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Magdalen; at whose request thou wast pleased to
raise Lazarus from the dead, after he had been four
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LESSON. Cant. iii. 2, 5. viii. 6, 7. I will rise and will go about the city: in the streets and the broad ways, I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and I found him not. The watchmen who keep the city found me. Have you seen him whom my soul loveth? When I had a little passed by them, I found him whom my soul loveth : I held him, and I will not let him go, till I bring him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that bore me. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and hearts of the fields, that you stir not up, nor wake my beloved till she please. (Chap. viii.) Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death: jealousy, is hard as hell, the lamps therefore are lamps of fire and flames. Many waters cannot quench charity, nether can the floods drown it: if a man should give all the substance of his house for love, he shall despise it as nothing.

GRAD. Ps. xliv. Thou hast loved justice and hated iniquity. V. Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. Grace is poured abroad in thy lips; therefore hath God blessed thee forever. Alleluia GOSPEL. Luke vii.

OFFERT. The daughters of kings honour thee: the queen was on thy right hand in a robe of gold, with a variety of other ornaments.

SECRET. We beseech thee, O Lord, that the glorious merits of blessed Mary Magdalen may ren der our offerings acceptable to thee: since thy only begotten Son graciously received the service which

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All as in Mass III. p. v, except COLLECT. Deus, fidelium. warder of thy faithful servants, who hast consecrated this day by the martyrdom of blessed Apolinaris, thy Bishop grant we may obtain entire pardon for all our offences, by his prayers, whose memory we celebrate on this present festival. Thro'.

Commem. of St. LIBORIUS, by the Collect, Secret and P. Comm. of Mass XI. * p. xxi.

EPISTLE. I Peter v. 1, 11. Dearly beloved : The ancients that are among you, I beseech who am myself also an ancient and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as also a partaker of that glory which is to be revealed in time to come. Feed the flock of God, which is among you, taking care of it not by constraint, but willingly according to God; and not for filthy lucre's sake, but voluntarily: neither as lording it over the clergy, but being made a pattern of the flock from the heart. And when the Prince of pastors shall appear, you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory. In like manner ye young men be subject to the ancients. And do ye all insinuate humility one to another, for God resisteth the proud, but to the humble he giveth grace. you humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation: casting all your care upon him, for he hath care of you. Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion goeth about seeking whom he may devour: whom resist ye strong in faith; knowing that the same affliction befals your brethren who are in the world. But the God of all

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grace, who hath called us unto eternal glory in
Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will
himself perfect you, and confirm you, and establish
you. To him be glory and empire for ever and ever.
Amen.

GRAD. Ps. lxxxviii, to Alleluia. V. The
Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou
art a priest for ever according to the order of Mel-
chisedech. Alleluia.

GOSPEL. Luke xxii. 24, 30. At that time
There arose a strife among the disciples, which of
them should seem to be greater. And Jesus said
to them: The kings of the Gentiles lord it over
them and they that have power over them, are
called beneficent. But you not so: but he that is
the greater among you, let him become as the young-
er: and he that is leader, as he that serveth. For
which is greater, he that sitteth at table, or he that
serveth? Is not he that sitteth at table? But I am in
the midst of you, as he that serveth: and you are
they who have continued with me in my tempta
tions: and I dispose to you, as my Father bath dis
posed to me, a kingdom: that you may eat and
drink at my table, in my kingdom: and may sit up-
on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

OFFERT. My truth and my mercy are with
him and in my name shall his power be exalted.
SECRET. Look favourably, O Lord, on these
gifts which we offer in commemoration of blessed
Apolinaris thy bishop and martyr, and for the expia-

tion of our offences. Thro'.

COMM. Matt. xxv. Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents; behold I have gained other five over and above: Well done good and faithful servant, he cause thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

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XXIV. VIGIL OF St. JAMES, ap.

All as in Mass I. with a Comm. of St. Christina, as in Mass XVIII.

XXV. St. JAMES, ap.

INTROIT. Mihi autem. p. 431.

COLLECT. Esto Domine. Sanctify, O Lord, and preserve thy people; that being assisted by James, thy apostle, they may please thee in their conduct of life, and always serve thee with a stedfast faith. Thro'.

Commem. of St. CHRISTOPHER, m. by the Collect, &c. as in Mass. IV. p. vi.

LESSON. 1 Cor. iv. 9, 16. Brethren: I think that God hath set forth us apostles, the last, as it were men appointed to death: because we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ: we are weak, but you are strong: you are honourable, but we without honour. Even unto this hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffetted, and have no fixed abode. And we labour working with our own hands; we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it. We are blasphemed, and we intreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all, even until now. I write not these things to confound you; but I admonish you as my dearest children: for if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus by the gospel I have begotten you.

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GRAD. Ps. xliv. Thou shalt make them princes over all the earth: they shall remember thy name, O Lord. V. Instead of thy fathers, sons are born to thee: therefore shall people praise thee. Alleluia, Allelma. V. I chose you out of the world, to go on and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit might abide. Alleluia.

GOSPEL. Matt. xx.

OFFERT. Ps. xviii. Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.

SECRET. May the martyrdom of blessed James, thy Apostle, we beseech thee, O Lord, render the oblations of thy people acceptable to thee, and may his prayers make them agreeable, which otherwise would not be so, for want of merit in us.

COMM. You, who have followed me, shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

P. COMM. Beati. Assist us, O Lord, we beseech thee, by the intercession of blessed James, thy Apos tle, on whose festival we have joyfully received thy holy mysteries. Thro'.

XXVI. St. ANNE, Mother of the B. V. M. INTROIT. Let us all rejoice, and celebrate this festival in honour of blessed Anne: on whose solem nity the angels rejoice, and praise the Son of God. Ps. My heart hath uttered good tidings: my work I refer to the king. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Deus, qui. O God, who by thy grace wast pleased to choose blessed Anne to be the mo ther of the Virgin Mary; mercifully grant that we, who celebrate her festival, may be helped by her

prayers to thee. Thro'.

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