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The Little Book of the
HOLY WATER.
As you take Holy Water upon going into Church, say:
Sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop, and I shall he cleansed; wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
BEFORE MASS.
On taking your place.
O God the Holy Ghost, fill my cold heart with love, that I may hear this Mass with much reverence and devotion.
Mary, my Mother, pray for me. My Guardian-angel, shield me from all vain and wandering thoughts.
ACT OF FAITH.
As the Priest comes into Church.
Eternal Father, I believe that in Holy Mass there is offered to Thee the one only pure and perfect offering: Jesus, Thy
