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Rh God and Protector for ever: I will put my whole trust in Thee; oh, let me never be confounded.

AYEST Thou be ever adored and praised, O Lord, who, not content to instruct and inform us by Thy Prophets and Apostles, hast even vouchsafed to speak to us by Thine Only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; commanding us by a voice from heaven to hear Him: grant us, O merciful God, the grace to profit by His divine and heavenly doctrine. All that is written of Thee, O Jesus, in Thy Gospel, is Truth itself: nothing but wisdom in Thine actions, power and goodness in Thy miracles, light and instruction in Thy words. With Thee, sacred Redeemer, are the words of eternal life: to whom shall we go but to Thee, eternal Fountain of Truth? Give me, O God, grace to practise what Thou commandest, and command what Thou pleasest.

CCEPT, O Eternal Father, this offering which is here made to Thee by Thy Priest, in the name of us here present, and of Thy whole Church. It is as yet only bread and wine: but, by a miracle of Thy power, will shortly become the Body and Blood of Thy