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O Lord, Thy servants and hand- maids here present', whose faith and devotion are discerned and known bv Thee *. 4. For a Friend. HAYE mercy, O Lord, upon Thy servant N. for whom I offer this sacrifice of praise to Thy Majesty ; that he may be able to lead a good life in this world, and happily to attain eternal bles- sedness *. IrAY the oblation, O Lord, be of good effect, J- which I humbly offer to Thy Majesty for the welfare of Thy servant N.', that his life, amid prosperity and adversity, may everywhere be guided q Leonine. ' Ibid. • ** Ciroomstantium." t Roman Canon ; in Oelasian, bat doubtless much older. See Palmer, Grig. Lit. i.pp. 117 — 122. Maskel says, Anc. Lit., p. 88, that this Canon is " undoubt^y older than the third century." He appears to mean, in substance ; p. xliii. n From two prayers in Gregrorian. 142 EUCHARISTIC PRAYERS. by Thy providence; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
