the cross, behold I offer unto Thee this day this present sacrifice of the Mass, together with all those which are celebrated throughout the world, by the hands of Thy priests, to be presented to Thy eternal Father, in union with, and in the virtue of, that oblation in which Thou Thyself, dying on the cross, didst offer Thy sacred body and blood for the salvation of the world.
Grant that the oblation of the same Thy body and blood, which here is renewed in mystery, and is made under the form of bread and wine, may effectually obtain its proper fruit ; that thereby the living may receive grace, and the faithful departed, everlasting rest.
Accept, also, Lord, this same sacrifice, which contains in itself the fruit of Thy passion and death, as an act of thanksgiving for the innumerable benefits Thou hast conferred upon us, and a propitiation and satisfaction for the countless sins we have committed, the good we have omitted to do, and the punishments we have deserved. Who livest, &c.
AT THE PREFACE.
Lift up, Lord, do Thou Thyself lift up my heart to Thee. Take from it all unholy thoughts, all earthly affections. Lift it wholly up to heaven, where Thou art worthily adored, and to the altar, where Thou art about to manifest Thyself
