beseech Thee, so to reverence the sacred mysteries of Thy body and blood, that we may ever perceive within us the fruit of Thy redemption; Who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.
Preparation for Mass and Communion
From the Roman Breviary and the Roman Missal
Antiphon. Remember not, O Lord, our offences, nor those of our fathers; neither take Thou vengeance of our sin.
Psalm lxxxiii
How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts: my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord.
My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.
For the sparrow hath found her a house, and the turtle a nest for herself, where she may lay her young:
Even Thine altars, O Lord of hosts: my king and my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in Thy house, O Lord: they shall praise Thee for ever and ever.
Blessed is the man whose help is in Thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps, in the vale of tears, in the place which he hath set.
For the lawgiver shall give a blessing: they shall go from strength to strength: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob.
Behold, O God, our protector: and look upon the face of Thy Christ.
For one day in Thy courts: is better than a thousand.
I had rather be despised in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of sinners.
For God loveth mercy and truth: the Lord will give grace and glory.
He will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence: O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that hopeth in Thee.
Glory be to the Father, etc.
