IF WE BEGIN EACH DAY AT THE FOOT OF THE CROSS,
WE END EACH DAY
ONE STEP CLOSER TO HEAVEN.
LEADER: We adore Thee, Lord Jesus Christ, here and in all Thy churches in the whole world, and we bless Thee.
ALL: Because by Thy holy cross
Thou hast redeemed the world.
[All making the Sign of the Cross]
LEADER: In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
ALL: Amen.
LEADER: Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity.ALL: Now and forevermore. Amen.
LEADER: Let us pray.
ALL: O great God, the sovereign Lord of heaven and earth, I prostrate myself before Thee. With all the Angels and Saints I adore Thee, I acknowledge Thee to be my Creator and sovereign Lord, my first beginning and last end. I render to Thee the homage of my being and life. I submit myself to Thy holy Will, and I devote myself to Thy divine service this day and for ever. Amen.
Adorable Jesus, divine pattern of that perfection to which we should all aspire, I will endeavor this day to follow Thine example: to be mild, humble, chaste, zealous, patient, charitable, and resigned. Incline my heart to keep Thy commandments. I am resolved to watch over myself with the greatest diligence and to live soberly, justly, and piously for the time to come. I will take care of my words that I may not offend with my tongue. I will turn away my eyes that I may not see vanity; and I will be particularly attentive not to relapse this day into my accustomed failings, but to struggle against them with Thy gracious assistance. Enlighten my mind, purify my heart, and guide my steps that I may pass all my life in Thy divine service. Amen.
+ FOR THE INTENTIONS OF TRANSITUSOBLATES OF THE LAST MARTYRDOM
ALL: O Lord Jesus Christ––Eternal and Sovereign High Priest and King, through the intercession of Our Mother of Perpetual Help––“the refuge and the hope of sinners”, St. Francis––“the Little Poor Man” of Assisi, St. Therese––“the Little Flower” of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, and all Thy Angels and Saints:
I offer Thee all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day, in union with Thy saving Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity offered in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in thanksgiving for Thy blessings, in atonement for my sins and those of the whole world, for all the intentions of Thy Divine Merciful Heart, for the protection of Thy One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, the Holy Father--[Name], and this lay monastic association––Transitus: for my fellow Oblates, my fellow Christians and those who do not know You; may it be all for the glory of God the Most Holy Trinity, the kingdom of heaven, and the salvation of souls. Amen.
[All making the Sign of the Cross]
LEADER: In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
ALL: Amen.
+ The Morning Offering can be prayed alone with one saying all the parts, or with others accordingly.
