Short Lesson. (i Pet. V. 8.)
BRETHREN, be sober, and watch, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour; whom resist ye, strong in faith. But do Thou, O Lord, have mercy on us.
R. Thanks be to God.
V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
R. Who made heaven and earth.
Our Father, etc. (All in secret.)
The Priest then says the Confiteor.
The Choir answers:
MAY almighty God have mercy upon thee, forgive thee thy sins, and bring thee to life everlasting.
R. Amen.
Then the Choir repeats the Confession:
I CONFESS to almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy apostles Peter and Paul, to all the saints, and to you, Father: that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word, and deed: through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the blessed Mary ever Virgin,
