Prayers of the Saints
Into Thy Hands (St. Edmund of Abingdon)
A morning commendation by St.
Into thy hands, O Lord,
and into the hands of thy holy angels,
I commit and entrust this day
my soul, my relatives, my benefactors,
my friends and my enemies,
and all thy Catholic people.
Keep us, O Lord, this day
by the merits and intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and of all thy saints,
from all vicious and unruly desires,
from all sins and temptations of the devil,
from sudden and unprovided death,
and from the pains of hell.
Illuminate my heart with the grace of thy Holy Spirit;
grant that I may ever be obedient to thy commandments;
suffer me not to be separated from thee for ever,
who livest and reignest with God the Father
and the same Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.
Medieval English primers
About the prayer
Edmund of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1240), preserved in medieval English primers and still printed in Catholic prayer books. It is prayed on rising, and by travellers before setting out.
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