nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie; et dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem.

R. Sed libera nos a

malo.

P. Amen.

day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation.

R. But deliver us from evil.

P. Amen.

DELIVER us, we beseech thee, O Lord,

evils, past, present, and to come; and, by the intercession of the blessed and ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and of the holy apostles Peter, Paul, and Andrew, and of all the saints, mercifully grant peace in our days, that, through the assistance of thy mercy, we may be always free from sin, and secure from all disturbance, through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who, with thee, liveth and reigneth in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

THE AGNUS DEI.

God, so glorious in heaven, so powerful on earth, so dreadful in hell, is here only a Lamb, full of sweetness and bounty. He comes here to take away the sins of the world, and your sins in particular. What a motive of confidence! What a subject of consolation!

LAMB of God, sacrificed for my

sake, have mercy on me. O adorable Victim of my salvation, look down on me, and save me. Divine Mediator, obtain pardon of thy Father for me, a sinner, and mercifully grant me the sweets of thy peace. Amen.

THE COMMUNION.

To communicate spiritually, renew, by an act of fail your firm belief of Christ's real presence.

Make an act o contrition. Desire most earnestly to receive him with the priest. Beg of him to accept these desires, and to unite himself to you in the effusion of his graces.

WHAT

THAT a comfort to me, 0 my God, were I in the number of those whose sanctity allows them to receive thee daily! What an advantage, could I, at this instant, possess thee in my heart, there pay thee my homage, lay open to thee my wants, and share in the favors which thou grantest to those who receive thee really! But since I

am unworthy, do thou, O Lord, supply my want of dispositions; pardon me my sins; I detest them from my heart, because they are displeasing to thee. Accept my ardent wish to be united to thee; cast thine eye upon me, and purify my soul, that I may soon be fit to receive thee worthily. But until the arrival of this happy day, I earnestly entreat thee, O dearest Lord, that thou Wouldest make me a sharer in all the advantages which the communion of the priest shall produce in these thy people. virtue of this sacrament, strengthen Increase my faith by the my hope, fill my heart with love, that it beat but for thee, and live for thee

alone. Amen.

THE LAST PRAYER.

Strive earnestly to offer your Lord sacrifice for sacrifice, by becoming the victim of his love. Immolate freely to him all sinful inclinations, and whatever is contrary to his holy

will.

THOU hast offered thyself, O Lord, for my salvation; I desire to be sacri

ficed for thy glory. I am thy victim;