Preface of the Blessed Sacrament

It is truly right and just, proper and helpful toward salvation, that we always and everywhere give thanks to you, O Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord; for He abolished the animal sacrifices that were empty shadows and entrusted to us His own Body and Blood for a sacrifice, so that in every place might be offered to Your name that clean oblation which alone has pleased You. So in this mystery of unsearchable wisdom and boundless love, being Himself the One Who offers and the Victim, He ever wondrously effects what he accomplished once on the Cross. Making us one victim with Himself, He invites us to the sacred banquet in which He, our Food, is eaten, the memory of His Passion is renewed, the soul is filled with grace and a pledge of future glory is given. Therefore with Angels and Archangels, the Thrones and Dominations, and all the militant hosts of heaven, we continuously praise Your glory in song, and say: à Sanctus…

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