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  Short Eucharistic Preface (traditional language)
     
    And now we give thee thanks
    because by water and the Holy Spirit
    thou hast made us a holy people in Jesus Christ our Lord,
    thou dost raise us to new life in him
    and renew in us the image of thy glory.
     
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