with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. Then is said or sung by the Priest : V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. Let us pray.

Then follow the Collect or Collects,and the Epistle. At High Mass, after reading the Epistle privately, the Celebrant reads the Gradual with the Alleluias or Tract, or the Easter Alleluias (and the Sequence). The Sub-deacon then sings the Epistle, after which the Priest reads the Holy Gospel privately at the north end of the Altar, returns to the midst, blesses the Incense and the Deacon, and the Procession is made for the singing of the Holy Gospel.

The Blessing of Incense.

Be thou blessed by Him in whose honour thou art to be burnt.

The Blessing of the Deacon.

Pray, Father, a blessing.

The Lord be in thy heart and on thy lips, that thou mayest worthily and rightly proclaim His Holy Gospel: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then the Deacon at High Mass sings the Holy Gospel.

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And with thy spirit.

When the text is announced the Choir sings: Glory be to Thee, O Lord.

At the conclusion of the Gospel is said or sung: Praise be to Thee, O Christ.

The Procession goes back to the Altar, and then is sung the Creed.

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THE NICENE CREED

BELIEVE in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible:

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God; Begotten of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God; Begotten, not made; Being of one substance with the Father; By Whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, [Kneel] AND WAS INCARNATE BY THE HOLY GHOST OF THE VIRGIN MARY, AND WAS MADE MAN: And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried: And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures: And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father: And He shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end.

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son; Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified; Who spake by the Prophets And I believe one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church I acknowledge one Baptism

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for the remission of sins: And I look for the Resurrection of the dead: And the Life of the world to come. Amen.

The Sermon follows the Creed at High Mass, after which the Sacred Ministers return to the Altar and the Celebrant sings:

V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

THE OFFERTORY

Either the following or some other appointed for the Day.

THINE, O Lord, is the greatness,

and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all. 1 Chron. 29. 11.

The Elements are now brought to the Altar and prepared, with the following Prayers said by the Priest.

At the offering of the Host.

RECE

ECEIVE, O Holy Father, almighty, everlasting God, this spotless Host, which I, Thine unworthy servant, do offer unto Thee, my God, the living and the true, for my countless sins, offences, and negligences, for all here present, and for all the faithful in Christ, both living and dead : that it may be profitable both to

me and to them for salvation unto everlasting life. Amen.

When he biesses the Water to be mingled with the Wine.

GOD, Who didst wonderfully create and yet more wonderfully renew the dignity of the nature of man; Grant unto us, that by the mystery set forth by this Water and Wine, we may ever be partakers of the Divine nature of Him Who vouchsafed to be made partaker of our manhood, Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the Unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

When he offers the Chalice.

WE

E offer unto Thee, O Lord, the Cup of Salvation, humbly beseeching Thy mercy, that it may go up before Thy Divine Majesty with a sweet-smelling savour for our salvation, and for that of the whole world. Amen.

When he makes the Oblation.

Iith a spirtrite heart, let us be N the spirit of humility, and

accepted by Thee, O Lord; and so let our sacrifice be offered in Thy sight this day, that it may be well-pleasing unto Thee, O Lord God.

Co

"OME, O Thou the Sanctifier, almighty and everlasting God, and bless this Sacrifice prepared for Thy holy Name.

At High Mass, the Sub-deacon here receives the paten, which is covered by the end of the veil with which his shoulders are mantled, and goes to his place behind the Celebrant.

Incense is then blessed, and the Oblation is censed, as also the Altar, Priest, Clergy, and People.

Y the intercession of blessed

Michael, the Archangel standing at the right hand of the Altar of Incense, and of all His elect, may the Lord vouchsafe to bless this Incense and to receive it in the odour of sweetness; through Christ our Lord. Amen.

MA

AY this Incense, blessed by Thee, ascend to Thee, Ó Lord; and may Thy mercy descend upon us.

LE

ET my prayer, O Lord, be set forth in Thy sight as the incense: and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, and keep the door of my lips: O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing.

MAY

WAY the Lord kindle in us the fire of His love, and the flame of everlasting charity. Amen.