Preface to Fourth Eucharistic Prayer
- This is the old translation of the Preface. I liked it so much that I memorized most of it by using it in my annual retreats as a text for meditation and prayer.
Father in heaven,
it is right that we should give You thanks and glory;
You alone are God, living and true.
Through all eternity You live in unapproachable light.
Source of life and goodness, you have created all things,
to fill Your creatures with every blessing
and lead all men to the joyful vision of Your light.
Countless hosts of angels stand before You to do Your will;
they look upon Your splendor and praise You, night and day.
United with them, and in the name of every creature under heaven,
we too praise Your glory as we say: Holy, holy, holy Lord ...