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 LAMB of God, have mercy on us, and offer thyself to God the Father with all thy humility and all thy patience, in satisfaction for our sins.

O Lamb of God, have mercy on us, and offer thyself to God the Father with all the bitterness of thy Passion, for our reconciliation to God.

O Lamb of God, have mercy on us, and offer thyself to God the Father with all the love of thy divine Heart, for the supply of all our necessities. Amen.

''Here you may say part of the prayer which follows the Mass, p. 32. ''

Lord, I am not worthy that the earth should bear me; but for thine own sake pardon me all my sins.

O Lord, I am not worthy to be called thy creature; but by the bitterness of my passion forgive me all my debts.

O Lord, I am not worthy to utter thy Holy Name; but by the virtue of this holy sacrifice bestow on me thy grace. Amen.

Here make an, act of spiritual communion, saying with St Gertrude and with St. Mechtilde: 

Thou Stream from the Life-giving Fountain, thou fragrance and sweetness of divine delight, I prostrate myself in my indigence and my misery in presence of thine overflowing fulness. I set before thee