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O blessed Trinity, one God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, prostrate in spirit before thee, I here confess, in the sight of the whole court of heaven, and of all thy faithful, my innumerable treasons against thy Divine Majesty. I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned ; I have grievously offended thee through the whole course of my life, in thought, word, and deed ; and therefore am most 3y DEVOTIONS FOR MASS. 47 unworthy to lift up my eyes to heaven, oi so much as to name thy sacred Name : how much more am I unworthy to ap- pear here in thy sanctuary, and to assist among thy angels at tnese heavenly mysteries, which require so much purity, because Jesus Christ himself is here m person both Priest and Victim ! But, O my God, thy mercies are above all thy works, and thou wilt not despise a con- trite and humble heart ; and, therefore, I venture to come into thy temple, and with the poor publican, strike my breast and say, O God! be merciful to me a sinner. And I humbly hope to find this mercy which I crave, through that pas- sion and death which is here celebrated.

O Fountain of mercy ! grant this mercy to me, and to all poor sinners. Amen