P: Our help is in the name of the Lord.

All: Who made heaven and earth.

Then the seven penitential psalms are said. (psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143)

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Our Father prayer.

P: And lead us not into temptation. All: But deliver us from evil.

P: Blessed be the name of the Lord. All: Both now and forevermore.

P: Lord, heed my prayer.

All: And let my cry be heard by you. P: The Lord be with you.

All: May He also be with you.

Let us pray.

Almighty everlasting God, who arranged the purpose of all creatures with indescribable wisdom; be pleased, we pray, to pour out the dew of your blessing on this bell, destined to ring out the order of the day's activities and have them proceed in orderly fashion, thus forestalling any disturbance from the spiteful demon; through Christ our Lord.

All: Amen.

Purify me with hyssop, Lord, and I shall be clean of sin. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Lord, let my prayer come like incense before you.