WE, do not presume to come to this Thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies : We be not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy table; but Thou art the same Lord, Whose property is always to have mercy; grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the Flesh of Thy dear Son, and to drink His blood in these holy mysteries, that we may continually dwell in Him and He in us, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by His body, and our souls washed through His most precious blood. Amen. (Oremus, 1925, p.141).
Picture: Palm Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL)