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Show "ABTSSUS ABTSSUM INVOCAT." ! A Pa3ion Prayer. ; S. M. Wilfrid. CX S. P.. in Catholic World. Out of the depths, my God. I cry to Thee From an abyss of helpless misery! From depths no heart may fathom sa-e Thine own: 1 No eye may scan save Thine, my God, alone. ' Thou knowest Thou hast seen, how I have turn?'l From Thy sweet cross! how madly I haA-e yearnil To quench the thirst, Avhich naught ot earth can slake, "With joys Thou couldst not bless! Now now I take All that hath wronged Thy love and in the dust I cast it 'neath Thy feet All Pure, All Just, Yet ever merciful. Thou Avilt not spurn ile from Thy face! Thy voice hath bid me turr To Thee in quenchless hope: boldly I cast The bitter harvest of an evil past t " Into the deep, the Infinite Abyss "; i Of Thfne unfathomed heart. It is for this J That, like the tempest-riA-en rock. Thy side ' j "Was pierced to shelter me! There, then. I hide ; I The heart I cannot keep for Thee from stain. The soul my feeble hands Avould gxiard in vain! i v k I |