Minum Nostrum. Amen. Through, &c. Amen

O Lord, as- Domine, et descendat su- cend to thee, and may thy per nos misericordia tua. mercy descend upon us. Then he incenses the Altar, saying, Ps. cxl. Dirigatur, Domine, oratio mea sicut incensum in con- spectu tuo : elevatio manu- um mearum sacrificium ves- pertinum. Pone, Domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiae labiis meis, ut non declinet cor meum in verba malitiae, ad excu- sandas excusationes in pec- catis. Let my prayer, O Lord, ascend like incense in thy sight: and the lifting up of my hands be as an even- ing sacrifice. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and a door round about my lips, that my heart may not incline to evil words, to make excuses in sins. 1 At Low Mass, these prayers, down to the Lavabo , are to be passed over. u 2 ORDINARY OP THE MASS. While he gives the censer to the Deacon , he says secretly these words , and is afterwards incensed by the Deacon , and then the others in order : Accendat in nobis Domi- May the Lord enkindle nus ignem sui amoris, et in us the fire of his love, flammam aeternae caritatis, and the flame of everlasting Amen