Convention of Fathers

§1 We give you thanks,

Almighty God,

For all your benefits,

Who live and reign,

Now and forever.

Amen.

§1 Grace Before Meals

Bless us, O Lord,

And these, thy gifts,

Which we are about to receive,

From thy bounty,

Through Christ, our Lord.

Amen.

§1 St. Michael the Archangel, Defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness And snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, We humbly pray, And do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, By the power of God, Cast into hell Satan, And all the evil spirits,...

§1 Glory be to the Father,

And to the Son,

And to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning,

Is now and ever shall be,

World without end.

Amen

§1 Hail Mary, full of grace,

The Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

And blessed is the fruit of thy womb,

Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

Pray for us sinners,

Now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

§1 O Jesus, through the immaculate heart of Mary, I offer you all my prayers, works, joys, And sufferings of this day. For all the intentions of your Sacred Heart, In union with the holy sacrifice of the Mass Throughout the world, In reparation for my sins, And for the...

§1 In the name of the Father,

And of the Son,

And of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Our Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, On Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation,...

§1 Baptism is one of the Seven Sacraments of the Christian Church; the first sacrament, the door of the sacraments, and the door of the Church.

§1 The Church is the society founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ, formed of living men, with its code of rules, its executive officers, its ceremonial observances. She is supernatural in her origin, in the purpose at which she aims, and in the means at her disposal. She is the...