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God thro' Jesus Christ. Wherefore it is said in the scripture: Behold, I place in Sion a chief corner-stone, chosen and precious: and he that shall believe in him shall not be confounded. To you therefore that believe, there is honor: but to unbelievers, the stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the chief corner-stone ; and a stone of offence, and a rock of scandal to those, who stumble at the word, and believe not, whereunto also they were set. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people; that you may publish his excellencies, who hath called you from darkness to his wonderful light. You who were sometime not the people, but are now the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Alleluia, Alleluia. V. This is the Day the Lord hath made; come let us exult and rejoice thereon. Alleluia. V. Ps. 112. Praise the Lord, ye his servants, praise the name of the Lord.

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PROSE. Victimæ Paschali, as above p. 108.

GOSPEL. John xx. 1. 9.

T that time: The first day of the week, Mary Magdalen came early, while it was yet dark, to the sepulchre; and saw the stone taken away from it. She ran therefore, and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith to them: They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went out, and that other disciple, and they came to the sepulchre. And they ran both together, and the other disciple out-ran Peter and came first to the sepulchre. And stooping down, he saw the linen cloaths lying, but went not in. Then came Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and saw the linen cloths lying, and the napkin that was about his head, not laid with the linen, but folded up in a place by itself. Then went in also that disciple, who came first to the sepulchre and he saw, and believed it: for as yet they understood not the scriptures, that he was to rise again from the dead. CREDO.

OFFERT. Ps. 117. Blessed is he who cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you from the house of the Lord: the Lord is God, and he hath shined upon us. Alleluia. Alleluia.

VOL. II.

SECRET. Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that we may always gratefully solemnize the Paschal mysteries, and that the continual celebration of the sacrament of our redemption may be to us a subject of perpetual joy. Thro'.

COMM. Gal. 3. All you that have been baptized in Christ, have put on Christ. Alleluia.

POSTCOMM. Redemptionis. Being strengthened, O Lord, by the sacrament of our redemption, grant that, thro' this help to eternal salvation, a true faith may always be encreased in us. Thro'.

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QUASIMODO OR LOW SUNDAY.

INSTRUCTION.

HIS Sunday is called by the former name, from the first words of the Introit of the Mass; and formerly the greater part of the Sundays in the year took their names from their first words of the Introit. The English name, Low Sunday, seems to be given in contradistinction to the greater solemnity of Easter-Sunday. It is called, in the Roman Missal. Dominica in albis, from the preceding Saturday being called Sabbatum in albis; because those who had been baptized on Easter Eve, on the following Saturday after Mass, laid aside the white garment, with which they had been clothed at their baptism; and began this day to be no longer distinguished in their dress from the rest of the faithful. The Church, however, continues to instruct them in particular in the Mass of this day. It is to the new baptized, and even to those who have recovered the innocence of their baptism by the sacrament of pennance, that she addresses herself; representing to them, that like new born children, they ought earnestly to desire the spiritual milk of the word of God, which alone can maintain and increase in them the life of grace, which they have just recovered.

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MASS. INTROIT. 1 Pet. ii. Ps. lxxx. IKE new-born chilL dren, Alleluia, desire spiritual and pure milk. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Ps. Rejoice in God who is our help; joyfully praise the God of Jacob. V. Glory.

UASI modo geniti infantes, Alleluia, rationabile sine dolo lac concupiscite. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Ps. Exultate Deo adjutori nostro; jubilate Deo Jacob. V. Gloria.

COLLECT. Prasta. Grant, we beseech thee, O Al

mighty God, that we, who have celebrated this solemnity of Easter, may, by the assistance of thy divine grace, always shew the effects thereof in our lives and actions. Thro'.

EPISTLE. 1 John v. 4. 9.

EARLY beloved: Whatever is born of God, over

world is overcome, is our faith. *Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God. It is this same Jesus Christ, who came with water and blood: not with water only, but with water and blood. And it is the spirit that beareth testimony that Christ is the truth. For there are three that bear testimony in heaven; the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one. And there are three, that bear testimony on earth: the spirit, and water, and blood; and these three are one. If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater for God himself hath given this greater testimony concerning his Son: He that believeth in the Son of God, hath in himself the testimony of God.

Alleluia, Alleluia. V. On the day of my resurrection, saith the Lord, I will go before you into Galilee. Alleluia. V. After eight days, the doors being shut, Jesus stood in the midst of his disciples, and said: Peace be with you. Alleluia.

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GOSPEL.

Alleluia, Alleluia. V. In die resurrectionis meæ, dicit Dominus, præcedam vos in Galilæam. Alleluia. V. Post dies octo, januis clausis, stetit Jesus in medio discipulorum suorum, et dixit: Pax vobis. Alleluia.

John xx. 19.

T that time: The same day, it being the first day of the week, when it was late, and the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews; Jesus came, and stood in the the midst, and said to them: Peace be with you. And having said this, e shewed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad, when they saw the Lord. Then he said to them again, Peace be with you: as the Father sent me, so I send you. When he had said this; he breathed on them, and said to them: Receive you the Holy Ghost: whose sins you shall forgive they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained. Bu Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them, when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore

said to him; we have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it. And, after eight days, his disciples were again assembled within doors, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst of them, and said: Peace be with you. Then he saith to Thomas: Put thy finger in here, and see my hands; and bring hither thy hand and put it into my side, and be not incredulous, but believe, Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord, and my God. Jesus said to him: Because thou hast seen me, Thomas, thou hast believed: but blessed are they, who have not seen, and yet have believed. Many other miracles also did Jesus perform in the sight of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written, that you may believe, that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing, you may have life in his name. CREDO.

OFFERT. Matt. xxviii. An Angel of the Lord came down from heaven, and said to the women: He whom you seek is risen, as he told you. Alleluia.

Angelus Domini descendit de cœlo, et dixit mulieribus; Quem quæritis surrex it, sicut dixit. Alleluia.

SECRET. Receive, we beseech thee, O Lord, the offerings of thy joyful Church; and as thou hast given occasion to this great joy, grant she may receive the fruits of that joy, which will never end. Thro'.

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COMM. John xx. Put forth thy hand, and remark the place of the nails. leluia; and be not incredulous, but believe. Alleluia, Alleluia.

Mitte manum tuam, et cognosce loca clavorum. Alleluia; et noli esse incredulus, sed fidelis. Alleluia, Alleluia.

POSTCOMM. Quæsumus. Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord our God, that the sacred mysteries thou hast given us to preserve the grace of our redemption, may be our present and future remedy. Thro'.

N. B. From Monday after Low Sunday to AscensionDay, unless it be a Double, the second COLLECT is Concede nos, as p. lxix. the third: Ecclesiæ tuæ, as p. Ixxii. Or, Deus omnium, ib. together with their respective SECRETS and POSTCOMMUNIONS,

VESPERS. All as on Sundays, p. 69 to the LITTTLE CHAPTER, The Beginning of the EPISTLE to * p. 127. HYMN.

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now are past,

In robes of white come let Stolis amicti candidis,

us taste

The Lamb's most royal
feast, and sing

A hymn of praise to Christ
our King.
His blood with charity
divine

He to us drinks, instead of
wine;

His body for this mystic
feast

He sacrific'd by love, as
Priest.

The posts thus stain'd
with sacred gore
The wasting Angel passes
o'er;
The yielding sea divides its

waves;

Egyptians float in liquid

graves.

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