Offering to God the Father, of Exceeding Efficacy

O MOST holy Father, behold I thy most unworthy servant, trusting only in thine ineffable compassion, have received thy beloved Son our Lord Jesus Christ, and even now hold him in my heart as my own possession, most intimately united with me. Wherefore, receiving this thy Son into my arms, even as did holy Simeon, I offer him to thee with all that love and that fulness of intention wherewith he offered himself to thee for thine everlasting glory, while lying in the manger, and when he was hanging upon the cross. Look, O compassionate Father, on this offering, which I thine unworthy servant make to thee my living and true God, to thine everlasting praise and glory, for thine infinite rejoicing and delight.

I offer to thee the same, thy Son, for myself, and for all those for whom I am accustomed or bound to pray, in thanksgiving for all the benefits thou hast bestowed on us, and in supply of all those virtues and good works which, of our own mere negligence, we have failed to practise. I offer him to thee to obtain thy grace and thy mercy, that we may be preserved and delivered from all evil and sin, succoured in every necessity of body or of soul, and brought forth through a happy death into everlasting joys. Finally, I offer him to thee for the remission of all my sins, and in satisfaction for that huge debt which I cannot pay thee, seeing that it far exceeds even ten thousand talents; and therefore, casting myself at thy feet, O most merciful Father, I acknowledge and plead my utter poverty, in union with the bitterness of the passion of thy most sinless Son, in whom thou hast declared thyself well-pleased; and in and through him I make thee full reparation and satisfaction for my sins, offering thee all his sorrows, griefs, and tears, and all that expiation which he made upon the cross for the sins of the whole world.

Remember also, O Lord, thy servants who have gone before us with the sign of faith, and sleep the sleep of peace: for all and each of whom [and especially for N.] I offer thee that saving Victim whom I have now received, the Body and Blood of thy beloved Son; beseeching thee, that through his infinite dignity and worth, and through the merits of all saints, thou wouldst grant them pardon of all their sins, and merciful release from all their pains. Amen.