Grant us, O merciful God, the grace to profit by this divine and heavenly doctrine. All that is written of thee, dread Jesus, in the Gospel, is truth itself; there is nothing but wisdom in thy actious, power and goodness in thy miracles light and instruction in thy! words. With thee, sacred Redeemer, are the words of eternal life: To whom shall we go, but to thee, eternal fountain of truth: Give me, O God, grace to practise what thou commandest, and command what thou pleasest.

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At the end of the gospel the clerk answers, Laus tibi, Christe, Fraise be to thee, O Christ. And the priest kisses the book in reverence of those sacred words he has been reading out of it. Then upon all Sundays, and many other festival days, standing in the middle of the altar, he recites the Nicene creed, kneeling down at these words, He was made in reverence to the great mystery of our Lord's Incarnation.

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The Nicene Creed.

Believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, and born of the Father before all ages, God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God; begotten, not made; consubstantial to the Father, by whom all things were made. Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and he was made man : was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered, and was buried, and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of the Fa ther, and is to come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, whose kingdom shall have no end. And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who together with the Father and the Son is adored and glerified, who spoke by the Prophets. And one holy catholic and apostolic church:

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I confess one baptism for the remission of sins, and I expect the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world te come. Amen.

Then the priest turns about to the people and says, Dominus vobiscum, The Lord be with you. And having read in the book a verse or sentence of the scripture, which is called the Offertory, and is every day different, he uncovers the chalice, and taking in his hand the paten, or little plate, offers up the bread and wine to God.

At the Offertory, say,

Accept, O holy Father, Almighty

and eternal God, this unspotted host, which I thy unworthy servant offer thee, my living and true God for my innumerable sins, offences, and negligences, and for all here present, and for all faithful Christians, living and dead, that it may avail me and them to life everlasting. Amen.

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E offer thee, O Lord, the cha lice of salvation, beseeching thy clemency, that it may ascend before thy divine Majesty, as a sweet perfume, for our salvation, and for that of the whole world.

Accept us, O Lord, in the spirit of humility, and a contrite heart; and so may our sacrifice be made this day in thy sight, that it may be pleasing to thee, O Lord God.

At the end of the offertory, the priest goes to the corner of the altar, and washes the tips of his fingers, to denote the cleanness and purity of soul with which we ought to approach to these divine mysteries, saying, Lavabo, c. I will wash my hands among the innocent, and I will encompass thy altar, O Lord, T. as in the latter part of the 25th Psalm. When the Priest washes his fingers at the corner of the altar, say,

Hou, O Lord, who once vouchsafedst to wash thy Disciples

feet, before their invitation to thy holy table

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table wash us also we beseech thee,10 Lord, and wash us again; not only our feet and hands, but our hearts, our desires, and our souls, that we may be wholly innocent and pure.

Govon, and. say,

Eceive, O holy Trinity, this obla tion we make to thee, imemory of the passion, resurrection, and aseension of our Lord Jesus Christ: And in honor of the ever-blessed Virgin Mary of blessed John Baptist, of the holy -Apostles Peter and Paul, of these, and of all the Saints, that it may be available to their honour and to our salvation. And may they vouchsafe to intercede for us in heaven, whose memory we celebrate on earth: Through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.

When the Priest turns about, and says, Orate:Fratres, say

Mfice from thy hands, to the

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praise and glory of his name, for our good, and for the benefit of all his hoty church, I vi