The Confiteor, p. 35.
Then the office continues as follows:
VOUCHSAFE, O Lord, this day
R. To keep us without sin.
V. Have mercy on us, O Lord.
R. Have mercy on us.
V. Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us.
R. As we have hoped in Thee.
* Here the office is resumed when the Preces have been omitted:
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto Thee.
Let us pray.
O LORD, God Almighty, who hast brought us to the beginning of this day: let Thy power so defend us therein, that this day we fall into no sin, but that all our thoughts, words, and works may always tend to what is just in Thy sight. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my cry come unto Thee.
V. Let us bless the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.
Here is read the Martyrology, if read at all; after which the office proceeds thus:
V. Precious in the sight of the Lord
R. Is the death of His saints.
