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The Companion for the Altar.
our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the anity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen.
Or this:
ALMIGHTY and ever- living God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious body and blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness toward us, and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. And we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in thy holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.
T Then shall be said or sung, GLORY be to GoD on high, and in earth We praise peace, good- will toward men. thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we