Parish
From today our family begins the blessed spiritual ascent of the fast.
Will you come with us?
May we have angels on the road!
O Lord and Master of my life, give me not the spirit of sloth, of the care of many things, of the love of power and of idle talk.
But give me, Thy servant, the spirit of chastity, of humility of mind, of patience and of love.
O God, be merciful to me, a sinner!
O God, cleanse me, a sinner!
Thou who hast fashioned me, O God, save me!
Without number have I sinned, O Lord, forgive me!