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and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Be glad in that day, and rejoice; for behold, your reward is great in heaven.

OFFERTORY.

The saints in glory shall be in transports of joy : they shall rejoice on their couches ; the high praises of God shall be in their mouths. Alleluia.

WE may

Psalm cxlviii.

Exultabunt sancti in gloria ; lætabuntur in cubilibus suis; exaltationes Dei in faucibus eorum. Alleluia.

SECRET.

TE bring thee, O Lord, the offerings of our devotion and may they be acceptable to thee in honour of thy saints, and, by thy mercy, available to our salvation. Thro'.

COMMUNION.

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But I say to you, my friends; be not terrified at

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those who persecute you.. his, qui vos persequuntur. POSTCOMMUNION. Præsta nobis.

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RANT, we beseech thee, O Lord, by the intercession of thy holy Martyrs N. and N. that what we have taken with our mouths, we may receive with a pure soul. Thro'.

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Another MASS of the same.

INTROIT.

HE salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; and he is their protector in the time of distress. Ps. Be not emulous of evil-doers : nor envy them that work iniquity. V. Glory.

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COLLECT. Deus, qui nos annua.

Gad, who by the yearly solemnity of thy holy Martyrs N. and N. comfortest us thy people; mercifully grant, that, as we rejoice at their merits, we may likewise be encouraged by their example. Thro'. EPISTLE. Heb. x. 32, 38.

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RETHREN: call to mind the former days, wherein, being illuminated, you endured a great fight

of afflictions. And on the one hand indeed, by reproaches and tribulations were made a gazing-stock; and on the other, become companions of them that were used in such sort. For you both had compassion on them that were in bands, and took with joy the being stripped of your own goods, knowing that you have a better and a lasting substance. Do not therefore lose your confidence, which hath a great reward. For patience is necessary for you: that, doing the will of God, you may receive the promise. For yet a little and a very little while, and he that is to come, will come, and will not delay. But my just man liveth by faith.

GRADUAL. Psalm xxxiii.

The righteous cried out, and the Lord heard them, and delivered them from all their tribulations. V. The Lord is at hand to those who are afflicted in spirit: and he will save the humble of heart.

V.

Alleluia, Alleluia.
The white-robed army of
martyrs praise, thee, O
Lord, Alleluia.

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Clamaverunt justi, et Dominus exaudivit eos: et ex omnibus tribulationibus eorum liberavit eos. V. Juxta est Dominus his, qui tribulato sunt corde; et humiles spiritu salvabit.

Alleluia, Alleluia. V. Te martyrum candidatus laudat exercitus, Domine, Alleluia.

GOSPEL. Matt. xxiv. 3, 23.

T that time as Jesus was sitting on mount Olivet, the disciples came to him privately, saying: tell us when these things shall be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the consummation of the world? and Jesus answering, said to them: take heed that no man seduce you; for many will come in my name saying: I am Christ: and they will seduce many. And you shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars. See that ye be not troubled. For these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes in places: now all these are the beginnings of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be scandalized and shall betray one another and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and seduce many.

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And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold. But he that shall persevere to the end shall be saved.

OFFERTORY.

The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and the torments of wickedness shall not touch them. To the eyes of the foolish they seemed to die; but they are in peace, Alleluia.

Wisd. iii.

Justorum animæ in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum malitiæ. Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori; illi autem sunt in pace, Alleluia.

SECRET.

E appeased, O Lord, we beseech thee, by the of

gers by the intercession of thy holy Martyrs N, and N. Thro'.

COMMUNION.

What I say to you in the dark, speak you in the light, saith the Lord: and what is whispered you in the ear, preach you on the house-tops.

POSTCOMMUNION.

MAY

Matt. x.

Quod dico vobis in tenebris, dicite in lumine, dicit Dominus: et quod in aure auditis, prædicate super tecta.

Hac nos communio. AY this communion, O Lord, purify us from sin, and by the intercession of thy holy Martyrs N. and N. make us partakers of the joys of heaven. Thro'.

N. B. The following Offices are the same in the Paschal time, as after it: except that an Alleluia is added to the Anthems at Vespers, and at the end of the V. V. and R. R.

At Mass two Alleluias are added to the Introit before the Ps. and, instead of the Gradual, are said the Alleluias and V. V. as respectively directed. An Alleluia is also added at the end of the Offertory and Communion.

THE COMMON OF A CONFESSOR AND

BISHOP.

I. VESPERS.

The PSALMS as on Sundays, p. 69. except the last, which is Psalm cxvii. Laudate Dominum omnes,

as p. 90.

Anth. B Prelate, who in

EHOLD a great

his days pleased God, and was found righteous.

Anth. There was none found like him, in keeping the law of the most High. Anth. Therefore, according to oath, did the Lord make him great among his people.

Anth. Ye priests of God, bless the Lord; ye servants of the Lord, sing a hymn to God. Alleluia.

Anth. Thou good and faithful servant, enter into the joys of thy Lord.

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LITTLE CHAPTER. Eccles. xliv.

EHOLD a great Prelate, who in his days pleased God, and was found righteous: and in the time of wrath became an atonement.

HYMN.

HIS Christ's Confes- STE Confessor Domini,

Tsor, whose great fame great fame

The faithful thro' the world proclaim,

With glory did this day ascend

To joys that never end. If it be not the day of his lines

Deserves that we should on

this day
The highest praises pay.
A pious prudence, ac-
tions mild,

Chaste manners not with

crimes defil'd,

Adorn'd his sober life, till
death

Deprived him of his
breath.

Is

colentes

Quem pie laudant populi

per orbem,

Hac die lætus meruit beatas

Scandere sedes. decease, change the two last thus ;

Hac die lætus meruit supre

mos

Laudis honores. Qui pius, prudens, humilis, pudicus

Sobriam duxit sine labe vitam,

Donec humanos animavit

auræ

Spiritus artus.

These holy actions God Cujus ob præstans meri

so please,

tum frequenter

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MASS. INTROIT.

HE Lord settled with

Thim a covenant of

peace, and made him a chief that he may have the honor of Priesthood for ever. Ps. 131 O Lord remember David, and all his meekness in suffering, V. Glory

Eccles. xlv.

STA

TATUIT ei Dominus testamentum pacis, et principem fecit eum ut sit illi sacerdotii dignitas in æternum. Ps. 131. Memento, Domine, David, et omnis mansuetudinis ejus. V. Gloria.

COLLECT. Da quæsumus.

RANT, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that the venerable solemnity of blessed N. thy Confes

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