Wording Of The Sacred Rites: The Per Ipsum
By whom and with whom and in whom, to thee, O Father Almighty, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory throughout all ages, world without end. R. Amen.
Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is yours, for ever and ever. R. Amen.
Per ipsum, et cum ipso, et in ipso, est tibi Deo Patri omnipoténti, in unitáte SpÃritus Sancti, omnis honor, et glória. R. Amen.
(Through him, and with him, and in him, to you, God the Father almighty, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory.)
The Ambrosian (or Milanese) Rite
[Et est tibi Deo Patri omnipotenti] ex ipso, et per ipsum, et in ipso omnis honor, virtus, laus, et gloria, imperium, perpetuitas, et potestas in unitate Spiritus Sancti per infinita sæcula sæculorum. R. Amen.
From him, and through him, and in him, be all honor, power, praise, and glory, dominion, perpetuity, and authority in the unity of the Holy Spirit for endless ages of ages. R. Amen.
We have in this brief prayer, prayed by the Celebrant, the spiritual life in summary.
By whom and with whom and in whom... .
Jesus our Redeemer who saves us from our sins and through whom grace is given to sustain us in communion with the Father.
...O God, almighty Father...
Our first and last love Who, through our human parents, loved us into existence.
...in the unity of the Holy Spirit...
The Christian is immersed in the perfect communion of Divine Persons of the Holy Trinity.
...be all honour and glory throughout all ages, world without end.
God deserves our entire heart, mind and soul. We acknowledge eternity, God Who is present to us now and for all time. Our hope is to return to God to be with Him for all eternity. "The glory of God is man living fully alive" (St. Irenaeus). True human fulfillment and vitality reflect God's glory.
Amen.
So be it. It is so. We might recall the fiat of the Most Holy Mother of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary who, at the Annunciation (St Luke 1:26–38), spoke her Amen, her 'yes', and through whom the Word was made flesh, the sinless Son of God who restores man to friendship with God.
We are present to Jesus who leads us in the Holy Ghost to the Father. In the Mass, the veil between heaven and earth parts long enough for us in faith to see and hear God's invitation into a foretaste of the heavenly rapture. Jesus is offered to the Father by the priest. The Body and Blood of Jesus, i.e., the bread and wine are transubstantiated by the Holy Ghost that we may partake of Jesus' very life. We are so moved by God's Gift that we join together to pray the prayer Jesus taught his disciples, the Our Father. The moment of holy communion, the consummation of our encounter with Jesus in the Spirit, approaches. We worship God in the beauty of holiness (Ps. 96:9).

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