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| Who madest Esther, when she fasted, to find favour in the eyes of king Assuerus, | Esth. xiv. |
| Who didst deliver Mardochai from the gibbet, when he called upon thee in sackcloth and ashes. | Ibid. xvi. |
| Who didst succour the Machabees, when they fasted and invoked thee in sackcloth and ashes, | 1 Mac. iii. |
| Who has commanded the priests to weep, pray, and offer sacrifices for the people, | Joel ii. |
III.
| Who camest into this world to save sinners, have mercy on us. | 1 Tim. i. |
| Who, in coming to redeem the world, didst send John before thee to be a preacher of penance, | |
| Who givest him to be a mirror of penance, by his wonderful austerity in food and apparel, | |
| Who thyself didst fast forty days and forty nights, | |
| Who, rich in mercy, for the exceeding charity wherewith thou lovedst us, even when we were dead in sins, hast quickened us together in Christ, | |
| Who, by thy grace, didst call Matthew sitting in the custom house, | |
| Who didst testify that the publican received the grace of justification, when he struck his breast in sorrow and humility, | |
| Who didst heal the paralytic of his disease, when thou hadst first forgiven him his sins, | |
| Who, by the example of the prodigal son returning to his father, has given to sinners the hope of pardon and forgiveness. | |
| Who didst open a fountain of living water to the woman of Samaria, | |
| Who broughtest salvation to the house of Zacchseus, when he was penitent and made restitution, | |
| Who didst graciously hear the woman of Canaan, when persevering in her prayer, | |
| Who didst mercifully pardon the woman taken in adultery, |
