O merciful God,
you justified the tax collector
who stood at a distance
and beating his breast,
confessed his sins to you.
As we acknowledge our unworthiness,
and ask for your mercy,
forgive all our sins;
through your mercy,
and for the sake of Jesus Christ,
your Son, our Savior.
Amen.
Source: Freely modified from Mozarabic Collects, ed. Rev. Chas. R. Hale, New York, 1881, p. 33 #3
O Lord our God,
forgive our sins
and correct our errors.
Direct our actions,
and inspire us
with thoughts that please you.
Cleanse our consciences,
and sanctify our hearts.
Subdue the old man in us to the new,
and the new man to yourself,
so that, triumphing over all vices,
we may, with increasing freedom,
serve you, our Lord and God;
who lives and reigns,
one God,
forever and ever.
Amen.
Source: Mozarabic Rite
Source of this version: Modified from A Book of Prayers: Together with Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Ancient and Modern, Ed. Charles Leffingwell, Morehouse Publishing Company, 1921, p. 95 #1
In the translation from Leffingwell, “Subdue the old man… reads “subduing the flesh to the spirit, and the spirit to Thyself.”
Rise in our hearts,
Sun of Righteousness,
and enlighten us with the brightness of your coming,
that we who rejoice in the word of your promise,
may not be ashamed when you come again in glory;
through the mercy of our God,
who is blessed,
and lives and rules all things.
Amen.
Source: Mozarabic Rite
Source of this version: Freely modified from A Book of Prayers: Together with Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Ancient and Modern, Ed. Charles Leffingwell, Morehouse Publishing Company, 1921, p. 90 #3
Lord Jesus Christ,
to you glory is sung in the highest,
while peace on earth is proclaimed to men of good will.
Give good will to us your servants,
cleanse us from all our sins,
and grant constant peace to us and to all people;
through your mercy, O our God.
You are blessed,
forever and ever.
Amen.
Source: Mozarabic Rite
Source of this version: Freely modified from A Book of Prayers: Together with Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Ancient and Modern, Ed. Charles Leffingwell, Morehouse Publishing Company, 1921, p. 71 #1
Almighty God,
by your mercy
do not let our minds be cast down by any troubles of this life,
let no hurtful temptation have dominion over them,
let no darkness of unbelief hold them captive.
But, illuminated by the light of your face shining on us,
may we always walk securely
on the sure ground of the true faith.
Amen.
Source: Mozarabic Rite
Source of this version: Modified from A Book of Prayers: Together with Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Ancient and Modern, Ed. Charles Leffingwell, Morehouse Publishing Company, 1921, p. 45 #2
O God,
eternal Light,
Splendor of the stars,
Clearness of the night,
boundless Enlightener of the darkness,
grant us to pass this night in security and peace,
and if we have this day collected any stain of sin,
in pity and mercy, forgive.
Hear our prayers and grant our request;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Source: Mozarabic Rite
Source of this version: Modified from A Book of Prayers: Together with Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Ancient and Modern, Ed. Charles Leffingwell, Morehouse Publishing Company, 1921, p. 24 #3
The day is past, O Lord,
and we offer you our evening prayer.
Whatever in us is darkened by the night of sin
illumine with the brightness of your light,
and while our eyes are closed in sleep,
our minds may be awake to you,
so that, at the close of night,
we may welcome with your praises
the return of day.
Amen.
Source: Mozarabic Rite
Source of this version: Modified from A Book of Prayers: Together with Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Ancient and Modern, Ed. Charles Leffingwell, Morehouse Publishing Company, 1921, p. 24 #1
May the infinite and glorious Trinity,
the Father, the + Son, and the Holy Spirit,
direct our life in good works,
and after our passage through this world,
grant to us eternal rest with the righteous.
Grant this, O eternal and almighty God.
Amen.
Source: Mozarabic Liturgy
Source of this version: Freely modified from Prayers of the Middle Ages, edited by J. Manning Potts
O God, the Son of God–
so loving, yet hated–
so patient, yet beaten and killed–
and gentle and merciful to your persecutors;
by the the wounds of your passion
you have forgiven our sins.
As in your humiliation
you suffered death for us,
so now, in your glory,
bestow on us the everlasting brightness
of your grace.
Amen.
Source: Mozarabic Liturgy
Source of this version: Freely modified from Prayers of the Middle Ages, edited by J. Manning Potts
It is good for us to hold on to you, O Lord,
but increase in us our desire for your good,
that our hope in you may not be shaken
by any wavering of faith,
but may endure in steadfastness of love.
Source: Mozarabic Rite
Source of this version: Freely modified from Ancient Collects, and Other Prayers, ed. William Bright, 1902, p. 76 #2
Graphic: Mozarabic manuscript from the Cathedral of Leon, from Wikimedia Commons.
A Collection of Prayers 
