Petrum et Paulum, omnes Sanctos, et te pater, orare pro me ad Dominum Deum nostrum. Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, and you, father, to pray to the Lord our God for me. Then the Priest, with his hands joined, gives the Absolution, saying: S. Misereatur vestri omnipotens Deus, et dimissis peccatis vestris, perducat vos ad vitam æternam. P. May almighty God have mercy upon you, forgive you your sins, and bring you to life everlasting. R. Amen. Signing himself with the sign of the Cross, he says: S.Indulgentiam, absolutionem, et remissionem peccatorum nostrorum tribuat nobis omnipotens et misericors Dominus. M. Amen. P. May the almighty and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution, and remission of our sins. R. Amen. Then, bowing down, he proceeds: V. Deus, tu conversus vivificabis nos. 17. Et plebs tua lætabitur in te. V. Ostende nobis, Domine, misericordiam tuam. R. Et salutare tuum da nobis. y. Domine, exaudi orationem meam. R. Et clamor meus ad te veniat. Y. Dominus vobiscum. V. Thou wilt turn again, O God, and quicken us. Ry. And thy people shall rejoice in thee. y. Shew us, O Lord, thy mercy. R. And grant us thy salvation. y. O Lord, hear my prayer. Ry. And let my ery come unto Ascending to the Altar, he says secretly: Aufer a nobis, quæsumus, Domine, iniquitates nostras; ut ad Sancta sanctorum puris mereamur mentibus introire. Per Take away from us our iniquities, we beseech thee, O Lord: that we may be worthy to enter with pure minds into son, both Priest and Victim! But, O my God, thy mercies are above all thy works, and thou wilt not despise a contrite and humble heart; and therefore I here venture to come into thy temple, and with the poor publican, strike my breast and say, God, be merciful to me a sinner. Amen. Another Prayer at the Confiteor. O divine Jesus, thou art the victim charged with all the iniquities of the world; thou didst weep for them bitter tears; thou didst expiate them by the most dreadful torments and by the most cruel of deaths. I come to mingle my tears with thine; I confess to thee, in the presence of Mary ever Virgin and of all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly; that it is my ingratitude that pierced thy heart, and put thee to a cruel death. O God, my Saviour, through thy tears, through thy agony in the Garden, and through thy precious blood and the wound in thy Sacred Heart, I beseech thee to accept this my confession, and mercifully pardon all my deficiencies, that, according to the greatness of thy mercy, I may be fully and perfectly absolved in heaven; who livest and reignest, &c. When the Priest goes to the Altar. Let us adore the Heart of Jesus, which has loved us so much; let us prostrate ourselves before him, and bewail the sins of which we have been guilty. Grant us, O Lord, a contrite and humble heart; let the homage of our adorations be as acceptable to thee as if we offered thee thousands of victims. At the Introit. The Lord hath opened the gates of heaven; he |