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Canon of the Mass, which I give in full that all may
see how remarkably our own agrees with it:

"Remembering, therefore, what things He endured
for us, we give Thee thanks, O, God Almighty, not as we
ought, but as we are able, and fulfil His command.
[The Institution.] "For in the night in which He
was betrayed He took bread in His holy and spotless
hands, and when He had looked up to Thee His God and
Father, He brake, and gave to His disciples, saying,
This is the mystery of the New Covenant, take of it,
eat. This is My body, which is broken for many, for
the forgiveness of sins. Likewise, when He had
mingled the cup with wine and water, and hallowed it,
He gave it to them, saying : Drink ye all of this, for this
is My blood, which is shed for many for the remission
of sins. Do this in remembrance of Me. For as
often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do
show forth My death till I come.
[The Oblation.] "Remembering, therefore, His
passion and death, and resurrection from the dead, and
return into the heavens, and His future second appear-
ing, in which He shall come with glory and power to
judge the quick and the dead, and to give to each one
according to his deeds, we offer to Thee, King and Qt>d,
according to His command, this bread and this cup,
giving thanks to Thee through Him, in that Thou hast
thought us fit to stand before Thee, and to sacrifice to
Thee.
[The Invocation.] "And we beseech Thee that
Thou wilt favorably look upon these gifts which now



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