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PLriest:
ORD our God, accept this fervent supplication from Your servants, and have mercy on us in accordance with the abundance of Your mercy, and send down Your compassion upon us and upon all Your people Fwho await Your great and rich mercy.
OR You are a merciful God Who loves
mankind, and to You we offer up glory,
to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and forever and to the ages of ages.
People: Amen.
Prayer for the Catechumens
Unfolding of the Antimension.
Deacon: People: Deacon:
Catechumens, pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy. And so after each petition.
Faithful, pray for the catechumens.—That the Lord may have mercy upon them.—That He may teach them the Word of Truth.—That He may reveal to them the Gospel of righteousness.—That He may unite them unto His Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church.—Save them, have mercy upon them, pre serve them, and protect them, O God, by Your grace.
Catechumens, bow your heads to the Lord. To You, O Lord.
Deacon: People:
