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Bethlehem, the house of Bread, Bread of angels, Manna of
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heaven. O costly and noble Food! O unutterable love and
mercy of the eternal Father! For to me who sow not, nor
reap, nor gather into any garner, is given the Crown of
the elect, and the Bread of Life from heaven. Thou, O
Lord, didst sow it on the earth; thou didst reap it with the
sickle of death; thou hast laid it up in the granary of thy
Church, and dost give it all forth for the nourishment of
thy children.
Grant me, then, O most tender Father, that I may be
often and duly strengthened and refreshed with this
Bread; may I daily receive thereof for my daily need, if
not sacramentally, yet atleast spiritually; for since I sin
and fail day by day, so is it reasonable and just that I
should day by day receive that which may recruit my
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wasted strength. Oh, that I may be so strengthened in
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this wilderness with this heavenly Bread and Viaticum,
that in the strength of that food I may walk even unto the
mount of God!
And forgive us our trespasses. Alas, how manifold and
how grievous are our trespasses! For in many things we
all offend, and in our misery and our poverty we have
not wherewithal to acquit our great debt. But behold, O
Lord, with thee there is mercy, ------ plenteous
redemption with thy Son, whom, in pity of our misery,
thou hast given to us. He is just and undefiled and free
from all sin, and he hath paid our debt; he hath expiated
our sins; he hath made abundant satisfaction to thy
justice, in that he hath given to us the inexhaustible
treasure of his merits and the infinite worth of his Blood.
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