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 into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever  liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ’s sake, who liveth and reigneth with thee  and the same Holy Ghost, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord’s Day

Eighth Sunday after the Epiphany

O most loving Father, who willest us to give thanks for all things, to dread nothing but the loss of thee, and to cast all  our care on thee who carest for us: Preserve us from faithless  fears and worldly anxieties, and grant that no clouds of this  mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is  immortal, and which thou hast manifested unto us in thy Son  Jesus Christ our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in  the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Preface of the Epiphany, or of the Lord’s Day

Last Sunday after the Epiphany

O God, who before the passion of thy only&#8209;begotten Son didst reveal his glory upon the holy mount: Grant unto us  that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may  be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his  likeness from glory to glory; through the same Jesus Christ  our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy  Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Preface of the Epiphany