The Deacon. Save, pity, help, and guard them, O God, by Thy grace.
The Choir. Kyrie eleison.
The Deacon. Catechumens, bow your heads to the Lord.
The Choir. To Thee, O Lord.
Prayer for the Catechumens, said secretly, before the holy Oblation.
The Priest. O Lord our God, who dwellest in the highest, and lookest down upon the humble; who hast sent Thine only-begotten Son our Lord and God Jesus Christ as the salvation of the human race; look down upon Thy servants the Catechumens, who bow their heads before Thee, and make them worthy at the befitting time of the laver of regeneration, for the remission of their sins, and for the garment of incorruptibility: unite them to Thy holy Catholic and Apostolic Church, and number them in the fold of Thine elect.
