Morning Prayers : Part 3

The Commandments of God[1]

I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself an idol, nor any graven thing, nor the likeness of any thing to adore it.

II. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord thy God will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain.

III. Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day.

IV. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land.

V. Thou shalt not kill.

VI. Thou shalt not commit fornication.[2]

VII. Thou shalt not steal.

VIII. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

IX. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife.

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.

The Commandments of the Church

Observe the Feast days prescribed by the Church, abstaining from servile works.

II. Reverently hear the holy Sacrifice of the Mass on Sundays and Feasts.

III. Fast during Lent, Ember Days and Vigils, and abstaining from meat on Fridays and Saturdays.

IV. Confess your sins every year to your own Priest

V. Receive the holy Sacrament of the Eucharist at least once a year in your Parish during Eastertide.

The Commandments of Charity

Love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, with thy whole strength, with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind, and thy neighbour as thyself.

The Seven Sacraments of the Church

Baptism, Confirmation, Penance, Eucharist, Extreme Unction, Holy orders & Marriage.

[1] Exodus xx 1-10.

[2] Relations sexuelles hors mariage, péché de chair. Larousse DDF; Sexual relations outside marriage, sin of the flesh. From fornix , icis, m.: an arch, vault, brothel.

Totus tuus ego sum

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:

Ad Jesum per Mariam.