Catholic Public Domain Version
"For we, O Lord, are diminished more than all other peoples, and we are brought low throughout all the earth, this day, because of our sins. "
— Daniel 3:37, Catholic Public Domain Version
Do not hand us over forever, we ask you, because of your name, and do not abolish your covenant.
And do not withdraw your mercy from us, because of Abraham, your beloved, and Isaac, your servant, and Israel, your holy one.
You have spoken with them, promising that you would multiply their offspring like the stars of heaven and like the sand on the seashore.
For we, O Lord, are diminished more than all other peoples, and we are brought low throughout all the earth, this day, because of our sins.
Neither is there, at this time, a leader, or a ruler, or a prophet, nor any holocaust, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place of first fruits, in your eyes,
so that we may be able to find your mercy. Nevertheless, with a contrite soul and humble spirit, let us be accepted.
Just as in the holocausts of rams and bullocks, and as in thousands of fat lambs, so let our sacrifice be in your sight this day, in order to please you. For there is no shame for those who trust in you.