Three Prayers for a Person in the Agony of Death
Three prayers entrusting a dying person to the compassion of Jesus.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
First Prayer
Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Our Father. Hail Mary.
O LORD Jesus Christ, I beseech thee by thy own sacred Agony, and by the most fervent prayer thou didst pray in the Garden of Olives, when thy sweat became as it were drops of blood falling down upon the ground, that thou wouldst vouchsafe to offer and set forth before thy heavenly Father for the manifold sins of this sick person that dire sweat of Blood which the exceeding sorrow of thy Heart wrung from thy Body. And do thou be pleased to deliver him in this hour of his death from all the anguish and punishment which he most justly fears that he has deserved by his sins. Amen.
Second Prayer
Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Our Father. Hail Mary.
O LORD Jesus Christ, who for the salvation of the world didst condescend to die upon thy hard cross, I beseech thee that thou wouldst vouchsafe to offer and set forth before thy heavenly Father for the sinful soul of this sick person all the bitterness thou didst endure thereon, and above all when thy most holy Soul went forth from thy blessed Body. And do thou be pleased to deliver him in this hour of his death from all the sufferings and torments which he most justly fears that he has deserved by his sins. Amen.
Third Prayer
Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.
Our Father. Hail Mary.
O LORD Jesus Christ, who hast said by thy prophet: Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore have I drawn thee, taking pity on thee: by the love which drew thee down from heaven to earth to bear all our woe and sorrow, I beseech thee that thou wouldst vouchsafe to offer and set forth that thy great love before thy heavenly Father for the soul of this sick person, and to deliver it from all the penalties and the woe which he most justly fears that he has deserved by his many sins. Be thou at hand to help him, O compassionate Jesus, now in this hour of his death; open to him the gate of life, and lead forth his soul into the Paradise of joy and exultation, that he may praise thee throughout eternity. Amen.