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 be believed,  and  this  because  God  who  is  the  sovereign  truth, who can  neither  deceive  nor  be  deceived,  has  revealed  all these things  to  this  his  Church.

C. Grant,  O  God,  that  we  may  humbly  receive  and  firmly hold fast  all  those  truths  which  thou  hast  revealed,  and  which thy Church  has  proposed  to  our  belief.

O my  God,  relying  on  thy  almighty  power  and  thy  infinite mercy and  goodness,  and  because  thou  art  faithful  to  thy  promises, I  trust  in  thee  that  thou  wilt  grant  me  forgiveness  of my  sins,  through  the  merits  of  Jesus  Christ  thy  Son;  and that thou  wilt  give  me  the  assistance  of  thy  grace,  with  which I may  labour  to  continue  to  the  end  in  the  diligent  exercise of all  good  works,  and  may  deserve  to  obtain  the  glory  which thou hast  promised  in  heaven.

C. This  hope  thus  founded  on  thy  mercy,  thy  power,  and thy promises,  still  more,  O  God,  confirm  and  strengthen in us.

O Lord,  my  God,  I  love  thee  with  my  whole  heart;  and above all  things  because  thou,  O  God,  art  the  sovereign good, and  for  thy  own  infinite  perfections  art  most  worthy  of all  love;  and  for  thy  sake,  I  also  love  my  neighbour  as  myself.

C. Thus  only,  O  God,  can  we  satisfy  our  duty  of  loving thee above  all  things,  and  our  neighbour  as  ourselves.

O my  God,  who  art  infinitely  good,  and  always  hatest  sin, I beg  pardon  from  my  heart  for  all  my  offences  against  thee; I detest  them  all  and  am  heartily  sorry  for  them,  because  they offend thy  infinite  goodness,  and  I  firmly  resolve  by  the  help of thy  grace  never  more  to  offend  thee,  and  carefully  to  avoid the occasions  of  sin.

C. Wherefore,  O  God,  we  come  before  thee  this  day,  to  beg pardon for  all  our  past  transgressions,  and  to  implore  thine assistance for  the  time  to  come.

And now,  O  God,  calling  to  mind  with  the  greatest  gratitude the  blessed  passion  and  death  of  thy  Son  Christ  our Lord, as  also  his  resurrection  from  the  dead,  and  his  glorious ascension into  heaven,  we  prepare  to  offer  to  thy  divine  Ma-