"And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?'" Luke 23:27-31
O GRACIOUS Father, we humbly beseech
thee for thy holy Catholic Church; that thou wouldest be pleased
to fill it with all truth, in all peace. Where it is corrupt,
purify it; where it is in error, direct it; where in anything
it is amiss, reform it. Where it is right, establish it; where
it is in want, provide for it; where it is divided, reunite it;
for the sake of him who died and rose again, and ever liveth
to make intercession for us, Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord.
Amen.
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