And Pilate answered them, and said: S. Would you have me release to you the King of the Jews? C. For he knew the chief priests had delivered him up out of envy. But the priests stirred up the multitude rather to have Barabbas released to them. And Pilate answering again, said to them: S. What then would you have me to do with the King of the Jews? C. But they again cried out; S. Crucify him. C. And Pilate said to them; S. But what harm hath he done? C. But they cried out the more; S. Crucify him. C. And Pilate, being willing to satisfy the people, released. Barabbas, and delivered up to them Jesus, being first scourged, to be crucified. And the soldiers led him into the court of the palace, and they called together the whole company, and cloth-ed him in purple; and wreathing a crown of throns they put it on his head. And they began to salute him; Hail; King of the Jews! And they struck him on the head with a reed; and they spit on him, and kneeling down adored him. And after they had thus insulted him, they took off the purple garment, and put on him his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. And they obliged a man that was passing by, one Simon, a Cyrenean, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is interpreted, the place of Calvary. And they gave him wine mingled with myrrh to drink; and he would not take it. And when they had crucified him, they divided his cloths, casting lots for them, to know what each should take. And it was now the third hour; and they crucified him. And the title of his cause was thus written: THE KING OF THE JEWS. And they crucify with him two thieves; one at his right hand, and the other at his left. And the scripture was fulfilled, that saith: And he was reckoned with the wicked. And they that pas sed by blasphemed against him, wagging their heads, and saying: S. Oh! Thou that destroyest the temple of God, and rebuildest it in three days, save thyself, and come down. from the cross. Č. In like manner the chief priests with the scribes, insulting, said to one another: S. He saved others; but he cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe. C. And they that were crucified with him, re

viled him. And at the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole earth until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying: + Eloi, Eloi, lamma sabacthani? C. Which is interpreted: † My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? C. And some of the standers by hearing him, said: S. Behold, he calleth Elias. C. And one running and filling a spunge with vinegar, and putting it on a reed, gave it him to drink, saying: S. Hold, let us see, if Elias come to take him down. C. And Jesus crying out with a loud voice, expired. And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom. And the Centurion, who stood over against him, seeing that so crying out he had expired, said: S. Truly this man was the Son of God. C. And there were also some women looking on afar off; among whom was Mary Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James the less, and of Joseph, and Salome; and when he was in Galilee, they followed him, and served him; and many other women that were come up with him to Jerusalem.

Here is said: Cleanse my heart, ORDINARY, p. 43.

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ND when the evening was come (because it was the preparation before the Sabbath) Joseph of Arimathea, a noble decurion, who also was expecting the kingdom of God, came and went boldly to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. And Pilate wondered that he was dead already. And having sent for the Centurion, he asked him, if he was dead already. And when he knew it from the Centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. And Joseph having bought a linen windingsheet, and taken him down, wrapped him in the winding-sheet, and laid him in a sepulchre that was hewn out of a rock; and he rolled a stone at the entrance of the sepulchre.

OFFERT. Ps. 139. Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the sinful man; and from unjust men deliver

me.

SECRET. May these sacrifices, O Lord, we beseech thee, which are accompanied with healing fasts, mercifully repair us. Thro'.

COMM. Ps. 68. The Judges in the gate spoke against me, and they that drank wine, made songs against me. But I poured forth my prayer to thee,

O Lord it is time, O God, to shew thy good will to me, according to the multitude of thy mercies.

POSTCOMM. Sanctificationibus. May these thy holy mysteries, O Almighty God, both cure our vices, and become an eternal remedy to us. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God.

PRAYER. Tua Nos. May thy mercy, O God, purify us from the corruption of the old man, and enable as to put on the new. Thro.'

WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK.

MASS. INTROIT. Phil. 2.

AT the name of Jesus let every knee bow, of things

in heaven, on earth, and under the earth: because the Lord became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross; therefore the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. Ps. 101. O Lord hear my prayer, and let my cry come to thee. At the name, &c. to Ps.

After the Kyrie eleison is said: Let us pray. Let us kneel down. R. Stand up again.

I. COLLECT. Prasta. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who continually are punished for our excesses, may be delivered by the passion of thy only begotten Son. Who liveth, &c.

I. LESSON. Isaias lxii. 11. lxiii. 1. 7.

HUS saith the Lord God: Say to the daughter of

ward is with him. Who is he that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bosra? He is beautiful in his robe, walking in the greatness of his strength. It is I, that speak justice, and am the protector that saveth. Why then is thy garment red, and thy clothes like theirs that tread in the wine press? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the Gentiles there is not a man with ́me; I have trodden them in my fury, and trampled on them in my anger; and their blood is sprinkled on my clothes, and I have stained all my garments. For the day of revenge is in my heart; the year of my reward is come. I looked about, and there was none to help me ; I sought, and there was none to assist me; and my own

arm saved me, and my own indignation helped me. And I trod down the people in my fury, and I made them drunk in my indignation, and I brought their strength down to the ground. I will remember the mercies of the Lord, the praise of the Lord for all the things, which the Lord our God hath bestowed up

on us.

GRAD. Ps. 68. Turn not away thy face from thy servant, for I am in distress; hear me speedily. V. Save me, O God, for the waters have entered even to my soul, I am sunk into deep mire, and there is no footing.

May the Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit.

II. COLLECT. Deus, qui. O God, who wouldst have thy Son suffer on the cross, to deliver us from the power of the enemy; grant to us thy servants that we may obtain the grace of his resurrection. Thro' the

same.

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'N' those days; Isaias said: Lord who hath believed what they have heard from us? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? And he shall shoot up like a young sprig before him, and like a sucker from dry ground; he hath no form nor beauty; and we saw him, and he had nothing sightly, that we should desire him; as being despised and the last of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with infirmity'; his countenance was, as it were, hid, and despicable, wherefore we valued him not. He hath truly taken on himself our infirmities, and hath borne our sorrows; and we looked on him as a leper, and as one struck by God. and afflicted. But it was for our iniquities be was wounded, and for our crimes was he bruised; the chastisement for making our peace fell upon him, and by his bruises were we healed. We were all gone astray like sheep, every one had turned aside to go his own way; and the Lord laid upon him the iniquities of us all. He became an oblation, because he himself would, and he opened not his mouth; be shall be led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before the shearer shall he be dumb, and open not his mouth. He was taken from confinement and from judgment. Who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off from the land of the living;, for the wickedness of my people have I struck him. He shall give the

wicked for his burial, and the rich for his death; because he did no evil, nor was deceit found in his mouth; and the Lord was pleased to crush him in his weakness. If he shall lay down his life for sin, he shall see a long posterity, and the will of the Lord shall be fulfilled by his hand. For that his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be satisfied. This my righteous servant shall make many righteous by his doctrine; and he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I bestow upon him many,' and he shall distribute the spoils of the strong; because> he hath delivered up his life to death, and was numbered. with the wicked; and he bore the sins of many, and prayed for such as transgressed.

TRACT. Ps. 101. Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. V. Turn not away thy face from me; but whenever I am in distress, give ear to me. V. In whatever day I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily. V. For my days have vanished like smoke; and my bones are as if they were fried in a frying-pan. V. I was blasted like the grass, and my heart withered: because I forgot to eat my bread. V. But thou O Lord, wilt arise and have mercy on Sion; for the time to have mercy on her is come.

The PASSION of our Lord JESUS CHRIST according to Luke, Chap. xxii.

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T that time; The feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near; and the chief priests and scribes sought how they might put Jesus to death, but they feared the people. And Satan entered into Judas, one of the twelve, who was surnamed the Iscariot. And he went and talked with the chief priests. and magistrates, how he might betray him to them. And they were glad, and bargained to give him money. And he promised to do it. And he sought an opportunity to betray him without any tumult. And the day of unleavened bread being come, on which it was necessary the Passover should be killed? Jesus sent Peter and John, saying: Go and prepare for us the Passover, that we may eat it. C. And they said: S. Where wouldst thou have us make it ready? C. And he saith to them: + Behold, as you go into the city, there will meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he goeth, and you shall say to the master of the house: The master saith to thee: Where is the

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