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220 CITY OF GOD
paring themselves for the more important undertakings.
Having completed these exercises, the vicar of Christ
celebrated Mass and communicated the most blessed Mary
and the eleven Apostles, as they had, done in preparing
the Creed and as is mentioned in the last chapter. After
Mass they all persevered with their Queen for some time
in most exalted prayer, ardently invoking the assistance
of the Holy Ghost for the manifestation of his will in
this matter.
228. Having done this, s?int Peter spoke to them as
follows :
dearest
"My brethren, let us prostrate our
selves all together before the throne of God and with all
our heart and with deepest reverence let us confess our
Lord Jesus Christ as the true God, the Lord and Re
deemer of the world, professing his holy faith in the
Creed which He has given us by the Holy Ghost and our
subjection to his divine This will."
they did and there
upon uttered aloud with saint Peter the following prayer :
"Most
high and eternal God, we, vile and insignificant
men, worms of the earth, whom the Lord Jesus Christ
in his clemency condescended to choose as ministers
of his holy doctrine and law and founders of his Church
through the whole world, with one heart and soul pros
trate ourselves to suffer and die for the confession and
spread of the holy faith in the world according to the
commands of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ. We
wish to be spared no labors, difficulties or tribulations in
the performance of this work, even unto death. But
distrusting our weakness, we beseech Thee, Lord God
most High, send upon us thy divine Spirit to govern and
direct our footsteps in the imitation of our Master and
to visit us with his strength. Do Thou manifest and in
struct us to which kingdoms and provinces each of us
shall depart according to thy good pleasure for the
preaching of thy holy name."
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