SECRET. May this offering, O Lord, we beseechi thee, cleanse us from our sins, and sanctify the bodies and souls of thy servants for the celebrating of this sacri

fice. Thro.'

Ps. lxxxiii.

COMM. The sparrow hath found itself a house, and the turtle-dove a nest to put her young ones in; in like manner, O Lord of armies, my King and my God, let my abode be near thy altar; blessed are they that dwell in thy house, they shall praise thee for ever and ever.

Passer invenit sibi domum et turtur nidum, ubi reponat pullos suos: altaria tua, Domine virtutum, Rex meus, et Deus meus; beati qui habitant in domo tua, in sæculum sæculi lauda bunt te.

POSTCOMM. A cunctis nos. Mercifully, O Lord, we beseech thee, deliver us from all guilt and danger, since thou admittest us to be partakers of this great mystery. Thro'.

VESPERS.

LITTLE CHAPTER. Brethren, be followers. Beginning of the EPISTLE * p. 258. HYMN, V. and R. as above. p. 224.

At the MAGNIFICAT.

Anth. A certain woman in the crowd raising her voice said; Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts that gave thee suck. But Jesus said to her: Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep

it.

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Ant. Extollens vocem quædam mulier de turba, dixit; Beatus venter qui te portavit et ubera quæ suxisti. At Jesus ait illi; Quinimo beati qui audiunt verbum Dei, et custodiunt illud.

Will praise God for the promise he hath made me, I will praise the Lord for the assurances he hath given me; I will hope in God, and will not fear what man may do to me. Ps. Take pity on me, O God, for man

hath trampled me under foot; he hath attacked me the whole day and distressed me. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Cordibus nostris. We beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to pour forth thy grace into our hearts; that, as we abstain from flesh, so we may keep our senses from all noxious excesses. Thro'.

LESSON. 4 Kings v. 1. 15.

N those days: Naaman, the general of the army of

his-master, and highly honoured, because, by his means, the Lord had saved Syria: and he was a valiant man and rich, but a leper. Now there had gone out a party from Syria, and had brought away captive from Israel, a little maid, and she waited on Naaman's wife. And she said to her mistress: I wish my master had gone to the prophet in Samaria; he certainly would have cured him of his leprosy. Naaman therefore went to his lord, and spoke to him, saying: Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. And the King of Syria said to him: Go, and I will give thee a letter to the King of Israel. And he set out, taking with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten suits of clothes, and delivered a letter to the King of Israel in this form: When thou hast received this letter, know that I have sent to thee my servant Naaman, that thou may'st cure him of his leprosy. When the King of Israel had read the letter, he rent his clothes, and said: Am I God, that I should be able to kill and to give life, that he sendeth me to cure this man of his leprosy? Consider and see, how he seeketh occasions of quarrel with me. when Elizeus the man of God had heard, that the King of Israel had rent his clothes, he sent to him, saying: Why hast thou rent thy clothes? Let him come to me," and let him see that there is a prophet in Israel. Then Naaman came with his horses and his chariots, and stood at the door of Elizeus's house; and Elizeus sent a message to him, saying: Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and thy flesh shall be healed, and thou shalt be clean. At which Naaman went away angry, saying: I expected he would have come out to me, and that standing and calling on the name of the Lord his God, he would have touched with his hand the place of the leprosy, and cured me. Are not Abana and Pharphar,

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rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, to wash in and be clean? Turning about therefore, and going away in a rage, his servants came to him, and said: Father, if the prophet had commanded thee some great thing, certainly thou oughtest to have done it: how much rather now, when he hath said only to thee: Wash, and thou shalt be clean. He went down then, and washed himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the directions of the man of God; and his flesh came again, even as the flesh of a child, and he was healed. And returning to the man of God, he came with all his retinue, and stood before him, saying: Now I know for certain, there is no other God in the whole earth, but only in Israel.

GRAD. Psalm 55. I have laid open to thee, O God, my life; and thou hast considered my tears. V. Take pity on me, O Lord, for man hath trampled me underfoot; he hath attacked me the whole day, and distressed

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TRACT. Deal not with us, as above, p. 212.

GOSPEL. Luke iv. 23. 30.

T that time: Jesus said to the Pharisees: You will certainly tell me this proverb: Physician, cure thyself. As great things as we have heard of, done by thee in Capharnaum, do also here in thy own country. And he said: Verily I say unto you: No prophet is regarded in his own country. I tell you with truth: there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elias, when heaven was shut for three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout the whole land; and Elias was sent to none of them, but only to a widow in Sarephta of Sidon. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elizeus the Prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian. And all in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with indignation; and rising up, drove him out of the city, and led him to the steep of the hill, whereon their city was built, to throw him down headlong. But he passing thro' the midst of them, went his way.

OFFERT. Psalm 54. Hear my prayer, O God, and despise not my petition; look down upon me, and graciously hear me,

SECRET. Grant, O Lord, that the offering we make to thee, as a mark of our homage, may become to us a sacrament available to our salvation. Thro'.

COMM. Psalm 13. Who will send out from Sion the salvation of Israel? When the Lord shall put an end to the captivity of his people, Jacob shall leap for joy, and Israel shall rejoice.

POSTCOMM. Præsta, quæsumus. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty and merciful God, that what we take with our mouths, we may receive with pure minds. Thro.'

Let us pray.

Bow down your heads to God. PRAYER. Subveniat nolis. May thy mercy, O Lord, assist us, that, by thy protection, we may be delivered from the dangers of sin that surround us, and so brought to eternal happiness. Thro'.

THE COMMEMORATION AT VESPERS.

Anth. But Jesus passing

Ant. Jesus autem tran

thro' the midst of them, siens per medium illorum,

V. and R. p. 225. PRAYER. Subveniat nobis, as above.

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TUESDAY.

MASS. INTROIT. Psalm 16.

Have cried out to thee, O God, because thou hast heard me; lend therefore thine ear now, and hear my prayer. Keep me, O Lord, as the apple of thine eye, and protect me under the shadow of thy wings. Ps. Hear, O Lord, the justice of my cause, and hearken to my petition. V. Glory.

COLLECT. Exaudi nos. Graciously hear us, O Almighty and merciful God, and grant us the gift of salutary continency. Thro'.

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LESSON. 4 Kings iv. 1. 7.

N those days: A certain woman cried out to Elizeus the Prophet, saying: Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that he thy servant feared the Lord. And behold his creditor is now come to take away my two Sons to be his slaves. Elizeus said to her: What would'st thou have me do for thee? Tell me ; what hast thou in thy house? And she answered: I, thy hand-maid, have nothing in my house, but a little oil to anoint myself. He said to her; Go, and borrow of all thy neighbours a great many empty vessels. And

go in, and shut the door upon thee and thy sons; and pour out of the oil into all the vessels; and when they are full, take them away. The woman went, and shut the door upon herself and her sons: they gave her the vessels and she poured in the oil. And when they were full, she said to one of her sons: Bring me another vessel: but he said to her: I have no more; and the oil stopped. Then she came and told the man of God; and he said: Go, and sell the oil, and pay thy creditor; and live thou and thy children of the rest.

GRAD. Ps. 18. Cleanse me, O Lord, from my hidden sins; and preserve thy servant from those of other men. V. If these rule not in me, then shall I be without spot; and cleansed from enormous guilt.

GOSPEL. Matt. xviii. 15. 22.

T that time: Jesus said to his disciples: If

Athy brother offend against thee, go, and tell him

of his fault between thee and him alone. If he give ear to thee, thou wilt gain thy brother. But if he will not hearken to thee, take with thee one or two more, that every thing may be testified by two or three witnesses. And if he will not hear them; tell the church. And if he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as the heathen or Publican. Verily, I say to you: Whatsoever you shall bind on earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose on earth, shall be loosed also in heaven. Again I say to you: If two of you shall agree on earth, concerning whatsoever thing they shall ask, it shall be granted them by my Father, who is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the midst of them. Then Peter drew near him, and said Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? Jesus saith to him; I say not to thee till seven times; but till seventy times seven.

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OFFERT. Ps. 117. The right hand of the Lord hath exerted its strength, the right hand of the Lord hath raised me up: I shall not now die, but live; and publish the works of the Lord.

SECRET. May we receive, we beseech thee, O Lord, by these sacraments, the effect of our redemption; so that, by means thereof, we may withdraw from all human excesses, and thou may'st bestow upon us the gift of salvation. Thro'.