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Sunday is the Lord's Day, kept in honour of the Resurrection and of the Holy Trinity. Pray St Philip Neri's Sunday prayer for humility, a Sunday prayer for the holy souls, and the Te Deum, the Church's great hymn of praise.

St Philip Neri's Prayer for Sunday: For Humility

St Philip, my glorious patron, who on earth didst so love humility as to count the praise and even the good esteem of men as dross; obtain for me also this virtue by thy prayers. Thou knowest how haughty I am in my thoughts, how contemptuous in my words, how ambitious in my works. Ask for me humility of heart, that my mind may be freed from all pride, and impressed with the same low esteem of self which thou hadst of thyself, counting thyself the worst of all men, and for that reason rejoicing when thou didst suffer contempt, and seeking out for thyself occasions of enduring it. Great saint, obtain for me a truly humble heart and the knowledge of my own nothingness; that I may rejoice when I am despised, and chafe not when others are preferred before me; that I may never be vain when I am praised, but may ever seek only to be great in the eyes of God, desiring to receive from Him alone all my exaltation.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.

From the Raccolta (1910)

On Sundays the rosary's glorious mysteries are prayed (the joyful in Advent and Christmastide, the sorrowful in Lent). Start the rosary

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For the Holy Souls on Sunday

O Lord God Almighty, I pray Thee, by the Precious Blood which thy Divine Son Jesus shed in the garden, deliver the souls in purgatory, and especially that soul amongst them all which is most destitute of spiritual aid; and vouchsafe to bring it to thy glory, there to praise and bless Thee for ever. Amen.

Our Father, Hail Mary, and the De profundis (Psalm 130).

From the Raccolta (1910)

Te Deum

We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.To thee all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein;To thee Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry,Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth;Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy glory.The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee.The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee.The noble army of Martyrs praise thee.The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee;The Father, of an infinite Majesty;Thine adorable, true, and only Son;Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst humble thyself to be born of a Virgin.When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge.We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.Make them to be numbered with thy Saints, in glory everlasting.O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage.Govern them, and lift them up for ever.Day by day we magnify thee;And we worship thy Name ever, world without end.Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in thee.O Lord, in thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded.

From the Book of Common Prayer (1928)

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The Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Latin

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Latin from the Manual of Prayers (1889)

Line by line with the English: The Glory Be in Latin (Gloria Patri)

From the Manual of Prayers (1889)

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Questions

Why is Sunday dedicated to the Holy Trinity?

Catholic custom gives each day of the week a devotion: Sunday the Holy Trinity, Monday the holy souls, Tuesday the angels, Wednesday St Joseph, Thursday the Blessed Sacrament, Friday the Passion and Sacred Heart, and Saturday Our Lady. The customs are old and vary from place to place; none is required.

Who was St Philip Neri?

A priest of Rome (1515-1595) who founded the Oratory and was loved for his cheerfulness and his care for the young. His prayers for the week ask for a different virtue each day: humility, patience, purity, the love of God, love of neighbour, detachment and perseverance.

Do I have to pray all of them?

No. Choose one or two: for example, St Philip's prayer for the day's virtue in the morning and the prayer for the holy souls in the evening.

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