O eternal and merciful God, God of all riches, who art in heaven, I most
heartily thank Thee for Thy great mercy and paternal providence by which
Thou hast again permitted me to end this day in the enjoyment of health.
And since I, alas! have not spent this day to Thy praise and honor, and
the welfare of my neighbor, inasmuch as my depraved nature is always
inclined more to evil than to good, help, Thou faithful God, that I who
am conceived and born in sin, may recognize my infirmity and become a
partaker of Thy heavenly grace; and teach me to think much and often of
my end, that I may prepare myself for it in true repentance, and when it
approaches may depart from this world of trouble full of consolation and
blessedness, and with all believing Christians be translated into Thy
heavenly paradise. In the mean time, as long as I sojourn on earth, take
me into Thy almighty protection and mercifully keep and preserve me from
all harm and danger of body and soul, for the sake of Jesus Christ, Thy
dear Son. Amen.