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Rh children of men. Hosanna to the Son of David! blessed be he who came in the name of the Highest to save us! Hallelujah, Hallellah, to him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever!

God of the patriarchs! who saw afar off this day which we now commemorate: God of the prophets! who foretold its arrivalː God of the righteous men! who desired its approach: God of the evangelists and appostles! who first beheld the day of the Messiah: God of the martyrs and who honoured it with their blood: God of our fathers! who within these walls have kept it in remembrance: God of our children who will commemorate it when we shall sleep in the dust: God of time! God eternity! descend now, make thyself known to us, and fill this house with thy glory.

“Father: Almighty! Creator of the world great parent and preserver of men, who didst contrive the mystery of our redemption, which we now come to commemorate Son of the Most High! Redeemer of the world, Intercessor, Friend, and Patron the human race, who by thy death the cross, didst accomplish the mystery our redemption, which we now come commemorate: Eternal Spirit! proceeding from the Father and the Son, Author the divine life, Comforter of the, Inhabitant of the temple of a pure ,