. 

Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be …

Prayer to the Agonizing Heart of Jesus

The Prayer to the Agonizing Heart of Jesus is a prayer that praises and adores Jesus’ Agonizing Heart in the Garden of Gethsemane, its many virtues and attributes. It asks Jesus, who suffered greatly for us, to grant the grace of a peaceful death to those who are dying, pleading for his infinite love and patience to have pity on them in their final agony.

Prayer to the Agonizing Heart of Jesus

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O Jesus, my Savior, I adore and love Thee in the mystery of Thine Agony in the Garden of Olives, and I compassionate the sufferings of Thine Agonizing Heart. I entreat Thee, by this Holy Agony, and by all the Dolors of Thy mortal life, to grant the grace of a good death to all the dying. For this end, let me offer Thee my most humble homage.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, Sacred Heart of my God, my King, and my Savior,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, most holy, most chaste, most innocent of all hearts,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, most humble, most submissive, most obedient of all hearts,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, most afflicted, most injured, most patient of all hearts,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, most sweet, most tender, most devoted of all hearts,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, most generous, most noble, most powerful of all hearts,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, Heart of the Good Shepherd, of the best of Friends, of the tenderest of Brothers,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, Joy of the Angels, Bliss of the Saints, Glory of Heaven,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, terror of demons, hope of sinners, strength and consolation of the just,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, inexhaustible source of grace, abyss of mercy, only hope of the agonizing,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, Beloved of the Father, Living Temple of the Holy Ghost, delight of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Agonizing Heart of Jesus, most loving, most worthy of love, most patient of all hearts,

I adore Thee and I love Thee, have pity on the dying.

Amen.

The Litany of the Passion

The “Litany of the Passion“ is a prayer that thoughtfully reflects on the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. By meditating on Christ’s intense physical and spiritual pain through vivid invocations, it fosters devotion to him and gratitude for the salvation his sacrifice brings. Often used during Lent and Good Friday, this litany has long helped believers contemplate the mystery of the cross.

The Litany of the Passion

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Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity one God, have mercy on us.

Jesus, the eternal Wisdom, have mercy on us.
Jesus, sold for thirty pieces of silver, have mercy on us.
Jesus, prostrate on the ground in prayer, have mercy on us.
Jesus, strengthened by an angel, have mercy on us.
Jesus, in Thine agony bathed in a bloody sweat, have mercy on us.
Jesus, betrayed by Judas with a kiss, have mercy on us.
Jesus, bound by the soldiers, have mercy on us.
Jesus, forsaken by thy disciples, have mercy on us.
Jesus, brought before Annas and Caiphas, have mercy on us.
Jesus, struck in the face by a servant, have mercy on us.
Jesus, accused by false witnesses, have mercy on us.
Jesus, declared guilty of death, have mercy on us.
Jesus, spat upon, have mercy on us.
Jesus, blindfolded, have mercy on us.
Jesus, smitten on the cheek, have mercy on us.
Jesus, thrice denied by Peter, have mercy on us.
Jesus, delivered up to Pilate, have mercy on us.
Jesus, despised and mocked by Herod, have mercy on us.
Jesus, clothed in a white garment, have mercy on us.
Jesus, rejected for Barabbas, have mercy on us.
Jesus, torn with scourges, have mercy on us.
Jesus, bruised by our sins, have mercy on us.
Jesus, esteemed as a leper, have mercy on us.
Jesus, covered with a purple robe, have mercy on us.
Jesus, crowned with thorns, have mercy on us.
Jesus, struck with a reed upon the head, have mercy on us.
Jesus, demanded for crucifixion by the Jews, have mercy on us.
Jesus, condemned to an ignominious death, have mercy on us.
Jesus, given up to the will of Thine enemies, have mercy on us.
Jesus, loaded with the heavy weight of the Cross, have mercy on us.
Jesus, led like a sheep to the slaughter, have mercy on us.
Jesus, stripped of Thy garments, have mercy on us.
Jesus, fastened with nails to the cross, have mercy on us.
Jesus, reviled by the malefactors, have mercy on us.
Jesus, promising paradise to the penitent thief, have mercy on us.
Jesus, commending St. John to thy mother as her son, have mercy on us.
Jesus, declaring Thyself forsaken by Thy Father, have mercy on us.
Jesus, obedient even to death on the cross, have mercy on us.
Jesus, pierced with a lance, have mercy on us.
Jesus, made a propitiation for us, have mercy on us.
Jesus, taken down from the Cross, made a propitiation for us, have mercy on us.
Jesus, laid in the sepulcher, have mercy on us.
Jesus, rising gloriously from the dead, have mercy on us.
Jesus, ascending into heaven, have mercy on us.
Jesus, our Advocate with the Father, have mercy on us.
Jesus, sending down on the disciples the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, have mercy on us.
Jesus, exalting Thy mother above the living and the dead, have mercy on us.

Be merciful, spare us, O Lord.
Be merciful, graciously hear us, O Lord.

From all evil, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From all sin,  Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From anger, hatred, and every evil will, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From war, famine, and pestilence, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From all dangers of mind and body, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
From everlasting death, Lord Jesus, deliver us. 

Through Thy most pure conception, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Thy miraculous nativity, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Thy humble circumcision, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Thy baptism and holy fasting, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Thy labors and watchings, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Thy cruel scourging and crowning, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Thy thirst and tears and nakedness, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Thy precious death on the cross, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension, Lord Jesus, deliver us.
Through Thy sending forth the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, Lord Jesus, deliver us. 

On the day of Judgment, we sinners, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou would spare us, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou would vouchsafe to bring us to true penance, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou would vouchsafe mercifully to pour into our hearts the grace of the Holy Spirit, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou would vouchsafe to preserve and increase all societies assembled in Thy holy name, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou would vouchsafe to bestow upon us true peace, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou would vouchsafe to give us perseverance in grace and in Thy holy service, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou would vouchsafe to deliver us from unclean thoughts and temptations of the devil, and everlasting damnation, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou would vouchsafe to unite us to the company of Thy saints, we beseech Thee, hear us.
That Thou would vouchsafe to graciously hear us, we beseech Thee, hear us.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

V. We adore You, O Christ and praise You.
R. Because by Your Holy cross, You have redeemed the world.

Let us pray.

Almighty and eternal God, who hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Savior of the world and hast willed to be appeased with His blood, grant that we may so venerate this Price of our salvation, and by it, might be so defended upon earth from the evils of this present life, that in heaven we may rejoice in its everlasting fruit, who lives and reigns with Thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen.