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WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Secret.
May these sacrificial gifts, O Lord, we beseech Thee, restore us the more
speedily for
having been set forth with healing fasts. Through our Lord ...
Preface of the Cross,
p.
.
Canon of the Mass, pp.
ff.
Communion.
Ps. 68, 13, 14. They that sat in the gate, spoke against me : and
they that drank wine,
made me their song. But as for me, my prayer is to Thee, O Lord; for the time of
Thy good pleasure,
O God, in the multitude of Thy mercy.
V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit.
Postcommunion.
Let us pray. Almighty God, let our vices be cured by Thy holy
mysteries, and
provide us with never-failing healing. Through our Lord ...
Prayer over the people.
Let us pray. Bow down your heads before God. May Thy mercy, O God,
cleanse us from each stealthy return of our old nature, and enable us to reach
new holiness.
Through our Lord ...
The Blessing, pp.
f.
WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Privileged Feria. Simple. Station : St. Mary Major. Purple.
Prayers at the foot of the altar, pp. , .
Introit.
Phil. 2, 10, 8 and 11.
In the Name of Jesus
every knee must bow, of those that are in heaven, on
earth, and under the earth. He humbled Himself, becoming obedient
unto death, even to the death of the cross. And that every tongue should
confess
that the Lord
Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. Ps. 101, 2.