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 thy holy law; and in the bitterness of our souls, we bewail our ingratitude in misspending so much precious time, allowed us by thy infinite goodness for no other purpose than to lay up treasures for eternal life. Penetrated with a sense of thy predilection for us, poor, ungrateful and miserable sinners, we here, in thy sacred presence, Eternal God, and in the sight of our Guardian Angels, do most sincerely enter on our duty, and we are resolved to spend this day to thy honor and glory:

We offer to thee those vows we made at entering into thy holy Church, and from our hearts, we here repeat and renew the same: We renounce the devil with all his works, the world with all its pomps, and the flesh with all its temptations.

ORD, have mercy on us.

Christ, have mercy on us.

Lord, have mercy on us.

Christ, hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us.

God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.