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The Lord's Prayer.

UR Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Name Thy Kingdom come.

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The Prayer of Thanksgibing.

LMIGHTY and everliving God, we most heartily thank Thee, for that Thou dost vouchsafe to feed us who have duly received these holy Mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of Thy favour and goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of Thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs through hope of Thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of Thy dear Son. And we most humbly beseech Thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with Thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as Thou hast prepared for us to walk in; through Jesus Christ our LORD, to Whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES.

BEFORE THE MERCY SEAT.

They sing the Song of Moses the servant of God, and the Song of the Lamb.

The Adoration.-This angelic hymn is the crown of our Praise and Thanksgiving. Through our Communion with Him Who sits at the right hand of the Father and has exalted us, our eyes are opened to see things as the angels see them. Their vision is ours. Above us, high and lifted up, is the Father seated on a Throne, His train filling the Temple; beneath our feet, His creation, the earth out of which we sprang; around us, united to us by ties of blood and interest, the great family of mankind. To GOD we give glory, to the earth Peace, to mankind our love. With this angelic preface we offer up our last offering of Praise.

Praise to the Father.-It is the Glory of GOD that excites our praise, the Glory seen in shadowy outlines in Nature, but fully revealed in Jesus Christ. We have beheld It in the example of Christ shewn us in the Law; in His Teaching given us in the Gospel and the Comfortable Words; but chiefly in His Cross and Passion brought so vividly before us in the Prayer of Consecration. For this vision of Glory, the central shrine of which is Ineffable Love, we give praise, blessing, worship, and adoration.

Praise to the Son and the Holy Ghost.-But though so uplifting in Itself, It fills us with shame as we think of what we are, even at our best. Hence our appeal to Him Who knows our weakness, for His never-ceasing Pity. Cleansing, as He does daily and hourly, the world from its sin, He will purify and strengthen us. To none other but Him can we turn, for He only is holy, He only is the LORD, He only with the Holy Ghost is Most High in the Glory of God.

The Gloria in Excelsis.

LORY be to GOD on high,

And on earth Peace,

Good Will towards men.

We praise Thee,
We bless Thee,
We worship Thee,

We glorify Thee,

We give thanks to Thee for Thy GREAT GLORY,

O LORD GOD, Heavenly King, GOD The Father Almighty.

O LORD, The Oniy-Begotten Son, Jesus Christ;

O LORD GOD, Lamb of GOD, Son of the Father,

That takest away the sins of the world,

Have mercy upon us.

Thou That takest away the sins of the world,

Have mercy upon us.

Thou That takest away the sins of the world,

Receive our prayer.

Thou That sittest at the Right Hand of God the Father,

Have mercy upon us.

For Thou only art Holy;

Thou only art The LORD;

Thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost,

Art Most High in the Glory of GOD the Father. Amen.

IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES.

BEFORE THE MERCY SEAT.

He lifted up His Hands and blessed them. My peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth give I unto you.

The Benediction.-This is Christ's last gift to you before you go back to the world. Every Eucharist is not only a means of strength, but of growth in the knowledge and love of GOD and of His Son Jesus Christ.

The object of our LORD's gift of Peace is that it may guard our hearts against everything that may disturb the realization of that love or the increase of that knowledge.

The "Blessing of God Almighty" we possess as our own in the Eucharistic Gift we have received. The Church, in the Name of her Head, prays that It may never leave us, but remain amongst us forever.

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The Benediction.

HE Peace of GOD, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of GOD, and of His Son Jesus Christ our LORD:

And the Blessing of GOD Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen.

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