Remission of Sins; Make Us,
we beseech Thee, worthy now to receive this Communion for the remission of our sins, and to glorify Thee with thanksgiving'. OLOED my God, grant me so to receive* the Body and Blood of Thy Son our Lord Jesus « TMii, like mach else in Eastern Liturgies, it said anticipatiTely : for this prayer comes first in the service. Compare the words " take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort," in the English Litur»fy. •» Liturgy of S. James. • Ibid. ' Armenian Liturgy. t Compare our Collect of Humble Access; " grant us .... so to eat the Flesh," &c. BEFORE THE CELEBRATION. I37 Christ, that by means thereof I may receive for- giveness of all my sins, and be filled with Thy Holy Spirit, O our God, Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.
