PRAYERS AT MASS.
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grace, and in the next life everlasting happiness.
At the Preface.
Do Thou, Thyself, O Lord, raise up my heart; inflame it with Thy love, and free it from all earthly affections; let it rest in Heaven, where Thou, my treasure, art, and on this altar also, where Thou art going to present Thyself to the Eternal Father for our sake. As my life, O Lord, is a continual succession of Thy favors, let my thanksgiving be also uninterrupted. And since Thou art going to renew the greatest of all sacrifices, should not I also break forth into the most lively acknowledgments?
