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ORDINARY OF THE MASS.
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At the Pax Domini.

Thy body was broken and Thy blood shed for us: grant that the commemoration of this holy mystery may obtain for us peace, and that those who receive it may find everlasting rest.

O Lord our God, pure and spotless Victim, who only canst satisfy the justice of an offended God; vouchsafe to make me a partaker of the merits of Thy sacrifice. What lessons of humility, meekness, charity, and patience dost Thou not give me! Impress these virtues upon my heart, that it may be to Thee a pleasant habitation, wherein Thou mayest repose as in an abode of peace.

The Agnus Dei.

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. (Repeat the above.)

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant us Thy peace.

After the Agnus Dei.

In saying to Thy Apostles, My peace I leave you, My peace I give you; Thou hast promised, O Lord, to all Thy Church, that peace which the world cannot give: peace with Thee, and peace with our-