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|Who appeared to the disciples when Christ ascended to heaven, ||Acts i. |- |Who didst lead the apostles out of prison, and set them publicly in the temple, ||Acts v. |- |Who didst wonderfully deliver Peter from chains, and from the hand of Herod, ||Acts xii. |- |Who didst strike Herod in the act of arrogating divine honours, ||Ibid. |- |Who carried Lazarus into Abraham’s bosom. ||Luke xvi. |- |Who have received from God the care and custody of men, ||Ps. xc. |- |Who always see the face of the Father who is in heaven, ||Matt, xviii. |- |Who rejoice over one sinner doing penance, ||Luke xv. |- |Ministering spirits, sent to minister for those who shall receive the inheritance of salvation,||Heb. i. || Pray for us. |- |Ministers of God, who do his will, ||Ps. cii. |- |Who, by Peter, didst procure for Cornelius the centurion the precepts of salvation, ||Acts x. |- |Who offer to God the prayers of them that pray, ||Tob. xii. |- |Who will come with Christ in his majesty to judgment, || Acts x.; Matt. xxv. |- |Who will summon the whole world to the last judgment with the trumpet, ||1 Thess. iv. |- |Who will gather together the elect at the end of the world, ||Matt. xxiv. |- |Who will take away all scandals out of Christ’s kingdom, ||Matt. xiii. |- |Who will separate the wicked from among the just, ||Ibid. |}
All ye holy orders of blessed spirits.
From all dangers, by thy holy angels, Deliver us, O Lord.
From the snares of the devil, by thy holy angels, Deliver us, O Lord.
From plague, famine, and war, by thy holy angels, Deliver us, O Lord.
From sudden and unforeseen death, by thy holy angels, Deliver us, O Lord.
We sinners, Beseech thee, hear us.
By thy holy angels, We beseech thee, hear us.
That thou would spare us, We beseech thee, hear us.