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Enter before him with exultation; know that he is the Lord our God. He made us, and not we [ourselves]; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to the Lord, and bless his name. The Lord is sweet; his mercy is for ever, and his truth [endures] from generation to generation. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, Now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

RUBRIC: Proclamation [litany / *kʿaroz*].

Let us bless the almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has made us worthy to stand in [this] place of praise and to sing spiritual songs. Almighty Lord, our God, save and have mercy.

[PRAYER]

In the midst of this temple, and before these God-received and glorified holy signs, and this holy altar, bowing down in fear we worship; the holy and wondrous and vic[torious...]