E SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

126 SEQUEL TO THE LORD S PRAYER.
But deliver us from evil, that is, from all evils of
soul and body, or from the evil one, which seems the
more correct translation of the Greek. To this last
petition the priest answers secretly, Amen.
SEQUEL TO THE LORD S PRAYER.
Libera nos, quaesumus Deliver us, we beseech Thee,
Domine, ab omnibus mails, O Lord, from all evils, past,
praeteritis, praesentibns, et
futuris : et intercedente beata
present, and to come : and by
the intercession of the blessed
et gloriosa semper Virgine
Dei Genitrice Maria, cum
beatis Apostolis tuis Petro et
and glorious Mary ever a
Virgin, Mother of God, toge-
ther with Thy blessed Paulo, atque Andrea, et
Aposties
Peter and Paul, and
omnibus Sanctis, da propitius Andrew, and all the Saints,
pacem in diebus nostris ut ;
ope misericordiae tuae adjuti,
et a peccato simus semper
mercifully grant peace in our
days: that by the assistance
of Thy mercy we may be
liberi, et ab omni perturbatione
securi.
always free from sin, and
secure from all disturbance.
EXPLANATION OF THE SEQUEL.
Deliver us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, from all
evils, past, present, and to come.
This prayer is the Church s addition to the Our
Father. It is constantly called Embolismus, or
"
addition," by ecclesiastical writers. We ask to be
delivered from all evils past, that is, from the punish
ments due even to forgiven sin, and from the weakness
and tendency to sin which remain after the guilt has
been removed, from present evils and from those which
have in store.
the future may
And by the intercession of the blessed and
glorious Mary ever a Virgin, Mother of God,