The Altar Servers' Handbook

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	P. Initium sancti Evangelii secundum Joannem. S. GLORIA TIBI, DOMINE.
47.	Now go to the Epistle side, genuflecting in the centre. Stand, turning slightly toward the priest and say: O Lord Jesus, Who dost visit us in Holy Communion, Thou art the Son of God, being One with the Father from all eternity. How wonderful that Thou shouldst love me and visit me. Thou didst come into the world, but the Jews and so many sinners have rejected Thee. With all Thy faithful disciples, I will always welcome Thee, believing in Thee and loving Thee, so that I may be a true child of God. I genuflect to adore Thee, O Jesus, God made man, as the Shepherds and the Kings adored Thee in the Manger, for Thou are the King of Kings and Divine Glory shines in Thy Face. At the end of the Gospel. S. DEO GRATIAS. PRAYERS AFTER MASS
48.	P. Hail Mary. S. HOLY MARY. (Three times). P. and S. HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, MOTHER OF MERCY; HAIL OUR LIFE, OUR SWEETNESS, AND OUT HOPE! TO THEE DO WE CRY, POOR BANISHED CHILDREN OF EVE; TO THEE DO WE SEND UP OU SIGHS, MOURNING, AND WEEPING IN THIS VALE OF TEARS. TURN, THEN, MOST GRACIOUS ADVOCATE, THINE EYES OF MERCY TOWARD US; AND AFTER THIS, OUR EXILE, SHOW UNTO US THE BLESSED FRUIT OF THY WOMB, JESUS. (Do not strike your breast when saying the following words to Our Lady): O CLEMENT, O LOVING, O SWEET VIRGIN MARY.