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 The Breaking of the Bread

[Alleluia.]  Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; ''Therefore let us keep the feast. [Alleluia.] ''

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, grant us thy peace.

We do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold  and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy. Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ,  and to drink his blood, that we may evermore dwell in him,  and he in us. Amen.