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PRAYERS AT MASS.
41

ANOTHER PRAYER.

LOOK down, O Lord, from thy sanctuary, and from the high habitation of heaven, and behold this sacred Victim, which our great High Priest, thine own Son, the Lord Jesus, immolates unto thee for the sins of his brethren, and be propitious to the multitude of our iniquities. Behold, the voice of the blood of Jesus, our Brother, crieth to thee from the cross! Graciously hear, O Lord; be appeased, O Lord; hearken, and do not delay for thy own sake, my God, because thy name is invoked upon this city, and upon thy people; and do with us according to thy mercy.

AT THE MEMENTO FOR THE DEAD.

REMEMBER also, O Lord, thy servants who are gone before us with the sign of faith, and repose in the sleep of peace. To these, O Lord, and to all that rest in Christ, grant, we beseech thee, a place of rest, light, and peace: through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

AT THE NOBIS QUOQUE PECCATORIBUS.

WE humbly implore thy mercy, O Lord, for ourselves also: we beg pardon for all our sins; we desire to detest them,