Almighty God, King of Heaven: Grant, we beseech thee, that as we go forth against the forces of darkness, so we may be prevented by the force of thy Holy Spirit and all the heavenly host; that at the last we may enter into the Kingdom of Peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
![Flammarion Woodcut 1888](http://www.ststeve.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Flammarion_Woodcut_1888_Color_2-1024x825.jpg)
A colorised version of the “Flammarion Woodcut”, an anonymous engraving from Cammille Flammarion’s L’atmosphère météorologie populaire, 1888. From Wikimedia.