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Devotions for Mass.
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The Preface.

IT is truly worthy and just, right aud profitable unto salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto Thee, O holy Lord, Father Almighty, Eternal God. Who, with Thine Only-begotten Son and the Holy Ghost, art one God, one Lord: not in the singleness of one only Person, but in the Trinity of one Substance. For what we believe of Thy glory, as Thou hast revealed it, that we believe of Thy Son, and that of the Holy Ghost, without any difference or inequality. That in the confession of the True and Eternal Godhead, distinction in Persons, unity in Essence, and equality in Majesty may be adored. Whom the Angels aud Archangels, the Cherubim also and Seraphim, do praise; who cease not daily to cry out, with one voice saying:

(Here the hell is rung.)

HOLY, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts. Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.


PART III.

The Canon of the Mass, or Main Action of the Sacrifice.

At the beginning of the Canon.

O ETERNAL and most merciful Father, behold we come to offer Thee our homage this day. We desire to adore, praise, and glorify Thee, joining our