sing, u Glory to God in the highest,” and on earth the peace of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to men of good will. We give thee thanks, O Lord Jesus, for the great glory of thy adorable Heart. Receive our prayer.
THE PRAYER.
AFTER THE DOMINUS VOBISCUM.
CLOTHE us, O Lord Jesus, with the virtues of thy Sacred Heart, and inflame our souls with the fire of thy divine love; that we may be conformed to the image of thy goodness, and be worth)’ of participating in thy redemption. Who livest and reignest with the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.
AT THE EPISTLE.
Ephes. iii. 8.
BRETHREN, to me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God, who created all things. For this cause 1 bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named: that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit unto the inward man; that Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that being rooted and founded in charity, you may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length, and height, and depth. To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.
