A PRAYER BEFORE MASS.
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ness in the next—and eternal rest to the faithful departed.
And as Jesus Christ so ordained, when He instituted at His last supper this wonderful mystery of His power, wisdom, and goodness, we offer the Mass, in grateful remembrance of all He has done and suffered for the love of us; making special commemoration of His bitter Passion and Death, and of His glorious Resurrection, and Ascension into Heaven. Vouchsafe, O Almighty, and Eternal God (for to Thee alone so great a sacrifice is due), graciously to accept it, for these and all other purposes agreeable to Thy holy will. And to render it the more pleasing, we offer
