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WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK

Him in a sepulchre that was hewed in stone, wherein never yet any man had been laid.
V. The Lord be with you.   R. And with thy spirit.

Offertory. Ps. 101, 2-3. Hear, O Lord, my prayer : and let my cry come to Thee. Turn not away Thy
face from me.
The Offertory Prayers, pp, 11 ff.

Secret. Receive, O Lord, we beseech Thee, the gift which we offer, and graciously cause that what
we celebrate in mystery of the Passion of Thy Son, our Lord, we may follow with loving affection.
Through the same Lord...

Preface of the Holy Cross, p. 15.
Canon of the Mass, pp. 16 ff.

Communion. Ps. 101, 10, 13, 14. I mingled my drink with weeping, for having lifted me up, Thou hast
thrown me down, and I am withered like grass; but Thou, O Lord, endurest for ever : Thou shalt arise
and have mercy on Sion : for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.
V. The Lord be with you.      R. And with thy spirit.

Postcommunion. Let us pray. Grant to us, O almighty God, that by the temporal death of Thy Son, to
which these venerable mysteries testify, we may trust that Thou hast given to us eternal life.
Through the same Lord ...

Prayer over the people. Let us pray. Bow down your heads before God. Look down, we beseech Thee,
O Lord, upon this, Thy family, for which our Lord
Jesus Christ hesitated not to be delivered up into the hands of wicked men and to undergo the
torment of the cross. Who liveth...
The concluding prayers, p, 24.