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 to thee upon the altar; may that same pity move thee now, O Father, to have mercy on us. Amen.

AIL, most precious Blood of my Lord, prostrate before thee in lowliest devotion, I worship and adore thee.

Here strike your breast three times, and say:

SACRED Blood, wash me!

O roseate Blood, cleanse me!

O most precious Blood, cry for me unto God the Father, that he may have mercy on us!

Thy only-begotten Son, here truly present upon the altar, has deigned to become a sacrifice and propitiation for our sins, I offer thee his most holy Body and Blood, his Humanity and his Divinity, his virtues and his perfections, his Passion and Death, in union with that love with which he once offered himself to thee upon the cross, and now offers himself to thee on the altar. And in union with these I offer thee the virtues, merits, and graces of the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the Saints, together with all the good works of all men, and all the whole treasure of thy holy Church. And I desire especially to add to these whatever of good I and