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PRAYERS AT MASS.
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the life of the world to come. Amen.

At the Offertory.

O holy Father, Almighty and Eternal God, how unworthy soever I may appear in Thy presence, yet I presume to offer Thee this Host, by the hands of the Priest, with the same intention which Christ my Saviour had when He instituted this august sacrifice; and which He now has at this very instant that He immolates Himself for us. I offer it in expiation of my crimes; in thanksgiving for all Thy infinite goodness, for my parents, benefactors, friends, and enemies, all those precious