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 places, give  thanks  to Thee,  O  holy  Lord, Father Almighty,  Eternal God. Through Christ  Our Lord; through  Whom the angels  praise  Thy Majesty, the  dominations adore, the  powers  do  hold in awe,  the  heavens,  and the virtues  of  the  heavens, and  the  blessed  seraphim, do  celebrate  with united joy. In union  with whom, we  beseech  Thee that Thou  wouldst  command our  voices  also  to be  admitted  with  suppliant confession,  saying: Holy, holy,  holy,  Lord God of  Sabaoth. Heaven and earth  are  full  of  Thy glory. Hosanna in  the highest! Blessed is  He that  cometh  in  the  name of the  Lord! Hosanna in the  highest!

E therefore  humbly  pray  and  beseech  Thee, most merciful  Father,  through  Jesus  Christ Thy Son,  Our  Lord  [he  kisses  the  altar],  that Thou wouldst  vouchsafe  to  accept  and  bless  these gifts, these  presents,  these  holy  unspotted  sacrifices, which, in  the  first  place,  we  offer  Thee  for  Thy  holy Catholic Church,  to  which  vouchsafe  to  grant peace:  as  also  to  protect,  unite  and  govern  it