A Sense of the Sacred

Be Thou pleased to assist me by Thy grace, that I may behave myself this day as I ought to do in Thy divine Presence, and that I may so commemorate the Passion and Death of Thy Son as to partake most plentifully of the fruits thereof. Through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

--from Prayer at the Beginning of Mass

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Cleanse us, O Lord, we beseech Thee, by the virtue of this sacrifice: and, in Thy mercy, make us worthy to participate therein.

Mercifully purify our minds, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and renew them with heavenly Sacraments, that by them we may receive for our bodies both present and future aid.

--Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost