Praise and Thanksgiving — For the Church (1)
O God, most gracious, most bountiful, accept, we humbly beseech thee, our thanksgiving for thy holy Catholic Church; for the light of faith which it hath handed on to us, and for the mercies by which it has enlarged and comforted the souls of men; for the virtues which it has established upon earth, and for the holy lives in which it has revealed thee to mankind. To thee, O blessed Trinity, be ascribed all honour, might, majesty, and dominion, now and for evermore.
