Have mercy, we humbly beseech Thee, on Thy sick and suffering servant, on whose behalf we fly to Thee for

succour.

O Jesus our Saviour, Who of Thine unspeakable love didst take our nature upon Thee, and wast in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin,

Have mercy upon him.

O Jesus our Saviour, Who in our flesh didst suffer hunger, thirst, and weariness for us,

O Jesus our Saviour, Who didst go about doing good, healing all manner of sickness and disease among the people,

O Jesus our Saviour, Who in Thine earthly ministry of love shewedst especial pity towards them that were afflicted with bodily suffering and disease, and didst never refuse to heal any that came or were brought unto Thee in faith,

O Jesus our Saviour, Who in healing certain sick persons didst bid them sin no more, to shew unto us that our sicknesses are the consequences of our sins,

O Jesus our Saviour, Who in going to the grave of Lazarus didst weep when Thou sawest the sorrow of his family and friends,

O Jesus our Saviour, Who didst raise up even from the dead the daughter of Jairus, the son of the widow, and Lazarus Thy friend,

O Jesus our Saviour, Who of Thy tender mercy didst accept the prayer of the Gentile woman for her daughter, of the father of the lunatick for his son, of

the faithful centurion for his servant, and of his friends for the helpless paralytic,

O Jesus our Saviour, from Whose immaculate and life-living Body there went forth virtue which healed all who touched Thee with the touch of faith,

O Jesus our Saviour, Who for us didst suffer unspeakable anguish both of body and soul, in the Garden of Gethsemane, and upon the Cross,

O Jesus our Saviour, Who in Thy glorious Resurrection didst triumph over Death and corruption, Have mercy, we humbly beseech Thee, on Thy sick and suffering servant, on whose behalf we fly to Thee for

succour.

Jesus, Son of the Living God,

Have mercy upon him.

Jesus, Son of the Blessed Virgin Mary,

Jesus, Most Mighty,

Jesus, Most Merciful,

Jesus, our Refuge,

Jesus, our God and Saviour,

Jesus, our only Hope,

Jesus, our Advocate with the Father,

Jesus, the Lover of our souls,

Have mercy upon him.

By Thy Holy Incarnation,

By Thy sinless Birth,

By Thy lowly childhood,

[By Thy love of children,]

By Thy tender pity for the suffering,

By Thy compassion for the bereaved and afflicted,

By Thy mission to redeem and save, and to heal the broken hearted,

By Thine Almighty all-constraining Love,

By Thine own Pains and Sufferings,

By Thy Death and Burial,

By Thy Descent into the Place of Departed Spirits,

By Thy Glorious Resurrection and Ascension,

By the unspeakable tenderness of Thy Human Heart whereby Thou, Who art our God, art touched with the feeling of our infirmities,

Have mercy upon him.

We sinners do beseech Thee to hear us, O Lord God, that Thy suffering servant may know and feel that Thou of very faithfulness hast caused him to be troubled, and that as many as Thou lovest Thou dost rebuke and chasten, that they may earnestly repent,

We beseech Thee, Good Lord.

(And after each of the following supplications shall be said, We beseech Thee, Good Lord.)

That he may so take this visitation, that it may effectually accomplish Thy purposes of mercy in the amendment of his life, his more complete devotion to Thee, and the final salvation of his soul,

That it may especially work in him a deeper repentance for and hatred of sin, and a more earnest resolution for the future to forsake all that displeaseth Thee,

That it may lead him to set his affections on things above, not on things on the earth, remem

bering that the things which are seen are temporal, and the things which are not seen are eternal,

That Thou by Thy Holy Spirit wouldest teach him that it shall profit a man nothing to gain the whole world and lose his own soul, but that he that loseth his life for Thy sake, and according to Thy Will, the same shall save it,

That Thou wouldest graciously assure him that our Heavenly Father knoweth what things we have need of before we ask Him; and that we are of such value in His sight that even the hairs of our head are all numbered,

That Thou wouldest richly give to him Thy Holy Spirit to comfort and sustain him, to inspire him with perfect patience and resigned submission to Thy Holy Will, both under the present painfulness of his sickness, and as to its final issue, as well as with calm and humble confidence in Thee,

That in the midst of anguish and pain he may draw strength and patience from the thought of Thy Sufferings upon the Cross,

That as Thou, for the joy that was set before Thee, didst endure the shame and torment of the Cross, so he may remember that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed hereafter,

That he may remember that unless we take up our Cross and follow Thee we cannot be Thy disciples; that we must through much tribulation enter into the Kingdom of God; and that if we

suffer patiently, and as Christians should, we shall also reign with Thee,

That Thou wouldest graciously provide him with all things needful as well for the body as the soul in this his time of trial; with the kind care and loving attendance of friends and physicians, and whatever may tend to ease his pain, to alleviate the discomforts of his sickness, and to restore his health; and wouldest mercifully bless the means employed to his perfect recovery, that he may praise Thy Holy Name, Who forgivest all our sins and healest all our infirmities,

That Thou wouldest take from him the spirit of impatient murmuring and repining at Thy All-Wise and gracious visitation, and wouldest give to those about him the grace of unwearied tenderness and of loving patience towards him in all his weaknesses of body, or mind, or temper,

We beseech Thee, Good Lord.

[T The following Supplications may be used when there appears to be no hope of the sick person's recovery.

O Jesus, Conqueror of sin and death, hear us of Thine unspeakable and most tender mercy, we most humbly beseech Thee, on behalf of this Thy servant whom, as it seemeth, Thou art calling unto Thyself: be with him as his Saviour and support, now and in his last hour, and let Thy Holy Spirit renew and sanctify and strengthen him with all needful grace, that in him Thou mayest see of the travail of Thy soul, and