14. EVENING PRAYER FOR FRIDAY

     O Lord Jesus Christ, Thou patient sacrificial Lamb and sacred Atonement for all my sins, and not only for mine, but for the sins of the whole world, to Thee I again render thanks from my inmost heart for having, like a father, kept me as to body and soul in Thy protection this day; and I pra Theegraciously to pardon and forgive me all my sins which this day I have committed because of the weakness of my perverted nature and the instigation of the Evil Spirit and which weigh heavily upon my heart and conscience. And since I am now about to retire to rest and sleep, I pray Thee to spread the wings of Thy grace over me that I may sleep beneath them in peace and quietness as to the body, but with the soul watch away, looking for Thee and Thy glorious coming to Judgement and sighing for the time when I shall be called hence to be with Thee in bliss.
     Grant this, I beseech Thee, O faithful God, together withThy dear Son and the Holy Spirit, most blessed forever.  Amen.