‘ World, Have Mercy on Us

Perpetual Sacrifice, have mercy on us. Be merciful unto us, hear us, O Lord ! Be merciful unto us, spare us, O Lord ! From all evil, From the unworthy reception of thy body, and blood, From tepid communions, From the impious profanation of thy holy sacrament, From the concupiscence of the flesh, From the concupiscence of the eyes, From the pride of life, By thy ardent desire to eat this passover with thy disciples, By thy infinite love in instituting this sacrament. By thy precious body and blood, truly ^•present on the altar, We sinners, That we may prove ourselves, before par- ' taking of the heavenly Bread, That we may never eat and drink our own condemnation, by eating thy sa- cred flesh and drinking thy precious blood unworthily, y That thou wouldst permit us frequently to approach thy holy table, That by partaking of the holy Eucharist, Jesus Christ may abide in us, and we in him, O Lord, deliver us.

We beseech thee, hear us. BLESSED SACRAMENT. 281 That by eating this Bread, we may live for ever, we beseech thee, hear us. That by eating this Bread, we may abide in Jesus Christ, we beseech thee, hear us. Lamb of Ood ! who takest away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord ! Lamb of God ! who takest away the sins of the world, hear us, 0 Lord ! Lamb of God ! who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us, O Lord !

Lord, have mercy on us* Christ, have mercy on us. LET US PRAY.

O God ! who in this wonderful sacrament hast left us a perpetual memorial of thy pas- sion, and nourishest thy children with thy precious body and blood, grant that, by the participation of this heavenly mystery, we fnay live by thee on earth, and merit to reign eternally with thee in heaven. Amen