goodness; and of Thy great mercy keep them in the same, O blessed Spirit, Whom, with the Father and the Son together, we worship and glorify as one God, world without end. Amen. Or some other, according to the Office. V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit. V. Go; the Mass is ended (Alleluia, Alleluia). R. Thanks be to God. Instead of which, when the Gloria in Excelsis has been omitted, he says or sings: V. Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God. In Masses for the Dead, he substitutes : R. Amen. And the Blessing is omitted. Bowing before the Altar, he says: ET the performance of my bounden duty be pleasing to Thee, O Holy Trinity: and grant that this Sacrifice, which I, though unworthy, have offered up in the sight of Thy Majesty, may be acceptable unto Thee, and through Thy mercy obtain Thy gracious favour for myself and all for whom I have offered it. Through Christ our Lord. Amen. The Priest then blesses the People. THE HE Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. At the recitation of the Last Gospel the People stand, kneeling with the Priest at the words, 'And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us'. V. The Lord be with you. The beginning of the Holy Gospel N the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. R. Thanks be to God. |