POPE INNOCENT III PRAYER FOR HOPE AND MERCY

Gracious Lord almighty, Jesus Christ,

let Thy sufferings aid us,

and defend us from all pain and grief,

all peril and misery,

all uncleanness of heart, all sin,

all scandal and infamy,

from evil diseases Or soul and body,

from sudden death   and unforeseen death,

and from all persecution of our foes visible and invisible.

For we know that in what day or hour we call to mind Thy Passion,

we shall be safe. Therefore, relying on Thine infinite tenderness,

we beseech Thee, O loving Saviour,

by Thy most benignant and sacred sufferings

to protect us with gracious aid,

and in continual tenderness to preserve us from all evil.

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, but deliver us from evil.

Hail Mary, Full of Grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed

art thou among 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.

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.