A Prayer of St. Edmund

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O Lord, into thy hands 

and into the hands of thine holy angels,
I commit and entrust this day my soul,
my relatives, benefactors, friends and enemies,
and all thy Catholic people.  

Keep us, O Lord, through the day,
by the merits and intercession
of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of all Your saints;
keep us from all vicious and unruly desires,
from all sins and temptations of the devil,
from a sudden unprepared death,
and the pains of hell. 

Illumine my heart with the grace of thy Holy Ghost.
Grant that I may ever be obedient to thy commandments.
Suffer me not to be separated from thee, 

O God, who livest and reignest 

with God the Father and the same Holy Ghost. 
Amen.