Lift up, O 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 to me. My life is but one continual succession of Thy
mercies; let it be one continual succession of thanksgivings. And as Thou
art now about to renew the greatest of all sacrifices, is it not meet that
I should burst forth into expressions of heartfelt gratitude? Suffer me,
then, to join my feeble voice with the voices of all the heavenly spirits,
and in union with them, say, in a transport of joy and admiration: Holy,
holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; heaven and earth are full of Thy glory.
Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord!
Hosanna in the highest! Amen.
Consecration.
Bow down your body and soul in solemn adoration; make an act of faith in
the real presence of your Saviour’s body and blood, soul and divinity,
under the sacramental veils. Offer your whole self to Him, and through Him
to His Father; beg that your heart and soul may be happily changed into
Him.
Elevation Of The Host.
(_Here the bell is rung thrice._)
Hail, true body, born of the Virgin Mary, which didst truly suffer and was
immolated on the cross for man, Whose side was pierced, and from which
flowed water and blood; may we have a foretaste of Thee in the last agony
of death. O kind, O loving One, Jesus, Son of Mary, have mercy on me!
Amen.
Elevation Of The Chalice.
Saviour of the world, save us, for by Thy cross and by Thy blood Thou hast
redeemed us! Help us, we beseech Thee, O Our God! Amen. Have mercy on me,
dear Jesus, and grant that Thy blood may not be shed in vain for me, I
humbly beseech Thee. Amen.
Pater Noster.
Our Father, Who reignest in heaven, come and reign in my soul; come and
sanctify it by Thy presence; come and subject it to Thy holy will, and
render it obedient to the inspirations of Thy grace. Extinguish in my
heart every feeling of hatred and revenge; forgive me, as I forgive. Grant
me such wisdom and such strength that I may triumph over all temptations.
Deliver me from all those evils which oppress me, and under which I groan,
being burdened. I come to Thee as a child to his father to be fed; as a
subject to his prince to be protected; as one afflicted to his only
succor, to be consoled and comforted. Amen.
Agnus Dei.
In saying to Thy apostles, “Peace I leave to you, My peace I give to you,”
Thou hast promised, O Lord, to all Thy Church, that peace which the world
cannot give—peace with Thee, and peace with ourselves. Let nothing, O
Lord, ever interrupt this holy peace; let nothing separate us from Thee,
to Whom we heartily desire to be united, through the Blessed Sacrament of
peace and reconciliation. Let this food of angels strengthen us in every
Christian duty, so that we nevermore yield under temptations, or fall into
common weaknesses.
Domine, Non Sum Dignus.
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