(Song of the Redeemed)
O ruler of the universe, Lord God, great deeds are they that you have done, surpassing
human understanding. Your ways are ways of righteousness and truth, O King of all the
ages. Who can fail to do you homage, Lord, and sing the praises of your Name? For
you only are the Holy One. All nations will draw near and fall down before you, because
your just and holy works have been revealed. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and
to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

Opening Prayer – In the Morning
This is another day, O Lord. I know not what it will bring forth, but make me ready, Lord,
for whatever it may be. If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still,
help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do
nothing, let me do it gallantly. Make these words more than words, and give me the
Spirit of Jesus.
Amen.

Opening Prayer – Of the Incarnation
O God, who wonderfully created, and yet more wonderfully restored, the dignity of
human nature: Grant that we may share the divine life of him who humbled himself to
share our humanity, your Son Jesus Christ; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of
the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Opening Prayer – Prayer of St. Patrick
As I arise today, may the strength of God pilot me,
The power of God uphold me, the wisdom of God guide me. May the eye of God look
before me, the ear of God hear me,
The word of God speak for me. May the hand of God protect me, The way of God lie
before me, the shield of God defend me,
The host of God save me. May Christ shield me today.
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me,
Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit, Christ when I stand, Christ in the heart of
everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
Amen.

Prayer of St. Ephrem

O Lord, and Master of my life, take from me the spirit of sloth, faint-heartedness, lust of
powers, and idle talk.
But give rather the spirit of chastity, humility, patience, and love to your servant.
Yes, O Lord and King, grant me to see my own errors, and not to judge my brother or
sister, for Thou are blessed unto ages of ages. Amen.

Litany of Humility
O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, teach me.
From all pride and its effects, deliver me, Jesus.
From coveting greatness for its own sake or to excess, etc.
From contempt of You and Your law,
From a puffed-up self-image,
From claiming to be a self-made person,
From ingratitude for Your gifts,
From thinking that I have earned Your gifts by my effort alone,
From boasting of having what I do not have,
From excusing my faults while judging others,
From wishing to be the sole possessor of the skills I have,
From setting myself before others,
From all vainglory, deliver me, Jesus.
From craving praise for its own sake, etc.
From looking for flattery,
From withholding glory from You,
From showing off to the harm of my neighbor,
From presumption and false self-confidence,
From boastfulness,
From hypocrisy,
From the excessive need to be fashionable,
From obstinacy and contention,
From disobedience,
From all false humility, deliver me, Jesus.
From forfeiting my dignity as a child of God, etc.
From burying the talents that You gave me,
From an unreasonable fear of failure,
From avoiding my true vocation,
From despair at my weakness,
In the ways of humility, teach me, Jesus.
To know my limits and my strengths, etc.
To acknowledge the depravity of my past sins,
To acclaim You as the author of all the good I do,
To put my confidence in You,
To be subject to You and Your Church,

To be subject to others for Your sake,
To revere Your presence in others,
To rejoice in Your gifts in others, even the gifts unseen,
To do great things by Your help and for Your glory, strengthen me, Jesus.
To seek greatness in heavenly things and lasting virtue, etc.
To do my best even when unnoticed,
To put my share of Your gifts at Your service,
To be neither puffed up by honor nor downcast by shame,
To do penance for my sins and those of others,
Above all, to strive to love You with all my being,
And to love my neighbor as myself,
In Your name, I pray. Amen.