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LIBRAR Y
MIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS
THE ROMAN BREVIARY
THE ROMAN BREVIARY
REFORMED BY ORDER OF THE HOLY
(ECUMENICAL COUNCIL OF TRENT;
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF POPE ST
PIUS V.; AND REVISED BY CLEMENT,
VIII., URBAN VIII., AND LEO XIII.
TOGETHER WITH THE
OFFICES SINCE GRANTED

AND THE MARTYROLOGY
TRANSLATED OUT OF
LATIN INTO ENGIJSH BY
JOHN, MARQUESS OF BUTE, K.T.
A NEW EDITION
FOR USE IN ENGLAND
IN FOUR VOLS.
VOL. IV.—-AUTUMN
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
THE PIE . . . . . . . . . See vol. i. p. xix

Twvo EASY TABLES . ix
THE KALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . xk
PRAYERS ABSOLUTTONS AND BLE§HNGS . . . . . xxxfii
THE PSALTER—
MATTINS—
SUNDAY . . . . . . . . . . 1
MONDAY . . . . . . . . . . 73
TUESDAY . . . . . . . . . . 92
'WEDNESDAY . . . . . . . . . 108
THURSDAY . . . . . . . . . . 123
FRIDAY . . . . . . . . . . 140
SATURDAY . . .- . . . . . . . 157
LAUDS——
SUNDAY . . . . . . . . . . 22
MONDAY . . . . . . . . . . . 87
TUESDAY . . . . . . . . . . 105
WEDNESDAY. . . . . . . . . . 120
THURSDAY . . . . . . . . . . 137
FRIDAY . . . . . . . . . . 153
SATURDAY . . . . . . . . . . 171
vi CONTENTS.
THE PSALTER—
PRIME—
SUNDAY 35
WEEK-DAYS 45
TERCE 52
SEXT 59
NONE 66
VESPERS—
SUNDAY I76
MONDAY I85
TUESDAY 188
WEDNESDAY . . 190
THURSDAY I93
FRIDAY I97
SATURDAY 200
COMPLINE 205
PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON—
SEPTEMBER 213
OCTOBER . 251
NOVEMBER 285
PRAYERS, HOMILIES, AND GOSPEL ANTIPHONS 323
THE COMMON OF SAINTS—
FOR APOSTLES’ EVES 345

FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS 346
FOR ONE MARTYR 366
FOR MANY MARTYRS 382
FOR ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR 399
FOR A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP 415
FOR DOCTORS . . . . 43I
FOR THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 436
FOR VIRGINS . . . 451
FOR HOLY WOMEN 464
FOR DEDICATION OF A CHURCH 472
CONTENTS. vii
PROPER OFFICE OF THE SAINTS—

FEAST-DAYS IN AUGUST . . . . . . . . 493
" SEPTEMBER . . . . . . . 509
11 OCTOBER . . . . . . . . 604
un V NOVEMBER .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 700
DECEMBER 788
ADDITIONAL SERVICES—
LITTLE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY . . . 793
OFFICE FOR THE DEAD . . . . . . . . 802
GRADUAL PSALMS . . . . . . . . . 821
SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS AND LITANY . . . . 822
GRACE BEFORE AND AFTER MEAT . . . . . . 827
PRAYERS FOR A JOURNEY . . . . . . . 828
PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION . . . . . . 83o
THANKSGIVING AFTER COMMUNION . . . . . . 836
DEVOTIONS AFTER COMMUNION . . . . . . 8 38
THE VOTIVE OFFICES—

ALL HOLY ANGELS . . . . . . . . . 841
ALL THE HOLY APOSTLES . . . . . . . 847
ST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY . . . 849
THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR . . . . 856
THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST . . . . 866
GENERAL APPENDIX
THE IMMACULATE .
CONCEPTION . OF .
THE .
BLESSED . .
VIRGIN .MARY. 881
OFFICES PECULIAR TO IRELAND . . . . . 899

T\VO EASY TABLES. iX
TWO EASY TABLES,
COMPILED FROM THE PIE.
find in ‘ZUbl't‘b it can be seen at a glance what is to be done

(1) When Ibe Secand Vespers qfone Qflrefa/l on the same e'vening wit/J t/Je Firrl
Vup”: of anotber Qflcc.
( 2) Wbe” two Ofiicerfal/ on tbs .rame day.
To use these Tables, find the little square in which lines drawn from the
designations of the two Offices meet at right angles, and then look what direction
is given underneath the Table, with the number inscribed in the square.
For instance, in Table A a Double of the Second Class meets a Semi-double
in a square containing the numeral 4. And 4. gives the Rule “ all of the former,
with a Commemoration of the latter,” but if the case be reversed they meet in I,
and the Service is “all of the latter, nothing of the former.” And so in Table B,
the case of a Double of the Second Class and a Semi-double falling on the same
day is provided for in 4. and 3, and it is ordered that the Semi-double be com
memorated and the Double of the Second Class observed. 0 indicates a case
which either cannot occur, or which is the subject of special directions in its own
place. However, it is first needful to know the rank of the different Ofiices.
LIST OF FEASTS ACCORDING TO THEIR CLASS.

Doufiler of tbe Firrt Class.
Christmas Day. Dec. 25.

Twelfth-Day. Jan. 6.
Maundy Thursday.
Good Friday.
Holy Saturday.
Easter Day.
Easter Monday.
Easter Tuesday.
Ascension Day.
Whitsun Day.
Whitsun Monday.
Whitsun Tuesday.
Corpus Christi.
The Sacred Heart.
The Immaculate Conception. Dec. 8.
Lady Day. March 25.
VOL. IV. (I 2
T\VO EASY TABLES.
The Assumption. Aug. I 5.

The Birthday of St John the Baptist. June 24..
St Joseph. March 19.
SS. Peter and Paul. June 29.
All Saints. Nov. 1.
St Thomas of Canterbury.1 Dec. 29.
St George. April 23.
St Augustine of Canterbury. May 26.
The Dedication of the Particular Church.
The Feast of the Patron, or Titular of the Particular Church.
The Feast of the Chief Patron or Patrons of the diocese.
Double: of tbe Secand Clan.

The Circumcision. Jan. I.
The Holy Name.
The Most Holy Trinity.
The Most Precious Blood.
The Finding of the Cross. May 3.
Candlemas Day. Feb. 2.
The Visitation. July 2.
The Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Sept. 8.
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary.
Michaelmas Day. Sept. 29.
The Patronage of St Joseph.
The Feasts of the Eleven Apostles, and of the Evangelists.
St Stephen. Dec. 26.
The Holy Innocents. Dec. 28.
St Lawrence. Aug. 10.
St Anne. July 26.
St Joachim.
St Gregory the Great. March 12.
St Edward. Oct. 13.
Greater Daub/er.
The Commemorations—
Of the Prayer of our Lord,
Of His Sufierings,
OF His Coronation,
Of His Piercing,
Of His Enshroudment,
Of His Five Wounds,
Of His Precious Blood.
The Transfiguration. Aug. 6.
The Most Holy Redeemer. Oct. 23.
The Exaltation of the Cross. Sept. 14.
Dedication of the Church of St Saviour. Nov. 9.
1 Regarding the rank of this Feast, see note under his day.
TWO EASY TABLES. xi
The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin. Dec. 18.

Her Espousal. Jan. 23.
Her Sorrows‘gthe two Feasts).
The Blessed irgin styled Help of Christians. May 24..
The Blessed Virgin styled of Mount Carmel. July 16.
Dedication of St Mary’s of the Snows. Aug. 5.
The Name of Mary.
The Blessed Virgin styled of Ransom. Sept. 24.
The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin.
Her Motherhood. .
Her Purity.
Her Patronage.
Manifestation of St Michael. May 8.
St Gabriel. March 18.
St Raphael. Oct. 24..
The Guardian Angels. Oct. 2.
The Beheading of the Baptist. Aug. 29.
St Peter’s Chair at Rome. Jan. 18.
St Peter’s Chair at Antioch. Feb. 22.
St Peter’s Chains. Aug. I.
The Conversion of St Paul. January 2 5.
Commemoration of St Paul. June 30.
Dedication of the Churches of SS. Peter and Paul. Nov. 18.
St John before the Latin Gate. May 6.
St Barnabas. June II.
The Blessed John and his companions. May 4..
St Bede the Venerable. May 27.
St Alban. June 22.
Translation of St Thomas of Canterbury. July 7.
The Holy Relics (second Sunday in July).
St Ursula. Oct. 21.
St Edmund the Martyr. Nov. 20.
St Benedict. March 2!.
St Dominic. Aug. 4.
St Francis. Oct. 4..
St Patrick. March 17.
St Francis Xavier. Dec. 3.1
Sunday: of the First Clan.

The First Sunday of Advent.
The First Sunday of Lent.
Passion Sunday.
Palm Sunday.
Easter Sunday.
Low Sunday.
Whitsunday.
Trinity Sunday.
1 The Feast was an Ordinary Double when the Office given in this Breviary was printed.
xii T\\'O EASY TABLES.
Sunday: 1f lb: Second Class.

The Second, Third, and Fourth Sundays in Advent.
Septuagesima Sunday.
Sexagesima Sunday.
Quinquagesima Sunday.
The Second, Third, and Fourth Sundays of Lent.
Greater Week-days.
Those of Advent. .
Those of Lent.
The Ember Days.
Rogation Monday.
In the Geneml Appendlx will be found the following Greater Doubles.

Translation of the Holy House of Loreto.
The Finding of the Child JESUS in the Temple.
The Holy Home.
The Blessed Thomas Plumtree and his Companions.
The Flight of our Lord .IEsus Christ into Egypt.
The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Good Counsel.
The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled the Mother of the Lord our Shepherd.
Lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled Mother of Grace.
Translation of St Edmund.
The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Perpetual Succour.
The Blessed John Fisher.
The Blessed Thomas More.
Translation of St Cuthbert.
The Blessed Thomas Percy.
LIST OF PRIMARY FEASTS.

I. Doubles of the First Class.
Christmas.
Twelfth Day.
Easter Day.
The Ascension.
VVhitsun Day.
Corpus Christi.
The Immaculate Conception.
Lady Day.
The Assumption.
The Birthday of St John the Baptist.
St Joseph.
TWO EASY TABLES. xiii
SS. Peter and Paul.

All Saints.
St Thomas of Canterbury.
St George.
St Augustine of Canterbury.
The Dedication of the Particular Church.
The Patron or Titular.
The principal Patron or Patrons of the district or diocese.
II. Doubles of the Second Clan.

The Circumcision.
The Most Holy Trinity.
Candlemas Day.
The Visitation.
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin.
Michaelmas Day.
The Feasts of the Eleven Apostles, and of the Evangelists.
St Stephen. Dec. 26.
-The Holy Innocents.
St Lawrence.
St Anne.
St Joachim.
St Gregory the Great.
St Edward.
III. Greater Daub/er.
The Transfiguration.
The Dedication of St Saviour’ s.
Dedication of St Mary’s of the Snows.
The Angels Guardian. ‘
The Dedication of the Basilicas of SS. Peter and Paul.
St Barnabas.
St Benedict.
St Dominic.
St Francis.
St Gabriel.
St Raphael.
The Blessed John and his Companions.
St Bede the Venerable.
St Alban.
The Holy Relics.
St Ursula.
St Edmund the Martyr.
St Patrick.
St Francis Xavier.
IV. Daub/m.
The Birthday (or day kept as such) of each Saint.
xiv TWO EASY TABLES.
LIST OF SECONDARY FEASTS.

I. Doubles 0f 1/): Fin! Clam. :
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
II. Daub/er of ti): Second Clan.
The Most Holy Name of Jesus.

The Finding of the Holy Cross.
The Feast of the Most Precious Blood.
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary.
The Patronage of St Joseph.
III. Greater Daub/er.

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
The Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin (the two Feasts).
The Blessed Virgin styled of Mount Carmel.
Her Holy Name.
The Blessed Virgin styled of Ransom.
Her Presentation.
The Manifestation of St Michael.
The Beheading of St John the Baptist.
St Peter’s Chair at Rome.
St Peter’s Chair at Antioch.
St Peter’s Chains.
The Conversion of St Paul.
The Commemoration of St Paul.
St John before the Latin Gate.
The Commemorations—
Of the Prayer of our Lord,
Of His Sufierings,
Of His Coronation,
Of His Piercing,
Of His Enshroudment,
Of His Five Wounds,
Of His Precious Blood.
Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer.
The Espousal of the Blessed Virgin.
Her Motherhood.
Her Purity.
Her Patronage.
The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin.
The Blessed Virgin styled Help of Christians.
Translation of St Thomas of Canterbury.
All other Feasts of our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Saints not
provided for in these lists.
TWO EASY TABLES. XV
TABLE A.
If the Second Vespers of
An Higher Sunday (112., of the First or

Second Class) . . . . .
An Ordinary Sunday . . . . 4 3 4 4 3 3 I I I 0
A Double of the First Class . . .H 2 4 2 4 4 i 4 6 4 6 _4'
EZQLQQRQQSIAEAQQ . C .i" 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 6 3 4
A Patron or Titular . . . 2 4 2 4 4 4 0 4 6 4
ZCreater Double WW. . . 4 4 4 4 4 6 I 3 I 4
A Double . . . . . . 4 5 4 4 5 3 1 3 1 4
An
A Semi-double
Octave-day . . . . . 4 35 4 45 35 I
3 1 31 1 4
A Day within an Octave . . . o 3 4 3 3 3 I 1 1 5
1. All of the latter, nothing of the former.

. "fi
2. All of the former, nothmg of the latter. I} if > > > > > > > > Fl
. U E”. m U C) "U U U m ’11 H
[ 3. Allmemoration of the
of the latter, butformer.
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4. All of the former, but With

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memoration of the latter. 15' 5‘ g g H :4; 2 E g
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5. All of the former till the Chapter, ex- g
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clusive; then of the latter, from the O '0 E if 9*» 2
Chapter, inclusive, but with a Com- ‘ i (:0: El 8
memoration of the former. 4 F5 4 O- O 013

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6. All of the more important, but \vith ; g g g

a Commemoration of the less I 5 ' 3
i important; if equal, Vespers 0f the i
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latter from the Chapter inclusive. 1 (“D
li 1
Note.
At the First Vespers of the Octave-days of the Ascension and of Corpus
Christi and of other Primary Feasts of our Lord, the whole Service is of the
Octave. If a Double Feast have occupied the day, it is only commemorated,
xvi TWO EASY TABLES.
unless it be of the First or Second Class, in which case the Service is of it, with
a Commemoration of the First Vespers of the Octave.
If the Second Vespers of the Octave-days of the Feasts of our Lord which
are Primary and more solemn, such as those of Twelfth-Day, Easter, the
Ascension, and the others, clash with the First Vespers of a Double (including
the Octave-day of St John the Baptist), the Double is only commemorated,
unless it be of the First or Second Class, the Patron, Titular, or Dedication
Feast of the particular Church, in which cases the Service is of the Double,
with a Commemoration of the Second Vespers of the Octave.
On the Octave-days of Primary Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, the Angels,
St John the Baptist, St Joseph, and the Holy Apostles, there is only a Com
memoration made of an Ordinary or Lesser Double that precedes or follows.
If a Double or Semi-double Feast have been reduced to the condition of a
Simple according to the Pie, Chap. x., and a Double of the First Class fall
upon the day before, the reduced Feast is commemorated at the Second Vespers
of the Double of the First Class only if it is to be commemorated at the Lauds
of the succeeding day, that is to say of its own day; but upon Doubles of the
Second Class such a reduced Feast is commemorated at both Vespers in the
same way as an Octave-day or a Sunday would be; but a day within an Octave
is not commemorated unless the next day’s Ofiice be of the same.
When several Commemorations are to be made, they are arranged in the order
of I, Privileged Sunday; 2, Octave-Day; 3, Greater Double; 4., Reduced
Double; 5, Ordinary Sunday; 6, Day within the Octave of Corpus Christi;
7, Semi-double; 8, Day within an Octave, reduced to the form of Simple;
9, Greater Week-day or Eve; 10, Simple.
[TABLE B.
Two EASY TABLES. xvii
TABLE B.
i If
1
ADoubleOftheFirstClass 564664l6 6‘2 2 2844 1

A Double of the Second Class . 4 4 4 4 4 6 4{2 2 8 I 4 I_ I
4 A Greater Double 4 4 4 4 I 4 4 i 2 8 I I 4 I I
A Double Ofa Doctor 4 4 4 4 I ; 4 oi o I I I 4 I 1’

-_ __ l i ;._
l _ . r
ADouble 444314 7:033543_3
A Day within an Octave . 4
_ 4 4 3 3 1 7 3 l 3 __
3 5 5 3 3 '_ ‘
An Octave-clay . ___
4 4 4 4 7 i 4 4 ‘ 2 2 3 3 _
4 3 V 3 ‘
.
ASQml-double l
-4447343‘3335333
ASimple “33033333335333
_ _ -
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A Greater Week-day . ‘6 0 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 o o'o
AnEve- l05433333335°00
I. The former is transferred, and ‘
thelatterobserved. '§>:Zg>>>>>>>§>:€
2. The former is observed, and IF1
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the latter transferred. if” n “E. . a, g E E H c' 0‘ _. m N .-.
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3. The latter lS Observed, and i ;: ‘P ’5'- o o 0 >1 C o u,
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the latter commemorated. r 9 1 6 g :_- Q g :1 Q
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i thelatteraltogetheromitted. i l
i 7. The more important is 013 l r: ‘_ i t
‘ served, commemorated.
portant and the less im ‘ i I l r
l 8. The more important is ob- l l ‘ l

‘ served, and the less im- l 3 I l
portant transferred. i l ‘ ‘
VOL. IV. D a 3
xviii TWO EASY TABLES.
Note.
A Double of any sort, even the Patron, Titular, or Dedication Feast of the
particular Church, if it fall on Dec. 24., Whitsun Eve, Jan. I or I3, Ash
Wednesday, Holy, Easter, or VVhitsun Weeks, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi
Day, March 25, Aug. 15, Dec. 8, Midsummer Day, March 19, June 29, or
Nov. 1, is transferred, if it can be transferred, but if not, it is simply com
memorated upon its own day, or totally omitted, as may be directed in the Pie.
Within the Octave of the Epiphany no Feast can be kept except Double
Feasts of the First Class, and that with Commemoration of the Octave. Other
Feasts of Nine Lessons are permanently fixed on the first free day after the
Octave; Simples are commemorated only. Within the Octave of Corpus Christi,
Semi-doubles are reduced to the rank of Simples and commemorated, neither can
Doubles be transferred thither unless they be of the First or Second Class, and a
Commemoration is always made of the Octave. Within those Octaves, in which
the observance of Feasts is allowed, a Semi-double, if it fall on a Sunday, is
commemorated as prescribed by the Pie.
The Octaves of Christmas, Twelfth-Day, and Corpus Christi, are com
memorated at every Vespers and Lauds, whatever be the Office.
Other Octaves, which are not in the Kalendar,l are not observed from Ash
Wednesday to Low Sunday, or Whitsun Eve to Trinity Sunday, both inclusive,
or from Dec. 17 to Jan. 6.
An Octave-day can never be transferred. Therefore, if Corpus Christi fall
on Midsummer Day, and the Feast of St John were consequently kept on June
25, July I would be kept as the Octave of Corpus Christi, with a Commemoration
of the Octave of St John at both Vespers and at Lauds.
If some other Saints be mentioned in the Kalendar on the same day _with the
Patron or Titular, the Feast of the Patron or Titular alone is observed. If the
other Feast be a Double or Semi-double, it is permanently fixed on the first free
day and kept as a Semi-double. If it is a Double of the First or Second Class,
it is similarly transferred and kept as on its own day.2
The VVeek-days of Advent and Lent, if not kept as such, are always com
memorated at both Vespers and Lauds, whatever be the Office; Ember Days,
Eves, and Rogation Monday, at Lauds only. But if an Eve fall in Advent or
Lent, on an Ember Day, a Double of the First Class, or the Patronal, Titular,
or Dedication Feast of the particular Church, no notice is taken of it, even in
Lands.
1 But in the diocese of Hexham there is a special privilege permitting the observance of an
Octave in honour of St Cuthbert.
‘2 1.2., in that particular Church, it has a dayfixed other than elsewhere.
KALENDAR. xix
KALENDAR.
JANUARY.
. Cireumeirion of our Lord. Double of the Second Class.

. Octave of St Stephen. Double. Commemoration of the Octaves of St
Thomas of Canterbury, of St John, and of the Holy Innocents.
. Octave of St John, Apostle and Evangelist. Double. Commemoration of
St Thomas of Canterbury, and of the Octave of the Holy Innocents.
. Octave of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs. Double. Commemoration of St
Thomas of Canterbury.
. Octave of St Thomas of Canterbury, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of
the Eve of the Epiphany and of St Telesphorus, P0pe of Rome, Martyr.
. EPIPHANY or OUR Loan. Double of the First Class.
. Within the Octave of the Epiphany.
Within the Octave.
. Within the Octave.
Within the Octave.
. Within the Octave. Commemoration of St Hyginus, Pope of Rome, and
Martyr.
. Within the Octave.
* Lord’s Day within the Octave of the Epiphany. [Tbe Finding qftbe Cbild
JESUS in tbe Temple. Greater Double. General Appendix.]
13. Octave of the Epiphany. Double.
* Second Lord’s Day after the Epiphany. Feart of tbe Most Holy Name of
JESUS. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.
14. Hilary, Bishop [of PoitiersJ Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.
Commemoration of St Felix, Priest and Martyr.
15. Paul, the First Hermit. Double. Commemoration of St Maurus, Abbat.
16. Marcellus, Pope and Martyr. Semi-double.
17. Antony, Abbat. Double.
18. The Chair of St Peter at Rome. Greater Double. Commemoration of St
Paul and of St Prisca, Virgin and Martyr.
. Wolstan, Bishop [of Worcester,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of
SS. Maris, Audifax, Abachum, and Martha, Martyrs.
* Third Lord’s Day after the Epiphany. [Tbe Feast of tbe Holy Home,
JESUS, Mary, and JoJ-epb. Greater Double. Gen. App.]
20. Fabian and Sebastian, Martyrs. Double.
21. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr. Double.
22. Vincent and Anastasius. Semi-double.
. Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St Joseph. Greater Double. Com
memoration of St Joseph and of Emerentiana, Virgin and Martyr.
24. Timothy, Bishop [of Ephesus,] Martyr. Double.
XX KALENDAR.
25. Conversion of St Paul. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Peter.

26. Polycarp, Bishop [of Smyrna,] Martyr. Double.
27. John Chrysostom, Patriarch [of Constantinople,] Confessor and Doctor of
the Church. Double.
28. Raymond of Pefiafuerte, Confessor. Semi-double.1 Commemoration of St
Agnes for the second time.
29. Francis de Sales, Bishop [of Geneva,] Confessor, and Doctor of the
Church. Double.
30. Martina, Virgin and Martyr. Semi-double.
[Double in the Province of Westminster.]
. Peter Nolasco, Contessor. Double.
* Friday after Septuagesima Sunday, Prayer of our Lord in tbe Garden of
Gelbremane. Greater Double.
* Friday after Sexagesima Sunday, Suflering: ofour Lord. Greater Double.
FEBRUARY.
1. Ignatius, Bishop [of Antioch,] Martyr. Double.

2. Purification of Ike Blerred Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class.
3. Laurence, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double. Commemoration
of Blase, Bishop of Sebaste in Armenia, Martyr.
4. Andrew Corsini, Bishop [of Fiesole,] Confessor. Double.
5. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr. Double.
6. Titus, Archbishop [of Gortyna in Crete,] Confessor. Double. Commem
oration of St Dorothy, Virgin and Martyr.
OO\I . Romuald, Abbat. Double.
John de la Mata, Confessor. Double.
Cyril, Pope of Alexandria, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.
Commemoration of St Apollonia, Virgin and Martyr.
[The Twenty-six Holy Martyrs who suffered in Japan. Double. Gen.
APP-J . .
10. Scholastica, Virgin. Double.
II. Gilbert [of Sempringhamil Confessor. Semi-double.
12. Benedict Biscop, Abbat, Confessor. Double.
13. The Seven Founders of the Servite Order, Confessors. Double.
[Kentigern, Bishop [of Glasgow,] Confessor. Double. Gen. App.]
14.. Valentine, Priest and Martyr.
[Thomas Plumtree and his Companions, Martyrs. Greater Double. Gen.
APP-1
15. F austinus and Jovita, Martyrs.
16.
17. [The Flight of our Lord Jesus Christ into Egypt. Greater Double. Gen.
APP-J '
18. Simeon, Bishop [of Jerusalem,] Martyr.
I9.
1 See vol. i. p. 723.
KALENDAR. xxi
20.
21.
22. The Chair of St Peter at Antioch. Greater Double. Commemoration of St
Paul.
23. Peter Damian, [Cardinal] Bishop [of Ostia,] Confessor, and Doctor of the
Church. Double. Commemoration of the Eve.
24.. Matt/Jim, Apostle. Double of the Second Class.
25.
26. Ethelbert, King of Kent, Confessor. Double.
27. [Margaret of Cortona, Penitent. Semi-double. Gen. App]
28. ~
In Leap-Year February has 29 days, the additional day is inserted after the
23rd, the 24th is then the Eve of St Matthias, and the following days
are each counted one later, the Feast of St Matthias being the 25th, 23cc.
* First Friday in Lent, Coronation of our Lord will) Tbornr. Greater
Double.
Second Friday in Lent, Piercing of Our Lord twill.) Spear and Nails.
Greater Double.
Third Friday in Lent, Enrbroudment of our Lord. Greater Double.
Fourth Friday in Lent, Tbe Five Mort Holy Wound: of our Lord.
Greater Double.
MARCH.
I. David, Archbishop [of Caerleon,] Confessor. Double.

2. Chad, Bishop [of Lichfield,:| Confessor. Double.
3. Aelred, Abbat, Confessor. Semi-double.
4.. Casimir, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of St Lucius, Pope of
Rome, and Martyr.
5.
6.
7. Thomas of Aquino, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Com
memoration of SS. Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs.
8. Felix, Bishop [of DunwichJ Confessor. Double.
9. Frances of Rome, Widow. Double.
IO. The Forty Martyrs. Semi-double.
1 I. John of God, Confessor. Double.
12. Gregory [Ilae Great,] Pope of Rome, Doctor of tlze Cbureb, and flportle of
England. Double of the Second Class.
13.
14.
I 5.
16.
17. Patrick, Archbishop [of Armaghfl Confessor. Greater Double.
18. The Archangel Gabriel. Greater Double.
19. JOSEPH, HUSBAND or THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Double of the First
Class.
xxii KALEN DA R.
20. Cuthbert, Bishop [of Lindisfarne,] Confessor. Double.

[In the diocese of Hexham and Newcastle this Feast has an Octave. See
Gen. App.]
2I. Benedict, Abbat and Cont'essor. Greater Double.
22. Cyril, Bishop [of Jerusalem,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.
[Edward, King of England, Martyr. Double. Gen. App]
24..
ANNUNCIATION or THE BLESSED Vracm MARY. Double of the First Class.
26. [The Penitent Thief. Double. Gen. App.]
27. John of Damascus, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.
28. John of Capistrano, Confessor. Semi-double.
29.
31.
* Friday in Passion \Veek, Sorrowr of [be Bleued Virgin lVIary. Greater
Double.
APRIL.
Francis of Paola, Confessor. Double.

+m
Richard, Bishop [of Chichester,] Confessor. Double.
.. Isidore, Archbishop [of Seville,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.
Double.
"9 9°?9‘Y‘ Vincent Ferrer, Confessor. Double.
I-‘i-l
. Leo the Great, Pope of Rome, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.
Double.
13. Hermenegild, Martyr. Semi-double.

1+. Justin, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of SS. Tiburtius, Valerian, and
Maximus, Martyrs.
15.
16.
17. Stephen Harding, Abbat, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of St
Anicete, Pope of Rome, and Martyr.
18.
19. jElphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr. Double.
20.
21. Anselm, Archbishop [of Canterbury,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.
Double.
22. Soter and Caius, Popes of Rome, and Martyrs. Semi-double.
.
KALENDAR. xxiii
. GEORGE, MARTYR, PATRON or ENGLAND. Double of the First Class.

. Faithful of Sigmaringen, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave
of St George and of St Mellitus, Archbishop of Canterbury.
. Mark, Euangelirt. Double of the Second Class.
. Cletus and Marcellinus, Popes of Rome, and Martyrs. Semi-double. Com
memoration of the Octave of St George.
[The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Good Counsel. Greater Double.
Gen. App.]
27. Egbert, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of the Octave of St
George.
28. Paul of the Cross, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of
St George and of St Vitalis, Martyr,
29. Peter, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St George.
30. Octave of St George, Martyr. Double.
* Third Lord’s Day after Easter, Patronage of St Josepb. Double of the
Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.
[In some dioceses this Feast has an Octave. See Gen. App.]
MAY.
. Pbilip and 7amer, Ajay/er. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration

of St Asaph, Bishop of St Asaph.
[* First Lord’s Day in May, The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled tbe Motber
of the Lord our Sbeplrerd. Greater Double. Gen. App.]
. Athanasius, Pope of Alexandria, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.
Double.
. Finding of tbe Holy Crou. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration
of SS. Alexander, Eventius, and Theodulus, Martyrs, and Juvenal, Bishop
of Narni, Confessor.
+ . John, Cardinal Bishop of Rochester, Thomas More, and their companions,
Martyrs. Greater Double.
\O O\10\V\ . Katharine of Sienna, Virgin. Double.
. John, Apostle and Evangelist, before the Latin Gate. Greater Double.
. Stanislaw, Bishop [of Crakow,] Martyr. Double.
. Manifestation of the Archangel St Michael. Greater Double.
. Gregory of Nazianzus, Patriarch [of Constantinople,] Confessor, and Doctor
of the Church. Double.
10. Antonine, Archbishop [of Florence,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration
of SS. Gordian and Epimachus, Martyrs.
II. Pius V., Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double.
[John Rochester and James Walworth and their Companions, Martyrs.
Double. Gen. App.]
. Nereus, Achilles, the Virgin Domitilla, and Pancras, Martyrs. Semi-double.
[Lowliness of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Grealer Double. Gen. App.]
13. Walburg, Virgin. Double.
[4. Monica, Widow. Double. Commemoration of St Boniface, Martyr.
xxiv KALENDAR.
15. [Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, Confessor.

Double. Gen. App.:]
[The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled Mother of Grace. Greater Double.
Gen. App.]
16. Simon Stock, Confessor. Double.
17. Paschal Baylon, Confessor. Double.
18. Venantius, Martyr. Double.
19. Dunstan, Archbishop [of Canterbury,] Confessor. Double. Commemora—
tion of St Pudentiana, Virgin.
20. Bernardine of Sienna. Semi-double.
21. Peter Celestine, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double.
22. Ubald, Bishop [of Gubbio,] Confessor. Semi-double.
23. John Baptist de’ Rossi, Confessor. Double.
24.. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled “ Help of Christians.” Grealer Double.
[In the dioceses of Shrewsbury and Westminster, Double of tbe Fin-l Clan,
witb an Octave. Gen. App.]
25. Aldhelm, Bishop [of Sherborne,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of
St Urban, Pope of Rome, and Martyr.
26. AUGUSTINE, ARCHBISHOP or CANTERBURY, CONFESSOR, Arosrus or ENGLAND.
Double of the First Class.
27. Bede the Venerable, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Grealer Double.
Commemoration of the Octave of St Augustine and of St John 1., Pope
of Rome, and Martyr.
28. Gregory VIL, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the
Octave of St Augustine.
[The Blessed Margaret Pole, Countess [of Salisbury,] Martyr. Double.
Gen. App]
29. Eleutherius, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the
Octave of St Augustine.
30. John of Nepomuc, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St
Augustine and of St Felix, Pope of Rome, and Martyr.
31. Angela Merici, Virgin. Double. Commemorations of the Octave of St
Augustine and of St Petronilla, Virgin.
* Third Lord’s, Day after Pentecost, tbe Mort Sacred Heart of JESUS.
Double of the First Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.
JUNE.
1. Within the Octave of St Augustine of Canterbury.

2. Octave of St Augustine of Canterbury. Double. Commemoration of SS.
Marcellinus, Peter, and Elmo, Martyrs.
3. Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi, Virgin. Double.
4. Francis Caracciolo, Confessor. Double.
5. Boniface, Archbishop [of Maintz,] Martyr. Double.
[In the diocese of Plymouth, a Double of tlae Firrt Class, witb an Oetawe.
Gen. App.]
. Norbert, Archbishop [of Magdebui'g,] Confessor. Double.
KALEN DAR. xxv
William, Archbishop of York, Confessor. Double.

Primus and Felician, Martyrs.
[In tbe dioeere of Parlrmoutb, Translation of St Edmund, Archbishop of
Canterbury, Confessor. Greater Double. Gen. App.]
IO. Margaret, Queen of Scots, Widow. Double.
11. Barnabas, Apostle. Greater Double.
12. John of San Fagondez. Double. Commemoration of SS. Basilides, Cyrinus,
Nabor, and Nazarius, Martyrs.
13. Anthony of Padua, Confessor. Double.
I4. Basil the Great, Archbishop [of Cmsarea-in-Pontusfl Confessor and Doctor
15. Philip Neri, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS. Vitus, Modestus,
and Crescentia, Martyrs.
17. Botolph, Abbat, Confessor. Semi-double.

[Lord’s Day before the birth of St John the Baptist, tbe Blerre/l Virgin
Mary, .rlylea' of Perpetual Sueeour. Greater Double. Gen. App.]
18. Mark and Marcellian, Martyrs.
19. Juliana de’ Falconieri, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of SS. Gervase
and Protase, Martyrs.
20. Silverius, Pope of Rome, and Martyr.
21. Aloysius Gonzaga, Confessor. Double.
22. Alban, Proto-Martyr of Britain. Greater Double. Commemoration of
Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, Confessor.
[First Free Day after June 22, the Blessed John Fisher, Cardinal Bishop of
Rochester, Martyr. Greater Double. Gen. App.]
23. Etheldreda, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of Midsummer Eve.
. BIRTH or ST JOHN THE BAPTIST. Double of the First Class.
25. William, Abbat, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St
John.
26. John and Paul, Martyrs. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St
John.
27. Within the Octave of the Birth of St John.
28. Leo IL, Pope of Rome, and Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of
the Octave of St John, and of the Eve of the Apostles.
29. PETER AND PAUL, Arosruzs. Double of the First Class.
[Commemoration of all the Holy Apostles. Gen. App.]
3o. Commemoration of St Paul. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Peter,
and of the Octave of St John.
JULY.
* First Lord’s Day in July, tbe Mort Preeiou: Blood of our Lord 7ESUS
Cbrist. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.
. Octave of the Birth of St John the Baptist. Double. Commemoration of
the Octave of SS. Peter and Paul. '
xxvi KALENDAR.
. Vin'lrllion oft/1e Bleued Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class. Com
memoration of SS. Processus and Martinian, Martyrs.
. Within the Octave of the Apostles.
Within the Octave of the Apostles.
. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the
Octave of the Apostles.
. Octave of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. Double.
[First Free Day after July 6, the Blessed Thomas More, Martyr. Greater
Double. Gen. App.]
. Translation of Thomas, Archbishop [of Canterbury], Martyr. Greater Double.
* Second Lord's Day in July, Ila: Holy Reliu. Greater Double. Com
memoration of the Sunday.
. Isabel, Queen of Portugal, Widow. Semi-double.
9 Willibald, Bishop of Eichstad, Confessor. Double.
IO The Seven Brethren and the Holy Virgins Rufina and Secunda, all Martyrs.
Semi-double.
. Cyril, Bishop of Moravia, and Methodius, Bishop of Kiefi', Confessors.
Double. Commemoration of St Pius 1., Pope and Martyr.
I3. John Gualberto, Abbat [of Passignano,] Double. Commemoration of SS.
Nahor and Felix, Martyrs.
r3. Anaelete, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. Semi-double.
l4. “Buona-ventura,” [Cardinal] Bishop [of Albano,] Confessor, and Doctor
:5. Swithun, Bishop [of Winchester,] Confessor. Double.
[The Division of the Apostles. Double. Gen. App.]
[Third Sunday in July, Commemoration of All the Holy Bishops of Rome.
Double. Gen. Ap
. The Blessed Virgin ary, styled of Mount Carmel. Greater Double.
Gen. App]
[In the diocese of Salford, Double of lbe First Clan.
. Osmond, Bishop [of Salisbury,] Confessor. Double.
. Camillus de’ Lelli, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Symphorosa
and her Seven Sons, Martyrs.
It). Vincent de Paul, Confessor. Double.
20. Jerome Miani, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Margaret, Virgin
and Martyr.
2|. Henry II., Emperor of the Romans, Confessor. Semi-double. Commem
oration of St Praxedes, Virgin.
:1. Marv Magdalen. Double.
13. Apollinaris, Bishop [of Ravenna,] Martyr. Double. Commemoration of St
Liborius, Bishop of Mans, Confessor.
1+. Alexis, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of the Eve of St James,
and of St Christina, Virgin and Martyr.
James, Jpwtlr. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of St Chris
topher, Martyr.
:6. June, Jlrlr'vr ofrbe Bllflfll Virgin Marv. Double of the Second Class.
[ll (be when of Leak, Double of the First Class. Gen. App.]
:7. Pantsleon, Martyr.
28. Nazarius, Celsus, and Victor, Martyrs, and Innocent, Pope of Rome, and
Combssor. Semi-double.
KALENDAR. xxvii
29. Martha, Virgin. Semi-double. Commemoration of SS. Felix, Simplicius,

Faustinus, and Beatrix, Martyrs.
30. Germanus, Bishop of Auxcrre, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS.
Abdon and Sennen, Martyrs.
31. Ignatius, Confessor. Double.
AUGUST.
. The Chains of St Peter. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Holy

Machabees, Martyrs.
. Alphonsus Mary de’ Liguori, Bishop [of Santa-Agata-de’-Goti,] Confessor,
and Doctor of the Church. Double. Commemoration of St Stephen,
Pope of Rome, and Martyr.
av+w. Finding of the body of St Stephen, the First Martyr. Semi-double.
. Dominick, Confessor. Greater Double.
Dedication of St Mary’s of the Snows. Greater Double.
Transfiguration of our Lord. Greater Double. Commemoration of St
Xystus, Pope of Rome, and SS. Felicissimus and Agapitus, Martyrs.
mg
GaEtan, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Donatus, Bishop of
Arezzo, Martyr.
Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus, Martyrs. Semi-double.
Oswald, King of the Northumbrians, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of
the Eve of St Lawrence, and of St Romanus, Martyr.
[0. Lawrence, Martyr. Double of the Second Class.
II. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. Commemoration of SS. Tiburtius and
Susanna.
12. Clare, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Lawrence.
I3. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. Commemoration of SS. Hippolytus
and Cassian, Martyrs.
14.. Within the Octave of St Lawrence. Commemoration of the Eve of the
Assumption, and of St Eusebius, Confessor.
15. ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Double of the First Class.
* The Lord’s Day within the Octave of the Assumption, St Joaebim, Con
ferror, Fatber of tbe Bleueal Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class.
Commemoration of the Sunday.
I6. Hyacinth, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the two Octaves.
17. Octave of St Lawrence. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the
Assumption.
I8. Helen, Empress of the Romans, Widow. Double. Commemoration of the
Octave of the Assumption, and of St Agapitus, Martyr.
19. Within the Octave of the Assumption.
20. Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.
Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Assumption.
21. Jeanne Frances Frémiot de Chantal, Widow. Double. Commemoration of
the Octave of the Assumption.
22. Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Double. Com
memoration of SS. Timothy, Hippolytus, and Symphorian, Martyrs.
xxviii KALEN DAR.
* The Lord’ 5 Day after the Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. [Qflice of tbe Mort Pure Heart of tbe BItJJ'fll Virgin. Greater
Double. Vol. iii., Gen. App., p. 1028; vol. iv., Gen. App., p. 916.]
Philip Benizzi, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Eve of St
Bartholomew.
2+. Bartholomew, Apostle. Double of the Second Class.
25. Louis IX., King of France, Confessor. Semi-double.
26. Zephyrinus, Pope of Rome, and Martyr.
27. Joseph Casalanz, Confessor. Double.
28. Austin, Bishop [of Hippo,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double.
Commemoration of St Hermes, Martyr.
29. Beheading of St John the Baptist. Grealer Double. Commemoration of St
Sabina, Martyr.
30. Rose of Lima, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of SS. Felix and him
that joined him, Martyrs.
31. Aidan, Bishop [of Lindisfarne,] Confessor. Double.
SEPTEMBER.
. Raymond the Unborn, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Giles,

Abbat, and of the Twelve Holy Brethren, Martyrs.
2. Stephen, King of Hungary, Confessor. Semi-double.
+0.1
[Translation of St Cuthbert, Bishop [of Lindisfarne] and Confessor. Grealer
Double in tbe dioreee of Hexbam. Gen. App.]
Lawrence de’ Giustiniani, Patriarch of Venice, Confessor. Semi-double.
9“:
90$
Birtb of tbe Blerred Virgin Mary. Double of the Second Class. Commem
oration of St Adrian, Martyr.
* The Lord’s Day within the Octave, Tbe Holy Name of tbe Blessed Virgin
Mary. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday.
. Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Commemoration of
St Gorgonius, Martyr.
IO. Nicolas of Tolentino. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the Birth
of the Blessed Virgin.
11. Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Commemoration of
SS. Protus and Hyacinth, Martyrs.
12. Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin.
13. Within the Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin.
1+. Uplifting of the Holy Cross. Greater Double. Commemoration of the
Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin.
15. Octave of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. Double. Commemoration of St
Nicomede, Martyr.
* Third Lord’s Day in this Month, The Seven Sorrow: of tbe Blamed Virgin
Mary. Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday.
KALENDAR. xxix
16. Cornelius, Pope of Rome, and Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyrs.

Semi-double. Commemoration of SS. Euphemia, Lucy, and Geminian,
Martyrs.
I . Marking of the Body of St Francis with the marks of Our Lord. Double.
1 . Joseph of Cupertino, Confessor. Double.
. Januarius, Bishop [of Benevento,] and his Companions, Martyrs. Double.
. Eustace, Agapitus, Theopistus, and Theopista, Martyrs. Double. Com
memoration of the Eve of St Matthew.
. Mattbew, Apostle and Evangelist. Double of the Second Class.
. Thomas of Villanueva, Archbishop [of Valencia,] Confessor. Double.
Commemoration of St Maurice and his Companions, Martyrs.
. Linus, Pope of Rome, and Martyr. Semi-double. Commemoration of St
Thecla, Virgin and Martyr.
. The Blessed Virgin Mary, styled “ of Ransom.” Greater Double.
. Ninian, Bishop [of Galloway,] Confessor._ Double.
. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double. Commemoration
of SS. Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs.
. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs. Semi-double.
. Wenceslaus, Duke [of Bohemia,] Martyr. Semi-double.
. Dedication of tbe Cbureb of St illiebael, tbe Arebangel. Double of the Second
Class.
[In the dioceses of Menevia and Newport, ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS.
Double of the First Class. Gen. Appi]
30. Jerome, Priest, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church. Double. Com
memoration of St Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury.
OCTOBER.
* First Lord’s Day in the Month, Tbe Holy Rosary of tbe Blessed Virgin
Mary. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the Sunday.
. Remy, Bish0p of Rheims, Confessor. Simple or Semi-double at will.
. The Guardian Angels. Greater Double.
“Chm-PU)!“— . Thomas, Bishop of Hereford, Confessor. Double.
. Francis, Confessor. Greater Double.
. Placidus and his Companions, Martyrs.
. Bruno, Confessor. Double.
. Mark, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Commemoration of SS. Sergius and his
Companions, Martyrs.
* Second Lord’s Day in the Month, Motberbood of tbe Blessed Virgin Mary.
Greater Double. Commemoration of the Sunday.
. Bridget, Princess of Nericia, Widow. Double.
. Denys, Bishop of Paris, Rusticus, and Eleutherius, Martyrs. Semi-double.
. Paulinus, Archbishop of York, Confessor. Double.
. Francis Borgia, Confessor. Semi-double.
. Wilfred, Archbishop [of York,] Confessor. Double.
. Edward, King of England, Confesror. Double of the Second Class.
XXX KALENDAR.
14.. Kallistus, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave

of St Edward.
* Third Lord’s Day in the Month, Purity of tbe Blened Virgin Mary.
15. Theresa, Virgin. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of St Edward.
16. Within the Octave of St Edward.
17. Iadwiga, Widow. Semi-double. Commemoration of the Octave of St
Edward.
18. Lube, Evangelirt. Double of the Second Class.
19. Peter of Alcaintara, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the Octave
of St Edward.
[In the diocese of Shrewsbury, Double of the Firrt Clan. Gen. App.]
20. Octave of St Edward. Double.
21. Ursula and her Companions, Virgins and Martyrs. Greater Double. Com
memoration of St Hilarion, Abbat.
* Fourth Lord’s Day in the Month, Patronage of tbe Blened Virgin Mary.
22. John of Kenty, Confessor. Double.
23. Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer. Greater Double.
24,. The Archangel Raphael. Greater Double.
25. John of Beverley, Archbishop [of York,] Confessor. Double. Commem
oration of SS. Chrysanthus and Daria, Martyrs.
26. Evaristus, Pope of Rome, Martyr.
27. Eve of SS. Simon and Jude.
28. Simon and Jude, Apostles. Double of the Second Class.
29.
3o.
31. Eve of All Saints.
NOVEMBER.
1. FEAST or Au. "ran SAINTS. Double of the First Class.

Within the Octave of All Saints. Commemoration of all the Faithful
Departed.
. Winefrid, Virgin and Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of
All Saints.
Charles, [Cardinal] Archbishop [of Milan,] Confessor. Double. Com
memoration of the Octave of All Saints, and of Saints Vitalis and
Agricola, Martyrs.
Within the Octave of All Saints.
.0“?9W Octave of All Saints. Double. Commemoration of the Four Crowned
Martyrs.
9. Dedication of the Cathedral Church of Our Most Holy Saviour. Greater
Double. Commemoration of St Theodore, Martyr.
KALENDAR. xxxi
IO. Andrew Avellino, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of SS. Tryphon,

Respicius, and the Virgin Nympha, Martyrs, and of St Justus, Bishop of
Rochester, Confessor.
II. Martin, Bishop [of Tours,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St
Mennas, Martyr.
[2. Martin, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Semi-double.
13. Diego, Confessor. Semi-double.
14.. Erconwald, Bishop of London, Confessor. Double. ‘
[Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Martyr. Greater Double. Gen.
A . Virgin.
I 5. GCI'U‘IPIIZTG, Double.
16. Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, Confessor. Double.
[In the diocese of Portsmouth, EDMUND or CANTERBURY. Double of the
First Class. Gen. App.]
17. Hew, Bishop of Lincoln, Confessor. Double.
18. Dedication of the Churches of SS. Peter and Paul. Greater Double.
19. Elizabeth, Widow. Double. Commemoration of St Pontian, Pope of
Rome, and Martyr.
20. Edmund, King of the East Angles, Martyr. Greater Double.
21. Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Greater Double.
22. Cecily, Virgin and Martyr. Double.
23. Clement, Pope of Rome, Martyr. Double. Commemoration of St Felicity,
Martyr.
24. John of the Cross, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Chrysogonus,
Martyr.
. Katharine, Virgin and Martyr. Double.
. Sylvester, Abbat, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St Peter, Pope
of Alexandria, Martyr.
27. Gregory, the Wonder-worker, Bishop [of Neo-Caesarea in Pontus,] Con
fessor. Double.
28. Jehoshaphat, Archbishop of Polotsk, Martyr. Double.
29. Willibrord, Archbishop of Utrecht, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of
the Eve of St Andrew, if out of Advent, and of St Saturninus, Martyr.
[Cuthbert Maine, Martyr. Double. Gen. App.]
30. Andrew, APortle. Double of the Second Class.
DECEMBER.
. Felix de Valois, Confessor. Double.
[Edmund Campion and his Companions, Martyrs. Double. Gen. App.]
Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr. Semi-double.
we Francis Xavier, Confessor. Double.1
. Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop [of Ravenna,] Confessor, and Doctor of the
Church. Double. Commemoration of St Barbara, Virgin and Martyr.
1 Since raised to the rank of a. Greater Double.
xxxii KALENDAR.
5. Brian, Bishop [of Dorchester,] Confessor. Double. Commemoration of St

Saba, Abbat.
6. Nicolas, Archbishop [of Myra,] Confessor. Double.
[In diocese of Liverpool, Double of the First Class. Gen. App.]
7. Ambrose, Bishop [of Milan,] Confessor, and Doctor of the Church.
Double.
8. IMMACULATE Concer'rrou or THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Double of the
First Class.
9. Within the Octave of the Conception.
10. Within the Octave of the Conception. Commemoration of St Melchiades,
Pope of Rome, Martyr.
[Translation of the Holy House of Loreto. Greater Double. Gen. App.]
11. Damasus, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Semi-double. Commemoration of the
‘ Octave of the Conception.
12. Within the Octave of the Conception.
13. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr. Double. Commemoration of the Octave of the
Conception.
14.. Within the Octave of the Conception.
15. Octave of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin. Double.
. Eusebius, Bishop ['of Vercelli,] Martyr. Semi-double.
. The Blessed Virgin Mary looking shortly to be delivered. Greater Double.
. Eve of St Thomas.
. Tbomar, flportle. Double of the Second Class.
. Christmas Eve.
. BIRTHDAY or OUR LORD Jesus CHRIST. Double of the First Class.
. Stepben, tbe Firrt Martyr. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration
of the Octave of Christmas.
. Jobn, flportle and Evangelist. Double of the Second Class. Commemora
tion of the Octaves of Christmas and of St Stephen.
. Tbe Holy Innoeem‘s. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration of the
Octaves of Christmas, of St Stephen, and of St John.
29. THOMAS, ARCHBISHOP 0F CANTERBURY, MARTYR. Double of the First
Class.1 Commemoration of the Octaves of Christmas, [of St Stephen,
of St John, and of the Innocents.]
30. Office of the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, or of the Octave.
Commemorations of the Octaves of [Christmas,] of St Thomas of
Canterbury, of St Stephen, of St John, and of the Innocents.
31. Silvester, Pope of Rome, Confessor. Double. Commemoration of the
Octaves of Christmas, of St Thomas of Canterbury, of St Stephen,
of St John, and of the Innocents.
1 See the note to the Office in the Breviary.
PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS. xxxiii
PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS.
A PRAYER BEFORE A SERVICE.

O Lord, open Thou my mouth that I may bless Thy Holy Name. Cleanse
my heart from all vain, evil, and wandering thoughts; enlighten my under
standing; kindle my affections, that I may pray to, and praise Thee with
attention and devotion; and may worthily be heard before the presence of
Thy Divine Majesty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Lord, in union with that Divine Intention wherewith Thou didst Thyself
praise God, while as Thou wast on earth, I oEer these Hours unto Thee.
A PRAYER AFTER A SERvrcE.

In respect of wbieb Pope Leo X. bas granted to all persons who after saying
tbe Di'uine Qfliee sball cle‘voutly reeite it on tbeir bnees, eonzlonation of tbe sborteomings
andfaults committed by tbem from buman frailty in saying tbe Qfliee.
To the Most Holy and undivided Trinity, to the Manhood of our Lord
.IEsus Christ Crucified, to the fruitful Virginity of the most blessed and most
glorious Mary, always a Virgin, and to the holiness of all the Saints be ascribed
everlasting praise, honour, and glory, by all creatures, and to us be granted the
forgiveness of all our sins, world without end. Amen.
Verse. Blessed be the womb of the Virgin Mary which bore the Son of
the Eternal Father.
Answer. And blessed be thg paps which gave suck to Christ Our Lord.
Tben are said tbe Lord’s Prayer and tbe Angelic Salutation.
SUMMARY or THE ABSOLUTIONS AND BLEssrNGs PRONOUNCED AT MArTiNs.
In tbe First Noeturn, and on Monday and Tbursa'ay.
Absolution.
Graciously hear, 0 Lord Jesus Christ, the prayers of Thy servants, and
have mercy upon us: Who livest and reignest with the Father, and the Holy
Ghost, world without end. Amen.
First Blessing.
May the Eternal Father bless us
With an eternal blessing. Amen.
Seeona' Blessing.
May the Son, the Sole-begotten,
Mercifully bless and keep us. Amen.
XXXiV PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS.
Tbird Blessing.
May the grace of God the Spirit
All our heart and mind enlighten. Amen.
In tbe Seeond Nooturn, and on Tuesday and Friday.

Abrolution.
May His loving-kindness and mercy help us, Who liveth and reigneth with
the Father, and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.
Fourtl) Bleering.
God the Father Omnipotent,
Be to us merciful and clement. Amen.
Fifi/J Blaming.
May Christ to all His people give,
For ever in His sight to live. Amen.
Sixtb Bleuing.
May the Spirit’s fire Divine
In our hearts enkindled shine. Amen.
[n tbe Tbirzl Noeturn, and on Wednesday and Saturday.

Absolution.
May the Almighty and merciful Lord loose us from the bonds of our
sins. Amen.
Serventb Blersing.
May the. Gospel’s holy lection
Be our safety and protection. Amen.
Eight]; Blerring.
God’s most mighty strength alway
Be His people’ s stall" and stay. Amen.
For Feart: of Saintr.

He (or she or they) whose feast-day we are keeping,
Be our Advocate (or Advocates) with God.
For Feast: of tbe Bleued Virgin.

She whose feast-day we are keeping—
Mary, blessed Maid of Maidens,
Be our Advocate with God.
PRAYERS. ABSOLUTIONS AND BLESSINGS. XXXV
lVint/J Blessing.
May He that is the Angels’ King
To that high realm His people bring. Almen.
0r, anotber Gospel and Homily are to be begun,

May the Gospel’ s glorious word
Cleansing to our souls allbrd.
On days of Tbree Lessons tbe Absolution and Blessings are as about, aeeording
to Ilse Weeb-a'ay, wit/s tbe following exceptions: First Blessing on Wednesday or
Saturday, (not tbe Simple Qfliee of tbe Blessed Virgin, ) if tbe First Lesson be
not Gospel witb Homily,
May His blessing be upon us
Who doth live and reign for ever.
Wbene'ver tbe First Lesson is GosPel witb Homily, tbe Blessings are from tbe
Tbird Noelurn.
If tbe Ofiiee be of a Saint or Saints, [be Blessings are :
First Blessing.
Seeond Blessing.
He (or she or they) whose feast-day we are keeping,
Be our Advocate (or Advocates) with God.
Tbirll Blessing.
May He that is the Angels’ King
To that high realm His people bring. Amen.
Tbe flbsolution and Blessings in tbe Simple Qfiee of tbe Blessed Virgin for
Saturdays are Jaeeuliar to tbat Qfliee, and are given in tbeir own plaee.
4 Elm iBsalter,
0R,
BOOK OF PSALMS,
DIVIDED ACCORDING TO THE DAYS OF THE WEEK, TOGETHER WITH
THE ORDINARY OFFICE FOR THE DIFFERENT SEASONS.
MATTINS,1 OR MORNING PRAYER.

FOR THE LORD’S DAY, SUNDAY.
Before Mattz'ns, and every other I IAIL, Mary, full of grace;

Hour, except-Laura’s and Complz'ne, The Lord is with thee;
my” ZS mm, maudzl’lyfi blessed art thou among women,
UR Father, Who art in heaven, and blessed is the fruit of thy
Hallowed be Thy Name. WOmb, JESUS
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray
done on earth, as it is in heaven, for us sinners, now and at the hour
Give us this day our daily bread. 0f0l1r death. Amen
And forgive us our trespasses, as we At M 6 _ _ f M I" d
fgrit“;
' tléem that tileSPass againsi
- _
us_ Prime,
e egmnmg o a ms an
and at the end of Complzne,
n e? us not Into ,temptatlon ’ is then said z'naudz'bly the Apostles'
but delIver us from eVIl. Amen. Creed:
1 The proper hour for Mattins is midnight, at which time it is said in many Convents.
In others it is said at 2 or 5 A.M. In the Cathedral of Rome ISt. John Lateran’s) and
other Churches of the same country, the hour is about 7 A.M. It is allowable to say it at
any hour after the sun has begun to decline, and an ordinary practice is to do so late in the
afternoon.
2 The reason why the Lord’s Prayer and the Apostles’ Creed are recited inaudibly during
the Office seems to be, that in the early Church these formulae were concealed from the
unbaptized until very shortly before their baptism. Now, all were allowed to be present
at the Office, of which these formulae are a part, and therefore they were then so said that
the unbaptized could not hear them. The “ Hail, Mary," having been added as a. sort of
appendix to the Lord’s Prayer, follows the same rule with it. The Lord's Prayer is said
aloud during the Canon of the Mass, because only the faithful were then present.
VOL. IV. A
2 THE PSALTER.
BELIEVE in God the Father Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,

Almighty, Maker of heaven 0 Eternal King of heaven.
and earth. And in JESUS Christ, Then is said Psalm xciv. with the
His only Son, our Lord: Who Inw'tatory. The Int/italory here given
was conceived by the Holy Ghost, is said from the Octave of the Epiph
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered any to Septuagesima Sunday, and
from the Oelar/e of Pentecost to Ad
under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, vent Sunday.
dead, and buried: He descended
into hell: the third day He rose [nuitatory Let us worship the
again from the dead: He ascended Lord, for * He is our Maker.
into heaven, and sitteth on the right Repetition. Let us worship the
hand of God the Father Almighty: Lord, for * He is our Maker.
from thence He shall come to judge
the quick and the dead. I be
lieve in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Psalm XCIV."’
Catholic Church, the Communion [Vulgate and LXX., “A song of praise
of Saints, the Forgiveness of sins, by David."]
the Resurrection of the body, and
the Life everlasting. Amen. O COME, let us sing unto the
LORD, let us make a joyful
Then is said aloud . noise to the God of our Salva
tion: let us come before His
Verse.1 >I< O LORD, open Thou presence with thanksgiving, and
my lips. make a joyful noise unto Him
Answer. And my mouth shall with psalms.
show forth Thy praise. Let us worship the Lord, for He
Verse.2 >14 Make haste, O God, is our Maker.
to deliver me. For the LORD is a great God, and
Answer. Make haste to help me, a great King above all gods : for the
O LORD. Lord will not cast off His people:
Glory be to the Father, and to the for in His hand are all the ends of
Son, and to the Holy Ghost. the earth; and the heights of the
3As it was in the beginning, is hills are His also.
now, and ever shall be, world with He is our Maker.
out end. Amen, Alleluia} For the sea is His, and He made
it: and His hands formed the dry
From Septuagesima Sunday to
illaundy Thursday instead qf Alleluia land: 60 come, let us worship
is said: and fall down ; let us cry unto the
1 Ps. l. 17. . 2 Ps. lxix. 2.
3 The Greek original of this Doxology does not contain the words, “As it was in the
beginning” (inserted against the Arians), but runs thus: “ Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, both now, and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen.”
‘ Or rather, “ Hal’lu-YAH,” “ Praise-ye-the-Eternal,” a Hebrew phrase which occurs
repeatedly in the Bible. The sound of these words causes the Church such joy that she
denies herself their use during her penitential season. But in order not to remit the praise of
God, she substitutes for the Hebrew phrase a short rhyming Latin one, of similar meaning.
5 This Psalm is not given in the original from the Vulgate, but from some other Latin
translation. 6 Here it is usual to kneel till the *.
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. 3
LORD our Maker. * For He is HYMN.3

the Lord our God; and we are O-DAY the Blessed Three in One
His people, and the sheep of His Began the earth and skies ;
pasture. To-day a Conqueror, God the Son,
Did from the grave arise :
Let us worship the Lord, for He We too will wake, and, in despite
is our Maker. Of sloth and languor, all unite,
To-day if ye will hear His voice, As Psalmists bid, through the dim night
harden not your heart; as in “the Waiting with wistful eyes.
Provocation,” and as in the day of 50 may He hear, and heed each vow,
“Temptation” in the wilderness: And prayer to Him addrest ;
when your fathers tempted Me, And grant an instant cleansing now,
proved Me, and saw My works.1 A future glorious rest.
So may He plentifully shower,
He is our Maker. On all who hymn His love and power,
Forty years long was I grieved In this most still and sacred hour,
with that generation2 and said, It is His sweetest gifts and best.
a people that do alway err in their Father of purity and light !
heart, and they have not known My Thy presence if we win,
ways: unto whom I sware in My ’Twill shield us from the deeds of night,
wrath that they should not enter The burning darts of sin ;
Lest aught defiled or dissolute
into My rest. Relax our bodies or imbrute,
Let us worship the Lord, for He And fires eternal be the fruit
is our Maker. Of fire now lit within.
Glory be to the Father, and to Fix in our hearts, Redeemer dear,
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. The ever-gushing spring
As it was in the beginning, is now, Of grace to cleanse, of life to cheer
and ever shall be, world without Souls sick and sorrowing.
end. Amen. Thee, bounteous Father, we entreat,
And only Son, awful and sweet,
He is our Maker. And life-creating Paraclete,
Let us worship the Lord, for He The Everlasting King.
is our Maker. Amen.
Tbe following Hymn is then said, Instead of the foregoing the follow
from the Octave o the Epiphany to the ing Hymn is said from tile Octave of
First Sunday in ent, andfrom tlzefirst Pentecost to the first Sunday of 0:
Snnday of October to A d'vent. tober.
1 The occasion here referred to is that described in Erodus xvii. 1-7.

The children of
Israel while travelling through the desert became rebellious from want of water.
It was
given them from the smitten rock. Then is added : “And he [Moses] called the name of
the place Temptation” (Hebrew and LXX. add “and Provocation ”),_“ because of the
chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying: Is the LORD
among us, or not?”
2 Namely, that particular generation which had come out of Egypt. The next clauses
relate to that which is written in Numbers xiv. 22: “Because all these men which have
seen My glory, and My miracles, which I did in Egypt, and in the wilderness, have tempted
Me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice, surely they shall not see the
land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked Me see it."
And this is confirmed with an oath, in verse 28 : “As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye
have spoken in Mine ears, so will I do to you: your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.”
3 Aseribed to Pope St. Gregory the Great, but altered, one verse omitted, and the last
verse added. Translation by the late Card. Newman. .
4 THE PSALTER.
HYMN.1 Not so are the ungodly, not so:

LET us arise and watch by night, * but are like the chaff which the
And meditate always ; wind driveth away from the face of
And chant as in our Maker's sight the earth.
United hymns of praise.
Therefore the ungodly shall not
So singing with the saints in bliss, stand in the judgment: * nor sin
With them we may attain ners in the congregation of the
Life everlasting after this, righteous.
And heaven for earthly pain.
For the LORD knoweth the way
Grant this, 0 Father, Only Son, of the righteous: * but the way Of
And Spirit, God of grace, the ungodly shall perish.
To whom all worship shall be done Glory be to the Father, and to
In every time and place. the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
As it was in the beginning, is
When the Invitatorz'es, Hymns, 6%., now, and ever shall be, *‘ world
are dzfierent from the above they are without end. Amen.
given in the Ofiee to whit/z they be
long. This Dorology is said at the end of
every Psalm unless spea'al dz'reetz'ons
are git/en to the contrary.
FIRST NOCTURN, OR WATCH OF
THE NIGHT.
Psalm ll.
Antip/zon for Advent. Behold,
[In Acts iv. 25, 26, the authorship of this
there cometh the King. Psalm is attributed to David.]
Antip/zon for the rest of the year.
Serve the LORD. WHY do the heathen rage, *
Antz'phon for Paschal time. Al and the peoples devise a
leluia. vain thing?
The kings Of the earth set them
Psalm 1.
selves, and the rulers take counsel
LESSED is the man that walk together * against the LORD, and
eth not in the counsel of the against His Anointed.
ungodly, nor standeth in the way of Let us break their bands asun
sinners, * nor sitteth in the seat of der: * and cast away their yoke
the scoffers : from us.
But his delight is in the Law of He That sitteth in the heavens
the LORD; * and in His Law doth shall laugh them to scorn: * and
he meditate day and night. the Lord shall have them in de
And he shall be like a tree rision.
planted by the rivers of water, * Then shall He speak unto them
that bringeth forth his fruit in his in His wrath : * and plague them in
season: His sore displeasure.
His leaf also shall not wither: Yet hath He set me for King
* and whatsoever he doeth shall upon His holy hill of Zion * to de
prosper. clare His decree.
1 Also ascribed to Pope St. Gregory the Great, although somewhat altered. Translation
by the late Card. Newman.
The LORD hath said unto me: of people that have set themselves
* Thou art My Son, this day have against me round about: * arise, O
I begotten thee. LORD, save me, O my God.
Ask of Me, and I shall give For Thou hast smitten all them
thee the heathen for thine inheri that fought against me without a
tance, * and the uttermost parts causes: * Thou hast broken the
of the earth for thy possession. teeth of the ungodly.
Thou shalt rule them with a rod Salvation belongeth unto the
of iron, * and shalt dash them in LORD: * and Thy blessing is upon
pieces like a potter’s vessel. Thy people.2
Be wise now, therefore, 0 ye
kings; * be instructed, ye judges Psalm VI.
of the earth. [Intituled “ A Psalm of David.” The
Serve the LORD with fear: * and title also contains directions, probably musi
rejoice with trembling before Him. cal, the meaning of which is now uncertain.]
Lay hold of instruction, lest the LORD, rebuke me not in
Lord be angry, * and ye perish from Thine anger : * neither
the righteous way. chasten me in Thine hot dis
When His wrath is kindled sud pleasure.
denly, * blessed are all they that Have mercy upon me, O LORD,
put their trust in Him. for I am weak: * O LORD, heal me,
for my bones are shaken.
Psalm III. My soul also is sore vexed : * but
[Intituled “A Psalm of David, when he Thou, O LORD, how long?
fled from Absalom his son.” See the his— Return, 0 LORD, deliver my soul :
tory in 2 Kings (Sam.) xv., xvi., xviii.] * O save me for Thy mercy’s sake.
LORD, how are they increased For in death there is no one that
that trouble me? * many are remembereth Thee: * and in the
they that rise up against me. grave who shall give Thee thanks?
Many there be that say of my I am weary with my groaning,
soul: * There is no help for him every night I wash my bed: * I
in his God.1 water my couch with my tears.
But Thou, O LORD, art a shield Mine eye is grown dim because
for me, * my glory, and the Lifter of grief: * I am waxen old because
up of mine head. of all mine enemies.
I cried unto the LORD with my Depart from me, all ye workers
voice: * and He heard me out of of iniquity: * for the LORD hath
His holy hill.2 heard the voice of my weeping.
I laid me down and slept; * I The LORD hath heard my suppli
awaked, for the LORD sustained me. cation: * the LORD hath received
I will not be afraid of thousands my prayer.
1 Here occur in the Hebrew the letters SLH, or “ Selah.” The meaning of this_ _is un
_
certain. Gesenius thinks “it seems to have been used to mark a short pause in singing
the words of the Psalm, so that the singer would be silent, while the instrumental music
continued. ” 2 SLH, again.
3 But the Hebrew reads, not, “ without a cause,” but, “ on the jaw-bone.”
6 THE PSALTER.
Let all mine enemies be ashamed Arise, O LORD, in Thine anger:

and sore vexed: * let them return * and lift up Thyself against the
and be ashamed suddenly. borders of mine enemies.
And awake for me, O Lord my
Antzpbon for Advent. Behold, God, according to the decree that
there cometh the King, even the Thou hast made: * so shall the
Most High, with great power, to congregation of the people com
save the nations. Alleluia. pass Thee about.
Antz'p/zon for the rest of the year. For their sakes, therefore, return
1Serve the LORD with fear, and re Thou on high: * the LORD judgeth
joice with trembling before Him. the peoples.
Judge me, O LORD, according to
In Pase/zal time tlzere is only one my righteousness, * and according
Antz'jfilzon to the w/zole Noeturn. to mine integrity that is in me.
0 let the wickedness of the
Seeono’ Antz'plzon for Adoent.
wicked come to an end, and es
Strengthen ye.
tablish the just; * God trieth the
Seeona' A ntz'pbon for the rest of the
hearts and reins.
year. God is a righteous judge.
Mine help is righteous, coming
from the Lord, * Who saveth the
Psalm VII. upright in heart.
God is a righteous judge, strong
[Intituled “An Hymn of David, which
he sang unto the LORD concerning the words and patient: * is He not provoked
of Cush the Benjamite.” This Cush is sup every day?
posed to be the same as Shimei, whose curs If ye turn not, He will whet His
ing of David is narrated in 2 Kings (Sam.)
xvi. 7, 8, or else a nickname for Saul.] sword : * He hath bent His bow and
made it ready.
O LORD my God, in Thee do And hath fitted thereon the in
I take refuge: * save me struments Of death, * He hath
from all them that persecute me, ordained His arrows against the
and deliver me. persecutors.
Lest he tear my soul like a lion, * Behold, he travaileth with iniquity :
while there is none to deliver, or to * he hath conceived mischief, and
save. brought forth falsehood.
0 LORD my God, if I have done He made a pit and digged it: *
this, * if there be iniquity in mine and is fallen into the ditch which he
hands ; made.
If I have requited with evil them His mischief shall return upon
that requited me [with good], * may his own head: * and his iniquity
I then flee empty before mine shall come down upon his own
enemies. pate.
Let the enemy persecute my soul, I will praise the LORD according
and take it, yea, let him tread down to His righteousness: * and will
my life upon the earth, * and lay sing praise to the, name of the
mine honour in the dust.2 LORD Most High.
1 Ps. ii. 11. 2 SLH.
Psalm VIII. Thee: * I will sing praise to Thy

[Intituled “A Psalm of David.” It has Name, 0 Thou Most High.
also a title which seems to show that it was When mine enemies are turned
a song for the vintage] back, * they shall fall and perish at
LORD, our Lord, * how ex Thy presence.
cellent is Thy Name in all For Thou hast maintained my
the earth! right and my cause: * Thou satest
For Thy glory is exalted * above in the throne judging right.
the heavens. Thou hast rebuked the heathen,
1Out of the mouth of babes and and the wicked are perished: *
sucklings hast Thou perfected praise Thou hast put out their name for
because of Thine enemies, * that ever, even for ever and ever.
Thou mightest destroy the enemy The swords of the enemy have
and the avenger. failed utterly: * and their cities
When I consider Thine heavens, Thou hast destroyed.
the work of Thy fingers: * the moon Their memorial is perished with
and the stars which Thou hast or a crash: * and the LORD endureth
dained : for ever.
What is man, that Thou art mind He hath prepared His throne for
ful of him? * or the son of man, judgment: * and He shall judge
that Thou visitest him? the world in righteousness, He shall
Thou hast made him a little lower minister judgment to the people in
than the angels, Thou hast crowned uprightness.
him with glory and honour, * and The LORD also is a refuge for the
madest him to have dominion over poor: * a refuge in times of trouble.
the works of Thine hands. And let them that know Thy
Thou hast put all things under name put their trust in Thee: ’* for
his feet, * all sheep and oxen, yea, Thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them
and the beasts of the field. that seek Thee.
The fowl of the air, and the fish Sing praises to the LORD, Who
of the sea, * that pass through the dwelleth in Zion: * declare among
paths of the sea. the people His doings.
0 LORD, our Lord, * how excel For when He maketh inquisition
lent is Thy Name in all the earth! for blood He remembereth them: *
He forgetteth not the cry of the
Psalm IX. afflicted.
[Intituled “ A Psalm of David.” It has Have mercy upon me, O LORD:
also a superscription the meaning of which * consider my trouble [which I
is not now certain. The Targum connects suffer] of them that hate me.
it with the slaying of Goliath]
Thou That liftest me up from the
I WILL praise Thee, O LORD, gates of death: *‘ that I may show
with mine whole heart: * I will forth all Thy praises in the gates of
show forth all Thy marvellous works. the daughter of Zion !
I will be glad and rejoice in I will rejoice in Thy salvation: ’*
1 This verse was quoted by our Lord, concerning those who cried Hosannah on Palm
Sunday, Matthew xxi. I6.
8 THE PSALTER.
the heathen are sunk down in the bitterness, and fraud: * under his
pit that they made. tongue is mischief and sorrow.
In the net which they hid, * is He sitteth in the lurking-places
their own foot taken. with the rich: in the secret places
The LORD is known when He * doth he murder the innocent.
executeth judgment: * the wicked His eyes are privily set against
is snared in the work of his own the poor : * he lieth in wait secretly,
hands.1 . as a lion in his den.
The wicked shall be turned into He lieth in wait to catch the
hell: * all the nations that forget poor: * to catch the poor when
God. he draweth him [after him].
For the needy shall not alway be In his snare doth he bring him
forgotten: * the expectation Of the down: * yet shall he himself totter
poor shall not perish for ever. and fall down, when he hath mas
Arise, O LORD, let not man pre tered the poor.
vail : * let the heathen be judged in He hath said in his heart: God
Thy sight. hath forgotten: * He turneth away
Put Thou a master over them, 0 His face so that He shall never see it.
LORD : * let the nations know them Arise, O LORD, O God, lift up
selves to be but men.2 Thine hand: * forget not the
Why standest Thou afar OH, O afflicted.
LORD, * why hidest Thou Thyself Wherefore doth the wicked pro
in times of trouble? voke God? * for he hath said in
The wicked in his pride doth per his heart: He will not require it.
secute the poor: * they are taken Thou seest it, for Thou beholdest
in the devices that they have im labour and sorrow: * to deliver
agined. them into Thine own hand.
For the wicked is praised accord The poor leaveth himself unto
ing to his soul’s desire: ‘* and the Thee: * Thou wilt be the helper
unrighteous is deemed blessed. of the fatherless.
The wicked provoketh the LORD : Break Thou the arm of the
* in the greatness of his scornful wicked and the evil man: '* his
indignation he doth not care. wickedness shall be sought after and
God is not before his eyes : * his shall not be found.
ways are always grievous. The LORD shall be King for ever
Thy judgments are far out of his and ever : * the heathen shall perish
sight: * he hath dominion over his out of His land.
enemies. The LORD hath heard the petition
He hath said in his heart: * I of the poor: * Thine ear hath heard
shall not be moved unto generation the desire of his heart.
and generation, yea, I shall never To judge the fatherless and the
be in adversity. oppressed, *‘ that man may magnify
His mouth is full of cursing, and himself no more upon earth.
1 Here occurs :—“Instrumental music—SLH.” This is a strong argument in favour of
Gesenius' opinion, see p. 5, note I.
5‘ SLH. Here, according to the present Hebrew text, ends Ps. ix.
Psalm X. HELP, LORD, for the godly

[lntituled “Of David.” There is also a man ceaseth : * for the truth
superscription perhaps musical, but now of faileth from among the children of
uncertain meaning]
men.
IN the LORD put I my trust; They speak vanity every one with
how say ye to my soul, * his neighbour : * with flattering lips,
Flee as a bird to the mountain? with a double heart, do they speak.
For 10, the wicked bend their The LORD shall cut off all flat
bow, they make ready their arrows tering lips, * and the tongue that
in the quiver, * that they may speaketh proud things.
privily shoot at the upright in Who have said: With our tongue
heart. will we prevail, our lips are our
For they have destroyed that own: * who is lord over us?
which Thou hast established: * For the oppression of the poor,
and what hath the righteous done? and the sighing of the needy, * now
The LORD is in His holy temple: will I arise, saith the LORD.
* the LORD’s throne is in heaven. I will set him in safety: * I will
His eyes behold the poor: * His deal faithfully with him.
' eyelids try the children of men. The words of the LORD are.pure
The LORD trieth the righteous words: * silver tried in a furnace,
and the wicked: * but he that purged of dross, purified seven times.
loveth iniquity hateth his own soul. Thou shalt keep us, 0 LORD, and
Upon the wicked He shall rain preserve us * from this generation
snares: * fire, and brimstone, and for ever.
an horrible tempest, this shall be The wicked walk on every side:
the portion of their cup. * the increase of men is according
For the righteous LORD loveth to Thy secret counsel.
righteousness: * His countenance
doth behold uprightness.
Antzlo/zonfor Advent. 1 Strengthen Psalm XII.
ye the weak hands : be strong; say: [This Psalm has the same title as the
Behold, our God will come, and last]
save us, Alleluia. OW long wilt Thou forget
Antipbon for the rest of the year. me, O LORD? for ever? *
2God is a righteous judge, strong, How long hidest Thou Thy face
and patient: is He not provoked from me?
every day? How long shall I take counsel
Tbird Antip/zon for Advent. Re in my soul, * having sorrow in mine
joice, all ye. heart daily?
T/zz'ra' A ntz'p/zon for the rest qf the How long shall mine enemy be
year. Thou shalt keep us. exalted over me? * Consider, and
hear me, O LORD my God.
Psalm XI. Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the
[Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with some sleep of death: * lest mine enemy
other words, of meaning now uncertain, as
before] say : I have prevailed against him.
1 Isa. xxxv. 3, 4. 2 Ps. vii. 12.
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10 THE PSALTER.
Those that trouble me will re For the Lord is in the generation

joice if I am moved: * but I have of the righteous: ye have shamed
trusted in Thy mercy. the counsel of the poor: * because
Mine heart shall rejoice in Thy the LORD is his hope.
salvation ; I will sing unto the LORD 0 that the salvation of Israel were
because He hath dealt bountifully come out of Zion! * when ' the
with me: * and I will sing praise LORD bringeth back the captivity of
to the name of the Lord Most His people, Jacob shall rejoice and
High. Isra'él shall be glad.
Psalm XIII.
Psalm XIV.
[Same title as Psalm x.]
[Intituled “A Psalm of David.”]
~ HE fool hath said in his heart:
* There is no God. LORD, who shall abide in Thy
They are corrupt, and have be tabernacle P * who shall
come abominable in their works: dwell in Thine holy hill?
* there is none that doeth good, He that walketh uprightly, * and
no, not one. worketh righteousness.
The LORD looked down from He that speaketh the' truth in his
heaven upon the children of men: heart, * he that deceiveth not with
* to see if there were any that did his tongue.
understand, or seek God. He that hath not done evil to his
They are all gone aside, they are neighbour, * nor taken up a reproach
altogether become unprofitable: * against his neighbour.
there is none that doeth good, no, In whose eyes a vile person is
not one. despised: * but he honoureth them
1Their throat is an open sepul that fear the LORD.
chre: with their tongues they have He that sweareth to his neighbour,
used deceit : * the poison of asps is and deceiveth him not, * he that
under their lips. putteth not out his money to usury,
Their mouth is full of cursing and nor taketh reward ‘against the in
bitterness: * their feet are swift to nocent.
shed blood. He that doeth these things, *
Destruction and misery are in shall never be moved.
their ways, and the way of peace
they have not known : * there is no Antz'p/zon for Advent. 2Rejoice,
fear of God before their eyes. all ye, and be glad : for, behold, the
Have all the workers of iniquity Lord will come with vengeance, He
no knowledge, * who eat up my will bring a recompense: He will
people as they would eat bread? come and save us. _
They call not upon the LORD: * Antz'plzon for the rest oft/1e year.
there were they in great fear, where 3Thou shalt keep us, 0 LORD, and
no fear was ; preserve us.
1 The next three verses are not in the Hebrew, although found in the Vulgate and the
LXX., which are supported by Rom. iii. 13-18.
2 Isa. xxxv. 4. 3 Ps. xi. 8.
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Antiphon for Pasehal time. Al in heaven. Give us this day our

leluia. 1 The stone was rolled away, daily bread. And forgive us our
Alleluia, from the door of the sepul trespasses, as we forgive them that
chre. Alleluia, alleluia. trespass against us. (Aloud)
Verse. And lead us not into
Then is said a Verse and Answer. temptation.
In A d7/ent. Answer. But deliver us from
evil.
Verse. 2 Out of Zion, the Per
fection of beauty. Then this Absolution.
Answer. Our God shall come RACIOUSLY hear, O Lord
manifestly. . Jesus Christ, the prayers of
Thy servants, and have mercy upon
During the rest of the year. us: Who livest and reignest with
Verse. 3 I have remembered Thy the Father and the Holy Ghost,
name, 0 LORD, in the night. world without end.
Answer. And have kept Thy Answer. Amen.
law.
In Lent. Then the reader says .
Verse. 4He hath delivered me 6Sir, be pleased to give the bless

from the snare of the fowler. ing. -
Answer. And from the noisome First Blessing.
pestilence. May the Eternal Father bless us
In Passion time. With an everlasting blessing.
Answer. Amen.
Verse. 50 God, deliver my soul
from the sword. Then is read the First Lesson, and at
Answer. And my darling from the end the reader says .
the power of the dog.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy
In Pasehal time. upon us.
Answer. Thanks be to God.
Verse. The Lord is risen from
the grave, Alleluia. Then is said the First Responsory,
Answer. Who hung for us upon after whirh the reader says .
the tree, Alleluia.
Sir, be pleased to give the bless
Then is said the Lords Prayer. ing.
Second Blessing.
UR Father (inaudibly), Who
art in heaven, Hallowed be May the Son the Sole-begotten
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. In His mercy bless and help us.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is Answer. Amen.
1 Mark xvi. 3. 2 Ps. xlix. 2. 3 Ps. cxviii. 55.

* Ps. xc. 3. 5 Ps. xxi. 20.
6 Some persons bound to say the Ofiice, when reciting alone, are accustomed to substi
tute for this the words, “Command Thy blessing, O Lord ! ”
I2 THE PSALTER.
Then is read the Second Lesson, and In their assemblies for blood
at the end the reader says . shedding will I have no part: * nor
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy mention their names with my lips.
upon us. The LORD is the portion of mine
Answer. Thanks be to God. inheritance, and of my cup: *
Thou art He That shalt restore
Then is said the Second Responsory, mine inheritance unto me.
after which the reader says :
The lines are fallen unto me in
Sir, be pleased to give the bless pleasant places: * yea, I have a
ing. goodly heritage.
Third Blessing. I will bless the LORD, Who hath
May the grace of God the Spirit given me counsel: * my reins also
All our heart and mind enlighten. instruct me in the night seasons.
Answer. Amen. I have set the LORD always be
fore my face: * because He is at
Then is read the Third Lesson, and my right hand, I shall never be
at the end the reader says :
moved.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy Therefore mine heart is glad, and
upon us. my tongue rejoiceth: * my flesh
Answer. Thanks be to God. also shall rest in hope,
For Thou wilt not leave my soul
Then is said the Third Responsory. in hell: * neither wilt Thou suffer
SECOND NOCTURN, OR WATCH OF Thine Holy One to see corruption.
THE NIGHT. Thou hast shown me the path
of life, Thou shalt fill me with joy
Antiphon for Advent. Rejoice in Thy presence: * at Thy right
greatly. hand there are pleasures for ever‘
Antzfhon for the rest of the year.
more.
Thou hast no need.
Antiphon for Paschal time. Al Antiphon for Adz/ant. 1Rejoice
leluia. greatly, 0 daughter of Jerusalem:
Psalm XV. behold, thy King cometh into thee,
[Intituled a work “of David,” but the O Zion; fear not, for thy salvation
specifically descriptive word is not now of cometh quickly.
certain meaning]
Antiphon for the rest of the year.
RESERVE me, O Lord, for in 2Thou hast no need of my goods,
Thee do I put my trust: * in Thee do I put my trust, preserve
I have said unto the LORD: Thou me, O Lord.
art my God, for Thou hast no need
In Pasthal time there is only one
of my goods. Antiphon to the whole Noeturn.
To the Saints that are in His
land, " He hath made all my will Second Antiphon for Advent.
admirable. Christ our King.
Their sorrows are multiplied, * Seeond Antzfhon for the rest of
that hasten after [a strange god]. the year. By the words.
1 Zech. ix. 9. '3 Ps. xv. r, 2.
Psalm XVI. Arise, O LORD, disappoint him,

[Intituled “A Prayer of David."] and cast him down: * deliver my
soul from the wicked, Thy sword
HEAR my right, 0 LORD, * from them that hate Thine hand.
attend unto my cry. 0 LORD, part them in their life
Give ear unto my prayer, * that from the precious things of the
goeth not out of feigned lips. earth: * their belly is filled with
Let my sentence come forth from Thine hidden treasure.
Thy presence: * let Thine eyes be They have children to the full 2 *
hold the things that are equal. and leave the rest of their substance
Thou hast proved mine heart, to their babes.
and visited it by night: * Thou As for me, I will behold Thy face
hast tried me with fire, and found in righteousness: * I shall be satis
no wickedness in me. fied when Thy glory shall appear.
That my mouth may not speak
concerning the works of men: * by Antz'phon for Advent. Christ
the words of Thy lips I have kept our King cometh, 1 Whom John
me tO strait paths. preached, saying; Behold the Lamb
Hold up my goings in Thy paths, That should come!
’* that my footsteps slip not. Antz'phon for the rest of the year.
I have called upon Thee, for 2By the words Of Thy lips I have
Thou hast heard me, O God,- * in kept me to strait paths.
cline Thine ear unto me, and- hear Third Antz'phon for Advent. Be
my speech. hold, I come.
Show Thy marvellous loving Third A ntzlzfihon for the rest of the
kindness, * 0 Thou That savest year. I will love Thee.
them which put their trust in Thee !
From those that rise up against When this Antz'phon is used the
Psalm begins with the words, “0
Thy right hand keep me, *‘ as the LORD, my strength.”
apple Of the eye.
Hide me under the shadow of Psalm XVII.
Thy wings, * from the face of the
[After a superscription, of meaning now
wicked that oppress me. uncertain, the title of this Psalm proceeds,
Mine enemies compass my soul “Of David, the servant of the LORD, who
round about, they are inclosed in spake unto the LORD the words of this song,
in the day that the LORD delivered him
their own fat: * with their mouth from the hand of all his enemies, and from
they speak proudly. the hand of Saul: and he said :—” It is
They that drave me out have found also, with a few slight differences, in
2 Kings (Sam.) xxii.]
now compassed me: * they have
set their eyes bowing down to the WILL love Thee, O LORD,
earth. my strength: * the LORD is
They have lain in wait for me, as my rock, and my fortress, and
a lion that is ready for his prey: * my Deliverer.
and as it were a young lion lurking My God, mine Helper, * in
in secret places. Whom I trust.
1 John i. 36. 2 Ps. xvi. 4.
I4 THE PSALTER.
My buckler, and the horn of my out many lightnings and discomfited

salvation, * and my refuge. them.
I called upon the LORD with And the fountains of waters were
praises, * and am saved from mine seen, * and the foundations of the
enemies. world were discovered.
The sorrows of death compassed At Thy rebuke, O LORD, * at
me: * and the floods of wicked the blast of the breath of Thy
ness made me afraid. wrath l
The sorrows of hell compassed He sent from above, and took
me about: * the snares of death me; * and drew me out of many
came upon me. waters.
In my distress I called upon the He delivered me from the strong
LORD, * and cried unto my God. est of mine enemies, and from them
And He heard my voice out of which hated me: * for they were too
His holy temple: * and my cry strong for me.
came before Him, even into His They came upon me in the day
ears. of my calamity, * but the LORD was
The earth shook and trembled: my stay.
* the foundations of the hills moved He brought me forth also into a
and quaked, because He was wroth. large place: * He delivered me be
There went up a smoke in His cause He delighted in me.
wrath, and fire burst forth before And the LORD shall reward me
His presence: * coals were kindled according to my righteousness, *
by it. and according to the cleanness of
He bowed the heavens also, and mine hands shall He recompense
came down: * and darkness was me.
under His feet. For I have kept the ways of the
And He rode upon the Cherubim 1 LORD, * and have not wickedly de
and did fiy : * yea, He did fly upon parted from my GOD.
the wings of the wind. For all His judgments were before
And He made darkness His secret me: * and I did not put away His
place, His pavilion round about statutes from me.
Him: * dark waters, thick clouds I shall also be upright with Him,
of the skies. * and keep myself from mine in
At the brightness that was be iquity.
fore Him, the thick clouds passed, And the LORD shall reward me
* hailstones and coals of fire. according to my righteousness, *
The LORD also thundered in the and according to the cleanness of
heavens, and the Highest uttered mine hands in His eye-sight.
His voice: * hailstones and coals With the holy Thou shalt be holy,
of fire. * and with the innocent Thou shalt
Yea, He sent out His arrows be innocent.
and scattered them: * He shot And with the pure Thou shalt be
1 Of these creatures, frequently mentioned in connection with the Divine manifestation,
an elaborate account will be found in Ezekiel i. (First Sunday of November), and more
shortly in Apoc. iv. (Tuesday in Third Week after Easter).
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. - IS
pure, * and with the contentious And hast made mine enemies to
Thou shalt be contentious. turn their back toward me, * and
For Thou wilt save the afflicted hast destroyed them that hate me.
people, * and bring down high They cried, but there was none
looks. to save them, even unto the LORD,
For Thou lightest my lamp, O * but He answered them not.
LORD: * my God, enlighten my And I will beat them small, as
darkness! the dust before the wind: * I will
For by Thee shall I be delivered cast them out as the dirt in the
from temptation, * and by my God streets. '
shall I leap over a wall. Thou shalt deliver me from the
As for my God, His way is per gainsayings of the people: * Thou
fect; the word of the LORD is tried shalt make me the head of the
in the fire: * He is a buckler to all heathen.
those that trust in Him. A people whom I knew not have
For who is God save the LORD? served me : * as soon as they heard
* or who is God save our God? of me they obeyed me.
It is God that girdeth me with The strangers feigned obedience
strength, * and maketh my way unto me: *‘ the strangers were
perfect. wearied out, and stumbled in their
He maketh my feet like hinds’ paths.
feet, * and setteth me upon mine The LORD liveth, and blessed be
high places. my God: * and let the God of my
He teacheth my hands to war, * salvation be exalted!
and maketh mine arms like a bow It is Thou, O God, That avengest
of brass. me, and subduest the people under
Thou hast also given me the me. * Thou art my deliverer from
shield of Thy salvation : * and Thy my wrathful adversaries.
right hand hath holden me up. And Thou shalt lift me up above
Thy correction also hath made those that rise up against me: *
me great: * and Thy chastening it Thou shalt deliver me from the
is that shall teach me. wicked man.
Thou hast enlarged my steps Therefore will I give thanks unto
under me, * and my feet have not Thee, O LORD, among the heathen,
slipped. ‘ * and sing praises unto Thy name.
I will pursue mine enemies and Great deliverance giveth He to
overtake them : * neither will I turn His king, and showeth mercy to
again till they be consumed. His Anointed, to David, * and to
I will wound them that they shall his seed for evermore.
not be able to rise : * they shall fall
under my feet. Antiplzou for Advent. 1Behold,
Thou hast girded me also with I come quickly, saith the Lord,
strength unto the battle,-* and hast and My reward is with Me, to give
subdued under me those that rose every man according as his work
up against me. shall be.
1 Apoc . xxii. 12.
16 THE PSALTER.
Antiphon for the rest of the year. Thy will be done on earth, as it is
1I will love Thee, O LORD, my in heaven. Give us this day our
strength. daily bread. And forgive us our
Antinhon for Pasehat time. Al trespasses, as we forgive them that
leluia. 2 Woman, whom seekest trespass against us. (Aloud)
thou? Alleluia. The Living among Verse. And lead us not into
the dead? Alleluia. Alleluia. temptation.
Answer. But deliver us from
Then is said a Verse and Answer.
evil.
In A dz/ent.
Then this Absolution.
Verse. 3Send forth the Lamb,
0 Lord, the ruler of the land. MAY His loving-kindness and
Answer. From the “Rock” of His mercy help us, Who
the wilderness unto the mount of liveth and reigneth with the Father,
the daughter of Zion. and the Holy Ghost, world without
end.
During the rest of the year. Answer. Amen.
Verse. ‘For Thou lightest my
candle, O LORD. Then the reader says:
Answer. My God, enlighten my Sir, be pleased to give the bless
darkness. ing.
In Lent.
Fourth Blessing.
Verse. 5 He shall cover thee with
His wings. God the Father the Almighty,
Answer. And under His feathers Show on us His grace and mercy.
shalt thou trust. Answer. Amen.
In Passion time.
Then is read the Fourth Lesson, and
Verse. 60 Lord, save me from at the end the reader says:
the lion’s mouth.
Answer. And mine affliction from
the horns of the unicorns.
upon us.
In Paschal time.
Verse. 7 The Lord is risen indeed, Then is said the Fourth Responsory,
Alleluia. after which the reader says .
Answer. And hath appeared unto Sir, be pleased to give the bless
Simon, Alleluia. ing.
Then is said the Lord's Prayer. F27th Blessing.
UR Father (inaudibly), Who May Christ to all His people give,
art in heaven, Hallowed be For ever in His sight to live.
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Answer. Amen.
1 Ps. xvii. 2. 2 John xx. 15.
3 Isa. xvi. 1. The “ Rock ” is the town of Petra in the wilderness.
‘ Ps. xvii. 29. 5 Ps. xc. 3. 6 Ps. xxi. 22. 7 Luke xxiv. 34.
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Then is read the Fiflh Lesson, and at THE heavens declare the glory
the end the reader says . of God, * and the firmament
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy showeth His handy-work.
upon us. Day unto day uttereth speech,
Answer. Thanks be to God. * and night unto night showeth
knowledge. '
Then is said the Fifth Responsory, There is no speech nor lan
after which the reader says. guage, * where their voice is not
heard.
Sir, be pleased to give the bless Their sound is gone out through
ing. all the earth: * and their words to
Sixth Blessing. the ends of the world.
May the Spirit’s fire Divine He hath set His tabernacle in the
In our inmost being shine. sun :1 * which is as a bridegroom
Answer. Amen. coming out of his chamber.
He rejoiceth as a strong man to
Then is read the Sixth Lesson, and run a race: * his going forth is from
at the end the reader says . the end of the heaven.
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy And his circuit unto the ends of
upon us. it: * and there is nothing hid from
Answer. Thanks be to God. the heat thereof.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
Then is said the Sixth Responsory. converting the soul : * the testimony
of the LORD is sure, making wise the
THIRD NOCTURN, 0R WATCH OF simple.
THE NIGHT. The statutes of the LORD are
right, rejoicing the heart: * the
Antizfihon for Advent. The Angel commandment of the LORD is clear,
Gabriel. giving light unto the eyes.
Antiphon for the rest of the year. The fear of the LORD is holy,
There is no speech. enduring for ever and ever: * the
Antiphon for Pasehal time. Al judgments of the LORD are true,
leluia. righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than
Psalm XVIII. gold and store of precious stones,
* sweeter also than honey and the
[Intituled “ A Psalm of David,” with the
same farther obscure superscription, as in honeycomb'.
Pss. xii. and xiii.] Verily, Thy servant keepeth them :
1 So the LXX., as well as the Vulgate. Cf. Ps. cii. 19; ciii. 2, 3. The sense seems
to be that the physical source of the light and life of this system is represented as a kind of
celestial counterpart of the tabernacle, which was the centre of the Divine authority as re
vealed upon earth. The Hebrew, however, which is supported by St. Jerome, reads, “In
them (i.e., the starry heavens) hath He set a tabernacle for the sun,” and this reading
seems to commend itself to Archbishop Kenrick, who suggests that the “tabernacle ” may
signify the region below the horizon, into which the sun retires nightly, as into a tent, to
sleep, and from which he issues in renewed glory every morning. Targum :--“In them
hath He set splendour as a tabernacle for the sun.”
18 THE PSALTER.
* in keeping of them there is great Send thee help from the sanc
reward. tuary, * and strengthen thee out of
Who can understand his errors? Zion.
Cleanse Thou me from secret faults : Remember all thine offerings, *
*‘ preserve Thy servant also from and accept thy burnt sacrifice.3
the sins of others. Grant thee according to thine
If they get not dominion over me, own heart, * and fulfil all thy
then shall I be undefiled: * and counsel.
I shall be cleansed from the great We will rejoice in Thy salvation :
transgression. * and in the name of our God will
Let the words of my mouth, we exult.
and the meditation of mine heart, The LORD fulfil all thy petitions:
*‘ be acceptable in Thy sight for * now know I that the LORD saveth
ever, His Anointed.
0 LORD mine Helper, * and my He will hear him from His holy
Redeemer! heaven, * strong is the salvation of
His right hand.
Antzlphon for Advent. 1The An Some trust in chariots and some
gel Gabriel spake unto Mary, saying : in horses: * but we will call
Hail, thou that art full of grace, the upon the name of the LORD our
Lord is with thee: blessed art thou God.
among women. They are brought down and fal
Antiphon for the rest of the year. len: * but we are risen, and stand
2 There is no speech nor lan upright.
guage where their voice is not O LORD, save the king: ’* and
heard. hear us in the day when we call
upon Thee.
In Paschal time only one A ntzlohon is
said to the whole Noeturn.
Antzjohon for Advent. 4Mary
Seeond Antzjohon for Advent. said: What manner of salutation
Mary said. is this? My soul is troubled.
Seeond Antz'phon for the rest of the Shall I bear the King? And will
year. The LORD. He not break the seal of my vir
ginity?
When this Antz'phon is used the Antiphon for the rest of the year.
Psalm begins with the words “Hear 5The LORD hear thee in the day of
thee.”
trouble.
Psalm XIX. Third Antiphonfor Advent. The
King.
[This Psalm has the same title as the
last ]
Third Antiphon for the rest of the
year. The king.
THE LORD hear thee in the day
When this Antzjfihon is used the
of trouble: * the Name of Psalm begins with the words “Shall
the God of Jacob defend thee. joy.”
1 Luke i. 28. 2 Ps. xyiii. 4. “ SLH.

4 Luke i. 29. 5 Ps XIX. 2
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. I9
Psalm XX. behind thee: * thou shalt leave

[This Psalm also bears the same title as their faces lying in thy track.
the xviiith.] Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in
Thine own strength: * we will sing
THE king shall joy in Thy
and praise Thy power.
strength, 0 LORD: * and in
Thy salvation how greatly shall he
Antiphon for Advent. The King,
rejoice!
even the Most High, cometh ; there
Thou hast given him his heart’s
fore let the hearts of men be purified
desire, * and hast not withholden
to go forth to meet Him, for, behold,
the request of his lips.1
2 He will come and will not tarry.
For Thou hast met him with the
Antibhon for the rest of the year.
blessings of sweetness: * Thou hast
3The king shall joy in Thy strength,
set a crown of precious stones upon
0 LORD.
his head.
Antlfhon for Paschal time. Alle
He asked life of Thee: * and
luia, Weep not, Mary, Alleluia: the
Thou gavest him length Of days for
Lord is risen, Alleluia, Alleluia.
ever and ever.
His glory is great in Thy salva
tion: * honour' and great majesty Then is said a Verse and Answer.
shalt Thou lay upon him. In A duent.
For Thou wilt give him to be a Verse. 4The Lord cometh out of
blessing for ever: * Thou shalt His holy place.
make him exceeding glad with Thy Answer. He will come and save
countenance. His people.
For the king trusteth in the
LORD, * and, through the mercy Duringr the rest of the year.
of the Most High, he shall not be
Verse. 5Be Thou exalted, O
moved. LORD, in Thine own strength.
Thine hand shall find out all
Answer. We will sing and praise
thine enemies: * thy right hand
Thy power.
shall find out all those that hate
thee. In Lent.
Thou shalt make them as a fiery
oven in the time of thine anger: * Verse. 6His truth shall be thy
the LORD shall cut them off in His shield. '
wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Answer. Thou shalt not be afraid
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from for the terror by night.
the earth, * and their seed from
In Passion time.
among the children of men.
For they intended evil against Verse. 7Take not away my soul
thee: * they imagined a device, with sinners, O God!
which they were not able to perform. Answer. Nor my life with bloody
Therefore shalt thou cast them men.
1 SLH. 2 Heb. x. 37. 3 Ps. xx. 2.
4 Isa. xxxv. 4; Micah i. 3. 5 Ps. xx. 14. 6 Ps. xc. 5. 7 Ps. xxv. 9.
20 THE PSAI.TER.
In Paschal time. Eighth Blessing.

Verse. 1 The disciples were glad, God’s mest mighty strength al—
Alleluia. way
Answer. When they saw the Be His people’s staff and stay.
Lord, Alleluia. Answer. Amen.
Then is said the Lord’s Prayer. Then is read the Eighth Lemon, and
at the end the reader says .
OUR Father (inaudibly), Who
art in heaven, Hallowed be
upon us.
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done on earth, as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our Then is said the Eighth Responsory,
daily bread. And forgive us our after whz'oh the reader rays .
trespasses, as we forgive them that Sir, be pleased to give the bless
trespass against us. (Aloud) ing.
Verse. .And lead us not into [Vinth Blessing.
temptation.
Answer. But deliver us from evil.
May He That is the Angels’
King
Then the Absolution. To that high realm His people
MAY the Almighty and merci bring.
ful Lord loose us from the Anrwer. Amen.
bonds of our sins. Or, if another Gospel and Homily are
Answer. Amen. to be read:
Then the reader my: : May the Gospel’s glorious word

Cleansing to our souls afl‘ord.
ing. Then is read the Ninth Lesson, and
at the end the reader says:
Seventh Blessing.
May the Gospel’s saving Lord
upon us.
Bless the reading of His word.
Anrwer. Amen.
Then is said a Ninth Responsory,
Then is read the Seventh Lesson, and unless this Hymn, “We praise Thee,
at the end the reader says . O God,” be substituted for it. The
Hymn “We praise Thee, O God,” is
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy said in this place on every Sunday and
upon us. Feast-day in the year (extrept the Feast
of the Holy Innoeenz‘s if it fall on a
Answer. Thanks be to God. Week - day) from Easter to Advent
and from Christmas to Septuagesima.
Then is said the Seventh Responsory, In Advent and from Septuagesima to
after which the reader rays . Easter it i: not said on Sunday, but
only on Feast-days. From Easter to
Sir, be pleased to give the bless Pentecost it is said on every day what
ing. soever, exeept only Rogatz‘on Monday.
1 John xx. 20.
SUNDAY AT MATTINS. 2I
1\A/E praise Thee, O God: we We believe that Thou shalt come

acknowledge Thee to be to be our Judge :
the Lord. 5We therefore pray Thee, help
All the earth doth worship Thee, Thy servants, whom Thou hast re
the Father everlasting. deemed with Thy precious Blood.
To Thee all Angels cry aloud, Make them to be numbered with
the heavens, and all the Powers Thy Saints in glory everlasting.6
therein. 7O Lord, save Thy people, and
To Thee Cherubim2 and Sera bless Thine inheritance.
phim3 continually do cry: Govern them, and lift them up
Holy, Holy, Holy LORD God of for ever.
Sabaoth.4 Day by day we magnify Thee ;
Heaven and earth are full of the And we worship Thy name,
majesty of Thy glory. ever world without end.
The glorious company of the Vouchsafe, O Lord, this day,
Apostles praise Thee: to keep us without sin.
The goodly fellowship of the 8Have mercy upon us, 0 LORD,
Prophets praise Thee: have mercy upon us.
The white-robed army of Mar 90 LORD, let Thy mercy lighten
tyrs praise Thee: upon us, as our trust is in Thee.
The holy Church throughout all 10O LORD, in Thee have I trust
the world doth acknowledge Thee : ed: let me never be confounded.
The Father of an infinite Ma
IfLands be not immediately tofollow,
jesty : . Matlz'ns end tlzus :
Thine honourable, true and only
Verse. Hear my prayer, O LORD.
Son :
Answer. And let my cry come
Also the Holy Ghost, the Com
unto Thee.
forter.
Thou art the King of glory, O Let us pray.
Christ!
Thou art the everlasting Son of T[zen t/ze Prayer for Ike day; tlzen
the Father. Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD.
When Thou tookest upon Thee Answer. And let my cry come
to deliver man, Thou didst not unto Thee.
abhor the Virgin’s womb: Verse. Bless we the Lord.
When Thou hadst overcome the Answer. Thanks be to God.
sharpness of death, Thou didst Verse. May the souls of the
open the kingdom of heaven to faithful, through the mercy of God,
all believers: rest in peace.
Thou sittest at the right hand of Answer. Amen.
God, in the glory of the Father: Then the Lord’s Prayer.
1 The authorship of this Hymn, which is prescribed in the Rule of St. Benedict (born A.D.
480, died 543), is uncertain. 2 See Ezek. i. 3 See Isaiah vi. 2.
4 Hebrew feminine Plural, meaning “ hosts,” “armies.”
"‘ During this verse it is usual to kneel. ° Here ends the original Hymn.
7 Ps. xxvii. 9. 5 Ps. cxxii. 3. 9 Ps. xxxii. 22. 1 Ps. xxx. 2.
22
LAUDS, OR THE MORNING PRAISES

OF GOD.1
Sunhag. Psalm XCII.

[The Hebrew and the Targum give no
THE LORD’s DAY. superscription; but the LXX. and the
Vulgate have “A Song of Piaise by David
Verse. >I< Make haste, O God, to for the eve of the Sabbath when the earth
deliver me. was established"~—i.e., A Song of Praise
Answer. Make haste to help me, proper for the close Of Friday before the
setting-in of the Sabbath; the time of
0 LORD. which it is said (Gen. i. 31, ii. I): “And
Glory be to the, Father, and to God saw every thing that He had made,
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. and, behold, it was very good. And the
evening and the morning were the sixth
As it was in the beginning, is day. Thus the heavens and the earth
now, and ever shall be, world with were finished, and all the host of them.”]
out end. Amen, Alleluia.
HE LORD reigneth, He is
From Septuagesima Sunday to clothed with majesty: * the
Maundy Thursday instead of “Alle LORD is clothed with strength, where
luia,” is said:
with He hath girded Himself.
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, He hath established the world
0 Eternal King of Heaven. also, * that it cannot be moved.
Then follow at once the Psalms and _Thy throne is established Of old :
Antithons. From the First Sunday in * Thou art from everlasting.
A dr/ent till the Sunday after the Oetar/e The floods have lifted up, 0
ofthe Epzlfihany andfrom Septuagesima LORD, * the floods have lifted up
Sunday till the Octave of Pentetost
(and also on all Feasts), Fi've A ntiphons their voice— -
are git/en, which are then said in the The floods lift up their waves. *
plates here marked. During the rest ——But Mightier than the noise of
of the year only Three Antiphons are many waters—
said, which are given here.
Than the mighty breakers of the
Antiphon. Alleluia. sea—* is the LORD on high !
1 The proper hour for Lauds is the dawn of day. This is reckoned to be about 3 A.M., at
which time this Office is said in many Convents. For this purpOse it is, in choirs, invari
ably (except where it forms part of the same service with the Midnight Mass at Christmas)
said immediately after and as one service with Mattins. Hence it follows ist, that it is
said late in the afternoon, when Mattins are said at that time, and 2ndly, that the Lord’s
Prayer and Angelic Salutation are not said at the beginning. This service is constructed
on the same general principle as Vespers, and answers to that Oflclce as Prime does to
Compline.
SUNDAY AT LAUDS. 23
Thy testimonies are very sure: * In a dry and desert land, with
holiness becometh Thine house, 0 out water. * So have I appeared
LORD, for ever! before Thee in the Sanctuary, to see
Thy power and Thy glory.
When there are Fir/e Antz'fihanr the
First is repeated, and the Seeand begun Because Thy loving-kindness is
01' said through the first time here. better than life, ‘* my lips shall praise
Thee.
Psalm XCIX. Thus will I bless ’l‘hcc while I
[Intituled in the Vulgate and the LXX., live: * and will lift up mine hands
“ A Psalm of Thanksgiving.”] in Thy name.
My soul shall be satisfied as
MAKE a joyful noise unto God,
with marrow and fatness; " and
all ye lands : * serve the
my mouth shall praise Thee with
LORD with gladness.
joyful lips.
Come before His presence, * with
When I remember Thee upon my
singing.
bed, I meditate upon Thee in the
Know ye that the LORD, He is
night watches: * because Thou
God: * it is He That hath made
hast been mine help:
us, and not1 we ourselves:
And in the shadow of Thy wings
We are His people, and the sheep
will I rejoice. My soul followeth
of His pasture. * Enter into His gates
hard after Thee: " Thy right hand
with thanksgiving, and into His courts
upholdeth me.
with praise: give thanks unto Him,
But those that seek my soul to
Praise His Name. For the LORD
destroy it, shall go into the lower
is good, His mercy is everlasting:
parts of the earth: ‘ they shall fall
* and His truth endureth to all
by the sword, they shall be a portion
generations.
for foxes.
When there are Fir/e Antz'phons the But the King shall rejoice in
Second is repeated, and the Third begun God: every one that swearcth by
or said through thefirst time here.
him shall glory: * for the mouth
of them that speak lies shall be
Psalm LXI I.
stopped.
[Intitulecl “A Psalm of David, when he
was in the wilderness of Judah.” This was Here the Doro/0g], “ Glory be to the
one of the most perilous periods of David's Father, &C.,” 1': net raid.
life, when he was flying from the pursuit of
Saul, and hiding in different forests and
wildernesses in the south Of Palestine. He
was betrayed again and again, and had the Psalm LXVI.
most hairbradth escapes. The history
will befound in 1 Kings (Sam)xxii_ and [Besides a musical superscriptim, the
Hebrew and the Tar m give no title ex!
cqx “A Psalm, a PM m.” But the “sign:
GOD, Thou art my God, ’ and the LXX. ascribe the anthonhip to
David]
early will I seek Thee:
My soul thirsteth for * my OD be merciful unto us, and
flesh longeth for Thee, bless us: ‘ cause His hoe
‘TheHebmnadimbuauflmathenegafivemmmrkspdlmganduamiares
“and H5 we are;
24 THE PSALTER.
to shine upon us, and be merciful them in, ceased not to make the oven hot
with resin, pitch, tow, and small wood, so
unto us.1 that the flame streamed forth above the
That Thy way may be known furnace forty and nine cubits. But the
upon earth: * Thy saving health Angel of the Lord came down into the
oven together with Azariah and his fellows,
among all nations. and smote the flame of the fire out of the
Let the people praise Thee, O oven, and made the midst of the furnace as
God: * let all the people praise it had been a moist whistling wind, so that
the fire touched them not at all, neither
Thee. hurt nor troubled them. Then the three,
0 let the nations be glad and as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and
sing for joy: * for Thou judgest blessed God in the furnace, saying" the
Hymn, of which that in the text is a cento.
the people righteously, and govern The first five verses are omitted]
est the nations upon earth.2
Let the people praise Thee, O 0 ALL ye works of the Lord,
God, let all the people praise Thee. bless ye the Lord: * praise
* The earth hath yielded her in Him, and exalt Him above all for
crease; ever.
Let God, even our own God, 0 ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye
bless us ; let God bless us: * and the Lord : * 0 ye heavens, bless ye
let all the ends of the earth fear the Lord.
Him. O all ye waters that be above the
heavens, bless ye the Lord: * 0 all
When there are Fir/e Antiphons, the
Third is repeated, and the Fourth begun
ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the
or said through the first time here. Lord.
0 ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the
Ordinary Antiphon throughout the Lord: * 0 ye stars of heaven, bless
year. Alleluia, Alleluia. ye the Lord.
Second Ordinary Antiphon. The .0 ye showers and dew, bless ye
king commanded. the Lord: * 0 ye winds of God,
Antiphon for Paschal time. Al bless ye the Lord.
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia; Alleluia, 0 ye fire and heat, bless ye the
Alleluia, Alleluia ; Alleluia, Alleluia, Lord: * 0 ye winter and summer,
Alleluia. bless ye the Lord.
Second Antiphon for Paschal time. 0 ye dews and rime, bless ye the
He That delivered. Lord: * 0 ye frost and cold, bless
ye the Lord.
THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY
0 ye ice and snow, bless ye the
CHILDREN. (Daniel iii. 57.)
Lord : * O ye nights and days, bless
ye the Lord.
[It is well known how the three young 0 ye light and darkness, bless ye
comrades of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishae'l, and
Azariah, called by the heathen, Shadrach,
the Lord: * 0 ye lightnings and
Meshach, and Abednego, were thrown into clouds, bless ye the Lord.
a furnace for refusing to worship an idol, 0 let the earth bless the Lord:
and remained unhurt amid the flames. In
this strange position Azariah offered a long * let her praise and exalt Him above
prayer. “ And the king’s servants, that put all for ever !
1 SLH. The repetition of the words “be merciful unto us” is peculiar to the Latin.
2 SLH.
SUNDAY AT LAUDS. 25
0 ye mountains and hills, bless year. The king commanded, and

ye the Lord: * 0 all ye green the Three Children were cast into
things upon the earth, bless ye the the furnace, fearing not the flame
Lord. of the fire, but saying: Blessed be
0 ye wells, bless ye the Lord: God!
* 0 ye seas and floods, bless ye the Antz'phon for Pasehal time. He
Lord. That delivered the Three Children
0 ye whales, and all that move from the burning fiery furnace, even
in the waters, bless ye the Lord: Christ, is risen from the grave.
* 0 all ye fowls of the air, bless Alleluia.
ye the Lord. Third Antz'phon. Alleluia.
0 all ye beasts and cattle, bless
ye the Lord: *‘ 0 ye children of Psalm CXLVI I I.
men, bless ye the Lord.
[To this Psalm is prefixed “Alleluia.”
0 let Israél bless the Lord: * let The LXX. connect it with the Prophets
him praise and exalt Him above all Haggai and Zechariah. See Thursday and
for ever! Friday in the fifth week of November.]
0 ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye PRAISE ye the LORD from the
the Lord: * 0 ye servants of the heavens: * praise Him in the
Lord, bless ye the Lord. heights.
0 ye spirits and souls of the Praise ye Him, all His Angels : i
righteous, bless ye the Lord: * 0 praise ye Him, all His hosts.
ye holy and humble men of heart, Praise ye Him, sun and moon:
bless ye the Lord. * praise Him, all ye stars and light.
0 Ananias, Azarias, and Misaél, Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens:
bless ye the Lord: * praise and * and all the waters that be above
exalt Him above all for ever. the heavens. Let them praise the
1Bless we the Father, and the Name of the LORD!
Son, and the Holy Ghost: * let us For He spake, and they were
praise and exalt Him above all for made 2 : * He commanded, and they
even were created.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the He hath established them for
firmament of heaven: * and to be ever and ever: * He hath made a
praised, and glorified, and exalted decree which shall not pass.
above all for ever. Praise the LORD from the earth,
Here the Doxology, “ Glory be to the * ye dragons, and all deeps :—
Father, &c.," is not said, nor “Amen ” Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind,
answered. But the other Canticle: are * fulfilling His word :—
treated like ordinary Psalms.
Mountains, and all hills, * fruitful
When there are Fi'Z/e Antz'phons, the trees, and all cedars :—
Fourth is repeated, and the Fzfth begun Beasts, and all cattle, * creeping
or said through the first time here.
things, and flying fowl :—~
Ordinary Antzfhon throughout the Kings of the earth, and all people ;
1 This verse is, of course, a later addition ; more than two verses are omitted, and the last
given is one of those omitted at the beginning.
2 Taken from P5. xxxii. 9.
26 THE PSALTER.
* princes, and all judges of the ment written: * this honour have
earth :— all His Saints.
Young men, and maidens, old
[Here “Alleluia.”]
men, and children: let them praise
the Name of the LORD—* for His Here the Doxology, “ Glory be to the
Name alone is exalted! Father, &c.,” is not said.
His glory is above heaven and
earth. * He also exalteth the horn Psalm CL.
of His people,
[Here “ Alleluia."]
The praise of all His Saints, *
even of the children of Israel, a RAISE the Lord in His sanc
people near unto Him. tuary! * praise Him in the
[Here “ Alleluia. ”] firmament of His power!
Praise Him in His mighty acts!
Here the Doxology, “Glory be to the * praise Him according to His ex
Father, &c.,” is not said
cellent greatness!
Praise Him with the sound of
Psalm C X L I X. the trumpet! * praise Him with the
[Here “ Alleluia."] psaltery and harp !
Praise Him with the timbrel and
ING unto the LORD a new dance! * praise Him with stringed
song: * His praise in the instruments and organs!
congregation of Saints. Praise Him upon the loud cym
Let Israel rejoice in Him That bals, praise Him upon the high
made him: *‘ and let the children sounding cymbals! * Let every
of Zion be joyful in their King. thing that hath breath praise the
Let them praise His Name in LORD!
the dance: * let them sing praises
[Here “Alleluia.”]
unto Him with the timbrel and
harp. Antiphon. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alle
For the LORD taketh pleasure in luia.
His people: * He also will exalt
the meek unto salvation. (The last of Five Antinhons is, of
Let the Saints be joyful in glory : eourse, repeated here.)
Then follows the Chapter. From the
* let them sing aloud upon their First Sunday in Advent to the Second
beds: Sunday after the Epiphany, andfrom
Let the high praises of God be in Septuagesima Sunday to the Third
their mouth: * and a two-edged Sunday after Pentecost, as also on all
sword in their hands; Feasts, a special Chapter is given. 0n
the remaining Sundays the Chapter is
To execute vengeance upon the that given here.
heathen, * and punishments upon
the people ; CHAPTER. (Apoc. vii. 12.)
To bind their kings with chains,
* and their nobles with fetters of BLESSING, and glory, and wis
iron ; dom, and thanksgiving, and
To execute upon them the judg honour, and power, and might be
SUNDAY AT LAUDS. 27
unto our God for ever and ever. Beam on our bewildered mind,
Amen. Till its dreamy shadows flee;
Stones cry out where Thou hast shined,
JESU ! musical with Thee.
This answer is always made after
the Chapter. To the Father and the Son,
Then follows the Hymn. From the And the Spirit, Who in heaven
First Sunday in A doent till the Oeta'oe Ever witness, Three and One,
of the Epiphany and from the First Praise on earth be ever given.
Sunday in Lent till the Octave of Pen Amen.
ieeost, as also on all Feasts, a speeial
Hymn is git/en. On the remaining The followingr Hymn is saidfrom the
Sundays the Hymn git/en here is said, Fourth Sunday after Penteeost till the
except between the Octave of Penteeost first Sunday of Oetober.
and the first Sunday of October.
HYMN.2
HYMN.1
F RAMER of the earth and sky, PALER have grown the shades of
Ruler of the day and night, night,
With a glad variety, And nearer draws the day,
Tempering all, and making light ; Checkering the sky with streaks of
light,
Gleams upon our dark path flinging, Since we began to pray :
Cutting short each night begun,
Hark! for chanticleer is singing, To pray for mercy when we sin,
Hark ! he chides the lingering sun. For cleansing and release,
For ghostly safety, and within
And the morning star replies, For everlasting peace.
And lets loose the imprison’d day ;
And the godless bandit flies Praise to the Father, as is meet,
From his haunt, and from his prey. Praise to the Only Son,
Praise to the Holy Paraclete,
Shrill it sounds, the storm relenting While endless ages run.
Soothes the weary seamen’s ears ; Amen.
Once it wrought a great repenting,
In that flood of Peter’s tears. Then is said a Verse and Answer.
In Advent and from Septuagesima
Rouse we ; let the blithesome cry Sunday till the end of Paschal time, as
Of that bird our hearts awaken; also on all Feasts, a speeial Verse and
Chide the slumberers as they lie, Answer are given.
And arrest the sin-o’ertaken.
Verse. 3The LORD reigneth, He
Hope and health are in his strain, is clothed with majesty.
To the fearful and the ailing;
Murder sheathes his blade profane,
Answer. The LORD is clothed
Faith revives when faith was failing. with strength, and hath girded Him
self with power.
JESU, Master! when we sin,
Turn on us Thy healing Face ; Then is said thefirllowing Songfrom
It will melt the offence within the Gospel. It has an A nizlnhon, whieh
Into penitential grace : is always special, and whieh is either
1 By St. Ambrose, or at least of the Ambrosian school, except the last verse. Translation
by the late Card. Newman.
2 By Pope St. Gregory the Great, but a good deal altered. Translation by the late
Card. Newman. 3 Ps. xcii. I.
28 THE PSALTER.
begun or said through the first time be Father, &c.," is said, and then the
fore it, according as the Ofice is Double Antzj'bhon repeated.
or not.
Then is said:
THE SONG or ZACHARIAS. Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORI).
[On the occasion of the circumcision of Answer. And let my cry come
St. John the Baptist.-—Luke i. 68-79.] unto Thee.
LESSED be the Lord God of Let us pray.
Israel, * for He hath visited
and redeemed His people. Then follows the Prayerfor the day
And hath raised up an horn of at the end of which is answered:
salvation for us, * in the house of Answer. Amen.
His servant David:
As He spake by the mouth of Afterwards are made any Commem
orations necessary, by the Antzlbhon
His holy Prophets, * which have for the Songr of Zacharias, the Verse
been since the world began: and Answer after the Hymn, and the
That we should be saved from Prayer (preceded by “Let us pray ”)
our enemies, * and from the hand of from the superseded Ofiice which is to
all that hate us : be commemorated. After which the
following Common Commemorations
To perform the mercy promised are made, required, according to
to our fathers, * and to remember Chapter xxxv. of the General Rubrics.
His holy covenant: When More than two Prayers are to
The oath which He sware to our be said, the last clause of each (begin
ning “Through our Lord, &c.," or
father Abraham, * that He would “'Who livest, &c.,”) is omitted in all
grant unto us, except the first and the last, nor is
That we, being delivered out of “ Amen ” anmered except after these
the hand of our enemies, * might two.
(Note that if these Commemorations
serve Him without fear, be said upon a week-day, kept as such,
In holiness and righteousness be out of Paschal time, they are preceded
fore Him * all the days of our life. by the Commemoration of the Cross,
And thou, child, shalt be called given hereafter at the end of the Lands
the Prophet of the Highest: * for of Monday.)
thou shalt go before the face of the
Lord to prepare His ways : I. Commemoration of the Blessed
To give knowledge of salvation Virgin Mary.
unto His people, * by the remission (Omitted if the Ofiice of the day is
of their sins; of the Blessed Virgin, or her Little
Through the tender mercy of our Ofiice is to be said.)
God, * whereby the dayspring from
on high hath visited us, Antiphon. O Holy Mary, be
To give light to them that sit thou an help to the helpless, a
in darkness, and in the shadow of strength to the fearful, a comfort to
death, * to guide our feet into the the sorrowful; pray for the people,
way of peace. plead for the clergy, make inter
cession for all women vowed to
The Doxology, "Glory be to the God; may all that keep thine holy
SUNDAY AT LAUDS. 29
remembrance, feel the might of Verse. 2The mouth of the right
thine assistance. eous speaketh wisdom.
Verse. Pray for us, 0 holy Answer. And his tongue talketh
Mother of God. judgment.
Answer. That we may be made
Let us pray.
worthy of the promises of Christ.
GOD, Who, in Thine un
Let us pray. speakable foreknowledge,
CRANT, we beseech Thee, O didst choose Thy blessed servant
1 Lord God, unto all Thy Joseph to be the husband of Thine
servants, that they may continually Own most holy Mother; mercifully
enjoy soundness both of mind and grant that now that he is in heaven
of body, and by the glorious inter with Thee, we who on earth do
cession of the Blessed Mary, always reverence him for our defender,
a Virgin, may be delivered from may worthily be holpen by the
present sadness, and enter into the succour of his prayers to Thee on
joy of Thine eternal gladness. our behalf.
From the Octave of the Epz'filzany to
Candlemas, t/ze Antz'p/zon is the same, III. Commemoration of the Holy
out the rest is as follows .' Apostles, Peter and Paul.
Verse. After thy delivery thou
still remainest a Virgin undefiled. (Omitted in the Votive Ojfiee of the
Apestles.)
Answer. Mother of God, pray
for us. Antzffion. 3These are glorious
Let us pray. princes over all the earth, they
GOD, Who, by the fruitful loved one another in their lives,
virginity of the Blessed and in their death they were not
Mary, hast given unto mankind the divided.
rewards of everlasting life; grant, Verse. 4Their sound is gone out
we beseech Thee, that we may con through all the earth.
tinually feel the might of her inter Answer. And their words to the
cession, through whom we have ends of the world.
worthily received the Author of our
life, our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son. Let us pray.
O GOD, Whose Right Hand
II. Commemoration of St. josep/z, caught the Blessed Peter
Patron of the Universal C/zurefi. when he walked upon the water,
and began to sink,5 and thrice de
(Omitted in his Votive Ofiiee.)
livered his fellow-Apostle Paul from
Antip/zon. 1JESUS Himself began the deep of the sea, when he suf
to be about thirty years of age, being fered shipwreck;6 graciously hear
(as was supposed) the son of Joseph. us, and grant, for the sake of them
1 Luke iii. 23. 2 Ps. xxxvi. 30. 3 2 Kings (Sam.) i. 23.
4 Ps. xviii. 5. 5 Matth. xiv. 31. 3 2 Cor. xi. 25.
30 THE PSALTER.
both, that we also may attain unto For Peaee.

everlaSting glory' Antz'phon. Give peace in our
Nate 1. time, 0 Lord, because there is
1 In England in this case, by a special rule, is made
Commemoration of St. George, Patron of England.

Antz'phon. * The Saints through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained promises.
Verse. iO LORD, Thou hast compassed him.
Answer. With Thy favour as with a shield.
. Let us pray.
O GOD, Who dost gladden us through the worthy deeds and prayers of
Thy blessed Martyr George ; mercifully grant that all they that seek
Thy favour through him, may effectually obtain the gift of Thy grace.
A mi thus it is said within the Octave.
In the Diocese of Hexham St. George is not commemorated, but instead, the following
commemoration is made of St. Cuthbert: ,
Antz‘phon. Holy Cuthbert, our Protector, grace and glory of our father
land, look down upon us from Heaven, and pray God for us, that He grant
us everlasting joy.
Verse. At the.prayers of Blessed Cuthbert and for his sake,
Answer. Be merciful unto Thy people, 0 Lord.
Let us pray.
O GOD, Who, through the priceless gift of Thy grace, dost make Thine
holy ones glorious, mercifully grant, that the prayers of Thy Blessed
Confessor and Bishop Cuthbert may help us worthily there to attain, where
are the spirits of just men made perfect.
In the Diocese of Northampton the following commemoration of St. Thomas of Canter
bury is made before that of St. George :
Antz'phon. II am the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am
known of Mine, and I lay down My life for the sheep.
Verse. § In your patience
Answer. Possess ye your souls.
Let us pray.
GOD, in defence of Whose Church the glorious Bishop Thomas fell
by the swords of wicked men, grant, we beseech Thee, that all that
ask his help may obtain wholesome fruit of their petition.
In the Diocese of Plymouth the following commemoration of St. Boniface of Maintz is
made before that of St. George:
Antiphon. Many nations, many thousands of men, did Blessed Boniface
* Heb. xi. 33. 1- Ps. v. 13. Ijohn x. I4, 15. §Luke xxi. 19.
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none other that fighteth for us, but our hearts may be set to obey Thy
only Thou, 0 our God. commandments, and also that by
Verse. 1Peace be within thy Thee we being defended from the
walls. fear of our enemies, may pass our
Answer. And prosperity within time in rest and quietness. Through
thy palaces. our Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son,
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee,
Let us pray. in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
God, world without end.
GOD, from Whom all holy Answer. Amen.
desires, all good counsels,
and all just works do proceed; give From the Monday after Low Sunday
till the Ew of the Ascension, instead of
unto Thy servants that peace which the preCeding Col/znzemorations, is said
the world cannot give, that both the following:
gain for Christ, and forasmuch as he made himself like unto an Apostle, he
hath purchased unto himself a great reward in Heaven along with the
Apostles.
Verse. Be strong in the Lord, be strong.
Answer. That ye may live for ever with God.
Let us pray.
GOD, Who wast pleased to make the zeal of Thy Blessed Martyr and
O Bishop Boniface the mean whereby Thou didst cause many peoples
to know Thy Name, mercifully grant unto us who honour his memory to be
feelingly holpen by the succour of his protection.
(And so it is said within the Octave.)
In the Diocese of Portsmouth the following commemoration of St. Edmund of Can
terbury is made after that of St. George:
Antiphon. He loved righteousness and hated iniquity, and therefore he
died in exile.
Verse. Cast out upon a world of woes,
In exile here we roam.
Answer. 0 Blessed Edmund, by thy prayers,
Gain us the love of home.
Let us pray.
O GOD, Who in the abundance of Thy goodness toward Thy Church
hast made her bright by the illustrious life of Thy blessed Confessor
and Bishop Edmund, and gladdened her by his glorious and wondrous
works, mercifully grant unto Thy servants that they may be bettered in
following after his ensample, and shielded by his protection from all things
that may rise up against them.
1 Ps. cxxi. 7.
32 THE PSALTER.
Paschal Commemoration of the through the mercy of God rest in

Cross. peace.
(Omitted in the Votive Offices of the Answer. Amen.
Blessed Sacrament and of the Passion.) If Prime is to follow immediately, it
Antiohon. He That was cruci is began here, and what follows is not
said till the end of the whole service.
fied is risen from the dead, and Otherwise the Ofiice ends thus.
hath redeemed us. Alleluia, Al
leluia. The Lord’s Prayer is said inaudihly .'
Verse. 1Say among the heathen UR Father, Who art in heaven,
—Alleluia. Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy
Answer. That the LORD reign kingdom come. Thy will be done
eth from the tree—Alleluia. on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread. And
Let us pray. forgive us our' trespasses, as we
O GOD, Who didst send Thy forgive them that trespass against
Son to suffer death for us us. And lead us not into temp
upon the Cross, that Thou might tation; but deliver us from evil.
est deliver us from the power of Amen.
the enemy; grant unto us Thy Then aloud .
servants to be made partakers of Verse. The Lord give us His
His Resurrection. Through the peace.
Same our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Answer. And life everlasting.
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Amen.
Thee in the unity of the Holy Then follows one of these Four Anti
Ghost, one God, world without end. phons of the Blessed Virgin Mary, ac
Answer. Amen. cording to the season of the year.
After the last Prayer is said: I. From the First Sunday in Ad

Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD. vent to Candlemas, both inclusive.
Answer. And let my cry come Antiphon. 2Maiden, Mother of
unto Thee. Him that redeemed us, thou that
Verse. Bless we the Lord. abidest '
Answer. Thanks be to God. Heaven’s open gate, and the Star
of the Sea, come, succour the fallen !
If the Ofice of the Dead or the Litany
(with or without the PenitentialPsalms) Fallen indeed we are, but fain
is to follow immediately, it is hegun would rise by thy succour.
here. Otherwise Thou that beyond nature’s course,
hast borne in time the Eternal ,
There is said in rather a low voice .
Thou that a Virgin before and
May the souls of the Faithful after that childbirth remainest,
1 Ps. xcv. 10, old version.

2 i.e., it is said for the first time after Vespers, if the Antiphon of the B.V. be to be said,
and in any case after Compline, on the Saturday evening before Advent Sunday, and it is
still similarly said after Vespers on February 2, but not after Compline on that day. It is
ascribed to Hermann the Cripple, a monk of Reichenau, who died A.D. 1052. This trans
lation is in the same rhymeless measure as the original.
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From the Archangel’s lips the II. From Candlemas to Maundy

quickening message receiving, Thursday, eat/z exclusivel
Mother of JESUS and us, turn
Antz'pfion. Hail, 0 Mary, Queen
thine eyes of mercy on sinners.
of Heaven,
Verse. The Angel of the Lord
Queen of Angel worlds on high,
announced unto Mary.
Hail, 0 Rod to Jesse given,
Answer. And she conceived by
Blessed Portal of the sky,
the Holy Ghost.
Hail, 0 Lady, bright and glorious,
Let us pray. Clad in beauty pure and true,
E beseech Thee, O Lord, Virgin! o’er sin’s stain victorious,
pour Thy grace into our Sinners for thy succour sue.
hearts; that, as we have known Verse. Holy Virgin, my praise
the Incarnation of Thy Son Christ by thee accepted be.
by the message of an Angel, so by Answer. Give me strength against
His Passion and Cross we may be thine enemies.
brought unto the glory of the
Resurrection. Through the same Let us pray.
Christ our Lord.
Answer. Amen. RANT, we beseech Thee, 0
most merciful God, a succour
In and after the First Vespers of unto the frailty of our nature, that
Christmas Day the Verse and Answer
and Prayer are asfollows . as we keep ever alive the memory
of the holy Mother of God, so by
the help of her intercession we may
still remainest a Virgin undefiled.
be raised up from the bondage of
our sins. Through the same Christ
for us.
our Lord.
Let us pray.
Answer. Amen.
GOD, Who, by the fruitful
virginity of the Blessed Mary,
III. From Easter Sunday/2 till the
hast given unto mankind the re
Saturday afler Pentecost, bet/z z'n
wards of everlasting life; grant, we
beseech Thee, that we may con elusive.
tinually feel the might of her inter Antz'p/zon. Rejoice! rejoice! thou
cession, through whom we have Queen of Heaven, Alleluia,
worthily received the Author of For He That thee for Son was
our life, even our Lord JESUS given, Alleluia,
Christ Thy Son. As He promised is arisen. Alle
Answer. Amen. luia.
1 i.e., it is said for the first time after Compline on Feb. 2 (even if the Feast of the
Purification be transferred), and for the last time after Compline on Wednesday in Holy
Week. The authorship is unknown ; it seems to date from about the eleventh century.
2 z'.e., it is said for the first time after Compline on Easter Eve. The date and author
ship are unknown; but a legend has become attached to it to the effect that St. Gregory
the Great heard the three first lines uttered by an angel, and himself added the fourth, on
the same occasion from which was instituted the procession upon St. Mark’s Day.
VOL. IV. B
34 THE PSALTER.
Mother, pray to Him for us. Alle womb. O merciful, O gracious, 0

luia. sweet Virgin Mary!
Verse. Be glad and rejoice, 0 Verse. Pray for us, 0 holy Mother
Virgin Mary, Alleluia, of God,
Answer. For the Lord is risen Answer. That we may be made
indeed, Alleluia. worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray.
Let us pray.
O GOD, Who art pleased to
gladden the whole world by O ALMIGHTY and everlasting
the resurrection of Thy Son our God, Who, by the co-opera
Lord JESUS Christ; grant, we be tion of the Holy Ghost, didst make
seech Thee, that by the help of ready both the body and soul of the
His Mother the Virgin Mary, we glorious Virgin and Mother Mary
may finally attain unto the glad worthily to become a meet dwelling
ness of life everlasting. Through for Thy Son; grant that as we re
the same Christ our Lord. joice in her memory, so by her piti
Answer. Amen. ful intercession we may be delivered
from the evils that continually hang
IV. Franz Trinity Sunday1 till the over us, and finally from everlasting
Saturday before Advent Sunday, death. Through the same Christ
both inclusive. our Lord.
Answer. Amen.
Antz'phon. Hail, 0 Queen, Mother
of mercy! hail, our life, our sweet After each if these A ntz'phons is said
ness, and our hope! To thee we this Blessing .
cry, the banished sons of Eve. To God’s most mighty strength alway
ward thee we sigh, weeping and Be His people’s staff and stay.
groaning in this vale of tears. Ah, Answer. Amen.
then, thou our Advocate, turn on us
Feasts. The Move Ofiee, appointed
those merciful eyes of thine! And, for Sunday, is also said on all Feasts
after this our exile, show to us whatsoever, e'ven Sz'nzples, and every
JESUS, the blessed Fruit of thy day in Paschal time.
1 z'.e., it is said for the first time after Vespers, if the Antiphon of the B.V. be to be
said, and in any case after Compline, on the Saturday evening before Trinity Sunday. The
last clause is usually admitted to be an exclamation uttered by St. Bernard of Clairvaux in
the Cathedral of Spires; but the authorship of the rest is disputed, some ascribing it to
Hermann the Cripple, others to one Peter of Monsoro, Bishop of Compostella, others to
one Adhemar, Bishop of Podium (Puy-en-Velay). It seems to have been well known, at
least in Spain, early in the twelfth century.
35
PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR.1
Suntlag. the Virgin Mary, suffered under

Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead,
THE LORD’s DAY. and buried: He descended into
Before Prime is said inaudihly the hell: the third day He rose again
.Lord’s Prayer, the Angelic Salutation, from the dead: He ascended into
and the Apostles" Creed. heaven, and sitteth on the right
UR Father, Who art in heaven, hand of God the Father Almighty:
Hallowed be Thy Name. from thence He shall come to judge
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be the quick and the dead. I believe
done on earth, as it is in heaven. in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic
Give us this day our daily bread. Church, the Communion of Saints,
And forgive us our trespasses, as the Forgiveness of sins, the Resur
we forgive them that trespass against rection of the body, and the Life
us. And lead us not into tempta everlasting. Amen.
tion; but deliver us from evil. Then is said aloud:
Amen.
Verse. >14 Make haste, O God,
HAIL, Mary, full of grace; The to deliver me.
Lord is with thee: blessed Answer. Make haste to help me,
art thou among women, and blessed O LORD.
is the fruit of thy womb, JESUS. Glory be to the Father, and to the
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
for us sinners, now and at the hour As it was in the beginning, is now,
of our death. Amen. and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.
BELIEVE in God the Father From Sefituagesima Sunday to
Almighty, Maker of heaven and Maundy Thursday instead of “Alle
earth. And in JESUS Christ, His luia” is said .
Only Son, our Lord; Who was con Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,
ceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of 0 Eternal King of heaven.
1 Prime is the first service of the Church for the day-time, Mattins and Lands being for
the middle and close of night. Its proper hour is when the sun has fairly risen, and day
begun, which is reckoned to be about 6 A.M., about which time it is generally said in
choirs. Sometimes Mattins, Lauds, and Prime are said together early in the morning,
forming the complete morning service of the Church. It is from this aggregation that the
“ Morning Prayer" of the Anglican Prayer Book is derived.
36 THE PSALTER.
Then is said the following . when Five Antiphons have been said
HYMN.l at Lauds, the First of these Five
is the Antiphon at Prime, otherwise
THE star of morn to night succeeds, that given here is used.
We therefore meekly pray,
May God, in all our words and deeds, Antiphon. Alleluia.
Keep us from harm this day.
May He in love restrain us still Psalm LI I I.

From tones of strife and words of ill,‘ [The superscription of this Psalm, after
And wrap around and close'our'eyes some words which are probably a musical
To earth’s absorbing vanities. direction, proceeds “[A Psalm] of David,
when the Ziphim came and said to Saul,
May wrath and thoughts that gender Doth not David hide himself with us?"
shame This was during the same period of his life
Ne’er in our breasts abide, in the South in which he composed Ps.
And painful abstinences tame lxii. The Ziphim, or peasantry of the
Of wanton flesh the pride; neighbourhood of Ziph, betrayed him twice
to Saul, and both times, especially the first,
So when the weary day is o’er, he was in imminent peril. 1 Kings (Sam.)
xxiii. 19-29, xxvi.]
And night and stillness come once
more, ‘AVE me, O God, in Thy Name,
Blameless and clean from spot of earth
\Ve may repeat with reverent mirth— v * and judge me in Thy
power.
To God the Father glory be, Hear my prayer, 0 God: * give
And to His Only Son, ear to the words of my mouth.
And to the Spirit, One and Three, For strangers are risen up against
While endless ages run. '
Amen. J me, and oppressors seek after my
soul: * and have not set God be
The last verse is sometimes said thus, fore them.2
altered in honour of the Incarnation : Behold God is mine Helper: *
JESU, the Virgin-born, to Thee and the Lord upholdeth my soul.
Eternal praise be given, Reward Thou evil unto mine
With Father, Spirit, One and Three, enemies: * and cut them off in
Here as it is in heaven.
Amen. Thy truth.
I will freely sacrifice unto Thee:
In Paschal time it is said thus, altered * and praise Thy Name, 0 LORD,
in honour of the Resurreetion . for it is good.
To Father, Son, and Paraclete, For Thou hast delivered me out
The slain and risen Son, of all trouble: * and mine eye
Be praise and glory, as is meet, hath seen [my desire] upon mine
While endless ages run.
Amen. enemies.
It is also oeeasionally otherwise al Thefollowing Psalm, “ O give thanks

tered, which oeeasions are marked in unto the LORD,” is said only on Sun
their plates. days, when the Ofiiee is of the Sunday,
nor is it saidfrom Easter to Pentecost,
Then follow the Psalms. They are both inclusive. Moreover it is not said
all said under one Antiphon, and on or after Septuagesima Sunday till
1 Another Ambrosian hymn. Translation by the late Card. Newman. 2 SLH.

PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR. 37
Easter, but then i: subslz'tuled for it They compassed me about like

Psalm xcii., “The LORD reigneth” bees; they burnt out as the fire
(git/en at llze éegz'nm‘ng of Lauds).
of thorns:' * but in the Name
of the LORD! vI was' avenged on
Psalm CXVlI.
them.
[From some verses it seems as though this They thrust sore at me, that I
Psalm was written for the Feast of Taber
nacles, and perhaps as a processional at the might fall: * but the LORD helped
entry of the King (David?) into the place me.
of worship. The Vulgate and the LXX. The LORD is my strength and
prefix the word Alleluia.]
my Song, * and is become my
GIVE thanks unto the LORD, salvation.
for He is good: * for His The voice of rejoicing and salva
mercy endureth for ever. tion * is in the tabernacles2 of the
Let Israe'l now say that He is righteous.
good: * for His mercy endureth The right hand of the LORD hath
for ever. done valiantly. The right hand of
Let the house of Aaron now say, the LORD hath exalted me: ‘* the
* that His mercy endureth for ever. right hand of the LORD hath done
Let them now that fear the LORD valiantly.
say, * that His mercy endureth for I shall not die, but live, * and
ever. declare the works of the LORD.
I called upon the LORD in dis The LORD hath chastened me
tress: * and the LORD heard me sore: * but He hath not given me
[and set me] at large. over unto death.
The LORD is on my side: * I Open to me the gates of right
will not fear what man can do eousness; I will go into them and
unto me. praise the LORD. * This is the gate
The LORD is on my side: * and of the LORD, into which the righteous
I shall see [my desire upon] them shall enter.
that hate me. I will praise Thee, for Thou hast
It is better to put confidence in heard me, * and art become my
the LORD, * than to put confidence salvation.
in man. 3 The stone which the builders
It is better to trust in the LORD, refused * is become the head-stone
* than to trust in princes. , of the corner.
All nations compassed me about : This is the LORD’s doing: * and
* but in the Name of the LORD!1 it is marvellous in our eyes.
I was avenged on them. This is the day which the LORD
They compassed me about, yea, hath made: *‘ let us rejoice and be
they compassed me about: * but glad in it.
in the Name of the LORD! I was Save me now, 0 LORD! O LORD,
avenged on them. send Thou prOsperity. * Blessed
1 Probably a war-cry.
2 The allusion is to the ceremonial. of the Feast of Tabernacles, Lev. xxiii. 42, “ Ye shall
dwell in booths seven days.”
3 These two verses were quoted by our Lord. Matth. x-xi. 42; Mark xii. IO.
38 THE PSALTER.
be he that cometh in the Name of when I have respect unto all Thy
the LORD! 1 commandments.
We have blessed you out of the I will praise Thee with upright
house of the LORD. *‘ God is the ness of heart, * when I shall have
LORD and hath showed us light: learned Thy righteous judgments.
Keep the solemn feast-day with I will keep Thy statutes: * O
leafy boughs, * even unto the horns forsake me not utterly.
of the Altar.2
Thou art my God, and I will Here lire Doxalog'y, “ Glory be to the
praise Thee: * Thou art my God, Father, &c.,” is not said.
and I will exalt Thee.
I will give thanks unto Thee, for :4
Thou hast heard me, * and art be
come my salvation. WHEREWITHAL shall a young
0 give thanks unto the LORD, man keep his way? * By
for He is good: * for His mercy taking heed unto Thy word.
endureth for ever. With my whole heart have I sought
Thee: * 0 let me not wander from
Thy commandments!
Psalm CXVIII.3
Thy word have I hid in mine
heart, * that I might not sin against
N Thee.
LESSED are the undefiled in Blessed art Thou, O LORD: * teach
the way, * who walk in the me Thy statutes !
law of the LORD. With my lips * have I declared
Blessed are they that keep His all the judgments of Thy mouth.
testimonies: * that seek Him with I have rejoiced in the way of Thy
the whole heart. testimonies, * as much as in all
For they that work iniquity, * riches.
walk not in His ways. I will meditate on Thy pre
Thou hast commanded us * to cepts, * and have respect unto
keep Thy precepts diligently. Thy ways.
O that my ways were directed * I will delight myself in Thy
to keep Thy statutes. statutes: * I will not forget Thy
Then shall I not be ashamed, * word.
1 Notice that this is the very verse which was sung during the Palm Sunday procession.
The word Hosanna is a corruption of its third and fourth words—viz., “ Ho-shy’ah na.”
2 Lev. xxiii. 40. “And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees,
branches of palm-trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye
shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.” As to the Feast of Tabernacles,
the Jewish tradition understands by “goodly trees” the citron, and by “thick trees " the
myrtle. Branches of willow were fastened to the corners of the altar.
3 This long poem in praise of the Divine Law, which the Church recites every day and
all day, is A B C Darian. Its 176 verses are divided into twenty-two sections, of eight
verses each, in each of which sections all the verses begin with the same letter of the
Hebrew alphabet. The first eight, therefore, begin with Aleph, which somewhat cor
responds to A.
4 Here begins the letter Beth, somewhat represented by B.
Continuation of the same Psalm. of Thy precepts: * so shall I talk

:1
of Thy wondrous works.
My soul sleepeth for heaviness : *
DEAL bountifully with Thy ser strengthen Thou me according unto
vant, quicken me, * and I Thy word.
will keep Thy word. Remove from me the way of lying:
Open Thou mine eyes, * that I * and grant me Thy law graciously.
may behold wondrous things out of I have chosen the way of truth:
Thy law. * Thy judgments have I not for
I am a stranger in the earth: *‘ gotten.
hide not Thy commandments from I cleave unto Thy testimonies, O
me. LORD: * put me not to shame!
My soul is an-hungered for the I have run the way of Thy com
longing that it hath unto Thy mandments, * since Thou hast en
judgments * at all times. larged mine heart.
Thou hast rebuked the proud: *
they are cursed that do err from The following Creed is only said on
Thy commandments. Sundays when the Ofliee is of the Sun
day, and on Trinity Sunday. The ex
Remove from me reproach and eeptions are Easter and Penteeost Sun
contempt: * for I have kept Thy days, when it is not said, heeause they
testimonies. are treated as Festivals.
Princes also did sit and speak
against me: * but Thy servant did THE CREED OF ST ATHANASIUS.3
meditate on Thy statutes. HOSOEVER willeth to be
Thy testimonies also are my de safe, * before all things it
light, * and Thy precepts my coun is necessary that he hold the
sellors. Catholic Faith.
Here the Doxology, “ Glory be to the Which faith except every one do
Father, &c.,” is not said. keep whole and undefiled, * without
doubt he shall perish eternally.
72 Now the Catholic Faith is this, *
that we worship One God in Trinity,
MY soul cleaveth unto the and Trinity in Unity.
ground: * quicken Thou Neither confounding the Persons,
me according to Thy word. * nor dividing the Substance.
I have declared my ways and For there is one Person of the
Thou heardest me : * teach me Thy Father, another of the Son, * and
statutes. another of the Holy Ghost.
Make me to understand the way But the Godhead of the Father,
1 Here begins the letter Ghimel, answering partly to our G.

8 Here begins the letter Daleth, answering partly to our D.
3 The translation largely follows that in the Rev. A. E. Burn’s ‘Introduction to the
Creeds.’ The origin and date of this hymn have been the subject of much discussion.
“ It is agreed that it was not written by St Athanasius, and that it was written in Latin.”
In the opinion of Mr Burn the indications point to the South of Gaul as its place of origin,
and to the decade A.D. 420-430 as the period of its composition.
4O ' THE PSALTER.
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost So there is One Father, not Three
is One, * the Glory Equal, the Fathers; One Son, not Three Sons;
Majesty Co-Eternal. * One Holy Ghost, not Three Holy
Such as the Father is, such is the Ghosts.
Son, * and such is the Holy Ghost. And in this Trinity is nothing
The Father Uncreated, the Son afore or after, nothing is greater or
Uncreated, * and the Holy Ghost less; * but the whole Three Per
Uncreated. sons are Co-Eternal together, and
The Father Infinite, the Son In Co-Equal.
finite, * and the Holy Ghost In So that in all things, as is afore
finite. said, * the Unity in Trinity, and
The Father Eternal, the Son Eter the Trinity in Unity is to be wor
nal, * and the Holy Ghost Eternal. shipped.
And yet They are not Three He therefore that willeth to be
Eternals, * but One Eternal. safe, * let him thus think of the
As also They are not Three Un Trinity.
created, nor Three Infinites, * but But it is necessary to eternal
One Uncreated, and One Infinite. salvation, * that he also believe
So likewise the Father is Almighty, faithfully the Incarnation of our
the Son Almighty, * and the Holy Lord JESUS Christ.
Ghost Almighty. The right Faith therefore is, that
And yet They are not Three Al we believe and confess, * that our
mighties, * but One Almighty. Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
So the Father is God, the Son is God and Man.
God, * and the Holy Ghost God. God, of the Substance of the
And yet They are not Three Gods, Father, Begotten before the worlds :
* but One God. * and Man, of the substance of His
So the Father is Lord, the Son mother, born in the world.
Lord, * and the Holy Ghost Lord. Perfect God, Perfect Man, * of
And yet They are not Three a reasoning Soul and human Flesh
Lords, * but One Lord. subsisting.
For, like as we are compelled by Equal to the Father as touching
Christian truth to acknowledge every His Godhead, *‘ inferior to the
Person by Himself to be God and Father as touching His Manhood.
Lord, ‘* so are we forbidden by the Who, although He be God and
Catholic Religion to say, there be Man, * yet He is not Two, but One
Three Gods or Three Lords. Christ.
The Father is made of none, * One, however, not by conversion
neither created, nor begotten. of the Godhead into Flesh, * but by
The Son is of the Father alone: taking of the Manhood into God.
¥
not made, nor created, but Be One altogether, not by confusion
gotten. of Substance, * but by Unity of
The Holy Ghost is of the Father, Person.
and the Son: * not made, nor For as the reasoning soul and
created, nor begotten, but Pro flesh is one man, * so God and
ceeding. Man is One Christ.
PRIME, OR. rura- FIR'S'T HOUR. 4i
.1 Who suffered .for our salvation, and to' the Son; and 'to‘ the Holy
descended into hell, * rose' again Ghost. . '
the third day from the dead. ‘ Answer. Christ, Thou Son of the'
He ascended into heaven, He sit Living God, have mercy on us.
teth on the right hand of the Father, Verse. 1 Arise, O Christ, and help
God Almighty, * from whence He “5- . . u '.
shall come to judge the quick and Answer. And deliver us for Thy
the dead. Name’s sake.
At Whose coming all men shall
‘ This Responsory is occasionally ali
rise again with their bodies, * .and
tered, which alterations are given in
shall giveaccount for their own their proper places. From Low Sun
works. . . day inclusive till Ascension-Day ex~
And. they that have done good clasive it is said thus: ,
shall go into life eternal, * but Christ, Thou Son of the Living
they that. have. done evil into God, .have mercy. on us. Alleluia,
eternal fire. . t) Alleluia. . i. _
This is the CatholicFaith, * which ._ vAnswer. Christ, Thou Son of the
except a man believe faithfullyand Living God, have mercy on us. Alle-j
firmly, he cannot be safe. . luia, Alleluia. _' . . _
Here is said the .Dorology, “GlOry Verse. Thou That art arisen
be to the Father, &c.” , from the dead.
j Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia.
Antiphon. Alleluia, Alleluia,\Alle '-. 7 Verse. Glory be to the Father,
luia. , i
and to the Son, and to the Holy
In Paschal time is said‘a fourth. Ghost. ,
time, Alleluia. < s ' Answer. Christ, Thou Son of the
Then is said the Chapter. Living God, have mercy on us. Alle
luia, Alleluia. ‘ V
. .CHAPTER. (1 Tim. i. 17.) _ 'Verse._ Arise, 10 Christ, and help
NTO the King Eternal,‘ Imi us. Alleluia. - ‘
mortal and Invisible, the Answer. ;And deliver us for Thy
only God, be honour and glory for Name’s sake. ,Alleluia'. . ‘
ever and ever. Amen.
, Frorn Ascension Day inclusive till
Answer. Thanks be to God. Pentecost exclusive it is the same, ex
cept that instead of “Thou That art
Then follows the Short Responsory. arisen from the dead ” is said.
Christ, Thou Son of the Living ‘ Verse. Thou That art gone up
God, have mercy on us. above the stars. ' ‘ ‘ _ ,
Answer. Christ, Thou Son of the
Living God, have mercy on us. j ‘ '_ During the Octave of Pentecost it is
Verse. . Thou That sittest at the still the same except that this Verse is
right hand of the Father. said thus: _ '
_Answer. Have mercy on us. . Verse. Thou That sittest'at the
Verse. Glory be to the Father, right hand of the Father.
I 1 Ps. hm. 26.
VOL. IV.
42 THE PSALTER.
After the Short Responsory follow Verse. 2And unto Thee have I
these prayers called the Preces, except cried, O LORD.
on Doubles and within Octaves, when
they are omitted down to the mark *. Answer. And in the morning
shall my prayer come betimes be
1 Kyrie eléison. fore Thee.
Answer. Christe ele'ison. Verse. 3 Let my mouth be filled
Kyrie eléison. with Thy praise.
Answer. That I may sing of Thy
UR Father (inaudihly), Who art glory, all the day long of Thy great
in heaven, Hallowed be Thy ness.
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy Verse. 40 Lord, hide Thy face
will be done on earth, as it is in from my sins.
heaven. Give us this day our daily Answer. And blot out all mine
bread. And forgive us our tres— iniquities.
passes, as we forgive them that tres Verse. Create in me a clean heart,
pass against us. (Aloud) 0 God. _
Verse. And lead us not into Answer. And renew a right spirit
temptation. within me.
Answer. But deliver us from Verse. .Cast me not away from
evil. Thy presence.
'Answer. And take not Thine
holy Spirit from me.
I BELIEVE (inaudihly) in God
Verse. Restore unto me the joy
the Father Almighty, Maker of
of Thy salvation.
heaven and earth. And in JESUS
Answer. And uphold me with
Christ, His only Son, our Lord:
Who was conceived by the Holy Thy free spirit.
Ghost,- born of the Virgin Mary, Verse. 5>X< Our help is in the
name Of the LORD.
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was
Answer. Who made heaven and
crucified, dead, and buried: He de
earth.
scended into hell: the third day He
rose again from the dead: He as The General Confession.
cended into heaven, and sitteth on
the right hand of God the Father I CONFESS to God Almighty,
Almighty: from thence He shall to the Blessed Mary, always
come to judge the quick and the. a Virgin, to the Blessed Michael
dead. 'I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Archangel, to the Blessed John
the Holy Catholic Church, the Com— the Baptist, to the Holy Apostles
munion Of Saints, the Forgiveness Peter and ,Paul, and to all the
of sins. (Aloud) Saints, that I have sinned exceed
Verse. The Resurrection of the ingly in thought, word, and deed,
body. by my fault, by my fault, by my
Answer. And the Life everlast most grievous fault. Therefore I
ing. Amen. beseech the Blessed Mary, always
1 Greek Litany, signifying “ Lord, have mercy—Christ, have mercy—Lord, have mercy. ”
2 Ps. lxxxvii. I4. 3 Ps. lxx. 8. , 4 Ps. 1. 11-14. 5 Ps. cxxiii. 8..
a Virgin, the Blessed Michael the words, and works may be ordered
Archangel, the Blessed John the by Thy governance to .do always
Baptist, the Holy Apostles Peter that is righteous in Thy sight.
and Paul, and all the Saints, to Through our Lord JESUS Christ,
pray to the Lord our God for me. Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy
The Absolution. Ghost, one God, world without end.
ALMIGHTY God have mercy Answer. Amen.
on us, forgive us our sins, Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD.
and bring us to life everlasting. Answer. And let my cry come
Answer. Amen. unto Thee.
Verse. Bless‘we the Lord.
+MAY the Almighty and mer Answer. Thanks be to God.
ciful Lord grant us pardon,
If the Prime of the Little Ofiice of the
absolution, and remission of all our Blessed Virgin Mary is to he said, it is
sins. said new. Then is read the Martyr
Answer. Amen. ology of the marrow, if it be to be read,
the reader concluding with the words .'
Then the Ofiz'ce continues as follows .
And in other places many other
Verse. Vouchsafe, O Lord, this holy Martyrs and Confessors and
day. holy Virgins.
Answer. To keep us without Answer. Thanks be to God.
sin.
Verse. Have mercy upon us, 0 After which the Oficeproceeds thus .-1
LORD. Verse. 2 Precious in the sight of
Answer. Have mercy upon us. the LORD.
Verse. 0 LORD, let Thy mercy Answer. Is the death of His
lighten upon us. Saints.
Answer. As our trust is in Thee.
AY Holy Mary and all the
Here the Ofiice is resumed when the Saints plead for us with the
Preces have been omitted. Lord, that we may worthily be
* Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 holpen and delivered by Him Who
LORD. liveth and reigneth for ever and
Answer. And let my cry come ever.
unto Thee. Answer. Amen.
Verse. Make haste, O God, to
Let us pray.
deliver rne.
O LORD God Almighty, Who Answer. Make haste to help me,
hast safely brought us to the O LORD.
beginning of this day, defend us Verse. Make haste, O God, to
in the same with Thy mighty power : deliver me.
and grant that this day we fall into Answer. Make haste to help me,
no sin, but that all our thoughts, O LORD.
1 Whether the Martyrology has been read or not. The Martyrology is never binding
out of Choir. 2 Ps. cxv. 6.
44 . THE . PSALTER.
Verse. Make haste, O God, to rule and to govern our hearts and
deliver me. our bodies, our thoughts, our words,
Answer. Make haste to help me, and our works, according to Thy
O LORD. . law and in the doing of .Thy com
mandments, that we, being holpen
Glory be to the Father, and to of Thee, may here, and for ever
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. and ever, worthily be saved and de
As it was in the beginning, is livered by Thee, O Saviour of the
now, and ever shall be, world with world, Who livest and reignest for
out end. Amen. ever and ever.
Answer. Amen.
UR Father (inaudihly), Who
art in heaven, Hallowed be Sir, be pleased to give the bless
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. ing. .
Thy will be done on earth, as it is
The Blessing.
in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us our The Lord Almighty order our
trespasses, as we forgive them that days and deeds in His peace.
trespass against us. (Aloud) ‘ Answer. Amen.
temptation. Then is read the Short Lesson. On all
Feasts, even Simpler, and some other
Answer. . .But deliver us from days, this is the same as the Chapter
evil. which is to he read at None, which will
hefound in its properplace. On other
'Verse. 1 Look upon Thy ser days one of the following is read, ac
vants, O Lord, and upon the works cording to the Season of the year.
of Thine hands, and order the g0 I-. From the Octave of the Epiphany
ings of their children. till the First Sunday in Lent, and
Answer. And let the beauty of from the Octave of Pentecost till
the LORD our God -, be upon us, Advent Sunday, all exclusive.
and establish Thou the work of 2 Thess. iii. 5.
our hands upon us, yea, the work
of our hands, establish Thou it. And the Lord direct your hearts
Verse.- Glory'be to the Father,» into the love of God, and into the
and to the Son, and to the Holy patience of Christ. _
Ghost. ‘ 7
Answer. As it was in the be 2. From Advent Sunday inclusive till
Christmas Eve exclusive.
ginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end. Amen. Isa. xxxiii. 2.
O LORD, be gracious unto us:
Let us pray. for we have waited 'for Thee: be
LORD God, King of heaven Thou our arm every morning, our
and earth, may it please Thee salvation also in the time of
this day to order and to hallow, to trouble.
1- Ps. lxxxix. 16, I7.

PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR.
45
3. From the First Sunday in Lent in Lastly, unless some other Hour is to
clusive till Passion Sunday exclusive. follow immediately, the Lord’s Prayer
is said inaudihly.
Isa. lv. 6.
UR Father, Who art in heaven,
Seek ye the LORD, while He may Hallowed be .Thy Name. Thy
be found: callgye upon_,Him while kingdom come. Thy will be done
He is near. on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread. 'And
4. FromPassionSunday inclusive till forgive us our trespasses, as we
Maundy Thursday exclusive. V' forgive them that- itrespass _ against
Isa. l. 6. _ I us. And lead us not__into jtempta
I hid riot: my face "from' shame tion 3; but j_ deliver- _us from ‘ evil.
and spitting. The "- Lord GOD‘1 Amen.
will help rrle, therefore also shall '. Note. ‘When.0flceizls'sdid iniChoir
I not be confounded. ' " the Serviceis ended, with the,Antz;fihon
of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time
the Choir is left. .Otherwise .it is only
5. From Easter Sunday inclusive till said as given in this hook, atvthe end if
Ascension Day exclusive. ' ~ Lauds (or the aggregation of which
Col. iii. 1. Lauds forms a'part) and Compline.
i Feasts.‘ The ahove Oflice appointed
If, ye be risen with Christ, seek for Sundays is also said voniall Feasts
those things which are above, where whatsoever, even. Simples, and every
Christ sitteth at the right hand of day in Paschal time.
God: set your affections on things
above, not on things on the earth. .
When the Reader has finished the
Short Lesson, he'saysr: ~ ' '
PRIME ON WEEK-DAYS.
All the same as on Sunday, except as
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy otherwise given here. I
upon us. “
Answer. Thanks be to God. Ordinary ntiphon during the
Verse. _Our help is in 'the name year. Blessed are they that Walk.
of the LORD. ' In Advent the Antzphon is the First
Answer. Who made heaven and Antzphon which has been said at Lauds
earth. I on Sunday, unless the day have a set of
its own. ' . -
Verse. Bless ye.
Answer. May God [bless us]. Antiphon in Lent. As I live.
Antiphon for Passiontide. De
The Blessing.
liver me, O Lord.
>14 The Lord bless us, and keep Psalm cxvii., “0. give thanks unto
us from all evil, and bring us to life the LORD,” is not said. On Saturday
everlasting; and may the souls of it is simply omitted, and only'the three
the Faithful, through the mercy of Feast-Day Psalms (viz. liii. and the two
first sections of cxviii.) are said, but on
God, rest in peace. ' ' the other days of the week one of the
Answer. Amen. Psalmsfollowing is put in its filace.
1 The Divine Name.
46 THE PSALTER.
Nutmeg. Euzshag.
Psalm XX IV.
Psalm XXIII.
[Intituled "Of David.” This Psalm is
[Intituled “ A Psalm of David.” The A B C Darian.]
Vulgate and the LXX. add “for the first
day of the week."] NTO Thee, O LORD, do I lift
up my soul: * O my God,
HE earth is the LORD’s and I trust in Thee, let me not be
the fulness thereof; * the ashamed.
world, and they that dwell there Neither let mine enemies triumph
in. over me: * for none that wait on
For He hath founded it upon the Thee shall be ashamed:
seas, * and established it upon the Let them. be ashamed that
floods. transgress * without cause.
Who shall ascend into the moun Show me Thy ways, 0 LORD, *
tain of the LORD? * or who shall and teach me Thy paths.
stand in His holy place? Lead me in Thy truth and teach
He that hath clean hands and me; * for Thou art the God of
a pure heart, * who hath not my salvation: and on Thee do I
lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor wait all the day.
sworn deceitfully unto his neigh Remember, 0 LORD, Thy tender
boun mercies, * and Thy loving-kind
He shall receive a blessing from nesses, which have been ever of
the LORD, * and mercy from the old.
God of his salvation. Remember not the sins of my
This is the generation of them youth, * nor my transgressions:
that seek Him, * that seek the According to Thy mercy remem
face of the God of Jacob.1 ber Thou me, * for Thy goodness’
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, sake, O LORD.
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting Good and upright is the LORD;
doors! * and the King of glory * therefore will He teach sinners
shall come in. in the way.
Who is this King of glory? * The meek will He guide in judg
The LORD strong and mighty, the ment: * the meek will He teach
LORD mighty in battle. His way.
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, All the paths of the LORD are
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting mercy and truth, * unto such as
doors! * and the King of glory keep His covenant and His testi
shall come in. monies. .
Who is this King of glory? * For Thy Name’s sake, O LORD,
The LORD of hosts, He is the pardon mine iniquity; * for it is
King of glory.1 great.
"1 SLH.
What man is he that feareth the I have not sat with vain persons,
LORD? * him shall He teach in the * neither will I go in with wrong
way that He shall choose. doers.
His soul shall dwell at ease: * I hate the congregation of evil
and his seed shall inherit the earth. doers: * and will not sit with the
The LORD is a strong rock unto wicked.
them that fear Him; * and His I will wash mine hands in inno
covenant shall be made known to cency, * and I will compass Thine
them. Altar, O LORD.
Mine eyes are ever toward the That I may hear the voice of
LORD : * for He shall pluck my feet thanksgiving, * and tell of all Thy
out of the net. wondrous works.
Turn Thee unto me, and have LORD, I have loved the beauty of
mercy upon me, * for I am desolate Thine house, *_ and the place where
and afflicted. Thy glory dwelleth.
The troubles of mine heart are Makenot my soul to perish with
enlarged: * 0 bring me out of my sinners, O God, * nor my life with
distresses. bloody men:
Look upon mine affliction and my In whose hands is mischief, * and
pain : * and forgive all my sins. their right hand is full of bribes.
Consider mine enemies, for they But as for me, I will walk in
are many: * and they hate me with mine innocence: * redeem me, and
cruel hatred. be merciful unto me.
0 keep my soul, and deliver me: My foot standeth in uprightness:
* let me not be ashamed, for I put * in the congregations will I bless
my trust in Thee. Thee, O LORD.
The undefiled and the upright
cleave to me : * for I wait on Thee.
Redeem Israel, 0 God, * out of ' EU] am It ag.
all his troubles! Psalm XXII.
[Intituled “A Psalm of David.”]
mammary. THE LORD is my Shepherd, I
Psalm XXV. shall not want. * He maketh
me to lie down in green pastures :
[Intituled " or David.”] He leadeth me beside the still
UDGE me, O LORD,- for I have waters. * ,He restoreth -my soul:
walked in mine innocence: * I He leadeth me in the paths of
have trusted also in the LORD; I righteousness, * for His Name’s
shall not slide. sake.
Examine me, O LORD, and prove Yea, though I walk through the
me :' * try as by fire my reins and valley of the shadow of death, I will
mine heart. fear no evil: * for Thou art with
For Thy loving-kindness is before me: ,
mine eyes: * and I have walked in Thy rod and Thy staff * they
Thy truth. comfort me.
4_8 111.1: firms; BSAtTER. ,- ~ 1;; '
Thou preparest a :table before tne, "But Thou art He That took 'me
* inthe presence of‘ mine enemies: out of the womb : * Thou art mine
Thou anointest mine head with hope from my mother’s breastssg-I
'oil: fand‘mine overflowing‘cup, 0 was-cast upon Thee from the womb:
how goodly is it! . ; Ii 'Thou art my God from my
Surely Thy mercy shall follow me mother’s belly. * Be not far from
3* all‘~ the days of my life: me: i
, ‘And Iwill dwell in the house of For trouble is- near: ‘* for-there is
the LORD * for ever. :~_ .‘ . ' I none to help. 7
qMany- bulls have compassed me:
Jrtnag. ‘ I *1 ~ _f _* strong bulls have beset me .round.
They gaped upon me, with their
. . Psalm fXXl- l . ~meuths,1* as- a ravening and, a rOar
. '[Intitule'd 'm Psalm-10f David.” n he; ingliort¢j . .._ ~.~
a musical (P) superscription, from part of I am poured out like water, * and
which it-appears that it was written for a 3.1% my bones are out of joint ;
tune called f‘y'll‘he' hind Of',the,rnorning'.”.1
_ Mine heart is like melting wax *
M God, my God, look‘iuporl in the midst of my bowels. ~ J
J melt-why hast .Thou '{for \ V-My strength is dried up like a
saken me P? the Moice- of mine ofL potsherid, and my tongue cleaveth to
fences-,keepethf, Thy,I deliverance far my jaws :_ * and Thou hast brought
from, met; '" ' _ ' ' me into the dust of death.
O my God, I'cry ina-thve day-time, For many dogs have compassed
and Thou hearest not : * and in the me: 1* the assembly-of the wicked
night
ishnessseason—and
in me. IstillI his F)not fool
._ l‘ have” inclosed me. .
They pierced mine hands and my
But Thou dwellest in holiness, * feet : * they have told all my bones:
0 Thou Praisefof Israél! 7 They look and stare upon me. *
Our fathers trusted in Thee: * ‘They part my garments among them,
they trusted,;and_Thou
them._ i _ didst, deliver
\ and upon my vesture do they cast
lots.
They cried unto Thee, andlwere But let not Thine help be far from
delivered: '1" they trusted in Thee, me ; O LORD, * haste Thee to save
and were not confoundeda me.
But I am a worm and no man : * O God, deliver my soul from the
a'reproach of men, and despised of sword : *'my darling from the power
the people. _ -, of the dog ! ''
2All they that see-me laugh me to Save me from the lion’s mouth ; *
scorn :, * they shoot out the lip, and and mine affliction from the horns of
shake their head : , the unicorns.
He trusted 'in the LORD, let Him ' I will declare Thy name unto my
rescue, him: '* let Him deliver him, brethren : * in ‘ the midst of the
seeing‘He deli'ghteth in him. I J, congregation will I praise Thee.
1 The words “My, God, My God, Why hast Thou forsaken Me?” were quoted by our
Lord upon the'Cross (Mattl'a. 'xxvii. 46 ; Mark xv. 34). - -
2 Read Matth. xxvii. 39-44. ; ‘.
PRIME, OR“ THE'FIRST HOUR. 49
Ye' that fear' vthe LORD, praise In Adventthe Anliphon'is the First
Him : * all ye seed ofJac'ob, glorify Antiphon which has been said at Lauds
on Sunday, unless the dayvhave a set of
Him 3 ' '. j . its own. , '
Let all the seed Of Israel fear
Him. *' For. He hath not .despised Antiphonin Lent. 1 As I live,
nor abhorred the “prayer. of the saith; the: LORD, I. have no pleasure
poor; j— ' '. in- the death of the' wicked, but
Neither hath He‘ hid' His face rather that he turn from :his' way and
from mez' *' but when-I cried 'unto five. J i i ‘
Him, He heard me. - . ‘ .‘ " ’ Antinhon for Passiontide. 2 De
My praise shall beof Thee in the liver me, -O Lord, and set me be
greatcongregation :r, * I‘-.will pay my side Thee:~ and anyT man’s hand
vows before-them that fear Him.. may'fig‘htfagainst rneL
The poor shall eat‘a‘nd 'be satisa
fied, and they shall praise: the, LORD CHAPTER. ‘(Zeéhi viii. 19.)
that seek Him: * their 'heart shall
live for ever.’ I ' ' . VE peace and truth, saith the
All the ends of the earth 3‘. shall . ._, Lord _Almigh'ty.'.
remember and. turnaunto the LORD.
And all the kindreds of ._the.na - If the Preees have not been said at
Lauds, then the Pieces are now'said,
tions ?" shall- worship before .Him. as on Sunday; but the Lauds Preees
For the kingdom isythie. LORD‘sz have been said, the following longer
1' and He hath dominion among the farm is used, all kneeling: A a: . .
nations. ' ' - . ' -
All they that be fat upon earth Kyrie eléison.
shall eat and worship‘: * all they Answer. Christa eléison.
that go down to the dust shall fall Kyrie eléison.
down before Himi ' ' ,
My soul also shall live unto Him ; OUR Father (inaudihly), Who
* and my seed shall serve Him: art in heaven, Hallowed be
The generation to come shall tell Thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
it unto the Lord: * and the heavens Thy. will be done on earth, as it is
shall declare His righteousness unto in heaven. Give us this day our
a people that shall be born, whom daily bread. And forgive us our
the Lord hath made. trespasses, as we forgive them that
trespass against us. (Aloud)
- Saturhag. h Verse. And lead us not into
temptation. ''
Answer. But deliverus from
Psalin cXvii.‘is simply‘omitted and evil. ' ' ‘
no other is substituted for it.
Ordinary Antiohon during the I BELIEVE (inaudibly) in God

year. Blessedv are they that walk I 7 'the Father Almighty, Maker of
in Thy law, O Lord. heaven and earth. And in JESUS
_!
1 Ezek. xxxiii. II. 2 Job xvii. 3.
SO THE PSALTER.
Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Verse. Restore unto me the joy
Who was conceived by the Holy of Thy salvation.
Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, Answer. And uphold me with
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was Thy free spirit.
crucified, dead, and buried: He Verse. 1 Deliver me, O LORD,
descended into hell: the third day from the evil man.
He rose again from the dead: He Answer. And preserve me from
ascended into heaven, and sitteth the wicked man.
on the right hand of God the Verse. 2 Deliver me from mine
Father Almighty: from thence He enemies, O my God.
shall come to judge the quick and Answer. And defend me from
the dead. I believe in the Holy them that rise up against me.
Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, Verse. Deliver me from the
the Communion of Saints, the For workers of iniquity.
giveness of sins. (Aloud). Answer. And save me from
Verse. The Resurrection of the bloody men.
body. Verse. 3 So will I sing unto Thy
Answer. And the Life everlast Name for ever.
ing. Amen. Answer. That I may daily per
Verse. And unto Thee have I form my vows.
cried, O LORD. Verse. 4 Answer us, O God of
Answer. And in the morning our salvation.
shall my prayer come betimes before Answer. Who art the confidence
Thee. of all the ends of the earth, and of
Verse. Let my mouth be filled them that are afar off upon the sea.
with Thy praise. Verse. Make haste, O God, to
Answer. That I may sing of deliver me.
Thy glory, all the day long of Thy Answer. Make haste to help me,
greatness. O LORD.
Verse. 0 Lord, hide Thy face Verse. 5 Holy God, Holy Mighty,
from my sins. Holy Immortal.
‘ Answer. And blot out all mine Answer. Have mercy on us.
iniquities. Verse. 6 Bless the LORD, O my
Verse. Create in me a clean soul.
heart, 0 God. Answer. And all that is within
Answer. And renew a right spirit me, bless His holy Name.
within me. Verse. Bless the LORD, O my soul.
Verse. Cast me not away from Answer. And forget not all his
Thy presence. , benefits.
Answer. And take not. Thine Verse. Who forgiveth all thine
Holy Spirit from me. iniquities.
1 Ps. cxxxix. 2. 2 Ps. lviii. 2, 3. 3 Ps. 1x. 9. ‘ 4 Ps. lxiv. 6.

5 Called the “Trisagion” in the Eastern Church. Its legendary origin is that it was
learnt from angels by a boy who was carried up into the air during a tempest at Con
stantinople in the time of St Proclus (AD. 434). It is probably much older than his
time. Photius thought it was adapted from Ps. xii. 2. 6 Ps. cii. 1-5.
PRIME, OR THE FIRST HOUR. SI
Answer. Who healeth all thy Answer. Thy youth is renewed

diseases. like the eagle’s.
Verse. Who redeemeth thy life Verse. >11 Our help is in the
from destruction. name of the LORD.
Answer. Who crowneth thee Answer. Who made heaven and
with loving-kindness and tender earth.
mercies.
Verse. Who satisfieth thy desire Then is made the General Confession,
with good things. and all proceeds as on Sunday.
5‘2 '
TERCE, OR THE THIRD HOUR.1
Own fur zimg bag in the As it was in the beginning, is now,

and ever shall be, world without end.
week. Amen. Alleluia.
At the beginning of Terce the Lord’s
Prayer and the Angelic Salutation are From Septuagesima Sunday to
said inaudihly. Maundy Thursday instead of “Alle
luia” is said.
UR Father, Who art in heaven, Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy 0 Eternal King of heaven.
kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give Then is said thefollowingr .'
us this day our daily bread. And HYMN.’
forgive us our trespasses, as we for
COME, Holy Ghost, Who ever One,
give them that trespass against us. Reignest with Father and with
And lead us not into temptation; Son,
but deliver us from evil. Amen. 3 It is the hour, our souls possess
With Thy full flood of holiness.
HAIL, Mary, full of grace; The Let flesh, and heart, and lips, and mind,
Lord is with thee: blessed Sound forth our witness to mankind ;
art thou among women, and blessed And love light up our mortal frame
Till others catch the living flame.
is the fruit of thy womb, JESUS.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray Now to the Father, to the Son,
for us sinners, now, and at the hour And to the Spirit, Three in One,
of our death. Amen. Be praise, and thanks, and glory given,
By men on earth, by Saints in heaven.
Amen.
Thon is said aloud:
Verse. >14 Make haste, O God, The last verse is sometimes said thus,
altered in honour of the Incarnation:
to deliver me.
Answer. Make haste to help me, JESU, the Virgin-born, to Thee,
O LORD. To Father, Spirit, One and Three,
Be praise, and thanks, and glory given,
Glory be to the Father, and to the By men on earth, by Saints in heaven.
Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Amen.
1 The roper hour of Terce is 9 A.M ., about which time it is generally said in
communities before the Community Mass.
2 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school. Translation by the late Card. Newman.
3 It was at this the third hour that the Holy Ghost descended on the day of Pente
cost—Acts ii. I 5.
TERCE, OR.TH'E THIRD HOUR.
In Paschal time it is said thus, al commandments: * for therein do I

tered in honour of the Resurrection . delight. . -
JESU, our Risen Lord, to Thee, Incline mine heart unto Thy testi
To Father, Spirit, One and Three, monies, * and not to covetousness.
Be praise, and thanks, and glory given, Turn away mine eyes from be
By men on earth, by Saints in heaven.
Amen. holding vanityI : * quicken Thou me
in Thy way.
It is also occasionally otherwise al Stablish Thy word unto Thy ser
tered, which occasions are marked in vant, * that he may fear Thee.
their places. Turn away my reproach, which I
Then follow six sections of Psalm dread: * for Thy judgments are
CX VIII. They are all said under one good.
Antiphon, and when Five Antiphons Behold, I have longed after
have been said at Lauds, the Second of Thy precepts: * quicken me in
these Fit/e is the Antiphon at Terce. Thy righteousness.
Otherwise those given here are used.
j Here the Doxology, “Glory be to the
Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays , Father, &c.,” is not said.
and for every day in Paschal time.
Alleluia. .
. ‘2
Ordinary Antiphon for Week-days.
Lead me. . LET Thy mercy come also unto
In Adoent the A ntiphon is the Second me, O LORD: * even Thy sal
Antiphan which has been said at Lauds vation, according to Thy word.
on Sunday, unless the day have a set of ’50 shall I have wherewith to
its own. - answer him that reproacheth me:
"' for‘ I trust in Thy word.
Antiphon in Lent. Behold now And take not the word of truth
is the day. utterly out Of my mouth: * for I
A ntiphon in Passiontide. O Lord,
have hoped in Thy judgments.
Thou hast judged. '
So shall I keep Thy law contin
ually, * for ever and ever; 7
I Continuation of Psalm CXVIII. And I will walk at liberty: * for
I seek Thy precepts. ‘
. I'll . I will speak of Thy testimonies
also before kings : * and will not be
EACH me, O LORD, the way Of ashamed.
Thy statutes: * and I shall '- AndI will delight myself in Thy
keep it unto the end. commandments, * which I have loved.
Give me understanding, and I' Mine hands also will I 'lift up
shall keep Thy law: * yea, I shall unto Thylc'ommandments, which I
observe it with my whole heart. have
ih Thyloved: * and I will-meditate
statutes. I
Lead me in the path of Thy
1 Here begins the letter He, an aspirate, nearly represented by our H.

'1 Here begins the letter Vau, variously attempted to be represented by V, W, U,
O, 00. .
54 THE PSALTER.
Continuation of the same Psalm. compassed me about: * yet have

I not forgotten Thy law.
T1 At midnight I will rise to give
REMEMBER Thy word unto thanks unto Thee, * because of
Thy servant, * upon which Thy righteous judgments.
Thou hast caused me to hope. I am the companion of all them
This is my comfort in mine afflic that fear Thee, * and of them that
tion, * that Thy word hath quickened keep Thy precepts.
me. The earth, 0 LORD, is full of
The proud have behaved them Thy mercy: * teach me Thy
selves very wickedly: * yet have I statutes.
not turned aside from Thy law.
I remembered Thy judgments of
old, 0 LORD: * and have comforted Continuation of the same Psalm.
myself. 3
Horror hath taken hold upon me, ID
* because of the wicked that forsake THOU hast dealt well with Thy
Thy law.
servant, O LORD, * according
Thy statutes have been my songs
to Thy word.
* in the house of my pilgrimage.
Teach me goodness, and judg
I have remembered Thy Name, 0 ment, and knowledge: * for I have
LORD, in the night, * and have kept believed Thy commandments.
Thy law.
Before I was afflicted, I went
This I had, * because I kept Thy astray: * therefore now I have
precepts.
kept Thy word.
Here the Doxology, “ Glory be to the Thou art good, *‘ and in Thy
Father, &c.,” is not said. goodness teach me Thy statutes.
The proud have dealt very
wickedly with me: * but I will
n2
keep Thy precepts with my whole
THOU art my portion, 0 LORD, heart.
* I have said that I would Their heart is curdled as milk:4
keep Thy law. * but I delight in Thy law.
I entreated Thy favour with my It is good for me that Thou hast
whole heart: * be merciful unto me afflicted me: that I might learn
according to Thy word. Thy statutes.
I thought on my ways, * and The law of Thy mouth is better
turned my feet unto Thy testi unto me, * than thousands of gold
monies. and silver.
I made haste, and delayed not
* to keep Thy commandments. Here the Doxology, “ Glory be to the
The bands of the wicked have Father, &c.,” is not said.
Here begins the letter Zain, answering to Z.

been» Here begins the letter Kheth, a strong guttural, variously represented by Kh and I-Ih.
Here begins the letter Teth, represented by T.
“ Gross as fat is their heart ” (Leeser). The idea conveyed is that of stupidity.
TERCE, OR THE THIRD HOUR. SS
“I Antiphon in Passiontide. 3 O
Lord, Thou hast judged the cause
HIN E hands have made me and of my soul. Thou hast redeemed
fashioned me: * give me my life, 0 Lord my God.
understanding, that I may learn
Thy commandments. Then follows the Chapter and the
They that fear Thee will be glad Short Responsory. When they are not
when they see me: * because I have given specially, one of the following is
used. After the Chapter is always an
hoped in Thy word. swered, “Thanks be to God."
I know, 0 LORD, that‘Thy judg
ments are right, * and that Thou
On Sundays, from the Third Sun
in faithfulness hast afflicted me. day after the Epiphany inclusive until
Let Thy merciful kindness be for Septuagesima Sunday exclusive, and
my comfort, * according to Thy from the Third Sunday after Pentecost
word unto Thy servant. inclusive until Advent Sunday exclusive
Let Thy tender mercies come unto are said the following, and the Respon
sory is used moreover till the First
me, that I may live: * for Thy law Sunday in Lent exclusive.
is my delight.
Let the proud be ashamed, for CHAPTER. (I John iv. 16.)
they dealt wrongfully with me with
out a cause: * but I will meditate OD is love: and he that dwell
in Thy precepts. eth in love 'dwelleth in God,
Let those that fear Thee turn and God in him.
unto me, * and those that know Answer. Thanks be to God.
Thy testimonies.
Let mine heart be undefiled in Short Responsory.
Thy statutes, ’* that I be not 4 Incline mine heart unto Thy
ashamed. testimonies, O God.
Answer. Incline mine heart unto
Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays. Thy testimonies, O God.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Verse. Turn away mine eyes from
A ntzlphon for every day in Paschal beholding vanity: quicken Thou me
time. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, in Thy way.
Alleluia. Answer. Unto Thy testimonies,
Ordinary Antiphon for VVeeh 0 God.
days. 2 Lead me in the path of Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Thy commandments, O Lord. and to the Son, and to the Holy
In Advent the A ntiphon is the Second Ghost.
A ntzlnhon which has been said at Lauds Answer. Incline mine heart unto
on Sunday, unless the day have a set of Thy testimonies, O God.
its own. Verse. 5 I said, LORD, be merci
Antiphon in Lent. Behold now ful unto me.
is the day of repentance, to redeem Answer. Heal my soul, for I
sin, and save the soul. have sinned against Thee.
1 Here begins the letter Jod, variously represented by J, Y, I, Be.
2 Ps. cxviii. 35. 3 Lam. iii. 58. ‘ Ps. cxviii. 36, 37. 5 Ps. x1. 5.
56 .. THE PSALTER.
', On ordinary Week-days throughout Answer. Comeand save us, 0

the year are said the following .' I '_ Lord God of hosts. , ,
CHAPTER. (Jer. xvii. 14.)
Verse. 2 Cause Thy face to shine,
and we shall be saved.
EAL me, O LORD, and I shall Answer. 0 Lord God of hosts.
be healed: save me, and I , Verse. Glory be to the Father,
shall be saved: for? Thou art my and to the Son, and to‘ the Holy
praise. ' Ghost. '
Answer. Thanks be to God. Answer. Come and save us, 0
Lord God of hosts.
Short Responsory. ' Verse. 8The heathen shall fear
Heal my soul, for I have sinned Thy Name, 0 LORD.
against Thee. Answer. And all the kings of
Answer. Heal my soul, for I the earth Thy glory. '
have sinned against Thee. _
Verse. I said, LORD, be merciful In Lent are said the following (but the
unto me. . Chapter on Week-days only):
Answer. For I have sinned against CHAPTER. (Joel ii. 12, 13.)
Thee.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, TURN ye to Me with all your
and to the Son,_ and to the~ Holy heart, with fasting, and with
Ghost. ‘ ' . weeping, and with mourning. And
Answer. Heal my soul, for I rend your heart and not your gar
have sinned against Thee. ments, saith the Lord Almighty.
Verse. 1 Be Thou ,mine Helper, .Answer. Thanks be to God.
neither leave me, 7
Answer. Nor forsake me, O God Short Responsory.
of my salvation. ~ 4 He hath delivered me from the
snare of the fowler;
In Advent are said the following (but Answer. He hath delivered me
the Chapter on Week-days only) . from the snare of the fowler.
' CHAPTER. (Jer. xxiii. 5.)_ ~Verse. And from the ,noisome
pestilence.
BEHOLD,~the days come, saith Answer. From the snare of the
the LORD, that _I will raise fowler.
unto David a righteOus branch: and Verse. Glory be to the Father,
a King shall reign in wisdom, and, and to the Son, and to the Holy
shall execute judgment and justice Ghost.
in the earth. Answer. He hath delivered me,
Answer. Thanks be to God. from the snare of the fowler.
Verse. He shall cover thee with
_ Short Responsory. His wings. , i .
Come and save us, 0 Lord God Answer. And under His feathers
of hosts. ’ shalt thou trust.
3_ Ps. .ci. 1'6! v _ lf’gPs. xc. 3. -
1 Ps. Xxvi. 9. 2 Ps. lxxix.‘ 4-.
TERCE, OR THE THIRD HOUR. 57
In Passiontide are said the following Verse. Who hung for us upon
(but the Chapter on Week-days only) . the tree.
Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia.
CHAPTER. (Jer. xvii. 13.)
Verse. Glory be to the Father,
LORD, all that forsake Thee and to the Son, and to the Holy
shall be ashamed: they that Ghost.
depart from Thee shall be written Answer. The Lord is risen from
in the earth: because they have the grave, Alleluia, Alleluia.
forsaken the LORD, the fountain of Verse. 2 The Lord is risen in
living waters. deed, Alleluia.
Answer. Thanks be to God. Answer. And hath appeared to
Simon, Alleluia.
Short Responsory.
After the Short Responsory, if the
1 O God, deliver my soul from Preees have been said at Lands, all kneel
the sword. down and the following are said; but
Answer. 0 God, deliver my soul ifthe Preees have been omitted at Lands,
from the sword. then these are also omitted down to the
mark *.
Verse. And my darling from
the power of the dog. Kyrie eléison.
Answer. My soul from the sword. Answer. Christe eléison.
O God, deliver my soul from the Kyrie eléison.
sword.
Verse. 0 Lord, save me from OUR Father (inaudibly), Who
the lion’s mouth. art in heaven, Hallowed be
Answer. And mine affliction Thy Name. Thy kingdom come.
from the horns of the unicorns. Thy will be done on earth, as it is
in heaven. Give us this day our
In Paschal time are said the following daily bread. And forgive us our
(but the Chapter on Week-days only) . trespasses, as we forgive them that
trespass against us. (Aloud)
CHAPTER. (Rom. vi. 9.) Verse. And lead us not into
CHRIST, being raised from the temptation. _
dead, dieth no more, death Answer. But deliver us from evil.
hath no more dominion over Him.
For in that He died, He died unto Verse. 3 Turn us again, 0 Lord
sin once; but in that He liveth, He God of hosts.
liveth unto God. Answer. And cause Thy face to
Answer. Thanks be to God. shine, and we shall be saved.
Verse. Arise, O Christ, and help
Short Responsory. us.
The Lord is risen from the grave, Answer. And deliver us for Thy
Alleluia, Alleluia. Name’s sake.
Answer. The Lord is risen from Here the Oflite is continued when the
the grave, Alleluia, Alleluia. above has been omitted.
1 Ps. xxi. 21. 2 Luke xxiv. 34. 3 Ps. lxxix. 8.
58 THE PSALTER.
* Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 Lastly, unless Sextfollow, the Lord’s

LORD. Prayer is said inaudihly.
unto Thee.
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy
Let us pray. kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give
Here is‘said the Prayer for the day,
after which .
forgive us our trespasses, as we for
Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD. give them that trespass against us.
Answer. And let my cry come And lead us not into temptation;
unto Thee. but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Verse. Bless we the Lord.
Answer. Thanks be to God. Note. When Ofiee is said in Choir
the Service is ended with the A ntiphon
If the Little Ofiire of the Blessed of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time
Virgin Mary is to follow immediately, the Chair is left. Otherwise it is only
it is begun here, and whatfollows is not said as given in this hook, at the end
said. Otherwise the Ofiite ends thus . of Laud: (or the aggregation of which
Verse (said in a somewhat lower Lands forms a part) and Complz'ne.
wire). May the souls Of the Faith
Feasts. The above Ojire, appointed
ful, through the mercy of God, rest for all Sundays and Week-days through
in peace. out the year, is likewise said on all
Answer. Amen. Feasts.
59
SEXT, OR THE SIXTH HOUR.1
@ffitz for ehzrg bag in the now, and ever shall be, world with
out end. Amen. Alleluia.
wink.
From Septuagesima Sunday to
At the beginning of Sext, the Lord’s
Maundy Thursday, instead of “Alle
Prayer and the Angelic Salutation are
luia " is said:
said inaudibly.
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,
UR Father, Who art in heaven, 0 Eternal King of Heaven.
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done Then is said thefollowing.
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give HYMN.2
forgive us our trespasses, as we for O GOD, Who canst not change nor
fail
give them that trespass against us. Guiding the hours, as they roll by,
And lead us not into temptation; Brightening with beams the morning
but deliver us from evil. Amen. pale,
And burning in the mid-day sky;
HAIL, Mary, full of grace; The Quench Thou the fires of hate and
Lord is with thee: blessed strife,
art thou among women, and blessed The wasting fever of the heart ;
is the fruit of thy womb, JEsus. From perils guard our feeble life,
And to our souls Thy peace impart.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray
for us sinners, now, and at the hour Grant this, 0 Father, Only Son,
of our death. Amen. And Holy Spirit, God of grace,
To Whom all glory, Three in One,
Then is said aloud: Be given in every time and place.
Amen.
Verse. >14 Make haste, O God, to
The last verse is sometimes said thus,
deliver me. altered in honour of the Inearnation .
Answer. Make haste to help me,
O LORD. Hear, JESU, Virgin-bom, our cry,
Glory be to the Father, and to With Father and with Holy Ghost,
To Whom be praise, here as on high,
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. On earth as ’mid the Angelic Host.
As it was in the beginning, is Amen.
1 The proper hour for Sext is 12 noon. In Choirs it is generally said after the Com
munity Mass.
2 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, with one word altered. Translation by the
late Card. Newman.
60 THE PSALTER.
In Paschal time it is said thus, altered How many are the days of Thy
in honour of the Resurrection . servant? * when wilt Thou execute
To Thee, our Risen Lord, we cry, judgment on them that persecute
With Father and with Holy Ghost, me?
To Whom be praise, here as on high, The wicked have spoken lies
On earth as ’mid the Angelic Host.
Amen. unto me, ’* which are not after Thy
law.
It is also occasionally otherwise al All Thy commandments are faith
tered, which occasions are marked in ful : * they persecute me wrongfully,
their filaces.
help Thou me.
Then follow six sections of Psalm They had almost consumed me
CXVIII. They are all said under one upon earth: * but I forsook not
Antiphon, and when Five Antiphons Thy precepts.
have been said at Lands the third of
these Five is the Antiphon at Sext. Quicken me after Thy loving
Otherwise those given here are used. kindness: * so shall I keep the
testimony of Thy mouth.
Ordinary Antzfhon for Sundays
and for every day in Paschal time. Here the Doxology, “Glory be to the
Alleluia. Father, &c.,” is not said.
Ordinary Antiphon for Week-days.
Hold Thou me up. 52
In Advent the A ntiphon is the Third OR ever, 0 LORD, * Thy word
A ntzlzfihon which has been said at Lands is settled in heaven.
on Sunday, unless the day have a set of
its own. Thy faithfulness is unto all genera
tions: * Thou hast established the
Antiphon in Lent. Let us ap earth, and it abideth.
prove ourselves. The day continueth by Thine
Antiphon in Passiontide. OMy ordinance: * for all things serve
people. Thee.
Unless Thy law had been my
delight, * then perchance I should
Continuation of Psalm CX VIII.
have perished in mine affliction.
31 I will never forget Thy precepts :
* for with them Thou hast quick
_\ Y soul fainteth for Thy salva ened me.
tion: * but I hope in Thy I am Thine, save me: *‘ for I
word. have sought Thy precepts.
Mine eyes fail for Thy word, * The wicked have waited for me,
saying: When wilt Thou comfort to destroy me: * but I considered
me? Thy testimonies.
For I am become like a wine I have seen an end of all perfec
skin in time of frost: * yet do I tion: * but Thy commandment is
not forget Thy statutes. exceeding broad.
1 Here begins the letter Caph, a guttural variously represented by C, Q, Ch, &c.
2 Here begins the letter Lamed, answering to L.
SEXT, OR THE SIXTH HOUR. 61
Continuation of the same Psalm. will offerings of my mouth, 0 LORD :

’21 * and teach me Thy judgments.
My soul is continually in mine
0 HOW I love Thy law, 0 Lord! hand: * yet do I not forget Thy law.
* it is my meditation all the The wicked have laid a snare for
day. me: * yet I erred not from Thy
Thou, through Thy command precepts.
ments, hast made me wiser than Thy testimonies have I taken as
mine enemies: * for they are ever an heritage for ever : * for they are
with me. the rejoicing of mine heart.
I have more understanding than I have inclined mine heart to
all my teachers: * for Thy testi perform Thy statutes always, * be
monies are my meditation. cause of the reward.
I understand more than the an_
cients, * because I keep Thy pre Continuation of the same Psalm.
cepts.
I have refrained my feet from na
every evil way ; * that I might keep
Thy word.
HATE the unrighteous: * but
Thy law do I love.
I have not departed from Thy
Thou art mine Helper and my
judgments: * for Thou hast taught
Protector: * and in Thy word do
me.
I hope.
How sweet are Thy words unto
Depart from me, ye evil-doers :
my taste 2 * yea, sweeter than honey
* for I will keep the commandments
to my mouth.
of my God.
Through Thy precepts I get un
Uphold me according to Thy
derstanding : * therefore I hate every
word, and I shall live: * and let me
false way.
not be ashamed of mine hope.
Here the Doxology, “Glory be to the Hold Thou me up and I shall be
Father, &c.,” is not said. safe: * and I will have respect unto
Thy statutes continually.
Thou hast trodden down all them
a2 that err from Thy statutes: * for
THY word is a lamp unto my feet, their thought is falsehood.
* and a light unto my path. I hold all the wicked of the earth
I have sworn, and am stedfastly as liars : * therefore I love Thy
purposed, * to keep Thy righteous testimonies.
judgments. Make Thou my flesh to tremble
I am afilicted very much, O for fear of Thee: * for I am afraid
LORD: * quicken me according to of Thy judgments.
Thy word. Here the Doxology, “ Glory be to the
Accept, I beseech Thee, the free Father, &c.,” is not said.
1 Here begins the letter Mem, answering to M.
2 Here begins the letter Nun, answering to N.
3 Here begins the letter Samech, somewhat represented by S.
62 THE PSALTER.
Antifhon in Passiontide. 3 0 My
v1 people, what have I done unto thee,
I HAVE done judgment and jus and wherein have I wearied thee?
tice: * leave me not to mine Testify against Me.
oppressors.
Be surety for Thy servant for Then follows the Chapter and the
good: * let not the proud oppress Short Responsory. When they are not
given speez'ally, one of the following is
me. used. After the Chapter is always an
Mine eyes fail for Thy salva swered, “ Thanks be to God."
tion, * and for the word of Thy
righteousness. On Sundays, from the Third Sunday
Deal with Thy servant according after the Epiphany inelusiz/e until Sq)
tuagesima Sunday exclusive, andfrom
unto Thy mercy: * and teach me
the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost in
Thy statutes. clusive until Ad'z/ent Sunday exclusive,
I am Thy servant: * give me un are said the following, and the Re
derstanding, that I may know Thy sponsory is used moreover until the
testimonies. First Sunday in Lent, exclusive.
It is time for Thee, LORD, to work :
* they have made void Thy law. CHAPTER. (Gal. vi. 2.)
Therefore I love Thy command BEAR ye one another’s burdens,
ments * above gold and the topaz and so shall ye fulfil the law
stone.
of Christ.
Therefore did I turn to all Thy Answer. Thanks be to God.
commandments: * I hate every
false way. Short Responsory.
Ordinary Antiphon for Sunday. 4 For ever, 0 LORD, Thy word is

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. settled [in heaven].
Antiphon for every day in Paschal Answer. For ever, 0 LORD, Thy
time. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, word is settled [in heaven].
Alleluia. Verse. Thy faithfulness is unto
Ordinary Antiphon for I/Veek-days. all generations.
2 Hold Thou me up, 0 Lord, and I Answer. Thy word is settled [in
shall be safe. heaven].
In Advent the Antiphon is the Third and to the Son, and to the Holy
A ntiphon which has been said at Lauds Ghost.
its own. Answer. For ever, 0 LORD, Thy
word is settled [in heaven].
Antiphon in Lent. Let us ap Verse. 5The LORD is my Shep
prove ourselves in much patience, in herd, I shall not want.
much fasting, by the armour of Answer. He maketh me to lie
righteousness. down in green pastures.
1 Here begins the letter Ayin, or Ghain, as to the sound of which the learned are not
agreed.
2 Ps. cxviii. H7. 3 Micah vi. 3. “ Ps. cxviii. 39. 5 Ps. xxii. I, 2.
On ordinary Week-days throughout Verse. Glory be to the Father, and

the year are said the following: to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
CHAPTER. (Gal. vi. 2.)
Answer. Show us Thy mercy, O
LORD.
BEAR ye one another’s burdens, Verse. 3 Remember us, O LORD,
and so shall ye fulfil the law with the favour that Thou' bearest
of Christ. unto Thy people.
Answer. Thanks be to God. Answer. 0 visit us with Thy
Short Responsory. salvation.
1I will bless the LORD at all In Lent are said the following (but
times. the Chapter on Week-days only):
Answer. I will bless the LORD CHAPTER. (Isa. lv. 7.)
at all times.
Verse. His praise shall continu LET the wicked forsake his way,
ally be in my mouth. and the unrighteous man his
Answer. At all times. thoughts, and let him return unto
Verse. Glory be to the Father, the LORD, and He will have mercy
and to the Son, and to the Holy upon him; and to our God, for He
Ghost. will abundantly pardon.
Answer. I will bless the LORD Answer. Thanks be to God.
at all times. Short Responsory.
Verse. The LORD is my Shep 4He shall cover thee with His
herd, I shall not want. wings.
Answer. He maketh me to lie Answer. He shall cover thee
down in green pastures. with His wings.
Verse. And under His feathers
In Advent are said thefollowing (but shalt thou trust.
the Chapter on Week-days only) .
Answer. With His wings.
CHAPTER. (Jerem. xxxiii. 16.) Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
IN those days shall Judah be Answer. He shall cover thee
saved, and Isra'él shall dwell
with His wings.
safely: and this is the name where
Verse. His truth shall be thy
by she shall be called, The LORD shield.
our Righteousness. Answer. Thou shalt not be
Answer. Thanks be to God. afraid for the terror by night.
Short Responsoly.
In Passiontide are said the followingr
2 Show us Thy mercy, O LORD. (out the Chapter on Week-days only) .'
Answer. Show us Thy mercy, O
CHAPTER. (Jerem. xvii. 18.)
LORD.
Verse. And grant us Thy sal LET them be confounded that per
vation. - secute me, but let not me be
Answer. Thy mercy, O LORD. confounded; let them be dismayed,
1 Ps. xxxiii. 2. 2 Ps. lxxxiv. 8. 3 PS. cv. 4. 4 PS. xc. 4.
64 THE PSALTER.
but let not me be dismayed; bring Verse. Glory be to the Father,

upon them the day of evil, and de and to the Son, and to the Holy
stroy them with double destruction, Ghost.
0 Lord our God. Answer. The Lord is risen in
Answer. Thanks be to God. deed, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Verse. 3 The disciples were glad,
Short Responsory. Alleluia.
1 O Lord, save me from the lion’s Answer. When they saw the
mouth.
Lord, Alleluia.
Answer. 0 Lord, save me from After the Short Responsory, the
the lion’s mouth. Preces have been said at Lauds all kneel
Verse. And mine affliction from down and the following are said, but if
the Preees have been omitted at Lauds
the horns of the unicorns.
then these are also omitted, down to the
Answer. From the lion’s mouth, mark *.
0 Lord, save me from the lion’s
mouth. Kyrie eléison.
Verse. 2Make not my soul to Answer. Christe ele'ison.
perish with sinners, O God. Kyrie eléison.
Answer. Nor my life with bloody
men. OUR Father (inaudibly), Who art
in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
[n Paschal time are said the follow
will be done on earth, as it is in
mg (but the Chapter on Week-days
only): heaven. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our tres
CHAPTER. (I Cor. xv. 20.) passes, as we forgive them that tres
pass against us. (Aloud)
OW is Christ risen from the Verse. And lead us not into
dead, the first-fruits of them temptation.
that sleep; for since by man came Answer. But deliver us from
death, by man came also the res evil.
urrection of the dead. For as in Verse. Turn us again, 0 Lord
Adam all die, even so in Christ God of hosts!
shall all be made alive. Answer. And cause Thy face to
Answer. Thanks be to God. shine, and we shall be saved.
Verse. Arise, O Christ, and help
Short 'Resfionsory. us.
The Lord is risen indeed, Alleluia, Answer. And deliver us for Thy
Alleluia. Name’s sake.
Answer. The Lord is risen in
Here the Ofice is continued when the
deed, Alleluia. above has been omitted.
Verse. And hath appeared to
Simon. * Verse. Hear my prayer, 0
Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia. Lord.
1 Ps. xxi. 22. 2 Ps. xxv. 9. 3 John xx. 20.

Answer. And let my cry come Lastly, unless Nonefollow, the Lord’s
unto Thee. Prayer is said inaudihly.

Let us pray.
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Here is said the Prayerfor the day, Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
after which : done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 Lord.
And forgive us our trespasses, as we
forgive them that trespass against us.
unto Thee.
And lead us not into temptation;
Verse. Bless we the Lord.
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Note. When Oflice is said in Choir
If the Little Ofice of the Blessed Vir the Service is ended with the Anti/rhon
gin Mary is to follow immediately, it of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time
is begun here, and what follows is not the Choir is left. Otherwise it is only
said. Otherwise the Ofice ends thus . said as given in this book, at the end of
Lands (or the aggregation of which
Verse (said in a somewhat lower Lauds forms a part) and Compline.
tone). May the souls of the Faithful,
through the mercy of God, rest in Feasts. The above 0 cc, appointed
for all Sundays and Wee -days through
peace. out the year, is likewise said on all
Answer. Amen. Feasts.
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66
NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR.1
@fite fur shag bag in the As it was in the beginning, is now,

was Amen. Alleluia.
At the beginning of None the Lord’s
Prayer and the Angelic Salutation are From Septua esima Sunday to
said inaudihly. Maundy Thurs y instead of “Alle
luia” is said.
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,
Hallowed be Thy Name. 0 Eternal King of heaven.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
done on earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. HYMN.2
O GOD, Unchangeable and True,
forgive them that trespass against us. Of all the Light and Power,
And lead us not into temptation; Dispensing light in silence through
but deliver us from evil. Amen. Every successive hour;
HAIL, Mary, full of grace; The Lord, brighten our declining day,
Lord is with thee : blessed That it may never wane,
Till death, when all things round decay,
art thou among women, and blessed Brings back the mom again.
is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray This grace on Thy redeemed confer,
for us sinners, now, and at the hour Father, Co-equal Son,
of our death. Amen. And Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
Eternal Three in One.
Amen.
Then is said aloud:
Verse. >I< Make haste, O God, The last verse is sometimes said thus,
to deliver me. altered in honour of the Incarnation .'
Answer. Make haste to help me,
JESU, the Virgin-born, to Thee,
O LORD. Eternal praise be given,
With Father, Spirit, One and Three,
Glory be to the Father, and to the Here as it is in heaven.
Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Amen.
1 The proper hour for None is 3 P. M., but in Choirs it varies. _

2 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, with one word altered. Translation by the
late Card. Newman.
NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR. 67
In Paschal time it is said thus, al Look Thou upon me, and be
tered in honour of the Resurrection .' merciful unto me, * as Thou usest
To Father, Son, and Paraclete, to do unto those that love Thy
The slain and risen Son, Name.
Be praise and glory, as is meet, Order my steps in Thy word: *
While endless ages run.
Amen. and let not any iniquity have do
minion over me.
It is also occasionally otherwise al Deliver me from the oppression
tered, which occasions are marked in of man: * and I will keep Thy
their places.
precepts.
Then follow six sections of Psalm Make Thy face to shine upon
CX V111. They are all said under one Thy servant: * and teach me Thy
Antzlnhon, and when Five Antiphons
statutes.
have been said at Lauds, the Fifth of
these Five is the Antiphon at None. Rivers of water run down mine
Otherwise those given here are used. eyes: * because they keep not Thy
law.
Ordinary Antiphon for Sundays
and for every day in Paschal time. The Doxolofl, “Glory be to the
Alleluia. Father, &c.,” is not said.
Ordinary Antzfhon for I/Veek-days.
Look Thou upon me. 22
In Advent the A ntiphon is the Fifth
A ntiphon which has been said at Lauds IGHTEOUS art Thou, O
on Sunday, unless the day have a set of LORD: * and upright are
its own. Thy judgments.
Antiphon fir Week-days in Lent. Thy testimonies that Thou hast
Let us approve ourselves. commanded are righteous, * and
Antiphon fizr l/Veek-days in Pas very faithful.
siontide. Did not they reward me My zeal hath consumed me, *
evil for good? because mine enemies have for
gotten Thy words.
Thy word is tried to the utter
Continuation of Psalm CX V111.
most: * and Thy servant loveth it.
I am small and despised: * yet
D1
do I not forget Thy precepts.
HY testimonies are wonderful: Thy righteousness is an ever
* therefore doth my soul keep lasting righteousness: * and Thy
them. law is the truth.
The unfolding of Thy words Trouble and anguish have taken
giveth light: * yea, it giveth under hold upon me: * Thy command
standing unto the simple. ments are my delight.
I opened my mouth and panted: The righteousness of Thy testi
* for I longed for Thy command monies is everlasting: * give me
ments. understanding, and I shall live.
1 Here begins the letter Pe, represented by P, Ph, F.
2 Here begins the letter Tzade, represented by T2 or Ts.
68 THE PSALTER.
Continuatirm qf the same Psalm. LORD: * quicken me according to

Thy judgments.
P1 Many are my persecutors, and
I CRIED with my whole heart, mine enemies: * yet do I not turn
hear me, O LORD: * I will aside from Thy testimonies.
keep Thy statutes. I beheld the transgressors, and
I cried unto Thee, save me: * was grieved: * because they kept
and I will keep Thy command not Thy word.
ments. Consider how I love Thy pre
Before the dawning of the morn cepts, O LORD: * quicken me
ing, I cried: * for I hoped in Thy according to Thy loving-kindness.
word. Thy word is true from the be
Mine eyes look up to Thee ginning: * and every one of Thy
early: * that I may meditate in righteous judgments endureth for
Thy word. ever.
Hear my voice according unto
Thy loving-kindness, O LORD: * Continuation of the same Psalm.
and quicken me according to Thy wa
judgment.
They that persecute me draw nigh PRINCES have persecuted me
to sin: * but are far from Thy without a cause: * but mine
law. heart standeth in awe of Thy word.
Thou art near, 0 LORD: * and I will rejoice at Thy word, * as
all Thy ways are truth. one that findeth great spoil.
Concerning Thy testimonies I I hate and abhor wickedness: *
have known of old: *‘ that Thou but Thy law do I love.
hast founded them for ever. Seven times a day do I praise
The Doxology, “Glory be to the Thee, * because of Thy righteous
Father, &c.,” is not said. judgments.
Great peace have they that love
‘1 2 Thy law: * and for them there are
no stumbling-blocks.
LORD, I hope for Thy salvation:
ONSIDER mine affliction, and
* and I love Thy commandments.
deliver me: * for I do not
My soul hath kept Thy testimonies,
forget Thy law.
Give judgment concerning me,
* and loved them exceedingly.
I have kept Thy precepts and
and deliver me: * quicken me for
the sake of Thy word.
Thy testimonies; * for all my ways
are before Thee.
Salvation is far from the wicked:
* for they seek not Thy statutes. The Doxology, “Glory be to the
Great are Thy tender mercies, O Father, &c.,” i: not said ‘
1 Here begins the letter Koph, generally represented by Ch or Q.

2 Here begins the letter Resh, analogous to R, but concerning the precise sound of
which the learned are not agreed.
3 Here begins the letter Shin, somewhat represented by S and Sh.
NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR. 69
“1 patience, by the armour of righteous

ness, by the power of God.
LET my cry come near before A ntiphon for I/Veeh-days in Pas
Thee, O LORD: * give me siontide. 4Did not they reward rrie
understanding according to Thy evil for good?. for they digged a pit
word. for my soul.
Let my supplication come before
Thee: * deliver me according to Then follows the Chapter and the
Thy word. Short Responsory. When they are not
given specially, one of the following is
My lips shall utter praise, * used. After the Chapter is always an
when Thou hast taught me Thy swered: “ Thanks be to God.”
statutes.
My tongue shall speak of Thy On Sundays, from the Third Sunday
after the Epiphany inclusive until Sep
word: * for all Thy commandments tuagesima Sunday exclusive, and from
are righteousness. the Third Sunday after Pentecost in
Let Thine hand help me : * for I clusive till Advent Sunday exclusive,
have chosen Thy precepts. are said the followzng, and the Respon
I have longed for Thy salvation, sory is used moreover till the First
Sunday in Lent exclusive.
O LORD: ’* and Thy law is my de
light.
My soul shall live, and it shall CHAPTER. (1 Cor. vi. 20.)
praise Thee: * and Thy judgments FOR ye are bought with a great
shall help me. price. Glorify God, and bear
I have gone astray like a lost
Him in your body.
sheep: * seek Thy servant: for Answer. Thanks be to God.
I do not forget Thy command
ments. Short Responsory.
Ordinary Antzjfihon for Sundays. 5I cried with my whole heart,

Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. hear me, O LORD.
Antiphon for every day in Paschal Answer. I cried with my whole
time. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Al heart, hear me, O LORD.
leluia. Verse. I will keep Thy statutes.
Ordinary A ntiphonfor VVeeh-days. Answer. Hear me, O LORD.
2 Look Thou upon me, O Lord, and Verse. Glory be to the Father,
be merciful unto me. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
In Advent the A ntiphon is the Fifth Answer. I cried with my whole
Antzlohon which has been said at Lauds heart, hear me, O LORD.
its own. Verse. 6Cleanse Thou me from
secret faults, O Lord.
Antiphon for VVeeh-days in Lent. Answer. Preserve Thy servant
3Let us approve ourselves in much also from the sins of others.
1 Here begins the letter Tau, corresponding somewhat to T or Th.

2 Ps. cxviii. I32. 3 2 Cor. vi. 4, 7. 4 _]'er. xviii. 20.
-" Ps. cxviii. I45. 6 Ps. xviii. I3, 14.
70 THE PSALTER.
On ordinary Week-days throughout Answer. The LORD shall arise

the year are said the following: upon thee, 0 Jerusalem.
Verse. And His glory shall be
CHAPTER. (I Cor. vi. 20.)
seen upon thee.
FOR ye are bought with a great Answer. Upon thee, 0 Jerusalem.
price. Glorify God, and bear Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Him in your body. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Answer. Thanks be to God. Ghost.
Answer. The LORD shall arise
Short Responsory. upon thee, 0 Jerusalem.
Verse. Come, 0 Lord, and make
1Redeem me, O Lord, and be no tarrying.
merciful unto me. Answer. Pardon the sins of Thy
Answer. Redeem me, O Lord, people.
and be merciful unto me.
Verse. For my foot standeth in
In Lent are said the following (hut
uprightness. the Chapter on Week-days only) .
Answer. And be merciful unto
me. CHAPTER. (Isa. lviii. 7.)
and to the Son, and to the Holy DEAL thy bread to the hungry,
Ghost. and bring the poor that are
Answer. Redeem me, O Lord, cast out to thine house: when thou
and be merciful unto me. seest the naked, cover him, and
Verse. Cleanse Thou me from hide _n0t thyself from thine own
secret faults, O Lord. flesh.
Answer. Preserve Thy servant Answer. Thanks be to God.
also from the sins of others.
Short Responsory.
In Advent are said thefollowing (hut His truth shall be thy shield.
the Chapter on Week-days only): Answer. His truth shall be thy
shield.
CHAPTER. (Isa. xiv. 1.) Verse. Thou shalt not be afraid
for the terror by night.
ER time is near to come, and
Answer. Thy shield.
her days shall not be pro
longed. For the LORD will have
mercy on Jacob, and Israél shall be
Ghost.
saved.
Answer. His truth shall be thy
shield.
Short Responsory.
Verse. 3God hath given His
angels charge over thee.
2The LORD shall arise upon thee, Answer. To keep thee in all thy
0 Jerusalem. ways.
1 Ps. xxv. u, 12. 2 Isa. 1x. 2. 3 Ps. xc. II.

.NONE, OR THE NINTH HOUR. 71
In Passiontide are said the following and to the Son, and to the Holy
(but the Chapter on Week-days only) . Ghost. -
CHAPTER. (Jer. xviii. 20.)
Answer. The disciples were glad.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
EMEMBER that I stood before Verse. 4 Abide with us, Lord.
Thee, to speak good for them, Alleluia. H
and to turn away Thy wrath from Answer. For it is toward even
them. ing. Alleluia.
After the Short Responsory, if the
Short Responsory. Preces have been said at Lands, all
kneel down, and thefollowing are said.
1 Make not my soul to perish with But if the Preces have been omitted at
sinners, O God. . Lands, then these are also omitted down
to the mark *. -
Answer. Make not my soul to
perish with sinners, O God. Kyrie eléison.
Verse. Nor my life with bloody Answer. Christe eléison.
men. Kyrie eléison.
Answer. With sinners, O God.
Make not my soul to perish with OUR Father (inaudibly), Who art
sinners; O God. in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
Verse. 2Deliver me, O LORD, Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
from the evil man. will be done on earth, as it is in
Answer. Preserve me from the heaven. Give us this day our daily
wicked man. bread. And forgive us our tres
passes, as we forgive them that tres
In Paschal time are said thefollow pass against us. (Aloud)
ing (but the Chapter on Week-days only): Verse. And lead us not into
CHAPTER. (1 Pet. iii. 18.) temptation.
HRIST hath once suffered for Verse. Turn us again, 0 Lord
our sins, the Just for the un God of hosts.
just, that He might bring us to God, Answer. And cause Thy face to
being put to death in the flesh, but shine, and we shall be saved.
quickened by the Spirit. Verse. Arise, O Christ, and help
Answer. Thanks be to God. us.
Answer. And deliver us for Thy
Short Responsory. Name’s sake.
3The disciples were glad. Al
Here the Ofiice is continued when the
leluia, Alleluia. above has been omitted.
Answer. The disciples were glad.
Alleluia, Alleluia. * Verse. Hear my prayer, 0
Verse. When they saw the Lord. LORD.
Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia. Answer. And let my cry come
Verse. Glory be to the Father, unto Thee.
1 Ps. xxv. 9. 2 Ps. cxxxix. 2. 9 john xv. 20. * Luke xxiv. 29.
72 THE PSALTER.
Let us pray. UR Father, Who art in heaven,

Here is said the Prayer for the day,
after whieh . Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD. Give us this day our daily bread.
Answer. And let my cry come And forgive us our trespasses, as we
unto Thee. forgive them that trespass against
Verse. Bless we the Lord. us. And lead us not into temp—
Answer. Thanks be to God. tation; but deliver us from evil.
If the Little Ofiiee of the Blessed Vir Amen.
gin Mary is to follow immediately, it
is hegun here, and what follows is not Note. When Ofiee is said in Choir,
said. Otherwise the Ofiiee ends thus .' the service is ended with the A ntiphon
of the Blessed Virgin Mary every time
Verse (said in a somewhat lower the Choir is left. Otherwise it is only
voiee). May the souls of the Faithful, said as given in this hook, a ter Lauds
(or the aggregation of w ieh Lauds
through the mercy of God, rest in forms a part) and Compline.
peace.
Answer. Amen. Feasts. The Move Ofiiee, appointed
for all Sundays and Week-days through
Lastly, unless Vespers follow, the out the year, is lihewise saidDon all
Lord’s Prayer is said inaudihly. Feasts.
73
shunts}; at gjttattims.
THE SECOND DAY-OF THE WEEK.
All as on Sundays, except as other Cleanse Thou the gloom, and bid the
wise gz‘ven here. light
Its healing beams renew ;
Invitatory. 0 come, * let us sing The sins, which have crept in with
unto the LORD. night,
With night shall vanish too.
When this Invitatory is used the
Psalm hegins with the words, “ Let us Our bosoms, Lord, unburthen Thou,
make a joyful noise.” Let nothing there offend ;
That those who hymn Thy praises now
[nvitatory in Paschal time. Al May hymn them to the end.
leluia, Alleluia, * Alleluia. Grant this, 0 Father, Only Son,
And Spirit, God of grace,
On Simple Feasts the Invitatory is To whom all worship shall be done
special. In every time and place.
Amen.
On Simple Feasts the Hymn is special,
but on Week-days kept as such the fol Only one Nocturn is said.
lowing is said from the Octave of the
Epithany till the first Monday in Lent, Antiphon. The LORD is the de
andfrom the Octave of Pentecost to A d fence.
vent. The Hymns for the other seasons
are given in the proper ofice of the In Paschal time there is only one
Seasons. Antzlohon to the whole Nocturn, Al
leluia.
HYMN.1
Psalm XXVI.
SLEEP has refreshed our limbs, we [Intituled “Of David.” The Vulgate and
spring the LXX. add “before his anointing.” See
From off our bed, and rise ; 2 Kings (Sam.) ii. 4. Monday, fifth week
Lord, on Thy suppliants while they after Pentecost.)
sing,
Look with a Father's eyes. THE LORD is my light and my
salvation; * whom shall I
Be Thou the first on every tongue, fear?
The first in every heart ;
That all our doings all day long, The LORD is the defence of my
Holiest ! from Thee may start. life: * of whom shall I be afraid?
1 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, with two words altered. Translation by the
late Card. Newman.
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74 THE PSALTER.
When the evil-doers come upon nesses are risen up against me, and
me, * to eat up my flesh, iniquity hath belied itself.
Mine enemies that trouble me, * I believe that I shall yet see the
they stumble and fall. goodness of the LORD * in the land
Though an host should encamp of the living.
against me, * mine heart shall not Wait on the LORD, be of good
fear. courage: * and thine heart shall be
Though war should rise against strengthened, wait, I say, on the
me, * in this will I be confident. LORD.
One thing have I desired of the
LORD, that will I seek after, * that Psalm XXVII.
I may dwell in the house of the
[Also intituled " Of David."]
LORD all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the UNTO Thee will I cry, 0 LORD ;
LORD, * and to visit His temple. my God, be not silent to me:
For He hath hidden me in His * lest, if Thou be silent to me, I be—
pavilion: * in the secret of His come like them that go down into
tabernacle hath He hidden me in the pit.
the day of trouble. Hear the voice of my supplica
He hath set me up upon a rock: tion, 0 Lord, when I cry unto Thee,
* and now hath He lifted up mine * when I lift up mine hands toward
head above mine enemies. Thine holy temple.
I will offer in His tabernacle Draw me not away with the wick
the sacrifice of joy: * I will sing, ed: * and destroy me not with the
yea, I will sing praises unto the workers of iniquity.
LORD. Who speak peace with their
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with neighbour : * but mischief is in
my voice: * have mercy on me and their hearts.
answer me. Give them according to their
My heart said unto Thee, My deeds, * and according to the wick
face hath sought Thee: * Thy face, edness of their inventions.
LORD, will I seek. , Give them after the works of their
Hide not Thy face far from hands : * render to them their desert.
me: * turn not away in anger from Because they regard not the works
Thy servant. of the LORD, or the operation of His
Be Thou mine Helper, * neither hands, * Thou shalt destroy them,
leave me, nor forsake me, O God of and not build them up.
my salvation. Blessed be the LORD: * because
When my father and my mother He hath heard the voice of my
forsake me, * then the LORD taketh supplication.
me up. The LORD is my strength and my
Teach me Thy way, 0 LORD: * shield: * mine heart trusted in Him
and lead me in a plain path, because and I am holpen.
of mine enemies. And my flesh greatly rejoiceth : *
Deliver me not over unto the will and with my whole heart I will
of mine enemies: * for false wit praise Him.
MONDAY AT MATTINS. 75
The LORD is the strength of His yea, the LORD also shaketh the
people: * and He is the saving 3wilderness of Kadesh.
strength of His Anointed. The voice of the LORD maketh
O Lord, save Thy people, and the binds to calve, and discovereth
bless Thine inheritance: * and gov the thickets: * and in His temple,
ern them, and lift them up for ever. every one uttereth His glory.
The LORD fixeth the flood : * yea,
Antiphon. 1 The LORD is the de the LORD sitteth King for ever.
fence of my life. The LORD will give strength unto
Second Antiphon. Worship. His people: ** the LORD will bless
His people with peace.
Psalm XXVI l I.
Psalm XXIX.
[Intituled “A Psalm of David.” The
Vulgate and the LXX. add “for the going [Intituled “A song of rejoicing at the
forth from the tabernacle, or ending of the opening of the house of David." The pal
tabernacle,” apparently meaning the con ace, for the inauguration of which this song
clusion of the Feast of Tabernacles.] was written, is thus mentioned in 2 Kings
(Sam.) v. 9-11. “50 David dwelt in the
IVE unto the LORD, 0 ye sons fort’7 (on Sion) “and called it the city of
of God : * give unto the David. And David built round about from
Millo and inward. And David went on,
Lord young rams. and grew great; and the LORD God of
Give unto the LORD glory and Hosts was with him. And Hiram, King of
honour, give unto the LORD the Tyre, sent messengers to David, and cedar
trees, and carpenters, and masons ; and they
glory due unto His Name: * wor built David an house.”]
ship the LORD in His holy courts.
The voice of the LORD is upon WILL extol Thee, O LORD, for
the waters, the God of glory thun Thou hast lifted me up, * and
dereth: * the LORD is upon many hast not made my foes to rejoice
waters. over me.
The voice of the LORD is power O LORD my God, I cried unto
ful: * the voice of the LORD is full Thee, * and Thou hast healed me.
of majesty. O LORD, Thou hast brought up
The voice of the LORD breaketh my soul from the grave: * Thou
the cedars: * yea, the LORD break hast saved me from being one of
eth the cedars of Lebanon. them that go down into the pit.
He smiteth them down as though Sing unto the LORD, 0 ye Saints
it were a calf in Lebanon, * and the of His! * and give thanks to the
beloved [forest is felled] like a young memorial of His holiness.
wild bull.2 For there is terror in His anger:
The voice of the LORD forketh * and in His favour is life.
the flames of fire: * the voice of Weeping may endure for a night :
the LORD shaketh the wilderness, * but joy cometh in the morning.
1 Ps. xxvi. !.
2 The Hebrew is, “He also maketh them to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Shiryon"
(oftener called Hermon) “like young wild cattle."
3 That is, the deserts to the south of Palestine, amid which is found the town of
Kadesh-Barnea.
76 THE PSALTER.
And I, in my prosperity I said: server, and an house of defence, *

I shall never be moved. to save me.
LORD, in Thy favour, * Thou hast For Thou art my strength and
made my glory to stand so fast. my refuge: * and for Thy Name’s
Thou didst hide Thy face from sake Thou wilt lead me and nourish
me, * and I was troubled. me.
I cried unto Thee, O LORD: * Thou wilt pull me out of the net,
and unto my God I made supplica that they have laid privily for me : *
tion : for Thou art my Preserver.
What profit is there in my blood, 2 Into Thine hands I commend my
* when I go down to corruption? spirit: *' Thou hast redeemed me,
Shall the dust praise Thee, * or O LORD God of truth!
shall it declare Thy truth? Ihave hated them that regard *
The LORD heard me, and had lying vanities.
mercy upon me: * the LORD be But I trust in the LORD: * I will
came mine Helper. be glad and rejoice in Thy mercy.
Thou hast turned for me my For Thou hast considered my
mourning into rejoicing: * Thou trouble: * Thou hast saved my soul
hast put off my sackcloth, and in adversity;
girded me with gladness. And hast not shut me up into the
To the end that my glory may hand of the enemy: * Thou hast
sing praise unto Thee, and may not set my feet in a wide place.
be silent: * O LORD my God, I will Have mercy upon me, O LORD,
give thanks unto Thee for ever. for I am in trouble: * mine eye is
consumed with grief, my soul, and
Antiphon. 1Worship the LORD my belly.
in His holy courts. For my life is spent with grief, *
Third Antiphon. Deliver me. and my years with sighing.
My strength faileth because of
mine afliiction, * and my bones are
Psalm XXX.
consumed.
[Intituled “A Psalm of David ” with the I was a reproach among all mine
same farther superscription as Pss. xii. xiii. enemies, and among my neighbours
The Vulgate and the LXX. add “ of haste ”
0r “distraction,” meaning apparently that specially, * and a fear to mine ac
David wrote it, on recovering from the quaintance.
mental condition in which he had exclaimed They that did see me without fled
(v. 23), “I am cut otf from before Thine
eyes.”] from me: * I am forgotten as a
dead man out of mind.
N Thee, O LORD, do I put my I am like a broken vessel: * for
trust, let me never be ashamed : I have heard the slander of many
* deliver me in Thy righteousness. on every side:
Bow down Thine ear unto me: * When they took counsel together
deliver me speedily. against me, * they devised to take
Be Thou to me a God, a Pre away my life.
1 Ps. xxviii. 2.
2 This verse was quoted by our Lord on the Cross, Luke xxiii. 46.
But I trusted in Thee, O LORD: Psalm XXXI.

* I said: Thou art my God, my [Intituled “A didactic (P) poem of David.”]
lot is in Thine hand.
Deliver me from the hand of BLESSED are they whose trans
mine enemies, * and from them that gressions are forgiven, *‘ and
persecute me. whose sins are covered.
Make Thy face to shine upon Thy Blessed is the man unto whom
servant, save me in Thy mercy: * the LORD imputeth not iniquity, *
let me not be ashamed, O LORD, for and in whose spirit there is no guile.
I have called upon Thee. Because I kept silence, my bones
Let the wicked be ashamed and waxed old, * while I groaned all the
let them go down into the grave: * day long.
let the lying lips be put to silence ; For day and night Thine hand was
Which speak grievous things heavy upon me: * I turned in mine
proudly and contemptuously * anguish while the thorn was fastened
against the righteous. in me.1
0 how great is Thy goodness, I acknowledged my sin unto
0 Lord, * which Thou hast laid up Thee: * and mine iniquity I hid
for them that fear Thee! not.
Which Thou hast wrought for I said: I will confess against
them that trust in Thee, * before myself my transgression, unto the
the sons of men! LORD: * and Thou forgavest the
Thou shalt hide them in the iniquity of my sin.1
covert of Thy presence * from the For this shall every one that is
troubling of men. godly pray unto Thee, * in a season
Thou shalt keep them secretly in able time.
Thy pavilion * from the strife of Surely in the floods of great
tongues. waters, * they shall not come nigh
Blessed be the LORD: * for He unto him.
hath showed me His marvellous Thou art mine hiding-place from
kindness in a strong city. the trouble that compasseth me: *
For I said in mine haste: * I O Thou That art my joy! deliver
am cut off from before Thine me from them that compass me
eyes. round about.1
Nevertheless Thou heardest the I will give thee understanding,
voice of my supplication, * when and teach thee in the way which
I cried unto Thee. thou shalt go: * I will keep Mine
0 love the LORD, all ye His eyes upon thee.
Saints : * for the LORD loveth truth Be ye not as the horse and as
fulness, and will plentifully reward the mule, * which have no under—
the proud doers. ‘ standing.
Be of good courage and let your Whose mouths thou holdest fast
heart be strengthened, * all ye that with bit and bridle, * else they will
hope in the LORD. not come unto thee.
1 SLH.
78 THE PSALTER.
Many sorrows shall be to the of the heathen to nought : * He

wicked: * but he that trusteth in maketh the devices of the people of
the LORD, mercy shall compass him none effect, and setteth aside the
about. counsel of princes.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, But the counsel of the LORD
ye righteous, * and shout for joy, standeth for ever, * the thoughts of
all ye that are upright in heart. His heart to all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God
Antz'phon. 1Deliver me in Thy is the LORD, * the people He hath
righteousness. chosen for His own inheritance.
Fourth Antzlfihon. Praise is comely. The LORD looketh from heaven:
* He beholdeth all the sons of men.
From the set place of His habi
Psalm XXXlI.
tation * He looketh upon all the
[The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this inhabitants of the earth.
psalm “ to David."] He fashioneth the heart of every
one of them: * He considereth all
REJOICE in the LORD, 0 ye
their works.
righteous: * praise is comely
There is no king saved by the mul
for the upright.
Praise the LORD with harp: * titude of an host: * a mighty man is
not delivered by much strength.
sing unto Him with the psaltery
An horse is a vain thing for safety:
of ten strings.
* by his great strength he shall not
, Sing unto Him a new song: ‘*
escape.
play skilfully unto Him with a loud
Behold, the eyes of the LORD are
noise.
_ For the word of the LORD is
upon them that fear Him, * and
upon them that hope in His mercy.
right : * and all His works are done
To deliver their soul from death,
in truth.
*‘ and to feed them in time of famine.
He loveth mercy and judgment : *‘
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: *
the earth is full of the goodness of
for He is our help and our shield.
the LORD.
For our heart shall rejoice in Him:
By the word of the LORD were
* because we have trusted in His
the heavens made, * and all the
holy Name.
host of them by the breath of His
Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon '
mouth.
us, * according as we hope in Thee.
He gathereth the waters of the
sea together as an heap: * He lay
eth up the depths in storehouses. Psalm XXXI I I.
Let all the earth fear the LORD:
[Intituled “Of David, when he changed
* let all the inhabitants of the world his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove
stand in awe of Him. him away and he departed.” This incident
For He spake, and it was done: is thus described in 1 Kings (Sam.) xxi. 10.
“ And David arose and fled that day for fear
* He commanded, and it was made. of Saul, and went to Achish ” (otherwise
The LORD bringeth the counsel called Abimelech) “the King of Gath. And
1 Ps. xxx. 2.
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the servants of Achish said unto him : Is Come, ye children, hearken unto
not this David the King of the land? Did
they not sing one to another of him in me: * I will teach you the fear of
dances saying, ‘ Saul hath slain his thou the LORD.
sands, and David his ten thousands’? And What man is he that desireth life,
David laid up these words in his heart, and
was sore afraid of Achish the King of Gath. * that loveth to see good days?
‘And he changed his behaviour before them, Keep thy tongue from evil, * and
and feigned himself mad in their hands, thy lips frOm speaking guile.
'and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and
let his spittle fall down upon his beard. Depart from evil and do good : *
Then said Achish to his servants: Lo, ye seek peace and pursue it.
see the man is mad; wherefore have you The eyes of the LORD are upon
brought him to me? Have I need of mad
men, that ye have brought this fellow to the righteous: * and His ears are
play the madman in my presence? Shall open unto their cry.
this fellow come into mine house? xxii. But the face of the LORD is against
David therefore departed thence, and es
caped to the cave of Adullam.” This Psalm them that do evil, * to cut Off the
is A B C Darian.] remembrance of them from the earth.
The righteous cry and the LORD
WILL bless the LORD at all
heareth, * and delivereth them out
times: * His praise shall con
of all their troubles.
tinually be in my mouth.
The LORD is nigh unto them that
My soul shall make her boast in
are of a broken heart, * and saveth
the LORD: ‘* the humble shall hear
such as be of a contrite spirit.
thereof, and be glad.
Many are the afflictions of the
O magnify the LORD with me: *
righteous: * but the LORD will de
"and let us exalt His Name together.
liver them out Of all.
_ I sought the LORD, and He heard
The Lord keepeth all their bones:
me, * and delivered me from all my
‘* not one Of them shall be broken.
distress.
The death of sinners is grievous:
Draw near unto Him, and be light
* and they that hate the righteous
ened, ‘* and your faces shall not be
shall be guilty.
ashamed.
The LORD redeemeth the souls of
This poor man cried, and the
His servants: * and none of them
LORD heard him, * and saved him
that trust in Him shall be guilty.
out of all his troubles.
The angel of the LORD encampeth
Anti/Mon. 1Praise is comely for
round about them that fear Him, *
the upright.
and delivereth them.
Fz'ft/z Antz'p/zon. Fight against
0 taste and see that the LORD is
them.
good: * blessed is the man that
trusteth in Him. Psalm XXXIV.
0 fear the LORD, all ye His Saints:
[Intituled “ Of David.”]
’* for there is no want to them that
fear Him. DO me right, 0 LORD, against
The mighty lack and suffer hunger: them that strive with me: *
* but they that seek the LORD shall fight against them that fight against
not want any good thing. me.
1 Ps. xxxii. I.
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Take hold of arms and buckler : * had been my friend or brother: * I

and stand up for mine help. bowed down as one that mourneth
Draw out also the spear, and stop and is heavy.
the way against them that persecute But against me they rejoiced and
me: * say unto my soul: I am thy gathered themselves together: ‘*
salvation. slanders were collected against me,
Let them be confounded and put and I knew it not.
to shame, * that seek after my soul. They disappeared, yet they ceased
Let them be turned backward and not; they assailed me, they laughed
brought to confusion, * that devise me bitterly to scorn : * they gnashed
mine hurt. upon me with their teeth.
Let them be as dust before the Lord, how long wilt Thou look
wind: * and let the Angel of the on? * Rescue my soul from their
LORD drive them. destruction, my darling1 from the
Let their way be dark and slip lions.
pery: * and let the Angel of the I will give Thee thanks in the
LORD chase them. great congregation: * I will praise
For without cause have they hid Thee among much people.
den for me the deadly trap of their Let not them that are mine ene
net: * without cause have they mies wrongfully rejoice over me, *
digged a pit for my soul. they that hate me without a cause
Let the snare come upon him at and wink with the eye.
unawares, and let his net, that he For they spoke to me peaceably:
hath hid, catch himself: * and into * but by their leasing they stirred
that very snare let him fall. up the land to anger against me, yea,
And my soul shall be joyful in they plotted against me.
the LORD: * it shall rejoice in His Yea, they opened their mouth
salvation. wide against me: * they said, Aha,
All my bones shall say: * LORD, Aha, our eyes have seen it.
who is like unto Thee? This Thou hast seen, 0 LORD,
Who deliverest the poor from keep not silence: * O Lord, be not
them that are too strong for him, * far from me.
the poor and the needy from them Stir up Thyself, and awake to my
that spoil him? judgment, * unto my cause, my God
False witnesses did rise up, * they and my Lord.
laid to my charge things that I knew Judge me, O LORD my God,
not. according to Thy righteousness, *
They rewarded me evil for good, and let them not rejoice over me.
* to put all men far off from me. Let them not say in their hearts:
But as for me, when they were Aha, Aha, so would we have it ; *\
sick, * my clothing was sackcloth. neither let them say: We have
I humbled my soul with fasting: swallowed him up.
* and my prayer shall return into Let them be ashamed and brought
mine own bosom. to confusion together, * that rejoice
I behaved myself as though he at mine hurt.
I (Literally,) “mine only one.”
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Let them be clothed with shame They shall be abundantly satisfied

and dishonour, * that magnify them with the fatness of Thine house, * and
selves against me. Thou shalt make them drink Of the
Let them shout for joy and be river of Thy pleasures.
glad, that favour my righteous cause: For with Thee is the fountain of
* and let them that have pleasure life : * and in Thy light shall we see
in the prosperity of His servant light.
say continually, Let the LORD be 0 continue Thy loving-kindness
magnified. unto them that know Thee, * and
And my tongue shall speak of Thy righteousness to the upright in
Thy righteousness ; * of Thy praise, heart.
all the day long. Let not the foot of pride come
against me: * and let not the hand
Psalm XXXV. of the wicked remove me.
There are the workers of iniquity
[Intituled “ Of David, the servant of the
LORD,”—and a farther superscription not
fallen: * they are cast out, neither
now understood.] are they able to stand.
THE wicked saith plainly in his Antiphon. 1Fight against them
own heart, that he will go on that fight against me.
still in sin: * there is no fear of Sixth Antiphon. Show.
God before his eyes.
For he flattereth himself in his
own eyes, * until his iniquity be Psalm XXXVI.
found hateful. [Intituled “Of David." It is A B C
The words of his mouth are ini Darian ; the first, third, and fifth verses, and
quity and deceit: * he willeth not so on, begin with the corresponding letters
of the alphabet.]
to understand, that he may do
good. FRET not thyself because of the
He deviseth mischief upon his evil-doers: * neither be thou
bed: * he setteth himself in every envious against the workers of
way that is not good, but he ab iniquity.
horreth not evil. For they shall soon dry up like
Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the the grass, * and wither quickly as
heavens: * and Thy faithfulness the green herb.
reacheth unto the clouds. Trust in the LORD, and do good:
Thy righteousness is like the * and dwell in the land, and thou
mountains of God: * Thy judg shalt be fed with the riches thereof.
ments are a great deep. Delight thyself in the LORD: *
0 LORD, Thou preservest man and He shall give thee the desires
and beast: * How excellent is Thy of thine heart.
loving-kindness, O God! Show thy way unto the LORD,
And the children of men * shall trust also in Him: * and He shall
put their trust under the shadow of bring it to pass.
Thy wings. And He shall bring forth thy
1 Ps. xxxiv. I.
82 THE PSALTER.
righteousness as the light, and thy 'they shall be satisfied: * for the
judgment as the noon-day: * rest in wicked shall perish.
the LORD, and make thy prayer unto Yea, the enemies of the LORD,
Him. no sooner than they be honourable
Fret not thyself because of him and exalted, * shall pass away, yea,
that prospereth in his way, * be pass away like smoke.
cause Of the man that bringeth The wicked borroweth and pay
wicked devices to pass. eth not again: * but the righteous
Cease from anger and forsake showeth mercy and giveth.
wrath: * fret not thyself to do evil. For such as bless him shall in
For evil-doers shall be cut ofi' : * herit the earth: * but they that
but those that Wait upon the LORD, curse him shall be cut off.
they shall inherit the earth. The steps of a [good] man are
For yet a‘ little while, and the ordered by the LORD : * and He de
wicked shall'not be: * yea, thou lighteth in his way.
'shalt search for his place, and thou Though he fall, he shall not be
shalt not find it. utterly cast down: * for the LORD
1But the meek shall inherit the upholdeth- him with His hand.
earth : * and shall delight themselves I have been young, and now am
in the abundance of peace. 01d: * yet have I not seen the
The wicked plotteth against the righteous forsaken, nor his seed
just, * and gnasheth upon him with begging bread.
his teeth. ' He is ever merciful and lendeth:
But the Lord shall laugh at him : * and his seed shall be blessed.
f for He seeth that his day is Depart from evil and do good : *
coming. and dwell for evermore.
The wicked have drawn out the For the LORD loveth judgment,
sword, * they have bent their bow, and forsaketh not His saints: ‘* they
To cast down the poor and the shall be preserved for ever.
needy, * to slay such as be upright The unrighteous shall be pun
of heart. ished: * and the seed of the wicked
Their sword shall enter into their shall be cut off.
own hearts : * and their bow shall be But the righteous shall inherit the
broken. land : * and dwell therein for ever.
A little that a righteous man hath The mouth of the righteous speak
* is better than great riches of the eth wisdom, * and his tongue talketh
wicked. judgment.
For the arms of the wicked shall The law of his God is in his
be broken; * but the LORD up heart, * none of his steps shall
holdeth the righteous. slide.
The LORD knoweth the days of The wicked watcheth the right
the undefiled: * and their inheri eous, * and seeketh to slay him.
tance shall be for ever. But the LORD will not leave him
They shall not be ashamed in the in his hands, * nor condemn him
evil time, and in the days of famine when he is judged.
1 Matth. v. 4 seems to be quoted from this.
Wait on the LORD and keep His I am troubled and bowed down
way, and He shall exalt thee, to in exceedingly: * I go mourning all
herit the land: * when the wicked the day long.
are cut off thou shalt see it. For my loins are filled with a
I have seen the wicked in great loathsome disease: * and there is
power, * and exalted like a cedar in no soundness in my flesh.
Lebanon. I am feeble and sore broken: *
And I passed by, and, lo, he was I groan aloud by reason of the dis
not: * and I sought him, and his quietness of mine heart.
place was not found. Lord, all my desire is before
Keep innocency, and look to the Thee: * and my groaning is not hid
thing that is right: * for the peace from Thee.
maker shall have a reward here Mine heart panteth, my strength
after. faileth me: * as for the light of
But the transgressors shall be cut mine eyes, it also is gone from
Ofi' together: * the end of the wicked me.v
is destruction. My friends and my neighbours *
But the salvation of the righteous draw near, and stand over against
is of the LORD: * and He is their me.
strength in the time of trouble. And they that are nearest to me
And the LORD shall help them, stand afar ofi': * they also that
and deliver them: * He shall de sought after my" life have used
liver them from the wicked, and violence against me.
save them, because they trust in And they that seek mine hurt have
Him. spoken mischievous things, * and
imagined falsehoods all the day
Psalm XXXVII. long.
[Intituled “A Psalm of David." It has But I, as a deaf man, hear not, *
a further superscription of (now) unknown and as a dumb man that openeth
meaning. The Vulgate and the LXX. con not his mouth.
nect it with the Sabbath]
Thus I was as a man that heareth
0 LORD, rebuke me not in Thy not, * and in whose mouth are no
wrath, * neither chasten me reproofs.
in Thine hot displeasure. For in Thee, O LORD, do I
For Thine arrows stick fast in hope: * Thou wilt hear me, O Lord
me: * and Thou hast laid Thine my God!
hand heavily upon me. For I said: Let not mine ene
There is no soundness in my mies rejoice over me: * when my
flesh, because of Thine anger: * feet slip they magnify themselves
neither is there any rest in my bones against me.
because of my sins. For I am ready for the scourges :
For mine iniquities are gone over * and my sorrow is continually be
mine head: * and as an heavy bur fore me.
then they are too heavy for me. For I will declare mine iniquity,
My wounds stink and are cor * and think upon my sin.
rupt, * because of my foolishness. But mine enemies are lively, and
84 THE PSALTER.
they are strengthened against me: * In Paschal time.

and they that hate me wrongfully Verse. The Lord is risen from
are many. the grave, Alleluia.
They that render evil for good Answer. Who hung for us upon
speak against me, * because I have the tree, Alleluia.
followed goodness.
The rest is the same as the First Noc
Forsake me not, 0 LORD my turn of the preceding Sunday, only the
God: * be not far from me. Lessons and sometimes the Responsories
Make haste to help me, * O are those of the day.
Lord God of my salvation! Simple Feasts. It is to be remem
bered that when a Simple Feast is kept
Antiphon. 1Show thy way unto on Monday, the Invitatory and Hymn
are of the Feast, being taken from the
the LORD. Common of Saints of the class, unless
Antiphon for Paschal time. Al specially given. Then the Psalms and
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Antiphons of the week-day, as given
above. Then is said a Verse and
Answer as follow:
Then is said a Verse and Answer.
In the Simple Ofice for one or many
In Advent. Martyrs in Paschal time.
Verse. 2 Out of Zion, the Perfec Verse. 0 ye saints and right

tion of beauty, _ eous, rejoice in the Lord, Alleluia.
Answer. Our God shall come Answer. 6God hath chosen you
manifestly. for His own inheritance. Alleluia.
In the Simple Ofiicefor one Martyr
During the rest of the year. (out of Paschal time).
Verse. 3Thy mercy, O LORD, is Verse. 7 Thou hast crowned him

in the heavens. with glory and honour, O Lord.
Answer. And thy faithfulness Answer. And madest him to
reacheth unto the clouds. have dominion over the works of
Thine hands.
In Lent. In the Simple Ofiice for many Martyrs
(out of Paschal time).
Verse. 4He hath delivered me
from the snare of the fowler. Verse. 8Be glad in the LORD,
Answer. And from the noisome and rejoice, ye righteous.
pestilence. Answer. And shout for joy, all
ye that are upright in heart.
In Passion time. In the Simple Ofice for Confessors
(whether Bishops or not).
from the sword. Verse. 9 The Lord loved him and
Answer. And my darling from beautified him.
the power of the dog. [In Paschal time, add Alleluia]
1 Ps. xxxvi. 5. 2 Ps. xlix. 2, 3. 3 Ps. xxxv. 6.
“ Ps. xc. 3. 5 P5. xxi. 21. 8 Ps. xxxii. 12.
.7 Ps. viii. 6, 7. 5 Ps. xxxi. II. 9 Ecclus. xlv. 9.
Answer. And clothed him with with the Father, and the Holy
a robe of glory. Ghost, world without end.
[In Paschal time, add Alleluia] Answer. Amen.
In the Simple Ojiee for one Holy Then the Reader says .
Woman, of any class. Sir, be pleased to give the bless
Verse. 1In thy comeliness and ing.
thy beauty. First Blessing, the Lesson he from
[In Paschal time, add Alleluia] Scripture.
Answer. Go forward, fare pros May the Eternal Father bless us

perously and reign. With an everlasting blessing.
Answer. Amen.
[In Paschal time, add Alleluia]
First Blessing, if the Lesson be of an
The others, as well as what follows, Homily.
to the end of the service, are taken from
the First Nocturn of the Ofiice Common May the Gospel’s saving Lord
to Saints of the class, unless something Bless the reading of His Word.
special be afipointed. The Lessons are Answer. Amen.
ar ranged according to the rules in
Chapter xxvi. 4, of the general Ruhrics. First Blessing on a Simple Feast.
The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O God,"
is said at the end, instead of a third May His blessing be upon us
Responsory. The Responson'es are Who doth live and reign for ever.
arranged according to the rules in Answer. Amen.
Chapter xxvii. 4, of the general Rubrics.
Thus :— Then is read the First Lesson from
Scrizfiture or from the Homily, or on a
The Lord’s Prayer is said: Simple Feast either the First from
Scn'jfiture, or, if the Saint or Saints
UR Father (inaudibly), Who art have two Lessons, the whole threefrom
in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Scripture read together as one.
Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
Then the First Responsory, unless
will be done on earth, as it is in otherwise directed. On a week-day kept
heaven. Give us this day our daily as such, this is the First Responsory of
bread. And forgive us our tres the preceding Sunday. On a Simple
passes, as we forgive them that tres Feast, the first Responsory in the Com
mon Ofiice for the class to which the
pass against us. (Aloud) Saint belongs.
temptation. Then the Reader says:
Answer. But deliver us from Sir, be pleased to give the bless
evil. ing.
Then this Ahsolution . Second Blessing, if the Lesson he of
RACIOUSLY hear, 0 Lord Scripture.
Jesus Christ, the prayers of May the Son the Sole~begotten
Thy servants, and have mercy In His mercy bless and help us.
upon us: Who livest and reignest Answer. Amen.
1 P5. xliv. 5.
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Second Blessing, the Lesson he from On a Simple Feast the Second Res
an Homily. ponsory in the Common Oflice for the
class to which the Saint belongs, with
God's most mighty strength'alway the addition of “Glory be to the
Be His people’s staff and stay. Father,“ 59%., and the repetition of
Answer. Amen. the Answer.
Then the Reader says:

Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast.
He (or she or they) whose feast-day ing.
we are keeping
Plead for us before the Lord. Third Blessing, if the Lesson be of
Scripture.
Answer. Amen.
May the grace of God the Spirit
Then is read the Second Lesson, either All our heart and mind enlighten.
from Scripture or from an Homily, or Answer. Amen.
on a Simple Feast either the Second
and Third Lessons from Scrioture Third Blessing, for a Simple Feast, or
read together as one, or the Saint if the Lesson befrom an Homily.
or Saints have two Lessons, the first
of these. May He That is the Angels’ King
To that high realm His people bring.
Then the Second Responsory, unless Answer. Amen.
otherwise directed. On a week-day kept
as such, this is the Second Responsory Then is read the Third Lesson either
of thepreceding Sunday, but in Paschal from Scripture, or of the Homily, or on
time there is added to it . Simple Feasts the Second or only Lesson
of the Saint.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, Then, on Simple Feasts and on any
and to the Son, and to the Holy day in Paschal time is said the Hymn,
Ghost. ‘ “We praise Thee, O God.” But on
week-days kept as such out of Paschal
And the Answer of the Responsoly is time the Third Responsory of the pre
repeated again. ceding Sunday.
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THE SECOND DAY OF THE WEEK.
All as on Sunday, except as other For behold, I was shapen in in

wise given here. iquity: * and in sin did my mother
The Psalms are as fbllows : conceive me.
For behold Thou desirest truth:
Antifihon. Have mercy.
* the hidden secrets of Thy wisdom
If this A ntiphon be used, the Psalm Thou hast made manifest unto me.
begins with the words, “ Upon me, O Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I
God.” shall be clean: * wash me, and I
Psalm L. shall be whiter than snow.
[This Psalm has a musical (P) superscrip Make me to hear joy and glad-'
tion, and the title then proceeds, “ A Psalm ness: * that the bones which Thou
of David, when Nathan the Prophet came
unto him, after he had gone in to Bath
hast broken may rejoice.
sheba.” The whole history is in 2 Kings Hide Thy face from my sins: *
(Sam.) xi. xii. (Saturday, 5th week after and blot out all mine iniquities.
Pentecost, and 6th Sunday.)]
Create in me a clean heart, O
AVE mercy upon me, O God, God: * and renew a right spirit
* after Thy great mercy: within me.
And according to the multitude Cast me not away from Thy
of Thy tender mercies * blot out my presence: * and take not Thine
transgressions. holy Spirit from me.
Wash me thoroughly from mine Restore unto me the joy of Thy
iniquity: * and cleanse me from my salvation: * and uphold me with
sin. Thy free Spirit.
For I acknowledge my trans Then will I teach transgressors
gression: * and my sin is ever Thy ways: * and sinners shall be
before me. converted unto Thee.
Against Thee, Thee only, have I Deliver me from blood-guiltiness,
sinned, and done evil in Thy sight: O God, Thou God of my salvation :
* that Thou mightest be justified * and my tongue shall sing aloud 1
when Thou speakest, and be clear of Thy righteousness.
when Thou art judged. O LORD, open Thou my lips, *
1 So the Hebrew, the LXX., and all the versions, including Doway, but the Latin
text has the curious mistake of exultabit for exaltabit.
88 THE PSALTER.
and my mouth shall show forth Thy I will come into Thine house: *
praise. I will worship toward Thine holy
For Thou desirest not sacrifice, temple in Thy fear.
else would I give it: * Thou de Lead me, O LORD, in Thy
lightest not in burnt-offering. righteousness, * because of mine
The sacrifice of God is a broken enemies; make my way straight
spirit: * a broken and a contrite before Thy face.
heart, 0 God, Thou wilt not despise. For there is no faithfulness in
Do good in Thy good pleasure, their mouth: * their inward part
unto Zion: * to build the-walls of is very wickedness.
Jerusalem. Their throat is an open sepulchre;
Then shalt Thou be pleased with they flatter with their tongue. *
the sacrifices of righteousness, with Judge Thou them, 0 God!
burnt-offering and whole burnt-offer Let them fall by their own coun
ing: * then shall they offer bullocks sels; cast them out in the multi
upon Thine altar. tude of their transgressions, * for
they have rebelled against Thee, O
Antiphon. Have mercy upon me, Lord!
O God. And let all those that put their
Seama' Antiphon. Consider. trust in Thee, rejoice: * let them
ever shout for joy, because Thou
Psalm V. dwellest in them:
Let them also that love Thy Name
[Intituled “A Psalm of David," with a be joyful in Thee. * For Thou wilt
musical ('1’) superscription.]
bless the righteous.
IVE ear unto my words, 0 O LORD, Thou hast compassed
LORD, * consider my suppli us * with Thy favour as with a
cation. shield. '
Hearken unto the voice of my cry,
* my King and my God! Antiphon. Consider my suppli
For unto Thee will I pray. * O cation, 0 Lord.
LORD, in the morning Thou shalt Third Antzlfihon. 0 God, Thou
hear my voice: art my God.
In the morning will I stand before
Thee and look up. * For Thou art If this Antiphon is used, the Psalm
not a God that hath pleasure in begins with the words, “Early will I
seek Thee.”
wickedness:
Neither shall the evil dwell with
Thee, * nor the unrighteous stand Psalms LXI I., LXVI.
in Thy sight: O God, Thou art my God, &c.
Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. (11 23)
* Thou shalt destroy all them that
speak leasing: Antz'phzm. O God, Thou art my
The LORD abhorreth the bloody God, early will I seek Thee.
and deceitful man. * But as for me, Fourth Antifihon. Thine anger
in the multitude of Thy mercy is turned away.
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THE SONG OF ISAIAH THE PROPHET. From A d'uent Sunday till the Oetar/e
of the Eorphan] and from the First
[Isa. xii. 1. The description of the res
toration of Israel in Isa. xi. (Second Sun Sunday in Lent till the Ottaz/e qfPente
day in Advent) is continued to the end cost special Chapters are given. At
of that Chapter, and this Song is then other times the following is said on all
introduced by the words, “And in that week-days observed as sueh.
day thou shalt say :—”]
CHAPTER. (Rom. xiii. 12.)
O LORD, I will praise Thee,
though Thou wast angry with THE night is far spent, the day
me, * Thine anger is turned away, is at hand: let us therefore
and Thou comfortest me. cast off the works of darkness, and
Behold, God is my salvation: * let us put on the armour of light:
I will trust and not be afraid: let us walk honestly as in the day.
For the LORD is my strength HYMN.l
and my song: * He also is become
my salvation. OF the Father Effluence bright,
Out of Light evolving light,
Therefore with joy shall ye draw Light from Light, unfailing Ray,
water out of the wells of the Saviour: Day creative of the day.
* and in that day shall ye say:
Truest Sun, upon us stream
Praise the LORD and call upon His With Thy calm perpetual beam,
Name! In the Spirit’s still sunshine
Declare His doings among the Making sense and thought divine.
people, * tell them that His Name Seek we too the Father’s face,
is exalted. Father of almighty grace,
Sing unto the LORD, for He hath And of majesty excelling,
done glorious things: * make ye Who can purge our tainted dwelling ;
this known in all the earth. Who can aid us, who can break
Cry aloud and shout, thou inhabi Teeth of envious foes, and make
tant Of Zion: * for great is the Hours of loss and pain succeed,
Guiding safe each duteous deed.
Holy One of Israel in the midst of
thee! And, infusing self-control,
Fragrant chastity of soul,
Antz'phon. Thine anger is turned Faith’s keen flame to soar on high,
Incorrupt simplicity.
away, and Thou comfortest me.
E'fth Antiphon. Praise ye. Christ Himself for food be given,
Faith become the cup of heaven,
If this A ntiphon be used, the Psalm Out of which the joy is quaff’d
begins with the words “the LORD Of the Spirit’s sobering draught.
from the heavens.”
With that joy replenishéd
Morn shall glow with modest red,
Psalms CXLVIII., CXLlX., CL.
Noon with beaming face be bright,
Praise ye the LORD from the Eve be soft without twilight.
heavens, &c. (pp. 25, 26). It has dawned :-—upon our way,
Father, in Thy Word, this day,
Antzfhon. Praise ye the LORD In Thy Father, Word Divine,
from the heavens. From Thy cloudy pillar shine.
1 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, slightly altered. Translation by the late
Card. Newman.
90 THE PSALTER.
To the Father and the Son, Verse. 4 Let Thy mercy, O LORD,
And the Spirit, Three and One, be upon us.
As of old, and as in heaven.
Now and here be glory given. Answer. According as we hope
Amen. in Thee.
Verse. 5Let Thy priests be
Verse. 1Thou hast satisfied us clothed with righteousness.
early with Thy mercy. Answer. And let Thy saints
Answer. We rejoice and are shout for joy.
glad. Verse. 60 LORD, save the King.
Antzlohon for the Song of Zacharias. Answer. And hear us in the day
Blessed * be the Lord God of Israél. when we call upon Thee.
Verse. 70 LORD, save Thy peo
After the repetition of the Antiphon ple, and bless Thine inheritance.
after the Song of Zacharias, on the
week-days of Advent and Lent, the Answer. And govern them, and
Ember Days, and all Vzlg‘z‘ls which are lift them up for ever.
fasts except Christmas Eve and the Verse. 8 Remember Thy congre
Eve and Ember Days of Pentecost, all gation.
kneel down, and the following prayers
called the Preces are said: Answer. Which Thou hast pur
chased of old.
Kyrie eléison. Verse. 9Peace be within thy
Answer. Christe eléison. walls.
Kyrie eléison. Answer. And prosperity within
thy palaces.
Then the Lord's Prayer is said aloud.
Verse. Let us pray for the faith
UR Father, Who art in heaven, ful departed.
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Answer. 0 Lord, grant them
kingdom come. Thy will be done eternal rest, and let the everlasting
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give light shine upon them!
us this day our daily bread. And Verse. May they rest in peace.
forgive us our trespasses, as we for Answer. Amen.
give them that trespass against us. Verse. Let us pray for our ab
And lead us not into temptation; sent brethren.
Answer. But deliver us from evil. Answer. 100 Thou my God,
Verse. 2I said: LORD, be mer save Thy servants that trust in
ciful unto me. Thee.
Answer. Heal‘ my soul, for I Verse. Let us pray for the sor
have sinned against Thee. rowful and the captives.
Verse. 3 Return, 0 LORD, how Answer. 11 Redeem them, 0 God
long P of Israél, out of all their troubles.
Answer. And let it repent Thee Verse. 12 O Lord, send them help
concerning Thy servants. from the sanctuary.
1 Ps. lxxxix. I4. 2 Ps. xi. 5. 3 Ps. lxxxix. I3.

sink
Ps. xxxii. 22. 5 Ps. cxxxi. 9.
Ps. xix. 10. This verse never varies, whatever the form of government.
5?. xxvii. 9. 5 Ps. lxxiii. 2. 9 Ps. cxxi. 7.
Ps. lxxxv. 2. n Ps. xxiv. 22. 12 Ps. xix. 3.
MONDAY AT LAUDS. 91
Answer. And strengthen them now, and ever shall be, world with
out of Zion. out end. Amen.
Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD. Verse. 1Turn us again, 0 LORD
Answer. And let my cry come God of hosts !
unto Thee. Answer. And cause Thy face to
shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalm CXXIX. Verse. 2Arise, O Christ, and
help us.
[Intituled “A Song of Degrees.” The
meaning of this title is not certain. The Answer. And deliver us for Thy
Psalms so called may perhaps, like the Name’s sake.
“Graduals” of the Roman Liturgy, be Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD.
“step-songs,” intended to be sung during
processions, Liturgical or of pilgrims] Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee.
OUT of the depths have I cried
unto Thee, O LORD! * Lord, Let us pray.
hear‘my voice.
Then follows the Prayer of the Day.
Let Thine ears be attentive * to
the voice of my supplication. A ll proceeds to the end of the service
If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark as on Sunday, except that when Suf
frages are said. the following is said
iniquities, 1" O Lord, who shall before the Commemoration ofthe Blessed
stand? Virgin Mary.
But there is forgiveness with
Thee: * because of Thy law, I wait Commemoration of the Cross.
for Thee, O LORD! Antiohon. Through Thy Cross’s
My soul waiteth on His word: * holy sign, JESUS, guard this soul of
my soul hopeth in the Lord. mine, from my ghostly enemy.
From the morning watch even Verse. 3 Let all the earth worship
until night * let Israél hope in the Thee, and sing unto Thee.
LORD: Answer. Let them sing praises
For with the LORD there is mercy, unto Thy Name, 0 Lord!
1* and with Him is plenteous re
demption. Let us pray.
And He shall redeem Israél, 1*
from all his iniquities. LORD, we beseech Thee, keep
Glory be to the Father, and to us in continual peace, whom
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. it hath pleased Thee to redeem by
As it was in the beginning, is the tree of the Holy Cross.
1 Ps. lxxix. 20. 2 Ps . xliii. 26. 3 Ps. lxv. 4.

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THE THIRD DAY OF THE WEEK.
All as on Sunday, except as other Grant this, 0 Father, Only Son,

wise given here. And Spirit, God of grace,
To Whom all worship shall be done
[nvitatory Let us make a joyful In every time and place.
noise to * the God of our salvation. Amen.
Invitatory in Paschal time. Alle Only one Nacturn is said.

luia, Alleluia, * Alleluia. Antiphon. That I sin not.
On Simple Feasts the Invitatory is In Paschal time there is only one A n
special. tiphon to the whole Nocturn, Alleluia.
On Simple Feasts the Hymn is
special, but on Week-days kept as such
the following is said from the Octave Psalm XXXVI I I.
of the Epiphany till the first Tuesday [Intituled “A Psalm of David," with a
in Lent, and from the Octave of Pente farther notice of meaning now uncertain.
cost till Advent. The Hymns for the It is addressed to Jeduthun, concerning
other Seasons are given in the firoper whom it is said, in I Par. (Chron.) xvi. 42,
Ofiice of the Seasons. that David appointed, along with the Priests
who officiated before the Ark, “Heman
and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen,
HYMN.1 who are expressed by name, to give thanks
to the LORD, because His mercy endureth
GOD from God, and Light from for ever. And with them Heman and
0 Light, Jeduthun, with trumpets and cymbals, for
Who art Thyself the Day, those that should make a sound, and with
Our chants shall break the clouds of musical instruments of God. " The Targum
night ; says that it was to be used by Jeduthun for
Be with us while we pray. his watch in the Sanctuary]
Chase Thou the gloom that haunts the SAID: I will take heed unto
mind, my ways, * that I sin not with
The thronging shades of hell,
The sloth and drowsiness that bind my tongue.
The senses with a spell. I kept a watch upon my mouth, *
while the wicked stood up against
Lord, to their sins indulgent be, me.
Who, in this hour forlorn,
By faith in what they do not see, I was dumb, and humbled myself,
With songs prevent the mom. I held my peace even from good:
TUESDAY AT MATTINS. 93
* and my sorrow was stirred up Psalm XXXIX.

afresh.
[Intituled “A Psalm of David ” and with
Mine heart was hot within me: the same (now) uncertain superscription as
* and while I was musing the fire Ps. xii.] '
kindled.
I spake with my tongue : * LORD, I WAITED patiently for the
make me to know mine end; LORD, * and He inclined unto
And the measure of my days me,
what it is ; * that I may know how And heard my cry: * He brought
frail I am. me up also out of an horrible pit,
Behold, Thou hast made my days and out of the miry clay.
as a span: * and mine age is as And set my feet upon a rock; *
nothing before Thee. and ordered my goings.
Verily every man living * is And He hath put a new song in
altogether vanity.1 my mouth, * even praise unto our
Surely every man flitteth by like God.
a shade: * he is disquieted also in Many shall see it, and fear, * and
vain. shall trust in the LORD.
He heapeth up riches, * and Blessed is that man whose trust
knoweth not who shall gather them. is the Name of the LORD: * and
And now for what wait I? Is it who respecteth not pride and lying
not for the Lord? * and mine hope vanities.
is with Thee. Many, O LORD my God, are Thy
Deliver me from all my transgres wonderful works which Thou hast
sions: * Thou hast given me for a done: * and in Thy thoughts there
reproach unto the foolish. is none like unto Thee.
I was dumb and opened not my If I would declare and speak of
mouth, because Thou didst it: * them, * they are more than can be
remove Thy strokes away from me. numbered.
I am consumed by the blow of Sacrifice and offering Thou hast
Thine hand: * Thou, with rebukes not desired; * but mine ears hast
dost correct man for iniquity. Thou opened.
And Thou makest his beauty to Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast
consume away like a spider’s web: Thou not required: * then said I:
* surely every man is disquieted in Lo, I come.
vain.1 . In the beginning of the book it is
Hear my prayer, 0 LORD, and my written of me that I should fulfil
cry: * give ear unto my tears. Thy will: * O my God, I delight
Hold not Thy peace : for I am a to do it, yea, Thy law is within mine
stranger with Thee, and a sojourner, heart.
* as all my fathers were. I have preached Thy righteous
0 spare me, that I may recover ness in the great congregation : * lo,
strength, before I go hence, * and I have not refrained my lips: O
be no more. LORD, Thou knowest.
1 SLHv
94 THE PSALTER.
I have not hidden Thy righteous Psalm XL.

ness within mine heart: * I have
declared Thy faithfulness and Thy [Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with
some other words, of meaning now un
salvation. certain, as in some other Psalms]
I have not concealed Thy loving
kindness, and Thy truth * from the LESSED is he that considereth
great congregation. the poor and needy: * the
Withhold not Thou Thy tender LORD will deliver him in time of
mercies from me, O LORD: * let trouble.
Thy loving-kindness and Thy truth The LORD preserve him, and
continually preserve me. quicken him, and make him to be
For countless evils have com blessed upon the earth: * and de
passed me about: * mine iniquities liver him not unto the will of his
have taken hold upon me, and I am enemies!
not able to look up. The LORD strengthen him upon
They are more in number than his bed of suffering! * Thou hast
the hairs of mine head : * and mine made all his bed in his sickness.
heart faileth me. As for me, I said: LORD, be
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver merciful unto me: * heal my soul,
me: * O LORD, look upon me to for I have sinned against Thee.
help me. Mine enemies speak evil of me:
Let them be ashamed and con * When shall he die, and his name
founded together that seek after my perish?
soul, * to destroy it. If he came to see me he spake
Let them be driven backward, vanity: * his heart gathereth iniquity
and put to shame, * that wish me to itself.
evil. He went out, * and told it.
Let them quickly bear their All they that hate me whispered
shame, * that say unto me: Aha, together against me: * against me
Aha. did they devise mine hurt.
Let all those that seek Thee re They plotted together to do me
joice and be glad in Thee: * and evil: * Now that he lieth, surely he
let such as love Thy salvation say shall rise up no more.
continually: The LORD be mag Yea, mine own familiar friend in
nified. . whom I trusted, * who did eat of
But I am poor and needy: * the my bread, hath lifted up his heel
Lord thinketh upon me. against me.2
Thou art mine Helper and my But Thou, O LORD, be merciful
Deliverer: * make no tarrying, O unto me, and raise me up: * and I
God. will requite them.
By this I know that Thou de
Antiphon. 1That I sin not with lightest in me: * because mine
my tongue. enemy cannot triumph over me.
Second Antzfhon. Heal. But as for me, Thou upholdest
1 Ps. xxxviii. 2. 2 Quoted by our Lord. John xiii. 18.

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me, because of mine innocence: ' the mounmins of Hennon.2 from the
and settest me before Thy fate for Little Hill.S
ever. Deep calleth unto deep. ‘ at the
Blessed be the LORD God of noise of Thy waterspouts
Israél from everlasting, and to All Thy waves and Thy billows ‘
everlasting. ‘ Amen, Amen.1 are gone over me.
The LORD hath commanded [the
Psalm XLI. praise of] His lovingkindness in
the day-time, ‘ and in the night
[This Psalm has a superscription, the
meaning of which is not now mrmin, but His song.
which seems in part to imply that it was a Mine shall it be to pray unto the
didactic poem written to be sung by the God of my life. ‘ I will say unto
choir of the Korahites, a family of Levites
and singers in the time of David] God: Thou art my refuge.
\\'hy hast Thou forgotten me? "
AS the hart panteth after the and why go I mourning, while the
water-brooks: " so panteth enemy oppresseth me?
my soul after Thee, O God! While my bones are broken. ‘
My soul is athirst for God, for they that trouble me, even mine
the mighty God, for the living God: enemies, reproach me:
“ when shall I come and appear While they say daily unto me:
before God? Where is thy God? ‘ Why art thou
My tears have been my meat day cast down, 0 my soul, and why art
and night, * while they daily say thou disquieted within me?
unto me: Where is thy God? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet
When I remember these things, praise Him: " the Health of my
I pour out my soul in me: * for countenance and my God.
I will go unto the place of the
wondrous Tabernacle, even unto Antiphon. ‘ Heal my soul, 0
the house of God. Lord, for I have sinned against Thee.
With the voice of joy and praise, Third Ammo/mu. Mine heart.
* the noise of a multitude that keep
holiday. Psalm XLlll.
Why art thou cast down, 0 my [This Psalm has the same uncertain
soul, * and why art thou disquieted [P musical] superscription as some others,
in me? and the Targum further ascribes its author
ship to David]
Hope thou in God, for I shall yet
praise Him, * the Health of my WE have heard with our cars,
countenance and my God. 0 God: * our fathers have
My soul is cast down within me: told us,
* therefore will I remember Thee What work Thou didst in their
from the land of jordan, and from days, * and in the times of old.
1 With this Psalm ends the first of the five books into which the Psaltcr is divided.
2 A chain of mountains in the north-east of Palestine, stretching down on the eastern
side of Jordan.
3 Or rather, the hill Mizar (viz. the Little), ]proper name of a mountain on the eastern
ridge of Lebanon. May it not be that the orahites were among the Leviticnl families
which had cities in the north and north-east districts ? ‘ l’s. XI. 5.
96 THE PSALTER.
Thine hand scattered the heathen, fore me, * and the shame of my face
and planted them: * Thou didst hath covered me,
afflict the people and cast them out. For the voice of him that reproach
For they got not the land in pos eth and blasphemeth, * by reason of
session by their own sword : * neither the enemy and avenger.
did their own arm save them. All this is come upon us, yet have
But Thy right hand, and Thine we not forgotten Thee : * neither
arm, and the light of Thy counten have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
ance : * because Thou hadst a favour Our heart also is not turned back :
unto them. * neither have our steps strayed
Thou art my King and my God: from Thy way;
* Who commandest victories for Though Thou hast sore broken us
Jacob! in the place of afiliction, * and the
Through Thee shall our horn toss shadow of death hath covered us.
our enemies: * through Thy Name If we have forgotten the Name of
will we tread them under that rise our God, * or stretched out our
up against us. hands to a strange god ;
For I will not trust in my bow : * Shall not God search this out? *
neither shall my sword save me. for He knoweth the secrets of the
For Thou hast saved us from them heart.
that afflicted us, * and hast put to Yea, for Thy sake are we killed all
shame them that hated us. the day long: ’* we are counted as
In God will we glory all the day sheep for the slaughter.
long, * and will praise Thy Name Awake, why sleepest Thou, O
for ever.1 Lord? * arise, and cast us not 03'
But now Thou hast cast off and for ever.
put us to shame: * and Thou, O Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face,
God, wilt not go forth with our * and forgettest our afiliction and
armies. _our oppression P
Thou hast turned us back behind For our soul is bowed down to
our enemies: * and they that hate the dust: * our belly cleaveth unto
us take spoil for themselves. the earth.
Thou hast given us like sheep ap Arise, O Lord, help us: * and
pointed for meat, * and hast scat redeem us for Thy Name’s sake.
tered us among the heathen.
Thou hast sold Thy people for Psalm XLIV.
nought, * and hast not increased [This Psalm has a long superscription, the
Thy wealth by their price. exact meaning of which is not now certain.
It seems to have been a marriage-song writ
Thou makest us a reproach to our ten to be sung by the Korahites. The Tar
neighbours, * a scorn and a derision gum ascribes it to the time of Moses, but it
to them that are round about us. seems rather to belong to that of the Jewish
Monarchy.]
Thou makest us a by-word among
the heathen, * a shaking of the head _\ INE heart is overflowing with
among the peoples. a good matter: * I speak of
My confusion is all day long be my works unto the king.
1 SLH.
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My tongue is the pen * of a ready entreat thy favour * with gifts, even
writer. all the rich among the people.
Thou art fairer than the children The King’s daughter is all glo
of men, grace is poured into thy lips: rious within, ‘* in a vesture of gold,
* therefore God hath blessed thee clad in divers colours.
for ever. After her shall virgins be brought
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, * unto the king: * her fellows shall
0 most mighty! be brought unto thee.
In thy comeliness, and thy beauty, With gladness and rejoicing shall
* go forward, fare prosperously, and they be brought : * they shall enter
reign, into the King’s palace.
Because of truth, and meekness, Instead of thy fathers shall be
and righteousness: *‘ and thy right thy children: * thou shalt make
hand shall lead thee wonderfully. them princes over all the earth.
Thine arrows are sharp—(the They shall be mindful of thy
people shall fall under thee)—* into name, * unto all generations.
the heart of the King’s enemies. Therefore shall the people praise
lThy throne, O God, is for ever thee for ever, * yea, for ever and
and ever: * the sceptre of Thy ever.
kingdom is a right sceptre. .
Thou hast loved righteousness, Antiphon. 3Mine heart is over
and hated iniquity: * therefore, flowing with a good matter.
God, thy God, hath anointed thee Fourth Antiphon. Our help.
with the oil of gladness above thy
fellows.
Psalm XLV.
Thy garments smell of myrrh, and
aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory [This Psalm has a superscription of un
certain meaning, but of which part seems
palaces, * whereby kings’ daughters to imply that it was to be sung by treble
among thine honourable women have voices, from the choir of the Korahite
made thee glad. family. And the Targum ascribes it, but
apparently by a mere guess, to the time when
Upon thy right hand did stand Korah and his fellow-rebels were destroyed
the queen in a vesture of gold, * by an earthquake in the wilderness, but
bedecked with divers colours. “the children of Korah died not ” (Num.
xxvi. 10, 11).]
Hearken, 0 daughter, and con
sider, and incline thine ear: * for GOD is our refuge and strength,
get also thine own people, and thy * our help in trouble, which
father’s house: is come upon us exceedingly.
And the King shall greatly de Therefore will we not fear, though
sire thy beauty: * for He is the the earth be removed, * and though
Lord thy God,2 and Him shall they the mountains be carried into the
worship. midst of the sea;
And the daughters of Tyre shall Though the waters thereof roar
1 So are these words translated in Heb. i. 8, 9.

2 The word “God” is not in the Hebrew, and the original meaning, addressed to the
bride, is, “ He is thy 10rd, and bow thou to him." So also St Jerome.
3 Ps. xliv. 2.
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98 THE PSALTER.
and be troubled; * though the tance for us, * the excellency of

mountains shake with the swelling Jacob, whom He loved.1
thereof.1 God is gone up with a shout, *
[There is] a river, the streams and the LORD with the sound of a
whereof make glad the city Of God : trumpet.
* the Most High hath hallowed His Sing praises to our God, sing
Tabernacle. praises: * sing praises unto our
God is in the midst of her, she King, sing praises.
shall not be moved: * God shall For God is the King of all the
help her right early. earth : * sing ye praises with under
The heathen raged, and the king standing.
doms were moved: * He uttered God reigneth over the heathen:
His voice, the earth melted. * God sitteth upon the throne of
The LORD of hosts is with us: * His holiness.
the God of Jacob is our refuge.1 The princes of the people are
Come and behold the works of gathered together with the God of
the LORD, what wonders He hath Abraham: * for the mighty ones
wrought in the earth ; * He maketh of the earth are greatly exalted.
wars to cease unto the end of the
earth. Antiphon. 2 Our help in trouble.
He breaketh the bow and cut fifth Antiphon. Great is the
teth the weapons in sunder: " and LORD.
burneth the shields in the fire.
Be still, and know that I am If this Antz'phon he used the Psalm
hegins with the words, “And greatly to
God: * I will be exalted among be praised.”
the heathen, and I will be exalted
in the earth.
The LORD of hosts is with us: * Psalm XLVII.
the God of Jacob is our refuge.1 [Intituled “A Song. A Psalm of the
sons of Korah.” The Vulgate and the
LXX. assign it to the second day of the
Psalm XLVI. week.]
[Intituled “A Psalm of the sons of REAT is the LORD, and greatly

Korah," with another (now uncertain) direc to be praised * in the city of
tion.]
our God, in the mountain of His
0 CLAP your hands, all ye holiness.
people: * shout unto God Beautiful for situation, the joy of
with the voice of triumph. the whole earth, is mount Zion, *
For the LORD Most High is ter on the sides of the north, the city
rible: ‘* He is a great King over all of the great King.
the earth. God is known in her palaces *
He hath subdued the people for a refuge.
under us, * and the nations under For, 10, the kings were assembled:
our feet. * they passed by together.
He hath chosen His own inheri They saw, and so they marvelled;
1 SLH. 2 Ps. xlv. 2.
they were troubled, they hasted Wherefore should I fear in the

away: * fear took hold upon them day Of evil? * The iniquity of them
There, pain, as of a woman in that dog mine heels shall compass
travail. * Thou shalt break the me about,—
ships Of Tarshish1 with a mighty They that trust in their own
wind. strength, * and boast themselves
As we have heard, so have we in the multitude of their riches.
seen in the city of the LORD of Can a man redeem, redeem his
hosts, in the city of our God: * brother? * He cannot give to God
God hath established her for ever.2 a ransom for himself—
We have received Thy loving Nor yet a redemption for his own
kindness, O God, *‘ in the midst soul, * if he should work for ever,
of Thy temple. . and live even unto the end.
According to Thy Name, 0 God, Nay, though he should not see
so is Thy praise unto the ends of destruction, when he beholdeth
the earth: * Thy right hand is full wise men die —* likewise the
of righteousness. fool and the brutish person perish,
Let mount Zion rejoice, and let And leave their wealth to others:
the daughters Of Judah be glad, * * and their grave shall be their
because of Thy judgments, O Lord. house for ever—
Walk about Zion, and go round Even their dwelling-place to all
about her : * tell the towers thereof. generations: *‘ they called their
Mark ye well her bulwarks: ‘* lands after their own names.
and consider her palaces; that For man, having been created
ye may tell it to the generation in honour, hath had no understand
following. ing: * he hath made himself like
For this God is our God for ever unto the beasts that understand
and ever: * He shall be our guide not, and is become like unto
for ever. them.
This their way is a stumbling
block for themselves: * yet their
Psalm XLVlII.
posterity will approve their sayings.2
[This Psalm has the same title as Ps. Like sheep they are laid in the
xlvi.)
grave: * death will pasture them.
EAR this, all ye people: * And the upright shall have do
give ear, all ye inhabitants minion over them in the morning:
of the world; * and the beauty Of their strength
Both low and high: ’* rich and shall waste away in the grave.
poor together. But God will redeem my soul
My mouth shall speak of wisdom: from the power Of the grave, *
* and the meditation of my heart when He shall receive me.2
shall be of understanding. Be not thou afraid when one is
I will incline mine car to a par made rich, * and when the glory
able: * I will open my saying of his house is increased.
upon the harp. For when he dieth he shall carry
1 A very flourishing colony and emporium of the Phoenicians in Spain. 2 SLH.
IOO THE PSALTER.
nothing away, * his glory shall not He shall call to the heavens from
descend with him. above, * and to the earth, that
Though while he lived he blessed He may judge His people.
his soul; * and praised thee when Gather His saints together unto
thou didst well to him. Him, * those that have made a
He shall go to the generation of covenant with Him by sacrifice.
his fathers: * and shall never see And the heavens shall declare
light. His righteousness: ‘1‘ for God is
Man, having been created in Judge Himself.2
honour, hath had no understand Hear, 0 My people, and I will
ing: _*'he hath made himself like speak; 0 Israe'l, and I will testify
unto the beasts that understand against thee; * I am God, even
not, and is become like unto them. thy God.
I will not reprove thee for thy
Antiphon. 1Great is the LORD, sacrifices: * for thy burnt-offerings
and greatly to be praised. ‘ are continually before Me.
Sixth Antiphon. The God of I will take no bullock out of thine
gods. house, * nor he-goats out of thy
folds.
If this A ntifihon be used, the Psalm
begins with the words, “Even the For every beast of the forest is
LORD.” Mine, * the cattle and the bulls
upon the mountains. .
Psalm XLIX. I know all the birds of the sky:
[Intituled “A Psalm of Asaph.” This ‘1‘ and the beauty of the field is
Asaph was a Levite, chief of the singers Mine.
appointed by David. I Par. (Chron.) xvi. If I were hungry, I would not
4. “And he'(David) appointed certain of
the Levites to minister before the Ark of tell thee: * for the earth is Mine,
the LORD, and to record, and to thank and the fulness thereof. , _
and praise the LORD God of Israel. Asapb Will I eat the flesh of bulls, *
the chief, and next to him Zachariah, Jeiel,
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, or drink the blood of goats?
and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom; Ofl'er unto God the sacrifice of
and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; praise : 1* and pay thy vows unto the
but Asaph made a sound with cymbals.”]
Most High :
THE God of gods, even the And call upon Me in the day of
LORD, hath spoken, *‘ and trouble: * I will deliver thee, and
called the earth, thou shalt glorify Me.
From the rising of the sun unto But unto the wicked, God saith:
the going down ithereof. * Out of ‘1‘ What hast thou to do to declare
Zion, the Perfection of beauty, My statutes, that thou shouldest take
God shall come manifestly, * My covenant in thy mouth?
even our God, and shall not keep Seeing thou hatest instruction, *
silence. and castest My words behind thee?
A fire shall devour before Him: When thou sawest a thief then
* and it shall be very tempestuous thou tookest pleasure in him : ‘1‘ and
roundabout Him. hast been partaker with adulterers.
1 Ps. xlvii. 2. _ * SLH.
Thy mouth aboundeth with evil : Thou. lovest all deadly words, *
‘1‘ and thy tongue frameth deceit. O thou deceitful tongue!
Thou satest and spakest against Therefore God shall destroy thee
thy brother, and slanderedst thine for ever: * He shall take thee away,
own mother’s son : *‘ these things and pluck thee out of thy dwelling
hast thou done, and I kept silence. place, and root thee out of the land
Thou thoughtest wickedly that I of the living.1 ' .
was such an one as thyself: * I will The righteous shall see it, 'and
reprove thee, and set them in order fear, and shall laugh at, him, and
before thine eyes. sayzl“ Lo,v this is the man that
Consider ye this, ye that forget irrade not God his strength;
God: 1" lest He tear you in pieces, 7 But trusted in Lhe’abundance of
and there be none to deliver. his riches: 1* and hardened himself
The sacrifice of praise shall honour in his wickedness.
Me: *1‘ and there is the path where But I am like a fruitful Olive
in I will show unto him the salvation tree in the house of God, * I trust
of God. in the mercy of God for ever and
ever. '
Psalm LI. I will praise Thee for ever, be
cause Thou hast done it :_ * and I
[After another uncertain superscription, will wait on Thy name, for it is
the title of this Psalm proceeds:——“[A
Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite good before Thy saints.
came and told Saul, and said unto him:
David is come to the house of Ahimelech.” Antiphon. 2The God of ‘gods,
The circumstances may be read in I Kings
(Sam.) xxii. (Saturday, fourth week after even the LORD, hath spoken.
Pentecost). After Doeg told Saul, the Antiphon for Paschal time. Al
latter sent for Ahimelech and the other. leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. '
Priests, and ordered them to execution.
“But the servants of the king would not Then is said a Verse and Answer.
put forth their hand to fall upon the Priests In Advent. I I _
of the LORD. And the king said to Doejg :
Turn thou, and fall upon the Priests. And
Doeg the Edomite turned and fell upon the Verse. Send forth the Lamb, 0
Priests, and slew on that day four-score and Lord, the ruler Of the, land.
five persons that did wear a linen ephod.” Answer. From the “Rock” of.
The inhabitants of the Priestly city of Nob
were also brutally massacred. One of the the wilderness unto the mount of
sons of Ahimelech escaped and told David.] the daughter of Zion.
WHY boastest thou thyself in During the rest of the year.
mischief, * O thou that art Verse. 3 Offer unto God the sac-'
mighty in iniquity? rifice of praise. 1
Thy tongue deviseth unrighteous Answer. And pay thy vows un
ness all the day long: * like a sharp to the Most High.
razor hast thou wrought treachery.
Thou lovest evil more than good ; In Lent.
* iniquity rather than to speak Of Verse. He shall cover thee with
uprightness.1 His wings.
1 SLH. 2 Ps. ’xlix. I. 1 Ps. xlix. r4.
102 THE PSALTER.
Answer. And under His feath Answer. Yea, let them exceed
ers shalt thou trust. ingly rejoice.
In Passion time. In the Simgfile Ofiice for a Bishop and
Confessor.
Verse. 0 Lord, save me from
the lion’s mouth. Verse. 3The Lord chose him for
Answer. And mine affliction a priest unto Himself.
from the horns of the unicorns. [In Paschal time, add Alleluia]
Answer. To ofl'er up unto Him
In Paschal time.
the sacrifice of praise.
Verse. The Lord is risen in
deed, Alleluia.
Answer. And hath appeared un In the Simple Ofice for a Confessor
to Simon, Alleluia. not a Bishop.
Verse. 4 The mouth of the right
The rest is the same as the Second
Nocturn on the preceding Sunday, only eous shall speak wisdom.
the Lessons, and sometimes the Respon [In Paschal time, add Alleluia]
sories, are those of the day.
Answer. And his tongue talk of
Simp/e Feasts. It is to be remembered judgment.
that when a Simple Feast is kept on
Tuesday, the Invitatory and Hymn are [In Paschal time, add Alleluia]
of the Feast, being taken from the Com
mon of Saints of the class, unless speci For one Holy Woman, ofwhatever hind.
ally given. Verse. 5God shall give her the
Then the Psalms and Antiphons of help of His countenance.
the Week-day, as given above. Then is [In Paschal time, add Alleluia]
said a Verse and Answer as follows .
Answer. God is in the midst of
[n the Simple Ofiice for one or many her, she shall not be moved.
Martyrs in Paschal time.
Verse. The everlasting light
shall shine upon Thy Saints, 0 The others, as well as what follows,
to the end of the Service, are takenfrom
Lord. Alleluia. the Second Nocturn of the Ofice common
Answer. Even unto everlasting. to Saints of the class, unless something
Alleluia. special be appointed. The Lessons are
arranged according to the rules in Chap
In the Simp/e Ofiice for one Martyr ter xxvi. 4 of the general Rubrics.
(out of Paschal time). The Hymn, “ We praise Thee, O God,”
is said at the end, instead of a Third
Verse. 1Thou hast set a crown, Responsory. The Responsories are ar
O Lord, of precious stones. ranged according to the rules in Chapter
Answer. Upon his head. xxvii. 4 ofthe general Rubrics. Thus :—
In the Simple Ofiice for many Martyrs The Lord‘s Prayer is said:
(out of Paschal time). OUR Father (inaudibly), Who art
Verse. 2Let the righteous re in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
joice before God. Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
1 Ps. xx. 4. 2 Ps. lxvii. 4. 3 Cf. Ecclus. xlv. 16, 27.
4 Ps. xxxvi. 30. 5 Ps. xlv. 6 (Alexandrian version).
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will be done on earth, as it is in Sunday. On a Simple Feast, it is the
heaven. Give us this day our daily first Responsory in the Common Ofice
for the class to which the Saint helongs.
bread. And forgive us our tres
passes, as we forgive them that tres Then the Reader says:
temptation. ing.
Answer. But deliver us from Second Blessing, if the Lesson he of
evil. Scripture.
Then this Absolution .
May Christ to all His people give
MAY His loving kindness and For ever in His sight to live.
mercy help us, Who liveth Answer. Amen.
and reigneth with the Father, and
the Holy Ghost, world without end. Second Blessing, the Lesson hefrom
Answer. Amen. an Homily.
God’s most mighty strength alway
Then the Reader says: Be His people’s staff and stay.
Sir, be pleased to give the bless Answer. Amen.
ing.
Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast.
First Blessing, if the Lesson he from He (or She or They) whose feast-day
Scripture.
we are keeping
God the Father the Almighty Plead for us before the Lord.
Show on us His grace and mercy. Answer. Amen.
Answer. Amen.
Then is read the Second Lesson, either
First Blessing, the Lesson he of an from the Scrioture orfrom an Homily,
Homily. or, on a Simple Feast, either the Second
and Third Lessonsfrom Scrzlfiture read
May the Gospel’s saving Lord together as one, or, ifthe Saint or Saints
Bless the reading of His Word. have two Lessons, the first of these.
Answer. Amen. Then the Second Responsory, unless
First Blessing on a Simple Feast. as such, this is the Second Responsory
May His blessing be upon us, of the preceding Sunday, but in Paschal
time there is added to it .
Answer. Amen.
Then is read the First Lesson from and to the Son, and to the Holy
Scrifiture or from the Homily, or, on a Ghost.
Simple Feast, either the First from
Scripture, or, if the Saint or Saints And the Answer ofthe Responsory is
have two Lessons, the whole three Scm}? repeated again.
ture Lessons read together as one.
On a Simple Feast the Second Re
Then the First Responsory, unless sponsory in the Common Ofice for the
otherwise directed. On a week-day kept class to which the Saint helongs, with the
as such, this is the First Responsory of addition of “Glory be to the Father,"
the Second Nocturn of the preceding 5%., and the repetition of the Answer.
104 THE PSAL'I‘ER.
Then the Reader says . May He that is the Angels’ King

Answer. Amen.
ing.
Then is read the Third Lesson either
7 Third Blessing, if the Lessonlbe (If
from Scripture, or o the Homily, or,
Scripture. on Simple Feasts, t e Second or only
Lesson of the Saint.
May the Spirit’s fire divine
In our inmost being shine. Then, on Simple Feasts and on any
day in Paschal time save Rogation
Answer. ‘ Amen. Monday is said the Hymn, “ We praise
Thee, O God.” But on week-days kept
Third Blessing, for a Simple Feast, or as such out of Paschal time the Third
if the Lesson befrom an Homily. Responsory of the preceding Sunday.
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THE THIRD DAY OF THE WEEK.
All a: on Sunday, exeepl as otherwise Upon the harp will I praise

given lzere. Thee, O God, my God! * why art
The Psalm: are asfivllows : thou cast down, 0 my soul? and
why dost thou disquiet me?
A ntip/zon. O Lord. Hope thou in God : for I will still
praise Him, * Who is the health of
Psalm L. my countenance, and my God.
Have mercy upon me, &c. (j. Anny/m. The health of my

87). countenance, and my God.
T/n'rd Antzlfi/zon. Early.
Antz'p/zon. O Lord, blot out my
transgressions.
Seeona' A ntzjfilzon. The health. Psalms LXI I., LXVI.
O God, Thou art my God, &c.

Psalm XLll. (A 23)
[The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this
Psalm “to David.”] Antip/zan. Early will I seek Thee,
UDGE me, O God, and plead O God.
' my cause against an ungodly Fourt/z Amp/m. Save us.
nation: * O deliver me from the
unjust and deceitful man. THE SONG 0F HEZEKIAH, KING OF
For Thou, O God, art my strength: JUDAH. (Isa. xxxviii. Io.)
’* why dost Thou cast me off? and [Intituled “The writing of Hezekiah,
why go I mourning, because of the King of judah, when he had been sick, and
oppression of the enemy? was recovered of his sickness." The his
tory will be found in 4 (2) Kings xx. (1 Mb
0 send out Thy light and Thy Sunday after Pentecost).]
truth : * let them lead me and bring
me unto Thine holy hill, and unto I SAID, In the midst of my days,
Thy tabernacles! * I shall go to the gates of the
Then will I go unto the Altar grave:
of God, * unto God, the Gladdener I looked for the rest of my
of my youth! years. * Isaid, I shall not see the
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LORD my God1 in the land of the praise Thee, as I do this day: *

living : the father to the children shall make
I shall behold man no more, ’1‘ known Thy truth.
with the dwellers in the land of 0 LORD, save me: * and we will
rest. sing our songs all the days of our
Mine age is departed, and is life in the house of the LORD.
rolled up from me, * as a shepherd’s
tent : Antip/zon. Save us all the days of
My life is cut off as by a weaver: our life, 0 Lord.
my web was scarce begun when He Efl/z Antz'p/zon. Praise ye the
cut me off: * from day even to LORD.
night wilt Thou make an end of
me.
I thought I might live till morn Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL.
ing: * as a lion, so doth He break Praise ye the LORD from the
all my bones : heavens, 81c. (pp. 25, 26).
From day even to night wilt Thou
make an end of me. * Like a Antz'p/zon. Praise ye the LORD
swallow’s fledgling so did I twitter, from the heavens, all His Angels.
I did coo as a dove:
Mine eyes fail, * with looking CHAPTER. (Rom. xiii. 12.)
upward.
O LORD, I am seized, undertake The night is far spent, &c. (as an
for me. * What shall I say, or what Monday, p. 89).
will He answer me, seeing that He
Himself hath done it? HYMN.2
I will call to remembrance before
AY’S herald bird
Thee all my years * in the bitter At length is heard,
ness of my soul. Telling its morning torch is lit,
0 Lord, if by these things men And small and still
live, and in such things is the life Christ’s accents thrill
Within the heart, rekindling it.
of my spirit, so mayest Thou chasten
me, and make me to live. * Be Away, He cries,
hold, mine anguish is [turned] into With languid eyes,
peace: And sickly slumbers profitless !
But Thou hast delivered my soul 1 am at hand,
As watchers stand,
from destruction : * Thou hast cast In awe, and truth, and holiness.
all my sins behind Thy back.
For the grave cannot praise Thee, He will appear,
death cannot celebrate Thee : * they The hearts to cheer
Of suppliants pale and abstinent ;
that go down into the pit cannot Who cannot sleep
hope for Thy truth. Because they weep
The living, the living, he shall With holy grief and violent.
1 “ My God ” is not in the Hebrew, but the Divine Name is repeated.

2 Author of original, Aurelius Prudentius Clemens: b. 348 A.D., d. after 405 A.D.
Translation by the late Card. Newman.
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6 at?“ Pea , early with Thy mercy.
J forged for “5’ Answer. We rejoice and are glad.
, .
T"To n.
sinless. light, . . Antipk onfor flre S,
0226a of Zno12 arms.
-
1 a Is bright and glorious The Lord hath ralsed up * an horn
of salvation for us in the house of
To Father, Son,
And Spirit, one, His servant Davrd.’
To the Most Holy Trinity, ' Commemoration of the Cross oefore
All praise be given llze at/zer general Commemora/z'ons, and
In earth and heaven, Long Preees in Advent and Lem‘, and
Now, as of old, and endlessly. Amen. on Fasl-daye, as on Monday.
1 Ps. lxxxix. x4.

108
msbnrshap at matting.
THE FOURTH DAY OF THE WEEK.
All as on Sunday except as otherwise Psalm LII.

given here.
[Intituled “ of David,” with a further
Inoitatory. In Thy hand, 0 superscription, perhaps musical, but of a
(now) uncertain meaning. The Targum
Lord, * are the inmost depths of gives it the additional superscription, “to
the earth. render praise, for the reward of the impious
who blasphemed the Name of the Lord.”
HYMN.1 It is a repetition of P5. xiii.]
HO madest all and dost control, HE fool hath said in his heart :
Lord, with Thy touch divine, * There is no God.
Cast out the slumbers of the soul,
The rest that is not Thine.
Corrupt are they and have done
abominable iniquity: * there is
Look down, Eternal Holiness, none that doeth good.
And wash the sins away God looketh down from heaven
Of those, who, rising to confess,
Outstrip the lingering day. upon the children of men, * to see
if there be any that will understand,
Our hearts and hands by night, 0 Lord, or that will seek God.
We lift them in our need ; Every one of them is gone back,
As holy Psalmists give the word,
And holy Paul the deed. they are altogether become unprofit
able: * there is none that doeth
Each sin to Thee of years gone by, good, no, not one.
Each hidden stain lies bare ; Have the workers of iniquity no
We shrink not from Thine awful eye,
But pray that Thou wouldst spare. knowledge, * who eat up my people
as they eat bread?
Grant this, 0 Father, Only Son, They have not called upon God:
And Spirit, God of grace, * there were they in great fear,
In every time and place. Amen. where no fear was.
For God hath scattered the bones
Only one Noeturn is said of them that work that which is
pleasing in the sight of men: 4*
Antiphon. God bringeth back. they are put to shame, because God
In Paschal time only one Antzlflhon hath despised them.
is said to the whole Noeturn. Alleluia. 0 that the salvation of Israel
\VEDNESDAY AT MATTINS. 109
were come out of Zion! * when If he also that hated me had
God bringeth back the captivity of magnified himself against me, *
His people, Jacob shall rejoice, and then haply I would have hidden
Israel shall be glad. myself from him.
But it was thou, a man like
Psalm LIV. minded, * my guide and mine ac
[This Psalm has a superscription of which quaintance:
nothing can now be certainly interpreted, We took pleasant meats together:
except the ascription of authorship “To * we walked unto the house of God
David."]
in company.
GIVE ear to my prayer, 0 God, Let death come upon them: *
and despise not my suppli and let them go down quick into
cation: * attend unto me and hear hell;
me. For wickedness is in their dwell
I mourn in my exercise; * and ings, * among them.
am troubled, because of the voice But as for me I have called upon
of the enemy, and because of the God: * and the LORD shall save
oppression of the wicked. me.
For they cast iniquity upon me: Evening, and morning, and at
* and in wrath they hate me. noon will I complain and cry aloud,
My heart is sore pained within * and He shall hear my voice.
me: * and the terrors of death are He shall deliver my soul in
fallen upon me. peace from them that draw nigh
Fearfulness and trembling are against me: * for there were many
come upon me: ’* and darkness against me.
hath overwhelmed me. God shall bear and afi‘lict them,
And I said: O that I had wings * even He That abideth of old.1
like a dove, * for then would I fly Because they have no changes,
away and be at rest! therefore they fear not God. * He
LO, then would I wander far off, hath stretched forth His hand to
* and remain in the wilderness.1 requite them.
I waited for Him Who hath de They have broken His covenant:
livered me * from distress of spirit the anger of His countenance hath
and from tempest. put them to flight, * and His wrath
Destroy, O Lord! divide their pursueth them.
tongues: * for I have seen iniquity His words were softer than Oil,
and strife in the city. * yet were they drawn swords.
Day and night iniquity goeth Cast thy burden upon the LORD,
round about upon her walls: * and He shall sustain thee: * He
trouble also and unrighteousness are shall never suffer the righteous to
in the midst Of her. be moved.
Usury and guile * depart not But Thou, O God, shalt bring
from her streets. _ them down * into the pit of destruc
For if mine enemy had reproached tion.
me, * then I could have borne it. Bloody and deceitful men shall
- 1 SLH.
IIO THE PSALTER.
not live out half their days: * but and hide themselves: ‘1‘ they mark
I will trust in Thee, O Lord. my steps.
When they wait for my soul,
Antiphon. 1God bringeth back for nothing shalt Thou deliver
the captivity of His people. them: * in Thine anger Thou
Second Antiohon. For my soul. shalt cast down the people.
O God, I have declared my life
unto Thee, * Thou hast put my
Psalm LV. tears in Thy sight,
[This Psalm has a long and very obscure
Even as Thou hast promised. *
superscription. From part of this it seems Then shall mine enemies turn back,
that it was written to be sung to a tune In whatsoever day I cry unto
called "The dumb dove among foreigners."
The authorship is ascribed “To David,
Thee: * behold, I know that Thou
when the Philistines took him in Gath.” art my God.
This may either be the occasion described In God will I praise His word,
in the note on Ps. xxxiii. (p. 78), or that
narrated thus in I Kings (Sam.) xxvii. in the LORD will I praise His
“And David said in his heart : I shall now word: * in God have I put my
perish one day by the hand of Saul ; there trust, I will not be afraid what
is nothing better for me than that I should
speedily escape into the land of the Philis man can do unto me.
tines; and Saul shall despair of me, to Thy vows are upon me, O God,
seek me any more in any coast of Israel; * I will pay them, even praises
so shall I escape out of his hand. And
David arose, and he passed over, with the unto Thee.
six hundred men that were with him, unto For Thou hast delivered my
Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. soul from death, and my feet from
. And it was told Saul that David was
fled to Gath, and he sought no more again
falling; * that I may walk before
for him.”] God in the light of the living.
E merciful unto me, O God, for
man treadeth me down : * he Psalm LVI.
fighteth all the day long, and op [Another long title of uncertain meaning.
presseth me. The Psalm seems to have been written for
Mine enemies tread me down all awhentune called “Destroy not,” “by David,
he fled from Saul in the cave "—1
the day long: * for they be many Kings (Sam.) xxii. I—“ David therefore
that fight against me. departed thence” (viz. from Gath) “and
escaped to the cave Adullam," See the
The height of the morning makes note on Ps. xxxiii., p. 78.]
me afraid, * but I will trust in
Thee. E merciful unto me, O God,
In God I will praise His word, be merciful unto me: * for
in God I have put my trust: * I my soul trusteth in Thee.
will not fear what flesh can do unto Yea, in the shadow of Thy wings
me. will I make my refuge, ‘1‘ until this
All the day long they wrest my iniquity be overpast.
words: * all their thoughts are I will cry unto God Most High:
against me for evil. '* unto God, That performeth all
They gather themselves together things for me.
1 Ps. Iii. 7.
WEDNESDAY AT MATTINS. I II
He hath sent from heaven, and Yea, in heart ye work wickedness:

saved me: * He hath given for a * your hands weigh out violence in
reproach them that trod me down.1 the earth.
God hath sent forth His mercy The wicked are estranged from
and His truth ,- * and delivered my the womb, they go astray from the
soul from among the lions’ whelps; belly, ’1‘ speaking lies.
I was troubled in my sleep. Their poison is like the poison of
As for the sons of men, their a serpent: * they are like the deaf
teeth are spears and arrows, * and adder, that stoppeth her ears ;
their tongue a sharp sword. That will not hearken to the
Be Thou exalted, O God, above voice of charmers, * nor of the
the heavens: 1* and let Thy glory sorcerer charming never so wisely.
be over all the earth. God shall break their teeth in
They prepared a net for my their mouth: ‘1‘ the LORD shall
steps; * and bowed down my soul. break off the great teeth of the
They digged a pit before me: * lions.
into the midst whereof they are They shall melt away as waters
fallen themselves.1 which run down: 1* He bendeth
Mine heart is ready, O God, His bow until they be shattered.
mine heart is ready: * I will sing, They shall melt away like melting
and give praise. wax: * fire taketh hold upon them
Awake up, my glory; awake, and they see not the sun.
psaltery and harp: 1* I will awake As thorns that are plucked up
early. before ever they be grown into a
I will praise Thee, O Lord, among bush : * so even in their greenness,
the people; * and sing unto Thee shall He root them up in His
among the nations. anger.
For Thy mercy is great unto the The righteous shall rejoice when
heavens, * and Thy truth unto the he seeth the vengeance: * he shall
clouds. wash his hands in the blood of the
Be Thou exalted, O God, above wicked.
the heavens: 1" and let Thy glory And man shall say: Verily, there
be above all the earth. is a reward for the righteous, *
verily there is a God That judgeth
Antiphon. 2 For my soul trusteth the earth.
in Thee.
Third Antiphon. judge uprightly.
Psalm LVI I I.
Psalm LVI I. [This Psalm has the same title as the two
[This Psalm has the same title as the last, last, with the addition :-—“ when Saul sent,
except the historical reference] and they watched the house, to kill him.”
The occasion is thus described in I Kings
(Sam.) xix. X I. “ Saul also sent messengers
IF ye indeed speak righteousness, unto David’s house, to watch him, to slay
* judge uprightly, 0 ye sons of him in the morning; and Michal, David’s
HIGH. wife, told him, saying : If thou save not thy
1 SLH. 2 Ps. lvi. 2.

112 THE PSALTER.
life to-night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain. And at the end they shall be
So Michal let David down through a
window, and he went, and fled, and
spoken of for cursing and lying:
escaped.”] * and in the wrath at the end they
shall perish.
ELIVER me from mine ene And they shall know that God
mies, O my God: * and ruleth in Jacob, * and unto the
defend me from them that rise up ends of the earth.1
against me. They shall return at evening,
Deliver me from the workers of and hunger like dogs: * and go
iniquity: *‘ and save me from bloody round about the city.
men. They shall wander up and down
For, lo, they lie in wait for my for meat ,- * and grudge if they be
life: * the mighty have fallen upon not satisfied.
me. But I will sing of Thy power:
Not for my transgression, not for * yea, I will sing aloud of Thy
my sin, 0 LORD,- * I ran and mercy in the morning.
ordered myself without fault. For Thou hast been my defence,
Awake to meet me, and behold: * and refuge in the day of my
* 0 Thou, the LORD God of hosts, trouble.
the God of Israel! Unto Thee, O my strength, will
Awake to visit all the heathen: I sing, for God is my defence, *
* be not merciful to any wicked the God of my mercy.
transgressors.1
They come at evening and hunger Antiphon. 2Judge uprightly, 0
like dogs; * and go round about ye sons of men.
the city. Fourth Antiphon. Give us.
Behold, they yelp with their
mouth, and a sword is in their lips :
* for who, say they, doth hear? Psalm L I X.
But Thou, O LORD, shalt laugh [This Psalm has a superscription, prob
at them: * Thou shalt bring all ably musical, but the meaning of which is
now uncertain. It then proceeds :—“Of
the heathen to nought. David, when he strove with Mesopotamia,
O my strength, I will wait upon and with Western Syria, when Joab re
Thee, for Thou, O God, art my turned and smote of Edom in the valley
of Salt " (viz. the Jordan valley near the
defence: * the mercy of my God Dead Sea) “twelve thousand.” The oc
shall receive me. casion was some very successful wars which
God shall let me see all my David carried on against several neighbour
ing kings, and which are described in 2
desire upon mine enemies: slay Kings (Sam) viii. and 1 Par. (Chron.)
them not; * lest my people forget. xviii. The Psalm seems to have been
Scatter them by Thy power: * written under some temporary reverses
during the campaign.]
and bring them down, 0 Lord our
shield! GOD, Thou hast cast us off,
For the sin of their mouth, and and scattered us: * Thou
the words of their lips: * let them hast been displeased, and hast had
even be takenin their pride, mercy upon us.
1 SLH. 2 Ps. lvii. 2.
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Thou hast made the earth to Psalm LX.

tremble, and hast broken it: *
[Intituled “of David.” It has also a
heal the breaches thereof, for it musical (P) superscription now of uncertain
shaketh. meaning]
Thou hast showed Thy people
hard things: * Thou hast made HEAR my cry, 0 God: * attend
us to drink the wine of astonish unto my prayer.
ment. From the ends of the earth I
Thou hast given a warning to cried unto Thee: * when mine
them that fear Thee, *‘ that they heart was overwhelmed, Thou didst
may fly from before the bow.1 lift me Up upon a rock.
That Thy beloved may be deliv Thou didst lead me, for Thou
ered: * save with Thy right hand, hast been a shelter for me, * a
and hear me. strong tower from the enemy.
God hath spoken in His holi I will abide in Thy tabernacle
ness: * I will rejoice and divide for ever: * I will make my
Shechem, and mete out the valley refuge in the covert of Thy
of booths.2 wings.1
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh For Thou, O God, hast heard
is mine: * Ephraim also is the my vows: * Thou hast given the
strength of mine head.3 heritage to those that fear Thy
Judah is my King: * Moab is name.
the vessel [of the triumph] of mine Thou wilt prolong the King’s
hope.‘ life: "‘ and his years to many
Over Edom will I cast out my generations.
shoe: * over the “Strangers "5 He shall abide before God for
have I triumphed. ever: * who will seek for His
Who will bring me into the mercy and truth?
strong city? * who will lead me So will I sing praise unto Thy
into Edom? name for ever: * that I may daily
Wilt not Thou, O God, Who perform my vows.
hast cast us ofi'? * and wilt not
Thou go out with our armies, O Antiplzon. 6Give us help from
God? trouble, 0 Lord.
Give us help from trouble: -l Fifth Antiphon. Doth not my
for vain is the help of man. soul.
Through God we shall do vali
1/ this Antiphon he used the Psalm
antly: *‘ for He it is That shall commences with the words “ Wait upon
tread down our enemies. God.”
1 SLH.
2 Shechem, now Nablfis, in the valley between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim, called the
“ valley of booths ” from those which Jacob erected there for his cattle. Gen. xxxm. l7.
' These three form the central district of the Land of Promise.
‘ The Hebrew is—“ Moab is my wash-pot,” that is, a receptacle for oH-scourings. The
comparison is with the Divinely appointed sovereignty of Judah, respecting whom see
Gen. xlix. IO.
5 That is, the Philistines. ° Ps. lix. r3.
114 THE PSALTER.
Psalm LXI. Psalm LXIII.

[This Psalm has exactly the same super [Intituled “A Psalm of David” with a
scription as Ps. xxxviii.] farther superscription of meaning now
uncertain.]
DOTH not my soul wait upon
God? * for from Him com HEAR my voice, 0 God, in my
eth my salvation. prayer: ‘* preserve my life
He only is my God and my from fear of the enemy.
salvation: ’* He is my defence, I Thou hast hidden me from the
shall not be greatly moved. secret counsel of the wicked, * from
How long will ye run together the insurrection of the workers of
against a man? * Do ye slay, all iniquity.
of you [one that is] as a bowing For they whet their tongue like
wall and as a tottering fence? a sword: * they bend their
Truly they imagined to cast me bow, even bitter words, that they
down from mine honour, when I may shoot in secret at the per
ran in my thirst: * they blessed fect.
with their mouth and cursed in Suddenly do they shoot at him
their heart.1 ' and fear not: * they encourage
But wait thou on God, O my themselves in evil purp0se.
soul: * for mine expectation is They commune of laying snares
from Him. privily: * they say: Who shall see
For He only is my God and my them?
salvation: * He is mine helper, I They search out iniquities: *
shall not be moved. they accomplish a diligent search.
In God is my salvation and my Man shall attain to thoughts that
glory: * He is the God of my are very deep: * but God shall
strength, and my refuge is in God. [still] be exalted.
Trust in Him, ye congregation The arrows of babes have pierced
of the people, pour out your heart them: * and their tongues are
before him: *‘ God is our help for weakened against them.
ever.1 All that saw them were moved:
Surely the sons of men are vanity, * and all men feared,
the sons of men are a lie in the And declared the work of
balance: * they are a deceit, alto God, * and understood His
gether lighter than vanity. doings.
Trust not in iniquity, and desire The righteous shall be glad in
not robbery: * if riches increase, the LORD, and shall trust in Him:
set not your heart upon them. * and all the upright in heart shall
God hath spoken once, these two glory.
things have I heard; that power he
longeth unto God : also unto Thee,O Antiphon. 2Doth not my soul
Lord, belongeth mercy: * for Thou wait upon God?
shalt render to every man according Sixth Antiphon. 0 bless our
to his works. God.
1 SLH. '2 Ps. lxi. 2.
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Psalm LXV. burnt-offerings: * I will pay Thee
[Except the words “ Psalm or Song ” the my vows, which my lips have uttered,
title of this Psalm is not now certainly And my mouth hath spoken, *
understood. The Vulgate and the LXX. when I was in trouble.
add “for the uprising.”]
I will offer unto Thee burnt
N AKE a joyful noise unto God, sacrifices of fatlings, with the in
all ye lands, sing forth the cense of rams: * I will offer unto
honour of His name: * make His Thee bullocks with goats.1
praise glorious. Come, hear, all ye that fear God,
Say unto God: How terrible art and I will declare * what He hath
Thou in Thy works, 0 Lord! * done for my soul.
through the greatness of Thy power I cried unto Him with my mouth,
shall Thine enemies feign to submit ’* and extolled Him with my tongue.
themselves unto Thee. If I regard iniquity in mine heart,
Let all the earth worship Thee, * the Lord will not hear me.
and sing unto Thee: * let them Therefore God hath heard me,
sing praises to Thy Name.1 * and attended to the voice of my
Come and see the works of God 3 prayer.
* He is terrible in His counsels Blessed be God, * Who hath not
toward the children of men. turned away my prayer, nor His
He turned the sea into dry land, mercy from me.
they went through the flood on foot :
* there did we rejoice in Him.
He ruleth by His power for ever, Psalm LXVI I.
His eyes behold the nations: *‘ let [The meaning of the title of this Psalm,
not the rebellious exalt themselves.1 except the ascription of authorship “To
David,” is now uncertain]
0 bless our God, ye people: *
and make the voice of His praise to ET God arise, and let His
be heard. enemies be scattered: * let
Who holdeth my soul in life: them also that hate Him flee before
* and suffereth not my feet to be Him.
moved. As smoke is driven away, so let
For Thou, O God, hast proved them be driven away: * as wax
us: "F Thou hast tried us with fire, melteth before the fire, so let the
as silver is tried. wicked perish at the presence of
Thou broughtest us into the net, God.
Thou laidst affliction upon our But let the righteous be glad, and
back: * Thou hast caused men to rejoice before God: * yea, let them
ride over our heads. exceedingly rejoice.
We went through fire and through Sing unto God, sing praises to
water: * and Thou broughtest us His name: * spread a path before.
out into a place of refreshment. Him That rideth upon the heavens:
I will go into Thine house with The LORD2 is His name.
1 SLH.
'1 “ The LORD " is here, as elsewhere, substituted out of profound reverence for the real
name of God, the Unspeakable \Vord, called the “ Tetragrammaton,” from its four letters.
n6 THE PSALTER.
Rejoice before Him : “ fear shall * and her tail-feathers with yellow
go before the face of Him That is gold.
the Father of the fatherless, and the When the [God] of heaven had
Judge of the widows : scattered kings in it, then white as
Even God in His holy habitation : with snow was Salmon,5 *‘ that hill
* God, That maketh men to be of of God, that fruitful hill.
one mind in an house. An hill of many peaks, a fruitful
He bringeth out those which are hill: * why look ye enviously upon
bound with chains, * but they that the high hills?
provoke Him dwell among the This6 is the hill which God de
graves. sireth to dwell in: * yea, the LORD
O God, when Thou wentest will dwell in it unto the end.
forth before Thy people, * when The chariots of God are many
Thou didst march through the times ten thousand, even thousands
wilderness—1 of the blessed: * the Lord is among
The earth shook; the heavens them; [as] in Sinai, [so] in the
also dropped at the presence of the Holy place.
God of Sinai, * at the presence of Thou hast ascended on high,
the God of Israel. Thou hast led captivity captive: *
Thou, O God, didst send a plen Thou hast received gifts among
tiful rainz upon Thine inheritance: men,
* Thou didst refresh Thine inheri Even them that believe not *
tance when it was weary. that the LORD God dwelleth among
Thy flock dwelt therein : * Thou, them.
O God, didst provide in Thy good Blessed be the Lord daily: * the
ness for the poor. God of our salvation maketh our
The Lord gave the word * to way prosperous.7
the great company that published He That is our God is the God
it. of salvation : * and unto the LORD,
3The king of the hosts is [fallen even the Lord, belong the issues
into the hands] of the Well-beloved: from death]
* and the fair ones that tarried at But God shall wound the head
home have divided the spoils. of His enemies: * the hairy scalp
Though ye have lien among the of such an one as goeth on still
sheep-folds,4 yet shall ye be as .the in his trespasses.
wings of a clove, covered with silver, The Lord said: I will bring
1 SLH. 2 Perhaps the manna is meant. .

3 It need not be remarked that the sense of this verse is very obscure. In the view of
the Greek translators there seems to be a play upon the name of David, which signifies
“ Beloved.” ‘ Perhaps an allusion to an army camping out in the fields.
5 A mountain in Samaria, near Shechem, where David won great victories over some
neighbouring kings. See Ps. lix., p. 63. Gesenius thinks that “ white as with snow” is
to be understood “white with the bleached bones of the slain.” But a modern writer,
describing a battle in the Soudan, and the defeat and flight of the Dervishes, says, “they
broke, and fled, leaving the field white with jibbah-clad corpses, like a meadow dotted
with snowdrifts. 7,
6 Namely, perhaps, the group of hills on which Jerusalem stands, as opposed to the:
_higher and more picturesque mountains at Shechem. 7 SLH.
WEDNESDAY AT MATTINS. 117
them again from Bashanlz * I will O sing praises unto God, even
bring them back from the depths unto Him that rideth upon the
of the sea. heaven of heavens * from the day
That thy foot may be dipped in spring.
the blood of thine enemies, * the Lo, He shall send out His voice,
tongue of thy dogs in the same. and that a mighty voice. Ascribe
They have seen Thy goings, O ye strength unto God; * over Israél
God, * even the goings of my God, is His excellency, and His strength
my King, Which dwelleth in the is in the clouds.
sanctuary. God is wonderful in His holy
The singers went before, the places: the God of Israél is He
players on instruments followed That shall give strength and power
after, * among the damsels playing unto his people: * blessed be God.
with timbrels. Anz‘zlz‘rhon.5 O bless our God, ye
Bless ye God in the congrega people.
tions, even the Lord, * ye that are Antz'phon for Pasehal time. Al
of the fountains of Israel! leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
There is little Benjamin, * in the
joy of his heart, Then is said a Verse and Answer.
The princes of Judah, their In Advent.
leaders, * the princes of Zabulon,
the princes of Nephthali. Verse. The LORD cometh out of
Command it, 0 God, in Thy His holy place.
strength: * strengthen, O God, that Answer. He will come and save
which Thou hast wrought for us. His people.
Because of thy temple at Jeru During the rest of the year.
salem, * shall kings bring presents
Verse. 60 God, I have declared
unto Thee.
my life unto Thee.
Rebuke the beasts of the reeds,2
Answer. Thou hast put my tears
the multitude of the bulls with the
in Thy sight.
cows of the people, * [who watch]
that they may cut off them that are In Lent.
tried like silver.3 - Wrse. His truth shall be thy
Scatter Thou the people that de shield.
light in war : ambassadors shall come Answer. Thou shalt not be
out of Egypt: * Ethiopia shall soon afraid for the terror by night.
stretch out her hands unto God.
Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of In Passion time.
the earth: *‘ O sing praises unto Verse. Take not away my soul
the Lord.4 with sinners, O God.
1 The campaign of David related in 2 Kings (Sam.) viii. and I Par. (Chron.) xviii.
extended to this neighbourhood.
2 Perhaps meaning wild buffaloes. As to the comparison of the enemy to wild cattle,
compare Ps. xxi. l3, “ Many bulls have compassed me, strong bulls have beset me round."
3 If the words are to be taken thus, the reference 15' perhaps to David’s veterans, but the
meaning seems more likely to be “ those that submisswely ofl'er in tlélblllle pieces of silver.”
‘ SLH. 5 Ps. lxv. 8. Ps. lv. 9.
118 THE PSALTER.
Answer. Nor my life with bloody Answer. After the order of Mel
men. chisedeck.
In Paschal time. [In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
Verse. The disciples were glad,
For a Confess-or not a Bishop.
Alleluia.
Answer. When they saw the Lord, Verse. 5The law of his God is
Alleluia. in his heart.
The rest is the same as the Third [In Paschal time, add Alleluia]
Nocturn of the preceding Sunday, ex Answer. And his steps shall not
cept necessary differences. The Lessons slide.
are those of the day. The Responsories
are arranged according to the rules in [In Paschal time, add Alleluia]
Chapter xxvii. 4, 5, of the General
For one Holy Woman of any hind.
Ruhrics.
Simple Feasts. It is to he remem Verse. God hath chosen her, and
hered that when a Simple Feast is kept fore-chosen her.
on Wednesday, the In'z/itatory and Hymn
are of the Feast, being taken from the [In Paschal time, add Alleluia]
Common of Saints of the class, unless Answer. He hath made her to
specially git/en. Then the Psalms and dwell in His tabernacle.
Antifihons of the week-day, as given
ahor/e. Then is said a Verse and An [In Paschal time, add Alleluia]
swer as follows .' The others, as well as whatfollows,
For one or many Martyrs in Paschal to the end of the Service, are takenfrom
time. the Third Nocturn ofthe Ofiice Common
to Saints of the class, unless something
Verse. 1 Everlasting joy upon special he appointed, except necessary
their heads, Alleluia. dzfierences. The Lessons are arranged
Answer. They shall obtain joy according to the rules in Chapter xxvi.
4, of the general Rubrics. The Hymn
and gladness, Alleluia. “We praise Thee, O God," is said at
For one Martyr, (out of Paschal time.) the end, instead of a Third Responsory.
The Responsories are arranged accord
Verse. 2 His glory is great in ing to the Rules in Chapter xxvii. 4, 5, of
Thy salvation. the General Rubrics. Thus :—
Answer. Honour and great ma— The Lord’s Prayer is said:
jesty shalt Thou lay upon him.
‘ OUR Father (inaudihly), Who art
For many Martyrs, (out of Paschal in heaven, Hallowed be Thy
time.) Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy
Verse. 3The righteous shall live will be done on earth, as it is in
for evermore. heaven. Give us this day our daily
Answer. Their reward also is bread. And forgive us our tres
with the Lord. passes, as we forgive them that tres
For a Bishop and Confessor.
_ Verse. And lead us not into
Verse. 4 Thou art a Priest for temptation,
ever. Answer. But deliver us from
[In Paschal time, add Alleluia] evil. ‘
1 Isa. xxxv. lo. 2 Ps. xx. 6. 3 Wisd. v. 16. 4 Ps. cix. 4. 5 Ps. xxxvi. 3r.
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Then this Absolution: Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast.

MAY the Almighty and merciful He (or She or They) whose feast-day
Lord loose us from the bonds we are keeping
of our sins. Plead for us before the Lord.
Answer. Amen. Answer. Amen.
Then the Reader says: Then is read the Second Lesson, either
Sir, be pleased to give the bless from Scripture or from an Homily, or
on a Simple Feast either the Second
ing. and Third Lessons from Scribture
First Blessing, if the Lesson be from read together as one, or if the Saint
Scripture. or Saints have two Lessons, the first
of these.
May His blessing be upon us,
Then the Second Responsory, unless
Who doth live and reign for ever. otherwise directed. On a week-day kept
Answer. Amen. as such, this is the Second Responsory
of the fireceding Sunday, but in Paschal
First Blessing, if the Lesson be of an time there is added to it:
Homily.
May the Gospel’s saving Lord
and to the Son, and tO the Holy
- Bless the reading Of His Word.
Ghost.
Answer. Amen.
First Blessing on a Simple Feast. And the Answer ofthe Responsory is
repeated again.
On a Simple Feast the Second Re
Who doth live and reign for ever. sponsorj/ in the Common Oflice for the
Answer. Amen. class to which the Saint belongs, with
the addition of “Glory be to the
Then is read the First Lesson from Father,” 63‘s., and the repetition of
Scripture or from the Homily, or on a the Answer.
Simple Feast either the First from
Scripture, or, the Saint or Saints
have two Lessons, the whole three from Then the Reader says :
Scripture read together as one. Sir, be pleased to give the bless
Then the First Responsory, unless ing.
as such, this is the First Responsory of Third Blessing.
the freceding Sunday. On a Simple May He That is the Angels’ King
Feast, the First Responsoey in the Com
mon Ofiice for the class to which the To that high realm His people bring.
Saint belongs. Answer. Amen.
Then the Reader says: Then is read the Third Lesson either
Sir, be pleased to give the bless from Scripture, or of the Homily, or on
Simple Feasts the Second or only Lesson
ing. of the Saint.
Second Blessing, if the Lesson be of Then, on Simple Feasts and on any
Sc‘rinture or from an Homily. day in Paschal time is said the Hymn,
“We praise Thee, O God.” But on
God’s mOSt mighty strength alway week-days kept as such out of Paschal
Be His people’s staff and stay. time the Third Responsory of the pre
Answer. Amen. ceding Sunday.
120
mrhnzshag at Emma.
THE FOURTH DAY OF THE WEEK.
All as an Sundays, except as ol/zer Blessed is the man whom Thou

wise given here. choosest, and causest to come near
unto Thee: * he shall dwell in
The Psalms are asfollow: .'
Thy courts:
Antipizon. Wash me. We shall be satisfied with the
goodness of Thine house: * Thy
Psalm L. temple is holy, terrible in right
eousness.
Have mercy upon me, &c., (p. Answer us, 0 God of our salva
87). tion: * Thou that art the confidence
of all the ends of the earth, and
Antzf/zon. Wash me throughly of the uttermost parts of the sea!
from mine iniquity, O Lord. Thou that by Thy strength settest
Seeond Antz'plzan. Praise be fast the mountains, being girded
cometh Thee. with power: * Thou that stirrest
If this A ntz'p/um 6e used the Psalm up the depth of the sea, and the
eegz'ns will: the words, “0 God, in noise of his waves!
Zion.” The heathen shall be troubled.
They that dwell in the uttermost
Psalm LXIV.
parts shall be afraid at Thy tokens:
[Intituled “A Psalm. A Song of * Thou makest the outgoings of the
David,” with a musical (P) superscription.
The Vulgate adds that its use was pre morning and evening to rejoice.
scribed by Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the Thou visitest the earth and water
exiles when they began to return from est it: '* Thou greatly enrichest it :
the Captivity.]
The river of God is full of water:
RAISE becometh Thee, O God, Thou makest ready their corn, * for
in Zion: * and unto Thee Thou hast so prepared it.
shall the vow be performed in Jeru Drench her furrows, increase the
salem. fruits thereof: * the springing there
Hear my prayer: * unto Thee of shall rejoice at her showers.
shall all flesh come. Thou crownest the year with Thy
Iniquities prevail against us: * goodness: * and Thy fields teem
but as for our transgressions, Thou with fruitfulness.
shalt purge them away. The green places of the wilder
WEDNESDAY AT LAUDS. 12I
ness wax fruitful: ‘1‘ and the little They that were full have hired
hills are girded with joy. out themselves for bread: * and
The pastures are clothed with they that were hungry are filled.
flocks ,- the valleys also overflow So that the barren hath borne
with corn: * they shout for joy, fruitfully: * and she that had many
yea, they sing. children is waxed feeble.
The LORD killeth, and maketh
Antiphon. Praise becometh Thee, alive: * He bringeth down to the
O God, in Zion. grave, and bringeth up.
Third Antiphon. O my God. The LORD maketh poor, and
maketh rich: 1* He bringeth low,
Psalms LXII., LXVl. and lifteth up.
O God, Thou art my God, &c., He raiseth up the poor out of the
(p. 2 3).
dust, * and lifteth up the beggar
from the dunghill,
Antiphon. O my God, my lips To set them among princes, ‘1‘ and
shall praise Thee while I live. to make them inherit the throne of
Fourth Antiphon. The LORD glory:
shall judge. - For the pillars of the earth are
the LORD’s, 1* and He hath set the
THE SONG OF HANNAH. (1 Kings world upon them.
(Sam.) ii.) He will keep the feet of His
[Composed by her when she brought her saints, and the wicked shall be silent
son Samuel and presented him to the LORD. in darkness: * for by his strength
See I Kings (Sam.) i. ii., (Monday and
Tuesday after Trinity Sunday.)]
shall no man prevail.
The adversaries of the LORD shall
MINE heart rejoiceth in the be made to fear Him: * out of
LORD, * and mine horn is heaven also shall He thunder upon
exalted in my GOD:1 them.
My mouth is enlarged over mine The LORD shall judge the ends
enemies : * because I rejoice in Thy of the earth: and He shall give
salvation. strength unto His King, * and exalt
There is none holy as the LORD; the horn of His Anointed.
for there is none beside Thee: *
neither is there any mighty like our Antiphon. The LORD shall judge
God. the ends of the earth.
Talk no more * so exceeding Fifth Antzjohon. Praise God.
proudly.
Let your old arrogancy depart out
of your mouth: for the LORD is a
Psalms CXLVIII., cxux, CL.
God of knowledge, * and by Him Praise ye the LORD from the
thoughts are judged. heavens, 820., (pp. 25, 26).
The bows of the mighty men are
broken, * and they that stumbled Antiphon. Praise God, ye heavens
are girded with strength. of heavens.
1 The Divine Name.
122 THE PSALTER.
CHAPTER. (Rom. xiii. 12.) Much it needs Thy light divine,

Spot and stain to clean ;
The night is far spent, &c., (as on Light of Angels, on us shine
Monday, p. 89). With Thy {ace serene.
To the Father, and the Son,
HYMN.‘ And the Holy Ghost,
Here be glory, as is done
HAUNTING gloom and flitting By the angelic host. Amen.
shades, '
Ghastly shapes, away ! Verse. Thou hast satisfied us
Christ is rising, and pervades early with Thy mercy.
Highest Heaven with day. Answer. We rejoice and are glad.
He with His bright spear the night A ntzphon for the Song qfZatharias.
Dazzles and pursues ; O Lord, save us ‘* from the hand of
Earth wakes up, and glows with light
Of a thousand hues. all that hate us.
Commemoration ofthe Crosx before the
Thee, O Christ, and Thee alone, other Commemoratiom", andLong Preees
With a single mind, in Advent and Lent, on the Ember
We with chant and plaint would own ; Wednesday: (except that of Pentecost)
To thy flock be kind. and on Fast-days, a: on Monday.
1 Hymn founded on hymn in the Cathemerinon of Prudentius; translation by the late
Card. Newman.
123
Thumbs]; at gl’tlattiiis.
THE FIFTH DAY OF THE WEEK.
All as on Sunday, except as other Psalm LXVI l I.

wise given here.
[Intituled “Of David,” with a (now un
Inoitatory. It is the Lord That certain) musical (?) direction.]
hath made us: * O come, let us
AVE me, O God; ‘* for the
worship Him.
waters are come in unto my
HYMN.‘ soul.
ALL tender lights, all hues divine, I sink in deep mire, *' where
The night has swept away; there is no standing.
Shine on us, Lord, and we shall shine I am come into the depth of the
Bright in an inward day. sea, * and the flood overfloweth me.
The spots of guilt, sin’s wages base, I am weary of my crying, my
Searcher of hearts, we own ; throat is dried: * mine eyes fail,
Wash us and robe us in Thy grace, while I wait for my God.
Who didst for sins atone. They that hate me without a
The sluggard soul, that bears their cause, * are more than the hairs of
mark, mine head.
Shrinks in its silent lair, They that would destroy me,
Or gropes amid its chambers dark being mine enemies wrongfully, are
For Thee, Who art not there.
mighty: *‘ then I restored that
Redeemer ! send Thy piercing rays, which I took not away.
That we may bear to be 0 God, Thou knowest my fool
Set in the light of Thy pure gaze,
And yet rejoice in Thee.
ishness: * and my faults are not
hid from Thee.
Grant this, 0 Father, Only Son, Let not them that wait on Thee,
And Spirit, God of grace, O Lord, be ashamed for my sake, *
To whom all worship shall be done
In every time and place. Thou LORD of hosts.
Amen. Let not those that seek Thee *
be confounded for my sake, O God
Only one Nocturn is said.
of Isra'él.
Antiphon. Make haste. Because for Thy sake I have
In Paschal time only one Antiphon borne reproach: * shame hath
is said to the whole Nocturn. Alleluia. covered my face.
1 Ambrosian hymn ; translation by the late Card. Newman.
124 THE PSALTER.
I am become a stranger unto my pity on me, and there was none : *

brethren, * and an alien unto my and for comforters, and I found
mother’s children. none.
For the zeal of Thine house hath They gave me also gall for meat:
eaten me up: * and the reproaches * and in my thirst they gave me
of them that reproached Thee are vinegar to drink.
fallen upon me. Let their table be made a snare
And I chastened my soul with before them, * and a recompense,
fasting: * and that was to my re and a stumbling-block.
proach. ~ - Let their eyes be darkened, that
I made sackcloth also my gar they see not : * and ever bow Thou
ment, * and I became a proverb to down their back.
them. Pour out Thine indignation upon
, They that sat in the gate spake them, * and let Thy wrathful anger
against me, * and I was the song of take hold of them.
the drunkards. Let their habitation be desolate:
But as for me, my prayer is unto * and let none dwell in their tents.
Thee, O LORD: * in an acceptable For they persecute him whom
time, 0 God! Thou hast smitten: * and they
In the multitude of Thy mercy embitter the pain of my wounds.’
hear me, * in the truth of Thy Add iniquity unto their iniquity:
salvation! * and let them not come into Thy
Deliver me out of the mire, that righteousness.
I sink not: * deliver me from them Let them be blotted out of the
that hate me, and out of the deep book of the living: * and not be
waters. written with the righteous.
Let not the waterfiood overflow But I am poor and sorrowful: *
me, neither let the deep swallow me Thy salvation, O God, hath set me
up, * and let not the pit shut her up on high.
mouth upon me. I will praise the name of God
Hear me, O LORD, for Thy with a psalm, ‘* and will magnify
loving-kindness is good: * turn Him with thanksgiving.
unto me according to the multitude And it shall please GOD better
of Thy tender mercies. than a young bullock, ‘* that hath
And hide not Thy face from Thy horns and hoofs.
servant, * for I am in trouble; hear Let the humble see this and be
me speedily. glad, * seek God, and your soul
Draw nigh unto my soul, and re shall live.
deem it: * deliver me because of For the LORD heareth the poor:
mine enemies. * and despiseth not His prisoners.
Thou knowest my reproach, and Let the heaven and earth praise
my shame, * and my dishonour. Him, * the sea, and everything
Mine adversaries are all before that moveth therein.
Thee : * mine heart hath looked for For God will save Zion, * and
reproach and bitterness. the cities of Judah shall be built
And I looked for some to take up.
THURSDAY 7 AT MATTINS. 125
And they shall dwell there, * sons of Jonadab are the descendants of
Jonadab, the son of Rechab, of whose
and have it in possession. faithfulness to observe a nomadic life,
The seed also of His servants and to abstain from wine, it is written
shall inherit it, * and they that in Jer. xxxv. 19: “Therefore thus saith
the LORD of Hosts, the God Of Israel:
love His name shall dwell therein. Jonadab, the son Of Rechab, shall not
want a man to stand before me for
ever.” They had taken refuge at Jeru
Psalm LXIX. salem to escape the incursions Of Nebu
[Intituled “Of David, to bring to re chadnezzar, and the meaning seems to
membrance ” with another (now uncertain) be that when they and others were carried
musical (P) superscription. The Vulgate away as captives, they made special use
and the LXX. add to remembrance “how Of this Psalm.]
the Lord had saved him”; the 'l‘argum
associates the Psalm with the offering of IN Thee, O LORD, have I put
the incense. This Psalm is a repetition my trust, let me never be put
of the last four verses of Ps. xxxix.]
to confusion: * deliver me in Thy
AKE haste, O God, to de righteousness, and cause me to es
liver me: * make haste to cape.
help me, O LORD. Incline Thine ear unto me, *
Let them be ashamed and con and save me.
founded, * that seek after my Be Thou my God, my Pro
soul. tector, and my strong habitation,
Let them be turned backward * to save me.
and put to confusion, * that de For Thou art my rock, * and
sire mine hurt. my fortress.
Let them be turned back with Deliver me, O my God, out of
shame, * that say unto me, Aha, the hand of the wicked, * and out
Aha. of the hand of the unrighteous and
Let all those that seek Thee be cruel man.
joyful and glad in Thee, * and let For Thou art mine hope, 0 Lord:
such as love Thy salvation say con * O LORD, Thou art my trust from
tinually: Let the Lord be magnified. my youth.
But I am poor and needy: * By Thee have I been holden up
help me, O God. from the womb: * Thou art my
Thou art mine help and my defence from my mother’s bowels.
deliverer: * O LORD, make no My praise shall be continually
tarrying. of Thee: * I am a wonder unto
many: but Thou art my strong
Antipfion. 1 Make haste, O Lord refuge.
God, to deliver me. Let my mouth be filled with
Semnd Antip/um. Be Thou my Thy praise, that I may sing of
God. Thy glory, * all the day long Of
Psalm LXX. Thy greatness.
Cast me not off in the time of
[The Vulgate and the LXX. give the
heading, “A Psalm of David; of the Sons
old age: * forsake me not when
of Jonadab, and the first Captives.” The my strength faileth.
1 Ps. lxix. I.
126 THE PSALTER.
For mine enemies speak against psaltery, even Thy truth: * O

me, * and they that lay wait for God, unto Thee will I sing with
my soul take counsel together, the harp, 0 Thou Holy One of
Saying: God hath forsaken him: Israél!
persecute and take him, * for there My lips shall be fain when I sing
is none to deliver him. unto Thee, * and my soul which
0 God, be not far from me: * Thou hast redeemed.
O my God, make haste for mine My tongue also shall talk of Thy
help. righteousness all the day long : * for
Let them be confounded and they are confounded and brought
consumed that are adversaries to unto shame that seek mine hurt.
my soul: * let them be covered
with reproach and dishonour, that
PSALM LXXI.
seek mine hurt.
But I will hope continually, i [Intituled “ Of Solomon,” that is, written
concerning him.]
and will yet praise Thee more and
more. GIVE the king Thy judgment, 0
My month shall show forth Thy God, * and Thy righteousness
righteousness, * Thy salvation all unto the king’s son.
the day. ' To judge Thy people with right
And because I know not the tale eousness, * and Thy poor with
thereof, I will go in the strength of judgment.
the Lord: * O LORD, I will make The mountains shall receive peace
mention of Thy righteousness, even with the people, * and the little hills
of Thine only. righteousness.
0 God, Thou hast taught me He shall judge the poor of the
from my youth: * and hitherto people, and save the children of the
have I declared Thy wondrous needy, * and shall break in pieces
'works. the false accuser.
Now also when I am old and And he shall endure with the sun,
grey-headed, * O God, forsake me and before the moon, * throughout
not, all generations.
Until I have showed Thy strength He shall come down like rain
* unto all generations, that are to upon a fleece, * and as showers that
come. water the earth.
Thy power and Thy righteous In his days shall righteousness
ness, 0 God, are in the highest, flourish, and abundance of peace,
Who hast done great things: * O * so long as the moon endureth.
God, who is like unto Thee? He shall have dominion also from
Thou Who hast showed me great sea to sea: * and from the river
and sore troubles, shalt quicken me unto the ends of the earth.
again: * and bring me up again The Ethiopians shall fall before
from the depths of the earth. him: * and his enemies shall lick
Thou hast increased Thy great the dust.
ness : * and again comforted me. The kings of Tarshish, and of the
I will also praise Thee on .the .isles shall bring presents: * the
THURSDAY AT MATTINS. 127
kings of Arabia and Saba1 shall Psalm LXXI I.

ofi‘er gifts. [Intituled “A Psalm of Asaph.”]
Yea, all the kings of the earth
shall fall down before him: all TRULY God is good to Israel, *
nations shall serve him. to such as are upright in
For he shall deliver the needy heart.
from the strong, * the poor also that But as for me, my feet were al
hath no helper. most gone: * my steps had well
He shall spare the poor and nigh slipped.
needy, * and shall save the souls of For I was envious at the un
the needy. righteous, * when I saw the pros
He shall redeem their soul from perity of the wicked.
fraud and violence: * and precious For they have _no thought of
shall their name be in his sight. death: * and they are uncon
And he shall live, and to him cerned in trial.
shall be given of the gold of Arabia ; They are not in trouble as other
prayer also shall be made for him men, * neither are they plagued like
continually ; * all the day long shall other men.
he be blessed. Therefore pride compasseth them
And there shall be a staff of about, * violence and ungodliness
bread in the land, upon the top of cover them as a garment.
the mountains; the fruit thereof Their iniquity ariseth as it were
shall be higher than Lebanon: * from fatness: * they have more
and they of the city shall flourish than heart could wish.
like grass of the earth. They think and speak wickedness:
Blessed be his name for ever: * * they speak loftily concerning 0p
his name endureth as long as the sun. pression.
And in him shall all the kindreds They set their mouth against the
of the earth be blessed : * all nations heavens, * and their tongue walketh
shall call him blessed. through the earth.
Blessed be the LORD God of Is Therefore my people turn aside
rael, * Who only doth wondrous after them: * and the men of their
things. day run after them.
And blessed be His glorious And they say: How doth God
Name for ever: * and let the whole know, * and is there knowledge in
earth be filled with his glory: Amen, the Most High?
Amen.2 Behold, these are the ungodly,
who prosper in the world, * they
Antz'phon. 3Be Thou my God, increase ‘in riches.
my protector. And I said : Then I have cleansed
Third Antiphon. Thou hast re mine heart in vain, * and washed
deemed the rod. mine hands in innocency.
1 This seems to be, Meroe‘, a province of Ethiopia. -

2 After this, there is the following notification, “The prayers of David, the son of
Jesse, are ended,” and this is the end of the second of the five books into which the
Psalter is divided. 3 Ps. lxx. 3.
128 THE PSALTER.
For all the day long have I been That I may declare all Thy
plagued, * and chastened every praises, * in the gates of the
morning. daughter of Zion.
If I say: I will speak thus: *
behold, I should disown the gener
Psalm LXXI I I.
ation of Thy children.
And I thought to know this, "' [Intituled “A didactic (P) Psalm of
Asaph.”]
it was too hard for me ,
Until I went into the Sanctuary 0 GOD, why hast Thou cast us
of God, * and understood their off for ever: * why doth
hereafter. Thine anger smoke against the
Surely Thou dost set them in sheep of Thy pasture?
slippery places: * Thou castest Remember Thy congregation, *
them down even in their pros which Thou hast purchased of
perity. old.
How are they brought into deso Thou hast redeemed the rod of
lation? In a moment are they Thine inheritance: * Mount Zion
perished, * they are utterly con wherein Thou hast dwelt.
sumed because of their wickedness. Lift up Thine hands against their
As a dream when one awaketh, perpetual pride: * even all that
O Lord, * Thou shalt bring their the enemy hath done wickedly in
image‘to nought in Thy city. the sanctuary !
For mine heart was on fire, and They also that hate Thee roar, *
I was pricked in my reins; * and I in the midst of Thy solemn con
was brought to nothing and knew gregation.
not : They set up their ensigns for
I became as a beast before Thee : trophies * on the pinnacles [of Thy
* nevertheless I am continually with temple] as though it had been the
Thee: ‘ gate [of their own city]; and con
Thou hast holden me by my sidered not!
right hand, and guided me accord As the fellers in a wood of thick
ing to Thy will, * and received me trees, so did they hew down the
to glory. gates thereof: * they have broken
For what have I in heaven, * and it down with axes and hammers.
what is there upon earth that I They have set on fire Thy Sanc
desire beside Thee? tuary: * they have defiled the
My flesh and mine heart faileth: dwelling-place of Thy name by
'*_* Thou art the God of mine heart, casting it down to the ground.
and God is my portion fgr ever. The sort of them said in their
For, 10, they that go far from hearts with one consent: * Let us
Thee shall perish: *‘ Thou hast put away the feast-days of God out
destroyed all them that go a whor of the land.
ing from Thee. We see not our signs, there is no
But it is good for me to, draw more any prophet: * and none
near to God: * to put my trust in knoweth us any more.
the Lord GOD, 0 God, how long shall the ad
versary reproach? * Shall the enemy cause: * remember how the foolish
blaspheme Thy name for ever? man reproacheth Thee daily.
Why withdrawest Thou Thine Forget not the voice of Thine
hand, even Thy right hand, * from enemies: * the pride of them that
Thy bosom for ever P hate Thee ascendeth continually.
But God is our King of old, *
working salvation in the midst of Antz'plzon. 3 Thou hast redeemed
the earth. the rod of Thine inheritance.
Thou by Thy strength didst Fourth Antzp/zon. And we will
make the sea to stand on an heap : call.
* Thou brakest the heads of the
Psalm LXXIV.
dragons in the waters.
Thou brakest the heads of le [Intituled “A Psalm—A Song of Asaph,"
with a superscription of meaning now un
viathan in pieces: * Thou gavest certain, but, in part, indicating the tune
him to be meat to the people1 of “Destroy not_”- The Tar-gum says that it
Ethiopia. was composed as _a. thanksgiving at the time
when David said “ Destroy not thy people,”
Thou didst cleave the fountains and the occasion meant is probably that of
and the floods: * Thou driedst up the plague provoked by David’s number
the rivers of Ethan.2 ing of the people, as related in the last
chapter of 2 Kings (Sam.)]
The day is Thine, the night also
is Thine: * Thou hast created the NTO Thee, O God, will we
light and the sun. give thanks: * we will give
Thou hast set all the borders of thanks and call upon Thy name.
the earth: * Thou hast made We will declare Thy wondrous
summer and spring. works: * when I shall take a set
Remember this, that the enemy time, I will judge uprightly.
hath reproached the LORD: * and The earth and all the inhabitants
that a foolish people have blas thereof are dissolved: * I bear up
phemed Thy name. the pillars of it.‘
0 deliver not unto beasts the I said unto the wicked: Deal
souls of them that praise Thee: * not wickedly: * and to the evil
and forget not the souls of Thy poor doers: Lift not up your horn on
for ever. high.
Have respect unto Thy cove Lift not up your horn on high:
<11
nant: *‘ for the dark places of the speak not wickedness against
earth are full of the habitations of God.
cruelty. For neither from the east, nor
0 let not the oppressed return from the west, nor from the desert
ashamed : * let the poor and needy mountains: * for God is the judge :
praise Thy name. He putteth down one, and setteth
Arise, O God, judge Thine own up another: * for in the hand of the
1 People—probably referring to the wild beasts, (as in Proverbs xxx. 25, 26, “The ants
are a people not strong—the conies are but a feeble folk ”) who ate the dead bodies of the
Egyptians (whose power seems meant by the leviathan) washed upon the shores of the
Red Sea.
3 Ethan=continuity—“ The continuously flowing streams.”
3 Ps. lxxiii. 2. ‘ SLH.
VOL. IV.
r30 THE PSALTER.
LORD there is a cup of strong wine When God arose to judgment, *

full of mixture.1 to save all the meek of the earth.3
And he turneth it this way and For the thoughts of man shall
that: surely the dregs thereof are praise Thee: * the remainder of
not wrung out: * all the wicked of his thoughts shall keep holy his days
the earth shall drink them. before Thee.
But I will declare for ever: * I Vow, and pay unto the LORD
will sing praises to the God of Jacob. your God: * all ye that are round
All the horns of the wicked also about Him bring presents,
will I break : * and the horns of the Even unto Him That ought to be
righteous shall be exalted. feared, and that cutteth off the spirit
of princes, * to Him That is terrible
among the kings of the earth.
Psalm LXXV.
[Intituled “A Psalm—A Song of Asaph," Antzlfi/zon. 4And we will call
with a farther superscription similar to the upon Thy name, 0 Lord.
preceding. The Vulgate and the LXX. add Fzfl/z Antipfion. Thou art the
“ against the Assyrians ” ; the meaning pro
bably is that it was found appropriate as a God.
Psalm of thanksgiving after the destruction
of the Assyrians (3 (2) Kings xix. 35).] Psalm LXXVI.
IN Judah is God known: * His [Intituled “A Psalm of Asaph,” with a

musical (?) direction, addressed to Jeduthun.]
name is great in Israel.
And His tabernacle is in “ Peace,”2 I CRIED unto the Lord with my
* and His dwelling-place in Zion. voice; * even unto God with
There brake He the arrows of the my voice, and He gave ear unto
bow, * the shield, the sword, and me.
the battle.3 In the day of my trouble I
When Thou didst make Thy light sought the Lord; in the night with
to shine forth right wondrously from my hands I sought Him * and failed
the everlasting hills: * all they that not.
were foolish of heart were troubled : My soul refused to be comforted :
They have slept their sleep : * * Iremembered God, and rejoiced,
and all the men of riches have found and pondered, and my spirit was
nothing in their hands. overwhelmed.3 _
At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, Mine eyes anticipated the night
*‘ they that rode upon horses are watches: * I was troubled, and
cast into a dead sleep. spake not.
Thou art to be feared; and who I have considered the days of old,
shall withstand Thee, * when once * and had in mind the everlasting
Thou art angry? years.
Thou didst cause judgment to In the night also I commune with
be heard from heaven: * the earth _ mine own heart: * and I mused,
trembled and was still, and searched out mine own spirit.
1 Aromatic herbs, &c., were mixed with wine to make it more intoxicating. See
Smith’s Dict. 0f the Bible,-—VVine.
a Peace—a translation of HSalem." ' SLH. 4 Ps. lxxiv. 2.
Will God cast Off for ever? ’1’ or Psalm LXXVII.

will He he favourable no more?
[Intituled “A didactic (?) poem of
Or will He put away His mercy Asaph.”]
for ever, * to generation and genera
tion? IVE ear, 0 my people, to my
Or hath God forgotten to be law: * incline your ears to
gracious? * or will He in His anger the words of my mouth.
shut up His tender mercies P1 I will open my mouth in para
And I said: Now have I begun: bles: * I will utter dark sayings
* the change cometh of the right of old.
hand of the Most High. Which we have heard and known,
I remembered the works of the ** and our fathers have told us.
LORD: * surely I will remember They are not hidden from their
Thy wonders of old. children, * in the generation to
I will meditate also of all Thy come:
work: * and talk of Thy doings. Showing the praises of the LORD,
Thy way, 0 God, is in the sanc and His mighty acts, * and His
tuary. Who is so great a God as our wonderful works that He hath done.
God? * Thou art the God That He established also a testimony
doest wonders. in jacob, * and appointed a law
Thou hast declared Thy strength in Israel.
among the people : * Thou hast with Which He commanded our fathers
Thine arm redeemed Thy people, that they should make known to
the sons of _Tacob and Joseph? their children : * that the generation
The waters saw Thee, O God, to come may know them,
the waters saw Thee: * and they Even the children which shall be
were afraid, the depths also were born and arise, * and declare them
troubled. to their children ;
There was a noise as of many That they may set their hope in
waters, * the clouds sent out a God, and not forget the works Of
.sound. God, * but keep His command
Thine arrows also went abroad: ments.
'* the voice of Thy thunder-rolled. And may not be as their fathers,
Thy lightnings lightened the * a stubborn and rebellious gen
world: * the earth trembled and eration,
shook. A generation that set not their
Thy way is in the sea, and Thy heart aright, * and whose spirit
paths in the great waters: * and was not steadfast with God.
Thy footsteps are not known. 2The children of Ephraim bend
Thou leddest Thy people like a ing and shooting with bows, * turned
flock, ’* by the hand of Moses and back in the day of battle. '
Aaron. They kept not the covenant of
1 SLH.
2 The next few verses perhaps relate to the refusal of the children of Israe'l to in
vade the Land of Promise when they first reached it, owing to fear of the inhabitants.
Numb. xiv.
132 THE PSALTER.
God, * and refused to walk in from above, * and opened the

His law. doors of heaven.
And forgot His works, * and And rained down manna upon
His wonders that He had showed them to eat, * and gave them of
them. the bread of heaven.
Marvellous things did He in the. Man did eat Angels’ bread: *
sight of their fathers, in the land of He sent them meat to the full.
Egypt, * in the plain of Tanis.1 He caused an east wind to
He divided the sea, and caused blow in the heaven: * and by His
them to pass through, * and He power He brought in the south
made the waters to stand as an wind.
heap. He rained flesh also upon them
In the day-time also He led as dust, * and feathered fowls like
them with a cloud, * and all the as the sand of the sea.
night with a light of fire. And it fell in the midst of their
He clave the rock in the wil camp, * round about their habita
derness, * and gave them drink tions.
as out of the great depth. So they did eat, and were well
He brought water also out of filled, and He gave them their own
the rock, * and caused waters to desire: * they were not disap
run down like rivers. pointed of their lust.
And they sinned yet more against But while their meat was yet in
Him, * and provoked the Most their mouths: * the wrath of God
High in the wilderness. came upon them,
And they tempted God in their And slew the fattest of them, *
hearts, * to ask meat for their and smote down the chosen men
lust. of Israel.
Yea, they spake against God: * For all this they sinned still, *
they said: Can God furnish a table and believed not in His wondrous
in the wilderness? works.
Behold, He smote the rock, and Therefore their days were con
the waters gushed out, * and the sumed in vanity, * and their years
streams overflowed. in trouble.
Can He give bread also, * or When He slew them, they sought
furnish a table for His people? Him: * and they returned, and
Therefore the LORD heard this, enquired early after God.
and was wroth: * so a fire was And they remembered that God
kindled against Jacob, and anger was their strength, * and the High
came up against Israel. God their redeemer.
Because they believed not in Yet they flattered Him with their
God, * and trusted not in His mouth, * and lied unto Him with
salvation. their tongue.
And He commanded the clouds For their heart was not right
1 An ancient city (mentioned here and subsequently) in Lower Egypt, called both by
a Shemitic name, Zoan, as well as by its Egyptian name, surrounded by plains, and close to
the natural and constant border of Palestine.
with Him, * neither were they death, * and cut off their cattle in
steadfast in His covenant. death with them.
But He being full of compassion, He smote also every first-born in
forgave their iniquity, * and de the land of Egypt: * the first-fruits
stroyed them not. of all their labour in the tabernacles
Yea, many a time did He turn of Ham.
His anger away, * and did not stir And made His own people to go
up all His wrath. forth like sheep : *‘ and guided them
He remembered also that they in the wilderness like a flock.
were but flesh; * a wind that And He led them on in hope,
passeth away and cometh not and they feared not: * and He
again. overwhelmed their enemies in the
How often did they provoke sea.
Him in the wilderness? * grieve And He brought them to the
Him to anger in the desert? mountain of His Sanctuary, * even
Yea, they turned again, and the mountain, which His right hand
tempted God, ’* and provoked the hath purchased. '
Holy One of Israél. He cast out the heathen also
They remembered not His hand, before them, * and allotted the land
* in the day when He delivered among them by line,
them from the hand of the op And made the tribes of Israel to
pressor. dwell * in their tents.
How He set His signs in Egypt, Yet they tempted and provoked
* and His wonders in the plain of the Most High God, * and kept not
Tanis. His testimonies.
And turned their rivers into And turned back, and observed
blood: * and their floods, that not His covenant, * like their
they could not drink. fathers ; they were turned aside like
He sent divers sorts of flies a deceitful bow.
among them, which devoured them : They provoked Him to anger
* and frogs, which destroyed them. with their high places, * and moved
He gave also their increase unto Him to jealousy with their graven
the caterpillar, * and their labour images.
unto the locust. God heard it and cast them out:
And He destroyed their vines * and brought Israel utterly to
with hail, * and their sycamore nought.
trees with frost. He forsook also the tabernacle of
He gave up their cattle also to Shiloh, * even His tabernacle, where
the bail, * and their flocks to hot He dwelt among men.
thunderbolts. And He delivered their strength
He cast upon them the fierceness into captivity, * and their beauty
of His anger, * indignation, and into the enemy’s hand.
wrath, and trouble, by sending evil He gave His people over also
Angels among them. unto the sword: * and cast off His
He made a way to His anger; inheritance.
He spared not their soul from The fire consumed their young
134 THE PSALTER.
men: * and their maidens made no of Thy saints unto the beasts of the
funeral song. earth.
Their priests fell by the sword: Their blood have they shed like
* and their widows made no lamen water round about Jerusalem: * and
tation. there was none to bury them.
Then the Lord awaked as one We are become a reproach to our
out: of sleep, * like a mighty man neighbours, * a scorn and derision
heated with wine. to them that are round about us.
And He smote His enemies in How long, LORD? wilt Thou be
the hinder part: * He put them to angry for ever? '* shall Thy jealousy
a perpetual shame. burn like fire?
Moreover, He refused the taber Pour out Thy wrath upon the
nacle of Joseph, * and chose not the heathen, that have not known Thee,
tribe of Ephraim. " and upon the kingdoms that have
~ But chose the tribe of Judah, * not called upon Thy name I
Mount Zion, which he loved. For they have devoured Jacob,
And He built His sanctuary like ‘* and laid waste His dwelling-place.
the horn of an unicorn upon the O remember not against us our
earth, * which He hath established former iniquities, let Thy tender
for ever. mercies speedily overtake us: * for
He chose David also His servant, we are brought very low.
and took him from the sheepfolds: Help us, 0 God of our salvation,
* from following the ewes great with and for the glory of Thy name de
young He brought him, liver us, 0 Lord: * and forgive our
To feed Jacob His servant, * and sins, for Thy name’s sake.
Israel His inheritance. Lest haply they should say among
So he fed them according to the the heathen: Where is their God?
integrity of his heart : ‘l‘ and guided * And make known among the
them by the skilfulness of his hands. nations in our sight
The vengeance of the blood of
Anlz'p/um. 1Thou art the God Thy servants, which is shed: * let
That doest wonders. the sighing of the prisoners come
Sz‘xl/z Antip/zon. Be merciful. before Thee.
According to the greatness of
Psalm LXXVIII. Thine arm, * preserve Thou the
children of the slain.
[Intituled “A Psalm of Asaph.”]
And render unto our neighbours
GOD, the heathen are come sevenfold into their bosom: * their
into Thine inheritance, Thine reproach wherewith they have re
holy temple have they defiled: ’* proached Thee, O Lord!
they have made Jerusalem like an But we Thy people, and sheep
heap of stones in an orchard. of Thy pasture, * will give Thee
The dead bodies of Thy servants thanks for ever:
have they given to be meat unto We will show forth Thy praise *
the fowls of the heaven, * the flesh to all generations.
l Ps. lxxvi. 15.
THURSDAY AT MATTINS. I35
Psalm LXXIX. hedge? * so that all they which

pass by the way do pluck her?
[Intituled “A Psalm of Asaph," with a
direction, perhaps musical, the meaning The boar out of the wood doth
of which is not now certain. The LXX. root it up, *‘ and the wild beast of
adds “concerning the Assyrian," probably the field doth devour it.
meaning that it was used as a prayer
after the destruction of jerusalem by Return, 0 God of hosts: * look
Nebuchadnezzar.] down from heaven, and behold, and
visit this vine ;
GIVE ear, 0 Shepherd Of Israel, And protect that Thy right hand
*‘ Thou That leadest Joseph hath planted, * and the son of man
like a flock. whom Thou madest strong for Thy
Thou That sittest upon the Cheru self.
bim, * shine forth before Ephraim, It is burnt with fire, and cut
Benjamin, and Manasseh. down: * they shall perish at the
Stir up Thy strength, and come rebuke Of Thy countenance.
* and save us. Let Thine hand be upon the man
Turn us again, 0 God, * and of Thy right hand, ‘* and upon the
cause Thy face to shine, and we son Of man whom Thou madest
shall be saved. strong for Thyself.
0 LORD God of hosts, * how So will we not go back from
long wilt Thou be angry against the Thee; * quicken us, and we will
prayer Of Thy servant? call upon Thy name.
Wilt Thou feed us with the bread Turn us again, 0 LORD God of
of tears, * and give us tears tO drink hosts: * and cause Thy face to
in great measure? shine, and we shall be saved.
Thou makest us a strife unto our
neighbours: *‘ and our enemies jest Antz'p/zon. 2 Be merciful unto our
upon us. sins, O Lord.
Turn us again, 0 God of hosts: Antip/wn in Pass/ml lime. Al
* and cause Thy face tO shine, and leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
we shall be saved.
Thou hast brought a vine out of Then is said 0 Verse and Answer.
Egypt: * Thou hast cast out the
1n Advent.
heathen and planted it.
Thou preparedst room before it: Verse. Out of Zion, the Per
* Thou didst cause it to take deep fection of beauty,
root, and it filled the land. Answer. Our God shall come
The hills were covered with the manifestly.
shadow of it, * and the cedars of
God with the boughs thereof. During the rest of file year.
She sent out her boughs unto the Verse. 3 My lips shall be fain
sea, * and her branches unto the when I sing unto Thee.
river.1 Answer. And my soul, which
Why hast Thou broken down her Thou hast redeemed.
1 That is, the dominion of the Israelites stretched from the Mediterranean to the
Euphrates. ' Ps. lxxviiiv 9. '1 Ps. lxx. 23.
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In Lent. In Paschal time.

Verse. He hath delivered me
from the snare of the fowler. Verse. The Lord is risen from
Answer. And from the noisome the grave, Alleluia.
pestilence. Answer. Who hung for us upon
the tree, Alleluia.
In Passion time.
from the sword. The rest is the same as the First
Notturn on the precedzng Sunday, only
Answer. And my darling from the Lessons, and sometimes the Respon
the power of the dog. sorz'es, are those of the day.
I37'
@lmrshap at Earths.
THE FIFTH DAY OF THE WEEK.
All as on Sunday, extent as otherwise as nothing, * even as a watch in

given here. the night.
The Psalms are as follows .' In the morning they are like
grass which soon fadeth away: in
Antiphon. Against Thee, Thee the morning it flourisheth, and
only. then it fadeth away: *‘ in the
Psalm L. evening it is cut down, drieth up,
Have mercy upon me, &c., (p. and withereth.
87). For we are consumed by Thine
anger: " and by Thy wrath are
Antiphon. Against Thee, Thee we troubled.
only, have I sinned, have mercy Thou hast set our iniquities be
upon me, O Lord! fore Thee, * our life in the light
Seeond Antiphon. Lord. of Thy countenance.
For all our days are passed away,
[f this A ntiphon he used, the Psalm
begins with the words, “Thou hast * and we are consumed by Thine
been.” anger.
Psalm LXXXIX.
The works whereon we toil all
our years are but frail structures
[Intituled “A Prayer of Moses the man like a spider’s web: * the days of
of God."]
our years are threescore years and
ORD, Thou hast been our re ten: ,
fuge * in all generations. And if by reason of strength they
Before the mountains were brought be fourscore years, * yet is their
forth, or ever the earth and the increase but labour and sorrow:
world were formed, * even from For weakness cometh, * and we
everlasting to everlasting, Thou art are cut off.
God. Who knoweth the power of Thine
Turn not man to destruction; * anger, * or can measure Thy wrath,
for Thou sayest, Return, ye children that he may fear Thee as Thou
of men. oughtest to be feared?
For a thousand years in Thy sight Show Thou the might of Thy
* are but as yesterday when it is past, right hand; * and apply our hearts
And their years shall be reckoned to wisdom.
VOL. IV. E 2
138 THE PSALTER.
Return, 0 LORD, how long? * He is my God, and I will glorify

and let it intreat Thee concerning Him: * my father’s God, and I
’ 'Thy servants. will exalt Him.
Thou hast satisfied us early with The LORD is like a man of war:
'Thy mercy, * and we rejoice and “Tr-IE ALMIGHTY ”1 is His name.
are glad all our days. * Pharaoh’s chariots and his host
We are gladdened for the days hath He cast into the sea.
wherein Thou hast afflicted us; * His chosen captains are drowned
for the years wherein we have seen in the Red Sea. * The depths have
evil. covered them: they sank into the
Look upon Thy servants, and bottom as a stone.
upon Thy works, * and establish Thy right hand, 0 LORD, is be
their children. come glorious in power: Thy right
And let the beauty of the LORD hand, 0 LORD, hath shattered the
our God be upon us ; and establish enemy. * And in the greatness
Thou the work of our hands upon of Thy majesty Thou hast over
us: * yea, the work of our hands thrown them that rose up against
establish Thou it. Thee.
Thou sentest forth Thy wrath,
Antiphon. Lord, Thou hast which consumed them as stubble.
been our refuge. * And with the blast of Thy fury
Third Antiphon. I meditate. the waters were gathered together,
The floods stood upright, * and
Psalms LXI 1., LXVI. the depths were congealed in the
heart of the sea.
O God, Thou art my God, &c.,
The enemy said: I will pursue
(p. 2 3). and overtake, * I will divide the
spoil; my soul shall be sated upon
Antiphon. I meditate upon Thee
them :
in the night watches.
I will draw my sword, * mine
Fourth Antiphon. Let us sing.
hand shall destroy them.
If this A ntiphon he used the Canticle Thy wind blew, and the sea
hegins with the words, “Unto the covered them; * they sank as lead
LORD.”
in the mighty waters.
THE SONG or Moses (Exod. xv.) Who is like unto Thee, O LORD,
among the mighty? * who is like
[On the occasion of the successful escape unto Thee, glorious in holiness,
of the Israelites through the Red Sea.]
terrible, and worthy to be praised,
LET us sing unto the LORD, for doing wonders?
He hath triumphed gloriously : Thou stretchedst out Thy right
* the horse and his rider hath He hand, and the earth swallowed them.
thrown into the sea. * Thou in Thy mercy hast led
The LORD is my strength and forth the people which Thou hast
my song, * and He is become redeemed:
my salvation: And hast borne them in Thy
1 But in the present Hebrew text, here stands again the Divine name.
THURSDAY AT LAUDS. I39
strength, * unto Thine holy habi Antiphon. Praise God in His

tation. Sanctuary.
The people came up and were
angry: * sorrow took hold on the CHAPTER. (Rom. xiii. 12.)
inhabitants of Philistia. The night is far spent, &c., (a:
Then the princes of Edom were on Monday, 1). 89).
amazed, the mighty men of Moab,
trembling took hold upon them: * HYMN.‘
all the inhabitants of Chanaan SEE, the golden dawn is glowing,
melted away. While the paly shades are going,
Let fear and dread fall upon Which have led us far and long,
them, * by the greatness of Thine In a. labyrinth of wrong.
arm: May it bring us peace serene ;
Let them be as still as a stone: May it cleanse, as it is clean;
till Thy people pass over, 0 LORD, Plain and clear our words be spoke,
* till Thy people pass over, which And our thoughts without a cloak ;
Thou hast purchased. So the day's account shall stand,
Thou shalt bring them in and Guileless tongue and holy hand,
plant them in the mountain of Steadfast eyes and unbeguiled,
Thine inheritance, * in Thy most “ Flesh as of a little child.”
sure dwelling, which Thou hast There is One Who from above
made, 0 LORD: Watches how the still hours move
In the Sanctuary, O Lord, which Of our day of service done,
Thine hands have established. From the dawn to setting sun.
* The LORD shall reign for ever To the Father, and the Son,
and ever. And the Spirit, Three and One,
For the horse of Pharaoh went As of old, and as in Heaven,
in with his chariots and with his N ow and here be glory given.
Amen.
horsemen into the sea, * and the
LORD brought again the waters of Verse. Thou hast satisfied us
the sea upon them: early with Thy mercy.
But the children of Israél went on Answer. We rejoice and are
dry land * in the midst of the sea. glad.
Antiohon. Let us sing gloriously Antiphon for the Song ofZaeharz'ar.

unto the LORD. Let us serve the Lord * in holiness,
E'fth Antz'phon. Praise God. and He will deliver us from our
enemies.
Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL. Commemoration of the Cross before
the other Commemorations, and Long
Praise ye the LORD, &c., (pp. 25, Preees in Advent and Lent, and on
26). Fast-days, a: on Monday.
1 Extracted from hymn by Prudentius _: translation by the late Card. Newman.
I40
firihap at wetting.
THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK.
All as on Sunday, extent as otherwise Grant this, 0 Father. Only Son,

given here. And Spirit, God of grace,
' To whom all worship shall be done
Invitatory. Let us worship the In every time and place.
Lord, for * He is our Maker. Amen.
Only one Noeturn is said.
Hvivnv.l
MAY the dread Three in One, Who Antiphon. Sing aloud.

sways If this Antzphon he used the Psalm
All with His sovereign might, begins with the words, “Unto God our
Accept from us this hymn of praise, strength.”
His watchers in the night.
In Pasehal time only one A nliphon is
For in the night, when all is still, saidfor the whole Noeturn. Alleluia.
We spurn our bed and rise,
To find the balm for ghostly ill, Psalm LXXX.
His bounteous hand supplies.
[Intituled “Of Asaph.” It has a super
If e’er by night our envious foe scription of meaning now uncertain, but
With guilt our souls would stain, part of which perhaps means that it was
May the deep streams of mercy flow, a Hymn for the vintage.]
And make us white again ; SING aloud unto God our strength:
That so with bodies braced and bright, * make a joyful noise unto the
And hearts awake within, God of Jacob.
All fresh and keen may burn our light, Take a psalm, and bring hither
Undimmed, unsoiled by sin.
the timbrel: * the pleasant harp
Shine on Thine own, Redeemer sweet ! with the psaltery.
Thy radiance increate Blow the trumpet in the new
Through the long day shall keep our
feet, moon,2 * in the time appointed,
In their pure morning state. on our solemn feast-day.
1 From a hymn of the Ambrosian school, very slightly altered; translation by the late
Card. Newman.
2 The ordinance referred to in this and the next verses is found in Numb. x. “ And the
LORD spake unto Moses, saying: Make thee two trumpets of silver, of a whole piece shalt
thou make them. . . . And in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and
in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt-offerings,
and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings ; that they may be to you for a memorial
before God. I am the LORD your God.”
FRIDAY AT MATTINS. 14!
For this is a statute for Israel: Psalm LXXXI.

* and a law of the God of Jacob. [Intituled “ A Psalm of Asaph.”]
This He ordained in Joseph for
a testimony, when he went out of GOD standeth in the congrega
the land of Egypt: * he heard a tion of the mighty: * He
language that he understood not. judgeth among the judges.
He removed his shoulder from How long do ye judge unjustly,
the burden, * his hands were done * and accept the person of the
with slaving over the baskets. wicked?2
Thou calledst upon Me in trouble, Defend the poor and fatherless:
and I delivered thee: * I answered * do justice to the afflicted and
thee in the secret place of thunder : I needy.
proved thee at the waters of strife.1 Deliver the poor, * and rid the
Hear, 0 My people, and I will needy out of the hand of the wicked.
testify unto thee: * O Israél, if They know not, neither do they
thou wilt hearken unto Me, there understand, they walk on in dark
shall no strange god be in thee, ness: * all the foundations of the
neither shalt thou worship any earth are out of course.
strange god. 31 have said: Ye are gods, *
For I am the LORD thy God, and all of you are children of the
Who brought thee out of the land Most High;
of Egypt: * open thy mouth wide But ye shall die like men: *
and I will fill it. and fall like one of the princes.
But My people would not hearken Arise, O God, judge the earth:
unto My voice: * and Israél would * for Thou shalt inherit all na
not obey Me: tions.
So I gave them up unto their
own hearts’ lust: * they walked Antip/zon. 4Sing aloud urito
in their own counsels. God our strength.
O that My people had heark Second Antiplzmz. Thou alone.
ened unto Me, * that Israél had
Walked in My ways! Psalm LXXXII.
I should quickly have brought
their enemies under them, * and ' [Intituled “A Song. A Psalm of
Asaph.”]
turned Mine hand against their
adversaries. GOD, who shall be likened
The haters of the LORD would unto Thee? * hold not Thy
have feigned submission unto Him: peace, and be not still, 0 God.
* but their time should have en For, 10, Thine enemies make a
dured for ever. tumult: * and they that hate Thee
He would have fed them also have lifted up the head.
with the finest of the wheat: * They have taken crafty counsel
and with honey out of the rock against Thy people, * and con
would He have satisfied them. sulted against Thine holy ones.
1 SLH. For “the waters of Meribah" or “strife,” see note on P5. xciv., p. 2.
2 SLH. 3 This verse was quoted by our Lord. John x. 34. 4 Ps. lxxx. 2.
142 THE PSALTER.
They have said: Come and let Let them be confounded and
us cut them off from being a na troubled for ever: ‘* yea, let them
tion: * that the name of Israel be put to shame and perish.
may be no more in remembrance. And let men know that Thy
For they have consulted together name is the LORD: * Thou alone
with one consent: * they are con art the Most High over all the
federate against Thee: the taberna earth.
cles of Edom,1 and the Ishmaelites.
Of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Psalm LXXXI l l.
Gebal, and Ammon, Amalek, * the [Intituled “A Psalm of the sons of
“Strangers” with the inhabitants Korah.” It has the same superscription as
of Tyre. Ps. lxx., referring possibly to the vintage.
It reads as if it were a pilgrim-song refer
Assur also is joined with them: ring to the going up of all the males of
* they have holpen the children Israél to Jerusalem to observe the Feast of
of Lot.2 Tabemacles, when harvest and vintage were
over.]
DO unto them as unto Midian,3
and Sisera: * as unto Jabin, at HOW lovely are Thy taberna
the brook of Kishon. cles, O LORD of hosts! *
They perished at Endor: *‘ they my soul longeth and fainteth for
became as dung for the earth. the courts of the LORD:
Make their nobles like Oreb Mine heart and my flesh * rejoice
and like Zeeb; * as Zebah and for the living God.
Zalmunna, Yea, the sparrow hath found an
All their princes: * who said: house, *‘ and the dove a nest for
Let us take to ourselves the Sanc herself, where she may lay her
tuary Of God in possession. young,
O my God, make them like a Even Thine altars, O LORD of
wheel [of whirling dust]; * and as hosts, * my King and my God!
the stubble before the wind! Blessed are they that dwell in
As the fire that bumeth a wood, Thine house, 0 Lord; * they will
* and as the flame that setteth the be ever praising Thee.2
mountains on fire. Blessed is the man whose strength
So pursue them with Thy tem is from Thee ; * who hath settled in
pest, * and trouble them in Thine his heart to go up [to thy Sanctu
anger. ary,] through the vale of tears,4 to
Fill their faces with shame: * and the place which he hath appointed.
they will seek Thy Name, 0 LORD! He That hath given the Law will
1 Of the list of tribes in the next few verses, the Ishmaelites are the inhabitants of Edom ;
Moab, and the Hagarenes, Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, tribes to the south and south-east of
Canaan ; the “Strangers " are the Philistines ; Assur is Assyria ;2the children of Lot are
the Moabites and Ammonites. SLH
3 The Midianites invaded Israél during the Judgeship of Gideon, who defeated them.
Barak had previously, by a great victory between the Kishon and Endor, delivered his
people from the tyranny of Jabin king of the Canaanites, whose general, Sisera, lost his life
on the occasion. Oreb and Zeeb were two princes, and Zebah and Zalmunna two kings of
the Midianites, whom the Israélites took prisoners and put to death on the second occasion.
See Judges iv.-viii.
4 Hebrew, “ of Baca,” probably the proper name of a place, but, literally, “ weeping.”
FRIDAY AT MATTINS. 143
give His blessing; they shall go Turn us, 0 God of our salvation,
from strength to strength: * they * and cause Thine anger towards us
appear before the God of gods in to cease.
Zion. Wilt Thou be angry with us for
O LORD God of hosts, hear my ever? * wilt Thou draw out Thine
prayer: * give ear, 0 God of Ja anger to all generations?
cob ! 1 O God, Thou shalt again quicken
Behold, O God, our shield: ’* us: * and Thy people shall rejoice
and look upon the face of Thine in Thee.
Anointed. Show us Thy mercy, O LORD! *
For a day in Thy courts is better and grant us Thy salvation.
* than a thousand. I will hear what the LORD God
I had rather be a menial in the will speak in me: * for He will
house of my God, * than to dwell speak peace unto His people,
in the tents of wickedness. And to His saints, * and unto
For God loveth mercy and truth : them that are changed in heart.
*
the LORD will give grace and Surely His salvation is nigh them
glory. that fear Him, * that glory may
No good thing will He withhold‘ dwell in our land.
from them that walk uprightly. * Mercy and truth have met to
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man gether: * righteousness and peace
that trusteth in Thee! have kissed each other.
Truth hath sprung out of the
Antiphon. 2Thou alone art the earth: * and righteousness hath
Most High over all the earth. looked down from heaven.
Third Antiohon. LORD. Yea, the LORD shall give that
If this Antizfihon he used the Psalm
which is good: * and our land shall
begins with the words “Thou hast been yield her increase.
favourable." Righteousness shall go before
Him: * and shall set His footsteps
Psalm LXXXIV. in the way.
[Intituled “A Psalm of the sons of
Korah,” with the usual (now uncertain) Psalm LXXXV.
superscription.]
[Intituled “A Prayer of David.”]
ORD, Thou hast been favour
able unto Thy land: * Thou BOW down Thine ear, O LORD,
hast brought back the captivity of and hear me: * for I am poor
Jacob. and needy.
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Preserve my soul, for I am holy:
Thy people: * Thou hast covered * 0 Thou my God, save Thy servant
all their sins.1 that trusteth in Thee.
Thou hast taken away all Thy Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for
wrath: * Thou hast turned Thyself I cry unto Thee all the day long: *
from the fierceness of Thine anger. rejoice the soul of Thy servant, for
1 SLH. 9 Ps. lxxxii. 19.
I44 THE PSALTER.
unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my upon me: * give Thy strength unto
soul. Thy servant, and save the son of
For Thou, Lord, art good and Thine handmaid!
ready to forgive, * and plenteous Show me a token for good, that
in mercy to all them that call upon they which hate me may see it and be
Thee. ashamed : * because Thou, O LORD,
Give ear, 0 LORD, unto my hast holpen me, and comforted me.
prayer: * and attend to the voice
of my supplication. Antz'p/zon. 1 LORD, Thou hast
In the day of my trouble I called been favourable unto Thy land.
upon Thee, * for Thou hast heard Fourt/z Antépfion. Her foundation.
me.‘ [fl/Ii; Antz'plzon be used the Psalm
Among the gods there is none like begins with the words, “ Is in the holy
unto Thee, O Lord: * neither are mountains.”
there any works like unto Thy works.
All nations whom Thou hast Psalm LXXXVI.
made shall come and worship be [Intituled “A Psalm. A Song of the
fore Thee, O Lord: * and shall sons of Korah.” The Targum adds that it
was based upon words of the ancients,
glorify Thy name. 'perhaps meaning that the two first verses
For Thou art great and doest won before the SLH were an ancient saying to
drous things : * Thou art God alone. which the rest was a later addition.]
Teach me Thy way, 0 LORD, HER foundation is in the holy
and I will walk in Thy truth: * mountains: * the LORD lov
let mine heart be glad, that it may eth the gates of Zion more than all
fear Thy name. the dwellings of Jacob!
I will praise Thee, O Lord my Glorious things are spoken of
God, with all mine heart, * and I thee, * 0 city of God!2
will glorify Thy name for evermore. I will make mention of Rahab3
For great is Thy mercy toward and Babylon * that know me.
me: * and Thou hast delivered my Behold the “Strangers,”4 and
soul from the lowest hell. Tyre, and the people of Ethiopia, *
0 God, the wicked are risen these were there—
against me, and the assemblies of And of Zion shall it not be said:
violent men have sought after my This and that man was born in her,
soul, * and have not set Thee before * and the Highest Himself hath
them. established her?5
But Thou, O Lord, art a God full The LORD shall make count,
of compassion and gracious, * long when He writeth up the people [and
sufi‘ering, and plenteous in mercy the princes,] 6 * of all that are in her.2
and truth. All they that dwell in thee * are
0 look upon me, and have mercy in gladness.
1 Ps. lxxxiv. 2. 2 SLH.
3 That is “the Insolent One,” namely, Egypt. 4 1.2., the Philistines.
5 Is the meaning that Jerusalem shall be illustrious as the birth-place of all kinds of
distinguished persons? The Targum, curiously enough, says that the persons meant are
David and Solomon, whereas David is a native of Bethlehem.
6 Displaced from the beginning of the next verse.
FRIDAY AT MATTINS. I45
Psalm LXXXVII. declared in the grave, "’ and Thy
[This Psalm has a long superscription, in faithfulness in destruction?
which its authorship is attributed to Heman Shall Thy wonders be known in
the Ezrahite, one of five brothers, descen the dark, * and Thy righteousness
dants of Zarah, the son of Judah. Four of
them were celebrated for wisdom. 3 (1) in the land of forgetfulness?
Kings iv. 31. This Psalm was Written for But unto Thee have I cried, O
the sons of Korah, and intended to be sung LORD: * and in the morning shall
with an accompaniment of pipes and fiutes.]
my prayer come before Thee.
O LORD God of my salvation, * LORD, why castest Thou off my
I have cried day and night prayer, * why hidest Thou Thy face
before Thee. from me?
Let my prayer come before Thee ; I am afflicted, and in toil from
* incline Thine ear unto my cry. my youth up: * and when I was
For my soul is full of troubles: * lifted up, then was I brought down
and my life draweth nigh unto the and troubled :
grave. Thy fierce wrath goeth over me,
I am counted with them that go * and Thy terrors have troubled me.
down into the pit: * I am as a They came round about me all
man that hath nO strength, lying the day like a flood: * they com
nerveless among the dead, passed me about together.
Like the pierced that lie in the Friend and neighbour hast Thou
grave, whom Thou rememberest no put far from me, * mine acquaint
more : * and they are cast Ofi‘ from ance also, because of my misery.
Thine hand.
They have laid me in the lowest Antiplzon. 2Her foundation is
pit, *‘ in darkness and in the shadow in the holy mountains.
Of death. Fifi/z Antz'p/zon. Blessed.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,
* and Thou hast afflicted me with Psalm LXXXVI I l.
all Thy waves.1 [Intituled “ A didactic (?) Poem of Ethan
Thou hast put away mine ac the Ezrahite." This Ethan was a brother
quaintance far from me: * they of the author of the last Psalm]
have made me an abomination unto I WILL sing of the mercies * of
them. the LORD for ever.
I am shut up, and cannot come With my mouth will I make
forth: * mine eyes fail by reason known Thy faithfulness * to all
of afiiiction. generations.
LORD, I have called daily upon For Thou hast said: Mercy shall
Thee: * I have stretched out my be built up for ever in the heavens :
hands unto Thee ! * Thy faithfulness shall be estab
Wilt Thou show wonders to the lished in them. -
dead? * or can physicians quicken I have made a covenant with My
them, so that they may praise chosen, I have sworn unto David
Thee?1 My servant: * thy seed will I
Shall Thy loving-kindness be establish for ever.
‘ SLH. 2 Ps. lxxxvi. I.
146 THE PSALTER.
And build up thy throne * to They shall walk, 0 LORD, in

all generations.1 the light of Thy countenance, and
And the heavens shall praise Thy in Thy name shall they rejoice all
wonders, O LORD; * Thy faithful the day: * in Thy righteousness
ness also in the congregation of the also shall they be exalted.
Saints— For thou art the glory of their
For who in heaven can be com strength: * and in Thy favour
pared unto the LORD? * Who our horn shall be exalted.
among the sons of God can be For of the LORD is our de
likened unto GOD? fence, * and of the Holy One of
God, Which is glorious in the Israél is our King.
assembly of the saints, * great Then Thou spakest in vision to
and terrible to all them that are Thine holy ones, and saidst: * I
about Him. have laid help upon one that is
0 LORD God of hosts, who is mighty, and have exalted one
like unto Thee? * Thou art strong, chosen out of My people.
0 LORD, and Thy faithfulness is I have found David My ser
round about Thee! vant: * with Mine holy oil have I
Thou rulest the raging of the anointed him.
sea: * when the waves thereof For Mine hand shall help him:
arise Thou stillest them. * Mine arm also shall strengthen
Thou hast broken the “Inso him.
lent” one,2 as one that is slain: The enemy shall prevail nothing
* Thou hast scattered Thine ene against him: * nor the son of
mies with Thy strong arm. wickedness afflict him.
The heavens are Thine, the And I will beat down his foes
earth also is Thine, as for the before his face, * and put them
world and the fulness thereof that hate him to flight.
Thou hast founded them: * the And My truth and My mercy
North and the South Thou hast shall be with him: * and in My
created them: Name shall his horn be exalted.
3Tabor and Hermon shall re I will set his hand also in the
joice in Thy name. * Thou hast sea, * and his right hand in the
a mighty arm. rivers.‘
Strong is Thine hand, and high He shall cry unto me: Thou
Thy right hand: * justice and art my Father, * my God, and
judgment are the foundations Of the rock of my salvation.
Thy throne. 5Also I will make him My first
Mercy and truth shall go before born, * higher than the kings of
Thy face. * Blessed is the people the earth.
that know the joyful sound! My mercy will I keep for him
1 SLH. 2 Rahab—i. e., Egypt.
3 Two prominent mountains in the North of Syria.
4 That is ;—“ I will make his power to be bounded on the West by the Mediterranean,
and on the East by the Tigris and Euphrates.”
5 The next verses are a sort of quotation of the Divine message given by Nathan to
David. 2 Kings (Sam.) vii. 14-16.
for everrnore, * and My covenant Thou hast turned the edge of his
shall stand fast with him. sword, * and hast not upholden him
His seed also will I make to in battle.
endure for ever, * and his throne Thou hast made his brightness to
as the days of heaven. cease, * and cast his throne down
But if his children forsake My to the ground.
law, * and walk not in My judg The days of his youth hast Thou
ments,— shortened: * Thou hast covered
If they break My statutes, * and him with shame.2
keep not My cOmmandments, How long, LORD, wilt Thou hide
Then I will visit their trans Thyself, for ever? * Shall Thy
gressions with the rod, * and wrath burn like fire?
their iniquity with stripes. Remember how short my time is:
Nevertheless My loving-kindness * wherefore hast Thou made all the
will I not utterly take from him, sons of men in vain?
* nor fail in My truth. What man is he that liveth, and
My covenant also will I not break, shall not see death? * Shall be
** nor make void the thing that is deliver his soul from the hand of
gone out of My lips. the grave?2
Once have I sworn by Mine Lord, where are Thy former lov
holiness, that I will not lie unto ing-kindnesses, * which Thou swarest
David: * his seed shall endure for unto David in Thy truth?
ever, Remember, Lord, the reproach of
And his throne, as the sun before Thy servants, * (that I bear in my
Me: * and as the full moon for bosom) even the reproach of many
ever, and as the faithful witness in people—
heaven.1 Wherewith Thine enemies have
But Thou hast cast off and de reproached, O LORD— * wherewith
spised, * Thou hast put away Thine they have reproached the woes of
Anointed. Thine Anointed.
Thou hast made void the cove Blessed be the LORD for ever
nant of Thy servant: * Thou hast more! * Amen, Amen.3
profaned his crown [by casting] it
to the ground.
Thou hast broken down all his Psalm XCI I I.
hedges: ‘* Thou hast brought his [The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this
strongholds to ruin. Psalm to David, and assign it to the fourth
day of the week.]
All that pass by the way spoil
him: * he is a reproach to his HE LORD God to Whom ven
neighbours. geance belongeth, * the God
Thou hast set up the right hand to Whom vengeance belongeth hath
of his adversaries: * Thou hast shown Himself.
made all his enemies to rejoice. Lift up Thyself, Thou judge of
1 SLH. Is the “faithful witness” the rainbow? See Gen. ix.2 (Thursday after Sexa
gesima Sunday. ) SLH.
3 Here ends the third of the five books into which the Psalter is divided.
148 THE PSALTER.
the earth: ‘* render a reward to the Unless the LORD had been mine
proud. help, * my soul had almost dwelt
LORD, how long shall the wicked, in the grave.
* how long shall the wicked When I said: My foot slippeth
triumph P -—- * Thy mercy, O LORD, held me
How long shall they utter and up.
speak iniquity? * all the workers of In the multitude of the sorrows
wickedness boast themselves? within mine heart, * Thy comforts
They crush Thy people, 0 LORD! delight my soul.
* and afilict Thine heritage. 1Hath the throne of iniquity
They slay the widow and the fellowship with TheeP— * which
stranger, * and murder the father frameth mischief by a law?
less. They that gather themselves
Yet they say: The LORD shall together against the soul of the
not see, * neither shall the God of righteous, * and condemn the in
Jacob understand. nocent blood—P
Understand, ye brutish among the But the LORD is my refuge, *
people! * and ye fools, some time and my God is the stay of my
be wise! trust.
He That planted the ear, shall He And He shall bring upon them
not hear? * or He That formed the their own iniquity, and shall cut
eye, can He not see? them Oh" in their own wickedness:
He That chastiseth the heathen, * the LORD our God shall cut
shall not He correct? * He That them off.
teacheth man knowledge?
The LORD knoweth the thoughts Antiphon. 2 Blessed be the LORD
of men, * that they are vanity. for evermore.
Blessed is the man whom Thou Sixth A ntiphon. Sing.
chastenest, O LORD, * and teachest
out of Thy law._. Psalm XCV.
That Thou mayest give him rest [In 1 Par. (Chron.) xvi. it is stated that
from the days of adversity, * until David gave this Psalm to Asaph and his
brethren upon the day that the ark was
the pit be digged for the wicked. brought to Jerusalem. The text is there
For the LORD will not cast off given somewhat differently, and the whole
His people, * neither will He for forms the second part of one Psalm, of
which the first part consists of the first
sake His inheritance. fifteen verses of Ps. civ. The Vulgate and
Until righteousness return unto the LXX. note that it was sung at the
judgment, * and all the upright in rebuilding of the Temple after the Cap
heart follow it. tivity.]
Who will rise up for me against SING unto the LORD a new
the evil-doers? * or who will stand song: * sing unto the LORD,
up with me against the workers of all the earth.
iniquity P Sing unto the LORD, and bless
1 This verse is translated according to the sense of the Hebrew, the LXX., Aquila,
Symmachus, Theodotion, and St Jerome, but the Latin has the second, instead of the
third, person singular in the last clause. 2 Ps. lxxxviii. 53.
His Name: * show forth His sal Psalm XCVI.
vation from day to day. [The Vulgate and the LXX. have the
Declare His glory among the superscription “[A Psalm] of David when
heathen, * His wonders among all his country was re - established ” — per
haps meaning after the usurpation of Ab
people. solom.]
For the LORD is great, and greatly
to be praised: * He is to be feared THE LORD reigneth; let the
above all gods. earth rejoice: * let the mul
For all the gods of the heathen titude of isles be glad thereof.
are devils: * but the LORD made Clouds and darkness are round
the heavens. about Him: * righteousness and
Praise and beauty are before judgment are the foundation of
Him: * holiness and majesty are His throne. .
in His sanctuary. A fire shall go before Him, * and
Give unto the LORD, 0 ye kin burn up His enemies round about.
dreds of the people, give unto the His lightnings enlightened the
LORD glory and honour: * give world: * the earth saw and trem
unto the LORD the glory due unto bled.
His name. The hills melted like wax at
Bring sacrifices, and come into the presence of the LORD, * at
His courts: * O worship the LORD the presence of the Lord of the
in His holy temple! whole earth.
Let all the earth fear before The heavens declared His right
Him. * Say among the heathen, eousness, * and all the people
The LORD reigneth! saw His glory.
He hath established the world Confounded be all they that
also, that it shall not be moved: worship graven images, * and that
* He shall judge the people right boast themselves of idols.
eously. Worship Him, all ye His An
Let the heavens rejoice, and let gels! * Zion heard, and was glad.
the earth be glad, let the sea roar, And the daughters of Judah
and the fulness thereof: * let the rejoiced, * because of Thy judg
fields be joyful and all that is ments, 0 LORDl
therein. For thou, LORD, art high above
Then shall all the trees of the all the earth: * Thou art exalted
wood rejoice before the LORD, for far above all gods.
He cometh, * for He cometh to Ye that love the LORD, hate evil:
judge the earth. * the Lord preserveth the souls of
He shall judge the world with His saints; He delivereth them out
righteousness: * and the people of the hand of the wicked.
with His truth.1 Light is sprung up for the
1 In I Par. (Chron.) xvi. the Psalm continues :—“0 give thanks unto the LORD, for
He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever. And say ye: Save us, 0 God of our
salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give
thanks to Thy holy Name, and glory in Thy praise. Blessed be the LORD God of
Isra'él for ever and ever. And all the people said: ‘Amen’ and praised the LORD”
—possibly in Ps. cxxxv.
r50 THE PSALTER.
righteous, * and gladness for the Simple Feasts. It is to be remembered

upright in heart. that when a Simple Feast is kept on
Friday, the Invitatory and Hymn are
Rejoice in the LORD, ye right of the Feast, being taken from the Com
eous, * and give thanks to the mon of Saints qf the class, unless speci
memorial of His holiness! ally given.
Then the Psalms and Antibhons of
Antibhon. 1 Sing unto the LORD, the Week-day, as given above. Then is
and bless His name. said a Verse and Answer asfollows .'
Antiphon for Paschal time. Al In the Simple Ofice for one or many
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Martyrs in Paschal time.
Verse. The everlasting light
Then is said a Verse and Answer. shall shine upon Thy Saints, 0
In Advent. Lord. Alleluia.
Verse. Send forth the Lamb, O Answer. Even unto everlasting.
Lord, the ruler of the land. Alleluia.
Answer. From the “ Rock ” of In the Simple'Ofiicefor one Martyr,
the wilderness unto the mount of (out of Paschal time).
the daughter of Zion. Verse. 3 Thou hast set a crown,
During the rest of the year. O Lord, of precious stones.
Answer. Upon his head.
Verse. 2Let my prayer come
before Thee, O Lord. In the Simple Oficefor many Martyrs,
Answer. Incline Thine ear unto (out of Paschal time).
my cry. Verse. 4 Let the righteous re
In Lent. joice before God.
Verse. He shall cover thee with Answer. Yea, let them exceed
His wings. ingly rejoice.
Answer. And under His feath In the Simple Oficefor a Bishop and
ers shalt thou trust. Confessor.
In Passion time.
Verse. 5 The Lord chose him for
a priest unto Himself.
Verse. O Lord, save me from
the lion’s mouth.
Answer. And mine affliction Answer. To offer up unto Him
from the horns of the unicorns. the sacrifice of praise.
In Paschal time.
In the Simple Ojice for a Confessor
Verse. The Lord is risen in not a Bishop.
deed, Alleluia. Verse. 6 The mouth of the right
Answer. And hath appeared un eous shall speak wisdom.
to Simon, Alleluia. [In Paschal time, add Alleluia]
The rest is the same as the Second
IVocturn on the preceding Sunday, only , Answer‘ And hls tongue talk Of
the Lessons, and sometimes the Respon- Judgment
sories, are those of the day. [In Paschal time, add Alleluia.]
1 Ps. xcv. 2. 2 Ps. lxxxvii. 3. 3 Ps. xx. 3.
4 Ps. lxvii. 3. 5 Ecclus. xlv. 16. 5 Ps. xxxvi. 3o.
FRIDAY AT MATTINS. r5r
For one Holy I/Voman, of whatever First Blessing, if the Lesson be from
hind. Scripture.
Verse. 1 God shall give her the God the Father, the Almighty,
help of His countenance. Show on us His grace and mercy.
[In Paschal time, add Alleluia] Answer. Amen.
Answer. God is in the midst of First Blessing, if the Lesson he of an
her, she shall not be moved. Homily.
[In Paschal time, add Alleluia] May the Gospel’s saving Lord
The others, as well as whatfollows, Bless the reading of His Word.
to the end ofthe Service, are taken from Answer. Amen.
the Second Nocturn ofthe Ofice common
to Saints of the class, unless something First Blessing on a Simple Feast.
special be appointed. The Lessons are
arrangedaccording to the rules in Chap May His blessing be upon us,
ter xxvi. 4 of the general Ruhrics. Who doth live and reign for ever.
The Hymn, “ We praise Thee, O God,” Answer. Amen.
is said at the end, instead of a Third
Responsory. The Responsories are ar Then is read the First Lesson from
ran ed according to the rules in Chapter Scripture or from the Homily, or, on a
xxvii. 4 ofthe General Rubrics. Thus:— Simple Feast, either the First from
Scripture, or, if the Saint or Saints
The Lord's Prayer is said: have two Lessons, the whole three Scrzjo
ture Lessons read together as one.
OUR Father (inaudihly), Who art
in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Then the First Responsory, unless
Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy otherwise directed On a week-day kept
as such, this is the First Responsoiy of
will be done on earth, as it is in the preceding Sunday. On a Simple
heaven. Give us this day our daily Feast, it is the First Responsory in the
bread. And forgive us our tres Common Oflice for the class to which
passes, as we forgive them that tres the Saint helongs.
pass against us. (Aloud) Then the Reader says .
temptation. Sir, be pleased to give the bless
Answer. But deliver us from ing.
evil.
Second Blessing, if the Lesson he of
Then this Absolution . Scripture.
MAY His loving kindness and May Christ to all His people give
mercy help us, Who liveth For ever in His sight to live.
and reigneth with the Father, and Answer. Amen.
the Holy Ghost, world without end.
Answer. Amen. Second Blessing, if the Lesson he from
I an Homily.
Then the Reader says .' God’s most mighty strength alway
Sir, be pleased to give the bless Be His people’s staff and stay.
ing. Answer. Amen.
1 Ps. xlv. 5, (Alexandrian version).
152 THE PSALTER.‘
Second Blessing, for a Simple Feast. Then the Reader says :

He (or She or They) whose feast Sir, be pleased to give the bless
day we are keeping ing.
Plead for us before the Lord.
Answer. Amen. Third Blessing, if the Lesson he of
Scripture.
Then is read the Second Lesson, either
from the Scnpture or from an Homily, May the Spirit’s fire divine
or, on a Simple Feast, either the Second In our inmost being shine.
and Third Lessons from Scripture read
together as one, or, ifthe Saint or Saints
Answer. Amen.
have two Lessons, thefirst of these.
Third Blessing, for a Simple Feast, or
Then the Second Responsory, unless
otherwise directed. On a week-day kept zf the Lesson be from an Homily.
as such, this is the Second Responsory May He that is the Angels’ King
q“ the preceding Sunday, hut in Paschal
time there is added to it:
Answer. Amen.
and to the Son, and to the Holy Then is read the Third Lesson either
from Scripture, or of the Homily, or,
Ghost. on Simple Feasts, the Second or only
And the Answer of the Responsory is Lesson of the Saint. '
repeated again. Then, on Simple Feasts and on any
On a Simple Feast the Second Re day in Paschal time is said the Hymn,
sfionsory in the Common Oflz'ce for the “We praise Thee, O God." But on
class to which the Saint belongs, with the week-days kept as such out of Paschal
addition of “Glory be to the Father," time the Third Responsory of the pre
5%., and the repetition of the Answer. ceding Sunday.
IS3
' gfirihay at Truths.

THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK.
All as on Sunday, except as other long dead. * Therefore is my

wise given here. spirit overwhelmed within me: mine
The Psalms are as follows : heart within me is troubled.
I remember the days of old:
Antiphon. Uphold mine heart. I meditate on all thy works: *
I muse on the works of Thine
Psalm L.
hands.
Have mercy upon me, &c., (p. I stretch forth mine hands unto
87). Thee: * my soul [thirsteth] after
Thee, as a thirsty land.1
Antiphon. Uphold mine heart Hear me speedily, O LORD: ’*
with Thy free spirit, 0 God. my spirit faileth:
Second Antifhon. In Thy faith Hide not Thy face from me, *
fulness. lest I be like unto them that go
down into the pit.
Psalm CXLII. Cause me to hear Thy loving
[Intituled “A Psalm of David,” and kindness in the morning: * for
the Vulgate and the LXX. add, “when in Thee do I trust:
he was being persecuted by Absolom his Cause me to know the way
.son."]
wherein I should walk: * for I
HEAR my prayer, O LORD, lift up my soul unto Thee.
give ear to my supplication Deliver me, O LORD, from
in Thy faithfulness: * answer me, mine enemies: I flee unto Thee
in Thy righteousness. to hide me. * Teach me to do
And enter not into judgment Thy will: for Thou art my God.
with Thy servant: * for in Thy Let Thy good Spirit lead me
sight shall no man living be jus into the land of uprightness. *'
tified. For Thy name’s sake, O LORD,
For the enemy hath persecuted Thou shalt quicken me in Thy
my soul: * he hath smitten my righteousness.
life down to the ground: Thou shalt bring my soul out
He hath made me to dwell in of trouble: * and of Thy mercy
darkness, as those that have been cut off mine enemies,
1 SLH.
154 THE PSALTER.
And destroy all them that af His glory covered the heavens,
flict my soul: * for I am Thy * and the earth was full of His
servant. praise.
His brightness was as the light:
Antz'p/zon, In Thy faithfulness, ‘* He had horns2 coming out of
answer me, O Lord. His hand:
T/zira’ Antz'p/zon. O Lord. There was the hiding of His
power. * Before Him went death.
Psalms LXI I., LXVI. And the destroyer went forth
at His feet. * He stood and mea
O God, Thou art my God, &c., sured the earth:
(1’- 2s) He beheld, and drove asunder
the nations: * and the everlast
Antz‘plmn. O Lord, cause Thy ing mountains were crushed:
face to shine upon us. The everlasting hills did bow: *
Fourth Antz'pkon. 0 LORD, I because the Eternal passed by.3
have heard. I saw the tents Of Ethiopia in
If this Antzlfi/zon ée used the Can affliction: * the curtains of the
tz'r/e éegins will: the words, “Thy land of Midian did tremble.4
speech." Wast Thou displeased against
the rivers, O LORD? * was Thine
THE SONG OF HABAKKUK THE anger against the rivers? Thy
PROPHET. (Hab. iii.) wrath against the sea?
[Intituled “A prayer of Habakkuk the That Thou didst ride upon
Prophet ” with a direction, perhaps musi Thine horses, * and Thy chariots
cal.]
were salvation?
LORD, I have heard tell Of Thou didst seize and draw Thy
Thee: * and was afraid: bow, * according to the oaths that
O LORD, revive Thy work * in Thou utteredst unto the tribes.5
the midst of the years; Thou didst cleave the rivers of
In the midst of the years shalt the earth : the mountains saw Thee
Thou make it known: * in wrath, and they trembled: * the overflow
Thou wilt remember mercy. ing of the water passed by :
God shall come from “the The deep uttered his voice: *
South,” *‘ and the Holy One he lifted up his hands on high.
from Mount Paran.1 The sun and moon stood still
1 SLH. “The South" is, in the original, “Teman,” the name of a country and nation
eastward of Idumea, but used for the south generally. Paran, or Pharan, is an uncultured
and mountainous region, lying between Arabia Petraea, Palestine, and Idumea. The pas
sage is an imitation of the words of Moses when blessing the tribes. Deut. xxxiii. 2. “ The
LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; He stirred forth from Mount
Faralrlr, and He came with ten thousands of Saints : from His right hand went a fiery law
or t em. '
2 Gesenius says “ ‘ Horns’ is here used of flashes of lightning, just as the Arabian poets
compare the first beams of the rising sun to horns, and call the sun itself a gazelle.”
3 The present Hebrew simply is “Tile ways are everlasting to Him. ”
‘ Proper name of an Arabian nation whose territory lay from the eastern shore of the
)Elanitic Gulf as far as the land of Moab. 5 SLH.
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in their habitation: ’* at the light Yet will I rejoice in the LORD:

of Thine arrows they went forth, at *‘ I will joy in the God of my
the shining of Thy glittering spear. salvation.5
Thou didst tread down the The LORD God is my strength:
land in indignation: *‘ Thou didst * and He will make my feet like
thresh the heathen in anger. hinds’ feet:
Thou wentest forth for the sal And He will lead me forth, to
vation of Thy people, * even for make me to walk upon mine high
salvation with Thine Anointed.1 places, * as a conqueror, to sing
Thou didst smite the head of praises unto Him.6
the house of the wicked:2 * Thou
didst lay bare the foundation unto Antz'pfion. O LORD, I have heard
the neck.3 Thy speech, and was afraid.
Thou didst curse his sceptre, Fzft/z Antzp/zon. Praise God.
even the head of his fighting men,
* when they came out as a whirl
Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL.
wind to scatter me:
Their rejoicing was as the re Praise ye the LORD, from the
joicing Of him * that devoureth heavens, &c., (pp. 25, 26).
the poor secretly.
Thou didst make a way in the Antz'pkon. Praise God with the
sea for Thine horses, * through timbrel and dance.
the mire of great waters.
I heard, and my belly trembled: CHAPTER. (Rom. xiii. 12.)
* my lips quivered at the voice:
Let rottenness enter into my The night is far spent, &c., (as on
bones, * and corruption swarm 1110711111], ,0. 89).
under me:
That I may rest in the day of HYMN.7
trouble: * that I may go up unto GLORY of the eternal Heaven,
our people that are girded.4 Blessed Hope to mortals given,
Although the fig-tree shall not Of the Almighty Only Son,
blossom, * neither shall fruit be And the Virgin’s Holy One ;
Raise us, Lord, and we shall rise
in the vines: In a sober mood,
The labour of the olive shall And a zeal which glorifies
fail, * and the fields shall yield Thee from gratitude.
no meat:
Now the day-star keenly glancing,
The flock shall be cut off from Tells us of the sun's advancing;
the fold, * and there shall be no While the unhealthy shades decline,
herd in the stalls: Rise within us, Light Divine !
1 Moses? 2 Pharaoh ?
3 SLH. Some critics read “ of the rock” instead of “ unto the neck.” _
" Accinctum. The Latin translator probably meant “girt,” as the dead were girt, cf.
john xi. 44. 5 Jesu M e0. 80 the Hebrew.
6 This last clause seems to be only a musical direction, which has got confounded with
the text. Some translate it : “ Given to the leader of the string band.”
7 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, slightly altered ; translation by the late Card. Newman.
156 THE PSALTER.
Rise, and, risen, go not hence, Verse. Thou hast satisfied us

Stay and make us bright, early with Thy mercy.
Streaming through each cleansed
sense, Answer. We rejoice and are
On the outward night. glad.
Then the root of faith shall spread Antiphon for the Song of Zaeh
In the heart new fashioned ; arias. Through the tender mercy
Gladsome hope shall spring above, Of our God * the day-spring from on
And shall bear the fruit of love. high hath visited us.
To the Father, and the Son,
And the Holy Ghost, Commemoration of the Cross before
Here be glory, as is done, the other Commemorations, and Longr
By the Angelic host. Preees z'n Advent and Lent, and on
Amen. Fast-days, as on Monday.
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gaturhay at @tIattins.
THE SABBATH.
All as on Sunday, exeept as other Psalm XCVII.

wise given here.
[Intituled “ A Psalm.” The Vulgate and
Invitatory. O come, let us wor the LXX. ascribe it to David.]
ship * the Lord our God.
SING unto the LORD a new
HYMN.l song: * for He hath done
FATHER of mercies infinite, marvellous things.
Ruling all things that be, His right hand, and His holy arm,
Who, shrouded in the depth and height, * have gotten Him the victory.
Art One, and yet art Three ;
The LORD hath made known His
Accept our chants, accept our tears, salvation: * His righteousness hath
A mingled stream we pour; He openly showed in the sight of
Such stream the laden bosom cheers,
To taste Thy sweetness more. the heathen.
He hath remembered His mercy,
Purge Thou with fire the o’ercharged * and His truth towards the house
mind,
Its sores and wounds profound; of Israél.
And with the watcher’s girdle bind All the ends of the earth have
The limbs which sloth has bound. seen * the salvation of our God.
That they who with their chants by Make a joyful noise unto the
night LORD, all the earth, * make a
Before Thy presence come, loud noise and rejoice, and sing
All may be fill’d with strength and light praise.
From their eternal home. Sing unto the LORD with the
Grant this, 0 Father, Only Son, harp, with the harp and the voice
And Spirit, God of grace, of a psalm. * With trumpets and
To whom all worship shall be done
sound of corner,
In every time and place.
Amen. Make a joyful noise before the
Only one Noeturn is said.
LORD, the King. * Let the sea
roar, and the fulness thereof, the
Antzjohon. For the Lord. world and they that dwell therein.
In Paschal time only one A ntz‘phon is Let the floods clap their hands,
saidfor the whole Nocturn. Alleluia. let the hills be joyful together be
1 Another hymn of the Ambrosian school, considerably altered; translation by the late
Card. Newman.
I58 THE PSALTER.
fore the LORD. *‘ For He cometh When the following Psalm, “Make
to judge the earth: a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands,”
is to he said at Lauds (as would he the
With righteousness shall He judge case, for instance, if Christmas Erlefell
the world, * and the people with on a Saturday) it is not said here, nor
equity. its Antiphon. But instead is said Psalm
xci., “ It is a good thing to give thanks
Psalm XCVI II. unto the LORD,” from the Saturday
Lands which are to be displaced, with
[The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this the Antiphon, “It is a good thing * to
Psalm to David.] give thanks unto the LORD,” in which
case the Psalm begins with the words
HE LORD reigneth, be the “To give thanks unto the LORD.”
people never so impatient: *
He sitteth upon the Cherubim, be Second Antiphon. Make a joyful
the earth never so unquiet. noise.
The LORD is great in Zion: * If this Antiphon he used, the Psalm
and He is high above all people. hegins with the words, “ Unto GOD, all
Let them praise Thy great and ye lands."
terrible Name, for it is holy: *
and the King’s majesty loveth judg Psalm XCIX.
ment. [Intituled “A Psalm of thanksgiving.”
Thou dost establish equity: * The Targum has “ A Psalm for the Sacrifice
of thanksgiving.”]
Thou executest judgment and right
eousness in Jacob. N/I AKE a joyful noise unto GOD,
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and all ye lands: * serve the
worship at His footstool: * for it LORD with gladness.
is holy. Come before His presence, * with
Moses and Aaron among His singing.
priests, * and Samuel among them Know ye that the LORD, He is
that call upon His name. God: * it is He That hath made
They called upon the LORD, and us, and not we ourselves:
He answered them. * He spake We are His people, and the
unto them in the cloudy pillar: sheep of his pasture. * Enter into
They kept His testimonies, 5K His gates with thanksgiving, and
and the ordinance that He gave into His courts with praise: give
them. thanks unto Him,
Thou answeredst them, 0 LORD Praise His Name. For the LORD
our God! * O God, Thou forgav is good, His mercy is everlasting: *
est them, though Thou tookest and His truth endureth to all gen
vengeance of their inventions. eratlons.
Exalt the LORD our God and Psalm C.
worship at His holy hill: * for the
[Intituled “ A Psalm of David.”]
LORD our God is Holy.
WILL sing of mercy and judg
Antiphon. 1For the Lord hath ment, _* unto Thee, O LORD I
done marvellous things. I will sing and behave myself
1 Ps. xcvii. 1.
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wisely in a perfect way. * O when In the day when I call upon

wilt Thou come unto me? Thee, * answer me speedily.
I walked within mine house, * in For my days are wasted away like
the innocence of mine heart. smoke: * and my bones are con
I set no wicked thing before mine sumed as a firebrand.
eyes: * I hate the work of them I am smitten like grass, and mine
that turn aside. heart is withered: * for I have
A froward heart cleaveth not forgotten to eat my bread.
unto me: * the wicked person that By reason of the voice of my
turned aside from me, I would not groaning * my bones cleave to my
know. flesh.
Whoso privily slandered his neigh I am like a pelican of the wil
bour, * him did I expose. derness: * I am like an owl in his
Him that had an high 100k and hole.
a proud heart: * with him I will I watch, * and am as a sparrow
not eat. alone upon the house-top.
Mine eyes are upon the faithful Mine enemies reproached me
of the land, that they may dwell all the day: * and they that
with me: * he that walked in a praised me are sworn together
perfect way, he ministered unto against me.
me. For I have eaten ashes like bread,
He that doeth proud things shall * and mingled my drink with weep
not dwell within mine house: * he ing: -
that speaketh wickedness was not Because of thine indignation and
upright in my sight. wrath: * for Thou hast lifted me up
I will early destroy all the wicked and cast me down.
of the land: * that I may cut off My days are like a shadow that
all wicked doers from the city of the declineth: * and I am withered like
LORD. grass.
But Thou, O LORD, endurest for
Antz'phon. 1 Make a joyful noise ever, * and Thy remembrance unto
unto GOD, all ye lands. all generations.
Third Antz'phon. O God. Thou shalt arise and have mercy
upon Zion: * for the time to
favour her, yea, the set time, is
Psalm CI.
come.
[Intituled “A Prayer of the afflicted, For Thy servants take pleasure
when he is overwhelmed, and poureth in her stones: * and have pity on
out his complaint before the LORD.”]
her dust.
HEAR my prayer, 0 LORD, * So the heathen shall fear Thy
and let my cry come unto name, 0 LORD, * and all the kings
Thee. of the earth Thy glory.
Hide not Thy face from me: * When the LORD shall build up
in the day when I am in trouble Zion, * He shall appear in His
incline Thine ear unto me. glory.
‘ Ps. xcix. r.
160 THE PSALTER.
He hath had regard unto the Psalm C II.

prayer of the destitute, * and hath [Intituled “ of David.”]
not despised their supplication.
Let this be written for the gen LESS the LORD, O my soul: *
eration to come: * and the people and all that is within me, bless
which shall be created shall praise His holy name.
the LORD. Bless the LORD, O my soul, * and
For He hath looked down from forget not all His benefits.
the height of His sanctuary: * Who forgiveth all thine iniquities:
from heaven did the LORD behold * Who healeth all thy diseases.
the earth: Who redeemeth thy life from
To hear the groaning of the destruction: * Who crowneth thee
prisoners, * to loose the children with loving-kindness and tender
of the slain. mercies.
To declare the name of the Who satisfieth thy desire with
LORD in Zion, * and His praise in good things: "‘ thy youth is re
Jerusalem. newed like the eagle’s. -
When the people are gathered The LORD executeth mercy, * and
together, * and the kings, to serve judgment for all that are oppressed.
the LORD. He made known His ways unto
1He answered him in the way Moses, * His will unto the chil
of his strength: * Show me the dren of Israél.
shortness of my days. The LORD is merciful and gra
Call me not away in the midst of cious: * slow to anger, and plen
my days: * Thy years are unto all teous in mercy.
generations. He will not always chide: *
Thou, Lord, in the beginning, neither will He keep His anger for
hast laid the foundation of the ever.
earth: * and the heavens are the He hath not dealt with us after
works of Thine hands. our sins : * nor rewarded us accord
They shall perish, but Thou re ing to our iniquities.
mainest: * and they all shall wax For as the heaven is high above
old as doth a garment: the earth, * so great is His mercy
And as a vesture shalt Thou toward them that fear Him.
change them, and they shall be As far as the east is from the
changed: * but Thou art the west, * so far hath He removed our
Same, and Thy years shall not transgressions from us.
fail. Like as a father pitieth his chil
The children of Thy servants shall dren, so the LORD pitieth them that
continue: * and their seed shall be fear Him. * For He knoweth our
established for ever. frame;
1 “He” may be taken for the “afflicted man” who has just given utterance to his
hopes of a brighter future. The Hebrew, (as now pointed,) reads: “ I-Ie afflicted in the
way his (my) strength, he cut short my days.” The Alexandrian translators, using an
unpointed text, took the opening word of the clause to mean “ he answered ” instead
of “he afflicted” as they might easily do, the letters being the same for either word.
The Hebrew text itself is not quite settled.
SATU RDAY AT MATTINS. 161
He remembereth that we are majesty, * covering Thyself with

dust: * as for man, his days are as light as with a garment!
grass, as a flower of the field so Who stretchest out the heavens
shall he flourish. ' like a curtain, * Who coverest their
For the wind passeth over it, and upper chambers with the waters!
it is gone, *‘ and the place thereof Who makest the clouds Thy
shall know it no more. chariot, * Who walkest upon the
But the mercy of the LORD is wings of the wind!
from everlasting * to everlasting Who makest Thine Angels spi
upon them that fear Him, rits: * and Thy ministers a flame
And His righteousness unto chil of fire ! 2
dren’s children; * to such as keep Who layest the foundations of the
His covenant, earth 5 * it shall not be removed for
And to those that remember His ever !
commandments, * to do them. Thou coveredst it with the deep
The LORD hath prepared His as with a garment, *‘ the waters
throne in heaven, * and His king stood above the mountains.
dom shall rule over all. At Thy rebuke they fled: * at
Bless the LORD, all ye His the voice of Thy thunder they hasted
Angels, * that excel in strength, fearfully away.
that do His commandments, to The mountains go up, and the
hearken unto the voice of His valleys go down, * into the place
word. which Thou hast founded for them.
Bless ye the LORD, all ye His Thou hast set a bound, that
hosts: * ye ministers of His that they may not pass over: * that
do His pleasure. they turn not again to cover the
Bless the LORD, all His works: earth.
* in all places of His dominion; Who sendeth springs into the
bless the LORD, O my soul! valleys: * the waters run among
the hills.
Antiphon. 1O God, let my cry All the beasts of the field drink
come unto Thee. thereof: *‘ the wild asses seek them
Fourth Antiphon. Bless the in their thirst.
LORD. By them build the fowls of the
heaven their habitation ; * they sing
If this Antiphon he used the Psalm
begins with the words, “ O my soul.”
among the rocks.
He watereth the hills from His
Psalm CIIl.
upper chambers: * the earth is
satisfied with the fruit of Thy
[The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this works.
Psalm to David.]
He causeth the grass to grow for
BLESS the LORD, O my soul: * the cattle, * and herb for the service
O LORD my God, Thou art of men :
very great! That Thou mayest bring forth
Thou art clothed with honour and food out of the earth, *‘ and wine
1 Ps. ci. 1. 2 So is this passage translated, Heb. i. 7.
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162 THE PSALTER.
that maketh glad the heart Of Thou hidest Thy face, they are
man ; troubled: * Thou takest away their
Oil to make his face to shine, * breath, they die, and return to their
and bread to strengthen man’s dust.
heart. Thou sendest forth Thy spirit,
The trees of the field are filled and they are created: * and Thou
[with sap], the cedars Of Lebanon renewest the face of the earth.
also, which He hath planted: * Let the glory of the LORD endure
there the birds make their nests. for ever ! * the LORD shall rejoice in
The stork’s nest is the highest His works.
among them : * the high hills are a He looketh on the earth and
refuge for the wild goats, and the maketh it to tremble: * He touch
rocks for the conies. eth the mountains and they smoke.
He hath appointed the moon for I will sing unto the LORD as long
seasons: * the sun knoweth his as I live: * I will sing praise to my
going down. God while I have my being.
Thou makest darkness, and it is My meditation of Him shall be
night: * wherein all the beasts of sweet: * I will be glad in the
the forest do come forth. LORD.
The young lions roar after their Let the sinners be consumed out
prey, * and seek their meat from of the earth, and let the wicked be
God. no more: * bless thou the LORD, O
The sun ariseth, and they gather my soul !1
themselves together: * and lay
them down in their dens. Psalm CIV.
Man goeth forth unto his work,
[The first fifteen verses of this Psalm
* and to his labour, until the even are found in a slightly different edition in
mg. 1 Par. (Chron.) xvi. as the first part of a
0 LORD, how manifold are Thy Psalm given by David to Asaph and his
brethren, on the day that the ark was
works! * in wisdom hast Thou brought to Jerusalem. The rest is our
made them all: the earth is full of present Psalm xcv., which see with the
Thy riches. notes, p. I48. The Vulgate and the LXX.
prefix “Alleluia.”]
SO is this great and wide sea:
* wherein are things creeping in GIVE thanks unto the LORD,
numerable. and call upon His name: *
Both small and great beasts: * make known His deeds among the
there go the ships, heathen.
There is that Leviathan whom Sing unto Him, and sing psalms
Thou hast made to play with him: unto Him: * talk ye of all His
* these all wait upon Thee, that wondrous works.
Thou mayest give them their meat Glory ye in His holy name: *
in due season. let the heart Of them rejoice that
That thou givest them, they seek the LORD.
gather: * when Thou openest Thine Seek the LORD, and be Strong:
hand, they are all filled with good. * seek His face evermore.
1 “ Alleluia ” is here appended in the Hebrew.
SATURDAY AT MATTINS. 163
Remember His marvellous works He made him lord of his house,

that He hath done: * His won ’1‘ and ruler of all his substance.
ders and the judgments of his To instruct his princes at his
mouth. pleasure, 1* and teach his elders
0 ye seed of Abraham, His ser wisdom.
vant, * ye children of Jacob His Israél also came into Egypt, *
chosen! and Jacob sojoumed in the land
He is the LORD our God : * His of Ham.
judgments are in all the earth. And He increased His people
He hath remembered His cove greatly: ‘* and made them stronger
nant for ever, * the word which than their enemies.
He commanded to a thousand gen He turned their heart to hate
erations— His people, * and to deal subtilly
[The covenant] that He made with his servants.
with Abraham: * and His oath He sent Moses His servant, 1*
unto Isaac. and Aaron whom He had chosen.
And He confirmed the same He showed signs among them,
unto Jacob for a law, * and to *1 and wonders in the land of
Israel for an everlasting covenant. Ham.
Saying: Unto thee will I give He sent darkness and made it
the land of Canaan, * the lot of dark: * He made not His words
your inheritance. of none effect.
When they were but a few men He turned their waters into
in number, * very few, and strangers blood, ‘1‘ and slew their fish.
in it. Their land brought forth frogs, *
And they went from one nation in the chambers of their kings.
to another, ’1‘ and from one king He spake, and there came divers
dom to another people. sorts of flies, * and lice in all their
He suffered no man to do them coasts.
wrong: 1“ yea, He reproved kings He gave them bail for rain, *
for their sakes. flaming fire in their land.
Touch not Mine anointed, ‘1 and He smote their vines also and
do My prophets no harm.1 their fig-trees, * and brake the trees
Moreover He called for a famine of their coasts.
upon the land: * and brake the He spake, and the locust came,
whole staff of bread. and the caterpillar, * without
He sent a man before them: * number,
Joseph was sold for a servant : And ate up all the herb in their
Whose feet they hurt with fetters, land, 1" and devoured all the fruit
the iron entered into his soul. ’1‘ of their ground.
Until his word came, He smote also all the first-born
The word of the LORD tried in their land, * the chief of all
him: * the king sent and loosed their travail.
him ; even the ruler of the people, He brought them forth also with
and let him go free. silver and gold: * and there was.
1 Here ends the portion found in I Par. (Chron.) xvi. 22.
164 THE PSALTER.
not one feeble person among their the favour that Thou showest unto
tribes. Thy people: * 0 visit us with
Egypt was glad when they de Thy salvation:
parted: * for the fear of them fell That I may see the good of Thy
upon them. chosen, that I may rejoice in the
He spread a cloud for a cover gladness of Thy people, * that
ing, * and fire to give light in the Thou mayest be praised in Thine
night. inheritance.
They asked, and the quail came, We have sinned with our fathers:
* and He satisfied them with the * we have done wickedly, we have
bread of heaven. committed iniquity.
He opened the rock and the Our fathers considered not Thy
waters gushed out, * the rivers wonders in Egypt: * they remem
ran through the dry places. bered not the multitude of Thy
For He remembered His holy mercies,
promise, * that He made unto But provoked Him when they
Abraham His servant. went up unto the sea, * even the
And He brought forth His people Red Sea.
with joy, * and His chosen with Nevertheless He saved them for
gladness. His name’s sake, * that He might
And gave them the lands of the make His mighty power to be
heathen, * and they inherited the known.
labour of the peoples. He rebuked the Red Sea also,
That they might observe His and it was dried up: * and He
statutes, * and keep His laws. led them through the depths as
through the wilderness.
[Here the Hebrew adds “Alleluia.”] And He saved them from the
hand of them that hated them, *
Antip/zon. 1Bless the LORD, 0 and redeemed them from the hand
my soul ! of the enemy.
A m‘ip/wn. Visit us. And the waters covered their
enemies: * there was not one of
Psalm CV. them left.
And they believed His words:
[Superscribed “ Alleluia.”]
* and sang His praise.
GIVE thanks unto the LORD, They soon forgot His works: *
for He is good: * for His and waited not for His counsel.
mercy endureth for ever. And lusted exceedingly in the
Who can utter the mighty acts wilderness: * and tempted God
of the LORD? * who can show in the desert.
forth all His praise? And He gave them their request,
Blessed are they that keep judg * and sent fulness into their soul.
ment, * and they that do righteous They provoked Moses also in the
ness at all times. camp, * and Aaron, the saint of the
Remember us, 0 LORD, with LORD.
1 Ps . oil. I.
The earth opened and swallowed TO overthrow their seed also

up Dathan, * and covered the com among the nations, * and to scat
pany of Abiram.1 ter them in the lands.
And a fire was kindled in their They joined themselves also unto
assembly, * the flame burned up Baal-peor,3 * and ate the sacrifices
the wicked. Of the dead.
2 They made a calf also in And they provoked Him to
Horeb, * and worshipped the anger with their inventions: * and
graven image. the carcasses lay thick among
Thus they changed their Glory * them.
into the similitude of a calf that Then stood up Phinehas and
eateth grass. made a propitiation: * and the
They forgat God their Saviour, plague was stayed.
* Who had done great things in And that was counted unto him
Egypt, wondrous works in the land for righteousness, * unto all genera
Of Ham, terrible things by the Red tions for evermore.
Sea. They angered Him also at the
Therefore He said that He would waters of “Provocation,”4 * so
cut them off, * had not Moses His that it went ill with Moses for
chosen stood before Him in the their sakes ; because they provoked
breach, his spirit;
To turn away His wrath, lest SO that he spake unadvisedly with
He should destroy them: * yea, his lips.5 * They did not destroy
they despised the pleasant land; the nations concerning whom the
They believed not His words: LORD commanded them :6
but murmured in their tents: * And they were mingled among
they hearkened not unto the voice the heathen, and learned their
of the LORD. works, and served their idols: "‘
He also lifted up His hand and it became a snare to them.
against them, * to overthrow them Yea, they sacrificed their sons
in the wilderness. * and their daughters unto devils.
1 Numbers xvi. They tried to stir up a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, upon
levelling principles, “and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up,” while
some of their partizans were consumed by a fire which issued from the sanctuary.
'3 For the well-known history of the golden calf, see Exod. xxxii.
3 1e, “the Lord of Mount Peor,” an idol of the Moabites. The whole history of this
lapse of the Israelites, and how Phinehas stopped the plague by killing one pair of
the transgressors, is in Numbers xxv. “And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Priest, hath turned My wrath
away from the children Of Israel. Behold, I give unto him My covenant of
peace; and he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting
Priesthood. ”
4 Meribah. See note on Ps. xciv., p. 3.
5 Numbers xx. 10. “And Moses . . . said unto them: Hear now, ye rebels, must
we fetch you water out of this rock?” v. 12. “And the LORD spake unto Moses
and Aaron: Because ye believed Me not, to sanctify Me in the eyes of the children
of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have
given them.” _
6 In Judges i. 21 to the end, is a long list of the districts of idolaters whom they left in
Canaan and among whom they lived.
166 THE PSALTER.
And shed innocent blood, * even Psalm CV I.

the blood of their sons and of their
daughters, whom they sacrificed unto GIVE thanks unto the LORD,
the idols of Chanaan: for He is good: * for His
And the land was polluted with mercy endureth for ever.
blood. They were defiled also Let the redeemed of the LORD
with their own works, * and went say so, whom He hath redeemed
a whoring with their own inven from the hand of the enemy: *
tions. and gathered them out of the
Therefore was the wrath of the lands,
LORD kindled against His people, From the rising of the sun and
* and He abhorred His own in from the setting thereof, * from
heritance. the north and from the south.
And He gave them into the hand They wandered in the wilderness
of the heathen: * and they that in a dry land: * they found no
hated them ruled over them. pathway to a city to dwell in:
Their enemies also oppressed Hungry and thirsty, " their soul
them, and they were brought into fainted in them.
subjection under their hand. * Then they cried unto the LORD
Many times did He deliver them, in their trouble; * and He de
But they provoked Him with livered them out of their distresses.
their counsel, * and they were And He led them forth by the
brought low for their iniquity. right way, ‘* that they might go
But He regarded their affliction, to a city to dwell in.
‘* and heard their cry. O that men would praise the
And He remembered His cove LORD for His goodness: * and for
nant, *‘ and repented according to His wonderful works to the children
the multitude of His mercies. of men!
He made them also to be pitied For He satisfieth the longing
* of all those that carried them soul: * and filleth the hungry soul
captives. with goodness.
Save us, 0 LORD our God, * Such as sit in darkness and in
and gather us from among the the shadow of death, * being bound
nations! in aflliction and iron.
To give thanks unto Thy holy Because they rebelled against the
Name, * and to triumph in Thy words of God, * and contemned the
praise. counsel of the Most High.
Blessed be the LORD God of Therefore their heart was brought
Israel from everlasting to everlast down with labour: * they fell down,
ing: * and let all the people say: and there was none to help.
Amen, Amen. Then they cried unto the LORD
in their trouble: * and He de
[The Hebrew adds “Alleluia,” which livered them out of their distresses.
the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to
the next Psalm. Here ends the fourth
And He brought them out of
of the five books into which the Psalter darkness and the shadow of death:
is divided] * and brake their bands in sunder.
O that men would praise the And He maketh the storm a

LORD for His goodness: * and calm, * and the waves thereof are
for His wonderful works to the still.
children of men! And they are glad because [the
For He hath broken the gates breakers] be quiet: * so He
of brass, * and cut the bars of iron bringeth them unto their desired
in sunder. haven.
He saved them from the way O that men would praise the
of their transgression: * for they LORD for His goodness: * and for
were afflicted because of their in His wonderful works to the children
iquities. of men !
Their soul abhorred all manner Let them exalt Him also in the
of meat: * and they drew near even congregation of the people, * and
unto the gates of death. praise Him in the assembly of the
Then they cried unto the LORD elders.
in their trouble: * and He de He turneth the rivers into a
livered them out of their dis wilderness, * and the water-springs
tresses. into dry ground ,
He sent His word and healed A fruitful land into a salt desert,
them, * and delivered them from * for the wickedness of them that
their straits. dwell therein.
O that men would praise the He turneth the wilderness into a
LORD for His goodness: * and for standing-water, * and dry ground
His wonderful works to the children into water-springs.
of men! And there He maketh the hungry
Yea, let them sacrifice the sacri to abide, * and they prepare a city
fice of thanksgiving, * and declare to dwell in : .
His works with rejoicing. And sow the fields, and plant
They that go down to the sea vineyards, * and bring forth fruits
in'ships, * and do business in great of increase.
waters; He blesseth them also, and they
These see the works of the LORD, are multiplied greatly: * and He
* and His wonders in the deep. suffereth nOt their cattle to decrease.
He commandeth, and the stormy Again they are minished, * and
wind riseth, * and the waves thereof brought low, through oppression,
are lifted up. afi‘liction, and sorrow.
They mount up to the heaven, He poureth contempt upon prin—
and go down again to the depths: ces, * and He causeth them to
* their soul is melted because of wander in the wilderness, and in
trouble. the land where there is no way.
They reel to and fro, and stagger Yet helpeth He the poor from
like a drunken man, * and are at afi‘liction, * and maketh him fami
their wits’ end. lies like a flock.
Then they cry unto the LORD The righteous shall see it and
in their trouble, * and He delivereth rejoice: "’ and all iniquity shall stop
them out of their distresses. her mouth.
168 THE PSALTER.
Who is wise, and will observe Over Edom will I cast out my
these things? * even he shall un shoe: * over the “Strangers” have
derstand the loving-kindness of the I triumphed.
LORD. Who will bring me into the strong
'city? * who will lead me into
Antiphon. 1Visit us with Thy Edom?
salvation, O LORD. Wilt not Thou, O God, Who
Sixth Antiphon. I will greatly hast cast us off? * and wilt not
praise. ' Thou go forth with our armies,
O God?
Psalm CVII. Give us help from trouble: * for
[Intituled “A Song. A Psalm of David." vain is the help Of man.
It is a compilation of Ps. lvi. 8- 12, and Through God we shall do val
Ps. lix. 6-14.]
iantly: * and He it is That shall
INE heart is ready, 0 God, tread down our enemies.
mine heart is ready: * I
will sing and give praise, even with
my glory. Psalm CVIII.
Awake up, my glory, awake, [Intituled “ A Psalm of David,” with a
psaltery and harp! * I will awake superscription, probably musical, but now
uncertain.]
right early.
I will praise Thee, O LORD, HOLD not Thy peace, 0 God
among the people : * and sing unto of my praise: ‘* for the
Thee among the nations. mouth of the wicked, and the
For Thy mercy is great above the mouth of the deceitful are opened
heavens: * and Thy truth unto the against me:
clouds. They have spoken against me
Be Thou exalted, O God, with a lying tongue: they com
above the heavens, and let Thy passed me about also with words of
glory be above all the earth: * hatred: * and fought against me
2 that Thy beloved may be de without a cause.
livered: In return for my love they were
Save with Thy right hand and mine adversaries: * but I gave
hear me. * God hath spoken in myself unto prayer.
His holiness: And they have rewarded me evil
I will rejoice, and divide She for good, * and hatred for my love.
chem, * and mete out the valley of Set Thou a wicked man over
booths. him: * and let the devil stand at
Gilead is mine; and Manasseh his right hand.
is mine: * Ephraim also is the When he is judged, let him go
strength of mine head: forth condemned: * and let his
Judah is my King: * Moab is prayer become sin.
the vessel [of the triumph] of mine Let his days be few; * and let
hope. another take his office.
1 Ps. cv. 4.
2 Here begins the extract from Ps. lix. See that Psalm and notes on it, p. 112.
Let his children be fatherless, * for Thy name’s sake, O Lord, *

and his wife a widow. because Thy mercy is good.
Let his children be continually Deliver Thou me, for I am
vagabonds, and beg: * and let poor and needy: * and mine heart
them be driven out of their dwell is wounded within me.
ings. I am gone like the shadow when
Let the extortioner catch all that it declineth: * and tossed up and
he hath: * and let the stranger spoil down as the locust.
his labour. My knees are weak through
Let there be none to extend fasting: ’* and my flesh faileth
mercy unto him: * and let there of fatness.
be none to have pity on his little I became also a reproach unto
ones. them: * they looked upon me,
Let his posterity be cut off : * in and shaked their heads.
one generation let their name be Help me, O LORD my God! *
blotted out. O save me according to Thy
Let the iniquity of his fathers be mercy.
remembered before the LORD: * That they also may know that
and let not the sin of his mother he this is Thine hand: * and Thou,
blotted out. LORD, hast done it!
Let them be before the LORD Let them curse, but bless Thou:
continually, and let their memory * when they arise against me let
be cut off from the earth. * Be them be ashamed: but let Thy
cause that he remembered not to servant rejoice.
show mercy, Let mine adversaries be clothed
But persecuted the poor and with shame: * and let them be
needy man, *‘ and the broken in covered with their own confusion
heart, that he might slay him. as with a mantle.
As he loved cursing, so let it I will greatly praise the LORD
come unto him: * as he delighted with my mouth: * yea, I will
not in blessing, so let it be far praise Him among the multitude.
from him: For He standeth at the right
As he clothed himself with curs hand of the poor, * to save my
ing, like as with a garment, * so soul from them that persecute me.
let it come into his bowels like
water, and like oil into his bones. Antzlohon. 11 will greatly praise
Let it be unto him as the gar the LORD with my mouth.
ment which covereth him, * and Antz'phon in Paschal time. Al
for a girdle wherewith he may be leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
girded continually.
Let this be the reward of mine Then is said a Verse and Answer.
adversaries from the LORD: * and
In Advent.
of them that speak evil against my
souL Verse. The LORD cometh out of
And do Thou for me, O LORD, His holy place.
1 Ps. cviii. 3o.
VOL. IV.
170 THE PSALTER.
Answer. He will come and save Answer. Nor my life with bloody
His people. men.
During the rest qf the year. In Paschal time.
Verse. 1Hear my prayer, 0 Verse. The disciples were glad,

LORD. Alleluia.
Answer. And let my cry come Answer. When they saw the Lord,
unto Thee. Alleluia.
In Lent.
The rest is the same as the Third
Verse. His truth shall be thy Nocturn of the fireceding Sunday, ex
shield. cept necessary dilerences. The Lessons
are those of the day. The Responsories
Answer. Thou shalt not be are arranged according to the rules in
afraid for the terror by night. Chapter xxvii. 4, 5, of the General
Rubrics.
In Passion time.
No Festal Ofiice can occur, except
Verse. Take not away my soul that of the Immaculate Conception of
with sinners, O God. the Blessed Virgin Mary.
1 Ps. ci. 2.
171
§aturbay at llama.
THE SABBATH.
All as on Sunday, except as otherwise glad through Thy work: * and I

given here. will triumph in the works of Thine
The Psalms are as follows .
hands.
0 LORD, how great are Thy
A ntiphon. DO good. works! * Thy thoughts are very
deep.
Psalm L. A brutish man knoweth not: *
neither doth a fool understand this.
Have mercy upon me, 820., (p.
When the wicked spring up like
87). grass: * and when all the workers
of iniquity are seen,
Antiphon. Do good, 0 Lord, in
It is that they may be destroyed
Thy good pleasure.
for ever: * but Thou, LORD, art
Second Antzfhon. It is a good
Most High for evermore.
thing. For, 10, Thine enemies, O LORD,
If this Antiphon he used the Psalm for, 10, Thine enemies shall perish:
begins with the words, “To give * and all the workers of iniquity
thanks.” shall be scattered.
But mine horn shall be exalted
Psalm XCI.
like the horn of an unicorn: * and
[Intituled “A Psalm. A Song for the mine old age shall be crowned with
Sabbath Day.”]
Thy mercy.1
IT is a good thing to give thanks Mine eye also shall look upon
unto the LORD, * and to sing mine enemies: * and mine ear shall
praises unto Thy name, 0 Most hear of the wicked that rise up
High! against me.
To show forth Thy loving-kind The righteous shall flourish like
ness in the morning, * and Thy the palm tree: * he shall grow like
faithfulness in the night; a cedar in Lebanon.
Upon an instrument of ten Those that are planted in the
strings: * upon the harp with a house of the LORD, * in the courts
solemn sound. of the house of our God shall
For Thou, LORD, hast made me flourish.
1 Hebrew : “ I am anointed with fresh oil."
172 THE PSALTER.
They shall still bring forth fruit perfect: and all His ways are judg
in old age: * they shall flourish, ment:
to declare :— A God of truth, and without
That the LORD our God is up iniquity, just and right is He. *
right: * and that there is no un They have sinned against Him,
righteousness in Him. and by their defilement they are
not His children:
Antzjohon. It is a good thing to They are a perverse and crooked
give thanks unto the LORD. generation. * Do ye thus requite
Third Antiohon. Let all the the LORD, O foolish people and
ends. unwise?
Is not He thy Father? * That
Psalms LXI l., LXVI.
hath bought thee, and made thee,
O God, Thou art my God, &c., and created thee P
(e- 2s) Remember the days of old, *
consider generation after genera
Antiphon. Let all the ends of _ tion :
the earth fear the Lord. Ask thy father, and he will show
Fourth Antiphon. Ascribe ye thee— * thine elders, and they will
greatness. tell thee.
When the Most'High divided
THE SONG OF Moses. (Deut. xxxii.) the nations, * when He separated
the sons of Adam,
[Deut. xxxi. 28: “Gather unto me,"
(said Moses) “all the elders of your tribes,
He set the bounds of the people
and your officers, that I may speak these * according to the number of the
words in their ears, and call heaven and children of Israel.
earth to record against them. For I know
that after my death ye will utterly corrupt For the LORD’s portion is His
yourselves and turn aside from the way people: * Jacob is the lot of. his
which I have commanded you; and evil inheritance.
will befall you in the latter days; because
ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to He found him in a desert land,
provoke Him to anger through the work of * in the waste and howling wilder
your hands. And Moses spake in the ears ness:
of all the congregation of Israel the words
of this song, until they were ended :—”]
He led him about and instructed
him, * and kept him as the apple
GIVE ear, 0 ye heavens, and I of His eye.
will speak; * and hear, 0 As the eagle that stirreth up her
earth, the words of my mouth. young to fly, * and fluttereth over
My teaching shall drop as the them, _
rain, * my speech shall distil as the So spread He abroad His wings,
dew; and took him, * and bore him on
As the small rain upon the His pinions ,
tender herb, and as the showers The LORD alone did lead him,
upon the grass: * because I will * and there was no strange god
proclaim the name of the LORD. with him.
Ascribe ye greatness unto our He made him ride upon the
God. * The works of God are high places of the earth, * that
SATURDAY AT LAUDS. r73
he might eat the increase of the And I will move them to jealousy
fields : with those who are not a people,
And He made him to suck * and provoke them to anger with
honey out of the rock, * and oil a foolish nation.
out of the flinty rock: A fire is kindled in Mine anger,
Butter of kine, and milk of * and shall burn unto the lowest
sheep, 1* with fat of lambs and hell,
rams of the breed of Bashan: And shall consume the earth with
And goats, with the fat of wheat, -her increase, * and set on fire the
* and to drink the pure blood of foundations of the mountains.
the grape. I will heap mischiefs upon them,
The “Beloved "1 waxed fat, and * and will spend Mine arrows upon
kicked: ’1‘ he was waxen fat, he them.
was grown plump, he was covered They shall be wasted with hun
with fatness: ger, * and the birds of the air
He forsook God That made him, shall prey on them with a very
* and departed from the God of grievous devouring:
his salvation. I will send the teeth of beasts
They provoked Him to jealousy upon them, * with the poison of
with strange gods, ‘1‘ and with serpents creeping in the dust.
abominations provoked they Him The sword without and terror
to anger. within shall destroy * both the
They sacrificed unto devils, and young man and the virgin, the
to things that were no gods, ’1‘ to suckling with the man of grey
gods whom they knew not, hairs.
New gods that came newly up, I said: Where are they? *1 I
* whom their fathers feared not. will make the remembrance of
The God That begat thee hast them to cease among men:
thou forsaken, * and hast forgotten But I forbore because of the
God That formed thee. wrath of the enemy, *1 lest their
When, the LORD saw it, He was adversaries should triumph,
roused to anger, * because of the And lest they should say: Our
provoking of His sons and of His high hand, and not the LORD, *
daughters. hath done all this.
And He said: I will hide My They are a nation void of coun
face from them, * and see what sel, neither is there any under
their end shall be: standing in them. * O that they
For they are a very froward were wise, and that they understood
generation, * children in whom is this, and would consider their latter
no faith. end!
They have moved Me to jealousy How should one chase a thou
with that which is not God, * and sand, * and two put ten thousand
provoked Me to anger with their to flight ! .
vanities: Except their God had sold them,
1 Jeshurun—but that this pet-name of the Israe'lite people means “Beloved” is not
now reckoned certain.
I74 THE PSALTER.
* and the LORD had delivered them If I whet My glittering sword,

up! * and Mine hand take hold on
For their gods are not as our judgment ,
God, * even our enemies them I will render vengeance to Mine
selves being judges. enemies, * and will requite them
Their vine is of the vine of that hate Me.
Sodom, * and of the fields of Go I will make Mine arrows drunk
morrah : with blood, * and My sword shall
Their grapes are grapes of gall, : devour flesh ,
* and their clusters are bitter: With the blood of the slain * and
Their wine is the poison of of the captives, and of the despoiled
dragons, * and the cruel venom of chief of the enemy.
asps. Rejoice with His people, ye
Is not this laid up in store with nations: * for He will avenge the
Me, * and scaled up among My blood of His servants,
treasures? And will render vengeance to
To Me belongeth vengeance, their adversaries, " and will be
and I will repay in due time, * to merciful unto the land of His
make their foot to slide. people.
The day of their calamity is at
hand, * and the things that shall Antzlpkon. Ascribe ye greatness
come upon them make haste. unto our God.
The LORD shall judge His people, Fifth Antz'pfian. Praise God.
* and take pity on His servants,
When He seeth that their hand Psalms CXLVIII., CXLIX., CL.
is weakened, * and there is none Praise ye the LORD from the
shut up and left, and that they heavens, &c., (pp. 25, 26).
that remained are consumed.
And He shall say: Where are Antz'p/zon. Praise God upon the
their gods, * in whom they trusted? loud cymbals.
Of whose sacrifices they did eat
the fat, * and drank the wine of CHAPTER. (Rom. xiii. 12.)
their drink-offerings?
The night is far spent, &c., (as
Let them rise up, and help you,
on Manday, p. 89).
* and be your protection in the
time of need. HYMN.l
See now that I, even I, am
THE dawn is sprinkled o’er the sky,
He, * and there is no god with The day steals softly on ;
Me : Its darts are scattered far and nigh,
I kill, and I make alive: I wound And all that fraudful is, shall fly
and I heal: * neither is there any Before the brightening sun ;
that can deliver out of Mine hand. Spectres of ill, that stalk at will,
And forms of guilt that fright,
I will lift up Mine hand to And hideous sin, that ventures in
heaven, and say: * I live for ever. Under the cloak of night.
1 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, considerably altered; translation by the late Card.
Newman.
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And of our crimes the tale complete, Answer. We rejoice and are glad.
Which bows us in Thy sight,
Up to the latest, they shall fleet,
Out-told by our full numbers sweet, Anllflzon for Ike Song of Zae/za
And melted by the light. rz'as. Give light, 0 Lord, * unto
To Father, Son, and Spirit, One, them that sit in darkness, and guide
Whom we adore and love, our feet into the way of peace, 0
Be given all praise, now and always, Thou God of Israél!
Here as in Heaven above.
Amen. Commemoration of the Cross before
the others, and Long Preees in Ad
'z/enl and Lent, and on Fast-days,
Verse. Thou hast satisfied us except the Eves of Christmas and
early with Thy mercy. Pentecosl.
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG.1
Sunhag. As it was in the beginning, is now,

THE LORD’s DAY. Amen. Alleluia.
At the beginning of Vespers the From Septuagesima Sunday to

Lord's Prayer and the Angelic Salu Maundy Thursday instead of “Alle
tation are said inaudihly. luia” is said:
UR Father, Who art in heaven, Ceaseless praise to Thee be given,

0 Eternal King of heaven.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be Then follow the Psalms. They are
done on earth, as it is in heaven. said under Fi've Antiphons, except in
Pasehal time when there is only one,
Give us this day our daily bread. and when these are not specially git/en,
And forgive us our trespasses, as those given here are used.
we forgive them that trespass against
us. And lead us not into tempta Antz'phon. The LORD said.
tion,- but deliver us from evil.
If this Antzphon he used the Psalm
Amen. begins with the words “ Unto my
Lord."
HAIL, Mary, full of grace ,' The
Lord is with thee : blessed Antibhon for Pasthal time. Al
art thou among women, and blessed leluia.
is the fruit Of thy womb, JESUS. Psalm CIX.
Holy Mary, MOthCI‘Of God, pray [Intituled “A Psalm of David." The
for us sinners, now, and at the hour first verse was quoted by our Lord.—Matth.
of our death. Amen. xxii. 44; Mark xii. 36; Luke xx. 42.]
THE LORD said unto my Lord:

Then is said aloud:
* Sit Thou at My right hand,
Verse. >X< Make haste, O God, Until I make Thine enemies *
to deliver me. Thy footstool.
Answer. Make haste to help The LORD shall send the rod of
me, O LORD. Thy strength out of Zion: * rule
Glory be to the Father, and to Thou in the midst of Thine ene
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. mies.
1 The proper hour for Vespers is sunset, reckoned to be about 6 P.M. In private
recitation, they ought not usually to be begun before noon.
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. 177
Thine shall be the dominion in covenant. * He will show His

the day of Thy power, amid the people the power of His works,
brightness of the saints : * from the That He may give them the
womb, before the day-star have I heritage of the heathen. * The
begotten Thee. works of His hands are verity and
The LORD hath sworn, and will judgment:
not repent: * Thou art a Priest for All His commandments are sure;
ever after the order of Melchisedek. they stand fast for ever and ever, *
The Lord at Thy right hand ’* being done in truth and uprightness.
shall strike through kings in the He sent redemption unto His
day of His wrath. people: He hath commanded His
He shall judge among the hea covenant for ever:
then, He shall fill the places with Holy and terrible is His Name.
dead bodies: * He shall wound the * The fear of the LORD is the be
heads over many countries. ginning of wisdom:
He shall drink of the brook in A good understanding have all
the way: * therefore shall he lift they that do His commandments:
up his head. * His praise endureth for ever.
Antiohon. The LORD said unto Antiphon. 1All His command

my Lord: ‘* Sit Thou at My right mentsare sure; they stand fast for
hand. ever and ever.
Second Antiphon. All His com Third Antijbhon. In His com
mandments. mandments.
Psalm CX. Psalm C XI.

[The Hebrew prefixes “Alleluia,” and
begins, “I will praise the LORD.” The [The Hebrew prefixes “Alleluia.” The
Psalm is A B C Darian.] Vulgate adds to the superscription “ on the
return of Haggai and Zechariah [from the
I WILL praise Thee, O LORD, Captivity]." Sec Thursday, fifth week in
November. The Psalm is A B C Darian.]
with my whole heart: ‘* in the
assembly of the upright, and in the LESSED is the man that fear
congregation. eth the LORD: * that de
The works of the LORD are great, lighteth greatly in His command
* meet to serve for the doing of ments.
His will. His seed shall be mighty upon
His work is honourable and glo earth; * the generation of the up
rious, * and His righteousness en right shall be blessed.
dureth for ever. Glory and riches shall be in his
He hath made a memorial of house: *‘ and his righteousness en
His wonderful works: the LORD dureth for ever.
is gracious and full of compassion. Unto the upright there ariseth'
* He hath given meat unto them light in the darkness: * he is
that fear Him: gracious, and full of compassion,
He will ever be mindful of His and righteous.
1 Ps. ex. 8.
178 THE PSALTER.
Happy is the man that showeth the dust, * and lifteth the needy
favour and lendeth; he will guide out of the dung-hill;
his words with discretion: 1* surely That He may set him with
he shall not be moved for ever: princes, * even with the princes
The righteous shall be in ever of His people.
lasting remembrance. * He shall He maketh the barren woman
not be afraid Of evil tidings: to keep house, * and to be a joy
His heart is ready, trusting in the ful mother of children.
LORD. His heart is established, *
he shall not be afraid until he see [The Hebrew adds “ Alleluia,” which
the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to the
his desire upon his enemies. next Psalm.]
He hath dispersed, he hath given
to the poor: his righteousness en Antiehon. Blessed be the Name
dureth for ever: 1* his horn shall of the LORD for evermore.
be exalted with honour. Fifth Antiphon. We that live.
The wicked shall see it, and be
grieved; he shall gnash his teeth, Psalm CXI I I.
and melt away: * the desire of
the wicked shall perish. WHEN Israel went out of Egypt,
1" the house of Jacob from
Antiphon. In His command a people of strange language,
ments he delighteth greatly. Judah was His sanctuary, 1* and
Fourth Antiohon. Blessed be the Israel His dominion.
Name. The sea saw it and fled: 1" Jor
dan was driven back.
Psalm CXI I. The mountains skipped like rams,
* and the little hills like lambs.
[The Hebrew prefixes “ Alleluia.”]
What ailed thee, O thou sea,
RAISE the LORD, 0 ye His that thou fieddest? ‘1 and thou
servants, 1“ praise the Name Jordan, that thou wast driven back ?
of the LORD. Ye mountains, that ye skipped
Blessed be the Name of the like rams? * 'and ye little hills,
LORD, * from this time forth, and like lambs?
for evermore! The earth trembled at the pres
From the rising of the sun unto ence of the Lord, * at the presence
the going down of the same, 1* the of the God of Jacob :
LORD’s Name is to be praised. Who turned the rock into a
The LORD is high above all standing water, * and the flint into
nations, ‘1‘ and His glory above the a fountain of waters.1
heavens. Not unto us, 0 LORD, not unto us:
Who is like unto the LORD our * but unto Thy Name give glory,
God, Who dwelleth on high, * For Thy mercy, and for Thy
and beholdeth what is lowly in truth’s sake. * Wherefore should
heaven, and in the earth? the heathen say: Where is now
He raiseth up the poor out of their God?
1 In the Hebrew here ends Ps. cxiv. and the next words begin cxv.
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. I79
But our God is in the heavens: The dead shall not praise Thee,
* He hath done whatsoever He O LORD, * neither all they that go
hath pleased. down into the grave.
The idols of the heathen are But we that live bless the LORD,
silver and gold, ‘9‘ the work of * from this time forth for evermore.
men’s hands.
[The Hebrew adds “ Alleluia.”]
They have mouths, but they
speak not: * eyes have they, but Antzjohon. We that live bless the
they see not.
LORD.
They have ears, but they hear
A ntiphon for Pasehal time. Alle
not: * noses have they, but they luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
smell not:
They have hands, but they handle Here follows the Chapter. When a
not: feet have they, but they walk sfieeial one is not given, thefollowing is
not: * neither speak they through used : _
their throat.
May they that make them be CHAPTER. (2 Cor. i. 3.)
like unto them: * even every one LESSED be God, even the
that trusteth in them. Father of our Lord JESUS
The house of Israél trusteth Christ, the Father of mercies, and
in the LORD: * He is their help the God of all comfort, Who com-.
and their shield. forteth us in all our tribulation.
The house of Aaron trusteth in Answer. Thanks be to God.
the LORD: *‘ He is their help and
their shield. , This Answer is always made after
They that fear the LORD trust the Chapter.
in the LORD: * He is their help Then follows the Hymn. When a
special one is not given, the following
and their shield. is used:
The LORD hath been mindful of
Hvivm.I
us, * and blessed us:
He hath blessed the house of Is FATHER of Lights, by Whom each
raél: * He hath blessed the house day
of Aaron. Is kindled out of night,
Who, when the heavens were made,
He hath blessed them that fear didst lay
the LORD, * both small and Their rudiments in light ;
great. Thou, Who didst bind and blend in one
The LORD increase you more The glistening mom and evening pale,
Hear Thou our plaint, when light is
and more, * you and your chil gone,
dren. And lawlessness and strife prevail.
Ye are blessed of the LORD, *
Who made heaven and earth. Hear, lest the whelming weight of crime
The heaven of heavens is the Wreck us with life in view ;
Lest thoughts and schemes of sense
LORD’s: * but the earth hath He and time
given to the children of men. Earn us a sinner’s due.
‘ Hymn of the Ambrosian school, very slightly altered; translation by the late Card.
Newman.
180 THE PSALTER.
So may we knock at Heaven’s door, from their seat, 1" and exalted them
And strive the immortal prize to win, of low degree.
Continually and evermore
Guarded without and pure within. He hath filled the hungry with
good things, ‘* and the rich He hath
Grant this. 0 Father, Only Son, sent empty away.
And Spirit, God of grace, He hath holpen His servant Is
ra'el, *1 in remembrance of His
Amen. mercy:
As He spake to our fathers, 1*
Then is said a Verse and Answer. to Abraham, and to his seed for
If a special one is not given, the follow ever.
ing is used:
Verse. 1 Let my prayer, O Lord, The Hymn, “ Glory be to the Father,

&c.." is said, and then the A ntiphon re
be set forth. peated.
Answer. As incense before Then is said:
Thee.
Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD.
Then is said the following Canticle Answer. And let my cry come
from the Gospel. It has an Antiphon unto Thee.
which is always special, and which is
either begun or said through the first
time before it, according as the Ofice is Let us pray.
Double or not.
Then follows the Prayer for the day,
at the end of which is answered:
THE SONG OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY. (Luke i. 46.) Answer. Amen.
MY soul * doth magnify the Afterwards are made any Commemo
Lord: rations necessary, by the Antiphon for
And my spirit hath rejoiced * in the Song ofthe Blessed Virgin, the Verse
and Answer after the Hymn, and the
God my Saviour. Prayer, (preceded by “ Let us pray.”)
For He hath regarded the low from the sufierseded Oflice which is to
liness of His handmaiden: * for, be be commemorated. After which the fol
hold, from henceforth all generations lowing Common Commemorations are
shall call me blessed. made, if required, according to Chapter
xxxv. of the General Rubrics.
For He That is Mighty hath done When more than two Prayers are to
to me great things : * and holy is His be said, the last clause ofeach (beginning
name. “ Through our Lord, &c.,” or “Who
And His mercy is on them that livest, &c.”) is omitted in all exce¢t the
first and the last, nor is “Amen” an
fear Him, * from generation to gen swered except after these two.
eration. (Note that if these Commemorations,
He hath showed strength with with the exception of those of St Yoseph,
His arm: * He hath scattered the and SS. Peter and Paul, be said upon
a week-day, kept as such, out of Paschal
proud in the imagination of their time, they are preceded by the Commem
heart. oration of the Cross, given hereafter at
He hath put down the mighty the end of the Lauds of Monday.)
1 Ps. cxl. 2.
VESPERS, OR EVENSONG. 18!
I. Commemoration of the Blessed the might of her intercession, through

W'rgin Mary. whom we have worthily received the
Author of our life, our Lord JESUS
(This Commemoration is omitted if
the Ofiice of the day be of the Blessed Christ Thy Son.
Virgin, or if her Little Ofiice is to be
said.) II. Commemoration of St foseph,
Antiphon. O Holy Mary, be thou Patron of the Universal Church.
an help to the helpless, a strength to (Omitted in the Votive Ofiice of St
the fearful, a comfort to the sorrow 70seph.)
ful ; pray for the people, plead for Antiphon. 1 Behold a faithful and
the clergy, make intercession for all wise servant whom his Lord hath
women vowed to God ; may all that made ruler over His household.
keep thine holy remembrance, feel Verse. 2Glory and riches shall
the might of thine assistance. be in his house.
Verse. Pray for us, 0 holy Mother Answer. And his righteousness
of God. endureth for ever.
worthy of the promises of Christ. Let us pray.
Let us pray. O GOD, Who, in Thine unspeak

able foreknowledge, didst
RANT, we beseech Thee, O choose Thy blessed servant Joseph
Lord- God, unto all Thy ser to be the husband of Thine Own
vants, that they may continually most holy Mother; mercifully
enjoy soundness both of mind and grant that now that he is in heaven
body, and by the glorious inter with Thee, we who on earth do
cession of the Blessed Mary, always reverence him for our defender,
a Virgin, may be delivered from may worthily be holpen by the
present sadness, and enter into the succour of his prayers to Thee
joy of Thine eternal gladness. on our behalf.
From the Octave of the Epiphany to
Candlemas, the Antiphon is the same, III. Commemoration of the Holy
but the rest is as follows: Apostles, Peter and Paul.
Verse. After thy delivery thou (Omitted in the Votive Ofice of the
still remainest a Virgin undefiled. Apostles.)
Antiphon. Peter the Apostle,
for us.
and Paul the Teacher of the Gen
Let us pray.
tiles, have taught us Thy law, 0
GOD, Who, by the fruitful vir Lord.
ginity of the Blessed Mary, Verse. 3Thou shalt make them
hast given unto mankind the rewards princes over all the earth.
of everlasting life ; grant, we beseech Answer. They shall be mindful
Thee, that we may continually feel of Thy Name, 0 Lord.
1 Matth. xxiv. 45. 2 Ps. cxi. 3. ‘ Ps. xliv. I7, 18.
182 THE PSALTER.
Let us pray. the deep of the sea, when he suf

O GOD, Whose Right Hand fered shipwreck; graciously hear
caught the Blessed Peter us, and grant, for the sake of them
when he walked upon the water, both, that we also may attain unto
and began to sink, and thrice de everlasting glory.
livered his fellow-Apostle Paul from Note 1.
1 In England, by a special rule in this case, is made
Commemoration of St George, Patron of England.

Anlz'p/zon. The Saints through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained promises.
Verse. O LORD, Thou hast compassed him.
Answer. With Thy favour as with a shield.
Let us pray.
GOD, Who dost gladden us through the worthy deeds and prayers
O of Thy blessed Martyr George; mercifully grant that all they
which seek Thy favour through him, may effectually Obtain the gift of
Thy grace.
(A mi thus it is said wit/tin t/ze Oetaq/e.)
In the Diocese of Hexham St George is not commemorated, but instead the following
commemoration is made of St Cuthbert :
Antiphon. Holy Cuthbert, our Protector, grace and glory of our father
land, look down upon us from Heaven, and pray God for us, that He grant
us everlasting joy.
Verse. At the prayers of Blessed Cuthbert and for his sake,
Answer. Be merciful unto Thy people, O Lord.
Let us pray.
GOD, Who, through the priceless gift of Thy grace, dost make
Thine holy ones glorious, mercifully grant, that the prayers of Thy
Blessed Confessor and Bishop Cuthbert may help us worthily there to
attain, where are the spirits of just men made perfect.
In the Diocese of Northampton the following commemoration of St Thomas of
Canterbury is made before that of St George:
A ntiplzon. I am the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am
known of Mine, and I lay down My life for the sheep.
Verse. In your patience
A nswer. Possess ye your souls.
Let us pray.
GOD, in defence of Whose Church the glorious Bishop Thomas
fell by the swords of wicked men, grant, we beseech Thee, that all
that ask his help may obtain wholesome fruit of their petition.
For Peace. Let us pray.

Antiphon. Give peace in our O GOD, from Whom all holy
time, 0 Lord, because there is desires, all good counsels,
none other that fighteth for us, and all just works do proceed;
but only Thou, 0 our God. give unto Thy servants that peace
Verse. Peace be within thy which the world cannot give, that
walls. both our hearts may be set to
Answer. And prosperity within obey Thy commandments, and also
thy palaces. that by Thee we being defended
In the Diocese of Plymouth the following commemoration of St Boniface of Maintz is

made before that of St George :
Antiohon. Many nations, many thousands of men, did Blessed Boniface

gain for Christ, and forasmuch as he made himself like unto an Apostle
he hath purchased unto himself a great reward in Heaven along with
the Apostles.
Verse. Be strong in the Lord, be strong.
Answer. That ye may live for ever with God.
Let us pray.
O GOD, Who wast pleased to make the zeal of Thy Blessed Martyr
and Bishop Boniface the mean whereby Thou didst cause many
peoples to know Thy Name, mercifully grant unto us who honour his
memory to be feelingly holpen by the succour of his protection.
(And so it is said within the Octa'z/e.)
In the Diocese of Portsmouth the following commemoration of St Edmund of Canter

bury is made after that of St George:
Antiphon. He loved righteousness and hated iniquity, and therefore

he died in exile.
Verse. Cast out upon a world of woes,
In exile here we roam.
Answer. O Blessed Edmund, by thy prayers,
Gain us the love of home.
Let us pray.
O GOD, Who in the abundance of Thy goodness toward Thy Church
hast made her bright by the illustrious life of Thy blessed Confessor
and Bishop Edmund, and gladdened her by his glorious and wondrous
works, mercifully grant unto Thy servants that they may be bettered in
following after his ensample, and shielded by his protection from all
things that may rise up against them.
184 THE PSALTER.
from the fear of our enemies, may After the last Prayer is said:
pass our time in rest and quiet Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD.
ness. Through our Lord JEsus Answer. And let my cry come
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and unto Thee.
reigneth with Thee, in the unity Verse. Bless we the Lord.
of the Holy Ghost, one God, Answer. Thanks be to God.
world without end.
Answer. Amen. Then is said in rather a low "unite :
May the souls of the Faithful,
From the Monday after Low Sunday through the mercy of God, rest in
till Rogation Tuesday, instead of the
preceding Commemorations, is said the
peace.
Answer. Amen.
following:
Pasehal Commemoration of the Then, unless Compline follow, the

Lord’s Prayer inaudihly:
Cross.
OUR Father, Who art in heaven,
(Omitted in the Votive Ofiiees of Hallowed be Thy Name.
the Blessed Sacrament, and of the
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be
Passion.)
Antiphon. Jesus, our trium Give us this day our daily bread.
phant Head,
On the Cross’s transom dread forgive them that trespass against us.
The Hands of power and mercy And lead us not into temptation;
spread
That brake the prison of the Note. When Ofiee is said in Choir,
dead. Alleluia. the ser'z/iee is ended with the Antzlohon
Verse. Say among the heathen of the Blessed Virgin Mary e'z/eij/ time
—Alleluia. the Chair is left. Otherwise it is only
said as given in this book, after Lauds,
Answer. That the LORD reign (or the aggregation of which Lauds
eth from the tree,1 Alleluia. forms a part) and Compline. When
ever it is said, exeept after Campline, it
Let us pray. is preceded by:
O GOD, Who didst send Thy Verse. >14 The Lord give us His
Son to suffer death for us peace.
upon the Cross, that Thou might Answer. And life everlasting.
est deliver us from the power of Amen.
the enemy; grant unto us Thy
servants to be made partakers of I] the Ofiee of the Dead follow im
mediately, the above prayer for the
His Resurrection. Through' the Faithful departed, and the “Our Fa
Same our Lord JESUS Christ Thy ther,’ are omitted.
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
Feasts. The Move Ofliee, appointed
Thee in the unity of the Holy for Sunday, is also, speaking in a gen
Ghost, one God, world without end. eral sense, used on all Feasts above the
Answer. Amen. rank of Simples.
1 Ps. xcv. 10, old version.
Huntley. Second Antiphon. I believed.
THE SECOND DAY OF THE WEEK. If this A ntiphon he used the Psalm
begins with the words, “Therefore have
All as on Sunday, except as otherwise I spoken."
given here.
Psalm CXV.
The Psalms are as follows :
[In the Hebrew this Psalm is a continua
Antiphon. The Lord hath in tion of the last. The Vulgate and the LXX.
clined. prefix “ Alleluia.”]
In Pasehal time only one Antzjfihon BELIEVED, therefore have I
is said, Alleluia.
spoken: * but I was greatly
Psalm CXIV.
afflicted.
I said in my haste: * All men
[The Vulgate and the LXX. prefix “Al are liars.
leluia.”]
What shall I render unto the
I AM well pleased, because the LORD * for all His benefits toward
LORD hath heard * the voice me P
of my supplication: I will take the cup of salvation,
Because He hath inclined His ear * and call upon the name of the
unto me, * therefore will I call upon LORD. ‘
Him all my days. I will pay my vows unto the LORD
The sorrows of death compassed in the presence of all His people.
me: * and the straits of hell found * Precious in the sight of the LORD
me: is the death of His Saints.
Sorrow and trouble did I find. 0 LORD, truly I am Thy servant:
* Then called I upon the name of * I am Thy servant, and the son of
the LORD: Thine handmaid :
O LORD, deliver my soul. * Gra Thou hast loosed my bonds. * I
cious is the LORD, and righteous: will offer to Thee the sacrifice of
yea, our God is merciful. thanksgiving, and will call upon the
The LORD preserveth the simple : name of the LORD.
* I was brought low and He helped I will pay my vows unto the LORD,
me. in the presence of all His people: *
Return unto thy rest, 0 my soul: in the courts of the LORD’s house, in
* for the LORD hath dealt bountifully the midst of thee, 0 Jerusalem ! I
with thee. [Here the Hebrew appends “Alle
For He hath delivered my soul luia,” which the Vulgate and the LXX.
from death, *‘ mine eyes from tears, prefix to the next Psalm.]
and my feet from falling.
I will walk before the LORD * in Antiohon. I believed, therefore
the land of the living. have I spoken.
Third Antzphon. I O praise.
Antiphon. 1The Lord hath in If this Antiphon he used the Psalm
clined His ear unto me. begins with the words, “The LORD."
1 Ps. cxiv. 2.
I86 THE PSALTER.
Psalm CXVI. Psalm CXX.

PRAISE the LORD, all ye [Also a Song of Degrees.]
nations: * praise Him, all I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the
ye people. hills, * from whence cometh
For His merciful kindness is great mine help.
toward us: * and the truth of the Mine help cometh from the LORD,
LORD endureth for ever. * Who made heaven and earth.
[Here the Hebrew appends “Alle He will not sufl'er thy feet to be
luia,” which the Vulgate and the LXX. moved: * He That keepeth thee
prefix to the next Psalm.] will not slumber.
Behold, He That keepeth Israel
A ntiphon. O praise the LORD, shall neither slumber nor sleep.
all ye nations. The LORD is thy keeper: the
Fourth A ntiphon. I cried. LORD is thy shade * upon thy right
hand.
Psalm CXIX. The sun shall not smite thee by
[This is the first of the “Songs of De day, * nor the moon by night.
grees,” or “Gradual Psalms.” See note The LORD shall keep thee from
to Ps. cxxix., p. 91.]
all evil: * the Lord shall keep thy
IN my distress I cried unto the soul.
LORD, * and He heard me. The LORD shall keep thy coming
Deliver my soul, 0 LORD, from in and thy going out, * from this
lying lips, * and from a deceitful time forth and for evermore.
tongue.
What shall be given unto thee, or Antiphon. 3 From whence cometh
what shall be done unto thee, * thou mine help.
false tongue ? Antiphon in Pasehal time. Alle—
Sharp arrows of the mighty, * with luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
hot burning coals.
Woe is me! that my sojourn is I-IYMN.‘1
long: I dwell with the dwellers of LORD of unbounded space,
Kedar.1 * My soul hath long dwelt Who, lest the sky and main
as an exile Should mix, and heaven should lose its
place,
With them that hate peace. I Didst the rude waters chain ;
was peaceable: * when I spoke
unto them, they fought against me Parting the moist and rare,
That rills on earth might flow
without a cause. To soothe the angry flame, whene'er
It ravens from below ;
Antiphon. 2 I cried, and He heard
me. Pour on us of Thy grace
The everlasting spring,
Fifth Antiphon. From whence Lest our frail steps renew the trace
cometh. Of the ancient wandering.
1 Properly “ Black-skin.” This was the name of a son of Ishma'e'l, and of an Arabian
tribe sprung from him. 2 Ps. cxix. I. a P5. cxx. I.
‘ Hymn of the Ambrosian school, almost unchanged; translation by the late Card.
Newman.
May faith in lustre grow, Verse. Let Thy mercy, O LORD,

And rear her star in heaven, be upon us.
Paling all sparks of earth below
Unquenched by damps of even. Answer. According as we hope
in Thee.
Grant it, 0 Father, Son, Verse. Let Thy priests be clothed
And Holy Spirit of grace, with righteousness.
To Whom be glory, Three in One, Answer. And let Thy Saints
Amen. shout for joy.
Verse. 0 LORD, save the King.
A ntiphonfor the Song ofthe Blessed Answer. And hear us in the day
Virgin. My soul doth magnify the when we call upon Thee.
Lord, * for God hath regarded my Verse. 0 Lord, save Thy people,
lowliness. and bless Thine inheritance.
Answer. And govern them, and
After the repetition of the A ntiphon lift them up for ever.
after the Song Qf the Blessed Virgin, 0n Verse. Remember Thy congre
the Week-days of A dvent and Lent, the gation.
Emher Days, and all Vigils which are
Fasts, except Christmas Eve and the Answer. Which Thou hast pur
Eve and Ember Days of Pentecost, all chased of old. '
kneel down, and the following prayers, Verse. Peace be within thy
called the Preces, are said: walls.
Answer. And prosperity within
Kyrie eléison.
thy palaces.
Answer. Christe eléison.
Verse. Let us pray for the Faith
Kyrie eléison.
ful departed.
Answer. 0 Lord, grant them
Then the Lord's Prayer is said aloud.
eternal rest, and let the everlasting
UR Father, Who art in heaven, light shine upon them.
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Verse. May they rest in peace.
kingdom come. Thy will be done Answer. Amen.
on earth, as it is in heaven. Give Verse. Let us pray for our absent
us this day our daily bread. And brethren.
forgive us our trespasses, as we Answer. O Thou, my God, save
forgive them that trespass against Thy servants that trust in Thee.
us. And lead us not into tempta Verse. Let us pray for the sorrow
tion. ful and the captive.
Answer. But deliver us from Answer. Redeem them, 0 God
evil. of Israel, out of all their troubles.
Verse. I said: LORD, be merci Verse. 0 Lord, send them help
ful unto me. from the sanctuary.
Answer. Heal my soul, for I Answer. And strengthen them
have sinned against Thee. out of Zion.
Verse. Return, 0 LORD, how Verse. Hear my prayer, 0
long ? LORD.
Answer. And let it repent Thee Answer. And let my cry come
concerning Thy servants. unto Thee.
r88 THE PSALTER.
Psalm L. Thou hast vouchsafed to redeem by

the tree of the Holy Cross.
Have mercy upon me, O God,
&c., (p. 87). Simple Feasts. If the Vespers of a
Simple Feast he kept on a tilonday, the
Glory be to the Father, and to the Ofiice is of the Feast, from the Chapter
Son, and to the Holy Ghost. inclusive.
As it was in the beginning, is now,
Amen. diuzsbag.
Verse. Turn us again, 0 LORD THE THIRD DAY OF THE WEEK.
God of Hosts.
Answer. And cause Thy face to A ll as on Sunday, except as otherwise
given here.
shine, and we shall be saved.
Verse. Arise, O Christ, and help The Psalms are as follows:
us.
Answer. And deliver us for Thy Antiphon. Let us go.
Name’s sake. In Paschal time only one Antiohon is
Verse; Hear my prayer, O LORD. said, Alleluia.
unto Thee. Psalm CXXI.
[Intituled “ A Song of Degrees, of David.”]
Let us pray.
I WAS glad when they said unto
Herefollows the Prayer of the Day. me : 1* Let us go into the house
of the LORD.
A llproceeds to the end ofthe service as
on Sunday, except that when Sufirages Our feet have been wont to stand
are said, thefollowing is said hefore the * within thy gates, 0 Jerusalem !
Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin Jerusalem is builded as a city ’1‘
Mary. that is compact together:
Whither the tribes go up, the
Commemoration of the Cross. tribes of the LORD, 1“ the testimony
(Omitted in the Ofiices of the Blessed of Israel, to give thanks unto the
Sacrament, and of the Passion.) name of the LORD.
For there are set thrones for judg
Antiohon. Through Thy Cross’s
ment, * the thrones for the house of
holy sign, JESUS, guard this soul of
David.
mine, from my ghostly enemy.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem :
Verse. Let all the earth worship
1* they shall prosper that love thee.
Thee, and sing unto Thee.
Peace be within thy walls, ‘1‘ and
Answer. Let them sing praises to
prosperity within thy palaces.
Thy name, 0 Lord.
For my brethren and companions’
Let us pray. sakes, * I will now say—Peace be
within thee!
LORD, we beseech Thee, keep Because of the house of the LORD
us in continual peace, whom our God, *‘ I will seek thy good.
vssrsRs OR EVENSONG. 189
Antiphon. Let us go with glad against us: "‘ then the waters had
ness into the house of the LORD. overwhelmed us,
Seeond Antiphon. 0 Thou That The stream had gone over our
dwellest. soul: * then the overwhelming
waters had gone over our soul.
Psalm CXXII. Blessed be the LORD, * Who hath
[Intituled “ A Song of Degrees.”] not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Our soul is escaped as a bird *
UNTO Thee lift I up mine eyes, out of the snare of the fowlers :
* O Thou That dwellest in The snare is broken, * and we
the heavens! are escaped.
Behold, as the eyes of servants * Our help is in the name of the
look unto the hand of their masters, LORD, * Who made heaven and
As the eyes of a maiden unto earth.
the hand of her mistress: * so
our eyes look unto the LORD our Antiphon. 1Our help is in the
God, until that He have mercy name of the LORD.
on us. Fourth Antiphon. Do good, 0
Have mercy upon us, 0 LORD, LORD.
have mercy upon us: * for we are Psalm CXXIV.
exceedingly filled with contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled [Intituled “ A Song of Degrees."]
* with the scorning of those that HEY that trust in the LORD
are at ease, and with the con shall be as Mount Zion: *
tempt of the proud. he that dwelleth in Jerusalem
shall never be moved.
Antiphon. 0 Thou That dwell The mountains are round about
est in the heavens, have mercy Jerusalem: * and the LORD is
upon us. round about His people, from
Third Antiphon. Our help. henceforth, and for ever.
For the Lord will not suffer
Psalm CXXIIl. the rod of the wicked to rest upon
[Intituled “A Song of Degrees," to which the lot of the righteous: * lest
the Hebrew and the Targum add “ of the righteous put forth their hands
David,” but this ascription of authorship unto iniquity.
does not occur in the Vulgate or the LXX.]
Do good, 0 LORD, to the good,
F it had not been the LORD * and to them that are upright in
Who was on our side—now their hearts.
may Israel say—* if it had not As for such as turn aside unto
been the LORD Who was on our their crooked ways, the LORD
side, shall lead them forth with the
When men rose up against us: workers of iniquity: '* peace be
* then they had swallowed us up upon Israél!
quick,
When their wrath was kindled Antiphon. Do good, 0 LORD,
1 Ps. cxxiii. 8.
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to the good, and to them that are Wash Thou our smarting wounds and
upright in their hearts. hot
In the cbol freshness of Thy grace ;
Fifth Antiphon. We were like. Till tears start forth the past to blot.
And cleanse and calm Thy holy place,
Psalm CXXV. Till we obey Thy full behest,
[Intituled “A Song of Degrees.”] Shun the world’s tainted touch and
breath,
WHEN the LORD turned again Joy in what highest is and best,
And gain a spell to baffle death.
the captivity of Zion, * we
were like them that come again Grant it, 0 Father, Only Son,
from sickness. And Holy Spirit, God of grace,
Then was our mouth filled with To Whom all glory, Three in One,
Be given in every time and place.
laughter, * and our tongue with Amen.
singing.
Then said they among the hea Antiphon for the Song of the
then: * The LORD hath done great Blessed Virgin. Let my spirit re
things for them. joice * in God my Saviour.
The LORD hath done great things Commemoration of the Cross before
for us : * whereof we are glad. the other general Commemoratz'ons, and
Turn again our captivity, O Long Preees at eertain times as on
LORD, * as the streams in the Monday.
south. Simple Feasts. [f the Vespers of a
Simple Feast he kept on a Tuesday, the
They that sow in tears * shall Ofiiee is of the Feast from the Chapter
reap in joy. z'nelusz'z/e.
They go forth weeping, * sow
ing their seed;
They shall doubtless come again
with rejoicing, * bringing their
Menneshag.
sheaves with them. THE FOURTH DAY OF THE WEEK.
Antz'phon. We were like them All as on Sunday, except as otherwise

given here.
that come again from sickness.
Antzl'ohon in Pasehal time. Al The Psalms are asfollows .'
leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. Anliphon. He shall not be
ashamed.
HYMN.1 1n Paschal time only one Antzlnhon
ALL-BOUNTIFUL Creator, Who, is said, Alleluia.
When Thou didst mould the
world, didst drain Psalm CXXVI.
The waters from the mass, that so [Intituled “A Song of Degrees, of Solo
Earth might immovable remain ; mon.” The LXX. omits the ascription to
Solomon.]
That its dull clods it might transmute
To golden flowers in vale or wood, XCEPT the LORD build the
To juice of thirst-allaying fruit, house, * they labour in vain
And grateful herbage spread for food ; that build it :
1 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, hardly altered ; translation by the late Card. Newman. .
Except the LORD keep the city, Zion: *‘ and mayest thou see the
* the watchman waketh but in good of Jerusalem all the days of
vain. thy life.
It is vain for you to rise up Yea, mayest thou see thy chil
early, * rise up when ye are dren’s children, * and peace upon
rested, ye that eat the bread of Israel.
sorrow:
For He giveth His beloved sleep. Antiphon. Blessed is every one
Lo, children are an heritage of the that feareth the LORD.
LORD, * the fruit of the womb is His Third Antiphon. Many a time.
reward.
If this A ntz'phon he used, the Psalm
As arrows are in the hand of a
begins with the words, “Have they
mighty man, * so are the children afflicted me.”
of the out-cast.
Happy is the man that hath his Psalm CXXVIII.
desire satisfied with them : * he shall
[Intituled “A Song of Degrees.”]
not be ashamed when he speaketh
with his enemies in the gate. MANY a time have they warred
against me from my youth
Antiphon. He shall not be a —* may Isra'él now say :—
shamed when he speaketh with his Many a time have they warred
enemies in the gate. against me from my youth: * yet
Second A ntiphon. Blessed. they have not prevailed against
me.
If this Antiphon he used the Psalm 1The ploughers ploughed upon
commences with the words, “Is every
one."
my back: * they made long their
furrows.
Psalm CXXVI I. The LORD is righteous, He hath
broken the necks Of the wicked. *
[Intituled “ A Song of Degrees.”]
Let them all be confounded and
B LESSED is every one that feareth turned back that hate Zion.
the LORD, * that walketh in Let them be as the grass upon
His ways. the house-tops, * which withereth
For thou shalt eat the labour of before it is plucked up:
thine hands : * happy shalt thou be Wherewith the mower filleth not
and it shall be well with thee. his hand, * nor he that bindeth
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine sheaves his bosom.
* on the sides of thine house: Neither do they that go by say:
Thy children like olive plants * The blessing of the LORD be upon
round about thy table. you! ’* we bless you in the name of
Behold, that thus shall the man the LORD!
be blessed * that feareth the
LORD. Antiphon. Many a time have they
The LORD bless thee out of afflicted me from my youth up.
1 I.e., “They furrowed my back with stripes as the ground is furrowed with the
plough. "—Gesenius.
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Fourth Antiphon. Out of the If I have not thought lowly of

depths. myself— * (but lifted up my soul)—
Even as a child that is weaned
If this Antiphon be used, the Psalm
begins with the words, “Have I cried
from his mother: * so be my soul
unto Thee.” rewarded.
Let Israél hope in the LORD, *
from henceforth and for ever.
Psalm CXXIX.
OUT of the depths have I cried Antiphon. Let Israél hope in the
unto Thee, O LORD! * Lord, LORD.
hear my voice. Antiphon in Pasehal time. Alle
Let Thine ears be attentive * to luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
the voice of my supplication.
If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark HYMN.1
iniquities, * O Lord, who shall O LORD, Who throned in the holy
stand? height,
But there is forgiveness with Thee: Through plains of ether didst diffuse
The dazzling beams of light,
* because of Thy law, I wait for In soft transparent hues ;
Thee, O LORD! .
My soul doth wait on His word: Who didst, on the fourth day, in
* my soul hopeth in the Lord. heaven,
Light the fierce cresset of the sun,
From the morning watch even And the meek moon at even,
until night * let Israél hope in the And stars that wildly run ;
LORD :
That they might mark and arbitrate
For with the LORD there is mercy,
’Twixt alternating night and day,
* and with Him is plenteous redemp And tend the train sedate
tion. Of months upon their way;
And He shall redeem Israe'l, *
Clear, Lord, the brooding night within,
from all his iniquities. And clean these hearts for Thy abode,
Unlock the spell of sin,
A ntzjhon. Out of the depths have Crumble its giant load.
I cried unto Thee, O LORD.
Grant it, 0 Father, Only Son,
Fifth Antiphon. Let Isra'él hope. And Holy Spirit, God of grace,
To Whom all praise be done
Psalm CXXX. Amen.
[Intituled “A Song of Degrees,” to which
the Hebrew and the Vulgate, but not the Antiphon at the Song of the
Targum or the LXX., add “of David.”]
Blessed Virgin. The Lord hath
LORD, mine heart is not haughty, regarded * my lowliness, and He
* nor mine eyes lofty: That is mighty hath done in me
Neither do I exercise myself in great things.
great matters, * or in wonderful Commemoration of the Cross before
things that are above me. the other general Commemorations, and
1 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, somewhat altered; translation by the late Card.
Newman.
Long Preces in Ad'z/ent and Lent, and We will go into His tabernacle:
on Fast-days, as on Monday. ’1‘ we will worship in His footprints.
Simple Feasts. 1f the Vesjiers of a Arise, O LORD, into Thy rest,
Simple Feast he kept on a Wednesday, * Thou and the ark of Thine
the Ofiice is of the Feastfrom the Chap
holiness.
ter inclusive.
Let Thy priests be clothed with
righteousness, * and let Thy Saints
shout for joy.
@Eburshag. For Thy servant David’s sake,
* turn not away the face of Thine
THE FIFTH DAY OF THE WEEK. Anointed.
The LORD hath sworn in truth
A ll as on Sunday, except as otherwise
unto David, and He will not turn
given here.
from it: * Of the fruit of thy body
The Psalms are as follows . will I set upon thy throne.
If thy children will keep My
A ntiphon. And all. covenant, *‘ and My testimony
In Paschal time only one Antiphon that I shall teach them,
is said, Alleluia. Then their children for ever *
shall sit upon thy throne.
Psalm CXXXI. For the LORD hath chosen Zion:
[Intituled “A Song of Degrees.” It
* He hath chosen it for His habita
reads like a Processional for some transla tion.
tion of the Sacred Ark, perhaps that de This is My rest for ever: * here
scribed in 3 (1) Kings vii. (Saturday before
8th Sunday after Pentecost.)]
will I dwell, for I have chosen it.
I will abundantly bless her
ORD, remember David, * and widows: * I will satisfy her poor
all his meekness: with bread.
How he sware unto the LORD : * I will clothe her Priests with
he vowed a vow unto the God of salvation: * and her Saints shall
Jacob ;— shout aloud for joy.
Surely I will not come into the There will I make the horn of
tabernacle of mine house, * nor go David to bud: * I have ordained
up into my bed; a lamp for Mine Anointed.
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, His enemies will I clothe with
* or slumber to mine eyelids; shame: * but upon him shall My
I will not give the temples of sanctification flourish.
mine head any rest, until I find out
a place for the LORD, * an habita Antiphon. And all his meekness.
tion for the God of Jacob. Second Antiphon. Behold.
1 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: If this Antiphon he used, the Psalm
* we found it in the fields of “the begins with the words, “ How good and
Wood.” how pleasant."
1 This verse relates to the fetching 0f the ark from Kirjath-jearim, (literally “The
town-of-the-woods,”) which stood at the borders of the territory of Ephraim, here called
Ephratah. See 2 Kings (Sam) vi. (Thursday, 5th week after Pentecost.)
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Psalm CXXXII. \Vhatsoever the LORD pleased,

[Intituled “ A Song Of Degrees,” to which that did He in heaven and in
the Hebrew and the Vulgate, but not the earth, * in the seas, and all deep
Targum or the LXX., add “ of David."]
places:
BEHOLD, how good and how Causing the vapours to ascend
pleasant it is * for brethren from the ends of the earth: *
to dwell together in unity. He maketh lightnings for the rain;
1It is like the precious oint He bringeth the wind out of
ment upon the head, *‘ that ran His treasures. * He smote the
down upon the beard, even Aaron’s first-born of Egypt, from man even
beard, unto beast.
That went down to the skirts He sent tokens and wonders
of his garments. * As the dew of into the midst of thee, 0 Egypt,
Hermon, that descendeth upon * upon Pharaoh and upon all his
the mountains of Zion ,2 servants. ‘
For there the LORD commanded He smote great nations, *‘ and
the blessing, * even life for evermore. slew mighty kings.
3Sihon, king of the Amorites,
Antiphon. Behold, how good and Og, king of Bashan, * and
and how pleasant it is for brethren all the kingdoms of Canaan.
to dwell together in unity. And gave their land for an
Third Antiphon. Whatsoever. heritage, * an heritage unto Israel
His people.
Psalm CXXXIV. Thy Name, 0 LORD, endureth for
ever! * Thy memorial, O LORD,
[To this Psalm is prefixed “ Alleluia.”]
throughout all generations!
PRAISE ye the Name of the For the LORD will judge His
LORD, * praise Him, 0 ye people, * and will repent Himself
servants of the LORD! concerning His servants.
Ye that stand in the house of The idols of the heathen are
the LORD, * in the courts of the silver and gold, * the work of
house of our God: men’s hands.
Praise the LORD, for the LORD A mouth have they, but they
is good: * sing praises unto His speak not: * eyes have they, but
Name, for it is pleasant. they see not.
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob Ears have they, but they hear
unto Himself, * and Israel for not: * neither is there any breath
His peculiar treasure. in their mouths.
For I know that the LORD is Let them that make them be
great, * and that our Lord is above made like unto them, *‘ and every
all gods. one that trusteth in them.
1 The reference is to the unction of Aaron with holy chrism at his consecration,
described in Lev. viii. 12.
2 Probably not the mountain at Jerusalem, but one of the chain of Hermon, which is
once mentioned elsewhere. Deut. iv. 48.
3 Sihon, a king of the Amorites, reigning in Heshbon; Og, a giant, king of Bashan.
They were both defeated and slain by the Israe'lites. Num. xxi.
Bless the LORD, O house of heavens—* for His mercy endureth

Israel! * bless the LORD, O house for ever.
of Aaron! TO Him That spread out the
Bless the LORD, O house of earth above the waters—* for His
Levi! * ye that fear the LORD, mercy endureth for ever.
bless the LORD! To Him That made great lights
Blessed be the LORD out of —* for His mercy endureth for
Zion, * Which dwelleth at Jeru ever.
salem! The sun to rule by day—* for
His mercy endureth for ever.
[The Hebrew adds “Alleluia,” which The moon and stars to rule by
the Vulgate places at the beginning of
the next Psalm] night—* for His mercy endureth for
ever.
Antiphon. Whatsoever the LORD To Him That smote Egypt in their
pleased, that did He. firstborn—3" for His mercy endureth
Fourth Antiohon. For His for ever.
mercy. To Him That brought out Israél'
from among them—* for His mercy
Psalm CXXXV. endureth for ever.
[It is not improbable that this Psalm was With a strong hand and with a
sung at the Dedication of the Temple, for, stretched out arm—9" for His mercy
in 2 Par. (Chron.) vii. 3, it is said that when endureth for ever.
the congregation on that occasion saw the
fire miraculously descending upon the sac
To Him That divided the Red
rifice, “they bowed themselves with their Sea into parts—* for His mercy
faces to the ground upon the pavement, and endureth for ever.
worshipped, and praised ‘ the LORD, for He And made Israél to pass through
is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.’ ”
It looks very like a continuation of the song the midst of it—* for His mercy
given by David to certain singers, 1 Par. endureth for ever.
(Chron.) xvi. 7, especially as it is afterwards
said that some of them were chosen “to give
But overthrew Pharaoh and his
thanks to the LORD, because His mercy host in the Red Sea—* for His
endureth for ever." Some consider that mercy endureth for ever.
the latter verses refer to the return from the
captivity, but these may be an addition] To Him That led His people
through the wilderness—* for His
GIVE thanks unto the LORD, mercy endureth for ever.
for He is good! * for His To Him That smote great kings
mercy endureth for ever. —" for His mercy endureth for
0 give thanks unto the God of even
gods! * for His mercy endureth And slew mighty kings—J for His
for ever. mercy endureth for ever.
0 give thanks to the Lord of Sihon, king of the Amorites
lords! * for His mercy endureth -—* for His mercy endureth for
for ever. ever.
To Him Who Alone doeth great And Og, the king of Bashan
wonders—J for His mercy endureth —* for His mercy endureth for
for ever. . ever.
To Him That by wisdom made the And gave their land for an heri
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tage—* for His mercy endureth for If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, * let
ever. my right hand forget her cunning-—
Even an heritage unto Israel His Let my tongue cleave to the roof
servant—* for His mercy endureth of my mouth, * if I do not remember
for ever. thee,—
Who remembered us in our low If I prefer not Jerusalem * above
estate—* for His mercy endureth my chief joy.
for ever. Remember, 0 LORD, the chil
And hath redeemed us from our dren of Edom, * in the day of
enemies—* for His mercy endureth Jerusalem :
for ever. Who said : Rase it, rase it * even
Who giveth food to all flesh— to the foundation thereof.
* for His mercy endureth for ever. 0 daughter of Babylon, doomed
O give thanks unto the God of to destruction, * happy shall he be
heaven! * for His mercy endureth that rewardeth thee, as thou hast
for ever. served us!
0 give thanks unto the Lord of Happy shall he be that taketh, *
lords! * for His mercy endureth for and dasheth thy little ones against
ever. the rock.
Antzfhon. For His mercy en Antiphon. Sing us one of the

dureth for ever. songs of Zion.
Antiphon. Sing us one of Antiphon in Pasthal time. Alle
the songs. luia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
Psalm CXXXVI. HYMN.l

[The Vulgate and the LXX. connect this O GOD, Who hast given
Psalm with the name of Jeremiah. They The sea and the sky,
also style it a Psalm of David, the apparent To fish and to bird
meaning of which would seem to be that it For a dwelling to keep,
was composed in imitation of his poems] Both sons of the waters
One low and one high,
BY the rivers of Babylon, there we Ambitious of heaven,
sat down, yea, we wept, * when Or sunk in the deep ;
we remembered Zion.
Save, Lord, Thy servants,
We hung our harps upon the Whom Thou hast new made
willows * in the midst thereof. In a laver of blood
For there they that carried us Lest they trespass and die ;
away captive required of us ’* a Lest pride should elate,
Or sin should degrade,
song; And they stumble on earth
And they that had taken us Or be dizzied on high.
said: *‘ Sing us one of the songs
To the Father, and Son,
of Zion. And the Spirit be done,
How shall we sing the LORD’ Now and always,
song * in a strange land? ~ Glory and Praise. Amen.
1 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, slightly altered; translation by the late Card.
Newman. '
A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed praise Thee, O LORD, * for they
Virgin. O God, * show strength with have heard all the words of Thy
Thine arm : put down the mighty, mouth. .
and exalt them of low degree. Yea, let them sing of the ways of
the LORD: * that great is the glory
Commemoration of the Cross before of the LORD.
the other general Commemoralions and
Long Preees in Advent and Lent, and For the LORD is high, yet hath
on Fast-days, as on Monday. He respect unto the lowly: * but
the proud He knoweth from afar.
Though I walk in the midst of
trouble Thou wilt reviVe me: *
Thou shalt stretch forth Thine hand
Jfrihag. against the wrath of mine enemies,
THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK. and Thy right hand shall save me.
The LORD will give recompense
All as on Sunday, except as otherwise on my behalf: * Thy mercy, O
given here. LORD, endureth for ever: forsake
not the works of Thine own hands.
The Psalms are asfollows :
Antiphon. Before the Angels
Antiphon. Behold the Angels.
will I sing praise unto Thee, O
In Paschal lime only one Anlzlohon is my God. ‘
said, Alleluia. Second Antiphon. O LORD.
Psalm CXXXVI I. If this A ntiphon he used [he Psalm

oommenees with the words, “Thou hast
[Intituled “Of David,” to which the searched me."
LXX. adds “of Haggai and Zechariah,”
the meaning apparently being that it was
his composition, but that they made some Psalm CXXXVI II.
special regulation as to its use.]
[Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with a
I WILL praise Thee, O Lord, with musical (P) direction, the meaning of which
is not now certain.] . ,
my whole heart: * because
Thou hast heard the words of my LORD, Thou hast searched
mouth. me, and known me: * Thou
Before the Angels will I sing knowest my down-sitting and mine
praise unto Thee. * I will worship up-rlslng:
toward Thine holy temple, and Thou understandest my thoughts
praise Thy Name. afar OH. * Thou searchest my path,
For Thy loving—kindness, and for and my line,
Thy truth: * for Thou hast mag And art acquainted with all my
nified Thine holy Name above ways: * before there is a word on
every name. my tongue. ;
In whatsoever day I call upon Lo, 0 LORD, Thou knowest all
Thee, answer me: * Thou wilt things both new and old: * Thou
strengthen my soul exceedingly. hast made me, and laid Thine hand
Let all the kings of the earth upon me.
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Such knowledge is too wonderful Surely Thou wilt slay the wicked,
for me: 1" it is high, and I cannot O God : 1* depart from me, ye bloody
attain unto it. men.
Whither shall I go from Thy For ye say in thought: * In
Spirit? 1“ or whither shall I flee vain shall Thy people take Thy
from Thy presence? cities.
If I ascend up into heaven, Thou Do not I hate them, 0 LORD,
are there: 1* if I go down into hell, that hate Thee? * and am not I
Thou art there. grieved at those that rise up against
If I take the wings of the morn Thee?
ing, ‘* and dwell in the uttermost I hate them with perfect hatred:
parts of the sea ;— 1* they are to me as enemies.
Even there shall Thine hand lead Search me, O God, and know
me, * and Thy right hand shall hold mine heart: *1 try me and know my
me. thoughts.
If I say: Surely the darkness And see if there be any wicked
shall cover me: 1" even the night way in me: * and lead me in the
shall be light about me in my way everlasting.
pleasures.
For the darkness is not darkness Antiphon. O LORD, Thou hast
to Thee: and the night shineth as searched me and known me.
the day: * the darkness and the Third Antiphon. Preserve me.
light to Thee are both alike.
For Thou didst form my reins:
Psalm CXXXIX.
‘1 Thou hast upholden me from
my mother’s womb. [Intituled “ A Psalm of David,” with the
same musical (?) direction as before.]
I will praise Thee, for Thy great
ness is terrible: * marvellous are ELIVER me, O LORD, from
Thy works: and that my soul the evil man: 1* preserve me
knoweth right well. from the wicked man :
My bones were not hid from Which imagine mischiefs in their
Thee, when Thou madest me in heart: 1* continually are they gath
secret: 1* nor my substance in the ered together for war.
lower parts of the earth. They have sharpened their tongues
Thine eyes beheld my substance like a serpent: 1* adders’ poison is
yet being imperfect: and in Thy under their lips.1
book all were written: * day by day Keep me, O LORD, from the hands
were they to be fashioned, when as of the wicked: 1" and preserve me
yet there was none of them. from the evil man:
But to me, O God, Thy friends Who purpose to overthrow my
are exceeding honourable: ‘1‘ their goings. * The proud have bid a
power is waxen right strong. snare for me:
If I should count them, they are And spread a net with cords: 1*
more in number than the sand: 1* I by the way-side have they set a trap
arose, and am still with Thee. for me.1
1 SLH.
I said unto the LORD: Thou art Let my prayer be set forth as in
my God: * hear the voice of my cense before Thee: * the lifting-up
supplication, O LORD! of mine hands as the evening sacri
O LORD, my Lord, Thou Strength fice.
of my salvation, 1* Thou hast covered Set a watch, 0 LORD, before my
mine head in the day of battle! mouth: ‘1‘ keep the door of my lips.
Give me not up, O LORD, to the Incline not mine heart to any evil
desires of the wicked: * they take word, * to excuse myself in my sins,
counsel together against me : forsake With men that work wickedness ;
me not, lest they exalt themselves.1 ‘1‘ and let me not eat of their dainties.
As for the head of those that Let the righteous smite me in
compass me about, * let the mis kindness: and let him reprove me:
chief of their own lips cover them. * but the oil of the wicked shall not
Let burning coals fall upon them; anoint mine head :
let them be cast into the fire: * when For yet my prayer shall be against
they are in trouble they will not be their lusts. * 2Their judges shall
able to stand. be left [to their fate beside] in the
An evil-speaker shall not prosper hands of the rock:
in the earth: ’1‘ evil shall hunt the [And] they [that have wreaked
wicked man, to overthrow him. their vengeance on them] shall hear
I know that the LORD will main my words, that they are mighty. *
tain the cause of the afflicted, ‘1‘ and Like clods of earth broken by the
will revenge the poor. ploughman,
Surely the righteous shall give So are our bones scattered at the
thanks unto Thy Name; ’1‘ and the grave’s mouth. * But mine eyes are
upright shall dwell in Thy presence. unto Thee, O LORD, my Lord: in
Thee is my trust, leave not my life
Antiphon. Preserve me, O Lord, to destruction.
from the wicked man. Keep me from the snare which
Fourth Antiphon. LORD. they have laid for me, ’1‘ and the gins
of the workers of iniquity.
If this Antiphon he used, the Psalm
begins with the words, “I cry unto The wicked shall fall into their
Thee.” own net; ‘1‘ as for me, I dwell alone,
Psalm CXL. until I depart hence.
[Intituled “A Psalm of David.”] Antiphon. LORD, I cry unto Thee,
LORD, I cry unto Thee: hear hear me.
me! * give ear unto my voice Fiflh Antiohon. O Lord, let my
when I cry unto Thee. portion.
1 SLH.
2 The Targum is, “They are torn away from the house of instruction by the strong
hands of their judges.” The Syriac, “ And their judges are crushed by the strong hand.”
Messrs Jennings and Lowe render, “When their judges have been thrown down the sides
of the rock, then they shall hear my words as welcome;” and continue, “When the
usurping rulers have been deposed, and the disappointed rabble has executed its ven
geance on them, it shall bethink it again of David’s divinely constituted authority, and
gladly recall him to the throne. This is the only rational interpretation of the verse.
For the mode of punishment mentioned, cf. 2 Chron. row. 12, Luke iv. 29.”
ZOO THE PSALTER.
Psalm CXLl. And the huge make

Of wild or gentler animal,
[Intituled “ A didactic (P) Psalm of David. Springing from nothing at Thy call,
A Prayer when he was in the cave,” namely, To serve in their due time, and all
on the same occasion as that on which he
For sinners’ sake ;
wrote Psalm lvi. See note on that Psalm,
p. no] Shield us from ill !
Come it by passion’s sudden stress,
CRIED unto the LORD with my Lurk in our mind's habitual dress,
voice: * with my voice unto Or through our actions seek to press
the LORD did I make supplication. Upon our will.
I pour out my complaint before Vouchsafe the prize
Him: * before Him also I show my Of sacred joy’s perpetual mood,
trouble. And service-seeking gratitude,
When my spirit faileth from me, And love to quell each strife or feud,
* then Thou knewest my path. If it arise.
In the way wherein I walked * Grant it, 0 Lord 1
have they privily laid a snare for me. To Whom, the Father, Only Son,
I looked on the right hand, and And Holy Spirit, Three in One,
In heaven and earth all praise be done
beheld: * but there was no man With one accord.
that would know me: Amen.
Refuge failed me: * and no man
cared for my soul. A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed
I cried unto Thee, O LORD! * I Virgin. He hath put down the
said: Thou art my refuge, and my mighty, * that persecute His Saints :
portion in the land of the living. and bath exalted them of low degree,
Attend unto my cry, * for I am that confess His Christ.
brought very low:
Deliver me from my persecutors : Commemoration of the Cross hefore
* for they are stronger than 1. the other general Commemorations, and
Long Preees in Advent and Lent, and
Bring my soul out of prison, that on Fast-days, as on Monday.
I may praise Thy Name: * the
righteous wait for me, till Thou deal Simple Feasts. {f the Vespers of a
bountifully with me. Simifile Feast he kept on a Friday, the
serviee is of the Feastfrom the Chapter
inclusive.
Antiphon. O Lord, let my por
tion be in the land of the living.
_ Antiphon in Paschal time. Alle
luia, Alleluia, Alleluia. fiaturhag.
HYMN.1 THE SABBATH.
WHOM all obey,— All as on Sunday, except as otherwise

Maker of man! Who from Thy given here.
height
Badest the dull earth bring to light The Psalms are as follows :
All creeping things, and the fierce might l A ntiphon. Blessed.
Of beasts of prey ;—
1 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, considerably altered; translation by the late Card.
Newman.
If this A ntiphon he used, the Psalm of strange children, whose mouth

hegins with the words, “Be the LORD speaketh vanity: * and their right
my God.”
hand is a right hand of falsehood :
In Paschal time only one A ntiohon is Whose sons may be as saplings
said, Alleluia.
grown up * in their youth;
Their daughters decked out, *
Psalm CXLI l I.
adorned after the similitude of the
[Intituled “ Of David.” The Vulgate and temple:
the LXX. add “against Goliath.”]
Their garners full, * affording
BLESSED be the LORD my God, stores upon store:
Which teacheth mine hands Their sheep fruitful in young,
to war, * and my fingers to fight. countless in their pastures: * their
My goodness, and my fortress: * oxen fat:
my strength, and my Deliverer: There is no breach in their walls,
My shield, and He in Whom I nor inroad: ’* nor wailing in their
trust: * Who subdueth my people streets.
under me. Happy is that people, that is in
LORD, what is man, that Thou such a case : * happy is that people
takest knowledge of him? * or the whose God is the Lord.
son of man, that Thou makest ac
count Of him? Antiohon. Blessed be the LORD
Man is like to vanity: * his days my God.
are as a shadow that passeth away. Second Antiphon. Every day.
Bow Thy heavens, O LORD, and
come down : * touch the mountains, Psalm CXLIV.
and they shall smoke.
Cast forth the bright lightning, [Intituled “ David’s song of praise,” It is
A B C Darian.]
and scatter them: * send out
Thine arrows, and make them to I WILL extol Thee, my God, 0
quake. King! *‘ and I will bless Thy
Send Thine hand from above: name for ever and ever.
rid me, and deliver me out of great Every day will I bless Thee; *
waters, * from the hand of strange and I will praise Thy name for ever
children: and ever.
Whose mouth speaketh vanity: * Great is the LORD, and greatly to
and their right hand is a right hand be praised: * and His greatness is
of falsehood. unsearchable.
I will sing a new song unto Thee, One generation shall praise Thy
O God ; * upon a psaltery of ten works to another, * and shall declare
strings will I sing praises unto Thy mighty acts.
Thee: They shall speak of the glorious
Who hast given salvation unto honour of Thy Majesty, * and tell of
kings: * Who deliveredst David Thy wondrous works.
Thy servant from the hurtful sword. And men shall speak of the might
Rid me, of Thy terrible acts, * and declare
And deliver me from the hand Thy greatness.
202 THE PSALTER.
They shall abundantly utter the that love Him, * but all the wicked
record of Thy great goodness, * will He destroy.
and shall sing of Thy righteous My mouth shall speak the praise
ness. of the LORD; * and let all flesh
The LORD is gracious and full of bless His holy Name for ever and
compassion: *‘ slow to anger and of ever.
great mercy.
The LORD is good to all, ‘* and Antiphon. Every day will I bless
His tender mercies are over all His Thee, O Lord.
works. Third A ntzlbhon. While I live.
May all Thy works praise Thee,
O LORD! * and let Thy saints bless Psalm CXLV.
Thee!
They shall speak of the glory of [To this Psalm is prefixed “Alleluia.”
Thy kingdom, * and talk of Thy The Vulgate and the LXX. connect it with
the names of Haggai and Zechariah]
power;
To make known to the sons of PRAISE the LORD, O my soul;
men Thy mighty acts, * and the while I live will I praise the
glorious majesty of Thy king LORD : * I will sing praises unto my
dom. God while I have being.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting Put not your trust in princes, *
kingdom, * and Thy dominion in the son of man, in whom is no
endureth throughout all genera help.
tions! His breath goeth forth, and he
The Lord is faithful in all His returneth to his earth: * in that
words, * and holy in all His very day their thoughts perish.
works. Happy is he that hath the God
The LORD upholdeth all that fall, of Jacob for his help, his hope is
* and raiseth up all those that be in the LORD his God: * Who made
bowed down. heaven and earth, the sea, and all
The eyes of all wait upon Thee, that therein is:
O Lord! * and Thou givest them Who keepeth truth for ever.
their meat in due season. Who executeth judgment for the
Thou openest Thine hand, * and oppressed: * Who giveth food to
fillest all things living with plenteous the hungry.
ness. The LORD looseth the prisoners :
The LORD is righteous in all * the LORD openeth the eyes of the
His ways, * and holy in all His blind:
works. The LORD raiseth them that are
The LORD is nigh unto all them bowed down: * the LORD loveth
that call upon Him, * to all that call the righteous:
upon Him in truth. The LORD preserveth the stran
He will fulfil the desire of them gers; He defendeth the fatherless
that fear Him: * He also will hear and widow: ’* but the way of the
their cry and will save them. wicked He will turn aside.
The LORD preserveth all them The LORD shall reign for ever!
even thy God, O Zion, 1" unto all He delighteth not in the strength
generations ! of an horse; * neither taketh He
pleasure in the legs of a man.
[The Hebrew adds “Alleluia,” which
the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to the The LORD taketh pleasure in them
next Psalm.] that fear Him, ‘1‘ and in those that
hope in His mercy.
Antiplzon. While I live will I
praise the LORD. Antip/zon. Let the praise of our
Fourth Antiphon. Let the praise God be pleasant.
of our God. Fifth Antiphon. Praise the LORD.
If this Antizihon he used the Psalm
Psalm CXLVI. hegins with the words, “ 0 Jerusalem.”
[The Vulgate and the LXX., as stated, Psalm CXLVII.

prefix “Alleluia,” and the LXX. adds “ of
Haggai and Zechariah.”] [In the Hebrew this is the continuation
of the preceding Psalm. The Vulgate and
PRAISE ye the LORD, for it is the LXX. prefix “Alleluia,” and the LXX.
adds “ of Haggai and Zechariah. ”]
good to sing praises: * the
praise of our God is pleasant and RAISE the LORD, 0 Jerusalem !
comely. 1" praise thy God, 0 Zion!
The LORD doth build up Jeru For He hath strengthened the
salem: * He gathereth together bars of thy gates: ‘1‘ He hath blessed
the outcasts of Israel. thy children within thee:
He healeth the broken in heart, * He maketh peace in thy borders:
and bindeth up their wounds. * and filleth thee with the finest of
He telleth the number of the the wheat.
stars; * and calleth them all by He sendeth forth His command
their names. ment upon earth: ‘1‘ His word runs
Great is our Lord, and of great neth very swiftly.
power: *1‘ and His understanding is He giveth snow like wool: * He
infinite. scattereth the boar-frost like ashes.
The LORD lifteth up the meek ,- 1" He casteth forth His ice like
but He casteth the wicked down to morsels: * who can stand before
the ground. His cold?
Sing unto the LORD with thanks He sendeth out His word, and
giving: * sing praise upon the harp melteth them: * He causeth His
unto our God. wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Who covereth the heaven with He declareth His word unto
clouds : ’1‘ and prepareth rain for the Jacob, * His statutes and His
earth, judgments unto Israél.
Who maketh grass to grow upon He hath not dealt so with any
the mountains, * and herbs for the nation: ‘1‘ neither hath He made
service of men: known to them His judgments.
He giveth to the beast his food, [The Hebrew adds “Alleluia,” which
* and to the young ravens which cry the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to the
unto Him. next Psalm.]
204 THE PSALTER.
Antiphon. Praise the LORD, O There were Lauds in the mom,

Jerusalem. Here are Vespers at even :
Oh, may we adorn
Antiohon in Paschal time. Alle Thy temple new born
luia, Alleluia, Alleluia. With our voices in Heaven.
From Advent Sunday till the Octave To the Father be praise,
ofthe Epit/zany, andfrom Septuagesima And praise to the Son,
Sunday till the Octave of Pentecost spe And the Spirit always,
cial Chapters are given. While the infinite days
At other times thefollowing is said: Of eternity run.
Amen.
CHAPTER. (Rom. xi. 33.)
Verse. Let the evening prayer
THE depth of the riches and
ascend unto Thee, O Lord.
wisdom and knowledge of
Answer. And let there descend
God: how unsearchable are His
judgments and His ways past find upon us Thy mercy.
ing out!
The following Antiphon is said only
The following Hymn and Verse and from the Octave of the Epiphany till
Answer is used during the same seasons Septuagesima.
as the above Chaptcr, and lihewisefrom
Sepluagesima to Lent. Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed
Virgin. God hath holpen His ser
HvMN.1 vant Israél: * as He spake to
THE red sun is gone, Abraham and to his seed, to exalt
Thou Light of the heart, them of low degree for ever and
Blessed Three, Holy One, ever.
To Thy servants a sun
Everlasting impart. Prayer of the succeeding Sunday.
1 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, altered almost beyond recognition; translation by
the late Card. Newman.
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COMPLINE.1
@ffice fur 25mg bag in the kingdom come. Thy will be done
on earth, as it is, in heaven. Give
Week. us this day our daily bread. And
At the beginning qf Compline the forgive us our trespasses, as we for
Reader says : give them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation;
ing.
The Blessing.
Afler this is said the General Confes
May the Almighty Lord grant us sion and Absolution.
a quiet night and a perfect end.
Answer. Amen. I CONFESS to God Almighty, to
the Blessed Mary, always a
Then is read this Short Lesson. Virgin, to the Blessed Michael the
SHORT LESSON. (1 Pet. v. 8.) Archangel, to the Blessed John the
Baptist, to the Holy Apostles Peter
BRETHREN, be sober, be vigil and Paul, and to all the Saints, that
ant: because your adversary I have sinned exceedingly in thought,
the devil as a roaring lion walketh word, and deed, by my fault, by my
about, seeking whom he may devour: fault, by my mOst grievous fault.
whom resist ye, stedfast in the faith. Therefore I beseech the Blessed
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy Mary, always a Virgin, the Blessed
upon us. Michael the Archangel, the Blessed
Answer. Thanks be to God. John the Baptist, the Holy Apostles
Verse. >14 2Our help is in the Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to
Name of the LORD. pray to the Lord our God for me.
Answer. Who made heaven and
earth. The Absolution.
Then the Lord’s Prayer is said in LMIGHTY God have mercy
audibly. on us, forgive us our sins,
UR Father, Who art in heaven, and bring us to life everlasting.
Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Answer. Amen.
1 Compline (Completoriurn) is the last office of the Church, and is proper to the end of
the evening before going to bed, reckoned to be about 9 p.m., but it may be said any time
before midnight. It is very frequently recited along with Vespers, thus forming the com
plete Evening Service of the Church, and it is from this aggregation that the “ Evening
Prayer” of the Anglican Prayer Book is derived. 2 Ps. cxxiii. 8
206 THE PSALTER.
>14 MAY the Almighty and mer But know that the LORD hath set
ciful Lord grant us pardon, apart for Himself him that is holy :
absolution, and remission of all our * the LORD will hear me when I
sins. call unto Him.
Answer. Amen. Be ye angry and sin not: * what
Verse. 1Turn us, 0 God of our ye speak in your heart, repent upon
salvation. your bed.2
Answer. And cause Thine anger Offer the sacrifices of righteous»
toward us to cease. ness, and put your trust in the LORD.
Verse. >14 Make haste, O God, to * There be many that say: Who will
deliver me. show us any good?
Answer. Make haste to help me, LORD, Thou hast set upon us the
O LORD. light of Thy countenance. * Thou
Glory be to the Father, and to the hast put gladness in my heart,
Son, and to the Holy Ghost. More than in the time that
As it was in the beginning, is now, their corn, and wine, and oil *
and ever shall be, world without end. increased.
Amen. Alleluia. I will both lay me down in peace,
* and sleep,
From the Saturday before Septua For Thou, LORD, only * makest
gesima Sunday to Maundy Thursday me to dwell in safety.
instead of“ Alleluia” is said:
Ceaseless praise to Thee be given, Psalm XXX.
0 Eternal King of heaven.
[The first eight verses of Psalm xxx., p.
Then follow the Psalms. They are 76-]
all said under one Antiphon.
N Thee, O LORD, do I put my
Antiphon. Have mercy. trust, let me never be asham
Antiphon in Pasehal time. Alle
ed; * deliver me in Thy righteous
luia. ness.
Bow down Thine ear to me, *
Psalm lV. deliver me speedily.
[Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with a Be Thou to me a God, a Pre
musical (P) direction of (now) uncertain server, and an house of defence, *
meaning]
to save me.
WHEN I called, the God of my For Thou art my strength and
righteousness heard me: * my refuge, * and for Thy Name’s
Thou hast enlarged me when I was sake Thou wilt lead me and nourish
in distress: me.
Have mercy upon me, * and hear Thou wilt pull me out of the net,
my prayer. that they have laid privily for me,
O ye sons of men, how long * for Thou art my Preserver.
will ye be dull of heart? ’* Why Into Thine hands I commend my
will ye love vanity, and seek after spirit: * Thou hast redeemed me,
leasing.>2 O LORD God of truth!
1 Ps. lxxxiv. 5. 1‘ SLH.
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Psalm XC. Thou shalt tread upon the adder
and the cockatrice: * the lion also
[The Vulgate and the LXX. give the
heading, “A Psalm of praise of David.”] and the dragon shalt thou trample
under feet.
HE that dwelleth in the help of Because he hath set his trust
the Most High, * shall abide upon Me, therefore will I deliver
under the shadow of the God of him: * I will defend him because
heaven. he hath known My Name.
He will say to the LORD: Thou He shall call upon Me, and I will
art my refuge, and my fortress, * answer him: * I am with him in
my God, in Him will I trust. trouble: I will deliver him and
For He shall deliver me from the glorify him.
snare of the fowler, * and from the With long life will I satisfy him:
noisome pestilence. * and show him My salvation.
He shall cover thee with His
wings, * and under His feathers
Psalm CXXXIII.
shalt thou trust:
His truth shall be thy shield. * [Intituled “ A Song of Degrees.”]
Thou shalt not be afraid for the
terror by night; BEHOLD now, bless ye the
For the arrow that flieth by day, LORD, * all ye servants of the
for the pestilence that walketh in LORD.
darkness, * for the evil spirit that Which stand in the house of the
wasteth at noon-day. LORD, ‘* even in the courts of the
A thousand shall fall at thy side, house of our God,
and ten thousand at thy right By night. Lift up your hands
hand: * but it shall not come toward the sanctuary, * and bless
nigh thee. the LORD.
Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou The LORD That made heaven
behold: * and see the reward of and earth, * bless thee out of
the wicked. Zion!
Because Thou, O LORD, art my
trust: * thou hast made the Most Antiohon. 1Have mercy upon
High thy refuge. me, O Lord, and hear my prayer.
There shall no evil befall thee, * Antiphon in Pasehal time. Al
neither shall any plague come nigh leluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
thy dwelling.
Then is said the following:
For He hath given His Angels
charge over thee, * to keep thee in HYMN.2
all thy ways :
They shall bear thee up in their N OW that the day-light dies away,
By all Thy grace and love,
hands, * lest haply thou dash thy Thee, Maker of the world, we pray
foot against a stone. To watch our bed above.
1 Ps. iv. 2.
2 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, very slightly altered; translation by the late Card.
Newman.
208 THE PSALTER.
Let dreams depart and phantoms fly, Answer. Into Thine hands, 0
The offspring of the night, Lord, I commend my spirit.
Keep us, like shrines, beneath Thine
eye, Verse. Thou hast redeemed us,
Pure in our foes’ despite. 0 LORD God of truth.
Answer. I commend my spirit.
This grace on Thy redeemed confer, Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Father, Co-equal Son,
And Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
Eternal Three in One. Ghost.
Amen. Answer. Into Thine hands, O
Lord, I commend my spirit.
The last verse is sometimes said thus, Verse. 3Keep us, 0 Lord, as
altered in honour of the Incarnation .' the apple of the eye.
JESU, the Virgin-bom, to Thee Answer. Hide us under the
Eternal praise be given, shadow of Thy wings.
With Father, Spirit, One and Three,
Here as it is in heaven. From the Saturday after Easter in
Amen.
clusive to the Saturday after Pentecost
exclusive, the ohm/e is said thus :
1n Paschal time it is said thus, al
tered in honour of the Resurrection . Into Thine hands, 0 Lord, I com
To Father, Son, and Paraclete, mend my spirit. Alleluia, Alleluia.
The slain and risen Son, Answer. Into Thine hands, 0
Be praise and glory, as is meet, Lord, I commend my spirit. Al
\Vhile endless ages run. leluia, Alleluia.
Amen.
Verse. Thou hast redeemed us,
It is also occasionally otherwise al
0 LORD God of truth.
tered, which occasions are marked in Answer. Alleluia, Alleluia.
their places. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Then follows the Ghost.
Answer. Into Thine hands, 0
CHAPTER. (Jer. xiv. 9.)
Lord, I commend my spirit. Alle-‘
ET Thou, O LORD, art in the luia, Alleluia.
midst of us, and Thine holy Verse. Keep us, 0 Lord, as the
Name is called upon us':1 leave us apple of the eye. Alleluia.
not, 0 Lord our God. Answer. Hide us under the
Answer. Thanks be to God. shadow of Thy wings. Alleluia.
Then the Short Resfionsory. Then is said the following Canticle

2 Into Thine
_ hands, 0 Lord, 1 fmm the Gas1’ el, with its Anti1’hon.
commend my spirit. Antiphon. O Lord, keep us.
1 The allusion seems to be to the invocation of the Name upon Israel by the Priests,
Numb. vi. 22. “And the LORD spake unto MOSes, saying: Speak unto Aaron, and unto
his sons, saying, On this wise shall ye bless the children of Israél, saying unto them—The
LORD bless thee and keep thee ; the LORD make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious
unto thee; the LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace—and they
shall put My Name upon the children of Israél; and I will bless them.”
2 Ps. xxx. 6. 3 Ps. xvi. 8.
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THE SONG or SIMEON. (Luke ii. 29.) BELIEVE (inaudibly) in God
[Uttered by Simeon at the presentation the Father Almighty, Maker of
of our LORD in the Temple. “ Then took heaven and earth. And in JESUS
he Him up in his arms, and blessed God, Christ, His only Son, our Lord;
and said :—”]
Who was conceived by the Holy
ORD, now lettest Thou Thy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary,
servant depart in peace, * suffered under Pontius Pilate, was
according to Thy word : crucified, dead, and buried: He
For mine eyes have seen * Thy descended into hell: the third day
Salvation, He rose again from the dead: He
Which Thou hast prepared * ascended into heaven, and sitteth
before the face of all people; on the right hand of God the
A Light to lighten the Gentiles, Father Almighty. From thence He
* and the glory of Thy people shall come to judge the quick and
Israel. the dead. I believe in the Holy
Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church,
The Doxology, “Glory be to the
Father, &c.,” is said. the Communion of Saints, the For
giveness of sins, (aloud)
Antiphon. O Lord, keep us Verse. The Resurrection of the
waking, guard us sleeping: that body.
we may wake with Christ and rest Answer. And the Life ever
in peace. lasting. Amen.
Verse. 1Blessed art Thou, O
In Paschal time, "Alleluia."
Lord God of our fathers,
Thenfollow these shortprayers, ealled Answer. And to be praised and
the Preees. They are omitted on Doubles glorified above all for ever.
and within Ortaves. 1n Advent, Lent. Verse. Bless we the Father, and
and the Ember Days they are said the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
kneeling.
Answer. Let us praise and exalt
Kyrie eléison. Him above all for ever.
Answer. Christe eléison. Verse. 1Blessed art Thou, O
Kyrie eléison. Lord, in the firmament of heaven,
Answer. And to be praised, and
OUR Father, (inaudibly,) Who glorified, and exalted above all for
art in heaven, Hallowed be ever.
Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Verse. May the Lord, the A]
Thy will be done on earth, as it is mighty and merciful, bless and
in heaven. Give us this day our keep us.
daily bread. And forgive us our Answer. Amen.
trespasses, as we forgive them that Verse. Vouchsafe, O Lord, this
trespass against us. (Aloud) night,
Verse. And lead us not into Answer. To keep us without sin.
temptation. Verse. Have mercy upon us, 0
Answer. But deliver us from LORD.
evil. Answer. Have mercy upon us.
1 Dan. iii. 52, 56.
2IO THE PSALTER.
Verse. 0 LORD, let Thy mercy Heaven’s open gate, and the Star
lighten upon us. ' of the Sea, come, succour the fallen l
Answer. As our trust is in Thee. Fallen indeed we are, but fain
would rise by thy succour.
Here the service is resumed, when
the above has been omitted. Thou that beyond nature’s course
hast borne in time the Eternal ;
Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD. Thou that a Virgin before, and
Answer. And let my cry come after that childbirth remainest,
unto Thee. From the Archangel’s lips the
Let us pray. quickening message receiving,
Mother of JESUS and us, turn
VISIT, we beseech Thee, O thine eyes of mercy on sinners.
Lord, this habitation,1 and
drive far from it all snares of the Verse. The Angel of the Lord
enemy: let Thine holy Angels dwell announced unto Mary,
herein, to keep us in peace, and Answer. And she conceived of
may Thy blessing be always upon the Holy Ghost.
us. Through our Lord JESUS Christ,
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth Let us pray.
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy WE beseech Thee, O Lord, pour
Ghost, one God, world without end. Thy grace into our hearts;
Answer. Amen. that, as we have known the Incar
Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD. nation of Thy Son JESUS Christ by
Answer. And let my cry come the message of an Angel, so by His
unto Thee. Passion and Cross we may be
Verse. Bless we the Lord. brought unto the glory of His
Answer. Thanks be to God. Resurrection. Through the same
The Blessing. Christ our Lord.
Answer. Amen.
May the Almighty and Merciful
Lord, >X1 the Father, the Son, and From the First Vespers of Christmas
the Holy Ghost, bless and keep us. inclusive, the Verse and Answer and
Prayer are as follows:
Answer. Amen.
Then follows immediately one of
these Four Antiphons of the Blessed still remainest a Virgin undefiled.
Virgin Mary, according to the season Answer. Mother of God, pray
of the year. for us.
Let us pray.
I. From the Vespers of the Saturday
before Advent Sunday till those of GOD, Who, by the fruitful
Candlemas, both inclusive. I virginity of the Blessed Mary,
hast given unto mankind the re-
Antiphon. Maiden! Mother Of wards of everlasting life; grant, we
Him Who redeemed us, thou that beseech Thee, that we may con
abidest tinually feel the might of her in
1 This Office was originally the last Prayer before going to rest :for the monks of the
Order of St Benedict.
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tercession ; through whom we have For He That thee for Son was
worthily received the Author of given, Alleluia,
our life, our Lord JESUS Christ As He promised is arisen. Alle
Thy Son. luia.
Answer. Amen. Mother, pray to Him for us,
Alleluia.
II. From the Compline of the 2nd Verse. Be glad and rejoice, 0
day of February inclusive to Virgin Mary, Alleluia,
Maundy Thursday exclusive. Answer. For the Lord is risen
indeed. Alleluia.
Antiphon. Hail, O Mary, Queen
Of heaven, 0 Let us pray.
Queen of Angel worlds on high,
Hail, 0 Rod to Jesse given, GOD, Who dost vouchsafe to
Blessed Portal of the sky, gladden the whole world by
the resurrection of Thy Son our
Hail, 0 Lady, bright and glorious, Lord JESUS Christ; grant, we be
Clad in beauty, pure and true, seech Thee, that by the help of
Virgin! o’er sin’s stain victorious, His Mother the Virgin Mary, we
Sinners for thy succour sue. may finally attain unto the glad
ness of life everlasting. Through
Verse. Holy Virgin, my praise the same Christ our Lord.
by thee accepted be. Answer. Amen.
Answer. Give me strength against
thine enemies. IV. From the First Vespers of
Let us pray. Trinity Sunday inclusive till the
Vespers of Saturday hefore Ad
MOST merciful God, grant, we vent Sunday exclusive.
beseech Thee, a succour
unto the frailty of our nature, that Antiphon. Hail, 0 Queen, Mo
as we keep ever alive the memory ther of mercy! hail, our life, our
of the holy Mother of God, so by sweetness, and our hope. T0 thee
the help of her intercession we may we cry, the banished sons of Eve.
be raised up from the bondage of Toward thee we sigh, weeping and
our sins. Through the same Christ groaning in this vale of tears. Ah,
our Lord. then, thou our Advocate, turn on us
Answer. Amen. those merciful eyes of thine ! And,
after this our exile, show to us JESUS,
III. From the First Compline of the blessed Fruit of thy womb. 0
Easter inclusive till the First most merciful, 0 most gracious, O
Vespers of Trinity Sunday ex most sweet Virgin Mary!1
elusive. Verse. Pray for us, holy Mo
ther Of God.
Antiphon. Rejoice! rejoice! thou Answer. That we may be made
Queen of Heaven, Alleluia, worthy of the promises of Christ.
1 Of these four Antiphons, “Maiden Mother” is ascribed to Hermann the Cripple, a
monk of Reichenau, who died A. D. 1052. The authorship of the second is unknown: it
T H E PSALTER.
Let us pray. HAIL, Mary, full of grace; the

O ALMIGHTY and everlasting Lord is with thee: blessed
God, Who, by the co-opera art thou among women, and blessed
tion of the Holy Ghost, didst make is the fruit of thy womb, JESUS.
ready both the body and soul of Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray
for us sinners, now, and at the
the glorious Virgin and Mother
Mary worthily to become a meet hour of our death. Amen.
dwelling for Thy Son; grant that
as we rejoice in her memory, so BELIEVE in God, the Father
by her pitiful intercession we may Almighty, Maker of heaven
be delivered from the evils that and earth. And in JESUS Christ,
continually hang over us, and finally His Only'Son, our Lord, Who
from everlasting death. Through was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
the same Christ our Lord. born of the Virgin Mary, suffered
Answer. Amen. under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
dead, and buried: He descended
After each of these Antiphons is said into hell: the third day He rose
this Blessing:
again from the dead: He ascended
God’s most mighty strength alway into heaven, and sitteth at the right
Be His people’s staff and stay. hand of God the Father Almighty:
Answer. Amen. from thence He shall come to
Lastly, whether Mattins be to follow judge both the quick and the dead.
immediately, or not, the Lord’s Prayer, I believe in the Holy Ghost, the
the Angelic Salutation, and the Apos Holy Catholic Church, the Com
tles' Creed are said z'naudibly. munion of Saints, the Forgiveness
UR Father, Who art in heaven, of sins, the Resurrection of the
Hallowed be Thy Name. body, and the life everlasting.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will Amen.
be done on earth, as it is in
heaven. Give us this day our Thus ends the Ofiiee of Compline
daily bread. And forgive us our throughout the year, in which Ofliee
trespasses, as we forgive them that the words, “May the souls, &c.,” are
trespass against us. And lead us omitted, and the Verse and Answer,
“The Lord give us, 816.,” are not said
not into temptation; but deliver before the Antifihon of the Blessed
us from evil. Amen. Virgin.
seems to date from about the eleventh century. The date and authorship of the third are
likewise unknown; but a legend has become attached to it, to the effect that St Gregory
the Great heard the three first lines uttered by an angel, and himself added the fourth, on
the same occasion on which was instituted the procession upon St Mark’s Day. The
authorship of “ Hail, 0 Queen” is disputed. The last clause is usually admitted to be an
exclamation uttered by St Bernard of Clairvaux in the cathedral of Spires. But the
authorship of the rest is disputed, some ascribing it to Hermann the Cripple, others to
one Peter of Monsoro, bishop of Compostella, others to one Adhemar, bishop of Podium
(Puy-en-Velay). It seems to have been well known, at least in Spain, early in the
twelfth century.
Qtbe iarnper 21mm of the firearm.
SEPTEMBER.
:lFtrst fiuuhay at September.

The First Lord’s Day of Septemher.
MATTINS. hath pleased, so hath it befallen.

Blessed be the Name of the LORD.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Verse. Naked came I out of my
First Lesson. mother’s womb, and naked shall I
Here beginneth the Book of Job (i. I.) return thither.
Answer. The LORD gave and the
HERE was a man in the land of LORD hath taken away. As the Lord
U2, whose name was Job, and hath pleased, so hath it befallen.
that man was perfect, and upright, Blessed be the Name of the LORD.
and one that feared God and eschewed
evil. And there were born unto him Second Lesson.
seven sons and three daughters. His
substance also was seven thousand ND his sons went and feasted in
sheep, and three thousand camels, and their houses, every one his day.
five hundred yoke of oxen, and five And sent and called for their three
hundred she-asses, and a very great sisters, to eat and to drink with them.
household. So that this man was the And it was so, when the days of their
greatest of all the men of the East. feasting were gone about, that Job
sent unto them and sanctified them,
and rose up early in the morning, and
First Resfionsory.
offered bumt-offerings according to
1 What! shall we receive good at the number of them all. For he said :
the hand of God, and shall, we not It may be that my sons have sinned,
receive evil? The LORD gave and the and blessed2 God in their hearts.
LORD hath taken away. As the Lord Thus did Job continually.
1 ii. 10; l. 21, 22.
2 I.e., invoked Him blasphemously in connection with some wicked thoughts, but it seems
more probable that the expression is here “transferred to curses and impious words against
God " Himself. So Gesenius. Targum :—“ provoked." (Walton's Polyglott.)
VOL. IV. H
214 THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
Second Responsory. Verse. Judge that which is just, and

ye shall find no iniquity in my tongue.
1 My sighing cometh before I eat, Answer. Nevertheless, finish that
and my roarings are poured out like ye have in mind.
the waters, for the thing which I Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
greatly feared is come upon me, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
that which I was afraid of is come Answer. Nevertheless, finish that
unto me. Was not I silent? Held ye have in mind.
not I my peace? Was not I at rest?
And trouble came.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Verse. Behold, I cannot help my
self, and they that were needful unto Fourth Lesson.
me 2 have forsaken me. The Lesson is taken from the Book of
Answer. And trouble came. Moral [Reflections upon Job] written
by Pope St Gregory [the Great.]
Third Lesson. (Bk. ii. ch. 1.)
NOW there was a day when the THE Holy Scripture is put before
sons of God came to present the eyes of our mind somewhat
themselves before the LORD, and after the fashion of a looking-glass,
Satan came also among them. And that we may see therein the aspect
the LORD said unto him: Whence of our inward man. Therein we see
comest thou? And he answered and what are our unsightly, and what our
said: From going to and fro in the comely traits; thereby we judge how
earth, and from walking up and down we are growing, and how far yet we
in it. And the LORD said unto him: are from fulness of stature. The Holy
Hast thou considered My servant Job, Scripture telleth of the doings of the
a perfect, and an upright man, one Saints, and stirreth up the heart of us
that feareth God and escheweth evil? weaklings to follow them. While it
Then Satan answered and said : Doth maketh memorial of their victorious
Job fear God for nought? Hast Thou deeds, it strengtheneth our frailty to
not made an hedge about him, and strive against sin. And so by the
about his house, and about all that he words of the Scripture it cometh to
hath, on every side? [Hast Thou pass that the soul trembleth less at
not] blessed the work of his hands? the battle, for that she seeth how
And is not his substance increased in many times the enemies before her
the land? But put forth Thine hand have been beaten by brave men.
a little, and touch all that he hath, and
he will bless3 Thee to Thy face. Fourth Responsory.
4' My flesh is clothed with worms
Third Responsory. and clods of dust. My skin is dry
Why do ye argue against the words and drawn together. Remember me,
of truth ? Do ye imagine words to O Lord, for my life is wind.
reprove me? and strive to confound Verse. My days are swifter than
one that is your friend ? Nevertheless, a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent with
finish that ye have in mind. out hope.
1 iii. 24; vi. r3. 2 Latin: necessarii mei.
3 In a bad sense. as before. Abp. Kenrick has—“ See if he will not bless Thee "—apparently
taking it as sarcastic. Targum :—“ if he will not provoke Thee before the face of Thy Word. ’
4 vii. 5-7. -
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Answer. Remember me, O Lord, Answer. Before I go to a land of
for my life is wind. darkness and of the shadow of death.
Fifth Lesson. Sixth Lesson. (Bk. i. eh. I.)
AND some whiles the Scripture “ HERE was a man in the land
showeth unto us, not only how of U2, whose name was Job.”
the Saints fought bravely, but also We are told where this holy man lived,
how they fell, that we may see by that thereby we may gauge the worth
the example of the mighty, not only of his bravery. Who knoweth not
what weapons we must take, if we that Uz is a place in the countries
would conquer, but also what snares of the Gentiles ?3 The Gentile world
we must keep clear of, if we would had been so degraded and corrupted
avoid falling. For example, here is by sin, that they had ceased to know
Job on the one hand, waxing nobler that they had a Maker. Therefore
under trial, and on the other hand, is it told us where Job dwelt, that
David, tried, and failing utterly.1 it may redound to his praise that he
And so the glory of the great was good in the midst of the wicked.
strengtheneth our hope, and the back It is not very praiseworthy to be good
sliding of the same doth stir us up among the good, but to be good
to be watchful and lowly—the one among the bad. For even as it is
cheering us with gladness, and the more grievous to be bad among the
other putting us on our guard through good, so is it right praiseworthy to
fear, so that the soul of him which have remained good among .the bad.
heareth of these things may by the
one gain sure and certain hope, and Sixth Responsoiy.
by the other fearfulness and Watch
4Hide not Thy face from 'me, O
fulness, and so neither be rashly pufi'ed
Lord! Withdraw not Thine hand
up, nor hopelessly cast down, nor may
far from me, let not Thy dread make
faint under the weight of dread, for
me afraid. '
asmuch as she is stirred up to trust
Verse. 50. Lord, correct me—but
fulness by the example of him who
in mercy; not in Thine anger, lest
triumphed.
Thou bring'me to nothing.
Answer. And let not Thy dread
Fifth Responsory. make me afraid. .
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
5' My days are few, and in a short
while they will be ended. Let me
Answer. And let not Thy dread
alone, then, 0 Lord! that I may be
make me afraid.
wail my sorrow a little, before I go
to the land of darkness and of the
shadow of death. THIRD NOCTURN.
Verse. Thine hands, 0 Lord ! have Sev/enth Responsory.
made me, and fashioned me together
round about, me?
and yet dost i Thou forth~ 6 O that Thou wouldest hide me in
with destroy
the grave! that Thou wouldest keep
1 1.e., in the case of Bathsheba. '1 x. 20, at, 8.
3 Uz—lit. “soft and sandy earth," proper name of a region and tribe in the northern part of
the Arabian desert, between Palestine, Idumwa, and the Euphrates. Ges.
4 xiii. 21. 5 Jer. x. 24. - - . ixiv. .13; x. 5, 6, 7.
me secret, until Thy wrath be past, there came also another, and said:
even Thine, O Lord, Thou That alone The fire of God is fallen from heaven,
art God! That Thou wouldest ap and hath burned up the sheep, and
point, me a set time, and remember me ! the servants, and consumed them;
Verse. _Are Thy days as the days and I only am escaped alone to tell
of man, that Thou inquirest after mine thee.
iniquity? and there is none that can First Responsory.
deliver out of Thine hand.
Answer. That Thou wouldest ap 1My harp is turned to mourning,
point me a set time, and remember and my organ into the voice of them
me! that weep. Let me alone, 0 Lord,
for my days are vanity.
Eighth Responsory.
Verse. My skin is black upon me,
One Seraph cried unto another— and my bones are burned with heat.
Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD God Answer. Let me alone, 0 Lord,
-of hosts: the whole earth is full of for my days are vanity.
His glory.
Verse. There are Three That Seeond Lesson.
bear record in heaven, the Father,
WHILE he was yet speaking there
the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and
came also another, and said:
these Three are One.
Answer. Holy, Holy, Holy is the The Chaldaeans made out three bands,
and fell upon the camels, and have
LORD God of hosts :—
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and carried them away; and slain the
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. servants with the edge of the sword ;
Answer. The whole earth is full of and I only am escaped alone to tell
thee. And while he was yet speaking,
His glory.
behold, there came in also another,
Ql'tonbag. and said : Thy sons and thy daughters
were eating and drinking wine in their
Second Day. eldest brother’s house, and, behold,
MATTINS. there came a great wind from the
wilderness, and smote the four corners
First Lesson. of the house, and it fell upon thy
The Lesson is taken from the Book of children; and they are dead; and I
Job (i. 13.) only am escaped alone to tell thee.
AND there was a day when his

Second Responsory.
sons and his daughters were
eating and drinking wine in their 2O that my sins, whereby I have
eldest brother’s house. And there deserved wrath, and the calamity
came a messenger unto Job and said: whereunder I suffer, were laid in the
The oxen were ploughing, and the balances together. -
asses feeding beside them, and the Verse. For now it would appear
Sabmans fell upon them and took heavier than the sand of the sea, there
them away; and they have slain the fore also my words are full of sorrow.
servants with the edge of the sword; Answer. And the calamity, where
and I only am escaped alone to tell under I sufl'er, were laid in the bal
thee. While he was yet speaking, ances together.
1. xxx. 30, 31 ; vii. 16. 1 vi. 3.
FIRST WEEK g0F'SEP'1’EMB‘ER. .' 217
Third Lesson. forth Thine hand now, and touch his

bone and his flesh. And thou shalt see
THEN Job arose, and rent his gar
ments, and shaved his head, that he will bless 1 Thee to Thy face!
and fell down upon the ground, and
worshipped, and said: Naked came I First Responsofl.
out of my mother’s womb, and naked My flesh is clothed, &c.,a(p. 214.)
shall I return thither. The LORD
gave, and the LORD hath taken away.
As the Lord hath been pleased, so is Second Lesson.
it come to pass. Blessed be the Name
ND the LORD said unto Satan:
of the LORD! In all these things,
Behold, he is in thine hand;
Job sinned not with his lips, nor
but save his life. So went Satan forth
charged God with foolishness.
from the presence of the LORD, and
smote Job with sore boils, from the
Third Responsory. sole of his foot unto his crown. And
Why do ye argue, (1}. 214.) he took a potsherd to scrape away the
matter, and sat down in a dung-hill.
Then said his wife unto him: Dost
@uesbag. thou still retain thine integrity P Bless
Third Day. God, and diel‘b’ But he said unto
MATTINS.
her: Thou speakest as one of the
foolish women speaketh.‘ Shall we
Firs! Lesson. receive good at the hand of God, and
The LessOn is taken from the Book of shall we not receive evil? In all this
Job (ii. I.) ‘ did not Job sin with his lips.
AGAIN there was a day when the
Second Responsory.
sons of God came to present
themselves before the LORD, and My days are few, &c., (p. 21 5.)
Satan came also among them to pre
sent himself before the LORD. And Third Lesson.
the LORD said unto Satan: Whence
comest thou? And he answered: N OW when Job’s three friends heard
From going to and fro in the earth, of all this evil that was come
and from walking up and down in it. upon him, they came every one from
And the LORD said unto Satan : Hast his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite,
thou considered My servant Job, that and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar
there is none like him in the earth, a the Naamathite ; for they had made
perfect and an upright man, one that an appointment together to come to
feareth God, and escheweth evil? visit him and to comfort him. And
And still, he holdeth fast his integrity, when they lifted up their eyes afar
although thou movedst Me against OH, and knew him not, they lifted up
him, to afi‘lict him without a cause. their voice and wept, and they rent
And Satan answered, and said: Skin their garments, and sprinkled dust
for skin! yea, all that a man hath upon their heads toward heaven. So
will he give for his life. But put they sat down with him upon the
1 See note on the Third Lesson on Sunday.
2 So also Gesenius, who explains it thus: “ However much thou praisest and blessest God,
yet thou art to die—thy piety towards God is therefore vain.”v 1 i , _
THE PROPER OFFICE 'OFHTHE SEASON.
218
ground seven days and seven nights; up the doors of the womb that bare
And none spake a word unto him. me, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
For they saw that his grief was very
great. Second Responsory.
Third Responsory.
O that my sins, &c., (p. 216.)
Hide not Thy face, &c., (p. 215.)
Third Lesson.
.Qilebneabag. HY died I not from the womb ?
Fourth Day. Why did I not give up the
ghost when I came out of the bellyi>
MATTINS. Why did the knees receive me? or
First Lesson. the breasts, that I should suck? For
now should I have lain still and been
The Lesson is taken from the Book of quiet—I should have slept—then had
Job (iii. 1.) I been at rest——with kings and coun
AFTER this job opened his mouth, sellors of the earth, which build deso
' and cursed his day, and said: late places for themselves-or with
Perish the day wherein I was born! princes that had gold, who filled their
and the night in which it was said: houses with silver—or as an hidden
There is a man-child conceived! Let untimely birth I had not been; as
that day be darkness! Let not God infants which never saw light.2
regard it from above! neither let the
light shine upon it! Let darkness Third Responsory.
and the shadow of death stain it!
Why do ye argue, &c., (p. 2I4.)
. Let a cloud dwell upon it! and let
bitterness occupy itl.
@Burabag.
First Responsory. Fifth Day.
O that Thou wouldest hide me, &c., MATTINS.
(p. 2 1 5.)
First Lesson.
' Second Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Book of
S for that night,—let darkness
Job (iv. 1.)
seize upon it! Let it not be
joined unto the days of the year! Let THEN Eliphaz the Temanite an
it not come into the number of the swered and said: If we essay
months ! Let that night be solitary— to commune with thee, wilt thou be
let no joyful voice come therein. Let grieved? But who, having begun to
them curse it that curse the day, who speak, can withhold himself from
are ready to raise up Leviathan.1 Let speaking? Behold, thou hast in
the stars be obscured by the darkness structed many, and thou hast strength
thereof—let it look for light but have ened the weak hands. Thy words
none ; neither let it see the uprising of have upholden him that was falling,
the breaking day. Because it shut not and thou hast strengthened the feeble
1 Targum :—“ Let the Prophets curse it who curse the day of vengeance which hath been
prepared, when they are raised up to rehearse their lamentation. "
9 The description of the grave in the next few verses is so sublime, and so justly famous, that
the reader ought to turn to it in the Bible.
FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. ' 2K9
knees. But now afi‘liction is come Third Responsory.

upon thee, and thou faintest; it hath
Why do ye argue, &c., (p. 214.)
touched thee, and thou are troubled.
Where is thy fear, thy confidence, thy
patience, and the uprightness of thy firing.
ways ?
First Responsory. Sixth Day.
What! shall we receive good, &c., MATTINS.

(p. 213.) First Lesson.
Second Lesson.
EMEMBER, I pray thee, who Job (vi. I.)
ever perished, being innocent?
BUT Job answered and said : O that
or when were the righteous cut off?
my sins, wherebyl have deserved
But rather, I have seen them that
wrath, and the calamitywhereunder I
plough iniquity, and sow wickedness,
suffer, were laid in the balances to
reap the same. By the blast of God
gether! For now it would appear
they perish, and by the breath of His
heavier than the sand of the sea;
wrath are they consumed. The roar
therefore also my words are full of
ing of the lion, and the voice of the
sorrow. For thearrows of the Lord
lioness, and the teeth of the young
are in me ; the poison thereof drinketh
lions are broken. The tiger perisheth
up my spirit; and the terrors of the
for lack of prey, and the lion’s whelps
Lord do set themselves in array against
are scattered abroad.
me!1
Second Responsory. First Responsory.
My sighing cometh, &c., (p. 214.) My flesh is clothed, &c., (p. 214.)
Third Lesson. Seeond Lesson. -
N OW a thing was secretly brought DOTH the wild ass bray when he
to me, and mine ear caught as hath grass? or loweth the ox
it were privily a faint sound thereof. when he standeth before a rack full of
In the dread of a vision of the night, fodder? Can that which is unsavoury
when deep sleep falleth on men, fear be eaten without salt? or will one
came upon me and trembling, which taste deadly poison ? The things that
made all my bones to shake. Then a my soul aforetime refused to touch, are
spirit passed before my face. The hair now my needful meat.
of my flesh stood up. It stood still;
but I could not discern the form there Second Responsory.
of; an image was before mine eyes, My days are few, &c.,‘(p-. 215.)
and I heard a voice like the sighing of
the wind. “Shall mortal man be more
Third Lesson.
just than God? Shall a man be more 0 THAT I imight have my request,
pure than his Maker? Behold, His
servants were not to be trusted, and in and that God would grant me
His angels He found perverseness.” the thing that I long for! Even that
. 1 In the Hebrew “the arrows" are described as “Of the Almighty," and “the terrors n 11
of
God I,
220 THE PROPER OFFICE OF'THE SEASON.
He That hath begun, would destroy Second Lesson.

me ; that He would let loose His hand,
and cut me off! And then would I MY flesh is clothed with rottenness,
have comfort, even if He That afllicteth and my skin is dried up and
me would not spare me. Yea, I would drawn with clods of dust. My days
not speak against the sentence of the are passed quicker than as when a
Holy One. What is my strength, that weaver cutteth off the shuttle, and are
I should hope? And what is mine spent without hope. 0 remember that
end, that I should now bear patiently? my life is wind, and that mine eye
My strength is not the strength of shall no more see good. The eye of
stones, nor is my flesh of brass. Be him that hath seen me shall see me no
hold, I have no help in me, and they more : Thine eyes are upon me, and I
that are needful to me1 are gone far am not.
from me.
Second Resfionsory.
Third Re.s;bonsory. O that my sins, &c., (p. 216.)

Hide not Thy face, &c., (p. 215.)
Third Lesson.
éaturtag. S the cloud is consumed and van

isheth away, so he that goeth
The Sabbath. down to the grave shall come up no
more. He shall return no more to his
MATTINS.
house, neither shall his place know
First Lesson. him any more. Therefore I will not
refrain my mouth ; I will speak in the
The Lesson is taken from the Book of anguish of my spirit; I will complain
Job (vii. i.) in the bitterness of my soul. Am I a
sea, or a whale,2 that Thou settest a
THE life of man upon earth is a
watch over me?
warfare, and his days are like
the days of an hireling. As a servant
earnestly desireth the shadow, and as Third Resfionsory.
an hireling looketh to the reward of his
work, so have I had months of vanity, Why do ye argue, &c., (p. 214.)
and have counted the wearisome nights.
When I lie down, I say: When shall
I arise? And again, I long for the VESPERS.
evening, and am fretted looking for
the darkness. A ntifihon at the Song of the Blessed
Virgin. In all these things Job sinned
not * with his lips, nor charged God
First Resjonsory.
with foolishness.
O that Thou wouldest hide me, &c.,
(p. 2r 5.) Prayer of the ensuing Sunday.
1 Latin : necessarii mei.

2 "Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that”—i.e., am I untamed like the Sea? It may be con
jectured that this word (Yam=Sea) properly denotes the boiling, foaming of the sea.
Gesenius.
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Sauna Sammy at September. Third Lesson.

IF He come unto me, I see Him
The Second Lord’s Day of September:
not; if He pass on, I' perceive
MATTINS. Him not. If He suddenly maketh in
quiry, who shall answer Him? or who
FIRST NOCTURN. can say unto Him: Why doest Thou
thus? He is God, Whose anger none
First Lesson. can withstand, and under Whom they
that bear up the earth are bowed
The Lesson is taken from the Book of down. What then am I, that I should
Job (ix. I.) answer him, or my words, that I should
reason with Him P—I, who though I
THEN Job answered and said: I
were righteous in somewhat, yet would
know it is so of a truth, and
not answer Him, but would make sup
that a man cannot be justified be
plication to my Judge. If I had called
fore God. If He will contend with
and He had answered me, yet would I
him, he cannot answer Him one Of a
not believenthat He had hearkened
thousand. He is wise in heart and
unto my voice. For He breaketh me
mighty in strength; who hath hardened
with a tempest, and multiplieth my
himself against Him and hath pros
wounds without cause.
pered P—Which removeth the moun
tains or ever they whom He‘overturneth
in His anger know it— Third Responsoiy.
Why do ye argue, &c., (15. 214.)
' First Responsory.
SECOND NOCTURN.
What! shall we receive, &c., (p.
Fourth Lesson.
213.)
Second Lesson.
Moral [Reflections upon Job] written
HICH shaketh the earth out of by Pope St Gregory [the Great]
her place, and the pillars there (Bk. ix. ch. 2.)
of tremble——Which commandeth the “ KNOW that it is so of a truth,
sun and it riseth not, and sealeth up and that a man cannot be
the stars—VVhich alone spreadeth out justified as against God.” When God
the heavens, and treadeth upon the is put out of the consideration, a man
waves of the sea—Which maketh may be considered to be just, but con
Arcturus, andv Orion, and the Hyades,
sidered as against God, his righteous
and the Chambers of the South 1— ness vanishethaway. When a man
Which doeth great things past finding measureth himself by his relation to
out, yea, and wonders without number. Him, Who is the Author of all good,
he doth thereby acknowledge that of
Second Responsory. himself he hath no good in him, but
hath received from God whatsoever he
My sighing cometh, &c., (p. 214). hath. He that glorifieth himself be
1 According to Gesenius, the first constellation named is the Great Bear, the second uncertain,
but generally taken to be Orion, the third the Pleiades—the “Chambers of the South "—the
most remote Southern regions. (Qu. the constellations of more southern skies?) Hi2
VOL. IV.
222 THE' PROPER OFFICE'OF THE SEASON.
cause of good which hath been given Sixth Lesson.

him, fighteth against God with God’s
own gifts. It is just therefore that the TEN times one is ten, and ten times
grounds upon which he ought to have ‘ ten is an hundred, and ten times
been humbled, but upon which he an hundred is a thousand. Observing
therefore this connection between one
hath puffed himself up, should be used
to humble his vain-glory. But an holy and a thousand, what are we to under
man, because he perceiveth that the stand by the one [in the text, connected
worth of our own good deeds falleth as it is with the thousand whereby we
short,1 when he considereth his own understand perfection]? Is it not the
spiritual man, justly saith: “ If He beginning of a good life, even as
the thousand representeth perfection?
will contend with him, he cannot
The contending with God [which is
answer Him one of a thousand.”
spoken of in the text] is the non
acknowledgment of that which is owed
Fourth 'Responsozy. to Him, and the vain-glorying instead
in our own strength. But an holy
My flesh is clothed, &c., (p. 214.) man should see, that even if one had
received the gifts of perfection, and
were to make them the grounds of
Fifth Lesson. self-glorifying, such an one would
thereby lose all that he had received.
IN the Holy Scriptures the numeral
a thousand is used to be taken as Sixth Responsory.
signifying-a generalization. Thus, the
Psalmist saith : “ The word which He Hide not Thy face, &c., (p. 21 5.)
commanded to a thousand generations"
(Ps. civ. 8), whereas it is notorious THIRD NOCTURN. ..
that the Evangelist doth not reckon
more then seventy-and-seven genera Seventh Responsory.
tions between the very beginning of O that Thou wouldest hide me, &c.,
the world and the coming of our (p. 215.)
Redeemer. 'What therefore is to be
understood here by a thousand ?' The Eighth Responsory.
general ripeness Of the old generation
One seraph cried, &c., (p. 2r6.)
to bring forth a new offspring. Hence
also it is said by John: “And shall
reign ‘with Him a thousand years ” , Ql'lonbag.
(Apoc. xx. 6,)—because the reign of
the Holy Church will be over all Second Day. '
mankind made perfect.
MATTINS.
First Lesson.
Fifth Responsozy.
My days are few, &c., (p. 215.) Job (xxvii. I.) 2
i 1 Omne virtutis nostraa meritum esse vitium'.
2 The intermediate chapters are filled with the discussion of Job and his friends upon the
difficulty of reconciling God's dealings with His justice. Their arguments had been that Job
must have committed some horrible sin, which pride prevented his confessing, or else, God
neither could nor would have so punished him;
SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER; ‘22 3
MOREOVER, Job continued his shall not be satisfied with bread.
parable and said: As God liveth, Those that remain of him shall be
Who hath taken away my judgment, buried in destruction ; and his widows
and the Almighty, Who hath vexed shall not weep.
my soul, all the while my breath is
in me, and the spirit of God is in 7 hird Responsory.
my nostrils, my lips shall not speak
Why do ye argue, &c., (p. 214.)
wickedness, nor my tongue utter
deceit. God forbid that I should
acknowledge you to be right. Till ~€u¢sbag
I die I will not draw back from
[asserting] mine integrity. . Third Day.
MATTINS.
First Responsory.
First Lesson.
My harp is turned, &c., (if. 216.) ‘
' Job (xxviii. I2.)
Second Lesson.
1 HERE shall wisdom be found?
MY righteousness I hold fast, and And where is the place of
will not let it go, for mine heart understanding? Man knoweth not
doth not reprove me for anything in the price thereof, neither is it found
mine whole life. Let mine enemy be in the land of the easy-living. The
as the wicked, and he that riseth up depth saith: It is not in me; and
against me as the unrighteous. For the sea saith: It is not in me. It
what is the hope of the hypocrite, cannot be gotten for the purest gold,
though he hath gained, but God hold neither shall silver be weighed for
not his soul guiltless? Will God hear the price thereof. It cannot be
his cry when trouble cometh upon valued with the dyes of India, with
him? Or can he delight himself in the most precious sardonyx stone, or
the Almighty, and call alway upon the sapphire.
God?
Second Responsory. First Responsory.
O that ’my sins, &c.,(p. 216.) My flesh is clothed, &c., (p. 214.)
Third Lesson. Second Lesson.

I WILL teach you by the hand of God THE gold and the crystal cannot
'that which is with the Almighty, equal it, and the exchange of
and will not conceal it. Behold all ye it shall not be for jewels of fine
yourselves know it; why, then, do ye gold. Things noble and esteemed
talk such groundless folly? This is shall not be spoken of beside it,
the portion of a wicked man with God, for wisdom is drawn from the secret
and the heritage of the oppressors, places. The topaz of Ethiopia shall
which they shall receive of the Al not equal it, neither shall it be valued
mighty. If his children be multiplied, with the purest colour. Whence
it is for the sword—and his ofl'spring then cometh wisdom? And where
1 Job still speaking.
is the place of understanding? It to the wicked? and to be set afar

is hid from the eyes of all living, off unto the workers of iniquity?
and lieth unseen by the birds of the Doth not He see my ways, and
air. Destruction and death say: count all my steps? If I have
We have heard the fame thereof walked with vanity, or if my foot
with our ears. hath hasted to deceit, let Him weigh
me in an even balance, and let God
Second Reiloomory. know mine integrity.
My days are few, &c., (p. 215.)

First Responsory.
Third Lesson. O that .Thou wouldest hide me,

&c., (p. 215.)
GOD understandeth the way there
of, and He kno‘weth the place Second Lesson.
thereof. For He looketh to the ends
of the earth, and seeth under the IF my step hath turned out of the
whole heaven—even He Who maketh way, and mine heart walked
the weight for the winds, and weigheth after mine' eyes, and if any blot
the waters by measure. When He hath cleaved to mine hands, then
made a decree for the rain, and a let me sow, and let another eat,
way for the thunderstorms, then did and let mine ofi'spring be rooted
He see it, and declare it, and pre out. If mine heart have been de
pare it, and search it out; and unto ceived by a woman, or if I have
man He said: Behold, the fear of laid wait at my neighbour’s door,
the LORD, that is wisdom; and to then let my wife be harlot unto
depart from evil is understanding. another, and let others bow down
upon her. For this is an heinous
crime, and a most abominable wicked
Tlu'rd Responsory.
ness. It is a fire that consumeth to
Hide not Thy face, &c., (p. 215.) destruction, and would root out all
increase.
- @ebnesbag.
Second Responsorjl.
Fourth Day.
MATTINS.
First Lesson. Third Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Book IF I did despise the cause of my
of Job (xxxi. I.)1 man-sewant, or of my maid
servant, when they contended with
MADE a covenant with mine me—what then shall I do when
eyes, not so much as to think God riseth up to judge me? And
upon a maid. For what portion when He demandeth of me, what
would God have in me from above? shall I answer Him? Did not He
and what inheritance the Almighty That made me in the womb make
from on high? Is not destruction him? And did not One fashion us
2 Job still speaking.
SECOND WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. 225
in the womb? If I have withheld Declare—if thou hast understanding.
their desire from the poor, or have Who hath laid the measures thereof,
caused the eyes of the widow to if thou knowest? or who hath
wait—if I have eaten my morsel stretched the line upon it? Where
myself alone, and the fatherless hath upon are the foundations thereof
not eaten thereof—(but compassion fastened? or who laid the comer
grew with me from my childhood, and stone thereof, when the morning stars
came out with me from my sang My praise together, and all the
mother’s womb)—[if I have seen sons of God shouted for joy—P
any perish for want of clothing,
or any - poor without covering,—if First Responsoiy.
his loins have not blessed me, and
if he were not warmed with the What! shall we receive, &c., (p.
fleece of my sheep,—if I have lifted 213.)
up my hand against the fatherless, Second Lesson.
when I saw my help in the gate,——' WHO shut up the sea with doors,
then let mine arm fall from my
when it brake forth, as if it
shoulder-blade, and mine arm be
had issued out of the womb, when
broken from the bone.] I made the cloud the garment
thereof, and thick darkness a swad
Third Responsory. ’ dling-band for it? I set it within
Why do ye argue, &c., (p. 214.) such bounds as I would, and set
bars and doors, and said :—Hitherto
shalt thou come and no farther;
Qifiurabag. and here shall thy proud waves be
stayed. Hast thou commanded the
Fifth Day. morning since thy days, and caused
MATTINS.
the dayspring to know his place?
Yea, hast thou taken hold of the
First Lesson. uttermost parts of the' earth and
made them to quiver, and shaken
The Lesson is taken from the Book
the wicked out of it.>2
of Job (xxxviii. I.)1
THEN the LORD answered Job Seeond Responsory.
out of the whirl-wind, and
My sighing cometh, &c., (p. 214.)
said :—Who is this that darkeneth
counsel by words without knowledge ?
Third Lesson.
Gird up thy loins like a man, for
I will demand of thee, and answer 3 HE seal shall be restOred as
thou Me. Where wast thou when clay, and shall stand as a
I laid the foundations of the earth? garment. From the wicked their
1 The discourse of Job continues to the end of ch. xxx. With ch. xxxii. it is announced that
the original disputants now became silent, but “ Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite," incensed
at their lame and impotent conclusion, begins to address them. His discourse lasts to the end
of ch. xxxvii., and xxxviii. begins abruptly as above.
2 Abp. Kenrick says that De Rossi “refers this to" [God's action by means of] " the mom
ing, which seems to take the earth at both extremities, and to shake from its surface evil-doers,
who have abused the darkness for the perpetration of crime.” I
3 The description of morning is continued. “As clay receives an impression from a seal,
so the earth receives new form and appearance from the light of morning" and “the light
becomes as a garment for the earth. " (Abp. Kenrick.) Compare also the Revised Version.
226 THE PROPER OFFICE OF 'THE‘ SEASON.
light shall be withholden, and the First Responsorjl.

high arm shall be broken. Hast
thou entered into the springs of the My flesh is clothed, &c., (p. 214.)
sea? or hast thou walked in the
search of the depth? Have the Second Lesson.
gates of death been opened unto
thee? or hast thou seen the doors SCATTER the haughty in thy rage,
of the shadow [of death]? Hast and behold every one that is
thou perceived the breadth of the proud, and abase him. Look on
earth? Declare, if thou knowest it every one that is proud, and bring
all—where the way is where light him low, and tread down the wicked
dwelleth, and where is the place of in their place. Hide them in the
darkness, that thou canst trace every dust together, and plunge their faces
thing to its beginning, and knowest into the pit. Then will I also con
the paths to the house thereof. fess unto thee that thine own right
hand can save thee.
Behold, the behemoth,2 which I
Tlu'rd Respomorjy. made with thee. He eateth grass
Why do ye argue, &c., (p. 214.) as an ox. His strength is in his
loins, and his force in the navel of
his belly.
§ribag.
Six”: Day. Second Responsorjn
My days are few, &c., (p. 215.)
MATTINS~
First Lesson. Third Lesson. (xlii. 1.)
The Lesson is taken from the Book of THEN Job answered the LORD,
Job (x1. I .) and said :—I know that Thou
canst do everything, and that no
HEN answered1 the LORD unto thought' can be withholden from
Job out of the whirl-wind, and Thee. “Who is he that hideth
said :—Gird up thy loins like a man ; Counsel without knowledge ?” 3 There
I will demand of thee, and declare fore have I spoken foolishly, and con
thou unto Me. Wilt thou disannul cerning things which are utterly be
My judgment? Wilt thou condemn yond the reach of my knowledge.
Me. that thou mayest justify thyself? “Hear, and I will speak; I will
Hast thou an arm like God? or demand of thee, and answer thou
canst thou thunder with a voice like Me.” I have heard of Thee by
vHim? Deck thyself now with maj
the hearing of the ear, but now mine
esty and excellency, and array thyself eye seeth Thee. Wherefore I abhor
with glory and beauty! myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
1 At the end of ch. xxxix. Job cries out that he is silenced, and cannot say any more.
2 The behemoth is described till the end of the chapter. and theologians, naturalists, &c., are
not agreed as to what animal is meant, though the common opinion IS that It is the hippo
potamus. Similar doubts exist about the leviathan in this and the next chapter (generally
believed to be the crocodile), but all naturalists will read with delight this appeal of the
Creator, in which He cites His works as the living evidence of His being, power, wisdom,
and goodness. The description of an horse (xxxix. 19-25) is particularly celebrated.
3 Quotations, of which he acknowledges the justice.
SECOND '.WEEK' ., OF - SEPTEMBER.- ' , 227,
Third Responsory; twice as much as he ' had before.

Then came there -'unto him all his
Hide not Thy face, &c., (p. 21.5.) brethren, and all his sisters, and all
they that had been of his acquaint
ance before, and did eat bread with
éaturbag. him in'- his house ; and they bemoaned
The Sahhath. him, and comforted him over all- the
evil that the LORD had brought upon
MATTINS. him; every man also gave him one
sheep, and one ring2 of gold;
First Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Book Of Second Responsor'y.
Job (xlii. 7.)
AND after the LORD had spoken
. these, words unto job, He 1 said
Third Lesson. ‘
to Eliphaz the Temanite: My wrath ’)
is kindled against thee, and against ND the LORD blessed. the latter
thy two friends, for ye have not days of Job more than his be‘
spoken the thing that is right in ginning. For he had fourteen thou
My sight, as My servant Job hath. sand sheep, and six thousand camels,
Therefore take unto you now seven and a thousand yoke of oxen,'and a
bullocks and seven rams, and go to thousand she-asses. He had also
My servant Job, and offer up ,for seven sons and three daughters. And
yourselves av burnt-offering; And My he called the name of the first “ Day,"
servant Job shall pray for you—for and the name of the second“ Cassia,”
him will I accept—that your folly and the name of the third “Horn-of
may not be imputed unto you; in paint,” and in all the land' were no
that ye have not spoken of Me the women found so fair as the daughters
thing that is right, like My servant of Job; and their father gave them
Job. inheritance among their brethren.
First Responsoiy. After this lived Job an hundred and
forty years, and saw his sons, and
O that Thou wouldest, &c., (p. 21 5.) his son’s sons, even four generations;
and he died,'old and full of days.
Second Lesson.
Third Responsory.
SO Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bil
dad the Shuhite, and Zophar the -Why do ye argue, &c., (p. 2-14.)
'Naamathite went, and did aCcording
as the LORD commanded them; the Vesjfiers are of the Feast of the Set/en
'LORD also accepted job. The LORD Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin, unless
also gave ear unto the supplication they be supplanted by that of her holy
‘of Job, when he prayed for his Name, or that of the Octave of her
friends. And the LORD gave Job Birth, or that of the Apostle St
1 The Hebrew repeats the Divine Name.
9 A “ sheep" is understood to mean here a. particular piece of money which bore the image
of a sheep, somewhat as big dog and'little dog are names among the common people of Spain
for a penny and a halfpenny; a " ring " perhaps denotes pierced money, like that still used by
the Chinese, but anciently elsewhere also. , 7
228 THE PROPER OFFICE OF 1THE‘ SEASON.
Matthew—in which case the Feast the Assyrians, but albeit he was in
of her Sorrows is moved on to the captivity yet he swerved not out of the
next Sunday which is not occupied way of truth. All things whatsoever
by a Double of the First or Second that he had, he shared them, day by
Class. In any case, no more of the day, with his brethren of the captivity
Ofiice of this Third Sunday is said that were of his own lineage. And
than the Antiphon forming part of being the youngest of all the tribe
the Commemoration of the Sunday at of Nephtali, yet behaved he himself in
Vespers on Saturday evening, which nowise as a child.
is as follows:
First Resfionsoiy.
Antiphon. Remember not, Lord,
mine offences, nor the offences of my 1 I entreat Thee, O Lord, that Thou
forefathers, neither take Thou venge wouldest loose me from this reproach,
ance of my sins. (Tob. iii. 3.) or that Thou wouldest take me away
Verse. Let the evening prayer as from the earth. Remember not mine
cend unto Thee, O Lord. ofi‘ences nor the offences of my fore
Answer. And let there descend fathers, neither take Thou vengeance
upon us Thy mercy. of my sins; for Thou, O Lord, art a
Redeemer unto all that hope in Thee.
Prayer of the Sunday. Verse. For all Thy judgments are
just, and all Thy ways are mercy and
truth. And now, 0 Lord, remember
me.
Answer. Remember not mine
@birti £unhag uf 5eptzmher. ofi'ences nor the offences of my fore
fathers, neither take Thou vengeance
The Third Lord’s Day of September. of my sins; for Thou, O Lord, art a
Redeemer unto all that hope in Thee.
This day is always occupied by a
festival.
Second Lesson.
Qllonbag. M OREOVER, when all men sought
Second Day. - - after the golden calves which
Ieroboam King of Israel had made,
MATTINS. this man alone separated himself from
the company of all of them ; and went
First Lesson. unto Jerusalem unto the Temple of the
Lord, and worshipped there the Lord
Here beginneth the Book of Tobias
God of Israel, and offered faithfully
(i. I.)
his first-fruits and his tithes, and every
OBIAS, of the tribe and state of third year he gave a tithe unto the
Nephtali, (which is in the upper proselytes and strangers. These things
parts of Galilee above Naasson, after and the like did he, according to the
the way that leadeth unto the West, law of God, when he was a child.
having the city of Saphed upon the Furthermore, when he was come to
left,) the same was taken a prisoner the age of a man, he married Anna
in the days of Salmanasar King of of his own kindred, and of her he
1 Tob. iii. 15, 3, 2.
THIRD WEEK. ' OF SEPTEMBER. 229
begat a son, unto whom he gave his started up, and left his dinner, and
own name, and trained him up from went fasting unto the dead body,
a child to fear God, and to abhor all and took it up, and carried it to his
evil. (Third Lesson for Sunday.) own house secretly, that he might
Therefore, when he was carried away bury it cautiously after the going
captive to Ninive, with his wife and down of the sun. (Second Lesson of
his son, and all his tribe, and they Monday.) But all his neighbours
all did eat of the bread of the Gen chided him, and said: Already thou
tiles, he kept his own soul clean, hast been condemned to death for
and never defiled himself with their this matter, and hardly didst thou
meat. And because he remembered escape from the power of the grave:
the Lord with all his heart, God and dost thou bury the dead again?
gave him grace before Salmanasar But Tobias feared God more than
the King, and he gave him power the King, and took away the bodies
to go wheresoever he would, and of them that were slain, and hid
freedom to do whatsoever he pleased. them in his house, and buried them
He went therefore unto all that were in the midst of the night. So it
of the captivity, and exhorted them came to pass that on a certain day
with wholesome words. he returned weary from the burial,
and came into his own house, and
lay down by the wall and slept, and
Second Responsory. as he was asleep there fell upon
his eyes warm dung out of a swal
1 In all seasons bless God, and ask
low’s nest, and he became blind.
of Him to order thy goings, and in
This trial did the Lord allow to
all seasons let thy counsels be stead
befall him, that his patience, like
fastly in Him.
the patience of holy Job, might be
Verse. Seek faithfully and with
an ensample to them that come after
all thy strength to do such things him. (Third Lesson of Monday.)
as please Him.
For from a child he had alway
Answer. And in all seasons let
feared God, and kept His command
thy counsels be steadfastly in Him.
ments, and therefore, when the afflic
tion of blindness came upon him,
Third Lesson. (First Lesson of Mon he was not angered against God,
day.) (ii. 1.) but remained unshaken in the fear
of God, giving God thanks all the
ND after these things, when days of his life. For even as kings
there was a Feast of the Lord, mocked at blessed Job, so did his
and there was a good dinner pre kinsmen and his cousins mock at
pared in the house of Tobias, he his life, saying: Where now is thine
said unto his son: Go and bring hope, for the which thou didst give
some out of our brethren that fear alms and bury the dead? But
God, that they may dine with us. Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak
But after that he was gone out, he not thus, seeing that we are the
came again, and said unto him, that children of the Saints, and that we
one of the- children of Israel had look for that life which God will
been slain, and was lying in the give unto them that deal never
market-place. Then straightway he falsely in His covenant.
1 iv. 20; xiv. IO

230 THE PROPER'OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
Third Responsory. Second Lesson.

1 My son, remember that we have HEREUPON his wife was en
but a frail life. If thou fear God raged against him, and said:
"thou shalt have great goods. It is manifest that thine hope is
Verse. Be mindful of Him, and disappointed, and that thine alms
beware lest ever thou transgress His come not back unto thee again.
commandments. And with these and the like words
Answer. If thou fear God thou did she revile him. (iii.) Then Tobias
shalt have great goods. groaned and began to weep, and
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and prayed, and said: O Lord, Thou
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. art just, and all Thy judgments are
Answer. If thou fear God thou just, and all Thy ways are mercy,
shalt have great goods. and truth, and judgment. And now,
0 Lord, remember me, and take not
Qiuesbag. vengeance of my sins, neither remem
ber mine offences, nor the offences
Third Day. of my forefathers. '
MATTINS.
First Lesson. Second Responsory.
The Lesson is taken from the Book 3Bless the God of heaven, and
of Tobias (ii. 11.) confess Him before all living, for
He hath had mercy upon you.
‘ OW Anna his wife went to do
Verse. Bless Him, and sing
women’s work every day, and
praises unto Him, and tell of all
she brought home such living as she
His marvellous works. .,
could obtain by the work of her
Answer. For He hath had mercy
hands. And so it came to pass 'that
upon you. '
’she received a kid of the goats, ~and
brought it home. And when her
husband heard it cry, he said: See Third Lesson.
that haply it be not stolen; render
_FO-R we obeyed not Thy command
it to the owners; for it is not law
ments, wherefore Thou hast de
ful to eat nor to 'touch anything
livered us fOr a spoil, and unto cap
that is stolen.
tivity, and unto death, and fOr a
proverb, and a. reproach to all the
First Responsory. nations among whom we are 'dis
2 Our poverty was enough for us, persed. And now, 0 Lord, great
that it might have been accounted are Thy judgments; because we
riches. . O that the money had never have not kept Thy' commandments,
been, for which thou hast sent away ,neither have walked in truth before
our son, the staff of our old age! Thee. And now, 0 Lord, deal with
Verse. Alas! my son, wherefore me as seemeth best unto Thee, and
have we sent thee wandering, even command my spirit to be taken from
thee, the light of our eyes! me in peace, for'it is profitable for
Answer. The staff of our old age! 'me to ,die rather than _to live.
1 iv. 23, 6. 2.y. 25, 24, 23. 3 xii. 6, 18, 20.

THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. 23!
Third Responsory. another, waxing and waning—dumb,

in that they confess not the faith;
1 It is time for me to return unto deaf, in that they have no ears for
Him That sent me, but bless ye the word of truth. They foam at
God, and tell of all His marvellous the mouth also, and pine away with
works. folly. For it is the way with idiots,
Verse. _Confess Him before all and swooners, and stupified, to foam
living, for He hath had mercy upon their spittle out at their mouths.
you. They gnash their teeth when they
Answer. But bless ye God, and are inflamed with the heat of passion.
tell of all His marvellous works. They wither up in the paralysis of
Verse. Glory be to the Father, sloth: and live nerveless lives un
and to the Son, and to the Holy braced by any strong exercise.
Ghost.
Answer. But bless ye God, and
tell of all His marvellous works. First Responsoiy.
We have heard of the tribulation of
those cities, which they have suffered,
Gmfier @cbnesbag. and we have fainted. Fear and con
Fourth Day in the September Week of fusion of mind are fallen upon us.
Quarter- Tense. Even the mountains will not give us
a refuge. Lord, have mercy. _
_MATTINS. Verse. 3We have sinned like our
forefathers, we have done unjustly,
First Lesson.
and wrought iniquity.
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Answer. Lord, have mercy.
Gospel according to Mark (ix. 16.)
T that time: One of the multi Second Lesson.
tude answered'and said unto
HE father saith: “And I spake
JESUS: Master, I have brought unto
to Thy disciples, that they
Thee my son, which hath a dumb
should cast him out, and they could
spirit. And so on.
not.” Here he maketh a sort of
Homily by the Venerable Bede, accusation against the Apostles. But
Priest [at Jarrow.] (Bk. iii. ch. 38, that cures cannot be wrought is some
on Mark ix.) times owing, not to the powerlessness
of them that would heal, but to the
Concerning this possessed person want of faith in them that are to be
whom the Lord healed, after that healed—as saith the Lord : “ Accord
He was come down from the mount, ing to your faith be it unto you.”
Mark saith that he was deaf and (Matth. ix. 29.) He answereth him,
dumb, and Matthew (xvii. 15) that and saith: “O faithless generation,
he was lunatic.2 He was a figure how lOng shall I be with you ? ” The
of them of whom it is said: “A meek and lowly One, Who, as a lamb
fool changeth as the moon,” (Ecclus. before his shearers, is dumb, so opened
xxvii. 12.) These are they who not His Mouth, was not wearied out
'continue never in one stay, but of patience, nor did He' break out into
change now to one sin, and now to words of passion, but He spake as a
1 xii. 6, r8, 20. 2 Le. , moon-struck. 3 Judith vii.~ 19,
THE- PROPER OFFIC'EHO'F THE'SEASON.
232
physician might speak, vvho saw that Prayer. '
the sick man did contrary to his com
mands. “Wherefore should I come WE pray Thee, O Lord, that the
unto thine house? How long am I healing power of Thy mercy
to throw away the exercise of my skill, may give strength to our weakness,
while I order one thing and thouldost that those things which do pass away
by their own frailty, may be renewed
another ? ”
again by Thy clemency. Through
our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
Second Responsory. liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
In all seasons, &c., (p. 229.) unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
world without end. Amen.
Third Lesson.
Long Preces at Prime.
“ ND He said unto them: This
Prayer at Terce, Sext, and None as
kind can come forth by
nothing but by prayer and fasting.” at Lauds, and Preces.
While He teacheth the Apostles how At Vespers, Preces, but Prayer of
the very worst kind of devil must be last Sunday.
driven out, He giveth unto all of us
an instruction unto life, that we may
know that the most grievous trials,
@Mrstag.
either from unclean spirits, or from Fifth Day.
men, are to be overcome by fasting
and prayer. The wrath of the Lord ' MATTINS.
also, when it is kindled to take
First Lesson.
vengeance of our sins, can be turned
away by this remedy only. To fast, The Lesson is taken from the Book of
in a general sense, is not only to ab Tobias (xii. l.)1
stain from meats, but to restrain one
self from all the inticements of the THEN Tobias called his son unto
flesh, and from all evil passions. So him, and said unto him: What
also, to pray, is not only to call in can we give to that holy man that is
words for the mercy of God, but also, come with thee? And Tobias an
in all things which we do, in earnest swered and said unto his father:
ness of faith to worship our Maker. Father, what wages shall we give
unto him? or what can be a sufiicient
reward for all the kindness that he
Third Responsory. hath done? He hath led me, and
My son, remember, &c., (p. 230.) brought me again in safety, and him~
self received the money from Gabel,
LAUDS. and made me to have my wife, and
driven away from her the devil [that
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. troubled her], and made her parents
This kind of devils * can come forth to rejoice, and delivered me myself
by nothing but by prayer and fasting. - from being swallowed up by the fish.
Long Preces. Thee also he hath made to see the
1’The intermediate chapters contain an account of the adventures of Tobias the younger,
when, accompanied by a mysterious stranger, he made a journey to recover some money for
his father.
THIRD WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.v
233
light of heaven, and by him are we try thee. And now the Lord sent me
filled with all good things. For these to heal thee, and to deliver Sara thy
things what sufiicient reward shall we son’s wife from a devil. For I am
give him? But, I pray thee, my the Angel Raphaél, one of the seven,
father, ask him if haply it please him which stand before the Lord. And
to take half of all that hath been when they heard it, they were troubled,
brought. and quaked, and fell upon their faces
on the ground. And the angel said
First Responsory. unto them: Peace be unto you; fear
I entreat Thee, O Lord, &c., (p. not.
228.) Third Responsory.
Second Lesson. My son, remember, &c., (p. 230.)
0 the father and the son called
him, and took him apart, and
began to ask him if it would please
Gmfier fling.
him to take half of all that had been Sixth Day in the Septemher Week of
brought. Then he said unto them Quarter- Tense.
secretly: Bless the God of Heaven,
and confess Him before all living, for MATTINS.
He hath had mercy upon you. Verily
First Lesson.
it is a good thing to keep the king’s
secret, but to show forth and to ac The Lesson is taken from the Holy
knowledge the works of God is hon Gospel according to Luke (vii. 36.)
ourable. Prayer is good with fasting,
and to lay up alms rather than to lay T that time: One of the Pharisees
up stores of gold. For alms doth desiredJESUS that He would eat
deliver from death, and the same it is with him. And He went into the
which purgeth away sin, and causeth Pharisee’s house, and sat down to
to find mercy and everlasting life. meat. And so on.
But they that work sin and iniquity
Homily by Pope St Gregory [the
are enemies of their own soul.
- Great. ](33rd on the Gospels.)
Of what is the Pharisee that was
Second Responsory.
exalted by self-righteousness a type,
In all seasons, &c., (p. 229.) but of the Jewish people? And of
what the woman which was a sinner
Third Lesson. and came and wept at the Lord’s feet,
but of the conversion of the Gentiles?
THEREFORE I show you the She “ brought an alabaster box of oint
truth, and will not keep an ment, and stood at His feet behind
hidden matter back from you. When Him weeping, and began to wash His
_thou didst pray with tears, and bury Feet with tears, and did wipe them
the dead, and leave thy dinner, and with the hairs of her head, and kissed
hide the dead in thine house by day, His Feet, and anointed them with the
and bury them by night, I did bring ointment.” Of us, therefore, even of
up thy prayer before the Lord. And us, was that woman a type, if after
because thou wast accepted with God, our sins we turn unto the Lord with
it was needs that temptation should all our heart, and imitate the example
234 THEPROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
of her repentant grief. And of what of our compassion. He washeth the

is the ointment a type, but of the Feet of the Redeemer, but wipeth them
sweet savour of a good reputation? not with his hair, who feeleth for the
Whence also Paul saith: “ [God sufi'erings of his neighbours, but never
maketh manifest the savour of His theless, relieveth them not, even out
knowledge by us] in every place ; [for] of such things as he himself hath no
we are unto God a sweet savour of need for. He weepeth, but wipeth not,
Christ.” (2 Cor. ii. 15.) who ofi'ereth words of tenderness, but
sootheth not sorrow by giving such
things as be lacking. The woman
First Resoonsofl.
kissed the Feet; and we do fully the
Our poverty was enough, &c., (p. same, if we warmly love those whom
230.) out of bounty we support, so that the
neediness of our neighbour is not
Second Lesson.
grievous unto us, nor the penury which
F therefore we do good works, we relieve a weariness to us, nor, when
whereby we gain for the Church the hand is giving what is needful, the
the savour of good reputation, what heart is untouched by compassion.
do we but pour ointment upon the
body of the Lord? But the woman
Third Reyonsorjn
stood at the Feet of JESUS, behind
Him: we stood opposite to the Feet It is time for me, &c., (p. 231.)
of the Lord, what time we were in sin,
and went contrary unto His ways.
But when we turn again, and truly LAUDS.
repent us of our sins, we stand behind
Antiohon a! the Song (j Zacharias.
His Feet, for we follow His footsteps
A woman in the city which was a
against Whom we once contended.
sinner stood at the Lord’s Feet behind
The woman washed His Feet with her
Him, * and began to wash His Feet
tears; and we do in very deed the with tears, and did wipe them with
same when we show the tenderness
the hairs of her head, and kissed His
of sympathy to any of His humbler Feet, and anointed them with the
members, when we feel with His'
ointment.
Saints in their tribulations, when we
make their woes our own. Long Preces.
Second Responsory. Prayer.

Bless the God of heaven, &c., (p.
GRANT, we beseech Thee, 0 Al
230.) mighty God, that we who every
Third Lesson. year do earnestly renew the sacred
observance of this Fast, may please
WE wipe the Lord’s Feet with our Thee both in body and in soul.
hair when we give charity, even Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
out of such things as we have ourselves Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
no need of, to His holy ones, with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
whom we feel in their trials, in as far one God, world without end. Amen.
as our heart so sympathizeth, that the
bounty of our hand showeth the truth Long Preces at Prime.
THIRD vWEEK- OF SEPTEMBER.- 7 235
' _ Prayer at Teree, Sext, and None as Second Lesson.

at Lauds, and Preees.
OF what is the fig-tree a type, but
. At Vegoers, Preees, but Prayer of
_Of mankind? Of what is the
last Sunday.
woman bowed together by a spirit of
infirmity a type, but of the same man
Gmfitr éaturba'g. kind? Man was originally placed in
a garden like the fig-tree, and created
Sabbath in. the September Week of upright like the woman, but man fell
Quarter- Tense. away by his own wilful fault; like the
fig-tree he brought forth no fruit;
M ATTINS. like the woman he ceased to stand
First Lesson. straight. When he wilfully went into
sin, because he would not bring forth
The Lesson is taken from the Holy the fruit of obedience, he lost his up
Gospel according to Luke (xiii. 6.) rightness. The nature which had
been created in the image of God,
T that time: JESUS spake unto the continued not in honour, but cast aside
multitudes this parable: A cer the state wherein it had been placed
tain man had a fig-tree planted in his
and made. The lord of the vineyard
vineyard, and he came and sought
came thrice to the fig-tree, for God
fruit thereon, and found none. And hath come in hope, and in warning,
so on. ' seeking fruit from mankind under
Homily by Pope St Gregory [the three successive dispensations, that is
Great.] (31st on the Gospels.) to say, before the law, under the law,
and under grace.
Our Lord and Redeemer speaketh
unto us sometimes by words, and
Seeond Responsory.
sometimesby deeds, sometimes one
thing by words, and another by deeds, In all seasons, &c., (p. 229.)
and sometimes the same thing both
by word and deed. In the portion
Third Lesson.
Of the Gospel which hath this day
been read, ye have heard, my brethren, HE came before the law, in that by
two things, the parable of the fig-tree natural understanding, He let
and the history Of the woman which all know by example of Himself, what
was bowed together. In both is a and how they should do toward their
manifestation of the Lord’s mercy, but neighbour. In the law He came
in the one by a parable, in the other teaching. After the law He came by
by an example. But the barren fig grace, opening, manifesting His merci
tree signifieth the same thing as doth ful Presence. But after all these three
the woman bowed together, and the years He yet hath to complain that
patience shown to the fig-tree the same He findeth no fruit upon the fig-tree,
thing as doth the healing of the woman for there are still some degraded minds
bowed together. which the inborn voice of the natural
law doth not control, which the com
First Responsory. I
mandments do not teach, and which
the wonders of the Incarnation itself
We have heard of the tribulation, do not convert. Of what is the dresser
&c., (p. 231.) . .. of the vineyard a type, but of the
236 THE_PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
Episcopacy? For these are they who :lfourtlj $unhag of $eptznthzr.

have the government in the Church,
and are therefore truly called the The Fourth Lord’s Day of Septemher.
dressers of the Lord’s vineyard.
MATTINS.
Third Responsory. FIRST NOCTURN,
My son, remember, &c., (p. 2 3o.) First Lesson.
LAUDS.
Here beginneth the Book of Judith
(i- 5-)
Antzphon at the Song of Zacharias.
N OW Arphaxad, King of the Medes,
Give light, 0 Lord, to them that sit in
had brought down many nations
darkness, * and guide our feet into
under his dominion, and he built a
the way of peace, 0 Thou the God of
strong city, and called it Ecbatané, of
Israel.
stones squared and hewn. He made
Long Preres. the height of the wall thereof seventy
cubits, and the breadth thirty cubits,
Prayer. and set up the towers thereof an hun
dred cubits high. And the towers
0 ALMIGHTY and everlasting
were twenty feet every way, four
God, Who hast chosen healthy
square ; and he made the gates thereof
fasting, as a mean to do good both to
as high as the tower; and he made
bodies and to souls, we humbly implore
his boast, like a mighty man, in the
Thy Majesty, that the godly prayer of
strength of his army and in the fame
such as be fasting this day may turn
of his chariots.
away Thy wrath, and may be effectual
to gain for us Thy blessing in time
and in eternity. Through our Lord First Responsory.
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
O Adonai', O Lord God, Thou art
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the
great and glorious. Who hast given
Holy Ghost, one God, world without
salvation into the hand of a woman;
end. Amen. graciously hear the prayers of Thy
Long Preces at Prime. servants.
Verse. Blessed art Thou, O Lord,
Prayer at Teree, Sext, and None as Who failest none that put their trust
at Lauds, and Preces. in Thee, and humblest such as boast
themselves in their own strength.
VESPERS. Answer. Graciously hear the pray
ers of Thy servants.
A ntiphon at the Song qf the Blessed
Virgin. 1 O Adona'i, O Lord God, *
Thou art great and glorious, Who hast Second Lesson.
given salvation into the hand of a
THEREFORE in the twelfth year
woman; graciously hear the prayers
of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar
of Thy servants.
King of the Assyrians, which reigned
No Preces, and Prayer of the ensuing in the great city Nineveh, fought
Sunday. against Arphaxad and took him in
1 Judith xvi. 16.
FOURTH WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. 237
the great plain which is called Ragan, Third Responsory.
which bordereth upon Euphrates, and
1 The Lord bless thee by His
Tigris, and Jadason, in the field of
power, Who hath brought Our ene
Erioch, King of the Elicians. Then
mies to nought through thee. And
was the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar
may the praise of thee never fail
exalted, and his heart was lifted up;
from the mouth of men.
and he sent messengers unto all the
Verse. Blessed be the Lord, Who
dwellers in Cilicia, and in Damascus,
hath created the heaven and the
and in Lebanon, and unto the tribes
earth, because that He hath so glori
that are in Carmel and Cedar, and
fied thy name this day.
unto them that dwelt in Galilee in
Answer. 'And may the praise of thee
the great plain of Esdraelon, and
never fail from the mouth of men.
unto all that were in Samaria, and
beyond Jordan even unto Jerusalem,
and all the land of Jesse, until thou
Answer. And may the praise of thee
comest unto the borders of Ethiopia.
never fail from the mouth of men.
Second Responsory.
SECOND NOCTURN.
We have heard of the tribulation, Fourth Lesson.

&c., (p. 231.)
upon Elijah and Fasting, written
Third Lesson. by St Ambrose, Bishop [of Milan.]
(ch. 9.)
NTO all these did Nebuchad
nezzar King of the Assyrians “ IT is not for kings to drink wine,
send messengers, but they all with nor for princes strong drink,
one consent gainsaid his messengers, lest they drink and forget the law.”
and sent them away empty, and cast (Prov. xxxi. 5.) The rulers drank
them out without honour. Then was wine even unto drunkenness, who
the wrath of King Nebuchadnezzar planned to deliver themselves into
kindled against all that land, and the hand of Holofernes, captain of
he swore by his throne and by his the host of the King of the Assyrians ;
kingdom that he would avenge him but the woman Judith drank not, who
self-on all those countries. In the fasted all the days of her widowhood,
thirteenth 'year of King Nebuchad saving the solemn Feast-days. She
nezzar, on the two-and-twentieth day went forth in the harness of this
of the first month, there was talk in abstinence, and over-reached the
the house of Nebuchadnezzar King whole army of the Assyrians. By the
of the Assyrians, that he should clear thought of her soberness she took
avenge himself. So he called unto away the head of Holofernes, kept her
him all his elders, and his captains, chastity, and carried off the victory.
and his fighting men, and made
known unto them his secret counsel, Fourth Responsorjl.
and declared his thought to bring
the whole earth into subjection unto 2We know no strange God before
his kingdom. the Lord. In Him we trust. He
1 xiii. 22, 24, 25. 2 Cf. viii. 19, 17, 16.
despiseth us not, neither putteth He means of strength, whereby in the

away His salvation from our nation. might of grace, women wax manful.
Verse. His mercy let us seek with Fasting knoweth not usury, nor the
tears, and humble our souls before gain of the usurer; the faster’s table
Him. smelleth not of usury, but the fast
Answer. He despiseth us not, itself giveth favour to them that sit
neither putteth He away His salva at meat. A banquet is all the
tion from our nation. pleasanter after hunger, whereas by
constant use it becometh unattrac~
Fifth Lesson. tive, and when it is long carried
on cometh to be lightly esteemed.
GIRDED with fasting, she entered Fasting is a good sauce for meat.
the camp of the strangers; he The keener the appetite, the more
lay soaked in wine, so that he could toothsome the food.
not feel the blow that slew him.
And thus the fast of one woman
Sixth Responsory.
overthrew the countless armies of
the Assyrians. Esther also became O Lord God, That breakest the
fairer by fasting; for the Lord gave battles from of old,’ lift up Thine
favour unto her for her soberness. arm against the Gentiles, that de
She delivered all her nation, that is, vise evil against Thy servants. And
the whole people of the Jews, from let Thy right hand be glorified in us.
the fierceness of persecution, so that Verse. Throw down their strength
she brought down the King himself in Thy power, and bring down their
under her will. force in Thy wrath.
Answer. And let Thy right hand
Fifth Responsory. be glorified in us.
1 O Lord, Ruler of the heavens and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
of the earth, Maker of the waters, King Answer. And let Thy right hand
of every creature, graciously hear the be glorified in us.
prayer of Thy servants.
Verse. Thou, O Lord, unto Whom
THIRD NOCTURN.
the supplications of the humble and
meek are alway well-pleasing Seventh Responsory.
Answer. Graciously hear the prayer
of Thy servants. Strengthen me, 0 King, Who reign
est over the holy ones. Put Thou in
Sixth Lesson. my mouth clear and well-sounding
words.
THUS also [Esther] who fasted Verse. 0 Lord, King of all forces,
three days, and washed her turn back their device upon them
body with water, found greater fav selves.
our, and obtained vengeance, whereas Answer. Put Thou in my mouth
Haman, who boasted himself at the clear and well-sounding words.
King’s table, paid the penalty of
his drunkenness, even while yet he Eighth Responsory.
was in 'his cups. Fasting, therefore,
is a sacrifice of reconciliation, a One seraph cried, &c., (p. 216.)
1 Cf. ix. I7, 16.
'FOURTH‘ WEEK OFISEPTEMBERL " 239
@lonbag. vency, and humbled their souls in

fastings and in prayers, both they
Szoond Day. and their wives.
MATTI NS.
Second Responsory.
First Lesson.
We have heard of the tribulation,
The Lesson is taken from the Book of &c., (p. 231.)
Judith (iv. I.)
OW the children of Israel, that Tlu'rd Lesson.
dwelt in Judea, were exceed
ND the Priests clothed themselves
ingly afraid of Holofernes.1 Trouble
in sackcloth, and the little child
and consternation took hold upon
ren cast themselves down before the
them, lest he should do unto Jeru
Temple of the Lord; and they put
salem and unto the Temple of the
sackcloth about the Altar of the Lord,
Lord as he had done unto the other
and cried to the Lord God of Israel
cities, and unto their temples. There
all with one consent that their children
fore they sent into all the coasts of
might not be given for a prey, and their
Samaria, even unto Jericho, and pos
wives for a spoil, and their cities to
sessed themselves beforehand of all
destruction, and their holy things to
the tops of the high mountains, and
profanation, and for a reproach for the
fortified their villages, and laid up
Gentiles to rejoice at. Then Eliakim,
victuals for the provision of war. the High Priest of the Lord, went
about through all Israel, and spake
First Regions-017. unto them, saying: Know ye of a
surety that the Lord will hear your
O Adona'i, &c., (First Responsory
prayers, if ye continue in fastings and
on Sunday.)
in supplications before the Lord.
Second Lesson.
Tlzz'rd Rexfionxory.
LSO Eliakim the Priest wrote to
The Lord bless thee, &c., (p. 237.)
all them that dwelt over against
Esdraelon, toward the open country,
near to Dothain, and unto all them Qiueabag.
through whose country the way [of
Tllz'rd Day.
the Assyrians] might lie, to take pos
session of the steep places of the hills, MATTINS.
whereby they might essay to go up
toward Jerusalem, and to hold the Fz'rsz‘ Lesson.
passages wheresover the way was The Lesson is taken from the Book of
narrow between the mountains. And Judith (viii. I.)2
the children of Israel did as Eliakim,
the Priest of the Lord, had com AND it came to pass, when Judith
manded them. Then all the people the widow heard thereof, (which
cried unto the Lordwith great fer was the daughter of Merari, the son
1 Captain of the Assyrian host.
2 The intermediate chapters describe the progress of the Assyrians, and how_ they beleaguered
the city of Bethulia, the inhabitants of which prepared to surrender, unless relieved by a certain
day.
of Idox, the son of Joseph, the son of unto the elders Chabri and Charmi.
Oziah, the son of Elai, the son of And they came unto her. And she
Jamnor, the son Of Gideon, the son of said unto them : What is this, where
Raphaim, the son of Achitob, the son unto Ozias hath bound himself, to
of Melkiah, the son of Enan, the son deliver the city unto the Assyrians,
of Nathaniah, the son of Salathiel, the unless within five days there come
son of Simeon, the son of Reuben.) help unto you? And who be ye, that
And her husband had been Manasseh, ye should tempt the Lord?
who died in the days Of the barley
harvest; for, as he stood overseeing
Third Responsory.
them that bound sheaves in the field,
the heat came upon his head ; and he O Lord God, That breakest, -&c.,
died in Bethulia, his own city, and
(p. 238.)
there was buried with his fathers. And
so Judith was left a widow three years
and six months. Qfiebneabag.
Fourth Day.
First Responsory.
MATTINS.
We know no strange God, &c.,
(Fourth Responsory on Sunday, p.
First Lesson.
2 3 7- >
Second Lesson. The Lesson is taken from the Book of
Iudith (x. I.)
AND she made her a closet upon
the top of her house, to shut AND it came to pass, after that she
herself up therein with her maids and had ceased to cry unto the Lord,
dwell there; and put on sackcloth she rose up from the place where she
upon her loins, and fasted all her days, had cast herself down before the Lord.
save the Sabbaths, and the New And she called her maid, and went
Moons, and the Feasts of the house down into her 'house, and pulled off
of Israel. She was also very beautiful the sackcloth which she had on, and
to behold; and her husband had left put Off the garments of her widow
her much wealth, and many servants, hood, and washed her body, and
and lands full of cattle and flocks of anointed herself with precious oint
sheep. And with all this she was ment, and parted the hair of her head,
most honourable, for she feared the and put on a tire upon her head, and
Lord greatly, and there was none that put on her the garments of her glad
gave her an ill word. ness, and she put sandals upon her
feet, and put about her her bracelets,
and her lilies, and her ear-rings, and
Second Resfionsory. her rings, and decked herself bravely
O Lord, Ruler, &c., (p. 238.) with all her ornaments. And the Lord
also made her to seem more comely.
Third Lesson.
First Remonsory.
HEN then she had heard that
Ozias had promised to deliver Strengthen me, 0 King, &c., (p.
up the city after five days, she sent 238.)
FOURTH WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. 24i
Second Lesson. day are those of the Sunday, Monday,
and Tuesday of the Fifth Week, with
AND it came to pass, as she went the Responsorz'es of the Monday, Tues
down the mountain, that, about day, and Wednesday. But Septem
‘the dawning of the day, the first watch ber have five weeks, the following are
of the Assyrians met her, and took read.
her, and asked her, saying: Whence
MATTINS.
comest thou? and whither goest thou ?
And she answered: I am a daughter First Lesson.
of the Hebrews, and have fled from
-them, because I know that they shall The Lesson is taken from the Book of
be given you to be consumed, for that Judith (xii. 10.)
they set you at nought,_and are no
AND it came to pass that in the
more willing to deliver themselves up,
fourth day Holofernes made a
that they may find mercy in your
feast to his own servants, and said to
sight. .
Bagoas his eunuch: G0 now, and
Second Responsory. persuade this Hebrew woman to come
We have heard of the tribulation, of her own accord, and dwell with me.
For it is a shame among the Assyrians,
&c., (j). 231.)
ifa woman laugh a man to scorn, so
that she come away from him scathe
Third Lesson. less. Then came Bagoas unto Judith,
AND they brought her to the tent and said: Let not this {air damsel
of Holofernes, and shewed him fear to come to my lord, and to be
of her. And when Judith was come honoured in his presence, to eat with
before him, Holofernes was straight him, and to drink wine in merriment.
way taken with her eyes. And his Then said Judith unto him : Who am
servants said unto him: Who shall I now, that I should gainsay my lord?
despise the Hebrews, that have among
them such fair women, that it is First Responsory.
enough to fight against them for these
alone? And when Judith saw Holo O Adonai', &c., (p. 236.)
fernes sitting under a canopy woven
with purple, and gold, and emerald, Seeond Lesson. (xiii. I.)
and precious stones, she fell down
upon her face upon the ground, and N OW when the evening was come,
did reverence unto him. his servants made haste unto
their own lodgings, and Bagoas shut
his tent without, and departed. And
Third Responsoiy.
they were all overcome with wine ; and
The Lord bless thee, &c., (p. 237.) Judith was left alone in the tent. And
Holofernes was lying along on his bed,
for he was filled with wine. And Judith
Q: fiursbag commanded her maid to stand without
Fifth Day. the chamber, and to watch. And
Judith stood before the bed, and
Note. If this he the last week of prayed with tears, her lips moving
September, the Scripture Lessons read silently, saying: Strengthen me, O
on this Thursday, Friday, and Satur Lord God of Israel, and look at this
present upon the works of mine hands, they were . coming harnessed upon
that Thou mayest exalt Jerusalem, them,) flying by the way of the plains,
Thine own city, even as Thou hast and the path-ways in the hills. And
promised; and that I may finish that when the children of Israel saw that
which I have believed that I could do they fled, they followed after them.
by Thine help. And they went down after them, with
blowing of trumpets and shouting.
Seeoizd Responsory.
First Responsory.
We have heard, &c., (p. 231.)
We know no strange God, &c., (p.
Tlzim' Lesson. 238.)
AND when she had so spoken, she Second Lesson.
came to the pillar which was at HEN sent Ozias messengers
the head of his bed, and took down his throughout all the cities and
fauchion that was hanging thereon. coasts of Israel. And every'coast
And she drew it, and took hold of the and every city sent out their young
hair of his head, and said: Strengthen men after them, harnessed, and followed
me, O Lord God, in this hour. And after them the
withuttermost
the edge partsyof
of the sword,
even unto their
she smote him twice upon his neck,
and cut off his head from him, and coasts. And the residue that dwelt
pulled down the canopy from the at Bethulia 'fell upon the camp of the
pillars, and tumbled his body down. Assyrians, and took away the prey
And anon she went forth, and gave which the Assyrians had left behind
Holofernes his head to her maid, and them when they fled, and weregreatly
bade her to put it into her bag. enriched.
Tbird Regionsory. Seeona' Responsory.

The Lord bless thee, &c., (p. 237.) O Lord, Ruler, &c., (15. 238.)
Tlzird Lesson.
firing.
THEN Joachim the high priest came
Sixth Day. from Jerusalem to Bethulia, with
MATTINS. all his Priests, to see Judith. And
when she was come out unto him, they
First Lesson. all blessed her with one voice, saying :
The Lesson is taken from the Book of Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou
art the great rejoicing of Israel, thou
Judith (xv. I.)
art the e'xaltation of our people, be
AND when all the army heard how cause thou hast done manfully, and
that Holofernes was beheaded, because thine heart was strengthened,
their mind and their wit departed from by the mean that thou hast loved con
them, and being driven only of fear tinency, and, since thine husband, thou
and trembling, they fled for safety, so hast not known a man ; therefore also
that no man spake unto his neighbour; the hand of the Lord hath strengthened
but bowed his head, and left all, and thee, and therefore thou shalt be
made haste to. eScape from the blessed for ever. And all the people
Hebrews, (of whom they heard that said: So be it, So be it.
FIFTH WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
Third Responsory. Third Lesson.
O Lord God, That breakest, &c., ND she remained in her husband’s

(fi- 238-) house an hundred and five
years, and made her maid free; and
éaturbag. she died; and was buried with her
husband, in Bethulia. And all the
The Sahhath. people lamented her seven days. And
MATTINS. there was none that made the children
of Israel any more afraid in all the
First Lesson. life-time of Judith, nor a long time
after her death. And the day of the
rejoicing for this victory is taken by
Judith (xvi. 22.)
the Hebrews into the number of the
AND it came to pass after these holidays, and it is observed of the
things, that all the people came Jews, from that- time, even unto this
unto Jerusalem after the victory to day.
worship the Lord: and as soon as
Third Responsory.
they were purified, they all offered
burnt-offerings, and free-offerings, and The Lord bless thee, &c., (p. 237.)
the gifts which they have vowed.
Judith also dedicated for an everlasting
VESPERS.
remembrance all the stuff of war of
Holofernes, which the people had given Antiphon at the Son;r of the Blessed
unto her, and the canopy which she Virgin. O my Lord the King Al
had taken out of his bed-chamber. mighty! * all things are in Thy
power, and there is no man that can
First Re¢onsory. gainsay Thy will.
Strengthen me, 0 King, &c., (p. Prayer of the ensuing Sunday.

238.)
Second Lesson.
SO the people continued feasting be
fore the sanctuary, and rejoicing Jfiftl] Ebunhag uf $2ptzmhzr.
with Judith for three months because
of this victory. And after this time The Fifth Lord ’5‘ Day of September.
every one. returned to his own house;
MATTINS.
and Judith became honourable in
Bethulia, and famous in all the land FIRST NOCTURN.
of Israel. And she was strong also
in her continency, so that she knew First Lesson.
not a man all the days of her life, Here beginneth the Book of Esther
after that Manasses her husband was (i. 1.)
dead. And on the festival-days she
appeared with great honour. NOW it came to pass in the days
of Ahasuerus, which reigned from
Seoond Responsory. India even unto fEthiopia, over an
hundred and seven and twenty pro
We have heard, &c., (p. 231.) , , vinces, that when he sat upon the
throne of his kingdom, the city of Third Lesson.

Shushan was the capital of his king
dom. And in the third year of his AND they that were bidden, drank
reign he made a great feast unto all in vessels of gold, and the meats
his princes and his servants, the were brought in vessels diverse one
mightiest men of Persia, and the from the other. The wine also, as
famous men of India, and them that was meet for the greatness of the
were set over the provinces under kingdom, was set forth in abundance,
him, to show the riches of his glorious and of the best quality. Neither was
kingdom, and the greatness and ex there any to compel them to drink
cellency of his power, many days, that would not, but even as the King
even an hundred and four score days. had commanded, when he set one of
his princes at every table, that every
man should take according to his own
First Responsory. pleasure. Also Vashti the Queen
1 O my Lord, the King Almighty!
made a feast for the women in the
royal house where King Ahasuerus
All things are in Thy power, and there
was used to dwell.
is no man that can gainsay Thy will !
Deliver us for Thy Name’s sake.
Verse. Hear our prayer, and turn Third Responsory.
our sorrow into joy.
I have had no hope in anyother
Answer. Deliver us for Thy Name’s
but in Thee, O God of Israel, Who
sake. art angry, and wilt again show
Second Lesson. mercy, and forgivest all the sins of
men when they are in afiliction. >
ND when the days of the feast Verse. 0 Lord God! Maker of
were fulfilled, he bade all the heaven and earth! look upon our
people that were present in Shushan, low estate!
both great and small, and commanded Answer. Thou that forgivest all the
to make a feast seven days, in the sins of men when they are in affliction.
outer court of the garden, and of the Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
grove, which had been planted by the to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
king’s care and his hand. And there Answer. Thou that forgivest all
were hung round about on all sides the sins of men when they are in
hangings of sky colour, and of green, affliction.
and of purple, upon cords of fine white
linen, and purple, drawn through rings SECOND NOCTURN.
of ivory, and fastened up upon marble
pillars. Seats also of gold and of Fourth Lesson.
silver were set upon the pavement, The Lesson is taken from the Book
which was paved with stones like
“On Duties” written by St Am_
emeralds and white marble. And all brose, Bishop [of Milan.] (Bk. iii.
of it was wondrously ornamented with ch. I5.)
pictures of divers colours.
WHAT did Queen Esther? Did
she not, to save her people
Second Responsory.
from danger (a beautiful and noble
Strengthen me, &c., (p. 238.) object) put herself in jeopardy of
1 xiii. 9, r7.
FIFTH WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. 24.5
death, and face the anger of the Sixth Lesson.
cruel King? The King of the Per
sians, cruel and violent as he was, T HE Philosophershave started divers
nevertheless, thought it seemly to questions — whether friendship
show grace unto him that told him can, or cannot justify disloyalty to a
of the plot that was made against man’s own country—whether friend
him, to free the people from bond ship can, or cannot justify serving a
age, and to deliver them from death, friend at the cost of breach of faith.
but not to spare him that had per Scripture indeed saith: “A man that
suaded such iniquity. In the end heareth false witness against his
he gave up to the gallows him, whom neighbour, is a maul, and a sword,
he had held second only to himself, and a sharp arrow.” (Prov. xxv.
and chiefest among all his friends, 18.) But mark that what is here
because he found himself dishonoured condemned is not witness by itself,
through his false counsels. but false witness. How if a man be
compelled to give such witness, for
Fourth Responsory. the sake of God? or for the sake
of his country? Ought friendship to
Remember me for good, 0 Lord outweigh religion? Is not to say
God, and put not away my works this as much as to say that a sinful
of mercy, which I have wrought in weakness is to outweigh a duty?
the house of my God, and in the
times of His solemn rites.
Verse. Remember me, O Lord Sixth Responsmy.
my God! The Lord bless thee, &c., (p. 237.)
Amwer. And put not away my
works of mercy, which I have wrought
in the house of my God, and in the THIRD NOCTURN.
times of His solemn rites. Sevenlh Responsory.
Fg'fth Lesson. We know no strange god, &c., (p.

237-)
THAT true friendship, which careth
for honour, careth less for riches, Eighth Responsory.
or dignities, or power than for itself,
but for honour before itself. Such One seraph cried, &c., (p. 216.)
was the friendship of Jonathan, which
caused him to risk the anger of his
father, and danger to himself. Such
Ql'lonbag.
was the friendship of Achimelech, Second Day.
who chose to earn death for himself
by giving relief to David, rather than MATTINS.
to betray the outlaw. But before First Lesson.
honour nothing is to be put, and
friendship must not be allowed to The Lesson is taken from the Book
outrun it, even as we are warned by of Esther (ii. 5.)
the Scriptures.
IN the city of Shushan there was
Fg'fth Responsorjy.
a certain Jew, whose name was
Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son
We have heard, &c., (p. 231.) of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Ben
VOL. IV. I
jamite, who had been carried away Third Lesson. (1 5.)

from Jerusalem at that time when
Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon NOW the turn of Esther, the
had carried away Jeconiah King of daughter of Abihail, the brother
Judah. And he brought up Hadas of Mordecai, whom he had taken
sah (who by another name was called for his daughter, came, to go in
Esther) his brother’s daughter: and unto the King. And she sought not
she had lost both father and mother; to bedizen herself after the manner
and the maid was very fair and of women, but whatsoever Hegai the
beautiful. And when her father and eunuch, the keeper of the women,
mother were dead, Mordecai took was pleased, that he gave her to
her for his own daughter. adorn herself withal. For she was
exceedingly comely, and of beauty
that cannot be believed, and to every
First Responsory. eye that saw her she was full of
O my Lord, the King Almighty, grace and loveliness. So she was
taken unto King Ahasuerus his bed
&¢-, (fi- 244.) chamber, in the tenth month, which
is the month Tebeth, in the seventh
Second Lesson.
year of his reign. And the King
AND when the King’s command loved Esther above all the women,
ment was heard, and when and she obtained grace and favour
many fair maidens were gathered in his sight more than all the women,
together unto Shushan according to so that he set the royal crown upon
his decree, and were given into the her head, and made her Queen in
custody of Hegai the eunuch, Esther stead of Vashti.
also was given into his custody
among the other damsels, to be kept Third Responsory.
in the number of the women. And
she pleased him, and found grace l have had no hope, &c., (p. 244.)
in his sight. And he commanded
a. eunuch to give her speedily her
things for purification, and to give @uesbag.
her her portions, and seven of the Third Day.
most comely maidens of the King’s
house, and to adorn her and wait MATTINS.
upon her, both her and her fellows.
She would not show unto him her First Lesson.
people or her kindred; for Mordecai The Lesson is taken from the Book
had charged her that as to that of Esther (iii. 1.)
matter she should be silent alto
gether. And [Mordecai] walked FTER these things did King
every day before the outer court Ahasuerus promote Haman,
of the house, wherein the chosen the son of Hammedatha, who was
maidens were kept, to know how of the stock of Agag, and set his
Esther did. seat above all the princes that were
with him. And all the King’s ser
Second Responsory. vants that were used to be about
the gate of the Palace, bowed the
Strengthen me, &c., (p. 238.) knee and did reverence to Haman;
FIFTH WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. 247
for the King had so commanded Third Responsory.
them. Only Mordecai bowed not
the knee, nor did him reverence. The Lord bless thee, &c., (j. 237.)
Then the King’s servants which had
the ordinance of the gate of the
Palace said unto him: Why trans Qmbneabay.
gressest thou the King’s command Fourth Day.
ment?
MATTINS.
First Responsory.
First Lesson.
Remember me for good, &c., (p.
245-) The Lesson is taken from the Book of
Esther (iv. 1.)
Second Lesson.
ND when Mordecai had heard it,
AND when they spake thus unto he rent his clothes, and put on
him again and again, and he sackcloth, and put ashes upon his
would not hearken unto them, they head, and went out into the midst of
told Haman; to see whether [Morde the city, and cried with a loud cry, to
cai] would still persist; for he had told show the bitterness of his soul, and so
them that he was a Jew. And when crying came even before the gate of
Haman heard it, and saw that Mor the Palace. For none might enter
decai bowed not the knee before him, into the King’s court clothed with sack
nor did him reverence, he was filled cloth. And in every province, and
with wrath; and he thought scorn town, and place, whithersoever had
to lay hands on Mordecai alone. come the King’s cruel commandment,
there was great mourning among the
Second Responsory Jews, and fasting, and wailing, and
weeping; and many lay in sackcloth
We have heard, &c., (p. 231.) and ashes. And Esther’s maids and
her eunuchs came and told it her.
Third Lesson.
And, when she heard it, she was
appalled; and she sent raiment to
OR he had heard that he was of clothe [Mordecai] withal, and to take
the people of Judea ; wherefore, away his sackcloth from him: but he
he sought rather to destroy all the would not receive it. Then called she
nation of the Jews that were in the for Hatach, an eunuch, whom the King
kingdom of Ahasuerus. In the first had given her to attend upon her, and
month (that is it which is called Nisan), gave him commandment to go to
in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Mordecai and learn from him where
they cast lots (which are called in the fore he did thus.
Hebrew tongue “ purim ")1 in a vessel,
before Haman, to see what day and First Responsory.
what month the Jews should be slain:
and the lot fell on the twelfth month, We know no strange god, &c., (p.
which is called Adar.2 237-)
1 Hebrew—“they cast ‘Pur’ (that is, the lot).” Fur is not a Hebrew, but a Persian or
Assyrian word.
2 And accordingly Haman obtained a Royal decree for a general massacre of all the Jews
upon the 13th Adar.
Second Lesson. thou art come to the kingdom, that

thou mightest be ready against such a
SO Hatach went forth to Mordecai,
time as this? Then Esther bade
as he stood in the open place of
them return Mordecai this answer:
the city, which was before the gate Of
Go and gather together all the Jews
the Palace. And [Mordecai] told him that thou shalt find in Shushan, and
of all that had happened, and of the
pray for me. Neither eat, nor drink
sum of the money that Haman had
for three days and three nights; I
promised to pay to the King’s treas
also, and my maids, will fast likewise,
uries for the Jews, to destroy them.
and so will I go in unto the King—
Also he gave him the copy of the
which is not according to the law—
writing of the decree that was hung
without having a call, and will give
up at Shushan, to show it unto the
myself over unto death and danger.
Queen, and to charge her that she
So Mordecai went his way, and did
should go in unto the King, to make
according to all that Esther had com
supplication unto him for her people.
manded him.
And Hatach came in again, and told
Esther all the words of Mordecai.
And she spake again unto him and Third Responsory.
bade him tell Mordecai, saying: All
I have had no hope, &c., (p. 244.)
the King’s servants, and all the pro
vinces which are under his kingdom
do know, that whosoever, whether
man or woman, shall come into the
@Burabag.
King’s inner court, who is not called, Fifth Day.
shall forthwith be put to death, except
such to whom the King shall hold out MATTI NS.
the golden sceptre, for a sign of mercy,
First Lesson.
that he may live. How then shall I
be able to enter in before the King, The Lesson is taken from the Book of
even I, who have not been called unto Esther (v. I.)
him these thirty days?
AND on the third day, Esther put
on her royal apparel, and stood
Second Responsory. in the inner court of the King’s house,
Strengthen me, &c., (p. 238.) over against the King’s Hall ;1 and he
sat upon his throne in the chief place
of the palace, over against the gate of
Third Lesson.
the house. And when he saw Esther
ND when Mordecai had heard it, the Queen standing, she obtained
he commanded to answer Esther, favour in his sight, and he held out to
saying: Think not that thou shalt save her the golden sceptre that he had in
thine own life in the King’s house, his hand. And she drew near, and
more than. all the Jews; for if thou kissed the top Of his sceptre. Then
altogether holdest thy peace at this said the King unto her: What wilt
time, then shall there deliverance arise thou, Queen Esther? What is thy
to the Jews from another place; but request? It shall be even given thee
thou, and ,-thy. father’s house shall be to the half of the kingdom. And she
destroyed. And who knoweth whether answered: If it seem good unto the
1 Basilica.
FIFTH WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. 249
King, I pray that thou wouldest come quet. The thing pleased Haman; and
unto me this day, and Haman with he caused the lofty gallows to be
thee, unto the banquet that I have made.
prepared. Then the King said Tlu'rd Responsory.
straightway: Cause Haman to make
haste, that he may do as Esther hath I have had no hope, &c., (p. 244.)
said.
First Responsory. firing.
0 my Lord, the King, &c., (p. 244.) Sixth Day.
MATTINS.
Second Lesson. (9-)
First Lesson.
THEN went Haman forth that day
joyful and with a glad heart. The Lesson is taken from the Book of
And when he saw Mordecai sitting Esther (vi. 1.)
before the gates of the Palace, and
that he stood not up, nor moved for SN that night the King could not
him, he was full of indignation; but sleep, and he commanded to
he restrained his anger, and, when he bring the histories and the chronicles
came home, he called for his friends, of times past. And, when they were
and Zeresh his wife ; and he told.them
read before him, they came to the
of the glory of his riches, and the place wherein it was written how
multitude of his children, and. all the Mordecai had told of the plot of
things wherein the King had advanced Bigthana and Teresh the eunuchs,
him above all the princes and servants who sought to slay the King Ahas
of the King. And he said moreover: uerus. - And when the King heard it,
Yea, Esther the Queen did bid no man he said: What honour and reward
to come in with the King unto the hath been done to Mordecai for this
banquet [that she had prepared,] but faithfulness ? And his bondsmenv and
myself; and to-morrow am I to dine servants said unto him : He hath had
with her also with the King. Yet all no reward. And the King said: Who
this availeth me nothing, so long as I is in the court? Now Haman was
see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the come into the inner court of the King’s
King’s gate. house, to speak unto the King to hang
Mordecai on the gallows that he had
prepared for him. And the servants
Second Resjansory. answered [the King :] Haman standeth
in the court. And the King said: Let
Strengthen me, &c., (p. 238.)
him come in. >
Tlzird Lesson. First Responsory.

HEN answered Zeresh his wife, Remember me, &c., (p. 245.)
and the others his friends: Let
a gallows be made of fifty cubits high,
Second Lesson.
and to-morrow speak thou unto the
King, that Mordecai may be hanged AND when he was come in, the
thereon; and so shalt thou go in King said unto him: I What
merrily with the King unto the ban shall be done unto the man whom the
King delighteth to honour? Now, éaturbag.

Haman thought in his heart that there
could be none other unto whom the The Sabbath.
King could delight to do honour,
MATTINS.
more than to himself; and he an
swered: For the man whom the First Lesson.
King delighteth to honour, let him be
clad in the royal apparel, and be set The Lesson is taken from the Book
upon the horse that the King rideth of Esther (vii. I.)
on, and let him have the crown royal
50 the King and Haman came in
upon his head, and let the noblest of
to drink with the Queen. And
the King’s princes and lords lead his
the King again said unto Esther, on
horse, and, as they go through the
the second day, after that he was
street of the city, let him proclaim
heated with wine: What is thy pe
aloud and say: Thus shall the man
tition, Esther, that it may be granted
be honoured whom the King is pleased
thee? and what willest thou? Even
to honour.
if thou ask the half of my kingdom,
thou shalt have it. And she an
Second Responsory. swered him, and said: If I have
found favour in thy sight, 0 King I—
We have heard, &c., (p. 231.) and if it please thee—give me my life
at my petition, and my people at my
request. For we are given over, I
Third Lesson. and my people, to be destroyed, to
AND the King said unto him :
be slain, and to perish. And would
that we had been sold for bondmen
Make haste, and take the
and bondwomen ; the evil might have
apparel and the horse, and do, even
been borne, and I had groaned and
as thou hast said, to Mordecai the
held my tongue; but now he is our
Jew, that sitteth at the gate of the
enemy whose cruelty doth reflect upon
Palace. See lest anything fail of all
the King.
that thou hast spoken. Then took
Haman the apparel and the horse,
and arrayed Mordecai, and set him First Responsory.
on the horse, and went before him
through the street of the city, and We know no strange god, &c., (p.
proclaimed: Of this honour is he 237-)
worthy whom the King is pleased to Second Lesson.
honour. And Mordecai came again
HEN the King Ahasuerus an~
to the gate of the Palace, and Haman
swered and said: Who is he,
hasted to his house, mourning and
and of what power is he, that durst
having his head covered ; and he told
Zeresh his wife, and his friends, every presume to do so ? And Esther said :
Our tworst adversary and enemy is
thing that had befallen him.
this Haman. And when he heard it,
he was confounded, and could not
Third Responsory. bear to sit before the King and the
Queen. And the King rose in wrath,
The Lord bless thee, &c., (p. and went out of the place of the ban
237-) quet into a garden planted with trees.
FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. 25 1
And Haman stood up, to make re :[first £unt|ag uf @ttuher.
quest for his life to Esther the Queen ;
for he saw that there was evil deter The First Lord’s Day of October.
mined against him by the King.
MATTINS.
Seeond Responsory. FIRST NOCTURN.
Strengthen me, &c., (p. 238.) First Lesson.
Here beginneth the 1 First Book of
Third Lesson. Maccabees (i. I.)
WHEN the King returned out of AND it happened after that Alex
the garden planted with trees, ander, son of Philip, the Mace
and entered into the place of the ban donian, who was the first that reigned
quet, he found Haman fallen upon the over Greece, came out of the land of
bed whereon Esther was; and he Chettim, and had smitten Darius,
said: Will he force the Queen also, King of the Persians and Medes,
before me, in mine own house? As that he made many wars, and won
the word went out of the King’s mouth, all men’s strong-holds, and slew the
they covered [Haman’s] face. And kings of the earth. And he went
Harbonah, one of the eunuchs that through to the ends of the earth,
stood to wait upon the King, said: and took spoils of many nations;
Behold the gallows, fifty cubits high, and the earth was quiet before him.
which [Haman] had made for Mor And he gathered a great power and
decai, who had spoken good for the a. mighty strong host; and his heart
King, standeth in the house of Haman. was exalted and lifted up; and he
And the King said unto him: Hang ruled over countries and kings; and
him thereon. So Haman was hanged they became tributaries unto him.
upon the gallows that he had prepared And after these things, he fell sick
for Mordecai, and the King’s wrath upon his bed, and perceived that he
was pacified. should die. And he called unto him
his honourable servants, who had
been brought up with him from his
Third Responsory.
youth, and parted his kingdom among
I have had no hope, &c., (p. 244). them while he was yet alive.
VESPERS. First Responsory.

A ntinhon at the Songr of the Blessed 2The Lord open your hearts in His
Virgin. The Lord open your hearts law and commandments, and send
in His law and commandments, and peace in your days. May He grant
may the Lord our God send peace. you salvation and redeem you out of
(2 Maccab. i. 4.) all evil.
1 Abp. Kenrick says of these two books: “The authors are unknown, one of whom wrote in
Hebrew . . . the other in Greek." “The name of Maccabees has been given from the cele
brated heroes of the Asmonean family known by this title, the origin of which is not fully
ascertained. . . . It was given not only to the Asmoneans, but to others generally who emu
lated their zeal for the Jewish institutions and laws, under_the Syrian monarchy." The history
of the period between the fall of Jerusalem and that at which these books commence 15 mainly
contained in Ezra and Nehemiah. 2 11. i. 4, 5, 3.
Verse. The Lord hear your pray tain of the people determined to do
ers, and be at one with you, and never this, and went to the King; who
forsake you in the time of trouble. gave them licence to do after the
Answer. May He grant you salva ordinances of the heathen. Where
tion and redeem you out of all evil. upon they built a place of exercise‘
at Jerusalem, according to the cus
toms of the heathen: and made them
Seeond Lesson.
selves uncircumcisedz5 and forsook
SO Alexander reigned twelve years, the holy covenant: and joined them
and then died. And his ser selves to the heathen, and were sold6
vants bare rule, every one in his to do mischief.
place. And after his death, they all
put crowns upon themselves; so did T/zird Responsory.
their sons after them many years;
Our enemies are gathered together,
and evils were multiplied in the earth.
and make their boast of their own
And there came out of them a wicked
strength. 0 Lord, break their power,
root, Antiochus the Illustrious,1 son
and scatter them; that they may
of Antiochus the King, who had been
know that there is none other that
an hostage at Rome: and he reigned
fighteth for us, but only Thou, 0 our
in the hundred-and-thirty-seventh year
of the kingdom of the Greeks.2 God!
Verse. Scatter them in Thy
strength, andi destroy them, 0 Lord
our Shield! i
Second Responsoey.
Answer. That they may know
8-The Lord hear your prayers, and
that there is none other that fighteth
be at one with you, and never forsake
for us, but only Thou, 0 our God!
you in the time of trouble, even He,
the Lord our God.
Verse. Give you all an heart to
Answer. That they may know
serve Him, and to do His will.
that there is none other that fighteth
Answer. Even He, the Lord our for us, but only Thou, 0 our God!
God.
Tlzz'rd Lesson. SECOND NOCTURN.
IN those days there went out of Fourtlz Lesson.

Israel wicked men, and per
suaded many, saying: Let us go
upon Duties written by St Ambrose,
and make a covenant with the
Bishop [of Milan]. (Bk. i. ch. 40.)
heathen that are round about us;
for since we departed from them, THERE may perchance be some
we have had much sorrow. So this who are so blinded by the glory
device pleased them well. And cer of war as to think there is no valour
1 Epiphanes. The Jews used to pun it into " Epimanes,” “ the Maniac."
2 I.e., of the era of the Seleucidae, B.C. I75.
3 II. i. 4, 5. 3. 4 A gymnasium, like those of the Greeks.
I 5 In illo tempore non valebat circumcidendi modus, quo actualiter ntuntur Judasi, dirumpentes
radices praeputii et retro convertentes. Praeputium simpliciter concidebatur. Fieri ergo poterat
ut circumcisus, cute super penem arte chirurgica reducta, incircumcisus videretur. Ad hot: in
future vitandum, modus hodie acceptus a theologis inventus est. Abp. Ken'rick says, “The
process is described by Celsus, 7, 25, and alluded to by St Paul, I Cor. vii. r8.
8 1.e., given over.
FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. 253
but warlike valour, and that the to offer their bodies naked to the
reason why I have taken up other sword than to strike back again and
subjects is that among us there is no break the Sabbath, and so they gave
warlike valour whereof to speak. But themselves up gladly to death; but
what was the valour of Josue the son when the Maccabees bethought them
of Nun, when in one battle he laid that the whole nation might thus
low five nations, and took prisoners perish, avenged the innocent blood
their kings; when he was fighting of their brethren even upon the
against the Gibeonites, and feared lest Sabbath day when they were pro
the closing in of night should cut voked to battle, and afterward, when
short his victory, he cried aloud in the King Antiochus had been stirred up
greatness of his mind and of his faith, to make war on them by his generals,
“And he said, in the sight of Israel : even Lysias and Nicanor and Gor
Sun stand thou still over against Gib gias, he and his Eastern and As
eon, and thou Moon over against the syrian forces were so crushed that
valley of Ajalon; and the sun stood forty and eight thousand were laid
still, and the moon stayed, until the low on the field by three thousand.
people had avenged themselves upon
their enemies ” (Josue x. 12, i3). Fifth Responsory.
Gideon, with three 'hundred men,
won the victory over the vast people, 3 The heathen are assembled to
and the savage enemy. The lad gether to fight against us, and we
Jonathan waxed valiant in fight. know not what we should do. 4Our
eyes look unto Thee, O Lord our God,
that we should not perish.
Fourth Responsory.
Verse. What things they imagine
1 Be ye not afraid of the assault of against us, Thou knowest. How shall
the enemy ; remember how our fathers we be able to stand against them,
were delivered. Now, therefore, let except Thou be our help?
us cry unto, heaven, and our God will Answer. Our eyes look unto Thee,
have mercy upon us. O Lord our God, that we should not
Verse. 2Remember His marvel perish.
lous works that He hath done unto
Sirth Lesson.
Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea.
Answer. Now, therefore, let us WHAT was the valour of Judas
cry unto heaven, and our God will the Maccabean leader we may
have mercy upon us. judge by the type of one of his men.
When Eleazar saw an elephant big
ger than the rest, and adorned with
Fifth Lesson.
the King’s harness, he thought that
SHALL I speak of the Maccabees? the King was riding thereon, and
But before I speak of them, I he threw himself into the midst of
will speak of their fathers, even of the enemy, and cast away his shield
them who, when they were ready to and slew on either hand' until he
fight for the Temple of God and for was come to the beast, and ran
their own rights, were assailed by underneath it, and killed it with his
a trick of their enemies upon the sword, and so the beast fell upon
Sabbath day, and were willing rather Eleazar and crushed him, and he
1 I. iv. 8. 2 Ps. civ. 5; cxxxv. 15. 3 1. iii. 52, 53. 4 Cf. Ps. cxxii. 3.
VOL. IV. l 2
died. What valour was here! IQ Eighth Responsory.

begin with, he fearedungtfiatofidie,
and when the enemy surrounded One seraph cried, &c., (p. 2 16.)
him he cast himseltlntp—themdst
of their ral1_k_s,_pig'ced their column,
and becoming all the fiercer through
Ql'lonbag.
his
away moWthi-Ew
shield andiduapheldvTtZith Second Day.
both hands the huge bulk of the MATTINS.

wounded monsteTFeneath whichhe First Lesson.
haiggne the _bett‘er>_to_>sp1te it, so
that wh_e_rr herdied with it he mighh The Lesson is taken from the First
well crushed
be have been saidbenot
asmto so much—to
“swalrlowedéhp Book of Maccabees (i. I7.)4
N O\V when the kingdom was estab
in victory.
lished before Antiochus, he
thought to reign over Egypt, that
Sixth Responsory. he might have the dominion of two
1 Thine, O Lord, is the power, realms. Wherefore he entered into
Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Egypt with a great multitude, with
Thou art exalted above all the heathen. chariots, and elephants, and horse
Give peace in our time, 0 Lord. men, and a great navy, and made
Verse. 2 O Lord God, Creator of all war against Ptolemy, King of Egypt;
things, Who art fearful and strong, but Ptolemy was afraid of him, and
righteous and merciful. fled; and many were wounded to
Answer. Give peace in our time, death. Thus he got the strong cities
0 Lord. in the land of Egypt, and took the
Verse. Glory be to the Father, spoils of the land of Egypt.
Ghost. _ First Responsory;
Answer. Give peace in our time,
0 Lord. 5 Judas said unto Simon his brother :
Choose thee out men, and go, and
THIRD NOCTURN. deliver thy brethren that are in Gali
Seventh Resflmsory. lee: and I, and Jonathan thy brother,
will go into the country of Galaad.
3 The sun shone upon the shields of 6 As the Will is in heaven, so let it
gold, and the mountains glistered be.
therewith, and the army of the heathens Verse. Arm yourselves, ye valiant
was spread abroad. men, and be in readiness: for it is
Verse. For the army was very great better for us to die in battle, than
and mighty: then Judas and his host to behold the calamities of our people,
drew near and entered into battle. and our sanctuary.
Answer. And the army of the Answer. As the Will is in heaven,
heathens was spread abroad. so let it be.
1 Cf. I Par. (Chron.) xxix. II. 2 II. i. 2 . 3 1. vi. 39, 4o, 41, 42.
4 Should the first Sunday of October be the first Sunday within the month, the office is that
of the Rosary, and the beginning of the First Book of Maccabees is therefore transferred to
Monday. It will be found a convenient arrangement to read the two first Lessons of Sunday
together as the First Lesson; the Third of Sunday as the Second; and the whole three of
Monday together as the Third. 5I.v.17'. ' U a I. iii. 60, 59, 58.
Seoond Lesson. house of Jacob was covered with con

fusion.
ND, after that Antiochus had
smitten Egypt, he returned Third Responsory.
again in the hundred-and-forty-and
3 They praised the Lord with psalms
third year, and went up to Jerusalem
and thanksgiving; Who had done so
with a great multitude. And he
great things in Israel, and given them
entered proudly into the Sanctuary,
the victory—the Lord Almighty.
and took away the golden Altar, and
Verse. They decked the fore-front
the candlestick of light, and all the
of the Temple with crowns of gold, and
vessels thereof, and the table of the
dedicated the Altar unto the Lord.
shew-bread, and the pouring vessels,
Answer. Who had done so great
and the vials, and the spoons of
gold, and the crowns, and the golden things for Israel, and given them the
ornament that was before the Temple, victory—the Lord Almighty.
and brake them all up.
Answer. Who had done so great
Second Responsory. things for Israel, and given them the
1 They decked the fore-front of the victory—the Lord Almighty._
Temple with crowns of gold, and dedi
cated the Altar unto the Lord. And
there was very great gladness among @ueabay.
the people. I Third Day.
Verse. They praised the Lord with
Psalms and thanksgiving. MATTINS.
Answer. And there was very great
gladness among the people. First Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the First
Third Lesson. Book of Maccabees (ii. I.)
H E took also the silver and the gold, IN those days arose Mattathias, the
and the precious vessels: also son of John, the son of Simeon, a
he took the hidden treasures which he Priest of the sons of Joarib from'
found, and, when he had taken all Jerusalem, and dwelt in Mount Modin.
away, he went into his own land. He And he had five sons—John, called
made, moreover, a great massacre of Gaddis; Simon, called Thasi; Judas,
men, and spake very proudly. There who was called Maccabee; Eleazar,
fore there was great mourning in Israel, called Abaron; and Jonathan, whose
and in every place where they2 were: surname was Apphus. These saw
and the princes and elders mourned, the blasphemies, which were com
the virgins and young men were made mitted in the people of Judah, and
feeble, and the beauty of women was in Jerusalem.
changed. Every bridegroom took up
I First Responsoey. '
lamentation; and she that sat in the
marriage chamber was in heavi
ness. The land also was moved for 4 This is a lover of the brethren,
the inhabitants thereof, and all the and of the people of Israel: this is
1 I. iv. 57, 58. 2 Israelites. 3 II. x. 38.
4 The ghost of the Prophet Jeremiah, II. Xv. :4.
one who prayeth much for the people, unto the city of Modin to sacrifice,
and for all the Holy City, Jerusalem. and to burn incense, and t0 forsake
Verse. 1 There appeared a man the law of God. And many of the
most gentle toward all his people. people of Israel consented, and came
Answer. This is one who prayeth unto them: but Mattathias and his
much for the people, and for all the sons stood firm.
Holy City, Jerusalem.
Third Responsoiy.
Second Lesson.
Open Thine eyes, 0 Lord, and be
ND Mattathias said: Woe is me ! hold our afiliction : for the heathen are
Wherefore was I born, to see come round about us to punish us.
this misery of my people, and the But Thou, O Lord, stretch forth Thine
misery of the Holy City, and to dwell arm, and deliver our souls.
there, when it is delivered into the Verse. Punish them that oppress
hand of the enemy? The Sanctuary us and with pride do us wrong, and
is come into the hand of strangers keep Thine own portion.
her temple is become as a man with Answer. But Thou, O Lord, stretch
out glory. Her glorious vessels are forth Thine arm, and deliver our souls.
carried away into captivity, her elders Verse. Glory be to the Father,
are slain in the streets, and her young and to the Son, and to the Holy
men have fallen by the sword of the Ghost.
enemy. What nation hath not had Answer. But Thou, O Lord, stretch
a part in her kingdom, and gotten forth Thine arm, and deliver our souls.
of her spoils?
@ebnesbag.
Second Responsory.
Fourth Day.
2 Thou, O Lord of all things, Who
hast need of nothing, wast pleased that MATTINS.
the Temple of Thine habitation should
be among us. Therefore now, 0 Lord, First Lesson.
keep this house ever undefiledl
Verse. 3 Thou, O Lord, didst choose The Lesson is taken from the First
this house, that Thy Name should be Book of Maccabees (ii. 19.)
called on therein, and to be an house HEN Mattathias answered and
of prayer and petition for Thy people. spake with a loud voice : Though
Answer. Therefore now, 0 Lord, all nations should obey King Antiochus,
keep this house ever undefiled. and fall away every one from the re
ligion of their fathers, and give con_
Third Lesson. (14.) sent to his commandments, yet will
I, and my sons, and my brethren walk
HEN Mattathias and his sons rent according to the law of our fathers ;
their clothes, and put on sack it is not good for us to forsake the
cloth, and mourned very sore. And law and the ordinances of God: we
there came men sent from the King will not hearken unto the words of
Antiochus, to make them that had fled King Antiochus, neither will we offer
1 The ghost of the High Priest Onias. 2 II. xiv. 35, 36. - 3 1. vii. 37.
sacrifice, to transgress against the @8urabag.
commandments of our law, to go by
another way. F Day.
MATTINS.
First Responsory.
First Lesson.
The sun shone, &c., (p. 254.)
Second Lesson. Book of Maccabees (ii. 49.)
NOW when he had left speaking OW the time drew near that
these words, there came one of Mattathias should die, and he
the Jews, in the sight of all, tosacrifice said unto his sons: Now hath pride
unto idols on the altar, which was and rebuke gotten strength, and the
in the city of Modin, according to the time of destruction, and the wrath of
King’s commandment. Which thing indignation. N ow therefore, my sons,
when Mattathias saw, he was inflamed be ye zealous for the Law, and give
with zeal ; and his reins trembled, and your lives for the covenant of your
his fury was kindled according as the fathers; and call to remembrance
Law hath judged; wherefore he ran what acts our fathers did in their time ;
and slew him upon the altar: also the and so shall ye receive great honour,
man whom King Antiochus had sent, and an everlasting name. Was not
who compelled men to sacrifice, he Abraham found faithful in temptation,
killed at that time, and the altar he and it was imputed unto him for
pulled down; thus dealt he zealously righteousness? Joseph, in the time
for the law, like as Phinehas did unto of his distress, kept the commandment,
Zambri the son of Salom. and was made lord of Egypt ; Phinehas
our father, in being zealous with God’s
zeal, obtained the covenant of an ever
Second Responsory.
lasting Priesthood.
They decked the fore-front, &c., (p.
2 5 5-) First Responsory.
Third Lesson.
The Lord open your hearts, &c.,
AND Mattathias cried throughout oi- 251-)
the city with a loud voice, say Second Lesson.
ing : Whosoever is zealous of the Law,
and maintaineth the covenant, let him ESUS, by fulfilling the word, was
follow me. So he and his sons fled made a leader in Israel. Caleb,
into the mountains, and left all that for hearing witness before the congre
ever they had in the city. Then many gation, received heritage. David, for
that sought after judgment and justice being merciful, possessed the throne
went down into the wilderness, to dwell of an everlasting kingdom. Elias, for
there, both they, and their children, being zealous with zeal for the law,
and their wives, and their cattle: be was taken up into heaven. Ananias,
cause afflictions increased sore upon Azarias, and Mishae'l, by believing,
them. were saved out of the flame. Daniel,
Third Responsory. for his innocency, was delivered from
the mouth of lions. And thus con
They praised the Lord, &c., (15. 2 55.) sider ye, that, from generation to gen
eration, none that put their trust in ATTATHIAS died in the hun
Him have been overcome. Fear not dred-and-forty-and-sixth year,
then the words of the sinful man, for and his sons buried him in the sep
his glory shall be dung and worms; ulchres of his fathers at Modin, and
to-day he shall be lifted up, and t0 all Israel made great lamentation for
morrow he shall not be found, because him. (iii.) Then his son Judas, called
he is returned into his dust, and his Maccabeus, rose up in his stead ; and
thought is come to nothing. all his brethren helped him, and so
did all they that held with his father,
and they fought with cheerfulness the
Second Resoonsory.
battle of Israel. So he gat his people
The Lord hear your prayers, &c., great honour. He pursued the wicked,
(p. 252.) and sought them out; and burnt up
those that vexed his people: where
Third Lesson. fore his enemies shrunk for fear of
HEREFORE, ye, my sons, be him, and all the workers of iniquity
valiant, and show yourselves were troubled: and salvation pros
men in the behalf of the Law ; for by pered in his hand.
it shall ye obtain glory. And, behold,
I know that your brother Simon is a First Resfonsory.
man of counsel; give ear unto him
alway, and he shall be a father unto Be ye not afraid, &c., (p. 253.)
you. As for Judas Maccabeus, he
hath been mighty and strong, even Second Lesson.
from his youth up; let him be your
captain, and fight the battle of the HE grieved also many kings, and
people. Take also unto you all those made Jacob glad with his acts,
that observe the Law, and avenge ye and his memorial is blessed for ever.
the wrong of your people. Recom Moreover he went through the cities
pense fully the heathen, and take heed of Judah, and destroyed the ungodly
to the commandments of the Law. So out of them, and turned away wrath
he blessed them, and was gathered from Israel. So that he was re
to his fathers. nowned unto the uttermost part of the
earth ; and he received unto him such
as were ready to perish. Then Apol
Third Responsory.
lonius gathered the Gentiles together,
Our enemies are gathered together, and an exceeding great host out of
&c., (p. 252.) Samaria, to fight against Israel. Which
thing when Judas perceived, he went
forth to meet him, and smote him, and
firing. slew him. Many also fell down slain,
and the rest fled ; and Judas took their
Sixth Day. spoils, and Apollonius his sword also,
and therewith he fought all his lifelong.
MATTINS.

The Lesson is taken from the First The heathen are assembled, &c.,
Book of Maccabeus (ii. 70.) (A 253-)
Third Lesson. was trodden down; and aliens kept

the strong-hold, where the heathen
AND the fear of Judas and his had their habitation; and joy was
brethren, and exceeding great taken from Jacob, and the pipe with
dread, fell upon all the nations round the harp ceased.
about them, insomuch as his fame
came unto the King Antiochus, and
all nations talked of the battles of First Responsoly.
Judas. Now when King Antiochus
heard these things, he was full of in
dignation, and sent, and gathered to
gether a force out of all his realm, Second Lesson.
even a very strong army: he opened
AND [the Israelites] assembled to
also his treasury, and gave them pay
gether, and came to Mizpeh,
for a year, commanding them to be
over against Jerusalem—for in Mizpeh
ready whensoever he should need
was the place where they prayed be
'them.
foretime in Israel. And they fasted
Third Responsory. that day, and put on sackcloth, and
cast ashes upon their heads, and
Thine, O Lord, &c., (p. 254.) rent their clothes, and laid open the
book of the Law, wherefrom the
heathen sought the likeness of their
éaturbag. images ; they brought also the Priests’
garments, and the first-fruits, and the
The Sahhath. tithes; and the Nazarites they stirred
up, who had accomplished their days ;
MATTIN S. and they cried with a loud voice
toward heaven, saying: What shall
First Lesson. we do with these? And whither
shall we carry them away? Thy
sanctuary is trodden down and pro
Book of Maccabees (iii. 42.)
faned! and Thy Priests are in heavi
NOW when Judas and his brethren ness and brought low! And, be
saw that miseries were multi hold, the heathen are assembled to
plied, and that forces did encamp gether against us, to destroy us.
themselves in their borders ; and when What things they imagine against
they knew how the King had given us, Thou knowest. How shall we
commandment to destroy the people, be able to stand against them, ex
and utterly abolish them, they said cept Thou, O God, be our help.
one to another: Let us restore the
decayed estate of our people, and let Second Responsory.
us fight for our people and our holy
things. Then was the congregation They decked the fore-front, &c., (p.
gathered together, that they might be 255-)
ready for battle, and that they might
Third Lesson.
pray, and ask mercy and compassion.
Now Jerusalem lay void, as a wilder THEN they sounded with trumpets,
ness; there was none of her children and cried with a loud voice—
that went in or out; the sanctuary also And after this Judas ordained cap
26o THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON.
tains over the people, even captains Serum! Sammy nf @ctuher.

over thousands, and over hundreds,
and over fifties, and over tens. But The Second Lord’s Day of October.
as for such as were building houses,
or marrying wives, or planting vine
yards, or were fearful, these he com @lonbag,
manded that they should return, every
man to his own house, according to Second Day.
the Law. SO the camp removed,
MATT! NS.
and pitched upon the south side of
Emmaus. And Judas said: Arm First Lesson.
yourselves, and be valiant men, and
see that ye be in readiness against The Lesson is taken from the First
the morning, that ye may fight with Book of Maccabees (iv. 52.)
these heathen, that are assembled
ON the five-and-twentieth day of the
together against us, to destroy us ninth month (which is called the
and our holy things, for it is better
month Casleu), in the hundred-forty
for us to die in battle than to be and-eighth year, they rose up betimes
hold the calamities of our people in the morning, and offered sacrifice
and of our holy things. Neverthe according to the Law, upon the new
less, as the Will is in heaven, so altar of burnt-offerings which they had
let it be done. made. At what time and what day
the heathen hath profaned it, even in
that was it dedicated anew, with songs,
Third Responsoiy. and citherns, and harps, and cymbals.
And all the people fell upon their
They praised the Lord, &c., (p. faces, worshipping and blessing even
255-) unto heaven, Him Who had given
them good success.
The following Sunday is always
occupied by a festival, usually that
First Responsory.
of the Rosary or of the Motherhood
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and no Judas said, &c., (p. 254.)
more (ff its ofiice is used than the
following, forming part of the Com
Second Lesson.
memoration of the Sunday, at Vespers
on Saturday evening. AND they kept the Dedication of
the Altar eight days, and offered
burnt-offerings with gladness, and sac
Antiphon. The sun shone upon
rificed the sacrifice of deliverance and
the shields of gold, and the mountains
praise. They decked also the fore
glistened therewith, and the army of
front of the Temple with crowns of
the heathens was spread abroad.
gold, and with shields, and the gates
and the chambers they renewed, and
ascend unto Thee, O Lord.
hanged doors upon them. Thus was
Answer. And let there descend
there very great gladness among the
upon us Thy mercy.
people, and the reproach of the heathen
was put away. And Judas and his
Prayer of the Sunday. brethren, with the whole congregation
SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER. 261
of Israel, ordained that the days of remembered the injury of the children
the Dedication of the Altar should be of Bean, who had been a snare and an
kept in their season, from year to offence unto the people, in that they
year, by the space of eight days, from lay in wait for them in the way. And
the five-and-twentieth day of the month he shut them up in the towers; and
Casleu, with mirth and gladness. encamped against them, and made
them a curse, and burned their towers
Second Responsory. with fire, with all that were in them.
They decked the fore-front, &c., (15.

First Responsory.
2 55-)
Third Lesson. This is a lover, &c., (p. 255.)
AT that time also they builded up Second Lesson.

the Mount Zion, with high walls
and strong towers round about, lest AND he passed over to the children
the Gentiles should come and tread it of Ammon, and found a mighty
down, as they had done before. And power, and much people, and Timothy
he set there a garrison to keep it, and their Captain, and fought many battles
fortified it to preserve Beth-sura, that with them ; and they were discomfited
the people might have a defence before them, and he smote them, and
against Idumea. took the city of Gazer, and the towns
belonging thereto, and returned into
Judea. Then the heathen that were
Third Responsory.
in Galaad assembled themselves to
They praised the Lord, &c., (p. 2 5 5.) gether against the Israelites that were
in their quarters, to destroy them ; but
they fled to the fortress at Dathema.
Qiuesbag.
Second Responsory.
Third Day.
Thou, O Lord of all, &c., (f. 256.)
MATTINS.
First Lesson. Third Lesson.

AND they sent letters unto Judas
Book of Maccabees (v. I.) and his brethren, saying: The
heathen that are round about us are
AND it came to pass, when the assembled together against us, to
nations round about heard that destroy us, and they are preparing to
the Altar was built, and the Sanctuary come and take the fortress whereunto
renewed as before, they were very we are fled, Timothy being the Captain
much displeased, and thought to of their host. Come, now, therefore,
destroy the generation of Jacob that and deliver us from their hands, for
was among them, and began to slay many of us are slain, yea, all our
some of the people, and to persecute brethren that were in the places of
them. And Judah fought against the Tubin are put to death; their wives
children of Esau in Idumea, and them and their children also they have
that were in Acrabathané, because carried away captives, and [have borne
they besieged the Israelites, and gave away] their stuff, and they have de
them a great overthrow. Also he stroyed there about a thousand men.
Third Responsory. Seeond Responsory.

Open Thine eyes, &c., (p. 256.) They decked the fore-front, &c., (p.
2 5 S-)
Third Lesson.
Qwzbneebag. H OWBEIT the men of Judas were
Fourth Day. greatly renowned in the sight of
all Israel, and of all nations, whereso—
MATTINS. ever their name was heard of, and the
people assembled unto them with joyful
First Lesson. acclamations. And Judas and his bre
thren went forth, and fought against
The Lesson is taken from the First the children of Esau, in the land
Book of Maccabees (v. 55.) toward the South, and he smote
Hebron and the towns thereof; and
WHAT time as Judas and Jonathan
burnt the walls and towers thereof
were in the land of Galaad, and
with fire. Then he removed to go
Simon his brother in Galilee before
into the land of the strangers, and
Ptolemai's, Joseph the son of Zacharias,
passed through Samaria. At that
and Azarias, Captain of the garrison,
time certain Priests, desirous to show
heard of the valiant acts and warlike
their valour, were slain in battle,
deeds which they had done; and they
for that they went out to fight un
said: Let us also get us a name, and
advisedly.
go fight against the heathen that are
round about us. So, when they had
given charge unto the garrison that Third Responsory.
was with them, they went toward
They praised the Lord, &c., (p. 2 5 5.)
Jamnia.
First Responsory.
'QZBurebag.
Fifth Day.
MATTINS.
Seeond Lesson.
First Lesson.
THEN came Gorgias and his men
out of the city, to fight against The Lesson is taken from the First
them, and so it was that Joseph and Book of Maccabees (vi. 1.)
Azarias were put to flight [and pur
sued] unto the borders of Judea. And AND as King Antiochus was travel
there were slain that day of the people ling through the high countries,
of Israel about two thousand men, and he heard say that the city of Elymai's
there was a great rout among the in Persia was a right noble city, and
people, because they were not obed rich in silver and gold, and that there
ient unto Judas and his brethren, but was in it a very rich temple, wherein
thought to do some valiant act. were coverings of gold, both breast
Moreover, these men came not of the plates and shields, which Alexander
seed of those by whose hand deliver the son of Philip, the Macedonian
ance was given unto Israel. King, who reigned first among the
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Grecians, had left there. Wherefore fallen down, and my heart faileth
,he came and sought to take the city, for very care; and I have said in
and to spoil it; but he was not able, my heart: Into what tribulation am
because they of the city, having had I come, and how great a flood of
warning thereof, rose up against him misery is it, wherein now I am, who
in battle; so he fled, and departed have been merry and beloved in my
thence with great heaviness, and re power! But now I remember the
turned to Babylon. Moreover, there evils that I did at Jerusalem, and
came one who brought him tidings in that I took all the vessels of gold
Persia, that the armies which went and silver that were therein, and
against the land of Judea were put to sent to make away with the in
flight, and that Lysias, who went forth habitants of Judea without a cause.
first with a great power, was put to I perceive therefore that for this
flight of the Jews. cause these troubles are come upon
me, and, behold, I perish through
First Responsory. great grief in a strange land.
The Lord open your hearts, &c., (p.
2 5 r .) Third Responsory.
Second Lesson.
Our enemiei are gathered, &c., (p.
ND that [the Jews] were made 2 5 2.)
strong by the armour, and
power, and store of spoils, which fitting.
they had gotten of the armies which
they had destroyed: also that they Sixth Day.
had pulled down the abomination
which he had set up upon the Altar MATTINS.
in Jerusalem, and that they had
compassed about the Sanctuary with First Lesson.
high walls as before, and his city
Beth-sura. And it came to pass,
Book of Maccabees (vii. I.)
when the King heard these words,
he was astonished and sore moved, N the hundred-and-one-and-fiftieth
and fell down upon his bed, and year, Demetrius the son of Seleu
fell sick for grief, because it had cus departed from Rome, and came
not befallen him as he looked for. up with a few men unto a city of the
And there he continued many days, sea-coast, and reigned there. Now
for his grief was ever more and when Demetrius was set upon the
more, and he made account that throne of his kingdom, there came
he should die. unto him wicked and ungodly men
of Israel, having Alcimus, who was
Second Resoonsory. desirous to be High Priest, for
The Lord hear your prayers, &c., their captain. And they accused the
people to the King, saying: Judas
(e. 252» and his brethren have slain all thy
Third Lesson. friends, and driven us out of our
AND he called for all his friends, own land. Now, therefore, send some
and said unto them: The sleep man whom thou trustest, and let him
is gone from mine eyes, and I am go and see what havock he hath made
among us, and in the King’s land, and three-score men, and slew them in
let him punish all his friends, and all one day, according to the word that
them that aid him. is written: The flesh of Thy Saints
[have they given to be meat unto
First Responsory. the beasts of the earth,] and their
blood have they shed [like water]
Be ye not afraid, &c., (p. 253.) round about Jerusalem ; and there was
none to bury them.l
Second Lesson.
Third Responsory.
HEN the King chose Bacchides,
a friend of his, who ruled in the Thine, O Lord, &c., (p. 254.)
kingdom beyond the Great River, and
was faithful to the King. And him éaturbag.
he sent to see what havock Judas had
made. And that wicked Alcimus he The Sabbath.
made High Priest, and commanded MATTINS.
that he should take vengeance of the
children of Israel. So they departed, First Lesson.
and came with a great power into The Lesson is taken from the First
the land of Judea, “here they sent Book of Maccabees (viii. I.)
messengers to Judas and his brethren
with peaceable words deceitfully. But N OW Judas had heard of the fame
they gave no heed to their words ; for of the Romans, that they are
they saw that they were come with a mighty and valiant men, and such
great power. as lovingly accept all that betake
themselves unto them, and make a
league of amity with all that come
Second Responsory.
unto them, and that they are mighty
The heathen are assembled, &c., (15. and valiant men. And they heard
253-) also of their wars, and noble acts
which they had done among the
Third Lesson.
Galatians, and how they had con
HEN did there assemble unto A1 quered them, and brought them under
cimus and Bacchides a company tribute; and what they had done in
of Scribes, to require justice. Now the country of Spain, and won the
the Assidaeans were the first among mines of silver and gold which are
the- children of Israel that sought there; and that by their policy and
peace of them; for they said: One patience they had conquered all the
that is a Priest of the seed of Aaron place, though it were very far from
is come, and he will do us no them; and the kings also that came
wrong. So he spake unto them against them from the uttermost parts
peaceably, and sware unto them, say of the earth, they have discomfited
ing : We will procure the harm neither them, and smitten them with a great
of you nor of your friends. And they overthrow; so that the rest do give
believed him. And he took of them them tribute every year.
1 Ps. lxxviii. 2, 3, “The Flesh of Thy Saints " might be rendered “The flesh of Thine
Assideans,” the Greek “ Assidaios " being merely an attempt to represent the Hebrew " Kasid,"
0r Saint, the official title of these unfortunate persons, (much as we now call some people
“ Most Reverend," “Venerable,” and the like.)
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First Responsory. but they shall keep their commands,

without taking anything therefrom. In
like manner also, if war come first
upon the nation of the Jews, the
Second Lesson. Romans shall help them with all
AND Judas chose Eupolemus, the their heart, according as the time
son of John, the son of Jacob, shall enable them.
and Jason, the son of Eleazar, and
sent them to Rome, to make a league Third Responsoey.
of amity and confederacy with them,
They praised the Lord, &c., (p. 2 55.)
and [to entreat them] that they would
take away the yoke of the Greeks The following Sunday is always
from off them, for they saw that occupied by a festival, usually that (y‘
they did oppress the kingdom of the Motherhood or of the Purity of the
Israel even unto bondage. They Blessed Virgin. In any case, no more
went therefore to Rome, which was of the Sunday qflice is used than the
a very great journey, and came following, forming part of the corn
into the senate, and said: Judas memoration of the Sunday, at Vespers
Maccabeus, and his brethren, and the on Saturday evening.
people of the Jews, have sent us
unto you, to make a confederacy Antiohon. Moreover, all Israe'l
and peace with you, and that we made great lamentation for Judas,
might be registered your confederates saying: How art thou fallen, thou
and friends. And the saying was good valiant man of war, that didst deliver
in their sight. And this is the epistle the Lord’s people!
which they wrote back again in tables Verse. Let the evening prayer
of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that ascend unto Thee, O Lord.
there they might have by them a Answer. And let there descend
memorial of peace and confederacy. upon us Thy mercy.
Prayer of the Sunday.
Second Responsoey.
2 5 5-)
Third Lesson. fitbtrh $untlag of thunder.
GOOD success be to the Romans, The Third Lord’s Day of October.
and to the people of the Jews,
by sea and by land, for ever; the Ql'lonbag.
sword also and enemy be far from
them! If there come first any war Second Day.
upon the Romans, or any of their
MATTINS. .
confederates throughout all their do
minion, the people of the Jews shall First Lesson.
help them, as the time shall require,
with all their heart; neither shall they
Book of Maccabees (ix. 28.)
give anything unto them that make
war upon them, or aid them with AND all Judas’ friends came to
corn, weapons, money, or ships, as it ‘ gether, and said unto Jonathan :
hath seemed good unto the Romans; Since thy brother Judas died, we have
no man like him to go forth against went up, and hid themselves under
our enemies, against Bacchides, and the covert of the mountain. And
against them of our nation that are they lifted up their eyes, and looked;
adversaries to us. Now, therefore, and, behold, there was much ado,
we have chosen thee this day, to be and great carriage; and the bride
our Prince and Captain in his stead, groom came forth, and his friends
that thou mayest fight our battles. and brethren, to meet them, with
Upon this Jonathan took the govern drums, and instruments of music,
ment upon him at that time, and rose and many weapons. Then [Jonathan
up instead of his brother Judas. And and they that were with him] rose
Bacchides gat knowledge thereof, up against them from the place
and sought for to slay him. where they lay in ambush, and
made a slaughter of them, in such
sort as many fell smitten, and the
First Responsory.
remnant fled into the mountains:
Judas said, &c., (p. 254.) and they took all their spoils.
Second Lesson. Third Responsory.

AND Jonathan, and Simon his They praised the Lord, &c., (p.
brother, and all that were with 255-)
him, heard of it, and fled into the
wilderness of Tekoa, and pitched their 'Qiueabag.
tents by the water of the pool Asphar.
And Bacchides knew it, and came Third Day.
across Jordan with all his host upon
the Sabbath day. And Jonathan sent MATTINS.
his brother John, a captain of the
people, to pray his friends the N abath First Lesson.
ites, that they might leave with them
their equipage which was much. But
the children of Jambri came out of Book of Maccabees (xii. I.)
Medaba, and took John, and all that NOW, when Jonathan saw that the:
he had, and went their way with it. time served him, he chose cer
tain men, and sent them to Rome,
Second Responsory. for to confirm and renew the friend
ship that they had with them. He
They decked the fore-front, &c., (p. sent letters also to the Spartans, and
2 5 5-) to other places, after the same man
ner. So they went unto Rome, and
Third Lesson.
entered into the Senate, and said:
AFTER this came word to Jonathan Jonathan the High Priest and the
and Simon his brother, that the people of the Jews have sent us
children of Jambri made a great mar unto you, to the end we should re
riage, and were bringing the bride from new the friendship and league as in
Madaba, being the daughter of one of former time. And [the Romans]‘gave
the great princes of Canaan, with a them letters unto the Governors of every
great train. And they remembered place, that they should bring them into
the blood of John their brother, and the land of Judea peaceably.
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First Responsory. Qfiebneshag.

This is a lover, &c., (p. 255.) Fourth Day.
MATTINS.
Seeond Lesson.
First Lesson.
AND this is the copy of the letters
which Jonathan wrote to the The Lesson is taken from the First
Spartans. Jonathan the High Priest, Book of Maccabees (xii. 39.)
and the elders of the nation, and the NOW Try'phon had in his thoughts
Priests, and the other people of the to get the kingdom of Asia, and
Jews, unto the Spartans their breth to take the crown, and to stretch forth
ren send greeting. There were letters his hand against Antiochus the King.
sent in times past unto Onias the Howbeit, he was afraid that Jonathan
High Priest from Arius, who reigned would not suffer him, but that he would
then among you, to signify that ye fight against him ; wherefore he sought
are our brethren; as the copy here a way how to take Jonathan, that he
underwritten doth specify. And Onias might kill him. So he arose and came
entreated the ambassador, that was to Bethshan. Now when Tryphon saw
sent, honourably, and received the that Ionathan came with so great a
letters, wherein declaration was made force, he durst not stretch his hand
of the league and friendship. against him, and was afraid. So he
received him honourably, and com
mended him unto all his friends,
Seeond Responsory.
and gave him gifts, and commanded
Thou, O Lord of all, &c., (15. 256.) his host to be as obedient unto him
as to himself.
Tlu'rd Lesson.
First Responsory.
E, albeit we need none of these The sun shone, &c., (a. 254.)
things, for that we have the
holy books in our hands to comfort
us, have been fain to send unto you Second Lesson.
for the renewing of brotherhood and
U NTO Jonathan also he said : Why
friendship, lest we should become
hast thou put all the people to
strangers unto you altogether; for
so great trouble, seeing there is no
there is a long time past since ye
war betwixt us? Therefore send them
sent unto us. We therefore at all
now home again, and choose a few
times without ceasing, both in our
men to wait on thee, and come now
Feasts and other convenient days,
with me to Ptolema'i's, and I will
do remember you in the sacrifices
give it thee, and the rest of the
which we offer, and in our prayers,
strongholds, and forces, and all that
as reason is, and as it becometh us
have any charge; as for me, I will
to think upon our brethren.
return and depart—for this is the
cause of ‘my coming. And [Jonathan]
Tfiz'rd Responsory. believed him and did as he bade him,
and sent away his host, who went
Open Thine eyes, &c., (p. 256.) into the land of Judah. And with
himself he retained three thousand and destroy it. And when he saw
men, of whom he sent two thousand that the people was in trembling
into Galilee; and one thousand went and fear, he went up to Jerusalem,
with him. and gathered the people together,
and gave them exhortation, saying:
Second Responsoiy. Ye yourselves know what great battles
I, and my brethren, and my father’s
They decked the fore-front, &c., (p. house, have made for the laws, and
2 5 5~) the sanctuary; and the troubles which
Third Lesson. we have seen; by reason whereof all
my brethren are slain for Israel’s sake,
BUT as soon as Jonathan entered and I am left alone. Now, there
into Ptolema'is, they of Ptolema'is fore, be it far from me that ,I should
shut the gates of the city, and took spare mine own life in any time of
him, and all that came with him trouble, for I am no better than my
they slew with the sword. And brethren. Yea, I will avenge my
Tryphon sent an host [of footmen] nation, and the sanctuary, and our
and horsemen into Galilee, and into children, and our wives; for all the
the Great Plain, to destroy all Jon heathen are gathered to destroy us
athan’s company. But when they of very malice.
knew that Jonathan, and they that
were with him, were taken and slain,
they encouraged one another, and First Responsory.
went forth prepared to fight. They,
therefore, that followed upon them, The Lord open, &c., (p. 251.)
perceiving that they were ready to
fight for their lives, turned back Second Lesson.
again; whereupon they all came into
the land of Judah peaceably. And AND as soon as the people heard
they bewailed Jonathan and them these words, their spirit was
that were with him, with great kindled, and they answered with a
lamentation. loud voice, saying: Thou shalt be
our leader instead of Judas and
Third Responsory.
Jonathan thy brother. Fight thou
our battle, and whatsoever thou com
They praised the Lord, &c., (p. mandest us, that will we do. So
255-) then he gathered together all the
men of war, and made haste to finish
@Bursbag. the walls of Jerusalem; and he forti
fied it round about. And he sent
Fifth Day.
Jonathan the son of Absalom, and
MATTINS. with him a new host, to Joppa, who,
casting out them that were therein,
First Lesson. remained there himself. And Try
The Lesson is taken from the First phon removed from Ptolema'i's with
Book of Maccabees (xiii. I.)
a great power, to invade the land
of Judah; and Jonathan was with
AND Simon heard that Tryphon him, in ward. But Simon pitched
had gathered together a great his tents at Addus, over against the
host, to invade the land of Judah plain.
THIRD'WEEK OF OCTOBER. 269
Second Responsory. as soon as they heard that his brother
Simon was made High Priest in his
The Lord hear, &c., (p. 252.) stead, and ruled all the country and
the cities therein, they wrote unto him
Third Lesson. in tables of brass to renew the friend
ship and league which they had made
AND when Tryphon knew that with Judas and Jonathan his brethren.
Simon was risen up instead of Which writings were read before the
his brother Jonathan, and that he congregation at Jerusalem. And this
meant to join battle with him, he sent is the copy of the letters that the
messengers unto him, saying: For the Spartans sent.
money that he owed unto the King’s
treasure, concerning the business that
was committed unto him, we have First Responsory.
Jonathan thy brother in hold. Where
fore, now, send an hundred talents of Be ye not afraid, &c., (p. 253.)
silver, and two of his sons for hostages,
that, when he is at liberty, he may not
revolt from us—and we will let him Second Lesson.
go. Now Simon perceived that they
spake deceitfully unto him; yet sent THE Rulers of the Spartans, and
he the money and the children, lest he their cities, unto Simon the High
should procure to himself great hatred Priest, and the Elders and Priests, and
of the people, who might have said: residue of the people of the Jews, our
Because he sent him not the money brethren, send greeting. The ambas
and the children, therefore did. he sadors that were sent unto our people
perish. So he sent them the children certified us of your glory, and honour,
and the hundred talents. Howbeit and happiness, and we were glad at
[Tryphon] dissembled, neither did he their coming. And we did register
let Jonathan go.l the things that they spake in the
council of the people in this manner:
Numenius son of Antiochus, and Anti
Third Responsory. pater son of Jason, the Jews’ ambas
Our enemies are gathered, &c., (p. sadors, came unto us to renew the
252.) former friendship they had with us.
And it pleased the people to entertain
fixing. the men honourably, and to put the
copy of their ambassage in public
Sixth Day. records, to the end the people of
the Spartans might have a me
MATTINS. morial thereof. Furthermore, we have
written a copy thereof unto Simon
First Lesson.
the High Priest.
Book of Maccabees (xiv. 16.)
Second Responsory.
AND it was heard at Rome, and as
far as Sparta, that Jonathan was The heathen are assembled, &c.,
dead, and they were very sorry. But (4 253-)
1 He soon afterwards killed him.
Third Lesson. First Responsory.

FTER this Simon sent Numenius The sun shone, &c., (p. 254.)
to Rome, with a great shield Of
gold of a thousand pound weight, to
Second Lesson.
confirm the league with them. And
when the Roman people heard these AND Ptolemy wrote those things,
things, they said: What thanks shall and sent to the King, that he
we give to Simon and his sons? For should send him an host to aid him,
he hath established his brethren, and and he would deliver him the country,
chased away in fight the enemies of and the cities, and the tribute. He
Israel from them? So then they sent others also to Gazara to kill
wrote it in tables of brass, which they John; and unto the tribunes he sent
set upon pillars in mount Zion. letters to come unto him, that he
might give them silver, and gold, and
Third Responsory. rewards. And others he sent to take
Jerusalem, and the mountain of the
Thine, O Lord, &c., (15. 254.)
Temple. But one ran afore to Gazara,
and told John that his father and
éaturbag. brethren were slain, and that “ he hath
sent to slay thee also.”
The Sabbath.
MATTINS. Second Responsory.

First Lesson. They decked the fore-front, &c., (p.
The Lesson is taken from the First 255-)
Book of Maccabees (xvi. 14.) Third Lesson.
NOW Simon was visiting the cities EREOF when he heard, he was
that were in the country of sore astonished; and he laid
Judea, and taking care for the good hands on them that were come to
ordering of them, at which time he destroy him, and slew them; for he
came down himself to Jericho, with knew that they sought to make him
his sons Mattathias and Judas, in the away. And as concerning the rest of
hundred - threescore - and - seventeenth the acts of John, and his wars, and
year, in the eleventh month, which is worthy deeds of valour which he did,
the month Shebat. And the son of and the building of the walls which he
Abodus received them deceitfully into made, and his doings, behold, these
a little hold, called Doch, which he are written in the Chronicles of his
had built; and he made them a great Priesthood, from the time he was made
banquet. Howbeit, he had hid men High Priest after his father.
there. And when Simon and his sons
were drunk with wine, Ptolemy and Third Responsory. I
his men rose up, and took their
weapons, and came into the banqueting They praised the Lord, &c., (p. 25 5.)
place, and slew [Simon], and his two
sons, and certain of his servants. In The following Sunday is always
which he committed a great treachery occupied by a festival, usually that of
in Israel, and recompensed evil for the Purity or of the Patronage of the
good. Blessed Virgin. In any case, no part
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of this Sunday ofice is used, except the open your heart in His Law and com
Lessons of the First Nocturn, which mandments, and send you peace. May
being the beginning of the book of He hear your prayers, and be at one
Scrinture, are transferred to Monday, with you, and never forsake you in
and thefollowing, which forms part of time of trouble. And now we be here
the commemoration of the Sunday, at praying for you.
Vesjfiers on Saturday evening.
Antiphon. The Lord, even the First Responsory.

Lord our God, hear your prayers, and Judas said, &c., (p. 254.)
be at one with you, and never forsake
you in time of trouble.
Second Lesson (of Sunday. 18).
ascend unto Thee, O Lord. HEREFORE, whereas we are now
Answer. And let there descend purposed to keep the Purification
upon us Thy mercy. of the Temple upon the five-and-twen
tieth day of the month Casleu, we have
Prayer of the Sunday.
thought it necessary to certify you
thereof, that ye also may keep it, as
the Feast of the tabernacles, and as
the feast of the fire which was given
.ifuurtb $unhag at @ttuhzr. when Nehemiah offered sacrifice, after
that he had builded the Temple and
The Fourth Lord ’s Day in October. the Altar. For when our fathers were
led into Persia, the Priests that were
then devout toward God took the fire
Qtlontag. of the Altar privily, and hid it in the
valley, where was a pit deep and dry,
Second Day.
where they kept it sure, so that the
MATTINS. place was unknown to all men. (Third
Lesson of Sunday.) But after many
First Lesson (of Sunday). years, when it pleased God that Nehe
miah should be sent from the King
Here beginneth the Second Book1 of
of Persia, he sent of the posterity of
the Maccabees (i. I.)
those Priests that had hid it, to search
2 THE brethren, the Jews that be at for the fire; but they told us they
Jerusalem, and in the land of found no fire, but thick water. Then
Judea, wish unto the brethren, the commanded he them to draw it up
Jews that are throughout Egypt, health and to bring it unto him; and, when
and good peace. God be gracious the sacrifices were laid on, Nehemiah
unto you, and remember His covenant the Priest commanded to sprinkle the
that He made with Abraham, Isaac, wood and the things laid thereon, with
and Jacob, His faithful servants; and the water. When this was done, and
give you all an heart to serve Him, the time came that the sun shone,
and to do His will, with a good which afore was hid in a cloud, there
courage and a willing mind. May He was a great fire kindled, so that every
1 “This,” says Archbishop Kenrick, “is an abridgment of a diffuse history, comprised in
seven books, written by Jason or Josue, an inhabitant of Cyrene in Africa. I
2 “Two letters, written by the Jews of Jerusalem to their brethren in Egypt, are placed by
the author in the commencement of his work.”
man marvelled. (First Lesson qfMon place might be sanctified unto the
day. ii. I.) It is also found in the great God. For he treated nobly of
records of Jeremiah the Prophet, that wisdom; and, being wise, he offered
he commanded them that were carried the sacrifice of Dedication and of the
away to take of the fire, as it hath Finishing of the Temple.
been signified, and that he so com
manded them that had been carried
Third Responsory.
away. He gave them also the Law,
lest they should forget the command They praised the Lord, &c., (p.
ments of the Lord, and that they 255-)
should not err in their minds, when
they should see images of silver and @uesbag.
gold, with their ornaments. And with
other such speeches exhorted he them, Third Day.
that they should not let the Law depart
MATTINS.
from their hearts.
First Lesson.
Second Responsory. The Lesson is taken from the Second
Book of Maccabees (iii. I.)
2 S 5-) NOW when the Holy City was
inhabited with all peace, and
the laws were kept very well, because
Third Lesson. (Second Lesson of
of the godliness of Onias the High
Monday.)
Priest, and hatred of wickedness, it
T was also contained, in the same came to pass that even the Kings and
writing, that the Prophet, being Princes did highly honour the place,
warned of God, commanded the taber and magnify the Temple with their
nacle and the Ark to go with him, as best gifts; insomuch that Seleucus,
he went forth into the mountain where King of Asia, of his own revenues,
Moses climbed up and saw the heri bare all the costs belonging to the
tage of God. And when Jeremiah service of the sacrifices. But one
came thither, he found an hollow cave ; Simon, of the tribe of Benjamin, who
wherein he laid the tabernacle, and was made Governor of the Temple,
the Ark, and the Altar of incense; fell out with the High Priest, seeking
and so stopped the door. And some to bring about disorder in the City.
of those that followed him came to
mark the way, but they could not find First Responsory.
it. (Third Lesson of Monday.) And
when Jeremiah perceived it, he blamed This is a lover, &c., (p. 255.)
them, saying: As for that place, it
shall be unknown, until the time that Second Lesson.
God gather His people again together,
and receive them unto mercy: then ND when he could not overcome
shall the Lord show them these things, Onias, he gat him to Apollonius,
and the glory of the Lord shall appear, the son of Thrases, who then was
andthe cloud also, as it was shown Governor of Ccelesyria and Phoenicia,
with Moses, and as He showed these and told him that the treasury in
things when Solomon desired that the Jerusalem was full of infinite sums of
money, so that the multitude of their @Mneabag.

riches which did not pertain to the
account of the sacrifices was im Fourth Day.
measurable; and that it was possible
to bring all into the King’s hand. MATTINS.
Now, when Apollonius had showed
him of the money whereof he was First Lesson.
told, the King chose out Heliodoms,
who was over his business, and sent The Lesson is taken from the Second
him with a commandment to bring Book of Maccabees (iii. 23.)
him the foresaid money. So forth
EVERTHELESS, Heliodorus exe
with Heliodorus took his journey,
cuted that which was decreed,
under colour of visiting the cities of
now as he was then present himself,
Coelesyria and Phoenicia; but, in deed,
with his guard, about the treasury.
to fulfil the King’s purpose.
But the Spirit of the God of all power
caused a great apparition, so that all
Second Responsory. that presumed to obey his commands
were astonished at the power of God,
Thou, O Lord of all, &c., (p. 256.) and fainted, and were sore afraid.
For there appeared unto them an
horse, with a terrible rider upon him,
Third Lesson. and adorned with a very fair covering ;
and he ran fiercely and smote at
AND when he was come to Jeru Heliodorus with his fore-feet. And
salem, and had been courteously it seemed that he that sat upon the
received of the High Priest in the city, horse had complete harness of gold.
he told him what intelligence was
given of the money, and declared
wherefore he came ; and asked if these First Responsory.
things were so indeed. Then the
High Priest told him that there was The sun shone, &c., (p. 254.)
such money laid up, for the relief of
widows and fatherless children; and
that some of it belonged to Hyrcanus, Setond Lesson.
son of Tobias, a man of great dignity, M OREOVER, two other young men
in that whereof that wicked Simon appeared before him, notable in
had given information,—but that the strength, excellent in beauty, and
sum of it in all was four hundred comely in apparel, who stood by him
talents of silver, and two hundred of [Heliodorus] on either side, and
gold. And that it was altogether scourged him continually, and gave
impossible that such wrong should be him many sore stripes. And Helio
done unto them that had committed it dorus fell suddenly unto the ground,
to the [holiness of the] place and to and was compassed with great dark
the Temple, whose Majesty and ness; but they that were with him
Sanctity are honoured over all the took him up, and put him into a litter,
world. ‘ and took him away. Thus he that
Third Responsoiy. lately came with many footmen and
guards into the said treasury, was
Open- Thine eyes, &c., (p. 256.) ' carried out unable to.help himself;
and the power of God was manifestly @Burabag.

acknowledged. And he by the power
of God lay speechless, without any Fi/th Day.
hope or health.
MATTINS.
First Lesson.
Second Responsory.
The Lesson is taken from the Second
Book of Maccabees (iv. 1.)
2 5 5-)
T HIS Simon now, of whom we spake
Third Lesson.
afore, having been a bewrayer of
SO the High Priest, suspecting that the money and of his country, slandered
the King should misconceive that Onias, as if he had pushed on Helio
some treachery had been done to dorus to this, hnd been the worker of
Heliodorus by the Jews, offered a these evils; thus was he bold to call
sacrifice for the health of the man. him a traitor, that had deserved well of
And as the High Priest was praying, the city, and tendered his own nation,
the same young men, in the same and was so zealous of the laws. But
clothing, stood by the side of Helio when this hatred went so far that by
dorus, and said: Give Onias the some of Simon’s faction murders were
Priest thanks; insomuch as for his committed, Onias, seeing the danger
sake the Lord hath granted thee life. of this contention, (and that Apollonius,
But, seeing that thou hast been as being the Governor of Coelesyria
scourged from God, declare unto all and Phoenicia, did rage, and increase
men the mighty works of God and Simon’s malice,) he went to the King—
His power. And, when they had not to be an accuser of his countrymen,
spoken these words, they appeared but seeking the good of all with whom
no more. he had to do.
Third Responsory. First Responsory.
They praised the Lord, &c., (p. The Lord open, &c., (p. 25 I.)
255.)
Second Lesson.
Should there be only four weeks in
October, and the next Sunday be conse FOR he saw that it was impossible
quently the First Sunday of November, that the State should continue
upon which the Book of Ezekiel is quiet, and Simon leave his folly, unless
begun, upon the Thursday, Friday, and the King did look thereunto. But
Saturday, hereafter immediatelyfollow after the death of Seleucus, when
ing, are read the Lessons from Second ' Antiochus, called “the Illustrious,”
Maccabees assigned for the Sunday, took the kingdom, Jason, the brother
Monday, and Tuesday of the Fifth of Onias, laboured under-hand to be
- Week of October, instead of the Lessons High Priest, promising unto the King
immediately hereafter given. Where, by intercession three hundred and
however, the reading of these Lessons three-score talents of silver, and of
is prevented (e.g., by the Feast of SS. other revenues eighty talents; beside
Simon and fade) they are for thatyear this he promised to assign an hundred
simply omitted. and fifty more, if he might have licence
to set him up a place for exercise and helmets with drawn swords, and cast
for the training up of youth, and to ing of darts, and glittering of golden
write them of Jerusalem by the name ornaments, and harness of all sorts.
of “ Antiochians.” Wherefore every man prayed that that
apparition might turn to good.
Second Responsory.
First Responsory.
The Lord hear, &c., (p. 252.)
Be ye not afraid, &c., (p. 253.)
Third Lesson.
Second Lesson.
HICH when the King had
granted, and he had gotten BUT when there was gone forth a
into his hand the rule, he forthwith false rumour, as though Anti
began to bring his own nation to the ochus had been dead, Jason took at
Greekish fashion. And the Royal the least a thousand men, and sud
privileges, granted by special favour, denly made an assault upon the city.
to the Jews, by the means of John, the And they that were upon the walls
father of Eupolemus, who went ambas being put back, and the city at length
sador to Rome for amity and aid, he taken, Menelaus fled into the Castle.
took away, and, putting down the But Jason slew his own citizens with
governments which were according out mercy ; not considering that to
to the Law, he brought up perverse get the day of them of his own na
customs. tion would be a most unhappy day for
hirgLbut thinking they had been his
Third Responsory. enemies, and not his countrymen,
whcYn—hTETJEeEdT—Hmmt, for
Our enemies, &c., (p. 252.)
81W
pility, bugat the“ last reciived shame
§ribag. for the reward_of;his treaég—ngtdfla
again irl()___th_e_country of thLim
Sixth Day. marlitgs.
Second Responsory.
MATTINS.
The heathen are assembled, &c.,
First Lesson.
(a 253-)
The Lesson is taken from the Second Third Lesson.
Book of Maccabees (v. 1.)
IN the end therefore, he had an un
ABOUT the same time, Antiochus happy return, being accused be
prepared his second voyage into fore Aretas, the King of the Arab
Egypt. And then it happened that ians, fleeing from city to city, detested
through all the city of Jerusalem, for of all men, hated as a forsaker of the
the space of forty days, there were seen laws, and being had in abomination
horsemen running in the air, in cloth as an open enemy of his country and
of gold, and armed with lances, like a countrymen, he was cast out into
band of soldiers, and troops of horses Egypt: thus he that had driven many
in array, encountering and running out of their country perished in a
one against another, with shaking of strange land, retiring to the Lacede
shields, and multitude of men in monians, and thinking there to find
succour by reason of his kindred : and Sabbath-Days kept, nor the ancient
he that had cast out many unburied Feasts observed, nor did any man
had none to mourn for him, and was plainly profess himself to be a Jew.
cast out unburied, and had neither And in the day of the King’s birth
funeral in a strange land, nor share they were brought by bitter constraint
in the sepulchre of his fathers. to the sacrifices; and when the feast '
of Bacchus was kept, they were com
Third Responsory. pelled to go in procession to Bacchus,
crowned with ivy. Moreover, there
Thine, O Lord, &c., (p. 254.) went out a decree to the neighbour
cities of the heathen, by the sug
gestion of the Ptolemies, that they
éaturbag. should observe the same fashions
The Sahhath. against the Jews, that they might
sacrifice: and whoso would not con
MATTINS. form themselves to the manners of the
Gentiles, they should put to death.
First Lesson.
Then might a man have seen misery.
Book of Maccabees (vi. 1.)
Second Responsory.
UT not long after this, King They decked the fore-front, &c.,
Antiochus sent an old man of
(A- 2 5 5-)
Antioch to compel the Jews to depart
from the laws of their fathers and of Third Lesson.
their God; and to pollute also the
FOR there were two women brought
temple in Jerusalem, and to call it the
who had circumcised their child
temple of Jupiter Olynlpius; and the
ren: whom when they had openly led
[temple] in Gerizim,1 [the temple] of
round about the city, the babes hang
Jupiter the Defender of strangers, as
ing at their breasts, they cast them
they did desire that dwelt in the place.
down headlong from the wall. And
The coming-in of this mischief was
others that had run together into
sore and grievous to all: for the
caves near by, to keep the Sabbath
temple was filled with lewdness and
Day secretly, being discovered by
revelling by the Gentiles, and dalliers
Philip, were all burnt together, be
with harlots; who had to do with
cause they made a conscience to help
women within the circuit of the holy
themselves, for the honour of the
places, and brought in things that
sacred day. Now I beseech those
were not lawful.
that read this book that they be not
discouraged for these calamities, but
First Responsory. that they judge these punishments
The sun shone, &c., (p. 254.) not to be for destruction, but for a
chastening of our nation.
Second Lesson.
Third Responsory.
THE altar also was filled with pro
fane things, which were for They praised the Lord, &c., (p.
bidden by the Law. Neither were 255-)
1 1.e., the heretical temple of the Samaritans.
FIFTH WEEK OF OCTOBER. 277
VESPERS. took him aside and besought him that

flesh might be brought such as was
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed
lawful for him to use, and to make as
Virgin. Thine, O Lord, is the power; if he did eat of the flesh of the sacri
* the kingdom is Thine. Thou art
fice commanded by the King, that in
high above all the heathen; grant
so doing he might be delivered from
peace in our time, 0 Lord.
death. So because of the old friend
Prayer of the ensuing Sunday. ship that they~had with the man, they
did him this kindness.
First Responsory.
jftftb $umsag uf QBstuhzr. The Lord open, &c., (p. 251.)
The Fifth Lord’s Day of Ottooer. Second Lesson. '

MATTINS. BUT he began to consider the ex
cellency that became his age
‘ FIRST NOCTURN. and his ancient years, and the honour
Note. The Lessons here assigned wherein from his birth he had con
for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, tinued even unto grey hairs, and the
are to he preferred to those assigned honesty of his conversation from a
7for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, child, and he answered straightway
and Saturday. They are therefore to according to the commandments of
be read, one after another, upon the the holy Law given by God, that he
first three days of this week upon willed rather to be sent to the grave.
which the Lessons are according to the For it becometh not our age, said he,
Season, the others being omitted, if to dissemble, whereby many young
necessary. persons might think that Eleazar,
being fourscore years old and ten,
First Lesson. were now gone to a strange religion ;
and so they, through mine hypocrisy
Book of Maccabees (vi. 18.) and [desire to live] in this corruptible
life a little longer, should be deceived,
THEREFORE Eleazar, one of the and I get a stain to mine old age and
principal scribes, an aged man make it abominable. For though for
and of a well-favoured countenance, the present time I should be delivered
was constrained to open his mouth from the punishment of men, yet
and to eat swine’s flesh. But he, should I not escape the hand of the
'choosing rather to die gloriously than Almighty, neither alive nor dead.
to live abominably, came of his own Wherefore now, manfully changing
accord to the torment. And when he this life, I will show myself such an
saw how that it behoved to come, one as mine age requireth ; and leave
bearing all things patiently, he was a notable example to such as be
resolved not to taste, for the love of young, by willingly and courageously
life, such things as are unlawful. But ' dying a seemly death for the most
they that stood by, moved with cruel honourable and holy laws. And when
compassion, for the sake of the old he had said these words, immediately
friendship that they had with the man, he was baled to death.1
1 He was lashed to death.
VOL. IV.
Second Responsory. had sacrificed and prayed for the

The Lord hear, &c., (p. 252.) people, but now the time came when
he offered himself to God as a burnt
Third Lesson. (vii.) sacrifice without blemish, a peace_
offering for all the people, a blessed
IT came to pass also that seven beginning in that struggle whereunto
brethren with their mother were his words and his silence were alike
taken, and compelled by the King their exhortation. He presented
against the Law to taste swine’s flesh, likewise the bodies of seven children,
and were tormented with scourges and the ofi'spring of his teaching, “a
whips. But one of them, who was living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
the first, said thus: What wouldest God,” (Rom. xii. 1,) an oblation more
thou ask or learn of us? We are glorious and more pure than any legal
ready to die, rather than to transgress offering; for to give the father credit
the laws which God gave unto our of‘his children is most meet and right.
fathers. Then the King, being in a
rage, commanded pans and caldrons
Fourth Responsory.
of brass to be made hot; which
forthwith being heated he commanded Be ye not afraid, &c., (p. 253.) '
to cut out the tongue of him that
spake first, and to tear off the skin Fifth Lesson.
of his head, and to cut off the ends
of his hands and feet, the rest of his THERE stood the noble and high
brethren and his mother looking on. minded lads, the gallant sons
Now, when he was thus maimed in of a noble mother, the glorious cham
all his members, he commanded him, pions of the truth, men to whom the
being yet alive, to be brought to the fire epoch of Antiochus was an anachron
and to be fried in the pan, and while ism, true disciples of the Law of
he was a long while suffering therein, Moses, straitest of the observers of
the remainder exhorted one another, the rites of their forefathers, in that
with the mother, to die manfully. seven-fold number which the Hebrews
bless, and which is hallowed and
Third Responsory. worshipful through the reckoning of
Sabbath,—there they stood, with one
Our enemies, &c., (p. 252.) longing, and one aim, looking to one
road to life, even to receive death for
SECOND NOCTURN. God’s sake,—there they stood, bre
Fourth Lesson. thren in soul not less than in body,
only covetous one of the other’s death.
The Lesson is taken from the Ser 0 what a mystery! They snatched
mons of St Gregory of Nazianzus, at agony as at treasure, and perilled
[Patriarch of Constantinople] (20th. themselves for the teaching of the
0n the Maccabees.) Law, with no more fear for what
LEAZAR was the first-fruits of was before than regret for what was
those who suffered before the behind. Their dread was but one,
coming of Christ, even as Stephen even lest any should go uncrowned,
,was 'the first-fruits of those who lest brother should be unwillingly
suffered after that coming. He was parted from brother, and be saved
a Priest and an Elder, grey in years, from the torment of the conflict to
and grey also in wisdom. Once he gain a disastrous victory.
. FIFTH WEEK OF OCTOBER. 279
Fifth Reyonsory. 0 when the first was dead after

this manner, they brought the
The heathen are assembled, &c., second to make him a mocking-stock;
(a 253-) and when they had pulled off the skin
Sixth Lesson. of his head with the hair, they asked
him if he would eat before he were
HERE stood the brave and noble punished throughout every member
mother, burning with love of of his body. But he answered in
her children and of God, with her the language of his fathers, and said:
heart rent as few human hearts are No. Wherefore he also received the
riven. Her agony was not so much next torment in order, as the former
on account of the tortures which her did; and when he was at the last
children suffered, as from fear lest gasp, he said: Thou indeed, thou
they should shrink therefrom. She devil, takest us out of this present
yearned not more over those who life, but the King of the world shall
left this life than she prayed that raise us up, who have died for His
they who were left might join them; laws, in the resurrection unto life
her anxiety was for the living rather everlasting. After him was the third
than for the dead. The living were made a mocking-stock, and when he
still contending, the dead' had safely was required he put out his tongue,
left the field; concerning the living (and that right soon,) and held forth
she was straitened in not knowing his hands manfully, and said courage
how God would receive them, the ously: These I had from heaven, but
dead she knew that God had joined for the sake of God’s laws I despise
unto Himself. them, from Whom I wait to receive
them again. Insomuch that the King,
Sixth Responsory. and they that were with him, mar
velled at the young man’s courage,
Thine, O Lord, &c., (p. 254.) for that he nothing regarded the
pains.
THIRD NOCTURN. First Responsory.
Seventh Responsory. Judas said, &c., (p. 254.)
Second Lesson.
Eighth Responsory. OW, when this man was dead
One seraph cried, &c., (p. 2I6.) also, they tormented and
mangled the fourth in like manner.
So, when he was ready to die, he
QTlonbag. said thus: It is good, being put to
death by men, to look for hope from
Second Day. God, to be raised up again by Him;
as for thee, thou shalt have no re
MATTINS. surrection to life. Afterward, they
First Lesson. brought the fifth also and mangled
him. Then looked he unto [the King]
The Lesson is taken from the Second and said: Corruptible as thou art,
Book of Maccabees (v i. 7.) thou hast power over men, and dost
what thou wilt; yet think not that @uesbag

our nation is forsaken of God. But
abide awhile, and thou shalt behold Third Day.
His great power, how He will tor MATTINS.
ment thee and thy seed. After him
also they brought the sixth; who, First Lesson.
being ready to die, said: Be not
deceived without cause; for we sufi'er The Lesson is taken from the Second
these things of ourselves, having Book of Maccabees (vii. 24.)
sinned against our God, therefore NOW Antiochus, thinking himself
marvellous things are done unto us; to be despised, and suspecting
but think not, thou that takest in it to be a reproachful speech, whilst
hand to strive against God, that thou the youngest was yet alive, did not
shalt escape unpunished only exhort him by words, but also
assured him with an oath, that he
Second Responsory. would make him both a rich and a
happy man, and that also he would
They decked the fore-front, &c., take him for his friend, and trust him
(19- 255-) with affairs, if he would turn from the
laws of his fathers. But when the
Third Lesson. young man would in no case hearken
UT the mother was marvellous unto him, the King called his mother,
above all, and worthy of honour and exhorted her that she would
able memory, for, when she saw her counsel the young man to save his
seven sons slain within the space of life. And when he had exhorted her
one day, she bare it with a good with many words, she promised him
courage, because of the hope that that she would counsel her son. But
she had in God; yea, she exhorted she, bowing herself toward him, laugh
every one of them in the language ing the cruel tyrant t0 scorn, said in
of her fathers, filled with wisdom, the language of her fathers: O my
and stirring up her womanish thoughts son, have pity upon me, that bare
with a manly spirit, she said unto thee nine months in my womb, and
them: I cannot tell how ye came gave thee suck three years, and
into my womb, for I neither gave nourished thee, and brought thee up
you breath nor soul nor life, neither unto this age.
was it I that formed the members
of any one of you; but doubtless the First Responsory.
Creator of the world, Who formed
This is a lover, &c., (p. 255.)
the generation of man, and found
out the beginning of all things, will
also of His own mercy give you Second Lesson.
breath and life again, as ye now BESEECH thee, my son, look
regard not your own souls for His upon the heaven and the earth,
laws’ sake. and all that is therein, and consider
that God made them of things that
Third Responsory. were not, and so was mankind made
likewise: so may it come that thou
They praised the Lord, &c., (p. shalt fear not this tormentor, but be
255-) worthy of thy brethren ; take thy death,
that I may receive thee again in mercy Third Responsory.

with thy brethren. Whilst she was
yet speaking these words, the young Open Thine eyes, &c., (p. 256.)
man said: Whom wait ye for? I
will not obey the King’s command
ment, but I will obey the command
Qfietneabag.
ment of the Law, that was given unto Fourth Day.
us by Moses. And thou, that hast
been the author of all mischief against MATTINS.
the Hebrews, shalt not escape the First Lesson.
hand of God. For we suffer because
of our sins. And though the Lord The Lesson is taken from the Second
our God be angry with us a little Book of Maccabees (viii. lo.)
while for our chastening and cor
rection, yet shall He be at one again 0 Nicanor undertook to make so
with His servants. much money of the captive Jews,
as should. defray the tribute of two
thousand talents, which the King was
Second Responsory.
to pay to the Romans ; wherefore im
Thou, O Lord of all, &c., (p. 256.) mediately he sent to the cities upon
the sea-coast, proclaiming a sale of
Third Lesson. the captive Jews, and promising that
they should have four score and ten
BUT thou, O godless man, and of bodies for one talent; not expecting
all others most wicked, be not the vengeance that was to follow upon
lifted up with vain hopes, lifting up him from the Almighty. Now, when
thine head against His servants. For word was brought unto Judas, he im
thou hast not yet escaped the judg parted unto those Jews that were with
ment of Almighty God, Who seeth all him, that Nicanor was coming. And
things. For my brethren, who have some of them were fearful, and dis
suffered a short pain, are dead under trusted the justice of God, and fled;
the covenant of everlasting life; but others sold all that they had left, and
thou, through the judgment of God, withal besought the Lord to deliver
shalt receive a just punishment for thy them from the wicked Nicanor.
pride. But I, as my brethren, offer
up my life and body for the laws of
First Responsory.
our fathers, beseeching God that He
would speedily be merciful unto our The sun shone, &c., (p. 254.)
nation, and that thou by torments and
plagues mayest confess that He alone Second Lesson.
is God; and that in me and my
brethren the wrath of the Almighty, 50 Maccabmus called his men toge
which is justly brought upon all our ther, unto the number of seven
nation, may cease. Then the King, thousand, that were with him, and ex
being in a rage, handled him worse horted them not to yield to the enemy,
than all the rest, taking it grievously nor to fear the great multitude of the
that he was mocked. So this man enemy that came wrongfully against
died undefiled, and put his whole trust them, but to contend bravely, setting
in the Lord. Last of all, after her before their eyes the injury that these
sons, the mother was put to death. men had unjustly done to the holy
place, and the cruel handling of the gin to distil upon them. And after
city, whereof they made a mockery, the Sabbath, they gave part of the
and also the taking away of the govern spoils to the maimed, and orphans,
ment of their forefathers. “For they,” and widows, and divided the residue
said he, “ trust in their arms and bold among themselves and their servants.
ness; but our confidence is in the
Almighty Lord, Who, at a beck, can
cast down both them that come against Third Responsory.
us, and also all the world.” More
They praised the Lord, &c., (p.
over, he recounted unto them what
255-)
helps from God had been given unto
their fore-fathers, and how under
Sennacherib an hundred four score @Burebap.
and five thousand perished.
Fifth Day.
Second Responsory. MATTINS.
They decked the fore-front, &c., (p. First Lesson.
255-)
Third Lesson.
Book of Maccabees (ix. I.)
HUS when he had made them
bold with these words, and ready BOUT that time came Antiochus
to die for their laws and their country, with dishonour out of the country
he divided his army into four parts, of Persia. For he had entered the
and appointed his brethren leaders of city called Persepolis, and went about
each band, to wit, Simon, and Joseph, to rob the temple, and oppress the
and Jonathan, giving each one fifteen city ; whereupon the multitude running
hundred men. Thereunto also, Esdras to arms, they were put to flight; and
read unto them the holy book, and so it happened that Antiochus, being
there was given unto them the watch put to flight, returned with shame.
word of “The help of God,” and then, Now, when he came to Ecbatane, he
himself, leading the first band, joined heard news of what had happened to
battle with Nicanor. And by the Nicanor and Timothy. Then swell
help of the Almighty, they slew above ing with anger, he thought to avenge
nine thousand men, and wounded and upon the Jews the disgrace done unto
maimed the most part of Nicanor’s him by those that made him flee;
host, and so put them to flight. So therefore commanded he that his
they took the money of them that chariot should be driven without ceas
came to buy them, and pursued them ing, to despatch the journey, the judg
on all hands; but, lacking time, ment from heaven now following him ;
they returned; for it was the day be for he had spoken proudly in this sort
fore the Sabbath, and therefore they ——-“that he would come to Jerusalem,
would no longer pursue them. So and make it a common burying place
when they had gathered their armour of the Jews.”
and spoils together, they occupied
themselves about the Sabbath, yielding FirstResponsory.
praise to the Lord, Who had delivered
them that day, causing mercy to be The Lord open, &c., (p. 251.)
Second Lesson. firing.

UT the Lord God of Israel, Who Sixth Day.
seeth all, smote him with an in
curable and invisible plague. For, as MATTINS.
soon as he had spoken these words, a
fearful pain of the bowels came upon First Lesson.
him, and sore torments of the inner
parts—and that most justly, for he The Lesson is taken from the Second
had tormented other men’s bowels with Book of Maccabees (x. I.)
many and strange torments. Howbeit,
N OW Maccabeeus and his company,
he nothing at all ceased from his spite.
the Lord keeping them, re
But still filled with pride, breathing
covered the Temple and the city;
out fire in his rage against the Jews,
and the altars which the heathen
and commanding to hasten the matter,
had built in the open street, and
it came to pass that he fell down from
also the chapels, he pulled down.
his chariot, carried violently, so that,
And having cleansed the Temple,
having a sore fall, all the members of
they made another Altar, and, strik
his body were much pained. ing stones, they took fire lput of
them, and ofi'ered sacrifices after two
years, and set forth incense, and lights,
Second Resfiomory.
and shew-bread. When that was done,
The Lord hear, &c., (p. 252.) they fell flat down upon the earth,
and besought the Lord that they
might come no more into such
Third Lesson. troubles; but, if they sinned any
more against Him, that He Himself
AND thus, he that, a little afore, would chasten them with mercy, and
thought that he might command that they might not be delivered
the waves of the sea, (so proud was unto the barbarous and blasphemous
he beyond the condition of men,) and nations. Now upon the same day
weigh the high mountains in a bal that the strangers profaned the Tem
ance, was now cast on the ground, ple, on the very same day it was
and carried in a litter, showing forth cleansed again, even the five-and
in his own person the manifest power twentieth day of the month which
of God; so that the worms rose up is called Casleu.
out of the body of this wicked man,
and, whiles he lived in torments, his
flesh fell away, and the filthiness of First Responsory.
his smell was noisome to all the
Be ye not afraid, &c., (p. 253.)
army; and the man that thought, a
little afore, he could reach to the stars
of heaven, no man could endure to Second Lesson. (24.)
carry, for his intolerable stink.
OW Timothy, whom the Jews had
overcome before, when he had
Third Responsory. gathered a great multitude of foreign
forces, and collected horsemen out of
Our enemies are gathered, &c., (p. Asia, came as though he would take
252.) Jewry by force of arms. But when
he drew near, Maccabteus and they fiaturbag.

that were with him prayed unto the
The Sabbath.
Lord, and sprinkled earth upon their
heads, and girded their loins with MATTlNS.
sack-cloth, and. fell down at the foot
First Lesson.
of the Altar, and besought Him to
be merciful to them, and to be an The Lesson is taken from the Second
Enemy to their enemies, and an Book of Maccabees (xv. 7.)
Adversary to their adversaries, as UT Maccabzeus had ever sure con
the Law declareth. So, after the fidence that God would help him..
prayer, they took their weapons, and Wherefore he exhorted his people not
went on farther from the city; and to fear the coming of the heathen
when they drew near to their enemies, against them, but to remember the
they stopped. help which in former times they had
received from heaven, and now to
Second Responsory. expect the victory-which should come
unto them from the Almighty. And
The heathen are assembled, &c., so comforting them out of the Law
(e- 253.) and the Prophets, and withal putting
Third Lesson. them in mind of the battles that
they won afore, he made them
NO\V, the sun being newly risen, more cheerful; and when he had
they joined both together, the stirred up their minds, he showed
one part having, together with their them the falsehood of the heathen,
valour, their refuge also unto the and their breach of oaths. Thus he
Lord, for a pledge of their success armed every one of them, not so
and victory, the other side making much with defence of shields and
their rage leader of their battle. But spears, as with good and comfortable
when the battle waxed strong, there words, and, [beside that,] he told them
appeared unto the enemies, from a dream worthy to be believed, where
heaven, five comely men upon horses, by he rejoiced all of them.
with bridles of gold, leading the
Jews; and two of them took Macca First Responsory.
bzeus betwixt them, and covered him
on every side with their weapons, The sun shone, &c., (p. 254.)
and kept him safe, but shot arrows
and lightnings against the enemies, Second Lesson.
so that, being confounded with blind ND this was his vision: That
ness, and full of trouble, they were Onias, who had been High
killed. And there were slain of foot Priest, a virtuous and a good man,
men twenty thousand and five hun reverend in guise, gentle in conver
dred, and six hundred horsemen. As sation, well-spoken also, and exer
for Timothy himself, he fled into a cised from a child in all points of
very strong hold, called Gazara, where virtue, holding up his hands, prayed
Chereas was Governor. for the whole body of the Jews.
This done, in like manner there
appeared an aged man and exceed
Third Responsory.
- ing glorious, and of a wonderful and
Thine, O Lord, &c., (p. 254.) excellent majesty about him. Then
FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER. 285
Onias answered, saying: This is a little care for them that were gone
lover of the brethren, and of the to the conflict.
people of Israel; this is one who
pi'ayeth much for the people, and Third Responsory.
for all the Holy City, to wit, Jere
miah the Prophet of God. Where They praised the Lord, &c., (p.
upon Jeremiah held forth his right 255~)
hand and gave to Judas a sword of
gold, and said: Take this holy sword,
a gift from God, with the which NOVEMBER.
thou shalt fell the adversaries of
my people Israel. first .Sunhag uf fiofiemfizr.
The First Lord’s Day of November.
Second Responsory.
They decked the fore-front, &c., (p. Antiohon at the Song of the Blessed
255') Virgin, on the preceding Saturday
Third Lesson. evening. I saw the Lord sitting upon
a throne high and lifted up, * and the
THUS being well comforted by the whole earth was full of His glory, and
words of Judas, which were His train filled the Temple.
very good, and able to stir them
up to valour, and to encourage the Prayer of the ensuing Sunday.
hearts of the young men, they de
termined to set upon them, and MATTINS.
manfully to try the matter by con
FIRST NOCTURN.
flict, because the Holy City and the
Temple were in danger. For the First Lesson.
care they took for their wives and
Here beginneth the Book of the
their children, their brethren and kins Prophet Ezekiell (i. 1.)
folks, was in least account with them,
but the greatest and principal fear AND it came to pass in the thirtieth
was for the holy Temple. Also, year, in the fourth month,2 in the
they that were in the city took not fifth day of the month, as I was among
1 He was, says St Jerome, a Priest who was carried captive to Babylon along with King
Jehoiachim, and prophesied in Chaldaea at the same time that Jeremiah was prophesying in
Judaea. The Martyrology (April 10) says that “he was slain at Babylon by the Judge of the
Israelite people, because he rebuked him for idolatry, and was buried in the sepulchre of Shem
and Arphaxad, the forefathers of Abraham, whither many use to resort to pray." _
‘3 The year is supposed by Abp. Kenrick to be reckoned from the beginning of the reign of
Nabopolassar, father of Nebuchadnezzar, but he mentions that St Jerome thinks the thirtieth
year of the Prophet’s life is meant. See also Lesson Vl. this day. “ It is believed to be the
year 595 3.6." If the Jewish civil year is meant, January is about the date ; if the ecclesiastical,
June. But if the year be of the Prophet's life, why not the month also? The Targum,_how
ever, is quite different, and very curious: “And it came to pass thirty years after that Hilkiah
the High Priest had found the Book of the Law in the house of the sanctuary, in the court,
under the porch, in the middle of the night, after the setting of the moon, in the days of Josiah
the son of Amon, King of the tribe of the house of Judah, in the month of Tammuz, ugon the
fifth day of the month, the Prophet said: As I was among the captives by the river of _hebar,
the heavens were opened, and I saw in a vision of prophecy which rested upon me, a VlSlOn of
the glory of the majesty of the Eternal : in the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year
of King Jehoiachim’s captivity: the word of prophecy from the presence of the Eternal came
upon Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, the Priest, in the land of Israel. Again a second time spake He
with him in a province of the land of the Chaldees, by the _river Chebar, and the spirit of
prophecy from the presence of the Eternal rested there upon him. And I looked, and behold,
&c. &c." (Walton's Polyglott.)
voL. W. K 2
the captives by the river of Chebar,1 Second Responsory.

that the heavens were opened, and I
saw visions of God. In the fifth day Look down, 0 Lord, from the dwell
of the month, which was the fifth ing-place of Thine holiness, and take
year of King Jehoiachim’s captivity, thought for us. 40 my God, incline
the word of the LORD came unto Thine ear, and hear. Open Thine eyes,
Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, the Priest, and behold our desolation.
in the land of the Chaldeans, by the Verse. 5 Give ear, 0 Shepherd of
river Chebar, and the hand of the Israel, Thou That leadest Joseph like
LORD was there upon him. And I a flock. _
looked, and, behold, a whirlwind Answer. Open Thine eyes, and
came out of the North, a great behold our desolation.
cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and
a brightness was about it, and out Third Lesson.
of the midst thereof, (that is, out of A5 for the likeness of their faces,
the midst of the fire,) as the colour they four had the face of a man
of amber.2 and the face of a lion on the right
side, and they four had the face of an
First Responsory. ox on the left side, and they four had
31 saw the Lord sitting upon a the face of an eagle above. Thus were
throne high and lifted up, and the their faces, and their wings were
whole earth was full of His glory, and stretched upward, two wings of every
His train filled the Temple. one were joined one to another, and
Verse. Above it stood the Sera two covered their bodies; and they
phim: each one had six wings. went every one straight forward.
Answer. And His train filled the Whither the spirit was to go, they
Temple. went, and they turned not when they
went. '
Second Lesson.
Third Responsory.
LSO in the midst thereof the like
ness of four living creatures; 6Consider, O Lord, how that the
and this was their appearance, they city sitteth solitary that was full of
had the likeness of a man. And every riches; how is she become as a
one had four faces, and every one had widow, she that was great among the
four wings. Their feet were straight nations ; she hath none to comfort her,
feet, and the sole of their feet was like save Thee, 0 our God!
the sole of a calf’s foot, and they Verse. She weepeth sore in the
sparkled like the colour of glowing night, and her tears are on her
brass. And they had the hands of a cheeks.
man under their wings on their four Answer. She hath none to comfort
sides, and they had faces and wings on her, save Thee, 0 our God!
four sides. And the wings of one were Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
joined to the wings of another; they to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
turned not when they went ; they went Answer. She hath none to comfort
every one straight forward. her, save Thee, 0 our God!
1 “The Chaboras . . . . empties into the Euphrates a little above Thapsacus."
2 So Abp. Kenrick, who adds, “Some take it to mean golden ore." LXX. and Vulgate,
electrum, by which Gesenius understands them to mean, as he also understands the Hebrew,
a polished metal. Cf. Apoc. i. I5.
3 Isa. vi. 1, 2. 4 Dan. ix. :8. 5 Ps. lxxix. 2. '3 Lam. i. I, 2.
SECOND NOCTURN. with the words : “ And it came to pass

Fourth Lesson. in the thirtieth year?” Now, this
word “And” is a conjunction, and we
The Lesson is taken from the Exposi know that it is so- called because it
tion of the Prophet Ezekiel written conjoineth that which cometh after it
by Pope St Gregory [the Great.] with that which goeth before it.
(Bk. i. Ham. 2.) Wherefore, then, doth he who hath
IT is the use of the Prophetic writers hitherto been silent, commence by
first to give name, date, and place, “And,” when there is nothing going
and then to begin to unfold the mys before for the conjunction to join to that
teries of the prophecy; thus, to give which cometh after? To explain this,
certainty of trustworthiness, a founda we must consider that our senses per
tion is laid before, and afterward the ceive only things bodily, while those of
fruits of th’Spirit are set forth by Prophets perceive also things ghostly,
signs and in figures. Thus Ezekiel and to them things exist which to our
saith concerning the date: “And it ignorance seem not to do so. Hence
came to pass in the thirtieth year, in it cometh that in the mind of a
the fourth month, in the fifth day of Prophet, things outer and things inner
the month.” And to show the place, are so joined that he seeth both
he addeth further: “As I was among together, and the word which he
the captives by the river of Chebar, heareth within him and that which he
the heavens were opened, and I saw uttereth come together.
visions of God.’7 Then he defineth the
time even more exactly, saying: “In Fifth Responsory.
the fifth day of the month, which was
the fifth year of King Jehoiachim’s Hedge us about with Thy wall that
captivity.” And he who had thus cannot be broken down, 0 Lord, and
clearly indicated his individuality, goeth shield us continually with the arms of
on farther to state his kin, saying: Thy might. O Lord God of Israel,
“The word of the LORD came unto deliver them that cry unto Thee.
Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, the Priest.” Verse. 2Deliver us also according
to Thy marvellous works, and give
Fourth Responsory. glory to Thy Name.
Answer. 0 Lord God of Israel,
1I have set watchmen upon thy
deliver them that cry unto Thee.
walls, 0 Jerusalem, which shall never
hold their peace day nor night, to praise
Sixth Lesson.
the name of the Lord.
Verse. They shall proclaim My IT appeareth plainly, therefore, that
might unto the nations, and declare he which had hitherto been silent,
My glory unto the Gentiles. beginneth by the words, “And it
Answer. Which shall never hold came to pass in the thirtieth year,”
their peace day nor night, to praise the because his first utterance was but the
name of the Lord. continuation of something to which he
had already been listening in his own
Fifth Lesson. mind. The words which he spoke
UT the first question which meeteth were merely a continuation of the
us is, Wherefore doth the Prophet, vision already going on within, and
having hitherto said nothing, begin therefore the first are, “And it came
1 Isa. lxii. 6. ‘-‘ Dan. iii. 43.
to pass.” His language is framed as Eighth Responsory.

though his inner revelation had been an
open one. That it was in the thirtieth One Seraph cried, &c., (p. 216.)
year1 that the word of the Lord came
unto Ezekiel, causeth us to remark that
in the ordinary use of human under Qflonbag.
standing, men receive not a call to
Second Day.
teach until they be of full age. Hence
also eyen the Lord Himself, when He MATTINS.
sat in the Temple in the midst of the
doctors, in the twelfth year of His age, First Lesson.
was pleased to be found, not teaching, The Lesson is taken from the Book of
but hearing them and asking them the Prophet Ezekiel 2.)
questions. (Luke ii. 46.)
AND I heard Him That spake unto
me. And He said unto me:
Sixth Responsory.
Son Of man, I send thee to the child
2We looked for peace, and it came ren of Israel, to a rebellious nation,
not; we asked for good, and behold that hath rebelled against Me. They
trouble. We acknowledge, O LORD, and their fathers have broken My
our wickedness. 3Forget us not for covenant even unto this very day.
ever. And they are impudent children, and
Verse. 4 O Lord [our God] we have stiff-hearted, unto whom I do send
sinned, we have done ungodly, we thee, and thou shalt say unto them:
have dealt unrighteously in all Thine Thus saith the Lord GOD : 6 and they,
ordinances. whether they will hear, or whether
Answer. Forget us not for ever. they will forbear, (for they are a
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and rebellious house,) yet shall know that
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. there hath been a Prophet among
Answer. Forget us not for ever. them.
First Responsory.
THIRD NOCTURN. 7 He hath redeemed His people, and
Seventh Resfionsory. ransomed them; therefore they shall
come and sing in the height of Zion,
Blessed is the people whom the and shall rejoice in the goodness of the
Lord of hosts hath blessed, saying: O LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for
Israel! thou art the work of Mine own oil ; 8 and they shall hunger no more.
hands, thou art Mine own inheritance. Verse. And their soul shall be as a
Verse. 5 Blessed is the nation whose watered garden.
God is the LORD, and the people whom Answer. And they shall hunger no
He hath chosen for His own inherit more.
ance.
Second Lesson.
Answer. Whom the Lord of hosts
hath blessed, saying: 0 Israel! thou AND thou, son of man, be not
art the work of Mine own hands, thou afraid of them, neither be afraid
art Mine own inheritance. of their words, though unbelievers and
1 St Gregory apparently takes for granted that the thirtieth year of the Prophet’s life is meant.
2 Jer. viii. I5. 3 Cf. Lam. v. 20. " 12.
4 Baruch 11. 5 Ps. xxxii. 12.
5 The Name. 7 Jer. xxxi. rt, 12. ‘3 Apoc. vii. 16.
rebels be with thee, and thou dost Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
dwell among scorpions. Be not afraid to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
of their words, nor be dismayed at Answer. They have not hurt me ;
their looks, for it is a rebellious house. forasmuch as before Him innocency
And thou shalt speak My words unto was found in me.
them, whether they will hear or
whether they will forbear ; for they
are most rebellious. Qiueatag.
Third Day.
Second Responsory.
MATTINS.
1 I am straitened on every side, and
know not what to choose. It is better First Lesson.
for me to fall into the hands of men,
than to sin against the law of my God.
the Prophet Ezekiel (iii. 1.)
Verse. For if I do this thing, it is
death unto me: and ifI do it not, I OREOVER, He said unto me:
cannot escape your hands. . Son of man, eat that thou find
Answer. It is better for me to fall est; eat this roll, and go—speak unto
into the hands of men, than to sin the children of Israel. 50 I opened
against the law of my God. my mouth, and He caused me to eat
that roll. And He said unto me: Son
Third Lesson. of man, let thy belly eat, and thy
bowels be filled with this roll that I
BUT thou, son of man, hear what I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it
say unto thee, and be not thou was in my mouth as honey, for sweet
rebellious, like that rebellious house; ness. And He said unto me: Son of
open thy mouth, and eat that I give man, get thee unto the house of Israel,
thee. And I looked, and, behold, an and speak with My words unto them.
hand was sent unto me, and therein
was a roll of a book; and he spread
First Responsory.
it before me. And it was written
within and without, and there was Before the face of Thine anger, O
written therein lamentations, and God, the whole earth is troubled; but
mourning, and woe. Thou, O Lord, have mercy, and make
not an end utterly.
Verse. 40 LORD our Ruler, how
Third Responsory.
excellent is Thy Name in all the
2lThe Lord hath sent His angel, and earth!
hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they Answer. But Thou, O Lord, have
have not hurt me; forasmuch as before mercy, and make not an end utterly.
Him innocency was found in me.
Verse. 3 God hath sent forth His Second Lesson.
mercy and His truth, [and delivered]
my soul from among the lions’ whelps. FOR thou art not sent to a people
Answer. They have not hurt me; of an hard speech and of a
forasmuch as before Him innocency strange language, but to the house of
was found in me. Israel; not to many people of an hard
1 Dan. xiii. 22, 23. 2 Dan. vi. 22. 3 Ps. lvi. 4, 5. 4 Ps. viii. 2.
speech and of a strange language, Tbird Responsory.

whOse words thou canst not under
stand: surely, if thou hadst been sent O Lord God! have mercy upon 2the
unto them, they would have hearkened sinful nation, upon the people laden
unto thee. But the house of Israel with iniquity.
will not hearken unto thee, for they Verse. Let it repent Thee concern
will not hearken unto Me. For all ing the transgression of Thy people.
the house of Israel are impudent and Answer. The people laden with
hard-hearted. Behold, I have made iniquity.
thy face strong against their faces, and Verse. Glory be to the Father,
thy forehead strong against their and to the Son, and to the Holy
foreheads. As an adamant, and as a Ghost.
flint have I made thy countenance; Answer. The people laden with
fear them not, neither be dismayed iniquity.
at their looks, for they are a rebellious
house. @ebnesbag.
Second Responsory. ' Fourt/z Day.
Fence Thou this city, 0 Lord, and MATTINS.

let Thine angels keep the walls thereof.
0 Lord, hearken unto Thy people with First Lesson.
mercy. The Lesson is taken from the Book of
Verse. 0 Lord, let Thine anger the Prophet Ezekiel (vii. I.)
be turned away from Thy people, and
from Thine holy city. OREOVER, the word of the
Answer. 0 Lord, hearken unto LORD came unto me, saying:
Thy people with mercy. Also thou, son of man, thus saith the
Lord GOD1 unto the land of Israel:
Tlzz'rd Lesson. I An end, the end, is come upon the
four quarters of the land. Now is the
OREOVER, He said unto me: end come upon thee, and I will send
Son of man, all my words that Mine anger upon thee, and will judge
I shall speak unto thee, receive in thee according to thy ways, and will
thine heart and hear with thine ears. bring upon thee all thine abom
And, go—get thee to them of the inations. And Mine eye shall not
captivity, unto the children of thy spare thee, neither will I have pity;
people, and speak unto them, and tell but I will bring thy ways upon
them: Thus saith the Lord G0D21—-— thee, and thine abominations shall be
whether they will hear, or whether in the midst of thee; and ye shall
they will forbear. Then the spirit know that I am the LORD.
took me up, and I heard behind me
the voice of great rushing, [saying :] Fz'rsz‘ Responsory.
Blessed be the glory of the LORD from
His place l—also the noise of the wings 3 I will show thee, 0 man, what is
of the living creatures that touched good, and what doth the LORD re
one another, and the noise of the quire of thee, but to do justice and
wheels following the living creatures, judgment, and to walk humbly with
and the noise of a great rushing. thy God?
1 The Name. 2 cr. Isa. i. 4. 3 Micah vi. 8.
Verse. 1 Trust in the LoRD, and not return to that which he hath sold,
do good, and dwell in the land. although they were yet alive.
Answer. Do justice and judgment,
and walk humbly with thy God. Third Responsory.
The Lord hath sent, &c., (p. 289.)
Second Lesson.
HUS saith the Lord GOD:'-’ An

evil, an only evil, behold, is Charting.
come. An end is come, the end is Fifth Day.
come. It awaketh against thee. Be
hold, it is come. The ruin is come MATTINS.
unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the
land! The time is come, the day of First Lesson.
slaughter is near, and not the joyful
songs of the mountains.3 Now will I
of the Prophet Ezekiel (xiii. 1.)
shortly pour forth My fury upon thee,
and accomplish Mine anger upon ND the word of the LORD came
thee; and I will judge thee accord unto me, saying: Son of man,
ing to thy ways, and will recompense prophesy against the prophets of Is
thee for all thine abominations. And rael, that prophesy ; and say thou unto
Mine eye shall not spare, neither them that prophesy out of their own
will I have pity, but I will judge hearts: Hear ye the word of the
thee according to thy ways, and thine LORD: thus saith the Lord GOD:2
abominations shall be in the midst of Woe unto the foolish prophets, that
thee. And ye shall know that I am follow their own spirit, and have seen
the LORD, That smiteth. nothing. 0 Israel! thy prophets are
like the foxes in the deserts. Ye
Second Responsory. have not gone up into the breach},
neither made up the wall for the house
I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.) of Israel, to stand in the battle in the
day of the LORD. They see vanity,
Third Lesson. and they divine lies, saying: The LORD
saith :—when the LORD hath not sent
EHOLD, the day, behold, it is them : and they [have made others to]
come! The ruin is gone forth. hope that they would confirm the
The rod hath blossomed. Pride hath word.
budded. Violence is risen up into a First Responsory.
rod of wickedness. None of them
shall remain; none of their people; I saw the Lord, &c., (,b. 286.)
not a sound of them ; and there shall
be no rest for them. The time is Second Lesson.
come; the day draweth near. Let
not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller HAVE ye not seen a vain vision?
mourn ; for wrath is upon all the mul And have ye not spoken a
titude thereof. For the seller shall lying divination? Whereas ye say:
1 Ps. xxxvi. 3. 2 The Name.

3].e., a very different state of things to the mountains ringing with joyful songs of the
vintage, &c.
4 So the Hebrew. Lat. lit., “gone up to face"—i.e., the besiegers.
The LORD saith it :—albeit I have §rtbag.

not spoken. Therefore, thus saith
the Lord GOD:1 Because ye have Sixth Day.
spoken vanity, and seen lies, there
fore, behold, I am against you, saith MATTINS.
the Lord GOD.l And Mine hand
shall be upon the prophets that see First Lesson.
vanity, and that divine lies; they The Lesson is taken from the Book
shall not be in the assembly of My of the Prophet Ezekiel (xv. 1.)
people, neither shall they be written
in the writing of the house of Israel, ND the word of the LORD came
neither shall they enter into the land unto me, saying: Son of man,
of Israel. And ye shall know thatI what is the vine-tree more than any
am the Lord GOD.1 Even because other tree of the wood, which is
they have seduced My people, saying: among the trees of the forest? Shall
Peace :—and there was no peace wood be taken thereof, to do any
—and one built up a wall, and, work? Or will men take a pin of it,
10, others daubed it with untempered to hang any vessel thereon? Behold,
mortar— it is cast into the fire for fuel ; the fire
devoureth both the ends of it, and the
midst of it is burned into ashes. Is it
Second Responsory.
meet for any work? Behold, when
Look down, 0 Lord, &c., (p. 286.) it was whole, it was meet for no work
-—how much less shall it be meet yet
for any work, when the fire hath de
Third Lesson. voured and burnt it up?
AY unto them which daub it with

First Responsory.
_ untempered mortar, that it shall
fall. There shall be an overflowing I have set watchmen, &c., (p. 287.)
shower, and I will cause great hail
stones to fall, and a stormy wind to
rend it. Lo, when the wall is fallen, Second Lesson.
shall it not be said unto you, Where
is the daubing wherewith ye daubed HEREFORE, thus saith the Lord
it? Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD : 1 As the vine-tree among
GOD:1 I will even rend it with a the trees of the forest, which I have
stormy wind in My fury, and there given to the fire for fuel, so will I give
shall be an overflowing shower in the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I
Mine anger, and great hailstones in will set My face against them: they
My wrath, to consume it. So will I shall go out from one fire, and another
break down the wall that ye have fire shall devour them. And ye shall
daubed with untempered mortar. know that I am the LORD, when I set
My face against them, and I will
make the land pathless and desolate,
Third Responsory. because they have still gone on stub
bornly in their transgression, saith the
Consider, O Lord, &c., (p. 286.) Lord GOD.1
1 The Name.
Second Responsory. and nourish her whelps among young

lions? And she brought up one of
Hedge us about, &c., (p. 287.) her whelps ;3 and it became a lion;
and it learnt to catch the prey, and
Third Lesson. (xvi.) to devour men. The nations also
GAIN the word of the LORD came heard of him, and took him, at the
unto me saying: Son of man, cost of their own wounding, and
cause Jerusalem to know her abom brought him with chains into the
inations, and say: Thus saith the land of Egypt. And when she saw
Lord GOD 1 unto Jerusalem : Thy root, that she was waxen feeble, and that
and thine up-growing are of the land her hope was lost, then she took
of Canaan; thy father was an Amor another of her whelps,4 and made
ite, and thy mother an Hittite. And, him a lion. And he went up and
as for thy nativity, in the day thou down among the lions, and he be
wast born thy navel was not cut, came a lion, and learned to catch
neither wast thou washed in water to the prey, and to devour men; he
better thee, nor salted at all, nor learnt how to make widows, and to
swaddled at all. None eye pitied lay waste their cities; and the land
thee, to do any of these unto thee, to was desolate, and the fulness thereof,
have compassion upon thee; but thou by the noise of his roaring.
was cast out in the open field, to the
loathing of thy person, in the day that First Responsory.
thou wast born.
Blessed is the people, &c., (p.
288.)
Third Responsory.
Second Lesson.
We looked for peace, &c., (p. 288.)
HEN the nations set against him
on every side from the provinces,
fiaturbag. and spread their net over him, and
The Sahhath.
with their wounding he was taken.
And they put him into a cage, and
MATTINS. brought him in chains to the King
of Babylon; and they cast him into
First Lesson. an hold, that his voice should no
The Lesson is taken from the Book more be heard upon the mountains
of the Prophet Ezekiel (xix. 1.) of Israel.
Thy mother was like a vine in thy
OREOVER, take thou up a blood,5 planted by the waters; she
lamentation for the princes of was fruitful and full of branches by
Israel, and say: Why did thy mother reason of many waters. And she
the lioness2 lie down among lions, had strong rods, for the sceptres of
1 The Name.
2 Jerusalem, giving birth to her Royal Princes, in the midst of the neighbouring princes.
(Abp. Kenrick.
3 Jehoahaz. (Third Lesson. Wednesday in Eleventh Week after Pentecost, see vol. iii.
P, 331-) _
'1 “Jehoahaz dying in Egypt, the hope of maintaining the kingdom seemed to vanish. . . .
Jehoiakim, when twenty-five years of age, was put upon the throne." (Thursday, Eleventh
Week after Pentecost, see vol. iii. p. 331.)
5 “ The juice of the vine is thought to be meant."
them that bare rule, and her stature of riches; she doth sit sorrowful that
was exalted among the thick branches, was great among the nations; she
and she appeared in her height, with hath none to comfort her, save Thee,
the multitude of her branches. 0 our God!
Second Responsory. Prayer of the ensuing Sunday.
I am straitened, &c., (o. 289.)

MATTINS.
Third Lesson. FIRST NOCTURN.
BUT she was plucked up in fury,

First Lesson.
she was cast down to the
ground, and the hot wind dried up The Lesson is taken from the Book
her fruit; her strong rods were of the Prophet Ezekiel (xxi. 1.)
broken and withered; the fire con
sumed her. And now she is planted ND the word of the LORD came
in the wilderness, in a pathless and unto me, saying: Son of man,
thirsty land. And fire is gone out set thy face toward Jerusalem, and
of a rod1 of her branches, which drop thy word toward the Holy
hath devoured her fruit; so that she Places, and prophesy against the
hath no strong rod, to be a sceptre land of Israel. And say to the land
to rule. This is a lamentation and of Israel: Thus saith the LORD:
shall be for a lamentation. Behold, I am against thee, and will
draw forth My sword out of his
sheath, and will cut off from thee
Third Responsory.
the righteous and the wicked. See
The Lord hath sent, &c., (p. 289.) ing then that I cut off from thee
the righteous and the wicked, there
If November have only four weeks, fore shall My sword go forth out of
then the following Week is the one his sheath against all flesh, from
omitted, the Third, Fourth, and Fifth the South to the North, that all
taking the place of the Second, Third, flesh may know that l, the LORD,
and Fourth. In this case, therefore, have drawn forth My sword out of
the Antiohon at the Song of the his sheath, not to return any more.
Blessed Virgin on the Saturday even~
ing before the Third Sunday would be
“ Hedge us about, &c.,” (p. 287.) First Responsory.
I saw the Lord, &c., (p. 286.)
Strum: Sunhag uf Nuiszmher. Second Lesson.
The Second Lord’s Day of November. SIGH therefore, thou son of man,
with the breaking of thy loins,2
A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed and with bitterness sigh before their
Virgin on the preceding Saturday. eyes. And it shall be, when they
Consider, O Lord, how that the city say unto thee, Wherefore sighest
is become desolate * that was full thou P—that thou shalt answer: For
1 “ The faithlessness of Zedekiah provoked the entire overthrow of the Royal power.”
1 As with the agony of a woman in child-bed. So Abp. Kenrick.
SECOND WEEK OF NOVEMBER. 295
the tidings; because it conieth, and gether, and let the sword be doubled,
every heart shall melt, and all hands and let the sword of the slain be
shall be feeble, and every spirit shall tripled. This is the sword of the
faint, and all knees shall be weak as great slaughter, that maketh them
water—Behold, it cometh, and shall stand amazed, and faint in heart,
be brought to pass, saith the Lord and that multiplieth ruins.
GOD.1 Again, the word of the LORD
came unto me, saying: Son of man,
prophesy and say: Thus saith the Third Responsory.
LORD God: Say—A sword, a sword
Consider, O Lord, &c., (p. 286.)
is sharpened, and furbished. It is
sharpened, to slaughter the victims;
it is furbished, that it may glitter. SECOND NOCTURN.
Thou, that removest the sceptre of
My son, hast cut down every tree.2 Fourth Lesson.
And I have given it3 to be furbished,
The Lesson is taken from the Exposi
that it may be handled. This sword
is sharpened, and it is furbished, to tion of the Prophet Ezekiel, written
give it into the hand of the slayer. by St Jerome, Priest [at Bethlehem]
(Bk. vii. on E2. xxi.)
Second Responsory. N the foregoing chapter it is written :

—“ Son of man, set thy face to
Look down, 0 Lord, &c., (p. 286.) ward the way of Theman, and drop
thy word toward Darom, and prophesy
Third Lesson. against the forest of the field of Nageb.5
And say to the forest of Nageb: Hear
CRY and howl, son of man, for it3 the word of the LORD: Thus saith the
shall be upon My people, it Lord GOD: Behold, I will kindle a
shall be upon all the Princes of fire in thee, and it shall devour every
Israel, that are fled. They are de green tree in thee, and every dry
livered up to the sword, with My tree: the flaming flame shall not be
people: smite therefore upon thy quenched, and all faces from Negab
thigh. For it is tried, even to the to Tsaphon shall be burned therein.
overthrowing of the sceptre, so that And all flesh shall see that I the LORD
it shall be no more,4 saith the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be
GOD.1 Thou, therefore, son of man, quenched. Then said I: Ah, Lord
prophesy, and smite thine hands to GOD! they say of me, Doth he not
1 The Name.
2 St Jerome: “Thou, O sword, that removest the sceptre," &c. Targum : “ It is drawn out
of the scabbard to make a bloody slaughter, it is sharpened to take revenge, for this, that the
tribes of the house of Judah and of Benjamin were glad at the tribes of Israel, when they were
removed for having served idols; and they themselves have gone back to stray after wooden
dolls." LXX. “ Sword! sword! be sharp and angry, to slaughter a slaughter; be sharp to
glitter, ready to destroy; slaughter ! ruin ! cut down every tree ! "—(Walton’s Polyglott.)
3 The sword.
4 The sense of the Latin seems to be that the sword has been tried upon Judah as an instru
ment of chastisement and possible reformation, with a stemness which spared not even to
destroy her Royal dignity for ever. _ I
5 The three foregoing Hebrew names are preserved by St Jerome in the text. In his verSion
of Ezekiel he translates them respectively, " the south,” “the south-wind," and the “south
field." So also the Vulgate. In the above translation the quotation is amplified, to clear the
sense, which, as the actual text of the Breviary stands, is excessively obscure. Tsaphon means
the north.
speak parables?” (xx. 46-49.) But be questioned, and should answer that
now, as the people asked for some which the Lord had spoken.
thing clearer, the Lord doth speak
more openly that which He had
Fifth Responsory.
uttered in what is diversely called
metaphor, parable, or proverb: He Hedge us about, &c., (p. 287.)
showeth how that the forest of the
field of Nageb, and Darom, and
Theman, are figures of Jerusalem, and Sixth Lesson.
the Temple, and the Holy-of-Holies,
“ SIGH thou,” He saith, “ cry aloud,
and of all the land of Judah, and
not softly nor only half sorrow
that by the flaming fire which should
fully, but with the breaking of thy
devour the forest, was to be understood
loins, that thy groaning may come
that sword, which should be drawn
from the depth of thy bowels and from
out of the sheath, and should cut off
the bitterness of thy soul. And this
from the land of Israel the righteous
shalt thou do before them. And when
and the wicked. The righteous and
they shall ask thee wherefore thou art
the wicked are figured by the green
afflicted with such lamentation, and
tree and the dry tree. Whence also
what evil hath befallen thee that thou
the Lord saith :—“ If they do these
groanest thus, thou shalt answer them
things in a green tree, what shall be
with My word, saying: I lament, and
done in a dry ? ” (Luke xxiii. 31.)
am not able to hide the grief of mine
heart, because that that which hath
Fourth Responsory. ever sounded in mine ears will indeed
be fulfilled, and cometh, even the host
I have set watchmen, &c., (p. 287.) of the wrathful Babylonians which
threateneth you; and when it shall
Fifth Lesson. i have come, and shall have made
trenches all round about Jerusalem,
then every heart shall melt, and all
HE first time He had said: “Set
hands shall be feeble, and horror shall
thy face toward the South, and take hold of the minds of men, and
drop thy word toward the South wind, none shall dare to withstand.”
and prophesy against the forest of the
South.” But forasmuch as this seemed
dark, and the people knew not what Sixth Responsory.
the Prophet said, it is a second time
stated more clearly that the forest of We looked for peace, &c., (p. 288.)
the South is Jerusalem; and all its
unfruitful trees, unto whose roots the THIRD NOCTURN.
axe is being laid, are to be understood
as figures of her inhabitants ; and the Seventh Responsory.
fire to be kindled in it, to be inter
preted the sword. A third time1 is Blessed is the people, &c., (p. 288.)
the Prophet commanded that when
they should hold their peace, nor ask Eighth Responsory.
wherefore he prophesied thus, he
should do that by which he should One Seraph cried, &c., (p. 216.)
1 Allusion perhaps to xxxvii. 15 et seq.
Qtlonbap. wicked from his way, that wicked man

shall die in his iniquity, but his blood
Second Day. will I require at thine hand.
MATTINS.
Second Responsory.
First Lesson.
I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.)
the Prophet Ezekiel (xxxiii. I.)
Third Lesson.
AGAIN, the word of the LORD came
NEVERTHELESS, if thou warn
unto me, saying: Son of man,
the wicked from his way, to turn
speak to the children of thy people,
from it,—-if he do not turn from his
and say unto them: When I bring the
way, he shall die in his iniquity, but
sword upon a land, if the people of
thou hast delivered thy soul. There
the land take a man of their coasts,
fore, O thou son of man, speak unto
and set him for their watchman, if,
the house of Israel: Thus ye speak,
when he seeth the sword come upon
saying: If our transgressions and our
the land, he blow the trumpet and
sins be upon us, and we pine away in
warn the people, then, whosoever
them, how should we then live? Say
heareth the sound of the trumpet, and
unto them: As I live, saith the Lord
taketh not warning, if the sword come
GOD,1 I have no pleasure in the death
and take him away, his blood shall be
of the wicked, but that the wicked
upon his own head. He heard the
turn from his way and live. Turn ye,
sound of the trumpet, and took not
turn ye from your evil ways l—for why
warning ; his blood shall be upon him.
will ye die, 0 house of Israel?
But he that taketh warning shall de
liver his soul.
Third Responsory.
First Responsory. The Lord hath sent, &c., (p. 289.)
He hath redeemed, &c., (p. 288.)

@uesbag.
Second Lesson. Third Day.
UT if the watchman see the sword MATTINS.
come, and blow not the trumpet,
and the people be not warned—if the First Lesson.
sword come, and take any person from The Lesson is taken from the Book of
among them, he is taken away in his the Prophet Ezekiel (xxxiv. 1.)
iniquity, but his blood will I require
at the watchman’s hand. So, thou, 0 ND the word of the LORD came
son of man, I have set thee a watch~ unto me, saying: Son of man,
man unto the house of Israel; there prophesy against the shepherds of
fore thou shalt hear the word at My Israel, prophesy, and say unto the
mouth, and warn them from Me. shepherds : Thus saith the Lord GOD :1
When I say unto the wicked: O Woe be to the shepherds of Israel,
wicked man, thou shalt surely die! that do feed themselves; should not
—if thou dost not speak to warn the the shepherds feed the flocks? Ye
1 The Name.
eat the milk, and ye clothe you with their hand, and cause them to cease
the wool, ye kill them that are fat,— from feeding the flock, neither shall
but ye feed not the flock. The the shepherds feed themselves any
diseased have ye not strengthened, more; and I will deliver My flock
neither have ye healed that which was from their mouth, that they may not
sick, neither have ye bound up that be meat for them any more. For
which was broken, neither have ye thus saith the Lord GOD:1 Behold,
brought again that which was driven I, even I, will both search My sheep,
away, neither have ye sought that and seek them out. As a shepherd
which was lost, but with force and seeketh out his flock, in the day that
with cruelty have ye ruled them. he is among his sheep that are
scattered, so will I seek out My
sheep, and will deliver them out of all
First Responsory.
places, where they have been scattered
Before the face, &c., (p. 289.) in the cloudy and dark day.
Second Lesson. Tlzird Responsory.

AND My sheep were Scattered, be O Lord God! have mercy, &c., (p.
cause there was no shepherd, 290.)
and they became meat to all the
beasts of the field, when they were @ebnesbag.
scattered. My sheep wandered
through all the mountains, and upon Fourth Day.
every high hill; yea, My flock was
MATTINS.
scattered upon all the face of the
earth, and none did search, none, I First Lesson.
say, did search after them. There
fore, ye shepherds, hear the word of The Lesson is taken from the Book of
the LORD: As I live, saith the Lord the Prophet Ezekiel (xl. 1.)
GOD,1 surely because My flock became
a prey, and My sheep meat to every N the five-and-twentieth year of our
beast of the field, because there was captivity, in the beginning of the
no shepherd, neither did My shepherds year, in the tenth day of the month,
search for My flock, but the shepherds in the fourteenth year after that the
fed themselves, and fed not My flock City2 was smitten, in the self-same
-—-therefore, ye shepherds, hear the day, the hand of the LORD was upon
word of the LORD: me, and brought me thither. In
the visions of God brought He me
into the land of Israel, and set me
Second Responsory. upon a very high mountain, whereon
was as the frame of a city turned
Fence thou this city, &c., (p. 290.)
toward the south; and He brought
me thither.
Tlzz'rd Lesson.
HUS saith the Lord GOD:1 Be First Responsory.
hold, I am against the shep
herds, and I will require My flock at I will show thee, &c., (p. 290.)
1 The Name. 2 Jerusalem.
Second Lesson. and six cubits broad on the other side,

which was the breadth of the Taber
ND, behold, there was a man,
nacle. And the breadth of the door
whose appearance was like the
was ten cubits; and the sides of the
appearance of brass, with a line of
door were five cubits on the one side,
flax in his hand, and a measuring
and five cubits on the other side ; and
reed in his hand ; and he stood in the
he measured the length thereof, forty
gate. And this man said unto me:
cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.
Son of man, behold with thine eyes,
Then went he inward, and measured
and hear with thine ears, and set
the post of the door, two cubits, and
thine heart upon all the things that I
the door, six cubits, and the breadth of
shall show thee, for to the intent that
the door, seven cubits.
they may be shown unto thee, thou art
brought hither; declare all that thou
seest, to the house of Israél. First Resfionsory.
Second Responsory.
I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.) Second Lesson.
SO he measured the length thereof,
Third Lesson.
twenty cubits, and the breadth,
ND, behold, the wall on the out twenty cubits, before the Temple ; and
side of the house round about, he said unto me : This is the Holy of
and in the man’s hand a measuring Holies. After, he measured the wall
reed of six cubits long, and an hand of the house, six cubits, and the
breadth. So he measured the breadth breadth of the side, four cubits, round
of the building, one reed; and the about the house on every side. And
height, one reed. Then came he unto the sides, side to side, were twice
the gate which looketh toward the thirty and three, and they projected
east, and went up the stairs thereof, above, entering by the wall of the
and measured the threshold of the house, in the sides round about, that
gate, which was one reed broad, that they might have hold, and yet not
is, one threshold was one reed broad. touch the wall of the Temple.
Third Responsory. Second Responsory.

The Lord hath sent, &c., (p. 289.) Look down, 0 Lord, &c., (1). 286.)
@Bursbag. Third Lesson.
Fifth Day. AND there was a broad passage

round about, going up by wind
MATTINS.
ing-stairs; and it led into the upper
First Lesson. loft of the Temple all round. There
fore was the Temple broader in the
higher parts, and so increased from
the Prophet Ezekiel (xli. I.)
the lowest chamber to the highest by
AFTERWARD, he brought me to the midst. I saw also the height of
the Temple, and measured the the house round about, the foundations
posts, six cubits broad on the one side, of the side chambers were a full reed,
six great cubits ; and the thickness of Son of man, the place of My throne,
the wall for the side chamber without and the place of the soles of My feet,
was five cubits, and the inner house where I dwell in the midst of the
was inside the side-chambers of the children of Israel for ever, and My
house. Holy Name, shall the house of Israel
no more defile, neither they nor their
kings, by their whoredom, nor by the
Third Responsorjl.
carcasses of their kings, nor by their
Consider, O Lord, &c., (p. 286.) high places. They set their threshold
by My threshold, and their posts by
My posts, and the wall between Me
firing. and them; and they have defiled
My Holy Name by their abomina
Sixth Day. tions that they have committed;
MATTINS. wherefore, I have consumed them
in Mine anger.
First Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Book of Second Responsory.
the Prophet Ezekiel (xliii. 1.)
Hedge us about, &c., (p. 287.)
AFTERWARD, he brought me to
the gate that looketh toward the
East. And, behold, the glory of the Third Lesson.
God of Israel came from the way of
the East; and His voice was like the N OW, therefore, let them put away
voice of many waters, and the earth their whoredom, and the car
shined with His glory. And I saw casses of their kings, far from Me;
the vision, according to the appearance and I will dwell in the midst of
which I saw, when He came to destroy them for ever. And thou, son of
the city ; and the appearance was like man, show the house to the house
the vision that I saw by the river of Israel, and let them be ashamed
Chebar. And I fell upon my face. of their iniquities; and let them
And the glory of the LORD came into measure the pattern, and be ashamed
the house by the way of the gate of all that they have done. Show
whose prospect is toward the East. them the form of the house, and
And the spirit took me up, and brought the finishings of the building thereof,
me into the inner court ; and, behold, the goings-out thereof, and the com
the house was filled with the glory of ings-in thereof, and all the forms
the LORD. thereof, and all the ordinances
thereof, and all the order thereof, and
all the laws thereof; and write it in
First Responsory. their sight, that they may keep the
I have set watchmen, &c., (p. 287.) whole form thereof, and all the ordi
nances thereof, and do them.
Seeond Lesson.
Third Responsory.
AND I heard Him speaking unto
me out of the house, and the We looked for peace, &c., (p,
man that stood by me said unto me: 288.)
THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER. 301
guitar-bag Third Lesson.
The Sabbath. ND he said to me: Son of man,

hast thou seen this? Then he
MATTINS. brought me, and caused me to return
to the brink of the river. Now when
First Lesson. I had returned, behold, at the bank of
The Lesson is taken from the Book of the river were very many trees, on the
the Prophet Ezekiel (xlvii. I.) one side, and on the other. And he
said unto me: These waters which
AFTERWARD, he brought me issue out toward the sand-hills of the
again unto the door of the East, and go down into the flat country
house ; and, behold, waters issued out of the desert, shall go into the sea, and
from under the threshold of the house, when they go forth into the sea, the
Eastward. For the fore-front of the waters shall be healed. And every
house stood toward the East; and the thing that liveth which moveth,
waters came down from under, by the whithersoever the river shall come,
right side of the house, to the south shall live; and there shall be a very
side of the Altar. Then brought he great multitude of fish, after that these
me out by the way of the gate North waters shall come thither, and that
ward, and led me about the way with they shall be healed. And everything
out unto the outer gate, by the way shall live whither the river cometh.
that looketh Eastward; and, behold,
there ran out waters on the right side. Third Responsory.
First Responsory.
Blessed is the people, &c., (p. 288.)
Second Lesson.
@Zhtrh $unhag of finhzmhet.
The Third Lord’s day of Not/ember.
ND when the man that had the
line in his hand went forth East A ntzJohon at the Song of the Blessed
ward, he measured a thousand cubits, Virgin on the preceding evening.
and he brought me through the waters, Hedge us about with Thy wall that
—[the waters were] to the ancles. cannot be broken down, 0 Lord, and
Again, he measured a thousand, and shield us continually with the arms of
brought me through the waters,——[the Thy might. .
waters were] to the knees. Again, be Prayer of the ensuing Sunday.
measured a thousand, and brought me
through the waters,—[the waters were] MATTINS.
to the loins. Afterward, he measured
a thousand ; and it was a river that I FIRST NOC'I‘URN.
could not pass over, for the waters First Lesson.
were risen, a deep, quick river, that
Here beginneth the Book of the Prophet
cannot be forded.
Daniel (i. 1.)
IN the third year of the reign of
Second Responsory.
Jehoiakim, King of Judah, came
I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.) Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon,
unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. And Second Re¢onsory.

the Lord gave Jehoiakim, King of
Judah, into his hand, with part of the Look down, 0 Lord, &c., (p. 286.)
vessels of the house of God ; which he
carried into the land of Shinar, to
Third Lesson.
the house of his god; and he brought
the vessels into the treasure-house of ND the Prince of the eunuchs said
his god. And the King spake unto unto Daniel: I fear my lord the
Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, King, who hath appointed your meat
that he should bring certain of the and your drink; for if he see your
children of Israel, and of the King’s faces worse~1iking than the other
seed, and of the princes, children in children which are of your sort, then
whom was no blemish, but well shall ye make me endanger my head
favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, to the King. Then said Daniel to
and cunning in knowledge, and under Melzar, whom the Prince of the
standing science, and such as had eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah,
ability in them to stand in the King’s Mishael, and Azariah: Prove thy ser
Palace, whom they might teach the vants, I beseech thee, ten days, and
learning and the tongue of the let them give us pulse to eat, and
Chaldeans. water to drink; then let our coun
tenances be looked upon before thee,
First Resoonsory. and the countenances of the children
that eat of the portion of the King’s
I saw the Lord, &c., (15. 286.) meat—and, as thou seest, deal with
thy servants. So he consented to
Second Lesson. them in this matter, and proved them
ten days. And at the end of ten
AND the King appointed them a days, their countenances appeared
daily provision of his own meat, fairer and fatter in flesh than all
and of the wine which he drank, so the children, which did eat the
nourishing them three years, that, at portion of the King’s meat.
the end thereof, they might stand
before the King. Now, among these,
were the children of Judah, Daniel, Third Responsory.
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, unto
whom the Prince of the eunuchs gave Consider, O Lord, &c., (p. 286.)
names; unto Daniel, the name of
Belteshazzar; unto Hananiah, of
SECOND NOCTURN.
Shadrach; unto Mishael, of Meshach ;
and to Azariah, of Abed-nego. But Fourth Lesson.
Daniel purposed in his heart that he
would not defile himself with the por The Lesson is taken from the Book
tion of the King’s meat, nor with the addressed “To Virgins ” by St
wine which he drank; therefore he Athanasius, Pope [of Alexandria.]
requested of the Prince of the eunuchs (Bh. ii.)
that he might not defile himself. And
God gave Daniel favour and kindness IF any should come and say unto
in the sight of the Prince of the thee, “ Fast not so often, lest thou
eunuchs. injure thine health,” believe them not,
neither listen to them. They are but Him why they could not cast out
the tools of the great enemy to suggest an evil spirit, “and He said unto
such a thing unto thee. Remember them: This kind can come forth by
how it is written that when the three nothing but by prayer and fasting.”
children, and Daniel, and the other (Mark ix. 28.)
lads, were led captives by Nebuchad
nezzar King of Babylon, and it was
commanded them to eat of his Royal Fifth Responsory.
table, and to drink of his wine, Daniel
Hedge us about, &c., (15. 287.)
and those three children would not
defile themselves with the King’s table,
but said unto the eunuch into whose Sixth Lesson.
keeping they had been given, “Give
us of the fruits of the earth, and we IF any man therefore be troubled
will eat.” And the eunuch answered with an unclean spirit, if he
them, “ I fear my lord the King, who bethink him of this, and have re
hath appointed your meat and your course to this remedy, namely, fast
drink, lest perchance your faces should ing, the evil spirit will be forthwith
appear unto the King worse-liking compelled to leave him from dread
than the other children, who are fed of the power of fasting. Devils take
from his Royal table, and he should great delight in fulness, and drunken
punish me.” - ness, and bodily comfort. There is
great power in fasting, and great and
glorious things are wrought thereby.
Fourth Responsory.
How cometh it that men work such
I have set watchmen, &c., (p. 287.) wonders, and that signs are done by
them, and that God through them
giveth health to the sick, unless it
Fifth Lesson. be from their ghostly exercises, and
THEN they said unto him : “ Prove the meekness of their souls, and their
thy servants ten days, and give godly conversation? To fast is to
us herbs.” And he gave them pulse banquet with Angels, and he that
to eat and water to drink; and, when fasteth is to be reckoned, so far,
he brought them in before the King, among the Angelic host.
their countenances appeared fairer
than all the children which did eat the Sixth Responsory.
portion of the King’s meat. Seest
thou what fasting doth? It healeth We looked for peace, &c., (p. 288.)
diseases, it drieth up the humours of
the body, it scareth away devils, it
purgeth forth unclean thoughts, it THIRD NOCTURN.
maketh the intellect clearer, it
purifieth the heart, it sanctifieth the Seventh Responsory.
body, and in the end it leadeth
a man unto the throne of God.
Think not that this is rash talking.
Thou hast the testimony of this in Eighth Responsory.
the Gospels under the sanction of the
Saviour Himself. His disciples asked One Seraph cried, &c., (p. 216.)
Qllontae. the beasts of the field, and the fowls

of the heaven, hath He given into
Second Day. thine hand, and hath made thee
ruler over them all. Thou therefore
MATTINS.
art this head of gold. And after
First Lesson. thee shall arise another kingdom in
ferior to thee, of silver; and another
The Lesson is taken from the Book of third kingdom, of brass; which shall
the Prophet Daniel (ii. 31.)1 bear rule over all the earth. And
THOU, 0 King, sawest, and, be the fourth kingdom shall be strong
hold, a great image. This great as iron. Even as iron breaketh in
image, whose height was exalted, pieces and subdueth all things, so
stood before thee; and the form shall it break in pieces and bruise all
thereof was terrible. This image’s things.
head was of fine gold, his breast Second Responsory.
and his arms of silver, and his I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.)
belly and his thighs of brass; and
his legs of iron, and his feet part
Third Lesson.
of iron and part of clay. Thou
sawest till that a stone was cut out HEREAS thou sawest the feet
of a mountain without hands, which and toes part of potter’s clay
smote the image upon his feet, that and part of iron, the kingdom
were of iron and clay, and brake shall be divided, but there shall be
them to pieces. Then was the iron, in it of the strength of the iron,
the clay, the brass, the silver, and forasmuch as thou sawest the iron
the gold broken to pieces together, mixed with miry clay. And as the
and became like the chaff of a sum toes of the feet were part of iron
mer threshing-floor, which the wind and part of clay, so the kingdom
hath carried away, and no place hath shall be partly strong and partly
been found for them. And the stone broken. And whereas thou sawest
that smote the image became a great iron mixed with miry clay, they shall
mountain, and filled the whole earth. mingle themselves with the seed of
men, but they shall not cleave one
First Responsory. to another, even as iron is not
mixed with clay. And in the days
He hath redeemed, &c., (p. 288.) of these kingdoms shall the God of
heaven set up a kingdom, which
Second Lesson. shall never be destroyed, and the
kingdom thereof shall not be left
HIS is the dream; and we will
to other people—but it shall break
tell the interpretation thereof in pieces and consume all these king
before thee, 0 King. Thou art a
doms, and it shall stand for ever.
King of kings, and the God of
heaven hath given thee a kingdom,
Third Responsory.
power, and strength, and glory, and,
wheresoever the children of men dwell, ' The Lord hath sent, &c., (p. 289.)
1 TheSe Lessons contain Daniel's interpretation of a dream of King Nebuchadnezzar. Dr
Pusey understands the four kingdoms to be the Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman
Empires, and the final and enduring oneI the Kingdom of Christ. (Lectures on Daniel the
Prophet. ii.)
@uesbag. commanded that they should heat the

furnace seven times more than it was
Tbird Day.
wont to be heated.
MATTINS.
The Lesson is taken from the Book of Fence Thou this city, &c., (p. 290.)
the Prophet Daniel (iii. 14.)
Tlzird Lesson. (2 r.)
1 AND Nebuchadnezzar spake, and
said unto them: Is it true, 0 HEN these men were bound, in
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego? their breeches, their hats and
Do not ye serve my gods, nor worship their shoes,“2 and their other garments,
the golden image which I have set and were cast into the midst of the
up? Now, therefore, if ye be ready, burning fiery furnace; for the King’s
at what time ye hear the sound of the commandment was urgent, and the
comet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, furnace exceeding hot. And the flame
bag-pipes, and all kinds of music, fall of the fire slew those men that cast in
down and worship the image which Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
I have made. But if ye worship not, But these three men, (that is to say,
ye shall be cast the same hour into Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,)
a burning fiery furnace—and who is fell down, bound, into the midst of
that god that shall deliver you out the burning fiery furnace—and they
of my hand? walked in the midst of the fire, prais
ing God and blessing the Lord.
First Responsory.
Tlzird Responsory.
Before the face of Thine anger, &c.,
(p. 289.) O Lord God! have mercy, &c., (p.
Second Lesson. 290.)
HADRACH, Meshach, and Abed Qfiebneabag.

nego answered and said to King
Fourth Day.
Nebuchadnezzar: We are not careful
to answer thee in this matter. For, MATTINS.
behold, our God, Whom we serve, is
able to deliver us from the burning First Lesson.
fiery furnace, and to free us out of The Lesson is taken from the Book of
thy hand, 0 King! But if not,—-be the Prophet Daniel (iv. 19.)
it known unto thee, 0 King, that we
will not serve thy gods, nor worship ELTESHAZZAR3 answered, and
the golden image which thou hast said: My lord, the dream be to
set up. Then was Nebuchadnezzar them that hate thee, and the interpre
full of fury, and the form of his tation thereof to thine enemies. The
visage was changed against Shadrach, tree that thou sawest, which grew and
Meshach, and Abed-nego. And he was strong, whose height reached unto
1 This was on the occasion of the dedication of a golden statue, sixty cubits high and six
cubits broad, which Nebuchadnezzar had set up in the plain of Dura.
2 Rather, according to Gesenius, “their trousers, their tunics, and their cloaks.”
3 1.0., Daniel, called by his heathen name, called in to interpret another dream of Nebu
chadnezzar.
the heaven, and the sight thereof to of men, and giveth it to whomsoever
all the earth, whose branches were He will. And whereas He com
very fair, and the fruit thereof much, manded to leave the stump of his
and in it was meat for all, under roots, (that is, of the tree’s)—thy
which the beasts of the field dwelt, kingdom shall be sure unto thee,
and upon whose branches the fowls after that thou shalt have known
of the heaven had their habitat on, that the heavens do rule. Where
it is thou, 0 King, that art grown fore, 0 King, let my counsel be
and become strong, for thy great acceptable unto thee, and redeem
ness is grown, and reacheth unto thy sins by aims-giving, and thine
heaven, and thy dominion unto the iniquities by showing mercy to the
end of the earth. poor—haply, He may not remem
ber any more thy trangressions.
First Responsory. All this came upon King Nebu~
chadnezzar.l
I will show thee, &c., (p. 290.)
Third Responsory.
Second Lesson.
ND whereas the King saw a
Watcher and an holy one coming
zllurabag.
down from heaven, and saying: Hew
the tree down and destroy it, yet Fifth Day.
leave the stump of the roots thereof
in the earth, even with a band of MATTINS.
iron and brass in the tender grass First Lesson.
of the field, and let it be wet with
the dew of heaven, and let his por The Lesson is taken from the Book
tion be with the beasts of the field, of the Prophet Daniel (v. 1.)
till seven times pass over him ;—this
is the interpretation, 0 King, and this BELSHAZZAR2 the King made a
great feast to. a thousand of
is the decree of the Most High, which
his lords, and they drank every one
is come upon my lord the King ;—
of them according to his age. And
That they shall drive thee from men,'v
when he began to be full, he com
and thy dwelling shall be with the
manded to bring the golden and
beasts of the field, and thou shalt
silver vessels, which his father Ne
eat grass as an ox, and thou shalt
buchadnezzar had taken out of the
be wet with the dew of heaven.
temple which was in Jerusalem, that
the King, and his princes, and his
Second Responsory. wives, and his concubines, might
I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.) drink therein. Then were brought
the golden and silver vessels that
Third Lesson.
were taken out of the temple which
was at Jerusalem; and the King, and
AND seven times shall pass over his princes, and his wives, and his
thee, till thou know that the concubines, drank in them. They
Most High ruleth in the kingdom drank wine, and praised their gods
1 1.e., he was afflicted for a time with insanity.
‘1 The last of the Chaldean Kings, believed to have been a grandson of Nebuchadnezzar.
of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, Second Responsory.

of wood, and of stone. In the same
Look down, 0 Lord, &c., (p. 286.)
hour came forth fingers, as of a man’s
hand, and wrote over against the
candlestick upon the plaster of the Third Lesson. (2 5.)
wall of the King’s palace; and the ND this is the writing that
King saw the part of the hand that was written: M’NE—T’KEL—
wrote. Then the King’s counte PHARSIN. And this is the inter
nance was changed, and his thoughts pretation of the thing. “M’NE”—
troubled him. God hath “numbered” thy kingdom;
and finished it. “T’KEL”—thou
First Responsory. art “weighed” in the balances; and
found wanting. “PHARSIN”—thy
I saw the Lord, &c., (p. 286.) kingdom is “divided”; and given
to the Medes and Persians.1 Then
Second Lesson. (1 3.) commanded the King, and they
clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put
THEN was Daniel brought in before a chain of gold about his neck, and
the King. And the King spake, made a proclamation concerning him,
and said unto Daniel: Art thou that that he should be the third ruler in
Daniel, which art of the children of the kingdom.
the captivity of Judah, whom the King In that night was Belshazzar, the
my father brought out of Jewry? I King of the Chaldeans, slain. And
have heard of thee, that the spirit Darius the Median took the kingdom,
of the gods is in thee, and that being about threescore-and-two years
knowledge, and understanding, and old.
wisdom are found excellently in thee. Third Responsozy.
And now the wise men, the magi
cians, have been brought in before Consider, O Lord, &c., (p. 286.)
me, that they should read this writ
ing, and make known unto me the
interpretation thereof; but they could
firing.
not show the interpretation of the Sixth Day.
thing. And I have heard of thee,
MATTI NS.
that thou canst make interpretations,
and dissolve doubts. Now, if thou First Lesson.
canst read the writing, and make
known to me the interpretation
of the Prophet Daniel (vi. II.)
thereof, thou shalt be clothed with
scarlet, and have a chain of gold HEN, then, these men made
about thy neck, and be the third careful search, they found
ruler in my kingdom. Then Daniel Daniel praying and making suppli
answered, and said before the King: cation before his God. Then they
Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give came near, and spake unto the King
thy rewards to another! Yet I will concerning his decree: 0 King, hast
read the writing unto thee, 0 King, thou not signed a decree that every
and make known to thee the inter man that shall ask a petition of any god
pretation thereof. or man within thirty days, (save of
1 Probably a further play upon “ Paras "—a “ Persian."
thee, 0 King,) shall be cast into God, hath thy God, Whom thou
the den of lions? The King an servest continually, been able to de
swered them, and said: The thing liver thee from the lions?
is true, according to the law of the
Medes and Persians, which altereth Second Responsory.
not. Then answered they, and said
before the King: That Daniel, which Hedge us about, &c., (p. 287.)
is of the children of the captivity of
Judah, regardeth not thy law, nor Third Lesson.
the decree that thou hast signed, but
maketh his petition three times a AND Daniel answered the King,
day. Then the King, when he heard and said: 0 King, live for
these words, was sore displeased with ever! my God hath sent His Angel,
himself, and set his heart on Daniel, and bath shut the lions’ mouths, that
to deliver him, and he laboured till they have not hurt me, forasmuch
the going-down of the sun to deliver as before Him innocency was found
him. But when these men under in me; and also before thee, 0 King,
stood [how it was with] the King, have I done no hurt. Then was the
they said unto him: Know, 0 King, King exceeding glad for him, and
that the law of the Medes and Per commanded that they should take
sians is, that no decree which the Daniel up out of the den. 50 Daniel
King establisheth may be changed. was taken up out of the den, and no
manner of hurt was found upon him,
because he believed in his God.
First Responsory. And the King commanded, and they
brought those men which had accused
I have set watchmen, &c., (p. 287.)
Daniel, and they were cast into the
den of lions, they, their children, and
Second Lesson. their wives, and the lions had the
mastery of them, and brake all their
THEN the King commanded, and bones in pieces, or ever they came
they brought Daniel, and cast at the bottom of the den.
him into the den of lions. And the
King said unto Daniel: Thy God, whom
Third Responsory.
thou servest continually, He will de
liver thee. And a stone was brought We looked for peace, &c., (p. 288.)
and laid upon the mouth of the den;
and the King sealed it with his own
signet, and with the signet of his éaturbag.
lords, lest anything should be done
against Daniel. Then the King went The Sabbath.
to his palace, and passed the night MATTINS.
fasting; meats were not brought be
fore him, and sleep went from him. First Lesson.
And the King rose very early in the
morning, and went in haste unto the
the Prophet Daniel (ix. 1.)
den of lions. And when he came
to the den, he cried with a lament IN the first year of Darius, the son
able voice unto Daniel, and said to of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the
him: 0 Daniel, servant of the living Medes, who was king over the realm
of the Chaldeans, in the first year of Seventy weeks are determined upon
his reign, I, Daniel, understood by thy people, and upon thine holy city,
books1 the number of the years, to finish the transgression, and to
whereof the word of the LORD came make an end of sins, and to make
to Jeremiah the Prophet, that He would reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring
accomplish seventy years in the deso in everlasting righteousness, and to
lations of Jerusalem. And I set my seal up the vision and prophecy, and
face unto the Lord God, to seek by to anoint the Most Holy.
prayer and supplications, with fasting,
and sackcloth, and ashes. And I Second Responsory.
prayed unto the LORD my God, and
made my confession, and said: O I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.)
Lord, the Great and Dreadful God,
keeping the covenant and mercy to Third Lesson.
them that love Thee, and to them that
keep Thy commandments: we have KNOW therefore, and understand,
sinned, we have committed iniquity, that, from the going forth of the
we have done wickedly, and have commandment to build up again Jeru
rebelled, and have departed from Thy salem, unto the Prince, the Anointed,
precepts and from Thy judgments. shall be seven weeks, and three-score
and-two weeks. The street shall be
built again, and the walls, even in
First Responsory. troublous times. And after three
score-and-two weeks shall Christ be
cut off—and they shall not be His
own people that shall deny Him.2
Second Lesson. (21.) And a people, with a Prince that shall
come, shall destroy the city and the
WHILES I was speaking in prayer, sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be
behold, the man Gabriel, whom desolation, and after the end of the
I had seen in the vision at the begin war desolation is appointed. But he
ning, being caused to fly swiftly, shall confirm the covenant with many
touched me about the time of the for one week ; and in the midst of the
evening oblation. And he informed week the sacrifice and the oblation
me, and talked with me, and said: 0 shall cease; and in the temple shall
Daniel, I am now come forth to give be the abomination of desolation; and
thee skill and understanding. At the even until the consummation and the
beginning of thy supplications the end shall endure the desolation.3
commandment came forth; and I am
come to show thee, for thou art
Third Responsory.
greatly beloved; therefore understand
the matter, and consider the vision. The Lord hath sent, &c., (15. 289.)
1 The scriptures seem to he meant, and Dr Pusey so translates. The places quoted are
Jer. xxv. 11, 12, xxix. 10-12.
2 1.e., by denying Him they shall alienate themselves from Him.
3 Dr Pusey's explanation of the numbers is as follows,--the weeks being, of course, year
weeks, consisting of seven years each. First, from the commission to Ezra in the seventh
year of Artaxerxes Longimanus, B.C. 457, to the completion of the work of restoration by
Nehemiah at his second visit to Jerusalem, 7 weeks = 49 years : second, thence to the Baptism
of our Lord, “when the descent of the Holy Ghost upon Him manifested Him to be the
Anointed with the Holy Ghost, the Christ," A.D. 27, (since the Nativity was four years earlier
VOL. IV. L
:[Fuurtlj dunhag uf Nufiemhtr. Second Lesson.
The Fourth Lord’s Day of Not/emher. ND the LORD said unto him : Call
his name Jezreel, for yet a little
Antinhon at the Song of the Blessed while, and I will avenge the blood of
Virgin on the preceding Saturday. 0 Jezreel upon the house of Jehu,3 and
Lord, the King of kings, That contain will cause to cease the kingdom of the
est the circuit of the heavens and be house of Israel. And it shall come to
holdest the depths, That weighest the pass at that day, that I will break the
mountains, and holdest the earth in bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
Thine hand, *—hear us, 0 Lord, when And she conceived again, and bare a.
we cry unto Thee. daughter: And He said unto him:
Prayer of the ensuing Sunday. Call her name No-mercy, for I will no
more have mercy upon the house of
Israel, but I will utterly forget them.
MATTINS.
But I will have mercy upon the house
FIRST NOCTURN. of Judah, and will save them by the
LORD their God; and will not save
First Lesson.
them by bow, nor by sword, nor by
Here beginneth the Book of the PrO battle, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.
phet Hoseal (i. i.)
HE word of the LORD that came Seeond Responsory.

unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in
the days of Uzziah, jotham, Ahaz, and Look down, O Lord, &c., (p. 286.)
Hezekiah, Kings of judah, and in the
days of Ieroboam, the son of Joash, Third Lesson.
King of Israel.2 The beginning of
the word of the LORD by Hosea. AND she weaned N o-mercy. Again,
And the LORD said to Hosea: G0, she conceived and bare a son.
take unto thee a wife of whoredom, And He said: Call his name Not-My
and get thee children of whoredom; people, for ye are not My people, and
for the land hath committed great I will not be your [God.] And the
whoredom, departing from the LORD. number of the children of Israel shall
So he went, and took Gomer, the be as the sand of the sea, which cannot
daughter of Diblaim, which conceived, be measured nor numbered. And it
and bare him a son. shall come to pass that in the place
where it shall be said unto them, Ye
are not My people,-—there it shall be
First Responsory.
said unto them, Ye are the sons of the
I saw the Lord, &c., (p. 286.) living God. Then shall the children
than our era,) 62 weeks = 434 years; third, the one week of seven years wherein, by His
ministry, He “confirmed the covenant with many,” but in the midst of which, (i.e., after three
years,) He was “ cut off out of the land of the living,” and, by His all-sulficing Oblation of
Himself, superseded for ever the legal sacrifices. During the rest of the week He continued to
confirm the covenant by Himself or His Apostles, before the preaching to the Samaritans
showed that the special privileges of the Jews were at an end. (IVth Lecture on Daniel.)
1 Latin, “Osee,” following the LXX. in the imperfect transliteration, of which alone the
Greek alphabet is capable. The name signifies “Salvation,” and is from the same root as
is found in “Jesus.”
2 He prophesied therefore for some sixty years, and was contemporary with Isaiah.
3 Abp. Kenrick says—"The blood of King Joram, who was slain by Jehu in the valley
of Jezreel.”
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of Judah and the children of Israel be come up out of the land.” If we went
gathered together, and appoint them on expounding this, we should water
selves one head, and they shall come down the flavour of the prophetic
up out of the land: for great shall be draught. Let there be remembered,
the day of Jezreel. however, that Corner Stone, and let
there be acknowledged those twain
walls, [which It bindeth in one,] the
Third Responsory.
Jews and the Gentiles, one called the
Consider, O Lord, &c., (p. 286.) children of Judah and the other the
children of Israel, bound together
I
under One Head, and coming up out
SECOND NOCTURN. of the land.
Fourth Lesson.
Fifth Responsory.
“ Upon the City of God,” written by Hedge us about, &c., (p. 287.)
St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo] (Bk.
xviii. ch. 28.)
Sixth Lesson.
AS to the Prophet Hosea, the
deeper his meaning, the harder ONCERNING them that are now
to pierce. But somewhat may be Israelites according to the flesh,
gotten out of him, and, as I promised, that will not now believe in Christ, but
I will give it here. He saith: “And shall believe hereafter, (that is, their
it shall come to pass that, in the place children shall believe, for these shall
where it shall be said unto them, Ye die, and go to their own place,) this
are not My people,-—there it shall be same Prophet giveth witness, where
said unto them: Ye are the sons of he saith: “The children of Israel
the living God.” This was understood shall abide many days without a King,
even by the Apostles as a Prophetic and without a Prince, and without a
witness to the call of the Gentiles, who sacrifice, and without an Altar, and
erst had not been God’s people. (Rom. without a Priest, and without oracles.”
ix. 24-26.) (iii. 4.) To whom is it not manifest
that such is the state of the Jews now?
Fourth Responsory.
Sixth Responsory.
I have set watchmen, &c., (p. 287.)
We looked for peace, &c., (p. 288.)
Fifth Lesson.
THIRD NOCTURN.
ND since the converted Gentiles
are the spiritual children of Seventh Responsory.
Abraham, and are therefore rightly
called Israélites, therefore he goeth on, Blessed is the people, &c., (p. 288.)
and saith: “Then shall the children
of Judah and the children of Israel Eighth Responsory.
be gathered together, and appoint
themselves one head, and they shall One Seraph cried, &c., (p. 216.)
Qilonbag. Second Responsory.
Second Day. I am straitened, &c., (15. 289.)
MATTI NS. Third Lesson.

First Lesson. AS they were increased, so they
sinned against Me; therefore
The Lesson is taken from the Book of have I changed their glory into shame.
the Prophet Hosea (iv. 1.) They eat up the sin of My people,
EAR the word of the LORD, ye and' they set their heart upon their
children of Israel; for the iniquity. And there shall be, like
LORD hath a controversy with the people, like Priest; and I will punish
inhabitants of the land, because there them for their ways, and reward them
is no truth, nor mercy, nor know for their doings. And they shall eat,
ledge of God in the land. By curs and not have enough; they shall
ing, and lying, and man-killing, and commit whoredom, and shall not in
stealing, and committing adultery, crease; because they have left off to
they break out, and blood toucheth take heed to the LORD.
blood.1 Therefore shall the land
mourn, and every one that dwelleth Third Responsory.
therein shall languish, with the beasts
of the field, and with the fowls of The Lord hath sent, &c., (19. 289.)
heaven, yea, the fishes of the sea
also shall be taken away.
@ueabag.
First Responsory. Third Day.
MATTINS.
He hath redeemed, &c., (p. 288.)
First Lesson.
Second Lesson. Here beginneth the Book of the Pro
phet Joel (i. I.)
YET let no man judge nor reprove
another, for thy people are as HE word of the LORD that came
they that strive with the Priest. There to Joe], the son of Pethuel.3
fore shalt thou fall this day, and the Hear this, ye old men, and give ear,
Prophet shall fall with thee; in the all ye inhabitants of the land! Hath
night have I silenced thy mother.2 this been in your days, or even in the
My people are speechless for lack of days of your fathers? Tell ye your
knowledge. Because thou hast re children of it, and let your children
jected knowledge, I will also reject tell their children, and their children
thee, that thou shalt be no Priest to another generation. That which the
Me; seeing thou hast forgotten the palmer-worm hath left, hath the locust
Law of thy God, I also will forget eaten ; and that which the locust hath
thy children. left, hath the canker-worm eaten ; and
1 Incest, or the frequency of murder. 9 I.e., the nation, or mother‘country.
3 Abp. Kenrick says that “the author of this book is not known to us otherwise than by his
name being prefixed to his prophecy, together with the name of his father. He is thought to
have been a contemporary of Amos, and to have prophesied in Judea.”
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that which the canker-worm hath left, @ebnesbap.

hath the caterpillar eaten.1
Fourth Day.
First Responsory. MATTINS.
Before the face, &c., (p. 289.) First Lesson.
Second Lesson. The Lesson is taken from the Book of

the Prophet Joel (iii. 1.)
WAKE, ye drunkards, and weep,
and howl, all ye drinkers of new I N those days and in that time, when
wine [in his sweetness,] for it is cut I shall have brought again the
off from your mouth. For a nation2 captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I
is come up upon My land, strong and will also gather all nations, and will
without number, whose teeth are the bring them down into the valley of
teeth of a lion, and the cheek-teeth Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them
as of a young lion. He hath laid there, for My people and for Mine
My vine waste, and barked My fig heritage Israel, whom they have
tree—he hath made it clean bare, and scattered among the nations, and
cast it away; the branches thereof are parted My land. And they have cast
made white. lots for My people, and they have
given a boy for a harlot, and sold a
girl for wine, that they might drink.
Second Responsory.
Fence Thou this city, &c., (p. 290.)
First Responsory.
Third Lesson. I will show thee, &c., (p. 290.)

LAME'NT like a virgin girded with
sack-cloth for the husband of Second Lesson.
her youth. The meat-offering and the
drink-offering is cut off from the house YEA, and what have ye to do with
of the LORD ;3 the Priests, the LORD’S Me, 0 Tyre and Sidon, and all
ministers, mourn. The field is wasted, the coasts of Palestine? Will ye
the land mourneth, for the corn is render Me vengeance? And if ye
wasted, the new wine is dried up, recompense Me, swiftly and speedily
the oil languisheth. The husbandmen will I return your recompense upon
are confounded, the vine-dressers howl, your own head. Because ye have
for the wheat and for the barley, be taken My silver and My gold, and
cause the harvest of the field is have carried into your temples My
perished. goodly and My pleasant things. The
children also of Judah and the children
of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the
Third Responsory.
children of the Grecians, that ye might
O Lord God! have mercy, &c., remove them far from their border.
(p. 290.) Behold I will raise them out of the
1 Abp. Kenrick says “it is impossible to determine the force of each of the terms" descrip
tive of insects. “ Some take them to mark the locust in its various stages of formation.”
2 1.e., the swarm of locusts.
3 1.e., the offerings of flour and wine, the harvest and vintage not availing to furnish them.
place whither ye have sold them, and the days of Uzziah, King of Judah,
will return your recompense upon your and in the days of Jeroboam, son of
own head. Joash, King of Israel, two years before
the earthquake. And he said: The
Second Responsory. LORD will roar from Zion, and utter
His voice from Jerusalem: and the
I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.) habitations of the shepherds shall
mourn, and the top of Carmel shall
TIzz'rd Lesson. wither.
AND I will sell your sons and your First Responsorjl.
daughters into the hand of the
children of judah, and they shall sell I saw the Lord, &c., (p. 286.)
them to the Sabaeans, to a people far
off; for the LORD hath spoken it. Second Lesson.
Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles,
prepare a war, wake up the mighty ‘HUS saith the LORD: For three
men; let all the men of war draw transgressions of Damascus, and
near, let them come up. Beat your for four, I will not turn away the
plough-shares into swords, and your punishment thereof, because they have
pruning-hooks into spears. Let the threshed Gilead with threshing-instru
weak say: I am strong. Assemble ments of iron. But I will send a fire
yourselves, and come, all ye heathen into the house of Hazael, which shall
round about, and gather yourselves devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad. I
together: there shall the LORD cause will break also the bar of Damascus,
thy mighty ones to come down. Let and cut off the inhabitant from the
the nations be wakened, and come up plain “of the idol,” and him that
to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there holdeth the sceptre from the house of
will I sit to judge all the nations round “Pleasure,”1 and the people of Syria
about. shall go into captivity unto Cyrene,
Tlzird Responsory. saith the LORD. '
The Lord hath sent, &c., (1). 289.)
Seoond Responsory.
Qlllurabag. Look down, 0 Lord, &c., (p. 286.)
Fifi/L Day.
Tlzird Lesson.
MATTI NS.
HUS saith the LORD: For three
First Lesson. transgressions of Gaza, and for
four, I will not turn away the punish
Here beginneth the Book of the Pro
ment thereof, because they carried
phet Amos (i. I.)
away captive the whole captivity, to
HE words of Amos, who was deliver them up to Edom. But I will
among the herdmen of Tekoah, send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which
—which he saw concerning Israel, in shall devour the palaces thereof. And
1 According to Gesenius, the two places above named are respectively “some valley near the
city of Damascus " and “ a Royal city of Syria on Mount Lebanon, called by the Greeks ‘ Para
deisos.’" According to Abp. Kenrick, the valley between Libanus and Anti-Libanus, and a
region of Libanus descending towards the valleys of Coelesyria.
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I will cut off the inhabitant from Setond Lesson.

Ashdod, and him that holdeth the
sceptre from Ashcalon. And I will IF thieves came to thee, if robbers
turn Mine hand against Ekron, and by night, how wouldst thou have
the remnant of the Philistines shall held thy peace? Would they not
perish, saith the Lord GOD.1 have stolen till they had enough? If
the grape-gatherers came to thee,
would they not have left thee at the
Tlzird Responsory. least a cluster? How are the things
of Esau searched out, how are his
Consider, O Lord, &c., (15. 286.)
hidden things sought up? All the
men of thy confederacy have brought
firing. thee even to the border, and then
have deceived thee; the men that
Sz'xt/z Day. were at peace with thee have prevailed
against thee; they that eat thy bread
MATTINS. have laid a snare under thee. There
is none understanding in him.
First Lesson.
Here beginneth the Book of the Pro Second Responsory.

phet Obadiah (i. I.)
Hedge us about, &E., (p. 287.)
HE vision of Obadiah.2 Thus
saith the Lord GOD1 concerning Tlzird Lesson.
Edom : We have heard a rumour from
SHALL I not in that day, saith the
the LORD, and an ambassador hath
He sent among the heathen: Arise LORD, even destroy the wise men
out of Edom, and understanding out
ye, and let us rise up against him in
of the mount of Esau? And thy
battle.’ Behold, I have made thee
mighty men from the South shall be
small among the nations; thou art
dismayed, to the end that every one of
greatly despised. The pride of thine
heart hath deceived thee, thou that the mount of Esau may be cut off.
For the slaughter, and for thine
dwellest in the clefts of the rock,
iniquity against thy brother Jacob,
whose habitation is high, that sayest
shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt
in thine heart, Who shall bring me
be cut off for ever. In the day that
down to the ground? Though thou
thou stoodest on the other side against
exalt thyself as the eagle, and though
him, when the strangers carried away
thou set thy nest among the stars,
his forces, and foreigners entered into
thence will I bring thee down, saith
his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem,
the LORD.
—even thou wast as one of them.
First Responsory. T/zird Responsory.

I have set watchmen, &c., (p. 287.) We looked for peace, &c., (p. 288.)
1 The Name.
‘-’ Latin, Abdias. “St Jerome," says Abp. Kenrick, “on the authority of the Hebrews,
identifies the Prophet Abdiah with the Governor of the house of Achab, King of Israel, (3
Kings xviii. 3,) but he does not appear to have placed entire confidence in their judgment,
which is generally disregarded at the present day. Nothing is known regarding Abdiah,
unless what is gathered from his prophecy, which seems to have been made after the taking
of Jerusalem by the Babylonians.” .
éaturbag. whose cause this evil is upon us. So

they cast lots; and the lot fell upon
The Sahhath. Jonah.
MATTINS. Second Responsory.
First Lesson. I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.)

Third Lesson.
phet Jonah (i. 1.)
THEN said they unto him: Tell
OW, the word of the LORD came us, we pray thee, for whose
unto Jonah,1 the son of Amittai, cause this evil is upon us? What is
saying: Arise, and go to Nineveh, thine occupation? What is thy
that great city, and cry against it, for country? And whither goest thou?
their wickedness is come up before Or of what people art thou ? And he
Me. But Jonah rose up, to flee unto said unto them : I am an Hebrew; and
Tarshish from the presence of the I fear the LORD, the God of heaven,
LORD; and went down to Joppa; and which hath made the sea and the dry
he found a ship going to Tarshish. land. Then were the men exceedingly
So he paid the fare thereof, and went afraid, and said unto him: Why hast
down into it, to go with them unto thou done this? (For the men knew
Tarshish from the presence of the that he fled from the presence of the
LORD. But the LORD sent out a LORD, because he had told them.)
great wind into the sea, and there was Then said they unto him : What shall
a mighty tempest in the sea, so that we do unto thee, that the sea may be
the ship was like to be broken. calm unto us? For the sea wrought
and was tempestuous. And he said
First Resfionsory. unto them : Take me up, and cast me
forth into the sea, so shall the sea be
Blessed is the people, &c., (p. 288.) calm unto you, for I know that for my
sake this great tempest is upon you.
Second Lesson.
Third Responsory.
HEN the mariners were afraid,
and cried every man unto his The Lord hath sent, &c., (p. 289.)
god, and cast forth the wares that
were in the ship into the sea, to
lighten it of them. But Jonah was
gone down into the lower part of the
ship, and he lay fast asleep. So the Jfiftb iunhag uf Nuiizmhzr.
ship-master came to him, and said
unto him: Why sleepest thou thus The Fifth Lord’s Day of November.
heavily? Arise, call upon thy God,
if so be that God will think upon us; A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed
that we perish not. And they said Virgin on the preceding Saturday were
every one to his fellow: Come, and ing. I have set watchmen upon thy
let us cast lots, that we may know for walls, 0 Jerusalem, * which shall
1 This Prophet, whose history, not included in the Breviary, is too well known to need
relating, flourished in the days of Jeroboam 11., King of Israel. (3 Kings xiv. 25.)
FIFTH WEEK OF NOVEMBER. 3 I7
never hold their peace day nor night, Second Responsoly.

praising the Name of the Lord.
Look down, 0 Lord, &c., ([5. 286.)
Prayer of the ensuing Sunday.
Third Lesson.
MATTINS.
AND all the graven images thereof
FIRST NOCTURN. shall be beaten to pieces, and
all the hires thereof shall be burnt
First Lesson.
with fire, and all the idols thereof
Here beginneth the Book of the will I lay desolate; for she gathered
Prophet Micah (i. 1.) ' it of the hire of an harlot, and they
shall return to the hire of an harlot.
HE word of the LORD that came Therefore I will wail and howl; I
to Micah the Morasthite, in will go stripped and naked; I will
the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Heze make a wailing like the jackals,2
kiah, Kings of Judah, which he saw and mourning as [the chickens of]
concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. the ostrich; for her wound is incur
Hear, all ye people! Let the earth able, for it is come unto Judah, it
hearken, and all that therein is! is come unto the gate of my people,
And let the Lord GOD1 be witness even to Jerusalem.
against you—the LORD, from His
holy Temple. For, behold, the LORD
cometh forth out of His place, and Third Responsory.
will come down, and tread upon the Consider, 9 Lord, &c., (p. 286.)
high places of the earth.
SECOND NOCTURN.
First Responsory.
Fourth Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Sermon
Second Lesson. of St Basil the Great, [Archbishop
of Caesarea-in-PontusJ upon the
ND the mountains shall be molten Thirty-third Psalm.
under Him, and the valleys shall
be cleft, as wax before the fire, and HENEVER the desire to sin
as the waters that are poured down cometh over thee, I would
a steep place. For the transgression that thou couldest think of the awful
Of Jacob is all this, and for the sins and overwhelming judgment~seat of
of the house of Israél. \Vhat is the Christ. There the Judge shall sit
transgression of Jacob? Is it not upon a throne high and lifted up.
Samaria? And what are the high Every creature shall stand before
places of Judah? Are they not Him, quaking because of the glory
Jerusalem? Therefore I will make of His presence. There are we
Samaria as an heap of stones in the to be led up, one by one, to give
field, when as a vineyard is planted; account for those things which we
and I will pour down the stones have 'done in life. Presently there
thereof into the valley, and I will will be found, by the sides of those
discover the foundations thereof. who have in life wrought much evil,
1 The Name. ‘13 Dracones. Heb. Tanim.
VOL. IV. L 2
dreadful and hideous angels with --“hearken unto me,” all ye who
faces of fire, and burning breath, ap have the ears of your heart opened,
pointed thereto, and showing their “I will teach you the fear of the
evil will, in appearance like the LORD,” even the fear of that Being
night, in their despair and hatred of of Whom we have just been speaking.
mankind.
Sixth Responsory.
Fourth Resjionsory.
We looked for peace, &c., (15. 288.)
l have set watchmen, &c., (p. 287.)
THIRD NOCTURN.
Fifth Lesson.
5871871111- Responsory.
THINK again of the bottomless
pit, the impenetrable darkness, Blessed is the people, &c., (p. 288.)
the lightless fire, burning, but not
glowing; the poisonous mass of Eighth Responsory.
worms, preying upon the flesh, ever
feeding, and never filled, causing by One Seraph cried, &c., (p. 216.)
their gnawing unbearable agony;
lastly, the greatest punishment of
all, shame and confusion for ever.
Ql'lonbag.
Have a dread of these things, and Seeond Day.
let that dread correct thee, and be
as a curb to thy mind to hold it in MATTI NS.
from the hankering after sin. First Lesson.
Fifth Responsory. Here beginneth the Book of the

Prophet'Nahum1 (i. I.)
Hedge us. about, &c., (p. 287.)
HE burden of Nineveh. The
Sixth Lesson. Book of the vision of Nahum
the Elkoshite. God is jealous, and
THIS fear of the Lord the Prophet the LORD revengeth. The LORD re
hath promised to teach. But vengeth Him upon His enemies, and
he hath not promised to teach it to is furious upon His adversaries. The
all, but only to such as will hear LORD is slow to anger, and great
him; not to such as have fallen far in power, and will not at all acquit
away, but to such as run to him, the wicked. The LORD hath His
hungry for salvation, not to such as way in the whirlwind and in the
have no part in the promises, but storm, and the clouds are the dust
to such as by baptism are born of His feet. He rebuketh the sea,
children of adoption, set at peace and maketh it dry, and drieth up
and oneness with the Word. “Come, all the rivers.
ye children,” saith he, that is to say,
Draw nigh unto me by good works,
vall ye who by the new birth have First Responsorjy.
become the worthy children of light, He hath redeemed, &c., ([5. 288.)
1 “Already,” says St jerome, (quoted by Abp. Kenrick,) " the ten tribes had been led into
captivity whilst Hezekiah was King of Juda; in whose reign the vision concerning Nineveh,
which is here recorded, was Seen, for the consolation of the people in exile."
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Second Lesson. HE burden which Habakkuk the

Prophet did see. 0 LORD,
BASHAN languisheth, and Carmel, how long shall I cry, and Thou wilt
and the flower of Lebanon. not hear? Even cry out unto Thee,
The mountains quake at Him, and of violence, and Thou wilt not save?
the hills melt, and the earth trem Why dost Thou show' me iniquity
bleth at His presence, yea, the world, and grievance, and cause me to be
and all that dwell therein. Who can hold before me spoiling and violence?
stand before His indignation? and And there is strife, and perverseness
who can abide in the fierceness of hath the better part. Therefore the
His anger? His fury is poured out law is broken, and justice doth never
like fire, and the rocks are thrown attain unto execution; for the wicked
down by Him. doth compass about the righteous,
Second Responsory. I therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.) First Responsory.

Before the face, &c., ( p. 289.)
Third Lesson.
THE LORD is good, a strong-hold Second Lesson.
‘ in the day of trouble, and He BEHOLD ye among theheathen,
knoweth them that trust in Him. and regard, and wonder mar
But with an over-running flood He vellously. For a work is worked in
will make an utter end of the place your days, which no man will be
thereof,l and darkness shall pursue
lieve when it be told him. For, 10,
His enemies. What do ye imagine I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter
against the LORD? He will make and hasty nation, which shall march
an utter end; affliction shall not rise through the breadth of the land, to
up a second time. For while they possess the dwellings that are not
be folden together as thorns, they theirs. They are terrible and dreadful.
are drunken as drunkards; they Their judgment and decree shall pro
shall be devoured as stubble fully ceed of themselves.
dry.
Third Resyfionsory. Second Responsory.
The Lord hath sent, &c., (p. 289.) Fence Thou this city, &c., (p. 290.)
Qiuesbag. Third Lesson.
Third Day. HEIR horses are swifter than the

leopards, and are more fierce
MATTINS. than the evening wolves, and their
First Lesson. horsemen shall spread themselves.
For their horsemen shall come from
Here beginneth the Book of the afar; they shall fly as the eagle that
Prophet Habakkuk2 (i. 1.) hasteth to eat. They shall come all
1 ].e., of Nineveh.
2 Abp. Kenrick says that Habakkuk "appears to have begun to prophesy in the reign of
Jehoiakim, King of Juda . . . he continued to prophesy under Jehoiaehin and Zedekiah.”
320 THE PROPER OFFICE OF TIIE SEASON.
to spoil; their faces shall sup up as keepers and priests, and them that
the east wind; and they shall gather worship the host of heaven upon the
the captivity as the sand. And they house-tops, and them that worship and
shall scoff at the Kings, and the that swear by the LORD, and that
Princes shall be a scorn unto them; swear by Malcom.2 And them that
they shall deride every strong-hold, for are turned back from the LORD, and
they shall cast a mound, and take it. those that have not sought the LORD,
nor enquired for Him.
Third Resfionsory.
O Lord God ! have mercy, &c., (p. Second Responsory.
zgoJ I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.)
@ebneatag.
Third Lesson.
Fourth Day.
HOLD your peace at the presence
MATTINS. of the Lord GOD,3 for the day
First Lesson. of the LORD is at hand ; for the LORD
hath prepared a sacrifice, He hath
Here beginneth the Book of the Pro hallowed His guests. And it shall
phet Zephaniah 1 (i. I.) come to pass, in the day of the LORD’s
HE word of the LORD which came sacrifice, that I will visit the Princes
unto Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, and the King’s children, and all such
the son of Gedaliah, the son of as are clothed with strange apparel;
Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the in the same day also will I visit all
days of Josiah, the son of Amon, King those that enter insolently on the
of Judah. I will utterly consume all threshold—which fill the house of the
things from off the land, saith the Lord their God with violence and
LORD,—I will consume man and beast deceit.
-—I will consume the fowls of the Third Responsory.
heaven, and the fishes of the sea. The Lord hath sent, &c., (p. 289.)
And the wicked shall come to ruin.
And I will cut off man from of? the
land, saith the LORD. QZBut-stag.
Fifth Day.
First Responsory.
MATTINS.
I will show thee, &c., (p. 290.)
First Lesson.
Second Lesson. Here beginneth the Book of the Pro
phet Haggai4 (i. I.)
WILL also stretch out Mine hand
upon Judah, and upon all the in IN the second year of Darius the
habitants of Jerusalem; and I will King, in the sixth month, in the
cut off the remnant of Baal from this first day of the month, came the word
place, and the name of the temple of the LORD, by the hand of Haggai
1 Latin, Sophonias.
'3 Probably the same as the beastly idol more commonly called Moloch.
3 The Name.
4 This Prophet and Zechariah both prophesied after the return from the captivity, to encour
age the Jews in the re-building of the Temple.
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the Prophet, unto Zerubbabel, the son fi'rt'bag.

of Sheltiel, Governor of Judah, and to
Joshua, the son of Josedech, the High Sixth Day.
Priest, saying: Thus speaketh the MATTINS.
LORD of hosts, saying: This people
say, The time is not come that the First Lesson.
LORD’s house should be built.
First Responsory. phet Zechariah (i. 1.)
I saw the Lord, &c., (p. 286.) N the eighth month, in the second
year of Darius the King, came the
Second Lesson. word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the
son of Berechiah, the son of lddo, the
HEN came the word of the LORD Prophet, saying: The LORD hath
by the hand of Haggai the Pro been sore displeased with your fathers.
phet, saying: Is it time for you to And thou shalt say unto them: Thus
dwell in ceiled houses, and this house saith the LORD of hosts: Turn ye
lie waste? Now, therefore, thus saith unto Me, saith the LORD of hosts;
the LORD of hosts: Consider your and I will turn unto you, saith the
ways. Ye have sown much, and LORD of hosts.
brought in little; ye have eaten, but
have not enough; ye have drunk, but
First Responsory.
ye are not drunken; ye have clothed
you, but ye are not warm; and he I have set watchmen, &c., (p. 287.)
that hath earned wages hath put them
into a bag with holes. Second Lesson.
Second Responsory. BE ye not as your fathers, unto

whom the former Prophets cried,
Look down, 0 Lord, &c., (p. 286.) saying : Thus saith the LORD of hosts :
Turn ye from your evil ways, and from
Third Lesson. your vile thoughts ;-—but they did not
HUS saith the LORD of hosts: hear, nor hearken unto Me, saith the
Consider your ways; go up to LORD. Your fathers—where are they ?
the mountain, and bring wood, and And the Prophets—shall they live for
build the house; and I will take ever ?
pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, Second Resfionsory.
saith the LORD. Ye looked for much,
and, 10, it came to little; and ye did Hedge us about, &c., (p. 287.)
bring it home, and I blew it away;
why, saith the LORD of hosts? Be Third Lesson.
cause of Mine house that is waste, and
BUT My words, and My statutes,
ye run every man unto his own house. which I commanded My servants
Therefore the heaven over you is the Prophets, did they not take hold
stayed from dew, and the earth is of your fathers? And they returned,
stayed from her fruit. and said : Like as the LORD of hosts
thought to do unto us according to our
Third Responsoml. ways, and according to our inventions,
Consider, O Lord &c., (p. 286.) so hath He dealt with us.
Third Responsory. Saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O

Priests that despise My Name, and
\Ve looked for peace, &c., (p. 288.) that say: Wherein have we despised
Thy Name? Ye offer polluted bread
éaturbag. upon Mine Altar, and ye say: Wherein
have we polluted Thee? In that
The Sabbath. ye say: The table of the LORD is
contemptible.
MATTINS.

Here beginneth the Book of the Pro I am straitened, &c., (p. 289.)
phet Malachi 1 (i. I.)
Third Lesson.
HE burden of the word of the
LORD to Israel by the hand of IF you offer the blind for sacrifice,
Malachi. I have loved you, saith the is it not evil? And if ye offer
LORD, and ye say: Wherein hast the lame and sick, is it not evil? Offer
Thou loved us? was not Esau it now unto thy governor; will he be
Jacob’s brother, saith the LORD, yet pleased with thee, or accept thy
I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau, and person? saith the LORD of hosts.
laid his mountains waste, and gave his And now beseech the face of God,
heritage unto the savage beasts of the that He will be gracious unto you,
wilderness? Whereas Edom saith: (for this hath been by your means,)
We are impoverished, but we will if so be He will anywise accept your
return and build the desolate places persons, saith the LORD of hosts.
-——thus saith the LORD of hosts: They Who is there among you that would
shall build, but I will throw down; shut the doors for nought, or kindle
and they shall be called the borders fire on Mine Altar for nought? I
of wickedness, and the people against have no pleasure in you, saith the
whom the LORD hath indignation for LORD of hosts, neither will I accept
ever. an offering at your hand. For from
First Responsory. the rising of the sun even unto the
going down of the same, My Name
Blessed is the people, &c., (p. 288.) shall be great among the Gentiles;
and in every place incense and a pure
Second Lesson. offering shall be offered unto My
Name, for My Name shall be great
AND your eyes shall see, and ye among the heathen, saith the LORD of
shall say: Let the LORD be hosts.
magnified upon the border of Israel.
Third Responsory.
A son honoureth his father, and a
servant his master; if then I be a The Lord hath sent, &c., (fi. 289.) _
Father, where is Mine honour? And
if I be a Master, where is My fear? With Vespers begins A d'uent.
'1 “ This book," says Abp. Kenrick, “ was composed after the erection of the second Temple
. . it is assigned to a time subsequent to [Nehemiah's] second return from Persra to Canaan,
namely, after the 32nd year of Artaxerxes Longimanus." The writer appears as the last of the
Prophets, and whether Malachi—i.e., “ Messenger of the LORD "—-is really a proper name or a
title, seems uncertain.
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jfur Sunbags,
From the Eleventh to the Twenty-third after Pentecost, both inclusive, and
for the Sunday next before Advent.
ZElziirntlJ flurh’s Bag after What signifieth it that when God,

the Maker of all, would heal a deaf
iBzntecust. and dumb man, “He put His Fin
gers into his ears, and He spit, and
Prayer.
touched his tongue ? ” What is figured
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, by the Fingers of the Redeemer but
Who art always more ready to the gifts of the Holy Ghost? Hence
hear than we to pray, and art wont to it is written in another place (Luke
give more than either we desire or xi. 20) that after He had cast out an
deserve, pour down upon us the abund evil spirit, He said: “If I with the
ance of Thy mercy, forgiving us finger of God cast out devils, no
those things whereof our conscience is doubt the kingdom of God is come
afraid, and giving us those good things upon you ”--which words are thus
which we are not worthy to ask. given by another Evangelist (Matth.
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy xii. 28):—“ If I cast out devils by
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with the Spirit of God, then the kingdom
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, of God is come unto you.” By set
one God, world without end. Amen. ting these two passages together we
see that the Spirit' is called the
Finger. For our Lord, then, to
Lessons for the Third Nocturn.
put His Fingers into the deaf man’s
Seventh Lesson. ears was by the gift of the Holy
Spirit to enlighten his dark mind
The Lesson is taken from the Holy unto obedience.
Gospel according to Mark (vii. 31.)
T that time: Jesus, departing Eighth Lesson.
from the coasts of Tyre and
Sidon, came unto the sea of Galilee, WHAT signifieth it also that “ He
through the midst of the coasts of spit and touched his tongue” ?
Decapolis. And so on. We receive spittle out of the Re
deemer’s mouth upon our tongues
Homily by Pope St Gregory [the when we receive wisdom to speak
Great.] (Hom. x. Bic. i. on Ezekiel.) God’s truth. Spittle is a secretion
324 PRAYERS, HOMILIES, AND
of the head which fioweth into the filiinelftb iLurh’s Bag after
mouth. And so, that wisdom, which
is Himself, the great Head of His iBmtecust.
Church, as soon as it hath touched
our tongue, doth straightway take Prayer.
the form of preaching. “And look LMIGHTY and merciful God, of
ing up to heaven, He sighed,” not Whose only gift it cometh that
that He had any need to sigh, Who Thy faithful people do unto Thee
gave whatsoever He asked, but that true and laudable service, grant, we
He was fain to teach us to look up beseech Thee, that we may so faith
and sigh toward Him Whose throne fully serve Thee in this life, that we
is in heaven, confessing our need, fail not finally to attain Thy heavenly
that our ears should be opened by promises. Through our Lord JESUS
the gift of the Holy Spirit, and our Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
tongue loosed by the spittle of our reigneth with Thee, in the unity of
Saviour’s Mouth, that is, by know the Holy Ghost, one God, world
ledge of His Divine Word, before without end. Amen.
we can use it to preach to others.

Nz'nlh Lesson.
Set/enlh Lesson.
“AND He said unto him: Eph
phatha—that is: Be opened. The Lesson is taken from the Holy
And straightway his ears were opened, Gospel according to Luke (x. 23.)
and the string of his tongue was
loosed.” Herein we must remark T that time: JESUS said unto
the command, “Be opened” was His disciples: Blessed are the
addressed to the deaf ears, but the eyes which see the things that ye
tongue also was immediately loosed. see. For I tell you that many pro
Just so, when the ears of a man’s phets and kings have desired to see
heart have been opened to learn the those things which ye see, and have
obedience of faith, the string of his not seen them. And so on.
tongue also is thereupon loosed, that
Homily by the Venerable Bede,
he may exhort others to do the good
Priest [at Jarrow.] (Bk. iii. oh. 43
things which himself doth. It is
on Luke x.)
well added: “And he spake plain.”
He only doth well preach obedience Blessed were the eyes—not of
to others who hath first learnt him Scribes and Pharisees, which saw
self to obey. but the Body of the Lord,—but those
eyes, eyes blessed indeed, which
Antifihon at the Song 4 Zaeharz'as.
were able to see those things whereof
When the Lord had departed from
it is written: “Thou hast hid these
the coasts of Tyre, * He made both
things from the wise and prudent,
the deaf to hear and the dumb to
and hast revealed them unto babes.”
speak.
Blessed are the eyes of those little
Antiphon at the Song of lhe Blessed ones unto whom it seemeth good in
Virgin. He hath done all things the eyes of the Son to reveal Him
well, * He maketh both the deaf to self and the Father also. Abraham
hear and the dumb to speak. rejoiced to see the day of Christ;
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and he saw it, and was glad. (John What is written in the law? How
viii. 56.) Isaiah, and Micah, and readest thou? And he, answering,
many among the Prophets, saw the said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy
glory of the Lord, —wherefore also God with all thy heart. Alleluia.
they be called Seers,-but all they
beheld it and hailed it afar off, see Antinhon at the Song of the Blessed
ing but as through a glass, darkly. Virgzn. A certain man went down
(I Cor. xiii. 12.) from Jerusalem * to Jericho, and fell
among thieves, which stripped him
of his raiment, and wounded him,
Ezlghth Lesson.
and departed, leaving him half dead.
OTHERWISE were the Apostles,
who saw the Lord face to Face,
eating with Him, and learning from
Him by asking whatsoever they listed.
For them there was no need to be
Ethittwttb item’s Bag aftzr
taught by Angels, or the shifting ' iBentecust.
fabric of visions. They whom Luke
doth call Prophets and kings, Mat Prayer.
thew nameth as “Prophets and ALMIGHTY and everlasting God,
righteous men ” (xiii. 17.) Righteous give unto us the increase of
men are indeed mighty kings, who faith, hope, and charity, and that we
know how to lord it over their own may worthily obtain that which Thou
rebellious temptations, instead of fall dost promise, make us to love that
ing under' them to become their which Thou dost command. Through
slaves. our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
Ninth Lesson. Iiveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
“AND, behold, a certain lawyer
stood up, and tempted Him,
saying: Master, what shall I do to
inherit eternal life?” This lawyer, Lessons for the Third Nocturn.
who stood up to ask the Lord a
Se'z/enth Lesson.
tempting question touching eternal
life, took the subject of his asking, The Lesson is taken from the Holy
as I think, from the words which the Gospel according to Luke (xvii. I 1.)
Lord had just uttered, when He said:
“Rejoice, because your names are IT came to pass, as JESUS went to
written in heaven” (20.) But his Jerusalem, that He passed through
attempt was a proof of the truth of the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
that which the Lord immediately And, as He entered into a certain
added: “I thank Thee, 0 Father, village, there met Him ten men that
Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou were lepers. And so on.
hast hid these things from the wise Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of
and prudent, and hast revealed them Hippo.] (Bk. ii. Gospel Questions, ch.
unto babes ! ” 40.)
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. The ten lepers “lifted up their
Master, what shall I do * to inherit voices and said: JESUS, Master, have
eternal life? He said unto him: mercy on us. And when He saw
them, He said unto them: Go, show afar off they may lift up their voices
yourselves unto the Priests. And it and cry to Christ for pardon, just as
came to pass that, as they went, they those ten men that were lepers, which
were cleansed.” Question: why did stood afar off, outside the village,
the Lord send them unto the Priests, lifted up their voices and said:
that, as they went, they might be “JESUS, Master, have mercy on us.”
cleansed? Lepers were the only That they styled Him Master, by
class among those upon whose bodies which title I know not if any besought
He worked mercy, whom we find that the Lord for bodily healing, I think
He sent unto the Priests. It is writ doth sufficiently show that leprosy
ten in another place that He said to signifieth false doctrine, whereof the
a leper whom He had cleansed: Good Master doth cleanse us.
“Go, and show thyself to the Priest,
and offer for thy cleansing according Anlzlo/zon at the Song of Zacharias.
as Moses commanded, for a testimony As JESUS passed through * a certain
unto them” (Luke v. 14, Lev. xiv. village, there met Him ten men that
I et seq.) We ask then, of what were lepers, which stood afar off; and
leprosy was a type, whereof they that they lifted up their voices, and said:
were ridded were called, not “ healed," “JESUS, Master, have mercy on us.”
but “ cleansed.” It is a disease which A m‘z'p/zon at lire Songr of the Blessed
doth first appear in the skin, but de~ Virgin. And one of them, * when he
stroyeth not immediately the strength, saw that he was healed, turned back,
nor the use of feeling and the limbs. and with a loud voice glorified God.
Alleluia.
Elight/z Lesson.
BY lepers, therefore, we may not
absurdly suppose such to be faurtzznth ZLnrh’s may after
figured as have not the knowledge of fizntzmst.
the true faith, but do show forth divers
parti-coloured teachings of error. Prayer.
They hide not their witlessness, but do
EEP, we beseech Thee, O Lord,
use all such wit as they have to make
it manifest, and proclaim it in high
Thy Church with Thy perpetual
mercy, and because the frailty of man
sounding phrases. There is no false
without Thee cannot but fall, keep us
doctrine but hath some truth mixed
ever by Thy help from all things hurt
up with it. A man’s discourse then,
with some truths in it unequally ful, and lead us to all things pro
fitable to our salvation. Through our
mingled with falsehoods, and all con
founded in one mass, is like to the Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
body of one that is stricken with liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
leprosy, whereon all manner of foul
colours do appear in this and that
place along with the true colour of
skin. Lessons for Me Tlzz'rd Noeturn.
Nz'nt/z Lesson. Sevent/z Lesson.
UCH men as these are banished The Lesson is taken from the Holy
out of the walls of the Church, to Gospel according to Matthew (vi.
the end that haply when they stand 24.)
AT that time: JESUS said unto His our intention should be corrupted when
disciples: No man can serve we do something as it were mercifully;
two masters. And so on. that is, lest, when we would seem to
be seeking another’s good, it should
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of
be profit to ourselves, rather than
Hippo] (Bk. ii. on the Lord’s Sermon
benefit to him, that we seek; and
on the Mount, ch. xiv.)
therefore we seem not to ourselves to
“No man can serve two masters,” sin, because we would seek things not
and this is further explained—-“for idle, but needful.
either he will hate the one, and love
the other; or else he will hold to the Antiohon at the Song of Zacharias.
one, and despise the other.” These Take no thought, saying: What shall
words we ought carefully to weigh, for we eat? * or, What shall we drink?
the Lord showeth straightway who be For your Father knoweth what things
the two masters whom we have choice ye have need of. Alleluia.
of: “Ye cannot serve God and Mam
A ntizfihon at the Song of the Blessed
mon.” Mammon is a term which the
Virgin. Seek ye first the kingdom of
Hebrews are said to use for riches.
God * and His righteousness, and all
It is also a Carthaginian word; for
these things shall be added unto you.
the Punic for “gain” is “mammon.”
Alleluia.
Eighth Lesson.
E which serveth mammon, serveth
that evil one who hath per
JIifter-nflj itsrh’s ZlBap after
versely chosen to be lord of these iBzmemst.
earthly things, and is called by the
Lord “the prince of this world.” Prayer.
(John xiv. 30.) Of these two masters, 0 LORD, we beseech Thee, let Thy
either a man will hate the one and continual pity cleanse and de
love the other, that is God—or he will fend Thy Church, and because it can
hold to the one and despise the other. not continue in safety without Thy
He which serveth mammon holdeth succour, preserve it evermore by Thy
to an hard and destroying master, for help and goodness. Through our
he is led captive by his lust, and sold Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
a slave to the devil, and him loveth liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
no man—is there any man that loveth unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
the devil? And yet there be that world without end. Amen.
hold to him.

[Vinth Lesson.
“ HEREFORE, I say unto you, Seventh Lesson.
Take no thought for your life,
The Lesson is taken from the Holy
what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
Gospel according to Luke (vii. 1 1.)
drink; nor yet for your body, what ye
shall put on "—lest, albeit such things AT that time: JESUS went into a
are not idle, but needful to be sought city called Nain; and His dis
after, yet the seeking for things even ciples went with Him, and much people.
needful should divide the heart; and And so on.
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Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of Ninth Lesson.

Hippo] (44th Discourse on the Words EVEN as one that looketh upon a
of the Lord.) scroll right fairly written, and
knoweth not how to read therein,
That her son was called again to
life was the joy of that widowed praiseth the hand of the old scribe
when he seeth the beauty of the points,
mother; that souls of men are every
but what it saith, what those points
day called to life is the joy of our
mean, he knoweth not, and praiseth
Mother the Church. He was dead in
by the eye, without understanding by
body; they have been dead in mind.
the mind,—and as, on the other hand,
His death was outward, and was out
he that can not only gaze on it, as can
wardly bewailed ; their inward death
all men, but also can read it, praiseth
hath been neither mourned for nor
the penmanship, and catcheth the
seen. But He hath sought for them,
sense likewise, which the unlearned
Who hath seen that they are dead,
cannot do: even so, there were some
and He only hath seen that they
that saw the miracles which Christ
are dead, Who hath been able to
did, and understood not what they
make them alive. If He had not
meant, nor what they, as it were,
come to raise the dead, the Apostle
hinted to such as did understand them,
had not said:—“Awake, thou that
and these only marvelled to see them
sleepest, and arise from the dead,
wrought. And other some there were
and Christ shall give thee light.”
which saw the works, and marvelled,
(Eph. v. 14.)
and understood them, and profited by
them. And it is as these last that we
Ezlghth Lesson. ought to be in the school of Christ.
E find written how the Lord raised Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
from the dead three persons JESUS went into a city called Nain ; *
visibly, but thousands invisibly. But and, behold, there was a dead man
how many they may have been whom carried out, the only son of his mother.
He raised visibly, who knoweth ? For Antifihon at the Song of the Blessed
all the things which He did are not Virgin. A great prophet is risen up
written. John saith thus :—“ There are among us; * and God hath visited
also many other things which JESUS His people.
did, the which, if they should be
written every one, I suppose that even
the world itself could not contain the
books that should be written.” (xxi. Sixtzznttj iLurtl’s Bag after
25.) There were then, doubtless, ismmust.
many more raised to life, but it is not
meaningless that three are recorded. Prayer.
For our Lord JESUS Christ hath willed LORD, we pray Thee that Thy grace
that those things which He did carnally, may always prevent and follow
we should understand also spiritually. us, and make us continually to be
He worked not miracles only for the given to all good works. Through
sake of working wonders, but that His our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
works might be at once wonderful to liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
them that beheld, and true to them unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
that understand them. world without end. Amen.
Lessons for the Third Noctnrn. Elisha slew and gave unto the people.
(3 Kings xix. 21.) Neither can he
Seventh Lesson. win it which hath married a wife and
The Lesson is taken from the Holy therefore cannot come, for “he that is
Gospel according to Luke (xiv. 1.) unmarried careth for the things that
belong to the Lord, how he may
AT that time: As JESUS went into please the Lord; but he that is
the house of one of the chief married careth for the things that are
Pharisees, to eat bread on the of the world, how he may please his
Sabbath-day, they watched Him. wife.” (1 Cor. vii. 32, 33.) Not that
And, behold, there was a certain man this is to be taken for blame of
before Him, which had the dropsy. marriage, but only that virginity is the
And so on. more honourable way, since “the un
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop [of married woman”—and the widow
Milan] (Bk. vii. on Luke xiv.) “careth for the things of the Lord,
that she may be holy both in body
Now is healed this man sick of the and in spirit.” (34.)
dropsy, in whom too much watery
matter had well-nigh drowned the
functions of life, and quenched the Ninth Lesson.
fire of understanding. Anon, a lesson BUT in all fairness, having thus
is given in lowly-mindedness, when it spoken concerning widows, let
is forbidden to the guests at a mar us betake ourselves again among the
riage feast to go and sit down unasked married, and join with them in enter
in the highest room, albeit the Lord taining the opinion which is held by
spake gently, that the teaching of so many, that there are only three
courtesy might forestall a harsh rebuke, classes of men who are shut out from
reason prevail by dint of persuasion, the great supper named in the gospel,
and the desires be bent to follow the which three classes are Heathens,
instruction. And upon this, as next Jews, and Heretics. And therefore it
door neighbour, cometh courtesy, which is that the Apostle warneth us that we
is so called by the Lord, when it is “walk not as other Gentiles walk," in
shown to the poor and weak, since to malice and bitterness, and uncleanness,
show it to them from whom we are to [and covetousness, and so have no
receive aught, is but a movement of entry into the kingdom of Christ, since
self-interest. “no unclean person, nor covetous man,
who is an idolater, hath any inherit
Eighth Lesson. ance in the kingdom of Christ and of
LASTLY, as to a soldier'that hath God.” (Eph. iv. 17, v. 5.)
served his full time, is appor A ntiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
tioned a reward for esteeming lightly
As JESUS went into the house * of one
of riches: so he only can inherit the
of the chief Pharisees, to eat bread on
kingdom of God, whose soul is not the Sabbath Day, behold, there was a
given to seek after lower ends, and
certain man before Him which had the
who purchaseth not to himself earthly
dropsy; and He took him, and healed
possessions; whereas the Lord saith:
him, and let him go.
“ Sell that thou hast, and follow Me."
(Matth. xix. 21.) Neither can he A nlzlnhon at the Song of the Blessed
gain it that buyeth oxen, which beasts Virgin. When thou art bidden * of
any man to a wedding, go and sit law, not wishing to learn, but to lay
down in the lowest room, that he that a snare. This person therefore pro
bade thee may say: Friend, go up posed the question: “Which is the
higher,—then shalt thou have worship great commandment in the law?”
in the presence of them that sit at The first and great commandment is :
meat with thee. Alleluia. “Thou shalt love the LORD thy God,”
but they expected that He would make
some exception or addition to this in
His Own case, since He made Himself
God. (John x. 33.) With this ex
Szhenteenti] iturh’s Day after pectation they asked Him the quest
ion; but what said Christ? To show
iBzntetust. that they had adopted this course,
Prayer. because they were loveless, and sick
with envy, He answered: “ Thou shalt
LORD, we beseech Thee, grant Thy love the Lord thy God with all thy
people grace to withstand the heart, and with all thy soul, and with
temptations of the devil, and with all thy mind. This is the first and.
pure hearts to follow Thee the only great commandment. And the second
God. Through our Lord JESUS Christ is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth neighbour as thyself.”
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy
Ghost, one God, world without end. Ezlghth Lesson. ‘
Amen.
HY is this second commandment
like unto the first? Because
the first is the second’s source and
Seventh Lesson. sanction. “ For every one that doeth
evil hateth the light, neither cometh to
The Lesson is taken from the Holy the light.” (John iii. 20.) And
Gospel according to Matthew (xxii. again: “The fool hath said in his
35-) heart: There is no God ”—and there
followeth: “They are corrupt, and
T that time: the Pharisees came
become abominable in their works.”
unto JESUS, and one of them,
(Ps. xiii. I.) And yet again: “The
which was a lawyer, asked Him a
love of money is the root of all evil;
question, tempting Him, saying:
which while some coveted after, they
Master, which is the great command
have erred from the faith.” (I Tim.
ment in the Law? And so on.
vi. 10.) And yet once more: “If ye
Homily by St John Chrysostom, love Me,. keep My commandments,”
Patriarch [of Constantinople] (72nd (John xiv. 15,)—0f which command
on Matthew.) ments the head and root is: “Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God ; and thy
When the Pharisees had heard that neighbour as thyself.”
Christ had put the Sadducees to silence,
they gathered themselves together for
Ninth Lesson.
a fresh attack; just when it behoved
them to be quiet, they willed to con IF, therefore, to love God is to love
tend; and so they put forward one of our neighbour also, (as it appear
themselves who professed skill in the eth where it is written: “ Simon, son
of Jonas, lovest thou Me? And he much as without Thee we are not
said unto Him: Lord, Thou knowest able to please Thee. Through our
all things; Thou knowest that I love Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
Thee. JESUS saith unto him: Feed liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
My sheep,” John xxi. I7,)—and if unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
“love is the fulfilling of the law,” world without end. Amen.
(Rom. xiii. 10,) justly doth the Lord
say that “on these'two command
ments hang all the law and the Lessons for the Third Nocturn.
Prophets.” And even as when, before Seventh Lesson.
this, (2 3-32,) being interrogated about
the Resurrection, He answered them The Lesson is taken from the Holy
more than they asked, so, now, being Gospel according to Matthew (ix. I.)
interrogated concerning the first and
great commandment, He answereth T that time: JESUS entered into a
them, of His own accord, touching ship, and passed over, and came
that second one also, which is little into His own city. And so on.
lower than the first, for “the second
is like unto it.” Herein He would Homily by St Peter Chrysologus,
have them understand that it was Archbishop [of Ravenna.] (Sermon
hatred stirred them up to question 50-)
Him. For “Charity,” saith the This day’s reading hath shown us
Apostle, “envieth not.” (I Cor. an instance of how Christ, in those
xiii. 4.) things which He did as Man, worked
A ntzphon at the Song qf Zaeharz'as. deep works of God, and by things
which were seen wrought things which
Master, which is the great command
ment * in the law? JESUS said unto were not seen. The Evangelist saith :
him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy JESUS “entered into a ship, and passed
God with all thy heart. Alleluia. over, and came into His Own city.”
Was not This He Who had once
Antz'phon at the Song of the Blessed parted the waves hither and thither,
Virgin. What think ye of Christ? and made the dry ground appear at
Whose Son is He? * They say all the bottom of the sea, so that His
unto Him : The Son of David. JESUS people Israél passed dry-shod between
saith unto them : How then doth David masses of water standing still, as
in spirit call Him Lord, saying, The through an hollow glen in a moun
Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at tain? Was not This He Who made
My right hand P the depths of the sea solid under the
feet of Peter, so that the watery path
offered a firm way for human footsteps ?
Eighteenth ZLurh’s Eag after EzZghth Lesson.

iBmtmst. HEREFORE then denied He
unto Himselfa like service from
Prayer.
the sea, but crossed over that narrow
MERCIFULLY grant, 0 Lord, that lake at the cost of a voyage on ship
Thine effectual goodness may board? “ He entered into a ship, and
in all things direct our hearts, foras passed over.” What wonder, my
brethren? Christ came to take our Ntnztzzntlj item’s Day after

weakness upon Him, that He might
make us partakers of His strength; iBzntztust.
to seek the things of men, that He
might give to men the things of God; Prayer.
to receive insults, that He might
ALMIGHTY and most merciful
bestow honours; to bear weariness,
God, of Thy bountiful goodness
that He might grant rest; for the
keep us, we beseech Thee, from all
physician that is himself beset by no
things that may hurt us ; that we, be
frailties, knoweth not how to treat the
ing ready both in body and soul, may
frailties of others, nor he that is not
cheerfully accomplish those things that
weak with the weak, how to make the
Thou wouldest have done. Through
weak strong.
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
Ninth Lesson. unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
HEREFORE, if Christ had abode world without end. Amen.
still in His strength, He had in
no wise been a fellow of men; if in Lessons for the Third A’octurn.
Him Flesh had not run the way of
flesh, then had it been idle for Him Seventh Lesson.
to have taken Flesh at all. “He
entered into a ship, and passed over, The Lesson is taken from the Holy
and came into His Own city.” The Gospel according to Matthew (xxii.
Lord, the Maker of the world, and of 1.)
all things that are therein, having been
pleased for our sakes to prison Him T that time: JESUS spake'by
self in our flesh, began to have an parables unto the chief priests
human home, and to be a citizen of and Pharisees, and said: The king
a Jewish city; Himself the Father dom of heaven is like unto a certain
of all, to have parents; and all, that king, which made a marriage for his
His love might invite, His charity son. And so on.
draw, His tenderness bind, His gentle
ness persuade them whom His King
Great] (38th on the Gospels.)
ship had scared, His awfulness scat
tered, and His power terrified out of I remember that I have often said
His dominion. that, in the Holy Gospel, the Church
A ntiphon at the Songr of Zacharias. as she now is, is called the kingdom
of heaven, for the kingdom of heaven
The Lord said unto the sick * of the
is indeed the assembly of the righteous.
palsy : Son, be of good cheer ; thy sins
The Lord hath said by the mouth of
be forgiven thee.
His Prophet: “The heaven is My
A ntiphon at the Songr of the Blessed throne.” (Isa. lxvi. 1.) Solomon saith:
Virgin. And immediately, he that “The throne of wisdom is the soul
had been sick of the palsy arose, * and of the righteous.”1 And Paul saith
took up his bed whereon he lay, glorify that Christ is “the power of God and
ing God ; and all the people, when the wisdom of God." (I Cor. i. 24.)
they saw it, gave praise to God. From these passages we may clearly
1 No such passage exists in the present edition of the Sapiential books.
gather that if wisdom be God, and blasphemy of saying that He is com
wisdom’s throne be the soul of the pounded of two persons. It will
righteous, and God’s throne be the therefore be clearer and safer to say
heaven, then the soul of the righteous that the marriage which the Father
is heaven. Hence also the Psalmist made for His Royal Son was the
saith, speaking of holy preachers: wedding Him, through the mystery of
“The heavens declare the glory of the Incarnation, to His mystic Bride
God.” (xviii. 2.) the Holy Church. The womb of the
Maiden Mother was the marriage
chamber in which this union took
EZffil/Z Lesson. place. Hence it is that the Psalmist
saith: “In the sun hath He set His
THE kingdom of heaven, therefore,
is the Church of the righteous,
tabernacle, Who is as a bridegroom
even of them whose hearts seek not coming out of his chamber.” (xviii.
6.2)
for anything upon earth, but who sigh
so continually after the things which are
above, that God doth already reign in A ntz‘p/mn at Me Song,7 of Zae/zarz'as.
them as He doth in heaven. Let it Tell them which are bidden: * Be
then be said, “ The kingdom of heaven hold, I have prepared my dinner;
is like unto a certain king, which Come unto the marriage. Alleluia.
made a marriage for his son. Ye
already understand, my loving friends,1 A ntzlzélzon at the Song qf the Blessed
who is that Royal Father of a Royal Virgin. And the King came in * to
Son. It is indeed no other than He see the guests; and he saw there a
to Whom the Psalmist saith: “Give man which had not on a wedding
the King Thy judgments, O God, and garment. And he saith unto him:
Thy righteousness unto the King’s Friend, how camest thou in hither, not
son.” (lxxi. 2.) “Which made a having a wedding garment?
marriage for his son.” God the Father
made a marriage for God the Son,
when He wedded Him to the man
hood in the womb of the Virgin, when
He willed that He Who is God before
all ages, should in the end of the ages
Ementittb ZLurh’s Bag aftzr
become Man.
I fientztust.
Nz'nl/z Lesson. Prayer.
THE marriage union is the union of GRANT, we beseech Thee, O Lord,

two persons, but God forbid that to Thy faithful people pardon
we should imagine that the One Per and peace, that they may be cleansed
son of our Redeemer JESUS Christ, from all their sins, and serve Thee
Who is both God and Man, is formed with a quiet mind. Through our Lord
by a union of an human person with JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
a Divine Person. We profess con and reigneth with Thee, in the unity
cerning Him that He is of, and in of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
two natures, but we shrink from the without end. Amen.
1 lntelligit charitas vestra. 2 Alexandrian version.
334 PRAY ERS, HOMILIES, AN D
Lessons for the Third Noeturn. everywhere. He believed not there—

fore enough in Christ, for he thought
Seventh Lesson. that He could not heal unless He were
The Lesson is taken from the Holy bodily present. Had his faith been
Gospel according to John (iv. 46.) perfect, he would doubtless have known
that God is everywhere.
T that time: There was a certain
nobleman, whose son was sick Ninth Lesson.
at Capernaum. And so on.
H IS was therefore a grievously im
Homily by Pope St Gregory [the perfect faith, in attributing the
Great.] (28th on the Gospels.) virtue not to Christ’s Majesty, but to
His bodily presence. Thus it was
Y brethren ; the passage from the
that his faith was still unsound, even
I Holy Gospel, which ye have
while he was asking for his son’s
just now heard, standeth in need of
health. For, though he believed con
no explanation. But lest I should
cerning Him unto Whom he came
seem to pass the same by in idle
that He was mighty to save, yet he
silence, I will say somewhat thereon,
thought also that at that moment He
but that rather by way of exhortation
was absent from his dying child. But
than of explanation. Indeed, there
the Lord, being asked to go, showed
seemeth to me to be but one point
that, wherever He is called on, He is
which calleth for explanation, and that
there, and being He Who, by a simple
point is this: Wherefore was it that
act of will, brought all things into
when the nobleman went unto the
being, gave health by a simple
Lord, and besought Him that He
command.
would come down and heal his son,
“JESUS said unto him: Except ye A ntiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
see signs and wonders, ye will not There was a certain nobleman whose
believe "P The very fact that he had son was sick * at‘Capernaum. When
come to beseech Christ to heal his he heard that JESUS was come into
son, putteth it beyond all doubt that Galilee, he besought Him that He
this nobleman believed; if he had not would heal his son.
believed Him to be a Saviour, he
would not have asked Him to save his A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed
son. Wherefore then “said JESUS Virgin. So the father knew * that it
unto him: Except ye see signs and was at the same hour in the which
wonders, ye will not believe ”—since JESUS said : Thy son liveth. And him
he was one who had not seen, and yet self believed, and his whole house.
had believed P
Eighth Lesson.
Ementyfi'rst ZLurh’s llBag after
UT bethink you what was his
prayer, and then shall ye under iBzntzmst.
stand clearly wherein his faith was
Prayer.
shaky. He “besought Him that He
would come down and heal his son.” 0RD, we beseech Thee to keep
He asked for the bodily presence of Thine household in continual
Him Who is spiritually always present godliness, that, through Thy protec
I
tion, it may be free from all adversities, lege, our sin, great like a debt of ten
and devoutly given to serve Thee in thousand talents, would be forgiven us
good works, to the glory of Thy Name. in answer to prayer, if we also from
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy our heart forgive our brethren their
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with trespasses against us. But if we refuse
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, to forgive a slight, and keep up un
one God, world without end. Amen. ceasing enmity because of an unkind
word, how just doth it appear that we
should be cast into prison, and entail
on ourselves, by the example of our
Seventh Lesson. own deeds, that our great debt should
not be forgiven unto us.
Gospel according to Matthew (xviii. Ninth Lesson.
. 23.)
“ O likewise shall My heavenly
T that time: JESUS spake unto Father do also unto you, if ye
His disciples this parable: The from your hearts forgive not every one
kingdom of heaven is likened unto a his brother their trespasses.” God’s
certain king, which would take account awful purpose can be turned and
of his servants. And so on. changed; but if we will not forgive
unto our brethren small things, God
Homily by St Jerome, Priest [at
will not forgive us great things. And
Bethlehem.] (Bh. iii. Comment. on
if we forgive them, it must be from
Matth. xviii.)
our hearts. Any one can say:——I have
It is a way much in use with the nothing against such-an-one ; he know
Syrians, and especially with the inhab eth what he hath done, and God will
itants of Palestine, to illustrate their judge him for it; I do not care what
discourse with parables, that what their he doeth; I have forgiven him. But
hearers may not be able to catch so the Lord maketh His sentence clear,
easily when spoken plainly, they may and destroyeth such a mockery of
lay hold on by dint of comparisons and peace as this, where He saith: “So
examples. Thus it was that the Lord, likewise shall My heavenly Father do
by an allegory about a Royal master also unto you, if ye from your hearts
and a servant who owed him ten thou forgive not every one his brother their
sand talents, and who obtained by en trespasses.”
treaty forgiveness of the debt, taught
A ntiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
Peter how it was his duty to forgive
The lord said unto his servant: Pay
his fellow-servants their comparatively
me * that thou owest. But the servant
trifling offences. For if that Royal
fell down and besought him, saying:
master so readily forgave his servant
Have patience with me, and I will pay
his debt of ten thousand talents, should
thee all.
not his servants much more forgive
lesser debts unto their fellows? A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed
Virgin. O thou wicked servant, I
Eighth Lesson. forgave thee all * that debt, because
thou desiredst me. Shouldest not thou
TO put this more clearly, let us take also have had compassion on thy
a case. If one of us were to fellow-servant, even as I had pity on
commit adultery, or murder, or sacri thee? Alleluia.
336 PRAYERS, HOMlLIES, AND
Emmtgmzmnh iLurh’s 319219 namely :—“ Is it lawful to give tribute

unto Caesar or not ? ”
after iBzntmst.
Prayer. Eighth Lesson.
“ BUT JESUS perceived their wicked

0 GOD, our Refuge and Strength,
ness,”—for in sooth there is
Who art the author of all godli
nothing hidden in the heart of man,
ness, be ready, we beseech Thee, to
but what God seeth it,--“and said:
hear the devout prayers of Thy Church,
Why tempt ye Me, ye hypocrites?
and grant that those things which we
Show Me the tribute-money. And they
ask faithfully, we may obtain effectual
brought unto Him a penny. And
ly. Through our Lord Jasus Christ,
He saith unto them: Whose is this
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
image and superscription? They say
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
unto Him: Caesar’s. Then saith He
one God, world without end. Amen.
unto them: Render therefore unto
Caesar the things which are Caesar’s,
Lessons for the Third Nooturn. and unto God the things that are
God’s.” How wonderful is this an
Seventh Lesson. swer! How perfect the fulfilment of
the Divine Law herein prescribed!
The Lesson is taken from the Holy So beautifully doth He here strike
Gospel according to Matthew (xxii. the balance between caring not for
15») the things of the world, on the one
hand, and the offence of injuring
T that time: The Pharisees went Caesar, on the other, that He proveth
and took counsel how they might the perfect freedom of minds, how
entangle JESUS in His talk. And so ever devoted to God, to discharge
on. all human cares and duties, by com
manding them to render unto Caesar
Homily by St Hilary, Bishop [of
the things which are Caesar’s.
Poitiers.] (Comm. on Matth. Can.
23-)
Ninth Lesson.
The Pharisees had oftentimes been
put to confusion, and were not able to I F we have nothing which is Caesar’s,
find any ground to accuse Him out of then we have nothing which we
anything that He had hitherto said or are bound to render unto him. But
done. His words and works are, of if we are concerned with the things
necessity, faultless, but still, from which are his, if we are entrusted by
spite, they set themselves to seek in him with the use of delegated power,
every direction for some cause to ac if we are subject to him as paid ser
cuse Him. He was calling all to vants to take care of property which
turn away from the corruptions of the is not our own, there can be no dis
world, and the superstitious practices pute but that it is our duty to render
of devotion invented by men, and to unto Caesar the things which are
fix their hopes upon the kingdom of Caesar’s. But unto God all of us
heaven. They therefore arranged a are bound always to render the things
question calculated to entrap Him into that are God’s, that is to say, our
an offence against civil government, body, soul, and will. These are
things which we hold from Him, Lessons for the Third Nocturn.
and whereof He is the Author and
Maker. It is therefore simply just Seventh Lesson.
that they, who acknowledge that they
owe to Him their being and creation,
Gospel according to Matthew (ix.
should render to Him all that they
18.)
are.
T that time: While Jesus spake
A ntiphon at the Song of Zacharias. these things unto the multitudes,
Master, we know that Thou art true, * behold, there came a certain ruler,
and teachest the way of God in truth. and worshipped Him, saying: Lord,
Alleluia. my daughter is even now dead. And
so on.
Antiohon at the Song of the Blessed
Virgin. Render therefore unto Caesar Homily by St Jerome, Priest [at
the things which are Caesar’s, * and Bethlehem.] (Bk. i. Comment. on
unto God the things that are God’s. Matth. ix.)
Alleluia.
The eighth miracle took place upon
Note. If there should be only the occasion when a certain ruler, de
twenty-three Sundays after Pentecost, siring not to be kept out of the mys
then the following-Ofiice will be used tery of the true circumcision, besought
on the Saturday before the Twenty Christ to recall his daughter to life.
third, or if the Saturday be occupied But a woman, which was diseased
by an Oflice of Nine Lessons, then on with an issue of blood, thrust herself
the nearest preceding day not so occu in, and her cure occupieth the eighth
pied; but, failing any such day in the place, so that the resurrection of the
week beginning on the Twenty-second ruler’s daughter is postponed and
Sunday, the di¢laced Qfiice will be made the ninth in enumeration—
commemorated on the Saturday. See even as it is written in the Psalms:
the Pye, ch. iv. section 4. “Aithiopia shall soon stretch forth
her hands unto God.” (lxvii. 32.)
And again: “Blindness in part is
happened to lsraél, until the fulness
of the Gentiles is come in; and so
@Ihuentgnhtrh iLurh’s Day all Israel shall be saved.” (Rom. xi.
after iBeutecust. 25, 26.)
Eighth Lesson.
Prayer.
“AND, behold, a woman, which
0 LORD, we beseech Thee, absolve was diseased with an issue
Thy people from their offences, of blood, twelve years, came behind
that through Thy bountiful goodness Him, and touched the hem of His
we may all be delivered from the garment.” In the Gospel according
bands of those sins, which by our to Luke (viii. 42) it is written that
frailty we have committed. Through the ruler’s daughter was about twelve
our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who years of age. Note therefore that
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the this woman, who typifies the Gentiles,
unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, had been diseased for the same time
world without end. Amen. that the Jewish nation, typified by
the ruler’s daughter, had been living 27th from the 6th, the 26th from the
in faith. We see not clearly the 5th, the 25th from the 4th, and the
hideousness of evil, until we compare 24th from the 3rd.
it with good.
Ninth Lesson.
@3132 iLuttl’s Bag next infuse
HIS woman with the issue of
blood came not to the Lord Qhfient.
in an house or in a city, for such as
she were by the Law banished out Prayer.
of cities, (Lev. xv. 25,) but in the STIR up, we beseech Thee, O
way, as He walked; so that the Lord Lord, the wills of Thy faithful
healed one, even while He was on people, that they, plenteously bring
the road to heal another. Whence ing forth the fruit of good works,
also the Apostles said: It was neces may of Thee be plenteously rewarded.
sary that the word of God should Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
first have been spoken to you: but, Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
seeing ye put it from you, and judge Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, one God, world without end. Amen.
10, we turn to the Gentiles.” (Acts
xiii. 46.)
Lessons for the Third Noeturn.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Seventh Lesson.
For she said within herself: * If I
may but touch the hem of His gar The Lesson is taken from the Holy
ment, I shall be whole. Gospel according to Matthew (xxiv.
15-)
' A ntiohon at the Songr of the Blessed
Virgin. But JESUS turned Him about, AT that time: JESUS said unto His
* and when He saw her, He said: disciples: When ye shall see
Daughter, be of good comfort; thy the abomination of desolation, spoken
faith hath made thee-whole. Alleluia. of by Daniel the Prophet, stand in
the Holy Place,-—(whoso readeth, let
Note. The next Ofiiee is invari him understand,)—-And so on.
ahly used upon the 'Sunday next he
fore Advent, {f therefore there he Bethlehem.] (Bh. iv. Comm. on
more than 24 Sundays after Pente
Matth. xxiv.)
cost, the super-abundant Sundays are
furnished with Ofiiees taken from the This injunction to whoso readeth,
Sundays omitted after the Epithany, to understand, showeth that there
thus: If there he 25 Sundays after is here something mysterious. In
Pentecost, the Ofiite of the 24th will Daniel we read as followeth: “And
be taken from the 6th Sunday after in the midst of the week the sacrifice
the Epiohany; zf 26, the 25th will and the oblations shall be taken away;
be taken from the 6th, and the 24th , and in the temple there shall be the
from the 5th; 27, the 26th from abomination of desolation, even until
the 6th, the 25th from the 5th, and the consummation of the time; and
the 24th from the 4th; if 28, the a consummation shall be given to the
desolation.”1 (ix. 27.) It is of this and all guise of Iewish superstition,
same thing that the Apostle speaketh, and to hie us unto the everlasting
when he saith 2 that a man of iniquity, hills, from whence God cloth right
even an adversary, shall be exalted wondrously cause His light to shine
against whatsoever is called God, or forth. (Ps. lxxv. 5.) Then will it be
is worshipped: so that he shall even our duty to find ourselves under a roof
dare to stand in the temple of God, and in an house, wherethrough the
and to show himself as God; whose fiery darts of the wicked one can
coming shall, according to the working never pierce to smite us, and not to
of Satan, destroy and 3banish away come down to take anything out of the
from God all who shall receive him. house of our old conversation, or to
have regard unto those things which
Ezlg/ztlz Lemon. are behind; but rather to sow in the
field of the spiritual Scriptures, that
THIS prophecy may be understood we may reap thereof a bountiful har
either (first) simply of Antichrist, vest; neither to have two coats, that
(secondly) of the statue of Caesar, thing forbidden to Apostles. (Matth.
which Pilate set up in the Temple, 0r x. 10.)
(thirdly) of the statue of Hadrian on
horse-back,4 which hath stood, even Antz'p/mn at the Song qf Zae/zarz'as.
until our own day, upon the site of the When ye shall see the abomination of
Holy of Holies. In the Scriptures of desolation, * spoken of by Daniel the
the Old Testament “abomination” is Prophet, stand in the Holy Place,—
a word very often used for an idol, and (whoso readeth, let him understand)—
the farther title “of desolation ” is A m‘z'p/um at Me Song qf t/ze Blessed
added to identify an idol erected upon Virgin. Amen I say unto you, this
the site of the desolate and ruined generation shall not pass till all these
temple. things be fulfilled : * heaven and earth
[Vin/l: Lesson. shall pass away, but My words shall
not pass away, saith the Lord.
UT we may also understand by the
abomination of desolation, any
bad doctrine; and when we see such
a thing get a standing in the Holy
Place,-—that is, in the Church,—-and @fit'rb éunbag after tBe Gpip$ang.
showing itself that it is God,—that is, Prayer.
pretending that it is His revealed
truth,—then will be the time when it ALMIGHTY and everlasting God,
will be our duty to flee from Judea mercifully look upon our infirm
into the mountains,—that is to say, to ities, and in all our dangers and neces
leave the letter, which passeth away, sities stretch forth the right hand of
1 This quotation does not accord with the present authorised Latin Bible, where the passage
runs thus: “And in the midst of the week victim and sacrifice shall fail; and in the temple
there shall be the abomination of desolation; and the desolation shall last until the consum
mation and the end.”
2 The rest of this Lesson is a sort of allusion to, rather than even a loose quotation from,
2 Thess. ii., with which however it does not quite agree even in sense.
3 Ad Dei solitudinem redigat. There is no such phrase in St Paul.
4 But St Jerome himself mentions (Com. on Isa. ii. 8) that Hadrian set up on the desolated
site of the Temple an idol of Jupiter Capitolinus, and to this it would seem more natural to
apply the text than to the mere historical statue of the Emperor. The idol was removed under
Constantine.
Thy Majesty to help and defend us. might confirm in the hearers the truth
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy of the teaching that had gone before.
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with “Lord, if Thou wilt, Thou canst
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, make me clean.” He that prayeth
One God, world without end. Amen. the Lord to have the will, doubteth
not but that He hath the power.
Lessons for the Third Nocturn. “And JESUS put forth His Hand,
and touched him, saying: I will; be
Seventh Lesson. thou clean.” As soon as the Lord
put forth His Hand the leprosy de
parted. Let us remark how lowly and
Gospel according to Matthew
unbragging is the Lord’s language.
(viii. I.) The leper had said, “If Thou wilt ;”
T that time: When JESUS was the Lord answereth, “I will.” The
come down from the mountain, leper, “Thou canst make me clean,”
great multitudes followed Him: and, —the Lord, “Be thou clean.” Most
behold, there came a leper and wor Latin readers, misled by the identity
shipped Him. And so on. of form in that language between the
Present Infinitive Active and the
Homily by St Jerome, Priest [at Second Person Singular Present Im
Bethlehem.] (Bk. i. Comm. on Matth. perative Passive of the Verb, read
viii.) Christ’s answer as if it were, “I will
to make thee clean.” This is wrong.
When the Lord was come down
The sentences are separate. First
from the mountain, great multitudes
cometh the expression of volition, “I
followed Him. They were not able
will,” then the command, “Be thou
to follow Him when He went up.
clean.”
And first there came a leper. This
poor creature’s disease had prevented JVinth Lesson.
him from hearing the Saviour’s long
sermon on the Mount. Let it be “AND JESUS saith unto him: See
noted that he is the first person thou tell no man.” What
specially named as being healed. need was there to tell what his body
The second was the Centurion’s ser showed ?
vant; the third was Peter’s wife’s “But go thy way, show thyself to
mother, who was sick of a fever at the Priest.” There were divers reasons
Capernaum; the fourth were they why Christ should send him to the
who were brought unto Christ as Priest. First, for humility’s sake, that
being troubled with evil spirits, from He might show reverence to God’s
whom He, by His word, cast out the Priest. Then there was a command
evil spirits, at the same time that in the law, that they that were cleansed
He healed all that were sick. of leprosy, should make an offering to
the Priests. Moreover, that, when the
Priests saw the leper cleansed, they
Eighth Lesson.
might either believe in the Saviour, or
“ AND, behold, there came a leper, refuse to believe ; if they believed, that
and worshipped Him, say they might be saved, and, if they
ing:—” Properly after preaching believed not, that they might have no
and doctrine cometh occasion for a excuse. Lastly, that He might give
sign, that the power of the miracle no ground for the accusation, that was
so often brought against Him, that He by the waves: but He was asleep.
was unobservant of the law. And so on.
A ntiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
When JESUS was come down from the Bethlehem.] (Bk. i. Comm. on Matth.
mountain, * behold, there came a leper, viii.)
and worshipped Him, saying: Lord, if The fifth sign that He did was
Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean. when He took ship at Capernaum, and
And JESUS put forth His Hand, and commanded the winds and the sea:
touched him, saying: I will; be thou the sixth, when, in the country of the
clean. Gergesenes, He suffered the devils to
enter into the swine: the seventh,
A ntz'phon at the Song of the Blessed when, as He came into His own city,
Virgin. Lord, if Thou wilt, * Thou He cured the man sick of the palsy
canst make me clean: and JESUS saith lying on a bed. The first man sick
to him : I will ; be thou clean. of the palsy that He cured was the
centurion’s servant.
Eighth Lesson.
§ouvt$ 5101“? after the Gpipfiang. “BUT He was asleep; and His
disciples came to Him, and
Prayer. awoke Him, saying: Lord, save us.”
GOD, Who knowest us to be set There is a type of this in the history
in the midst of so many and of Jonah, who, when the storm arose,
great dangers, that, by reason of the was lying fast asleep, and whom the
frailty of our nature, we cannot always sailors woke to help them; who also
stand upright ; grant to us such health saved the sailors, by commanding
of mind and body, that by Thy them to throw him into the sea,
strength and protection we may over the said casting of him into the sea
come all evils, whereby for our sins being, as we know, a figure of Christ’s
we are justl-y afilicted. Through our Passion.
Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who “Then He arose and rebuked the
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the winds and the sea.” From these
unity of the Holy Ghost, One God, words we understand that all things,
world without end. Amen. which have been made, are sentient
to their Maker. All things which He
rebuketh or commandeth, hear His
Lessons for the Third Noelurn. voice. This is not the error of the
heretics who will have it that every
Seventh Lesson.
thing is quick, but part of the majesty
The Lesson is taken from the Holy of the Creator, Who maketh to feel
Gospel according to Matthew (viii. Him things, which we cannot make
23.) to feel us.
AT that time : When JESUS was en

Ninth Lesson.
tered into a ship. His disciples
followed Him; and, behold, there “ BUT the men marvelled saying:
arose a great tempest in the sea, What manner of man is this,
insomuch that the ship was covered that even the winds and the sea obey
VOL. xv. M
Him ?” It was not His disciples that unto a man which sowed good seed
marvelled, but the sailors, and the in his field. And so on.
others that were in the ship. If, how
ever, any one willeth to withstand this Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of
our interpretation, and to maintain Hippo] (Qua'st. Evan. filatth. xi.,
that it was the disciples who marvelled, Bk. 4.)
we are ready to answer them, that When the Shepherds of the Church
they who knew not before the power wax careless, and since the Apostles
of the Saviour, deserved to be stripped sleep the sleep of death, cometh the
of the title of disciples, and to be called devil, and soweth them whom the
simply “the men.” Lord calleth “a seed of evil-doers.”
Antiohon at the Songr of Zacharias. Now, are these “seed of evil-doers”
When JESUS was entered into a ship, the heretics, or Catholics of bad lives ?
* there arose a great tempest in the It is possible to call even the heretics
sea: and His disciples awoke Him, a “seed of evil-doers,” because they
saying : Lord, save us : we perish. have sprung up from the seed of the
Gospel, and been begotten in the
A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed Name of Christ, though afterwards,
Virgin. Lord, save us : * we perish: they have turned after crooked ways,
give the word, 0 God, and let there and lying doctrines.
be a great calm!
Eighth Lesson.
BUT whereas it is written that they
stiff!) §unbag after the Epiphany. were sown in the midst of the
wheat, we ought haply to understand
Prayer. that they are of one communion with
the righteous. Nevertheless, foras
0 LORD, we beseech Thee to keep much as the Lord saith, “The field
Thy family continually in godli is the world,” (and not, the Church,)
ness, that they who do lean only upon we may well understand that the “ seed
the hope of Thine heavenly grace, may of evil-doers” are the heretics, since
evermore be defended by Thy mighty in this world they are mingled together
power. Through our Lord JESUS with the good, not in one common
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and Communion, but only under one
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of common name of Christian. But they
the Holy Ghost, one God, world with which are of one faith with the good
out end. Anzen. seed, and yet are themselves worthless,
may more fitly be likened to straw
Lessons for the Third Nocturn. than to tares, since the straw springeth
from one soil and one root with the
Seventh Lesson. good ean
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Ninth Lesson
Gospel according to Matthew (xiii.
HOWEVER, as touching the net
24.)
cast into the sea, and enclosing
AT that time: JESUS put forth un a great multitude of fishes, both bad
to the multitudes this parable: and good, we may well understand
The Kingdom of heaven is likened that by the bad are meant Catholics
of bad lives. For the sea is one thing, of mustard-seed, which a man took
whereby we may understand to be and sowed in his field. And so on.
signified the world; and the net
Homily by St~ Jerome, Priest [at
another, which seemeth to signify our
Bethlehem.] (Book ii. Comment. on
faith, or the Communion of one Church.
Matth. xiii.)
Between heretics and sinful Catholics
there is this ditference, that heretics The kingdom of heaven is the pro
believe a lie, and sinful Catholics be clamation of the Gospel, and that
lieve the truth, but live not as they knowledge of the Scriptures, which
believe. leadeth unto life, and whereof it is
said to the Jews, “The kingdom of
Antzjfihon at the Song of Zacharias. God shall be taken from you, and
Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in given to a nation bringing forth the
thy field? * From whence then hath fruits thereof.” (Matth. xxi. 43.) There
it tares? And he saith unto them: fore is this kingdom like to a grain of
An enemy hath done this. mustard-seed, which a man took and
Antz'phon at the Song of the Blessed sowed in his field. By the man that
Vzrgz'n. The master saith: Gather ye sowed it in his field, many understand
together first the tares, * and bind to he meant the Saviour, because He
them in bundles to burn them; but is the Sower That soweth in the souls
gather the wheat into my barn. of believers; others understand every
man that soweth good seed in his own
field, that is, in himself and in his
own heart.
éixtl} gunbag after tfie Gpt'ptiang. Ezlghth Lesson.

Prayer. H0 is he that soweth, but our
GRANT us, we beseech Thee, O own mind and soul, which take
Almighty God, ever to think the grain from preaching, and by
such things as be reasonable, and in nourishing it in the soil, cause it to
every word and work of ours, to do sprout in the field of our own breast?
always that is well pleasing in Thy The preaching of the Gospel is the
sight. Through our Lord JESUS least of all doctrines. He that
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and preacheth, for his first lesson, God
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of made man, Christ dead, and the
the Holy Ghost, One God, world with» stumbling-block of the Cross, receiveth
out end. Amen. at first but little credit. Compare
such teaching as this with the doctrines
of the Philosophers, with their books,
Lessons for the Third Nocturn. their magnificent eloquence, and their
rounded sentences, and thou shalt
Seventh Lesson.
see how the grain of the Gospel, when
The Lesson is taken from the Holy it is sown, is the humblest of all seeds.
Gospel according to Matthew (xiii.
31-) 1Vz'nth Lesson.
T that time: JESUS spake this UT when the doctrines of men
parable unto the multitude : The grow up, there is therein nothing
kingdom of heaven is like to a grain piercing, nothing healthy, nothing life
344 PRAYERS, HOMILIES, ETC., FOR SUNDAYS.
giving. The plant is drooping, and branches of the Gospel tree, which
delicate, and soft. There are herbs groweth from the grain of mustard
and grass whereof it may truly be said seed, are the divers developments of
that “the grass withereth and the doctrine, on which the birds above
flower fadeth.” (Isa. XI. 8.) But the mentioned find resting-places.
grain of Gospel seed, though, when
Antiohon at the Song of Zacharias.
it was sown, it seemed to be the least
The kingdom of heaven * is like to a
of all seeds, when once it is rooted
grain of mustard-seed, which is the
in the soul of man, or in the whole
least of all seeds, but, when it is
world, groweth not into an herb, but
grown, it is the greatest among herbs.
becometh a tree: so that the birds of
the air (whereby we may understand, Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed
either the souls of believers, or the Virgin. The kingdom of heaven * is
[angelic] powers bound to the service like unto leaven, which a woman took
of God,) come and lodge in the and hid in three measures of meal till
branches thereof. I consider that the the whole was leavened.
@132 Qtnmmnn of Qaints.
OFFICES FOR THE FEASTS OF THE SAINTS, ACCORDING TO THE
CLASS TO WHICH EACH SAINT BELONGS, AND COMMON TO
ALL THE SAINTS OF EACH CLASS RESPECTIVELY.
)I. Sapustlts’ films.

The Oflice is of the Week-day, hegins is the one object of all His com
at Mattins, and ends at None. What mandments, and all His command
is not of the Week-day and what is
not specially git/en in its own place ments are one? For, even as a tree,
is as follows. having but one root, bringeth forth
many branches, so, if the root be
First Lesson. love, many virtues do spring there
from. Neither is the branch of
The Lesson is taken from the Holy good works green, if it abide not
Gospel according to John (xv. 1 2.) in the root'of love.
AT that time: JESUS said to His Second Lesson.

disciples: This is My com
HEREFORE the command
mandment, That ye love one an
ments of the Lord are mani
other, as I have loved you. And
fold, and yet one. Manifold, indeed,
so on. by the diversity of working, but one,
Homily by Pope St Gregory [the as concerning the root of love. And
Great] (27th on the Gospels.) how it behoveth us to keep fast hold
on that root of love, we know from
All the holy words of the Lord Him, Who in sundry places of His
are full of His commandments. holy Scripture, moveth us to love
Why, then, speaketh the Lord of our friends in Him, and our ene
the commandment to love one an— mies for Him. He truly abideth
other as if He gave no other com in love, who loveth his friend in
mandment? “This,” saith He, “is God, and his enemy for God. For
My commandment, That ye love there are some who love their neigh
one another.” Is it not because love bour indeed, but by an affection
VOL. IV. N
346 THE COMMON OF SAINTS.
engendered of kinship and of the hateth us of old time, even while he

flesh: such love the Scripture for draweth our mind to love the things
biddeth not: but it is one thing to which are seen and temporal, rouseth
love our neighbour with that love up against us our neighbour who is
whereto nature doth freely move us, weaker than we are, to take from us
and another thing to love him with that which we love.
that love whereto we are obliged, if
we would do whatsoever the Lord Prayer at Lands and during the day.
commandeth us. RANT, we beseech Thee, 0 Al
mighty God, that the worship
Third Lesson. ful Feast of Thy blessed Apostle,
HE, then, that loveth his neigh [here insert the name of the Saint,]
bour naturally, loveth him in on the eve whereof we now stand,
deed, but attaineth not unto that may avail us to the increase both of
great reward of love, for he loveth godliness toward Thee, and of health
him, not after the spirit, but after the to our own souls. Through our
flesh. Therefore, when the Lord Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
saith: “This is My commandment, liveth and reigneth with Thee, in
That ye love one another,” He saith the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
also, “as I have loved you,”——even God, world without end. Amen.
as though He said openly, “Love On the eve of St Matthew (Sept. 20)
ye one another, with that aim where is said, “Thy blessed Apostle and Evan
gelist Matthew.” The Long Preoes are
with I have loved you.” And in said at Lands and Prime, and the
this matter, dearly beloved brethren, corresponding short ones at Teree, Sext,
it behoveth us to watch ; for he that and None, kneeling.
H. for apostles anti Ebangehsts.

Everything as on Sundays except Answer. And their words to the
what is otherwise given here. ends of the world.
FIRST VESPERS. Virgin. 2For they will deliver you
up to the councils, and they will
A ntzlfihons, Chapter, and Hymn from scourge you in their synagogues,
Lands. and ye shall be brought before kings
The Prayer is always Proper.
and governors for My sake, for a
testimony against them and the
Last Psalm. Gentiles.
MATTINS.
0 praise the LORD, &c., (Ps. cxvi.,
p. 186.) [nvitatory The Lord, He is the
Verse. 1 Their sound is gone out King of the Apostles. * O come, let
through all the earth. us worship Him !
1 Ps. xviii. 5. 2 Matth. x. 17, 18.
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS 347
Hymn.l * and night unto night showeth
HE Lord’s eternal gifts, knowledge.
The Apostles’ mighty praise, There is no speech nor language,
Their victories, and high reward, * where their voice is not heard.
Sing we in joyful lays. Their sound is gone out through
Lords of the Churches they; all the earth: * and their words to
Triumphant Chiefs of war ; the ends of the world.
Brave Soldiers of the Heavenly Camp ; He hath set His tabernacle in the
True Lights for evermore. sun :2 * which is as a bridegroom
Theirs was the Saint's high faith ; coming out of his chamber.
And quenchless hope’s pure glow ; He rejoiceth as a strong man to
And perfect charity, which laid run a race : * his going forth is from
The world’s fell tyrant low. the end of the heaven.
In them the Father shone ; And his circuit unto the ends of
In them the Son o’ercame: it: * and there is nothing hid from
In them the Holy Spirit wrought, the heat thereof.
And filled their hearts with flame. The law of the LORD is perfect,
Praise to the Father, Son, converting the soul : * the testimony
And Spirit, One and Three ; of the LORD is sure, making wise the
As evermore hath been before, simple.
And shall for ever be. Amen.
The statutes of the LORD are
right, rejoicing the heart: * the
FIRST NOCTURN. commandment of the LORD is clear,
Only three Psalms are said. giving light unto the eyes.
The fear of the LORD is holy,
First Antiphon. Their sound is enduring for ever and ever: *‘ the
gone out through all the earth, and judgments of the LORD are true,
their words to the ends of the world. righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than
Psalm XVIII. gold and store of precious stones,
[Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with the * sweeter also than honey and the
same further obscure superscription, as in honeycomb. '
Pss. xii. and xiii.]
Verily, Thy servant keepeth them :
THE heavens declare the glory * in keeping of them there is great
of God, * and the firmament reward.
showeth His handy-work. Who can understand his errors?
Day unto day uttereth speech, Cleanse Thou me from secret faults :
1 Part of an hymn by St Ambrose, or by one of the Ambrosian school; slightly altered;

translation by the Rev. E. Caswall.
2 So the LXX., as well as the Vulgate. Cf. I’s. cii. 19; ciii. 2, 3. The sense seems to
be that the physical source of the light and life of this system is represented as a kind of
celestial counterpart of the tabernacle, which was the centre of the Divine authority as re
vealed upon earth. The Hebrew, however, which is supported by St Jerome, reads, “In
them (i.e., the starry heavens) hath He set a tabernacle for the sun,” and this reading seems
to commend itself to Archbishop Kenrick, who suggests that the “tabernacle ” may signify
the region below the horizon, into which the sun retires nightly, as into a tent, to sleep, and
from which he issues in renewed glory every morning. Targum :—“ In them hath He set
splendour as a tabernacle for the sun.”
* preserve Thy servant also from me, * and delivered me from all my
the sins of others. distress.
If they get not dominion over me, Draw near unto Him, and be light
then shall I be undefiled: * and ened, * and your faces shall not be
I shall be cleansed from the great ashamed.
transgression. This poor man cried, and the
Let the words of my mouth, and LORD heard him, * and saved him
the meditation of mine heart, * be Out of all his troubles.
acceptable in Thy sight for ever, The angel of the LORD encampeth
0 LORD mine Helper, * and my round about them that fear Him, *
Redeemer! and delivereth them.
0 taste and see that the LORD is
Second Antiphon. The righteous
good: * blessed is the man that
cry, and the LORD heareth. trusteth in Him.
0 fear the LORD, all ye His Saints:
Psalm XXXI I l. * for there is no want to them that
[Intituled “Of David, when he changed fear Him.
his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove The mighty lack and suffer hunger:
him away and he departed.” This incident
is thus described in I Kings (Sam.) xxi. 10. * but they that seek the LORD shall
“And David arose and fled that day for fear not want any good thing.
of Saul, and went to Achish” (otherwise Come, ye children, hearken unto
called Abimelech) “ the King of Gath. And
the servants of Achish said unto him: Is me: * I will teach you the fear of
not this David the King of the land? Did the LORD.
they not sing one to another of him in What man is he that desireth life,
dances saying, ‘Saul hath slain his thou
sands, and David his ten thousands ’? And * that loveth to see good days?
David laid up these words in his heart, and Keep thy tongue from evil, * and
was sore afraid of Achish the King of Gath. thy lips from speaking guile.
And he changed his behaviour before them,
and feigned himself mad in their hands, Depart from evil and do good: *
and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and seek peace and pursue it.
let his spittle fall down upon his beard. The eyes of the LORD are upon
Then said Achish to his servants: L0, ye
see the man is mad; wherefore have you the righteous: * and His ears are
brought him to me? Have I need of mad open unto their cry.
men, that ye have brought this fellow to But the face of the LORD is against
play the madman in my presence? Shall
this fellow come into mine house? xxii. them that do evil, * to cut off the re
David therefore departed thence, and es membrance of them from the earth.
caped to the cave of Adullam.” This Psalm The righteous cry and the LORD
is A B C Darian.]
heareth, * and delivereth them out
WILL bless the LORD at all of all their troubles.
times: *‘ His praise shall con The LORD is nigh unto them that
tinually be in my mouth. are of a broken heart, * and saveth
My soul shall make her boast in such as be of a contrite spirit.
the LORD: * the humble shall hear Many are the afflictions of the
thereof, and be glad. righteous: * but the LORD will de
O magnify the LORD with me: * liver them out of all.
and let us exalt His Name together. The Lord keepeth all their bones:
I sought the LORD, and He heard * not one of them shall be broken.
FOR,AYPOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. 349
The death of sinners is grievous: and hated iniquity : * therefore, God,

* and they that hate the righteous thy God, hath anointed thee with the
shall be guilty. oil of gladness above thy fellows.
The LORD redeemeth the souls of Thy garments smell of myrrh, and
His servants: * and none of them aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory
that trust in Him shall be guilty. palaces, * whereby kings’ daughters
among thine honourable women have
T/zz'rd Antip/zan. Thou shalt made thee glad.
make them princes over all the Upon thy right hand did stand
earth: they shall be mindful of the queen in a vesture of gold, *
Thy Name, 0 Lord. bedecked with divers colours.
Psalm XLIV. sider, and incline thine ear: * for
[This Psalm has a long superscription, the get also thine own people, and thy
exact meaning of which is not now certain. father’s house:
It seems to have been a marriage-song writ
ten to be sung by the Korahites. The Tar And the King shall greatly de
gum ascribes it to the time of Moses, but it sire thy beauty: * for He is the
seems rather to belong to that of the Jewish Lord thy God,2 and Him shall they
Monarchy.]
worship.
MINE heart is overflowing with And the daughters of Tyre shall
a good matter: *‘ I speak of entreat thy favour * with gifts, even
my works unto the king. all the rich among the people.
My tongue is the pen * of a ready The King’s daughter is all glo
writer. rious within, * in a vesture of gold,
Thou art fairer than the children clad in divers colours.
of men, grace is poured into thy lips: After her shall virgins be brought
* therefore God hath blessed thee unto the King: * her fellows shall
for ever. be brought unto thee.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, ‘* With gladness and rejoicing shall
0 most mighty! they be brought : * they shall enter
In thy comeliness, and thy beauty, into the King’s palace.
* go forward, fare prosperously, and Instead of thy fathers shall be
reign, thy children: * thou shalt make
Because of truth, and meekness, them princes over all the earth.
and righteousness: * and thy right They shall be mindful of thy
hand shall lead thee wonderfully. name, * unto all generations.
Thine arrows are sharp— (the Therefore shall the people praise
people shall fall under thee)—* into thee for ever, * yea, for ever and ever.
the heart of the King’s enemies.
lThy throne, O God, is for ever Verse. Their sound is gone out
and ever: *‘ the sceptre of Thy through all the earth.
kingdom is a right sceptre. Answer. And their words to the
Thou hast loved righteousness, ends of the world.
bride, is, “ He is thy lord, and bow thou to him.” So also St Jerome.
Proper
The following
Lessons are
Lessons
assigned
are not
instead.
read written, that no one of you be puffed
up for one against another. For
who maketh thee to differ from an
First Lesson. other? And what hast thou that
The Lesson is taken from the First thou didst not receive? Now, if
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle thou didst receive it, why dost thou
Paul to the Corinthians (iv. 1.) glory, as if thou hadst not received
it? Now ye are full, now ye are
ET 3. man so account of us as of rich : ye have reigned as kings with
the ministers of Christ, and out us : and I would to God ye did
stewards of the mysteries of God. It reign, that we also might reign with
is required of stewards here, that a you. For I think that God hath set
man be found faithful. But with forth us the Apostles last, as it were
me it is a very small thing that I appointed to death : for we are made
should be judged of you, or of man’s a spectacle unto the world, and to
judgment: yea, I judge not mine Angels, and to men.
own self. For I know nothing
against myself: yet am I not here Second Responsory.
by justified: but He that judgeth
3Take My yoke upon you, saith
me is the Lord. Therefore judge
the Lord, and learn of Me, for I am
nothing before the time, until the
meek and lowly in heart; for My
Lord come: Who both will bring
to light the hidden things of dark yoke is easy, and My burden is
light.
ness, and will make manifest the
Verse. And ye shall find rest
counsels of the hearts: and then
unto your souls.
shall every man have praise of God.
Answer. For My yoke is easy,
and My burden is light.
First Responsory.
1 Behold, I send you forth as Third Lesson.
sheep in the midst of wolves, saith
E are fools for Christ’s sake,
the Lord; be ye therefore wise as
but ye are wise in Christ:
serpents, and harmless as doves. we are weak, but ye are strong: ye
Verse. 2While ye have light, be
are honourable, but we are despised.
lieve in the light, that ye may be the
Even unto this present hour we both
children of light.
hunger, and thirst, and are naked,
Answer. Be ye therefore wise as
and are buffeted, and have no cer
serpents, and harmless as doves.
tain dwelling- place, and labour,
working with our own hands: being
Second Lesson.
reviled, we bless: being persecuted,
AND these things, brethren, I we suffer it : being defamed, we en
have in a figure transferred treat: we are made as the filth of
to myself and to Apollos for your the earth, and are the off-scouring of
sakes, that ye might learn in us not all things unto this day. I write not
to think of men above that which is these things to shame you, but as
X Matth. x. 16. John xii. 36. 3 Matth. xi. 29.
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. 35I
my beloved sons, I warn you. For He hath chosen His own inheri
though ye have ten thousand in tance for us, * the excellency of
structors in Christ; yet have ye not Jacob, whom He loved.‘2
many fathers. For in Christ JESUS God is gone up with a shout, *
I have begotten you through the and the LORD with the sound of a
Gospel. trumpet.
Third Responsory. Sing praises to our God, sing
praises: * sing praises unto our
1 When ye stand before kings and King, sing praises.
governors, take no thought how or For God is the King of all the
what ye shall speak; for it shall be earth: * sing ye praises with under
given you in that same hour, what standing.
ye shall speak. God reigneth over the heathen:
Verse. For it is not ye that * God sitteth upon the throne of
speak, but the Spirit of your Father, His holiness.
Which speaketh in you. The princes of the people are
Answer. For it shall be given gathered together with the God of
you in that same hour, what ye Abraham: * for the mighty ones
shall speak. of the earth are greatly exalted.
and to the Son, and to the Holy Second Antiphon. Thou hast
Ghost. given the heritage to those that
Answer. For it shall be given fear Thy Name, 0 Lord.
you in that same hour, what ye
shall speak. Psalm LX.
[Intituled “of David." It has also a
SECOND NOCTURN. musical (P) superscription now of uncertain
meaning]
First Antiphon. The princes of HEAR my cry, 0 God: * attend
the people are gathered together unto my prayer.
with the God of Abraham. From the ends of the earth I
cried unto Thee: * when mine
Psalm XLVI. heart was overwhelmed, Thou didst
[Intituled “A Psalm of the sons of lift me up upon a rock.
Korah,” with another (now uncertain) direc Thou didst lead me, for Thou
tion.]
hast been a shelter for me, * a
CLAP your hands, all ye strong tower from the enemy.
people: * shout unto God I will abide in Thy tabernacle
with the voice of triumph. for ever: * I will make my refuge
For the LORD Most High is ter in the covert of Thy wings.2
rible : * He is a great King over all For Thou, O God, hast heard
the earth. my vows: * Thou hast given the
He hath subdued the people heritage to those that fear Thy
under us, * and the nations under name.
our feet. vThou wilt prolong the King’s
1 Matth. x. 18-20. 2 SLH.
35? _THE COMMON OF SAINTS.
life: * and his years to many And declared the work of God, *
generations. and understood His doings.
He shall abide before God for The righteous shall be glad in
ever: * who will seek for His the LORD, and shall trust in Him:
mercy and truth? * and all the upright in heart shall
So will I sing praise unto Thy glory.
name for ever: * that I may daily
perform my vows. Verse. 1Thou shalt make them
princes over all the earth.
T/zird Antiphon. They declared Answer. They shall be mindful
the work of God, and understood His of Thy Name, 0 Lord.
doings.
Psalm LXIII. Fourl/z Lesson.
[Intituled “A Psalm of David ” with a
farther superscription of meaning now The Lesson is taken from the Ser
uncertain.] mons of Pope St Gregory [the
Great.] (got/z on the Gospels.)
HEAR my voice, 0 God, in my
prayer: * preserve my life T is written : “By His Spirit the
from fear of the enemy. Lord hath garnished the
Thou hast hidden me from the heavens.” (Job xxvi. 13.) Now
secret counsel of the wicked, * from the garniture of the heavens are the
the insurrection of the workers of godly powers of preachers, and this
iniquity. garniture, what it is, Paul teacheth
For they whet their tongue like us thus :——“To one is given by the
a sword: * they bend their bow, Spirit the word of wisdom, to
even bitter words, that they may another the word of knowledge by
shoot in secret at the perfect. the same Spirit; to another faith
Suddenly do they shoot at him by the same Spirit; to another the
and fear not: * they encourage gifts of healing by the same Spirit,
themselves in evil purpose. to another the working of miracles,
'They commune of laying snares to another prophecy, to another
privily: * they say: Who shall see discerning of spirits, to another
them? divers kinds of tongues, to another
They search out iniquities: * the interpretation of tongues. But
they accomplish a diligent search. all these worketh that one and the
Man shall attain to thoughts that self-same Spirit, dividing to every
are very deep: * but God shall man severally as He will. (I Cor.
[still] be exalted. xii. 8.)
The arrows of babes have pierced
Fourl/z Respamory.
them: * and their tongues are
weakened against them. 2I saw men standing together,
All that saw them were moved: clad in shining raiment, and the
* and all men feared, Angel of the Lord spake unto me,
1 Ps. xliv. I7, 18.
2 This Responsory reads like a quotation, but neither the translator nor any whom he
has consulted have succeeded in discovering its source. It is not in Scripture.
FOR APOSTLES AND EVANGELISTS. 353
saying: These men are holy, for Verse. 3When men shall hate
they are the friends of God. you, and when they shall separate
Verse. 1 I saw a strong Angel of you from their company, and shall
God fly into the midst of heaven, reproach you, and cast out your name
saying with a loud voice— as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
Answer. These men are holy, Answer. Rejoice, and be ex
for they are the friends of God. ceeding glad, for great is your re
ward in heaven.
Fifth Lesson.
Sixth Lesson.
SO much power then as have
preachers, so much garniture ERILY, if we ask of the dam
have the heavens. Wherefore again sel that kept the door, she
it is written: “By the word of the' will tell us what was the measure
LORD were the heavens made.” of weakness and of strength in that
(Ps. xxxii. 6.) For the Word of Shepherd“ of the Church nigh to
the Lord is the Son of the Father. whose most holy body we are now
But, to the end that all the Holy sitting, before that the Spirit came.
Trinity may be made manifest as He was so stricken by the words of
the Maker of the heavens, (that is, one woman, that for fear of death,
of the Apostles,) it is straightway he denied Life. And we may well
added touching God the Holy remember that Peter denied in cap
Ghost: “and all the host of them tivity Him, Whom the thief con
by the Breath of His mouth." fessed, even when He was lifted up
Therefore the might of the same upon the Cross. But let us hear
heavens is the might of the Spirit, what that craven was after that the
for they had not braved the powers Spirit came. When the rulers and
of this world, unless the strength of elders were gathered together, the
the Holy Ghost had comforted Apostles were beaten, and com
them. For we know what manner manded not to speak at all nor
of men the Teachers of the Holy teach in the name of JESUS. And
Church were before the coming of Peter answered with great boldness,
this Spirit: and since He came we “We ought to obey God rather
see in Whose strength they are than men.” (Acts v. 42.)
made strong.
Sixth Responsory.
F Responsory.
These are they which have con
2Blessed are ye when men shall quered, and are become the friends
revile you, and persecute you, and of God, who recked not of the
shall say all manner of evil against commandments of princes, and
you falsely, for My sake; rejoice, earned the everlasting reward. And
and be exceeding glad, for great is now have they crowns on their
your reward in heaven. heads, and palms in their hands.
.iv. 11, 12.
1 Cf. Apoc. viii. I3. 2 Matth 3 Luke vi. 22.
4 St Peter, buried in the Vatican Basilica, where this sermon seems to have been
preached.
VO L. 1V. N2
Verse. 1These are they which * speak not wickedness against

came out of great tribulation, and God.
have washed their robes in the For neither from the east, nor
blood of the Lamb. from the west, nor from the desert
Answer. And now have they mountains: * for God is the judge :
crowns on their heads, and palms He putteth down one, and setteth
in their hands. up another : * for in the hand of the
Verse. Glory be to the Father, LORD there is a cup of strong wine
and to the Son, and to the Holy full of mixture.3
Ghost. And he turneth it this way and
Answer. And now have they that: surely the dregs thereof are
crowns on their heads, and palms not wrung out: * all the wicked of
in their hands. the earth shall drink them.
But I will declare for ever: * I
will sing praises to the God of
THIRD NOCTURN.
Jacob.
First Antzfhon. The horns 0f All the horns of the wicked also
the righteous shall be exalted. will I break : * and the horns of the
Alleluia. righteous shall be exalted.
\
Seeond Antiphon. Light is sprung
Psalm LXXIV. up for the righteous. Alleluia : and
[Intituled “A Psalm—A Song of Asaph,” gladness for the upright in heart.
with a superscription of meaning now un Alleluia.
certain, but, in part, indicating the tune
“Destroy not.” The Targum says that it Psalm XCVI.
was composed as a thanksgiving at the time
when David said “ Destroy not thy people,” [The Vulgate and the LXX. have the
and the occasion meant is probably that of superscription “[A Psalm] of David when
the plague provoked by David’s number his country was re-established”--per
ing of the people, as related in the last haps meaning after the usurpation of Ab
chapter of 2 Kings (Sam.)] solom.]
NTO Thee, O God, will we THE LORD reigneth; let the

give thanks: * we will give earth rejoice: * let the mul
thanks and call upon Thy name. titude of isles be glad thereof.
We will declare Thy wondrous Clouds and darkness are round
works: *‘ when I shall take a set about Him: * righteousness and
time, I will judge uprightly. judgment are the foundation of
The earth and all the inhabitants His throne.
thereof are dissolved: * I bear up A fire shall go before Him, * and
the pillars of it.2 burn up His enemies round about.
I said unto the wicked : Deal not His lightnings enlightened the
wickedly: * and to the evil-doers: world: * the earth saw and trembled.
Lift not up your horn on high. The hills melted like wax at
Lift not up your horn on high: the presence of the LORD, * at
1 Apoc. vii. [4, cf. 9. 2 SLH.
3 Aromatic herbs, &c., were mixed with wine to make it more intoxicating. See
Smith’s Diet. of the Bible,—Wine.
the presence of the Lord of the Thou' executest judgment and right
whole earth. eousness in Jacob.
The heavens declared His right Exalt ye the LORD our God, and
eousness, * and all the people worship at His footstool: * for it
saw His glory. is holy.
Confounded be all they that Moses and Aaron among His
worship graven images, * and that priests, * and Samuel among them
boast themselves of idols. that call upon His name.
Worship Him, all ye His An They called upon the LORD, and
gels! * Zion heard, and was glad. He answered them. * He spake
And the daughters of Judah unto them in the cloudy pillar:
rejoiced, * because of Thy judg They kept His testimonies, * and
ments, 0 LORD! the ordinance that He gave them.
For thou, LORD, art high above Thou answeredst them, 0 LORD
all the earth: * Thou art exalted our God! * O God, Thou forgav
far above all gods. est them, though Thou tookest
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: vengeance of their inventions.
* the Lord preserveth the souls of Exalt the LORD our God and
His saints; He delivereth them out worship at His holy hill: * for the
of the hand of the wicked. LORD our God is holy.
Light is sprung up for the
righteous, * and gladness for the Verse. 1 O God, Thy friends are
upright in heart. exceeding honourable.
Rejoice in the LORD, ye right Answer. Their power is waxen
eous, * and give thanks to the right strong.
memorial of His holiness!
Seventh Lesson.
Third Antiohon. They kept His
testimonies, and the ordinance that The Lesson is taken from the Holy
He gave them. Alleluia. Gospel according to Matthew
(xix. 27.)
Psalm XCVI I I. T that time : Peter said unto
Jesus: Behold, we have for-
[The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this
Psalm to David] saken all, and followed Thee : what
shall we have therefore? And so
HE LORD reigneth, be the on.
people never so impatient: *
He sitteth upon the Cherubim, be Homily by St Jerome, Priest [at
the earth never so unquiet.
Bethlehem.] (Bh. iii. on Matth. xix.)
The LORD is great in Zion: * Peter was a fisherman, he was not
and He is high above all people. rich, he earned his bread by his
Let them praise Thy great and hand and skill, and nevertheless he
terrible Name, for it is holy: * and is thus bold, and saith confidently:
the King’s majesty loveth judgment. “We have forsaken all.” And be
Thou dost establish equity: *‘ cause it sufficeth not to forsake only,
1 Ps. cxxxviii. I7.
he addeth that which to do is to incorruptible, (I Cor. xv. 5 3,) ye also

be perfect: “and followed Thee.” shall sit upon twelve thrones of judg
“We have done that which Thou ment, condemning the twelve tribes
hast commanded us, what reward of Israel, because, when ye believed
therefore wilt Thou give us?” in Me, they would not. (John iii.
“ And JEsUS said unto them: Amen 18.) And every one that bath for
I say unto you, that ye which have saken houses, or brethren, or sisters,
followed Me, in the regeneration, or father, or mother, or wife, or chil
when the Son of Man shall sit in dren, or lands, for My Name’s sake,
the throne of His glory, ye also shall receive an hundredfold, and
shall sit upon twelve thrones, judg shall inherit everlasting life.” This
ing the twelve tribes of Israel.” He place agreeth well with that other
said not, “Ye which have forsaken where the Saviour saith: “I came
all,” for this did even Crates the not to send peace, but a sword.
philosopher,1 and they which have For I am come to set a man at
set nothing by riches are many, but, variance against his father, and the
“Ye which have followed Me.” daughter against her mother, and the
This did the Apostles, and this daughter-in-law against her mother
do believers do. in-law; and a man’s foes shall be
they of his own household.”
Seventh Responsory. (Matth. x. 34.) Every one, there
fore, that hath set no store by
These are they who while yet
affection, and riches, and the pleas
they lived in the flesh, planted the
ures of the world, for Christ’s faith’s
Church in their own blood; 2they
sake, and the preaching of the Gos
drank of the Lord’s cup, and became
pel, shall receive an hundred-fold,
the friends of God.
and shall inherit everlasting life.
Verse. Their sound is gone out
through all the earth, and their
words to the ends of the world. Eighth Responsory.
Answer. They drank of the
These men are saints, whom the
Lord’s cup, and became the friends
Lord hath chosen in love unfeigned,
of God.
and hath given them glory everlast
Eighth Blessing.
ing. These are they by the light of
He (or they) whose feast-day we whose teaching the Church is glori
are keeping, fied, even as the moon is glorified
Be our Advocate (or Advocates) by the light of the sun.
with God. Verse. 3The saints through faith
subdued kingdoms, wrought right
Eighth Lesson.
eousness.
“ IN the regeneration, when the Answer. By the light of whose
Son of Man shall sit in the teaching the Church is glorified,
throne of His glory, and when the even as the moon is glorified by
dead shall rise again from corruption the light of the sun.
1 A Greek cynic, remarkable for his self-denial, who flourished at Athens aboutB.C. 300.
2 Cf. Matth. xx. 22, 23. a Heb. xi. 33.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and Fourth Antzlp/zon. 2Blessed are

to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. the peace-makers, blessed are the
Answer. By the light of whose pure in heart, for they shall see
teaching the Church is glorified, God.
even as the moon is glorified by Eff/z Antz'p/zon. 3In your pa
the light of the sun. tience * possess ye your souls.
Nz'nt/z Lemon. Chapter. (Eph. ii. 19.)

Y reason of these words, “an BRETHREN, now ye are no
hundredfold,” some will have more strangers and foreigners,
it that there shall be a thousand but fellow-citizens with the Saints,
years after the resurrection, wherein and of the household of God: and
they that have forsaken all things are built upon the foundation of
shall receive an hundredfold of the Apostles and Prophets, JESUS
those things which they have for Christ Himself being the chief
saken, and shall inherit everlasting corner-stone.
life. Such men consider not that
though in other things this were Hyum.4
worthy, as touching wives it is un
N OW let the earth with joy resound,
seemly: for it becometh us not to And Heaven the chant re-echo
think that he that hath forsaken one round;
wife in this world, shall receive an Nor Heaven nor earth too high can
hundred wives in that which is to raise
come. But the meaning is this, The great Apostles’ glorious praise.
that every one that for the Saviour’s 0 ye who, throned in glory dread,
sake hath forsaken earthly things, Shall judge the living and the dead !
shall receive spiritual things: which Lights of the world for evermore l
To you the suppliant prayer we pour.
things, being rightly weighed against
earthly things, are as though an hun Ye close the sacred gates on high ;
dredfold were weighed against one. At your command apart they fly :
O loose for us the guilty chain
The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O We strive to break, and strive in vain.
God, &c.,” is said.
Sickness and health your voice obey ;
At your command they go or stay :
LAUDS. From sin’s disease our souls restore;
In good confirm us more and more.
First Antip/zon. 1This is My
commandment, * That ye love one So when the world is at its end,
another, as I have loved you. And Christ to judgment shall descend,
May we be called_those joys to see,
Second Antip/zon. 1Greater love Prepared from all eternity.
hath no man than this, * that a man
lay down his life for his friends. Praise to the Father, with the Son,
And Holy Spirit, Three in One ;
Tlzz'rd Antip/zon. 1 Ye are My As ever was in ages past,
friends, * if ye do whatsoever I And so shall be while ages last.
command you, saith the Lord. Amen.
1 John xv. r2-I4. z Matth. v. 9, 8. 3 Luke xxi. 19.
4 Of tenth to fifteenth century; author unknown ; translation by the Rev. E. Caswall.
Verse. 1 They declared the work Verse. Thou shalt make them
of God. princes over all the earth.
Answer. And understood His Answer. They shall be mindful
doings. of Thy Name, 0 Lord.
A ntiphon at the Songr of Zacharias.
SEXT.
2Ye which have forsaken all, and
have followed Me, shall receive an Antiphon. Ye are My friends,
hundredfold, and shall inherit ever &c., (Third Antiphon at Lands.)
lasting life.
The Prayer throughout the Oflice is Chapter. (Acts v. 12.)
always special.
AND by the hands of the Apos
tles were many signs and
PRIME.
wonders wrought among the people.
Antzfhon. This is My com—
mandment, &c., (First Antiohon at Short Responsory.
Lauds.)
Thou shalt make them princes
over all the earth.
Chapter at the end. (Acts v. 41.)
Answer. Thou shalt make them
THE Apostles departed from the princes over all the earth.
presence of the council, re Verse. They shall be mindful of
joicing that they were counted Thy Name, O Lord.
worthy to suffer shame for the sake Answer. Over all the earth.
of the name of JEsus. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
TERCE. Ghost.
Answer. Thou shalt make them
Antiphon. Greater love, &c., princes over all the earth.
(Second Antiphon at Lands.) Verse. O God, Thy friends are
Chapterfrom Lauds. exceeding honourable.
Answer. Their power is waxen
Short Resfionsory. right strong.
NONE.
Their sound is gone out through
all the earth. Antiphon. In your patience, &c.,
Answer. Their sound is gone (Fifth Antzjohon at Lands.)
out through all the earth.
Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Verse. And their words to the
ends of the world.
Short Responsory.
Answer. Through all the earth.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and O God, Thy friends are exceeding
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. honourable.
Answer. Their sound is gone Answer. O God, Thy friends are
out through all the earth. exceeding honourable.
1 Ps. lxiii. 10. 2 Matth. xix. 27-29.
Verse. Their power is waxen I will pay my vows unto the

right strong. LORD in the presence of all His
Answer. Exceeding honourable. peeple. * Precious in the sight
Verse. Glory be to the Father, of the LORD is the death of His
and to the Son, and to the Holy Saints.
Ghost. 0 LORD, truly I am Thy servant:
Answer. 0 God, Thy friends are * I am Thy servant, and the son of
exceeding honourable. Thine handmaid :
Verse. They declared the work Thou hast loosed my bonds. * I
of God. will ofi'er to Thee the sacrifice of
Answer. And understood His thanksgiving, and will call upon the
doings. name of the LORD.
I will pay my vows unto the
SECOND VESPERS.
LORD, in the presence of all His
Fz'rrt Antz'plzon. The LORD hath people: * in the courts of the
sworn, and will not repent : Thou LORD’s house, in the midst of thee,
art a Priest for ever. 0 Jerusalem!
1 76.)
Ps. cix. The LORD said, &c., [Here the Hebrew appends “Alle
luia,” which the Vulgate and the LXX.
prefix to the next Psalm.]
Second Antiplwn. That the Lord
may set him with the princes of His fiburtfi Anlz'pkon. They went
people. forth weeping, sowing their seed.
Ps. cxii. Praise the LORD, 0 ye

Psalm CXXV.
His servants, &c., 178.)
[Intituled “ A Song of Degrees.”]
Third Antlf/zon. O Lord, Thou
hast loosed my bonds: I will offer WHEN the LORD turned again
to Thee the sacrifice of thanks~ the captivity of Zion, *‘ we
giving. were like them that come again
from sickness.
Psalm CXV.
Then was our mouth filled with
[In the Hebrew this Psalm is a continua laughter, * and our tongue with
tion of the last. The Vulgate and the LXX. singing.
prefix “ Alleluia.”]
Then said they among the hea‘
BELIEVED, therefore have I then: * The LORD hath done great
spoken: * but I was greatly things for them.
afllicted. The LORD hath done great things
I said in my haste: * All men for us : * whereof we are glad.
are liars. Turn again our captivity, O
What shall I render unto the LORD, * as the streams in the
LORD * for all His benefits toward south.
me? They that sow in tears * shall
I will take the cup of salvation, reap in joy.
* and call upon the name of the They go forth weeping, * sow
LORD. ing their seed;
They shall doubtless come again For the darkness is not darkness
with rejoicing, * bringing their to Thee: and the night shineth as
sheaves with them. the day: * the darkness and the
light to Thee are both alike.
Antz'p/wn. O God, Thy For Thou didst form my reins:
friends are honourable; their power * Thou hast upholden me from
is waxen right strong. ' my mother’s womb.
I will praise Thee, for Thy great
Psalm CXXXVI II. ness is terrible: * marvellous are
Thy works: and that my soul
[Intituled “A Psalm of David," with a knoweth right well.
musical (P) direction, the meaning of which My bones were not hid from
is not now certain.]
Thee, when Thou madest me in
LORD, Thou hast searched secret: *‘ nor my substance in the
me, and known me: * Thou lower parts of the earth.
knowest my down-sitting and mine Thine eyes beheld my substance
up-rising: yet being imperfect: and in Thy
Thou understandest my thoughts book all were written: * day by day
afar ofi'. * Thou searchest my path, were they to be fashioned, when as
and my line, yet there was none of them.
And art acquainted with all my But to me, O God, Thy friends
ways: * before there is a word on are exceeding honourable: * their
my tongue. power is waxen right strong.
L0, 0 LORD, Thou knowest all If I should count them, they are
things both new and old: * Thou more in number than the sand: * I
hast made me, and laid Thine hand arose, and am still with Thee.
upon me. Surely Thou wilt slay the wicked,
Such knowledge is too wonderful O God : * depart from me, ye bloody
for me: * it is high, and I cannot men.
attain unto it. For ye say in thought: * In
Whither shall I go from Thy vain shall Thy people take Thy
Spirit? * or whither shall I flee cities.
from Thy presence? Do not I hate them, 0 LORD,
If I ascend up into heaven, Thou that hate Thee? * and am not I
are there: * if I go down into hell, grieved at those that rise up against
Thou art there. Thee?
If I take the wings of the morn I hate them with perfect hatred:
ing, * and dwell in the uttermost *‘ they are to me as enemies.
parts of the sea ;— Search me, O God, and know
Even there shall Thine hand lead mine heart: * try me and know my
me, * and Thy right hand shall hold thoughts.
me. And see if there be any wicked
If I say: Surely the darkness way in me: * and lead me in the
shall cover me: * even the night way everlasting.
shall be light about me in my Chapter, b’ymn, and Verse and An
pleasures swerfrom Lauds.
Antiphon at the Song of the nification of this number, Twelve.

Blessed Virgin. Wax valiant in “Ye shall sit,” saith the Lord,
fight, and strive against the old “upon twelve thrones, judging the
serpent: and ye shall receive an twelve tribes of Israél.”
everlasting kingdom. Alleluia.
Fifth Lesson.
F then there be set there twelve
thrones of judgment, (Ps. cxxi.
@ther ZLessuns fur the jfeasts 5,) Paul, in that he is the thir
teenth Apostle, hath not where to
at the gpustles. sit, nor wherein to judge. Never
theless, he hath said of himself
SECOND NOCTURN. that he will judge not men only,
Fourth Lesson. but angels. “Know ye not,” saith
he, “that we shall judge angels?”
The Lesson is taken from the Ex (1 Cor. vi. 3,)—that is, the fallen
position of the Eighty-sixth Psalm angels. Then might they have
by St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo] answered him : “ Wherefore boastest
thou thyself to be a judge? For
“ HER foundation is in the holy where is thy seat? The Lord hath
mountains: the LORD lov said that for the twelve Apostles
eth the gates of Zion.” Where there shall be twelve thrones: one
fore hath the city twelve founda of the twelve, even Judas, is in
tions, and in them the names of deed fallen, but holy Matthias is
the Prophets and of the Apostles chosen into his place ; for the twelve
of the Lamb.>1 Because their thrones there are still twelve to sit
authority is the foundation where thereon: first find whereon thou
on our weakness resteth. Where~ shalt sit, and afterward give thyself
fore are they the gates?2 Because out for a judge.” Let us see, then,
through them we enter in unto the what is the meaning of these twelve
kingdom of God, since they have thrones. By them is signified in
preached the same unto us, and a mystery the whole world, since
when we enter in through their the Church shall be through all
preaching, we enter in by Christ, the earth, whence this building is
Who is Himself The Door. (John called to be built up together in
x. 7.) And, whereas it is written Christ.
that the city hath twelve gates, and,
again, that Christ is the one Door, Sixth Lesson.
Christ is all the twelve, for He is HEREFORE is it said that
in all the twelve: and therefore there shall be twelve thrones,
were twelve Apostles chosen. There because from all quarters shall there
lieth a great mystery in the sig come men to be judged ,- even as it is
1 A sort of quotation from or allusion to Apoc. xxi. 14, but there the Prophets are
not mentioned.
2 Apoc. xxi. 12, says that on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes
of Israél.
said that the city hath twelve gates, Homily by the Venerable Bede,
because from all quarters shall the Priest [at Jarrow and Doctor of the
nations of them which are saved, Church] (Homily for St Benedict’s
enter into it. So, not the twelve Birth-day.)
only, and the Apostle Paul, but all,
as many as shall judge, have part “If thou wilt be perfect,” saith
in these twelve thrones, this signi Christ, “go and sell that thou hast,
fying, that.they shall judge all men; and give to the poor, and come
even as all that enter into the and follow Me: and thou shalt
city, have part in her twelve gates. have treasure in heaven.” (Matth.
For there are four quarters of the xix. 21.) Yea, treasure that passeth
world, the East, and the West, and not away! Unto such saith JESUS,
the North, and the South : of which at the questioning of Peter : “ Amen
four quarters is mention often made I say unto you, that ye which have
in the Scriptures. From the four followed Me, in the regeneration,
winds shall the elect be gathered when the Son of Man shall sit in
together, as saith the Lord in the the throne of His glory, ye also
Gospel: “And He shall send His shall sit upon twelve thrones, judg
Angels with a great sound of a ing the twelve tribes of Israel.” He
trumpet; and they shall gather to taught them, which work for His
gether His elect from the four winds, Name’s sake in this life, to look
from one end of heaven to the for their reward in another life:
other.” (Matth. xxiv. 31.) From that is, in the regeneration. “In
the four winds, therefore, is the the regeneration!”—when we who
Church called together; and how have been born dying creatures
are they called? Everywhere are into a dying life, shall in the re
they called in the Trinity; for they surrection be born again into an
are called no otherwise than by undying life.
baptizing them in the Name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Ezlghlh Lemon.
Holy Ghost. (Matth. xxvii. 19.)
Now four being multiplied by three AND soothly, it is a just retri
is twelve. bution, that they, who, while
they were yet here, have for Christ’s
sake set no store by being great
THIRD NOCTURN. among men, should there by Christ
be singularly glorified to be the
Se'z/enth Lesson. assessors of His judgment-seat, even
The Lesson is taken from the Holy they whom nothing here could turn
Gospel according to Matthew aside from being the followers of
(xix. 27.) His footsteps. Nevertheless, let
there be no man that believeth
T that time: Peter said unto that the twelve Apostles only, among
JESUS: Behold, we have for whom Matthias holdeth that place
saken all, and followed Thee: what from which Judas by transgression
shall we have therefore? And so on. fell, (Acts i. 25,) that they only
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shall judge, even as the twelve heavens were opened, and I saw
tribes of Isra'él shall not alone be visions of God. In the fifth day of
judged: for then were the tribe of the month, which was the fifth year
Levi, which is the thirteenth, un of King Jehoiachim’s captivity, the
judged. word of the LORD came unto Ezekiel,
the son of Buzi, the Priest, in the
Ninth Lesson.
land of the Chaldeans, by the river
OREOVER, then, were Paul, Chebar, and the hand of the LORD
who is the thirteenth Apostle, was there upon him. And I looked,
deprived of all part in the judg and, behold, a whirlwind came
ment; whereas he saith of him out of the North, a great cloud,
self: “Know ye not that we shall and a fire infolding itself, and a
judge angels? How much more brightness was about it, and out
things that pertain to this life?” of the midst thereof, (that is, out
But it behoveth us to know that of the midst of the fire,) as the
every one who hath forsaken all colour of amber.
and followed Christ, as did the
Apostles, shall also come with Him
to judgment, even as every man Second Lesson.
shall stand at His judgment seat.
LSO in the midst thereof the
And the Scriptures use often to
likeness of four living creat
signify all by this number twelve;
ures; and this was their appear
by the twelve thrones of the Apostles
ance, they had the likeness of a
are signified the thrones of all them
man. And every one had four
that shall judge; and by the twelve
faces, and every one had four wings.
tribes of Israel, the whole number
Their feet were straight feet, and
of them that shall be judged.
the sole of their feet was like the
sole of a calFs foot, and they
sparkled like the colour of glowing
brass. And they had the hands of
a man under their wings on their
@tber iLzsscms fur the Jl’zasts four sides, and they had faces and
wings on four sides. And the
uf QEiiangzIists. wings of one were joined to the
wings of another; they turned not
FIRST NOCTURN.
when they went; they went every
First Lesson. one straight forward.
Here beginneth the Book of the

Prophet Ezekiel (i. I.) Third Lesson.
AND it came to pass in the AS for the likeness of their faces,

thirtieth year, in the fourth they four had the face of a
month, in the fifth day of the man and the face of a lion on the
month, as I was among the captives right side, and they four had the
by the river of Chebar, that the face of an ox .on the left side, and
they four had the face of an eagle Fifth Lesson.

above. Thus were their faces, and
“ VERY one had four faces”
their wings were stretched upward,
—-four faces, that is, and
two wings of every one were joined
one body. If thou seek to know
one to another, and two covered
what Matthew teacheth concerning
their bodies; and they went every
the Incarnation of the Lord, he
one straight forward. Whither
teacheth no other doctrine than
the spirit was to go, they went,
teacheth Mark, or Luke, or John.
and they turned not when they
If thou seek to know what John
went.
reacheth, it is beyond all doubt
that his doctrine is the doctrine of
SECOND NOCTURN.
Matthew, and Mark, and Luke. If
thou ask concerning Mark, he hath
Fourth Lesson.
that which hath Matthew, and John,
The Lesson is taken from the Ex and Luke. If thou wilt know of
position of the Book of the Luke, know that he teacheth as
Prophet Ezekiel by Pope St doth Matthew, and Mark, and John.
Gregory [the Great.] (Hom. 3, Therefore every one hath four faces,
Bk. i.) for God knoweth and seeth in them
but one faith, which thou mayest
THE Prophet writeth very min see in each and in all.
utely touching the four holy
living creatures, whom he saw in Sixth Lesson.
the spirit as being to come. He
saith: “Every one had four faces, “ AND every one had four wings.”
and every one had four wings.” For they do all with one
What signifieth the face save like accord preach our Lord Jesus
ness whereby we are known? or Christ, the Son of Almighty God:
wings, save the power to fly? since toward Whose Godhead lifting up
it is by the face that man is known the eyes of their mind, they do lift
from man, and by their wings that the wings of contemplation, and do
the birds’ bodies are carried up into fly. In the Evangelists, the face
the air. So the face pertaineth to pertaineth to the Lord’s Manhood,
certitude,1 and the wings to con— and the wings to His Godhead:
templation. With certitude we are for they turn their face toward Him
known of God Almighty, Who saith : Whom they see in bodily shape:
“I am the Good Shepherd, and but when they say that He is, as
know My sheep, and am known touching His Godhead, Incompre
of Mine.” (John x. 14.) And hensible, and Incorporeal, the wings
again : “ I know whom I have of their contemplation do, in a
chosen.” (xiii. 18.) And by con manner, carry them in flight heaven
templation, whereby we rise above ward. Because, then, they have
ourselves, we as it were fly heaven all one faith in the Incarnation,
wards. and all equally look by contempla
1 Text, adfidem.
tion toward the Godhead: it is Ezlg/zl/l Lesson.

well written of them, “Every one EHOLD, the Lord sendeth
had four faces, and every one had forth His disciples to preach
four wings.” by two and two: and thus doing,
He doth silently teach us that who
THIRD NOCTURN.
soever loveth not his neighbour,
such an one it behoveth not to take
Set/anti: Lesson. upon him the office of a preacher.
The Lesson is taken from the Well also is it said that He sent
Holy Gospel according to Luke them before His face into every
city and place whither He Himself
(x. 1.)
would come. The Lord followeth
T that time: The Lord ap His preachers: first cometh preach
pointed other seventy - two ing, and then the Lord Himself
also, and sent them two and two cometh to the house of our mind,
before His face into every city and whither the word of exhortation
place, whither He Himself would hath come before: and so cometh
come. And so on. the truth into our mind.
Homily by Pope St Gregory Nint/z Lesson.
[the Great] (1 7!}: 0n the Gospels.)
THEREFORE to preachers saith
Dearly beloved brethren, our Isaiah : “Prepare ye the way
Lord and Saviour doth sometimes of the LORD, make straight an high
admonish us by words, and some way for our God." (x1. 3.) And
times by works. Yea, His very again the Psalmist saith: “Spread
works do themselves teach us: for a path before Him That rideth upon
that which He doth silently His the West.” (lxvii. 4.) The Lord
example still moveth us to copy. rideth upon the West; above that
Behold how He sendeth forth His from which in death He veiled His
disciples to preach by two and two : glory hath He royally exalted that
since there are two commandments glory that excelleth, even the glory
to love, that is, a commandment to of His rising again. He rideth upon
love God, and a commandment to the West, Who, being risen again
love our neighbour: and where from the dead, is throned high above
there are not two, the one, being the death to which He bowed. Be
alone, hath not whereon to do the fore Him, therefore, That rideth
Lord’s commandment. And no upon the West, we spread a path,
‘man can properly be said to love when we set forth His glory before
himself: for love tendeth outward the eyes of your mind, to the end
toward our neighbour, if it be the that He Himself may come after,
love whereto the Gospel doth and Himself enlighten the same your
oblige us. minds by His presence and His love.
THE COMMON OF SAINTS.
3881. :IFor :IFeasts of 119112 Martyr.

Everything as on Sundays, except law of his God even unto death, and
what is otherwise given here. hath not feared for the words of the
ungodly: for he had his foundation
FIRST VESPERS. upon a strong rock.
Antiphons, Chapter, and Prayerfrom
Lands. MATTINS.
Last Psalm.
Invitatory. The Lord He is the
0 praise the LORD, &c., (Ps. cxvi., King of the Martyrs. * 0 come, let
p. 186.) us worship Him!
lYymn.l
Hymn as at First Vespers.
O GOD, of Thy soldiers
the Portion and Crown, FIRST NOCTURN.
Spare Thy people, who hymn
the Praise of the Blest ; Only three Psalms are said.
Earth’s bitter joys,
its lures and its frown, First Antiphon. His delight *
He scanned them and scorned,
and so is at rest.
was in the law of the LORD day
and night.
Thy Martyr, he ran
all valiantly o’er Ps. i. Blessed is the man, &c.,
An highway of blood (11 4-)
for the prize Thou hast given.
We kneel at Thy feet
Seeond Antiphon. The Lord hath
and meekly implore, set him * upon His holy hill, to
That our pardon may wait declare His decree.
on his triumph in heaven.
Ps. ii. Why do the heathen,
Honour and praise 8w. (e- 4-)
To the Father and Son
And the Spirit be done Third Antiphon. I cried unto
Now and always. Amen. the LORD * with my voice, and
He heard me out of His holy
Verse. 2Thou hast crowned him hill.
with glory and honour, O Lord.
Ps. iii. LORD, how are they in
Answer. And madest him to
have dominion over the works of
creased, &c., (p. 5.)
Thy hands. Verse. Thou hast crowned him
with glory and honour, O Lord.
Antiphon at the Song of the Answer. And madest him to
Blessed Virgin. 3This man is have dominion over the works of
holy, * for he hath striven for the Thy hands.
1 Abridged from an hymn of the Ambrosian school ; translation by Cardinal Newman.
2 Ps. viii. 7.
3 Ecclus. iv. 33; r Mace. ii. 62; Matth. vii. 25.
FOR ONE MARTYR. 367
The fillowz'ng Lessons are not read First Responsory.
if other Lessons are assigned instead,
(either sfieez'al, or from Serz'pture ae This man is holy, for he hath
cordz'ng to the Season,) or the Alartyr striven for the law of his God even
whose Feast is being kept was not at unto death, and hath not feared for
Bishop. 1n the latter case, failing the words of the ungodly; for he
other Lessons, are read those from
Rom. viii. 12, given on p. 383. had his foundation upon a strong
rock.
Verse. 1 This is he which loved
First Lesson. not his life in this world, and is
come unto an everlasting kingdom.
The Lesson is taken from the Acts
Answer. For he had his found
of the Apostles (xx. 17.)
ation upon a strong rock.
FROM Miletus Paul sent to Eph
esus, and called the elders of Seeona' Lesson.
the Church. And when they were ND now, behold, I know that
come to him, he said unto them: ye all, among whom I have
Ye know, from the first day that I gone preaching the kingdom of God,
came into Asia, after what manner I shall see my face no more. Where
have been with you at all seasons, fore I take you to record this day,
serving the Lord with all humility that I am pure from the blood of all
of mind, and with many tears, and men. For I have not shunned to
temptations, which befell me by the declare unto you all the counsel of
lying-in-wait of the Jews: how I God. Take heed unto yourselves,
kept back nothing that was profit and to all the flock, over the which
able unto you, but have showed the Holy Ghost hath made you
you, and have taught you publicly, Bishops to shepherd the Church of
and from house to house, testifying God, which He hath purchased with
both to the Jews and also to the His Own Blood. I know this, that
Gentiles, repentance toward God, after my departing shall grievous
and faith toward our Lord Jesus wolves enter in among you, not
Christ. And now, behold, I go sparing the flock 3 also of your own
bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, selves shall men arise, speaking per
not knowing the things that shall verse things, to draw away disciples
befall me there ; save that the Holy after them. Therefore watch, and
Ghost witnesseth in every city, remember that, by the space of three
saying that bonds and afi‘lictions years, I ceased not to warn every
abide me at Jerusalem. But none one of you night and day with tears.
of these things move me, neither
count I my life dear unto myself:
Second Responsory.
so that I might finish my course
with joy, and the ministry which I 2The righteous shall grow as the
have received of the Lord JEsus, lily; yea, he shall flourish in the
to testify the Gospel of the grace presence of the Lord for ever.
of God. Verse. 3Those that be planted
1 Cf. John xii. 25. 2 Hos. xiv. 6; Isa. xvii. II, &c. 3 Ps. xci. l4.
in the house of the LORD, shall Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
flourish in the courts of the house to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
of our God. Answer. And he is numbered
Answer. Yea, he shall flourish among the Saints.
in the presence of the Lord for
ever. SECOND NOCTURN.
Tlu'rd Lesson.
First Antzlblwn. 0 ye sons of
AND now I commend you to men, * know that the LORD hath
God, and to the word of His set apart him that is holy for Him
grace, Which is able to build you self.
up, and to give you an inheritance
Psalm IV.
among all them which are sanctified.
I have coveted no man’s silver, or [Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with a
musical (?) direction of (now) uncertain
gold, or apparel, as ye yourselves meaning]
know: for these bands have minis
tered unto my necessities, and to WHEN I called, the God of my
them that were with me. I have righteousness heard me: *
showed you all things, how that so Thou hast enlarged me when I was
labouring ye ought to support the in distress :
weak, and to remember the words Have mercy upon me, * and hear
of the Lord JESUS, how He said: my prayer.
It is more blessed to give than to 0 ye sons Of men, how long
receive. And when he had thus will ye be dull of heart? * Why
spoken, he kneeled down, and will ye love vanity, and seek after
prayed with them all. And they leasing? 1
all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s But know that the LORD hath set
neck, and kissed him, sorrowing apart for Himself him that is holy:
most of all for the words which he * the LORD will hear me when I
spake, that they should see his face call unto Him.
no more. And they accompanied Be ye angry and sin not: * what
him unto the ship. ye speak in your heart, repent upon
your bed.1
Offer the sacrifices of righteous
Third Responsory.
ness, and put your trust in the LORD.
This is be which knew righteous * There be many that say: Who will
ness, and saw great wonders, and show us any good P
made his prayer unto the Most LORD, Thou hast set upon us the
High; and he is numbered among light of Thy countenance. * Thou
the Saints. hast put gladness in my heart,
Verse. This is he which loved More than in the time that
not his life in this world, and is their corn, and wine, and oil *
come unto an everlasting kingdom. increased.
Answer. And he is numbered I will both lay me down in peace,
among the Saints. * and sleep,
1 SLH.
FOR ON E ‘ MARTYR. 369
For Thou, LORD, only * makest ' Let them fall by their own coun
me to dwell in safety. sels; cast them out in the multitude
Seeond Antip/zon. O LORD, Thou of their transgressions, * for they
hast compassed him * with Thy have rebelled against Thee, O Lord!
favour as with a shield. And let all those that put their
trust in Thee, rejoice: * let them
ever shout for joy, because Thou
Psalm V.
dwellest in them:
[Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with a Let them also that love Thy Name
musical (P) superscription]
be joyful in Thee. * For Thou wilt
IVE ear unto my words, 0 bless the righteous.
LORD, * consider my suppli O LORD, Thou hast compassed us
cation. * with Thy favour as with a shield.
* my King and my God! T/zz'rd Anny/zen. Thou hast
For unto Thee will I pray. * O crowned him * with glory and
LORD, in the morning Thou shalt honour in all the earth.
hear my voice:
In the morning will I stand before Psalm Vlll.
Thee and look up. * For Thou art [Intituled “A Psalm of David.” It has
not a God that hath pleasure in also a title which seems to show that it was
a song for the vintage]
wickedness :
Neither shall the evil dwell with LORD, our Lord, * how ex
Thee, * nor the unrighteous stand cellent is Thy Name in all
in Thy sight: the earth!
Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. For Thy glory is exalted * above
* Thou shalt destroy all them that the heavens.
speak leasing: 1Out of the mouth of babes and
The LORD abhorreth the bloody sucklings hast Thou perfected praise
and deceitful man. * But as for me, because of Thine enemies, * that
in the multitude of Thy mercy Thou mightest destroy the enemy
I will come into Thine house: * and the avenger.
I will worship toward Thine holy When I consider Thine heavens,
temple in Thy fear. the work of Thy fingers : * the moon
Lead me, O LORD, in Thy and the stars which Thou hast or
righteousness, * because of mine dained :
enemies; make my way straight What is man, that Thou art mind
before Thy face. ful of him? * or the son of man,
For there is no faithfulness in that thou visitest him?
their mouth: * their inward part Thou hast made him a little lower
is very wickedness. than the angels, Thou hast crowned
Their throat is an open sepulchre ; him with glory and honour, * and
they flatter with their tongue. * madest him to have dominion over
Judge Thou them, 0 God! the works of Thine hands.
Sunday, Matt. xxi. 16.
37o THE COMMON OF SAINTS.
Thou hast put all things under Fourth Responsmjl.

his feet, * all sheep and oxen, yea, 1 The Lord made him honourable,
and the beasts of the field. and defended him from his enemies,
The fowl of the air, and the fish and kept him safe from those that
of the sea, * that pass through the lay in wait for him, and gave him
paths of the sea. perpetual glory.
0 LORD, our Lord, * how excel Verse. He went down with him in
lent is Thy Name in all the earth! to the pit, and left him not in bonds.
Answer. And gave him perpetual
Verse. 0 Lord, Thou hast set a
glory.
crown of precious stones—
Fifth Lesson.
Answer. Upon his head.
‘0 the patience of the blessed
Martyr was crowned, and the
Fourth Lessan.
unchastened spite of the tormentor
The Lesson is taken from the Ser is given over to everlasting torture.
mons of St Austin, Bishop [of Christ’s glorious champion looked
Hippo] (44th on the Saints.) for this during his battle, and shrank
not from prison. Like his Head, he
HE illustrious day whereon bore reproach, underwent mocking,
the blessed Martyr N. (here and feared not for scourges : and as
insert his name) conquered, doth many sufferings as for Christ’s sake
this day come round to us again: he bore before he died, so many
and as the Church doth rejoice with offerings did he make unto Him of
him in his glory, so doth she set himself. He had drunk in the
before us his footsteps to be fol Apostles’ word and kept it deep in
lowed. For if we suffer, we shall him: “The sufferings of this pres
also reign with him. In his glorious ent time are not worthy to be com
battle we have two things chiefly to pared with the glory which shall be
consider: the hardened cruelty of revealed in us,” (Rom. viii. 18,)
the tormentor, and the unconquered “for our light affliction which is
patience of the Martyr: the cruelty but for a moment, worketh for us
of the tormentor, that we may abhor a far more exceeding and eternal
it ,' the patience of the Martyr, that weight of glory.” (2 Cor. iv. 17.)
we may imitate it. Hear what the Being lifted up above earthly things
Psalmist saith, complaining against by the love of this promise, and
sin: “Fret not thyself because of tasting beforehand the sweetness of
the evil-doers, for they shall soon the heavenly peace, he was unspeak
dry up like the grass.” (xxxvi. I.) ably moved, and said with the
But touching the patience which is Psalmist: “What have I in heaven,
to be shown against the evil-doers, and what is there upon earth that I
hear the word wherewith the Apos desire beside Thee? My flesh and
tle moveth us: “Ye have need of my heart faileth : Thou art the God
patience, that ye may receive the of my heart, and God is my portion
promise.” (Heb. x. 36.) for ever.” (lxxii. 26.)
1 Wisd. x. 11-14, substituting “ Lord” for “Wisdom.”
FOR ONE MARTYR. 37I
Fifth Responsory. Verse. With the bread of life and

1 O Lord, Thou hast given him understanding hath the Lord fed
his heart’s desire, and hast not with him, and given him the water of
holden the request of his lips. health and wisdom to drink.
Verse. For Thou hast prevented Answer. And put about his head
him with the blessings of sweetness : a crown of joy.
Thou hast set a crown of precious Verse. Glory be to the Father,
stones upon his head. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Answer. And hast not withholden Ghost.
the request of his lips. Answer. And put about his head
a crown of joy.
Sixth Lesson.
THIRD NOCTURN.
OR he considered, as far as man’s
weakness is able, through this First Antiphon. The righteous
darkness, to fix the eyes of his mind LORD * loveth righteousness: His
upon the eternal things, what is the countenance doth behold upright
gladness of the city above: and ness.
being not able to tell it, he cried Psalm X.
out wondering: “What have I in
heaven?” As though he would [Intituled “Of David.” There is also a
superscription perhaps musical, but now of
have said: “It passeth my strength, uncertain meaning]
it passeth the power of my utterance,
it goeth beyond the reach of my IN the LORD put I my trust;
understanding, what is that beauty, how say ye to my soul, *
what is that glory, what is that Flee as a bird to the mountain?
exaltation, wherein, when He hath For 10, the wicked bend their bow,
hidden us from the troubling of they make ready their arrows in the
men, in the secret of His presence, quiver, * that they may privily shoot
our Lord JESUS Christ shall change at the upright in heart.
our vile body, that it may be fash For they have destroyed that
ioned like unto His glorious Body ! ” which Thou hast established: *
(Ps. xxx. 21, Phil. iii. 21.) In sight and what bath the righteous done?
of this perfect liberty he shrank from The LORD is in His holy temple:
no danger, and quailed before no * the LORD’S throne is in heaven.
suffering : and if he could have died His eyes behold the poor: * His
a thousand times, he would not have eyelids try the children of men.
thought himself to have bought it at The LORD trieth the righteous
a price high enough. and the wicked: * but he that lov
eth iniquity hateth his own soul.
Upon the wicked He shall rain
Sixth Responsory.
snares: * fire, and brimstone, and
2The Lord hath put on him a an horrible tempest, this shall be
robe of honour, and put about his the portion of their cup.
head a crown of joy. For the righteous LORD loveth
1 Ps. xx. 2, 3. 2 Altered from Ecclus. vi. 32 ; xv. 3.
righteousness: * His countenance For Thou hast met him with the
doth behold uprightness. blessings of sweetness: * Thou hast
set a crown of precious stones upon
Seeond Antiphon. He shall dwell
his head.
* in Thy tabernacle, He shall rest
He asked life of Thee: * and
upon Thy holy hill.
Thou gavest him length of days for
Psalm XlV. ever and ever.
His glory is great in Thy salva
[Intituled “ A Psalm of David.”]
tion: * honour and great majesty
LORD, who shall abide in Thy shalt Thou lay upon him.
tabernacle P * who shall For Thou wilt give him to be a
dwell in Thine holy hill? blessing for ever: * Thou shalt
He that walketh uprightly, * and make him exceeding glad with Thy
worketh righteousness. countenance.
He that speaketh the truth in his For the king trusteth in the
heart, * he that deceiveth not with LORD, * and, through the mercy
his tongue. of the Most High, he shall not be
He that hath not done evil to his moved.
neighbour, * nor taken up a reproach Thine hand shall find out all
against his neighbour. thine enemies: * thy right hand
In whose eyes a vile person is shall find out all those that hate
despised: * but he honoureth them thee.
that fear the LORD. Thou shalt make them as a fiery
He that sweareth to his neighbour, oven in the time of thine anger: *
and deceiveth him not, * he that the LORD shall cut them off in His
putteth not out his money to usury, wrath, and the fire shall devour
nor taketh reward against the in them.
nocent. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from
He that doeth these things, * the earth, * and their seed from
shall never be moved. among the children of men.
Third Antiphon. O Lord, Thou For they intended evil against
hast set a crown * of precious stones thee: * they imagined a device,
upon his head. which they were not able to per
form.
Psalm XX. Therefore shalt thou cast them
behind thee: * thou shalt leave
[This Psalm also bears the same title as
the xviiith.] their faces lying in thy track.
Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in
THE king. shall joy in Thy Thine own strength: * we will sing
strength, 0 LORD: * and in and praise Thy power.
Thy salvation how greatly shall he
rejoice! Verse. 2His glory is great in
Thou hast given him his heart’s Thy salvation.
desire, * and hast not withholden Answer. Honour and great ma
the request of his lips.1 jesty shalt Thou lay upon him.
1 SLH. 5 Ps. xx. 4.
FOR ONE MARTYR. 373
Seventh Lesson. an ornament of honour, a costly
The Lesson is taken from the Holy work.
Gospel according to Luke (xiv. Verse. For Thou hast prevented
26.) him with the blessings of sweetness,
Thou hast set a crown of precious
AT that time: JESUS said unto stones upon his head.
the multitudes: If any man Answer. Wherein is engraved
come to Me, and hate not his fa Holiness, an ornament of honour,
ther, and mother, and wife, and a costly work.
children, and brethren, and sisters,
yea, and his own life also, he cannot Eighth Blessing.
be My disciple. And so on.
He whose feast-day we are keeping
Homily by Pope St Gregory [the Be our Advocate with God.
Great,] ( 3 7th on the Gospels.)
Eighth Lesson.
Dearly beloved brethren, if we
consider what and how great things (NIHEN we hear these things
are promised unto us in heaven, all our hearts burn within us;
things which are upon earth grow and we long to be already there,
poor to our mind. For when this where we hope to rejoice for ever.
world’s goods are reckoned against But we cannot attain unto great
the gladness above, they are found rewards, save through great labour.
to be a clog rather than an help. Therefore saith the excellent preach
This present life being compared to er Paul: “He is not crowned, ex
life eternal, ought rather to be called cept he strive lawfully.” (2 Tim. ii.
death than life. For what is the 5.) The greatness of the reward
daily failing of our corruption but, doth delight our mind; let not the
as it were, a creeping death? But throes of the struggle dishearten us.
what tongue is there that can tell, or Therefore the Truth saith unto every
what understanding that can com one that cometh unto Him : “ If any
prehend how great is the rejoicing man come to Me, and hate not his
in the city above, where they have father and mother, and wife, and
part with the choirs of Angels, where children, and brethren, and sisters,
they stand with the most blessed yea, and his own life also, he cannot
spirits before the glory of the be My disciple.”
Creator, where they see the face of
God present, where they behold the Eighth Responsory.
Incomprehensible Light, where they This is a Martyr indeed, who
have no fear of death, and where shed his blood for Christ’s Name’s
they rejoice eternally incorruptible? sake ; who feared not for the threats
of judges, nor sought to be great with
Seventh Responsoiy. the glory of this world, but pressed
1A crown of gold upon his on unto the kingdom of heaven.
head, wherein is engraved Holiness, Verse. 2The Lord guided the
1 Altered from Ecclus. xlv. I4.
2 Wisd. x. 10, again substituting “ the Lord ” for “Wisdom.”
righteous in right paths, and showed put asunder.” (Matth. xix. 6.) And
him the kingdom of God. Paul saith: “Husbands, love your
Answer. Who feared not for the wives, even as Christ also loved the
threats of judges, nor sought to be Church.” (Eph. v. 25.) Behold,
great with the glory of this world, the disciple commandeth a man
but pressed on unto the kingdom to love his wife, and the Master
of heaven. saith: “If any man hate not his
Verse. Glory be to the Father, wife, he cannot be My disciple.”
and to the Son, and to the Holy Doth the judge, then, order one
Ghost. proclamation, and the crier make
Answer. Who feared not for the another? or can the man both love
threats of judges, nor sought to be and hate? If we consider well the
great with the glory of this world, force of the commandment, we shall
but pressed on unto the kingdom be able in wisdom to do both.
of heaven. Let us love wife, and kindred, and
neighbour, as touching their near
Upon a few oeeasz'ons, instead of the
aho'ue, the following is the Ezlghlh Re ness in the flesh; but as touching
sponsory. the way of God, if they withstand
us therein, let us not know them,
1O Lord, Thou hast prevented but hate them and flee from
him with the blessings of sweet them.
ness; Thou hast set a crown of
precious stones upon his head. The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O
God, &c.," is said.
Verse. He asked life of Thee,
and Thou gavest him length of days
LAUDS.
for ever and ever.
Answer. Thou hast set a crown First Anizphon. 2 Whosoever
of precious stones upon his head. shall confess Me * before men,
Verse. Glory be to the Father, him will I confess also before My
and to the Son, and to the Holy Father.
Ghost. ‘ Second Antiphon. 3 He that fol
Answer. Thou hast set a crown loweth Me * walketh not in dark_
of precious stones upon his head. ness, but shall have the light of
life, saith the Lord.
[Vinth Lesson. Third Antiphon. 4 If any man
serve Me, * let him follow Me ; and
BUT it may be asked how we where I am, there shall also My
are commanded in one place servant be.
to hate our parents, and them that Fourth Antiphon. 4If any man
are near us in the flesh, and in an serve Me, * him will My Father,
other place to love even our enemies. Who is in heaven, honour.
And, verily, the Truth hath said, Fifth Antiplzon. 4 Father, I will
as touching a wife: “What God * that where I am, there shall also
hath joined together, let not man My servant be.
1 Ps. xx. 4. 2 Matth. x. 32.
3 John viii. 12. * John xii. 25, 26; xvii. 24.
FOR ONE MARTYR. 375
Chapter. (James i. 12.) dered, may it please Thee, that
LESSED is the man that en the prayers of Thy blessed and
dureth temptation: for, when glorious Martyr and Bishop (here
he is tried, he shall receive the insert his name) may shield us.
crown of life, which God hath Through our Lord JESUS Christ
promised to them that love Him. Thy Son, Who liveth and reign
eth with Thee, in the unity of the
Hymn. 1 Holy Ghost, one God, world with
out end. Amen.
MARTYR of unconquer’d might,
Follower of th’ Incarnate Son !
Who, victorious in the fight, 2. Another Prayerfor the same.
Hast celestial glory won ; 0 GOD, Who year by year dost
By the virtue of thy prayer, gladden us by the solemn
Let no evil hover nigh ; feast-day of Thy blessed Martyr
Sin’s contagion drive afar ; and Bishop, (here insert his name,)
Waken drowsy lethargy. mercifully grant that we who keep
Loosen’d from the fleshly chain his birthday, may ever feel the
Which detain’d thee here of old, joyful effects of his protection.
Loose us from the bonds of sin, Through our Lord JESUS Christ
From the fetters of the world.
Thy Son, Who liveth and reign
Glory to the Father be : eth with Thee, in the unity of the
Glory to th’ Incarnate Son ; Holy Ghost, one God, world with
Glory, Holy Ghost, to Thee,
While eternal ages run. Amen. out end. Amen.
Verse. 2 The righteous shall 3. Prayerfor a Martyr not a Bishop.

flourish like the palm-tree. RANT, we beseech Thee, O
Answer. He shall grow like a Almighty God, that we who
cedar in Lebanon. keep the birthday of Thy blessed
A ntz'phon at the Song of Zacharias. Martyr, (here insert his name,)
3He that hateth his life * in this may be so holpen by his prayers,
world, shall keep it unto life eternal. that we may ever grow more and
more in love toward Thy holy
1f the Prayer is not speez'al there is Name. Through our Lord Jesus
said one of the following, whz'eh is also
used throughout the whole Ofiee of the Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
Saint. reigneth with Thee, in the unity
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
1. Prayer for one Martyr, who was a without end. Amen.
Bishop.
4. A notherfor the same.
ERCIFULLY consider our
weakness, 0 Almighty God, RACIOUSLY hear us, we be
and whereas by the burden of seech Thee, O Almighty God,
our sins we are sore let and hin and, at the petition of Thy blessed
1 Author unknown (tenth to thirteenth century); hymn slightly altered ; translation by
the Rev. E. 'Caswall.
2 Ps. xci. 13. 3 John xii. 25, 26 ; xvii. 24.
Martyr, (here insert his name,) be SEXT.

mercifully pleased to deliver us
from all things which may hurt Antiphon. If any man serve Me,
our bodies, and from all evil &c., (Third Antiohon at Lands.)
thoughts which may defile our
souls. Through our Lord JEsus Chapter. (Ecclus. xv. 3.)
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and ITH the bread of life and
reigneth with Thee, in the unity understanding hath the
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world Lord our God fed him, and given
without end. Amen. him the water of health and wisdom
to drink.
PRIME.
Short Responsory.
Antiphon. Whosoever, &c., (First
Antiphon at Lands.) O Lord, Thou hast set a crown
of precious stones—
Chapter at the end. (Ecclus. xxxix. 6.) Answer. 0 Lord, Thou hast set
a crown of precious stones—
THE righteous hath given his
Verse. Upon his head.
heart to resort early to the
Answer. A crown of precious
Lord That made him, and will pray
stones.
before the Most High.
TERCE. Ghost.
Antiohon. He that followeth Me, Answer. 0 Lord, Thou hast set
&c., (Second Antiphon at Lands.) a crown of precious stones—
Verse. His glory is great in Thy
Chapterfrom Lands. salvation.
Answer. Honour and great ma
Short Responsory. jesty shalt Thou lay upon him.
Thou hast crowned him with
glory and honour, O Lord. NONE.
Answer. Thou hast crowned him
with glory and honour, O Lord. Antiphon. Father, I will, &c.,
Verse. And madest him to have Antiphon at Lands.)
dominion over the works of Thy Chapter as at the end of Prime.
hands.
Answer. With glory and hon
Short Responsory.
our, O Lord.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and His glory is great in Thy salva
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. tion.
Answer. Thou hast crowned him Answer. His glory is great in
with glory and honour, O Lord. Thy salvation.
Verse. O Lord, Thou hast set Verse. Honour and great majesty
a crown of precious stones-— shalt Thou lay upon him. ,
Answer. Upon his head.- ' Answer. In Thy salvation.
FOR ONE MARTYR. 377
Verse. The righteous shall flour @thzr iLzssons fur ,fl‘zasts of
ish like the palm-tree.
Answer. He shall grow like a @112 warty.
cedar in Lebanon. SECOND NOCTURN.
Fourth Lesson.
SECOND VESPERS.
Antzphons, Chapter, Verse and An The Lesson is taken from the Ex

swer, and Prayer from Lands. position of the hundred-and
eighteenth Psalm by St Ambrose,
Psalm CXV. Bishop [of Milan.] (2 1st Sermon.)
[In the Hebrew this Psalm is a continua “ PRINCES have persecuted me
tion of the last. The Vulgate and the LXX.
prefix “Alleluia."] without a cause; but my
heart standeth in awe of Thy word.”
BELIEVED, therefore have I These are rightly the words of a
spoken : *‘ but I was greatly martyr, who beareth unjustly the
afflicted. torments of the persecutors, who
I said in my haste: * All men hath robbed no man, who hath
are liars. violently oppressed no man, who
What shall I render unto the LORD hath shed the blood of no man,
* for all His benefits toward me? who hath imagined \to defile the
I will take the cup of salvation, bed of no man, who is debtor to
* and call upon the name of the the laws in nothing, and who is
LORD. punished more grievously than if he
I will pay my vows unto the LORD were a robber: who speaketh right
in the presence of all His people. eousness, and there is none that
*' Precious in the sight of the LORD will hear: who speaketh salvation,
is the death of His Saints. and all men fight against him : who
0 LORD, truly I am Thy servant : 'is able to say: “When I spoke unto
* I am Thy servant, and the son of them, they fought against me with
Thine handmaid : out a cause.” (Ps. cxix. 7.) They
Thou hast loosed my bonds. * I fight against him without a cause,
will offer to Thee the sacrifice of who can lay no sin to his charge;
thanksgiving, and will call upon the they fight against him as an evil
name of the LORD. doer, who is by their own acknow
I will pay my vows unto the LORD, ledgment righteous: they fight
in the presence of all His people: * against him as a warlock, who glor
in the courts of the LORD’s house, in ieth in the name of the Lord, and
the midst of thee, 0 Jerusalem ! who doeth all things well because he
Hymn as at First Vespers. doeth all things for God’s sake.
Antz'phon at the Song of the
Blessed Virgin. 11f any man will F Lesson.
come after Me, * let him deny him THEY fight against him in vain
self, and take up his cross, and who is accused of ungodli
follow Me. ness among the ungodly and the
1 Matth. xvi. 24.
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378. THE COMMON OF SAINTS.
unfaithful, because he teacheth there not both unshaken hope o.f\'

Faith. Verily, him that is fought the eternal things, and awe of the
against without a cause it behoveth things of God?
to be strong and patient. Where
fore then saith he: “My heart THIRD NOCTURN.
standeth in awe of Thy word?” Seventh Lesson.
Awe is the mark of the weak, the
timid, and the fearful. But there
is also a weakness unto salvation,
there is a fear which is an holy fear. (xvi. 24.)
“ 0 fear the LORD, all ye His Saints.” T that time: JESUS said unto
(Ps. xxxiii. 10.) And again: “Blessed His disciples: If any man
is the man that feareth the LORD.” will come after Me, let him deny
(Ps. cxi. I.) And wherefore is be himself, and take up his cross, and
blessed? because he “delighteth follow Me. And so on.
greatly in His commandments.” Homily by Pope St Gregory [the
Great.] (32nd on the Gospels.)
Sixth Lesson.
Our Lord and Redeemer came
HINK, then, how the martyr into the world a new Man, and gave
standeth between two dangers. the world new commandments. For
On the one hand the wild beasts, against the ways of our old life,
roaring for his blood, do indeed brought and bred up in sin, He set
strike terror; he heareth the hissing the contrast of His new life. It was
of the plates of white-hot metal, and the Old way, according to the know_
seeth surging up the flames Of the ledge of the carnal man, for every
fiery furnace ; behind him is the man to keep his own goods, and, if
clanking Of fetters, and beside him he were able to do it, to take his
the executioner, stained with fresh neighbour’s goods also, and, if he
blood; think Of him there, face to were not able to take them, at least
face with the apparatus of death— to lust after them. But the Heavenly
but think again—Of what thinketh Physician hath medicines wherewith
he? Of the Law of God, of the to meet all the diseases of sin. For,
everlasting fire, of the eternal flames, even, as by the art of the physician,
wherein the unbelieving shall burn things hot are healed by things cold,
for ever, of that torture whereof the and things cold by things hot, so
agony is for ever new. And then doth our Lord set against sin holi
indeed his heart faileth for fear, lest ness, ordaining for the lecherous
by giving way under torment here, purity, for the miserly munificence,
he should give himself up to ever for the hot-tempered meekness, and
lasting torment hereafter: then in~ for the proud lowliness.
deed he trembleth, when Faith
Ezlg/zth Lesson.
maketh to glitter before his eyes
the awful sword Of the judgment to 0 the Lord, when He would give
come. And in this, the faithful a new commandment unto
trembling of the true-hearted, are them that came to Him, said:
FOR ONE MARTYR. 379
“Whosoever he be of you that for Again other Lessons for t/ze T/zz'rd
saketh not all that he hath, he Noelurn.
cannot be My disciple,” (Luke xiv. Sevent/z Lemon.
33,)—as though He had said
openly: “ All ye that according to The Lesson is taken from the Holy
the old man lust after your neigh Gospel according to Matthew (x.
bour’s goods, must, according to 26.)
the zeal of the new man, give
away even that which is your own.” AT that time: Jesus said unto
His disciples: There is no
But let us hear again what He
saith in this place: “If any man thing covered, that shall not be
revealed, and hid, that shall not
will come after Me, let him deny
be known. And so on.
himself.” First He saith that we
must deny to ourselves that which Homily by St Hilary, Bishop
is our own, and now that we [of Poitiers.] (Comm. on Mair/z.
must even deny ourselves to our C/zap. 10.)
selves. Perchance it is not hard
for a man to give up that which The Lord pointeth to the day of
is his own, but it is exceeding judgment, that day wherein the
hard to give up himself. To deny hidden counsels of the hearts shall
himself his possessions is little: be made manifest, and those things
but to deny himself himself is a which are dark now shall be the
denial exceeding great. subject of all men’s knowledge.
Therefore He warneth us not to
ZVz'nt/z Lesson. fear threats, nor persuasions, nor
the power of such as fight against
ET when we come unto Him us; since in the day of judgment
the Lord will have us deny it will be manifest that all these
to ourselves even ourselves, since things are null and void. “And
as many of us as are entered into what I tell you in darkness, that
the battle of faith, are entered into speak ye in light; and what ye
a contention against evil spirits. hear in the ear, that preach ye
But the evil spirits have nothing of upon the house-tops.” We read
their own in this world, and there not that the Lord’s use was to
fore must we wrestle with them, speak by night, or to tell His
naked with naked. For if he that doctrine in darkness, but that to
is clothed, wrestle with him that is the carnal all His words were
naked, he faileth swiftly, because darkness, and to the unbelieving
he hath whereon he that is naked all His discourse night. '
taketh hold. And what are all
things earthly but things where Egilt/r Lesson.
with the soul is clothed upon?
whosoever therefore will wrestle HEREFORE willeth He that
with Satan, let him cast away that which He hath spoken,
his clothes, lest he be thereby should be freely proclaimed in faith
endangered. and in confession. Therefore com
mandeth He that that which He Jfur £implz Jfeasts of @112

hath told in darkness shall be
spoken in light, and that that
martyr.
which He hath made to be heard The Ofiiee is as on a Semi-double,
in the ear should be preached with the fillowing exceptions.
upon the house-tops, that is, with
loud and high words. For it be FIRST VESPERS.
hoveth us ever to make God The Ofliee is of the Week-day, till the
known, and to speak in the light Chapter exclusive.
of Apostolic preaching the dark The Ofliee of the Saint hegins with
things of the Gospel message, hav the Chapter, which, as also the Hymn,
Verse and Answer, Antiphon at the
ing no fear of them which have Song of the Blessed Virgin, and Prayer
power over bodies, but none over are all as given, (p. 366.) The Com
our souls, but rather fearing God, mon Commemorations are said or not
Which is able to destroy both body aeeording to the season.
At Compline are said Preees.
and soul in hell.
MATTINS.
[Vinth Lesson.
The Invitatory and Hymn are as
“ EAR not them which kill the just given.
body.” Therefore we need Then follow the Week-day Psalms,
with their own Antzlohons.
fear nothing which may chance to
our bodies, nor sorrow because of
On Mondays and Thursdays.
the destruction of the flesh, when,
according to the laws of our nature Verse. Thou hast crowned him
and that from whence we are with glory and honour, O Lord.
taken, we are unclothed upon, and Answer. And madest him to
become a pure spirit. And, since have dominion over the works Of
it behoveth us who are rooted Thy hands.
in such a doctrine, freely and con
stantly to confess God, even were A hsolution.
it only because of the alternative Graciously hear, &c.
whereby we are bound, He saith
further: “Whosoever shall confess On Tuesdays and Fridays.
Me before men, him will I con
fess also before My Father, Which Verse. O Lord, Thou hast set a
is in heaven. But whosoever shall crown of precious stones—
deny Me before men, him will Answer. Upon his head.
I also deny before My Father,
Which is in heaven.” Such wit A hsolution.
nesses as He hath seen us to have May His loving-kindness, &c.
been here to His name before
men, such a Witness shall we
On Wednesdays.
find Him to be hereafter to our
names before His Father Which Verse. His glory is great in Thy
is in heaven. salvation.
FOR ONE MARTYR. 381
Answer. Honour and great ma (Second Responsory in the preceding

jesty shalt Thou lay upon him. Ofice;) with this addition .
Verse. G10ry be to the Father,
Absolution.
May the Almighty, &c. Ghost.
Answer. Yea, he shall flourish in
First Blessing. the presence of the Lord for ever.
Who doth live and reign for ever. On Tuesdays and Fridays.
First Lesson from Scripture accord O Lord, Thou hast given him,
ing to the Season, being either the first &c., Responsory in thejfireceding
part, or, the Saint have two Lessons, Ofiice ,') with this addition:
the whole read as one, at will.
First Resjonsory. and to the Son, and to the Holy
On Mondays and Thursdays. Ghost.
Answer. And hast not with
This man is holy, &c., (First Re holden the request of his lips.
sponsory in the preceding Ofiice.)
On Wednesdays.
On Tuesdays and Fridays.
This is a martyr indeed, &c.
The Lord made him honourable,
Or, 0 Lord, Thou hast prevented,
&c., (Fourth Responsory in the pre
&c., (Eighth Responsory in the pre
ceding Oflice.)
ceding Ofiice.)
On Wednesdays.
Third Blessing.
A crown of gold, &c., (Seventh Re
sponsory in the preceding Oflice.) May He That is the Angels’
King
Second Blessing. To that high realm His people
He whose feast-day we are keep bring.
ing Third Lesson is the whole or the sec
Be our Advocate with God. ondpart of the Legend of the Saint, if
there is one, or else the special Lesson
Second Lesson is the first of the Le assigned.
gend
not, itof
is the
the Saint,
second if
from
thereScripture,
be two; to Then the Hymn, “We praise Thee,
O God, &c.,” is said, and so end Mat
which the third may he added at will. tins.
The rest of the Oflice is as on a Semi
Second Responsory. double, as just given,- it ends at None,
inclusive; Preces are said at Prime,
On Mondays and Thursdays. and the Common Commemorations are
made at Lauds or not, according to the
The righteous shall grow, &c., season.
JI'H. :Il’nr yeasts of Many mangle.

Everything as on Sundays, except Answer. And shout for joy, all
what is otherwise given here. ye that are upright in heart.
FIRST VESPERS. Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed

Antiphons, C[zap/er, and Prayerfrom
Virgin. 3 For theirs is the kingdom
Lauds. of heaven, who loved not their lives
in this world, and have attained
Last Psalm.
unto the reward of the kingdom,
0 praise the LORD, &c., (Ps. cxvi., and have washed their robes in the
p. I 86.) blood of the Lamb.
Hymn.1
THE triumphs of the martyred saints MATTINS.
The joyous lay demand,
The heart delights in song to dwell Invitatmy. The Lord, He is the
On that victorious band : King of the Martyrs. * 0 come,
Those whom the senseless world ab
horred, let us worship Him!
Who cast the world aside,
Deemed fruitless, worthless, for the
sake Hynm.4
Of Christ, their Lord and Guide.
OW, comrades, sing we the strife
For Thee they braved the tyrant's rage, and the victory,
The scourge’s cruel smart : Sing we the triumph, the joy, and the
The wild beast’s claw their bodies majesty,
tore, Fain be our lips when the theme for
But vanquished not the heart : their utterance
Like lambs before the sword they fell, Tells of martyrdom glorified.
Nor cry nor plaint expressed :
For patience kept the conscious mind, Wisdom was theirs which was reckoned
And armed the fearless breast. as foolishness,
Lost on a world which esteemed their
What tongue can tell Thy crown pre end honourless
pared While in the might of Thy Spirit they
To wreathe the martyr's head? followed Thee,
What voice Thy robe of white to clothe jesus, heaven’s eternal King.
His limbs with torture red?
Vouchsafe us, Lord, if such Thy will,
Clear skies and seasons calm : Courage was theirs which no mocking
If not, the martyr's cross to bear, nor threatening
And win the martyr’s palm. Amen. Daunted, nor all the inventions of
cruelty
Broke, when the conquerors, strong
Verse. 2Be glad in the LORD, under agony,
and rejoice, ye righteous. Crushed the power of the torturer.
1 Author unknown (sixth to ninth century); hymn altered at some places; translation
by the late Dr Mant.
2 Ps. xxxi. II. 3 Cf. Matth. v. 10; John xii. 25; Apoc. vii. 14.
4 The original is a hymn of the Ambrosian school, perhaps by St Ambrose himself.
FOR MANY MARTYRS. 383
Mute as the lamb that is led to the Ps. iii. LORD, how are they in
slaughtering creased, &c., (p. 5.)
Died they, no cry and no violence
uttering: Verse. Be glad in the LORD, and
Peace in their hearts from the peace rejoice, ye righteous.
of eternity Answer. And shout for joy, all
Only witnessing all was well.
ye that are upright in heart.
Glory is theirs and unspeakable happi
ness, First Lesson.
Bright with the light of unaltering
blessedness, The Lesson is taken from the Epistle
Stored up in heaven for such as have of Blessed Paul the Apostle to
died for Thee
By our minds inconceivable.
the Romans (viii. 12.)
BRETHREN, we are debtors, not
Praise be to Thee, their faith’s Author
and Finisher, to the flesh, to live after the
Only-begotten with Him Who beget flesh. For if ye live after the flesh,
teth Thee, ye shall die: but if ye through the
And to the Spirit, Who, with Thee, co Spirit do mortify the deeds of the
equally
Reigns eternally magnified. Amen. body, ye shall live. For as many
as are led by the Spirit of God, they
are the sons of God. For ye have
FIRST NOCTURN. not received the spirit of bondage
Only three Psalms are said. again to fear, but ye have received
the Spirit of adoption, whereby we
First Antiphon. By the rivers of cry : Abba! (Father.) For the Spirit
water * hath the Lord planted the Itself beareth witness with our spirit
vineyard1 of the righteous, and in that we are the children of God.
His Law do they meditate day and And if children, then heirs ; heirs of
night. God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if
Ps. i. Blessed is the man, &c., so be that we suffer with Him, that
(11 4-) we may be also glorified together.
For I reckon that the sufferings of
Second Antiphon. 2As gold in this present time are not worthy to be
the furnace * hath the Lord tried His compared with the glory which shall
chosen ones, and received them for be revealed in us. For the earnest
ever as a burnt-offering. expectation of the creature waiteth
Ps. ii. Why do the heathen, &c., for the manifestation of the sons of
(e- 4-) God.
First Responsory.
Third Antiphon. 2Though the
elect be punished * in the sight of God shall wipe away all tears
men, yet is their hope full of immor from the eyes of His Saints, and
tality for ever. there shall be no more 3sorrow,
1 Cf. Isa. v. 7. 2 Wisd. iii. 6, 4.
3 In Apoc. xxi. 4, from which this beautiful Responsory is taken, the words are, “ And
there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, &c.” The mention of “ death ” seems to be
omitted because the Church will not apply that word to the glorious transit of her Martyrs,
which she habitually styles their “ natalitia,” or Birthday Festival.
nor crying, neither shall there be their lives, and were made like unto
any more pain,- for the former Him in their flesh, and therefore they
things are passed away. have earned crowns of victory.
Verse. They shall hunger no Verse. One spirit, and one faith
more, neither thirst any more, was in them.
neither shall the sun light on Answer. And therefore they
them, nor any heat. have earned crowns of victory.
Answer. For the former things
are passed away. Third Lesson.
WHO then shall separate us
Second Lesson. (28.)
from the love of Christ?
AND we know that all things Shall tribulation, or distress, or
work together for good to famine, or nakedness, or peril, or
them that love God, to them who persecution, or sword? As it is
are called to be Saints, according written : For Thy sake we are killed
to His purpose. For whom He did all the day long, we are accounted
foreknow, He also did predestinate as sheep for the slaughter.1 Nay,
to be conformed to the image of in all these things we are more than
His Son, that He might be the conquerors, through Him That loved
First-born among many brethren. us. For I am persuaded that neither
Moreover, whom He did predes death, nor life, nor angels, nor Prin
tinate, them He also called: and cipalities, nor Powers, nor things
whom He called, them He also present, nor things to come, nor
justified: and whom He justified, might, nor height, nor depth, nor
them He also glorified. What then any other creature, shall be able to
shall we say to these things? If separate us from the love of God,
God be for us, who can be against which is in Christ JESUS our Lord.
us? He That spared not His own
Son, but delivered Him up for us Third Responsory. '
all, how shall He not with Him also
freely give us all things P Who shall They gave their bodies for God’s
lay anything to the charge of God’s sake to death ,- and gained the ever
elect? It is God That justifieth. lasting crown.
Who is He that condemneth? It Verse. 2These are they which
is Christ JESUS, That died, yea, came out of great tribulation, and
rather, That is risen again, Who is have washed their robes in the
even at the right hand of God, Who Blood of the Lamb.
also maketh intercession for us. Answer. And gained the ever
lasting crown.
Second Responsorjy.
These men are holy, who have Ghost.
gloriously shed their blood for the Answer. And gained the ever
Lord’s sake, yea, who loved Christ in lasting crown.
1 Ps. xliii. 22. ? Apoc. vii. r4.
SECOND NOCTURN. To the Saints that are in His

land, * He hath made all my will
first Antz'phon. 11 will give admirable.
unto My Saints a place * in the Their sorrows are multiplied, *
kingdom of My Father, every one that hasten after [a strange god.]
by his own name, saith the Lord. In their assemblies for blood
shedding will I have no part: * nor
Psalm XIV. mention their names with my lips.
[Intituled “ A Psalm of David.”] The LORD is the portion of mine
inheritance, and of my cup: *
LORD, who shall abide in Thy Thou art He That shalt restore
tabernacle? * who shall dwell mine inheritance unto me.
in Thine holy hill? The lines are fallen unto me in
He that walketh uprightly, * and pleasant places: * yea, I have a
worketh righteousness. goodly heritage. ‘
He that speaketh the truth in his I will bless the LORD, Who hath
heart, * he that deceiveth not with given me counsel: *‘ my reins also
his tongue. instruct me in the night seasons.
He that hath _not done evil to his I have set the LORD always be
neighbour, * nor taken up a reproach fore my face: * because He is at my
against his neighbour. right hand, I shall never be moved.
In whose eyes a vile person is Therefore mine heart is glad, and
despised: * but he honoureth them my tongue rejoiceth: * my flesh
that fear the LORD. also shall rest in hope,
He that sweareth to his neighbour, For Thou wilt not leave my soul
and deceiveth him not, * he that in hell: * neither wilt Thou suffer
putteth not out his money to usury, Thine Holy One to see corruption.
nor taketh reward against the in Thou hast shown me the path of
nocent. life, Thou shalt fill me with joy in
He that doeth these things, * Thy presence: * at Thy right hand
shall never be moved. there are pleasures for evermore.
Seeond Antz'phon. To the Saints Third Antiphon. 2The Saints
that are in the earth * Thou hast that wait upon the LORD * shall
made all my counsels admirable. renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles,
Psalm XV. they shall fly and not faint.
[Intituled a work “of David," but the
specifically descriptive word is not now of Psalm XXIII.
certain meaning]
[Intituled “A Psalm of David.” The
RESERVE me, O Lord, for in Vulgate and the LXX. add “for the first
day of the week.”]
>Thee do I put my trust: *
I have said unto the LORD: Thou HE earth is the LORD’s and the
art my God, for Thou hast no need fulness thereof; * the world,
of my goods. and they that dwell therein.
1 Cf. John XiVpZ, - 2 Isa. x]. 31.
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For He hath founded it upon the cession, such good things in this life
seas, * and established it upon the that thereby we, following them, may
floods. gain better in that which is to come.
Who shall ascend into the moun For they only do truly keep Holiday
tain of the LORD? ‘* or who shall on the Feasts of the Martyrs, who
stand in His holy place? follow after the Martyrs’ example.
He that hath clean hands and a These Feasts of the Martyrs are the
pure heart, * who hath not lifted Martyrs’ preaching, whereby to stir
up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn us up to imitate what we are not
deceitfully unto his neighbour. loath to honour.
He shall receive a blessing from
the LORD, * and mercy from the Fourth Responsory.
God of his salvation.
This is the generation of them sThy Saints, 0 Lord, have passed
that seek Him, * that seek the a wonderful way, serving Thy com
face of the God of Jacob.1 mandments, that they might be
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, found without hurt in the midst
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting of the mighty waters. Dry land
doors! * and the King of glory appeared, and, out of the Red Sea,
shall come in. a way without impediment.
Who is this King of glory? * Verse. ‘He smote the rock, and
The LORD strong and mighty, the the waters gushed out, and the
LORD mighty in battle. streams overflowed.
Lift up your gates, 0 ye princes, Answer. Dry land appeared, and,
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting out of the Red Sea, a way without
doors! * and the King of glory impediment.
shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? * Fifth Lesson.
The LORD of hosts, He is the
King of glory.1 BUT we, who would fain rejoice
with the Saints, would fain
Verse. 2 Let the righteous rejoice not share with them the persecu
before God. tion of the world. Whosoever will
Answer. Yea, let them exceed not take ensample of the holy Mar
ingly rejoice. tyrs, as far as lieth in him, such
an one cannot attain unto their
Fonrth Lesson. blessedness. Thus preacheth the
Apostle Paul, when he saith: “As
The Lesson is taken from the Ser
ye are partakers of the sufferings,
mons of St Austin, Bishop [of
so shall ye be also of the consola
Hippo] (47th on the Saints.)
tion.” (2 Cor. i. 7.) Yea, the Lord
EARLY beloved brethren, as Himself saith in the Gospel: “If
often as we keep the Feasts the world hate you, ye know that
of the holy Martyrs, we look to it hated Me before it hated you.”
obtain of the Lord, by their inter (John xv. 18.) He will not be of
1 SLII. ' Ps. lxvii. 4. 3 Wisd. xix. 5-7; Neh. ix. II. “ Ps. lxxvii. 20.
the body, who will not be bated and such as be faithful in love shall
with the Head. abide with Him.
Answer. For the grace of God,
Fifth Responsory. and His peace, are with His chosen.
The Saints of God shrank not
from the stripes of the executioners,
Ghost.
but died for Christ’s Name’s sake;
Answer. For the grace of God,
that they might be made joint-heirs
and His peace, are with His chosen.
in the house of the Lord.
Verse. They gave their bodies
for God’s sake to death. THIRD NOCTU RN.
Answer. That they might be First Antiohon. 2The righteous
made joint-heirs in the house of the live * for evermore ; their reward
Lord. also is with the Lord.
Sixth Lesson.
BUT some man will say: “And Psalm XXXlI.
who is he that can tread in [The Vulgate and the LXX. ascribe this
the footsteps of the blessed Mar psalm “to l)avid.”]
tyrs?” To such an one I answer
REJOICE in the LORD, 0 ye
that, by the Lord’s help, we are
righteous: *‘ praise is comely
able, if we so will, to tread in the
for the upright.
footsteps, not of the blessed Mar
tyrs only, but even of the same Praise the LORD with harp: *
sing unto Him with the psaltery
Lord Himself. Hearken, not to
of ten strings.
me, but to the same Lord, Who
crieth unto all men: “Learn of Sing unto Him a new song: *‘
play skilfully unto Him with a loud
Me, for I am meek and lowly in
noise.
heart.” (Matth. xi. 29.) Hear
For the word of the LORD is
also with what words the Apostle
Peter warneth us: “Christ suffered right: * and all His works are done
for us, leaving us an example, in truth.
that we should follow His steps.”
He loveth mercy and judgment: *
the earth is full of the goodness of
(1 Pet. ii. 21.)
the LORD.
By the word of the LORD were
Sixth Responsory.
the heavens made, * and all the
1 As gold in the furnace hath the host of them by the breath of His
Lord tried His chosen ones, and mouth.
received them as a burnt-offering, He gathereth the waters of the
and yet a while, and they shall be sea together as an heap: * He lay
regarded ; for the grace of God, and eth up the depths in storehouses.
His peace, are with His chosen. Let all the earth. fear the LORD:
Verse. They that put their trust * let all the inhabitants of the world
in Him shall understand the truth : stand in awe of Him.
1 Wisd. iii. 6-9. 2 Wisd. v. 16.
388. THE COMMON OF SAINTS.
For- He spake, and it was done: Psalm XXXI I l.

* He commanded, and it was made.
[Intituled “Of David, when he changed
The LORD bringeth the counsel his behaviour before Abimelech, who drove
of the heathen to nought: * He him away and he departed." This incident
maketh the devices of the people of is thus described in I Kings (Sam.) xxi. IO :
“ And David arose and fled that day for fear
none effect, and setteth aside the Of Saul, and went to Achish” (Otherwise
counsel of princes. called Abimelech) “the King of Gath. And
But the counsel of the LORD the servants of Achish said unto him: Is
not this David the King of the land? Did
standeth for ever, * the thoughts Of they not sing one to another of him in
His heart to all generations. dances saying, ‘Saul hath slain his thou
Blessed is the nation whose God sands, and David his ten thousands’? And
David laid up these words in his heart, and
is the LORD, * the people He hath was sore afraid of Achish the King of Gath.
chosen for His own inheritance. And he changed his behaviour before them,
The LORD looketh from heaven : and feigned himself mad in their hands,
and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and
* He beholdeth all the sons of men. let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
From the set place Of His habi Then said Achish to his servants: Lo, ye
tation * He looketh upon all the see the man is mad; wherefore have you
brought him to me? Have I need of mad
inhabitants of the earth. men, that ye have brought this fellow to
He fashioneth the heart of every play the madman in my presence? Shall
one of them: * He considereth all this fellow come into mine house? xxii.
David therefore departed thence, and es
their works. caped to the cave of Adullam.” This Psalm
There is no king saved by the mul is A B C Darian.]
titude of an host: * a mighty man
is not delivered by much strength. WILL bless the LORD at all
An horse is a vain thing for safety : times: * His praise shall con
* by his great strength he shall not tinually be in my mouth.
escape. ' My soul shall make her boast in
Behold, the eyes of the LORD are the LORD: * the humble shall hear
upon them that fear Him, * and thereof, and be glad.
upon them that hope in His mercy. O magnify the LORD with me: *
TO deliver their soul from death, and let us exalt His Name to
* and to feed them in time of famine. gether.
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: * I sought the LORD, and He heard
for He is our help and our shield. me, * and delivered me from all my
For our heart shall rejoice in Him : distress.
*‘ because we have trusted in His Draw near unto Him, and be
holy Name. lightened, * and your faces shall
Let Thy mercy, O LORD, be upon not be ashamed.
us, * according as we hope in Thee. This poor man cried, and the
LORD heard him, * and saved him
Second Antzlohon. They gave up out of all his troubles.
their bodies unto death ’* rather The angel of the LORD encampeth
than serve idols : and therefore have round about them that fear Him, *
they crowns on their heads and and delivereth them.
palms in theirhands.1 O taste and see that the LORD is
1 Apoc. vii. 9.
FOR.‘ MANY MARTYRS. 389
good: * blessed is the man that for Christ’s sake shall live for ever
trusteth in Him. . ~ and ever.
0 fear the LORD, all ye His
Ps. xlv. God is our refuge, &c.,
Saints: * for there is no want to
them that fear Him.
(11 97-)
The mighty lack and suffer hun Verse. The righteous live for
ger: ’* but they that seek the LORD evermore.
shall not want any good thing. Answer. Their reward also is
Come, ye children, hearken unto with the Lord.
me: * I will teach you the fear of
the LORD. Seoent/z Lesson.
What man is he that desireth life,
* that loveth to see good days P The Lesson is taken from the
Keep thy tongue from evil, * and Holy Gospel according to Luke
thy lips from speaking guile. (xxi. 9.)
Depart from evil and do good : * AT that time: JESUS said unto
seek peace and pursue it. His disciples : When ye shall
The eyes of the LORD are upon hear of wars and commotions, be
the righteous: * and His ears are not terrified: for these things must
open unto their cry. first come to pass; but the end is
But the face of the LORD is not by and by. And so on.
against them that do evil, * to cut
off the remembrance of them from Homily by Pope St Gregory [the
the earth. Great] (35th on the Gospels.)
The righteous cry and the LORD
heareth, * and delivereth them out Our Lord and Redeemer will_
of all their troubles. eth us to know what shall be the
The LORD is nigh unto them that signs that the end of the world is
are of a broken heart, * and saveth at hand, to the end that ye may be
such as be of a contrite spirit. the less terrified, when that com
Many are the afilictions of the eth whereof ye have already had
righteous: * but the LORD will de warning. Darts strike less which
liver them out of all. are seen coming: and the plagues
The Lord keepeth all their bones : of the earth will be to us more
* not one of them shall be broken. bearable, if we are harnessed
The death of sinners is grievous: against them with the shield of
"‘ and they that hate the righteous foreknowledge. Behold, how He
shall be guilty. saith: “When ye shall hear of
The LORD redeemeth the souls of wars and commotions be not ter
His servants: * and none of them rified: for these things must first
that trust in Him shall be guilty. come to pass; but the end is not
by and by.” It behoveth us to
T/zird Antz'p/lon. Behold, how ponder these words of our Re
great with God is the reward * of deemer, wherein He warneth us of
His Saints:1 yea, they who died suffering, from without, and from
1 Matth. v. 12.
within. Wars are the work of a and by: many woes must come
foreign enemy, commotions of the first, to give warning of the woe that
citizens. Therefore, that He may hath no end.
let us know that we shall be troubled
from within and from without, He Ezghth Responsory.
showeth that our wrestling shall be
in part against strangers, and in part 0 ye My Saints, who, being in
against our brethren. the flesh, didst have striving—I
will render unto you a reward of
Seventh Responsory. your labours.2
Verse. 3Come, ye blessed of My
Because of the covenant of the Father, inherit the kingdom!
Lord, and the laws of their fathers, Answer. I will render unto you
the Saints of God abode in brotherly a reward of your labours.
love, for one spirit and one faith Verse. Glory be to the Father,
was ever in them. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Verse. 1Behold how good and Ghost.
how pleasant it is for brethren to Answer. I will render unto you
dwell together in unity. a reward of your labours.
Answer. For one spirit and one
faith was ever in them. On the Feasts of [Martyrs who were
brothers the following is the Second or
Eighth Responsory.
Eighth Blessing.
Theirs is a brotherhood indeed,
They whose feast-day we are
whose tie no storms availed to
keeping
sever: together they followed the
Be our Advocates with God.
Lord in the shedding Of their
blood. Together they set at nought
Eighth Lesson.
the Royal Palace; together they
UT, when these woes come, the attained unto the kingdom of
end is not by and by. And heaven.
He saith further: “Nation shall Verse. Behold how good and
rise against nation, and kingdom how pleasant it is for brethren to
against kingdom; and great earth dwell together in unity.
quakes shall be in divers places, Answer. Together they set at
and pestilences, and famines, and nought the Royal Palace; together
fearful sights and great signs shall they attained unto the kingdom of
there be from heaven.” Before the heaven.
last tribulation cometh, shall come Verse. Glory be to the Father,
many other tribulations: and, by and to the Son, and to the Holy
the many woes which shall come Ghost.
first, shall be foreshadowed the ever Answer. Together they set at
lasting woe which shall come in the nought the Royal Palace; together
end. And therefore, after wars and they attained unto the kingdom Of
commotions, the end is not yet by heaven.
1 Ps. cxxxii. I. 2 Wisd. X. 17. 3 Matth. xxv. 34,
[Vinth Lesson. Third Antiphon. 1 The bodies
BUT, forasmuch as the signs and of the Saints are buried in peace, *
troubles whereof the Lord and their name liveth for ever
speaketh are so manifold, we must more.
needs shortly consider each : for, of Fourth Antiphon. 0 all ye Mar
necessity, we must suffer some tyrs of the Lord, bless ye the Lord
things from heaven, some from the * for ever.
earth, some from the powers of Fzflh Antiphon. 0 ye Martyrs,
{
nature, and some from men. For praise ye the LORD from the
where He saith: “ Nation shall rise heavens, praise Him with the dance
against nation ”—He speaketh con —Alleluia.
cerning the troubling of men:
where: “great earthquakes shall The Chapter. (Wisd. iii. 1.)
be in divers places "—concerning THE souls of the righteous are
wrath from above: where: “and in the hand of God, and the
pestilences "—concerning the frailty torment of death shall not touch
Of the body: where: “and famines ” them. In the sight of the unwise
—concerning the barrenness of the they seemed to die: but they are in
earth: where: “fearful signs from peace.
heaven,” and tempests—concerning
commotions of the air. As, then, Hymn for many Martyrs.2
all things shall have an end, so, be
THOU, the Martyrs’ glorious
fore the end, shall all things be King,
troubled: and we who have sinned Of Confessors the crown and prize ;
and come short in all things, shall Who dost to joys celestial bring
in all things be afflicted, that it may Those who the joys of earth despise !
be fulfilled that is written: “and By all the praise Thy Saints have won ;
the world shall fight with Him By all their pains in days gone by;
against the unwise.” (Wisd. v. 21.) By all the deeds which they have done ;
Hear Thou Thy suppliant people’s
The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O cry.
Thou dost amid Thy Martyrs fight;
Thy Confessors Thou dost forgive;
LAUDS. May we find mercy in Thy sight,
And in Thy sacred presence live.
First Antiphon. 0 how many
torments have all the Saints suf To God the Father glory be,
And to His sole-begotten Son ;
fered, * that they might attain And glory, Holy Ghost, to Thee !
safely unto the palm of martyrdom ! While everlasting ages run. Amen.
Second Antzlzfihon. The Saints
have attained unto the kingdom, * Verse. 3Let the Saints be joy
with palms in their hands; they ful in glory.
have earned crowns of Majesty Answer. Let them sing aloud
from the Lord’s hand. upon their beds.
1 Ecclus. xliv. I4. -
2 The original hymn, written between the tenth and thirteenth centuries, is slightly
altered in the Breviary. 3 Ps.cxlix. 5.
Antiphon at the Songr of Zacharias. ample. Through our Lord JEsos

1 Even the very hairs of your head Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
are all numbered: * fear not there reigneth with Thee, in the unity of
fore; ye are of more value than the Holy Ghost, one God, world
many sparrows. without end. Amen.
If the Prayer is not special there is
said one of thefollowing, which is also PRIME.
used throughout the whole Ofiiee (y‘ the
Saints. Antiohon. 0 how many torments,
&c., (First Antiphon at Lauds.)
Prayerfor many Martyrs, who were
Bishops. Chapter at the end. (Wisd. iii. 7.)
LORD, we beseech Thee, that THE righteous shall shine, and

the feast of Thy blessed Mar run to and fro like sparks
tyrs and Bishops (here insert their among the stubble. They shall
names) may keep us, and their judge the nations, and have do
worshipful prayers commend us. minion over the people, and their
Through our Lord Jesus Christ Lord shall reign for ever.
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy TERCE.
Ghost, one God, world without end.
Amen. Antiphon. The Saints have at
tained, &c., (Second Antzjohon at
Lands.)
Prayerfor many Martyrs, not Bishops.
Chapterfrom Lands.
O GOD, by Whose mercy we
here keep the birthday of Short Resfionsory.
Thy holy Martyrs, (here insert their
names,) grant us hereafter to rejoice 2Be glad in the LORD, and re
in their blessed company for all joice, ye righteous.
eternity. Through our Lord Jesus Answer. Be glad in the LORD,
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and and rejoice, ye righteous.
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of Verse. And shout for joy, all
the Holy Ghost, one God, world ye that are upright in heart.
without end. Amen. Answer. And rejoice, ye right
eous.
A notherfor the same.
GOD, Who, year by year, dost Ghost.
gladden us by the solemn Answer. Be glad in the LORD,
feast-day of Thy holy Martyrs, and rejoice, ye righteous.
(here insert their names,) mercifully Verse. Let the righteous rejoice
grant, that we who rejoice because before God.
of their worthy deeds, may be also Answer. Yea, let them exceed
stirred up to follow after their ex ingly rejoice.
1 Luke xii. 7. 2 Ps. xxxi. II.
FOR MAN Y MARTYRS. 393
SEXT. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and

Antiphon. The bodies of the
Answer. The righteous live for
Saints, &c., (Third Afll‘l'p/wfl at
Lauds.)
evermore.
Verse. Let the Saints be joyful
in glory.
Chapter. (Wisd. x. I7.)
Answer. Let them sing aloud
HE Lord hath rendered to the upon their beds.
Saints a reward of their la
bours, and guided them in a mar SECOND VESPERS.
vellous way: and was unto them
for a cover by day, and a light of first Antzphon. These men are
stars in the night season. holy, * for they have given up their
bodies unto death for the sake of
Short Responsory. the covenant of their God, and have
washed their robes in the Blood of
Let the righteous rejoice before the Lamb.
God. Seeond Antiphon. 1The Saints
Answer. Let the righteous re through faith subdued kingdoms,
joice before God. * wrought righteousness, obtained
Verse. Yea, let them exceed promises.
ingly rejoice. Third Antiphon. 2The youth of
Answer. Before God. the Saints shall be renewed * like
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and the eagle’s: they shall grow as the
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. lily in the city of the Lord.
Answer. Let the righteous re Fourth Antiphon. God shall wipe
joice before God. away all tears from the eyes of His
Verse. The righteous live for Saints: * and there shall be no more
evermore. sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there
Answer. Their reward also is be any more pain; for the former
with the Lord. things are passed away.
fifth Antiphon. In the heavenly
NONE. kingdoms, * there is the dwelling of
Antiphon. 0 ye Martyrs, &c., the Saints: there shall be their rest
(Fifth Antiphon at Lands.) for ever and ever.
Chapter as at the end of Prime. Psalm CXV.
[In the Hebrew this Psalm is a continua
Short Responsory. tion of the last. The Vulgate and the LXX.
prefix “Alleluia.”]
The righteous live for evermore.
Answer. The righteous live for BELIEVED, therefore have I
evermore. spoken: * but I was greatly
Verse. Their reward also is with afflicted.
the Lord. I said in my haste: * All men
Answer. For evermore. are liars.
1 Heb. xi. 33. 2 Ps. cii. 5 ; lxxi. I6 ; Isa. xxxv. l.
What shall I render unto the EVERY man knoweth how, by

LORD * for all His benefits toward the good Providence of God,
me P the divers glories of His Martyrs are
I will take the cup of salvation, * held in such esteem by His people,
and call upon the name of the LORD. that the same His Saints in all places
I will pay my vows unto the LORD receive worthy honour, and before
in the presence of all His people. us is set, by the favour of Christ, the
* Precious in the sight of the LORD noble ensample of their courage:
is the death of His Saints. thus are we stirred up to consider,
0 LORD, truly I am Thy servant: on the occasion of these Holidays,
* I am Thy servant, and the son of how great glory doth abide them in
Thine handmaid: heaven, whose birthdays are thus
Thou hast loosed my bonds. *‘ I kept upon earth: thereby, also, we
will offer to Thee the sacrifice of are roused to strive to be like them,
thanksgiving, and will call upon the brave, godly, and true: so that, in
name of the LORD. the strength of Christ, we, like them,
I will pay my vows unto the LORD, may wrestle with, and conquer our
in the presence of all His people : * enemy, and, when we have gained
in the courts of the LORD’s house, in the same victory that they gained,
the midst of thee, 0 Jerusalem! may with them at last be glorified in
[Here the Hebrew appends “Alle the kingdom of heaven.
luia,” which the Vulgate and the LXX.
prefix to the next Psalm.] Fifth Lesson.
Chapter, and Verse and A nswerfrom FOR what man is there willing to
Lands.
Hymn from First Vespers.
share their reward, that if he
do not first lay hold on their stead
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed fastness, follow after the ensample of
Virgin. In heaven do rejoice the their faith, and imitate their brave
souls of the Saints * who have fol patience, can either seek or find
lowed the steps of Christ; and their glory by likeness to their lives P
because they shed their blood for But whosoever doth so follow them,
the love of Christ, therefore shall let him not doubt but that, though
they be made glad for ever with in very deed he gain not the crown
Christ. of martyrdom, he is yet able by good
works to make himself meet there
for. For we have a most merciful
@tlJer 1255mm: fur the feasts God, Which either giveth Martyrdom
uf Mung iliflartgrs. unto such as be willing, or, without
Martyrdom, doth make them joint
SECOND NOCTURN. heirs with the Saints in the kingdom
Fourth Lesson. of God.
Sixth Lesson.
mons of St John Chrysostom, OR even as afiiictions unman
Patriarch [of ConstantinOple.] the ungodly, so do trials
(1st on the Martyrs. ‘Tom. iii.) harden the righteous. Even thus
did the Saints strive against sin; saith that there were there “all
but the work braced their muscles, sick people,” (iv. 23.) Of these
and in death they were more than every man had need of healing,
conquerors. Of such as run in a that, when he had received strength,
race, no man saith that they are by and by, he might go up into the
strong, unless they run, and none mountain. And therefore, being
can be crowned, unless he conquer. Himself come down, He healeth
No soldier prevaileth against his them in the plain, that is to say, He
enemy, unless he fight; or winneth calleth them away from their lust,
the Emperor’s favour, unless he have and freeth them of their blindness.
warred. Christian! the needful arms He cometh down to our wounds, to
are thine! In thy hands are the the end that by a certain use of
strong weapons, wherewith thou canst His nature, and by the abundance
conquer the enemy! thereof, He might make us joint
heirs of the kingdom of heaven.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Seventh Lesson. Ezlghth Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Holy “ LESSED be ye poor, for

Gospel according to Luke (vi. I 7.) your’s is the kingdom of
God.” Saint Luke giveth us but
AT that time : JESUS came down four of the Lord’s Beatitudes, and
from the mountain, and stood Saint Matthew eight: but in those
in the plain, and the company of His eight are contained these four, and
disciples, and a great multitude of in these four those eight. For in
people out of all Judea, and Jeru these four are embraced the cardinal
salem, and from the sea coast of virtues: and in those eight they are
Tyre and Sidon. And so on. set forth in a number full of mystery.
It is written at the head of more
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop
than one of the Psalms that they
[of Milan] (Bk. v. on Luke vi.)
are “for the octave,” and thou hast
Mark well how JESUS goeth up received the commandment: “Give
ward with His disciples, and down a portion to seven, and also to
ward to the multitude. How should eight ”——to seven or eight what?
the multitude behold Christ, save in Perchance degrees of blessedness.
a lower place? Such go not up to For as this eighth [Beatitude] doth
the things which are above; such name the most glorious realization
attain not to the things which are of our hope—[“the kingdom of
high. And when JESUS cometh Heaven ”]—so doth it also name
down, He findeth such as are the most royal exertion of our
diseased: for such like go not up strength—[“ blessed are they which
to the heights. Hence also Matthew are persecuted.”] 1
1 The latter half of this Lesson, from the words “ It is written,” &c., is one of the most
difficult passages in the Breviary, and seems to require a short note, especially as it is so
often recited in the Church Service. (1.) “ For the octave” is meant as a translation of
the Hebrew words “Alhashsh’minith,” found in the superscription of P55. vi. and xi.
The real meaning of these words seems to have been lost for at least two thousand years,
396 THE COMMONv OF' SAINTS.
Ninth Lesson. Touching this leaven the Apostle

warneth us : “ Therefore let us keep
UT let us first consider the fuller the feast, not with old leaven,
of the forms of these Beati neither with the leaven of malice
tudes. “Blessed be ye poor, for and wickedness, but with the un—
your’s is the kingdom of God.” leavened bread of sincerity and
Both of the Evangelists give to this truth.” (1 Cor. v. 8.) For even
Beatitude the first place. Yea, as a little leaven doth infect the
surely, for poorness, at least in whole lump wherein it is put, and
spirit, is the first in order, the the savour thereof doth spread all
mother, and procreatrix of virtues; abroad therein, so doth hypocrisy,
since he that setteth no store by when once it hath tainted the soul,
temporal things, winneth toward drive out from it all sincerity and
eternal things; neither is any man truth. The meaning, therefore, of
able to gain the kingdom of heaven, this passage is this: “Beware, lest
on whom the love of this present ye be as the hypocrites, for yet a
world doth so press, that he cannot little while, and all men shall see
rid himself thereof. that ye are good, and they are evil.”
A not/zer Homily.
Ezlg/zliz Lesson.
Sweat/z Lesson. AS touching what followeth:
“For there is nothing co
The Lesson is taken from the Holy vered that shall not be revealed,
Gospel according to Luke (xii. 1.)
neither hid, that shall not be
AT that time: JESUS said unto known. Therefore, whatsoever ye
His disciples: Beware of the have spoken in darkness shall be
leaven of the Pharisees, which is heard in the light.” These words
hypocrisy. And so on. are true, not only as concerning
the world which is to come, where
Homily by the Venerable Bede, in the secrets of all hearts shall
Priest [at Jarrow and Doctor of the be made manifest, but even as con
Church] (Bk. iv. an Luke, Cap. lii.) cerning this present world, since
and conjectures on the subject have exercised the various ingenuity of the learned, who are
widely disagreed. It is, however, a pretty general idea that the phrase is a technical
musical direction, and has something to do with the number 8. Gesenius believes it to
correspond to the Italian “basso,” and to imply a composition intended for men’s voices.
(2.) Eccles. xi. begins thus : “ Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after
many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil
shall be upon the earth.” This latter verse the Rev. T. P. Dale, in his profound trans
lation and Commentary upon Ecclesiastes, renders, “Give a share all round, and to some
one else beside, for thou dost not know what sort of mischief shall be in the earth,” and
he says, “It is equivalent to our ‘ everybody and some one else.’ ” The whole would seem
to be an exhortation to almsgiving full even to abundance : seven, as the “ perfect” number,
being chosen to imply a full number generally. Cf. _Iob v. 19; Micah v. 5 ; Matth. xviii.
22. (3.) benedictionibus. Sicut enim spei nostrae octava perfectio est, ita octava summa
virtutum est.” The translator confesses to great uncertainty as to the meaning, but, upon
full and repeated consideration, at the interval of years, he is inclined to think that
“ octava” agrees with “benedictio ” understood, and that the paraphrase in the text is the
most probable sense.
.[FOR' MANY MARTYRS. I 397
now that which'the Apostles spake should ye be afraid of them that kill
and suffered in the darkness of the body? He that is the careful
persecution, and the gloom of dun Lord of the beasts, which think not,
geons, is, since that the Church is how much more shall He be careful
glorified, told of them for a me of man which hath a reasonable soul?
morial of them, wherever their acts
are read throughout the whole
world. “Be not afraid of them
that kill the body,” for they that :llur simple :lfsasts uf Many
persecute the righteous, when they
have killed the body, “after that, fiattgrs.
have no more that they can do.” The Ofliee is as on a'Semi-a’ouble, with
Truly, it is a childish folly which thefizllowing exeeptions.
maketh such men to cast the dead
limbs of the martyrs to birds and FIRST VESPERS.
beasts, while yet they have no The Ofiiee is of the Week-day, till the
strength to withstand the Almight of Chapter, exclusive.
God, whereby He will surely quicken The Ofiiee of the Saints begins with
the same limbs and raise them up the Chapter, whieh, as also the Hymn,
again. Verse and Answer, A ntzjohon at the
Song of the Blessed Virgin, and Prayer
Ninth Lesson. are all as just given, (19. 382.) The
Common Commemorations are said or
OF persecutors there are two not aeeording to the season.
kinds: first, of such as do At Compline are said Preees.
openly rage in cruelty against us;
MATTINS.
and, secondly, of such as do seek,
by cunning wiliness and lying, to The lnvitatorj/ and Hymn are as just
beguile us. Against both these given.
the Saviour willeth to guard and Then follow the Week-day Psalms,
with their own A ntiphons.
strengthen us, in one place warning
us to be not afraid of them that On Mondays and Thursdays.
kill the body, and, in another place,
to beware of the leaven of the Verse. Be glad in the Lord, and
Pharisees: since, when we are dead, rejoice, ye righteous.
neither the cruelty of the one class, Answer. And shout for joy, all
nor the falsehood of the other, will ye that are upright in heart.
be able any more to touch us.
“Are not five sparrows sold for A hsolution.
two farthings?” If God, saith the Graciously hear, &c.
Lord, if God cannot forget the least
of the works of His hands that
hath life, the little birds that fly
hither and thither in the air, if He Verse. Let the righteous rejoice
cannot forget them, wherefore should in the presence of God.
ye, who are made in the image and Answer. Yea, let them be exceed
likeness of your Maker, wherefore ing glad.
Absolution. Second Responsory.
May His loving-kindness, &c. On Mondays and Thursdays.

These men are holy, &c., (Second
On Wednesdays. Responsory in the preceding Ofiice,)
Verse. The righteous live for with the following addition .
evermore. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
Answer. Their reward also is
with the Lord. Answer. And therefore they have
earned crowns of victory.
A hsolution.
May the Almighty, &c. 0n Tuesdays and Fridays.
First Blessing. The Saints of God shrank not,

&c., (Fifth Responsory in the preced
May His blessing be upon us, ing Oflice) with the following addi
Who doth live and reign for ever. tion.
First Lesson from Scrzloture, accord Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
ing to the Season, being either the first
part, or, if the Saints have two Lessons, to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
the whole read as one, at will. Answer. That they might be
made joint-heirs in the house of the
First Responsory. Lord.
On Mondays and Thursdays. 0n Wednesdays.
God shall wipe away, &c., (First 0 ye, My Saints, &c., (Eighth
Responsory in the preceding Oflice.) Responsory in the preceding Ofiice.)
0n Tuesdays and Fridays. Third Blessing.

Thy Saints, O Lord, &c., (Fourth May He That is the Angels’ King,
Responsory in the preceding Ofiice.) To that high realm His people
bring.
On Wednesdays.
Third Lesson is the whole or the
Because Of the covenant, &c., Second part of the Legend of the Saints,
(Seventh Responsory in the preceding if there is one, or else the special Lesson
Ofiice.) assigned.
Second Blessing. Then the Hymn, “We praise Thee,
O God,” &c., is said, and so end
They whose feast-day we are Mattins.
keeping,
Be ,our Advocates with God. The rest of the Ofiice is as on a Semi
double, as just given ,' it ends at None,
Second Lesson is the First of the Le inclusive; Preces are said at Prime,
gend of the Saint, if there be two; if and the Common Commemorations are
not, it is the Second from Scrijfiture, to made at Lauds or not, according to the
which the Third may be added, at will. season.
FOR ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR. 399
U. altar innate of am Msbop anti @nnftfiflflt‘.
Everything as on Sundays, except 5.

what is otherwise given here.
Glory and honour, virtue and salvation
Be unto Him, Who, in His might
FIRST VESPERS. divine,
Ruleth supremely over all creation,
A ntz'phons, Chapter, and Prayerfronz One and yet Trine. Amen.
Laua's.
Last Psalm. Verse. 2The Lord loved him
and beautified him.
0 praise the LORD, &c., (Ps. cxvi., Answer. He clothed him with
p. I 86.) a robe of glory.
Iriynzn.l
I.
A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed
Virgin. O thou Priest and Bishop,
SAFE now for ever, JESU’S true
Confessor, * thou worker of mighty works,
W'hose happy festal here His people thou good shepherd over God’s
keep, people, pray for us unto the Lord.
Doth of his labours for his mighty
Blesser,
Rich harvest reap. For Doctors.
2. 0 right excellent Teacher, Light

Gentle was he, wise, pure, and lowly of the Holy Church, N. (here insert
hearted, his name) blessed lover of the
Sober and modest, ever foe to Divine Law, pray for us to the
strife, Son of God.
While in his frame there flowed as yet
unparted
Currents of life. MATTINS.
at
J. Invitatory. The Lord, He is
Ofttirnes hath He Whose face he sees the King of the Confessors. * 0
in heaven, come, let us worship Him.
Being entreated for His servant’s
sake, Hymn as at First Vespers.
To us on earth the same for healer
given
FIRST NOCTURN.
Sick whole to make.
Only three Psalms are said.
4.
Wherefore our choir, in thankfulness first Antz'phon. Blessed is the
adoring, man ’* that doth meditate in the
Lifteth its voice with melody of laud, law of the Lord: his delight is
While he on high for us his prayer is
pouring therein day and night, and what
Unto his God. soever he doeth shall prosper.
1 Hymn of the Middle Ages, after the manner of the Ambrosian school, but very much
altered; translation by the Rev. Dr Littledale, except the first verse, and the third.
“ Ecclus. xlv. 9.
Ps. i. Blessed is the man, 810., Moreover, he must have a good

(e- 4-) report of them which are without,
Second Antiphon. Blessed and lest he fall into reproach, and the
holy is he * that putteth his trust snare of the devil.
in the Lord, that declareth the
decree of the Lord, and is set First Responsory.
upon His holy hill. 1 Well done, thou good and faith
Ps. 'ii. Why do the heathen, ful servant, thou hast been faith
&c.. (114-) ful over a few things. I will make
thee ruler over many things; en
Third Antiphon. Thou, O Lord, ter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
art my glory, * Thou art a shield Verse. Lord, thou deliveredst unto
for me: Thou art the Lifter-up of me five talents ; behold, I have gained
mine head, and Thou hast heard
beside them five talents more.
me out of Thy holy hill. Answer. Enter thou into the
Ps. iii. LORD, how are they in joy Of thy Lord.
creased, &c., 5.)
Verse. The Lord loved him and Second Lesson.
beautified him. The Lesson is taken from the
Answer. He clothed him with Epistle to Titus (i. 7.)
a robe of glory.
FOR a Bishop must be blame
less, as the steward of God:
First Lesson.
not proud, not soon angry, not given
The Lesson 'is taken from the to wine, no striker, not given to filthy
First Epistle of the Blessed lucre: but a lover of hospitality,
Apostle Paul to Timothy (iii. 1.) courteous, sober, just, holy, tem
perate, holding fast the faithful word,
THIS is a true saying: Ifa man
as he hath been taught : that he may
desire the ofiice of a Bishop,
be able by sound doctrine both to ex
he desireth a good work. A Bishop,
hort and to convince the gainsayers.
then, must be blameless, the hus
For there are many unruly, vain
band of one wife, sober, prudent,
talkers, and deceivers, specially they
of good behaviour, modest, given
of the circumcision, whose mouths
to hospitality, apt to teach, not given
must be stopped: who subvert
to wine, no striker, but patient;
whole houses, teaching things which
not a brawler, not covetous; one
they ought not, for filthy lucre’s
that ruleth well his own house, hav_
sake.
ing his children in subjection with
Second Responsory.
all gravity. For if a man know not
how to rule his own house, how 2 Behold an high priest, who in
shall he take care of the church of his days pleased God: therefore
God? Not a novice, lest, being the Lord assured him by an oath
lifted up with pride, he fall into that He would multiply his seed
the condemnation of the devil. among His people.
1 Matth. xxv. 2!, 20. 2 Ecclus. xliv. 16, 22, 25.
FOR . ONE BISHOP AND CONFESSOR. 401
Verse. He hath made him a Verse. Glory be to the Father,

blessing unto all nations, and hath and to the Son, and to the Holy
established His covenant upon his Ghost.
head. Answer. Thou art a Priest for
Answer. Therefore the Lord as ever after the order of Melchisedek.
sured him by an oath that He
would multiply his seed among His
SECOND NOCTURN.
people.
First Antiphon. When His holy
Third Lesson. (ii. I.) one called, * the Lord heard him,
yea, the Lord heard him, and gave
UT speak thou the things him peace.
which become sound doc
Psalm IV.
trine: that the aged men he sober,
chaste, temperate, sound in faith, [Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with a.
in charity, in patience. The aged musical (P) direction of (now) uncertain
meaning]
women likewise, that they be in
behaviour as becometh holiness, WHEN I called, the God of my
not false accusers, not given to righteousness heard me: *
much wine, teachers of gOOd things ; Thou hast enlarged me when I was
that they may teach the young in distress:
women to be sober, to love their Have mercy upon me, * and hear
husbands, to love their children, to my prayer.
be discreet, chaste, sober, keepers 0 ye sons of men, how long
at home, good, obedient to their will ye be dull of heart? * Why
own husbands, that the word of will ye love vanity, and seek after
God be not blasphemed. Young leasing?2
men likewise exhort to be sober But know that the LORD hath set
minded. In all things show thy apart for Himself him that is holy:
self a pattern of good works, in * the LORD will hear me when I
doctrine, in uncorruptness, in gravity, call unto Him.
sound speech, that cannot be con Be ye angry and sin not: * what
demned: that he that is of the ye speak in your heart, repent upon
contrary part may be ashamed, hav your bed.2
ing no evil thing to say of us. Offer the sacrifices of righteous
ness, and put your trust in the
LORD. * There be many that
Third Responsory.
say: Who will show us any good?
1 The LORD hath sworn and will LORD, Thou hast set upon us the
not repent: Thou art a Priest for light of Thy countenance. * Thou
ever after the order of Melchisedek. hast put gladness in my heart,
Verse. The LORD said unto my More than in the time that their
Lord : Sit Thou at My right hand. corn, and wine, and oil * increased.
Answer. Thou art a Priest for I will both lay me down in peace,
ever after the order of Melchisedek. * and sleep,
1 Ps. cix. 5, I. 2 SLH.
For Thou, LORD, only * makest they flatter with their tongue. *
me to dwell in safety. Judge Thou them, 0 God!
Setond Antiphon. Let all those Let them fall by their own coun
sels; cast them out in the multi
that put their trust in Thee rejoice,
tude of their transgressions, * for
O Lord, for Thou hast blessed the
righteous; * Thou hast compassed they have rebelled against Thee, O
Lord!
him with Thy favour as with a
And let all those that put their
shield.
Psalm V. ever shout for joy, because Thou
[Intituled “ A Psalm of David," with a dwellest in them:
musical (P) superscription.]
IVE ear unto my words, 0 be joyful in Thee. * For Thou wilt
_ LORD, * consider my suppli bless the righteous.
cation. O LORD, Thou hast compassed
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, us * with Thy favour as with a
* my King and my God! shield.
For unto Thee will I pray. * O
LORD, in the morning Thou shalt Third Antiphon. O LORD, our
hear my voice: Ruler, * how excellent is Thy
In the morning will I stand before Name in all the earth! Who hast
Thee and look up. * For Thou art crowned Thine holy one with glory
not a God that hath pleasure in and honour, and madest him to
have dominion over the works of
wickedness:
Neither shall the evil dwell with Thy hands.
Thee, * nor the unrighteous stand
in Thy sight: Psalm VIII.
Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. [Intituled “A Psalm of David.” It has
* Thou shalt destroy all them that also a title which seems to show that it was
a song for the vintage.]
speak leasing:
The LORD abhorreth the bloody LORD, our Lord, * how ex
and deceitful man. * But as for me, cellent is Thy Name in all
in the multitude of Thy mercy the earth!
I will come into Thine house: * For Thy glory is exalted * above
I will worship toward Thine holy the heavens.
temple in Thy fear. 1Out of the mouth of babes and
Lead me, O LORD, in Thy sucklingshast Thou perfected praise
righteousness, * because of mine because of Thine enemies, * that
enemies; make my way straight Thou mightest destroy the enemy
before Thy face. and the avenger.
For there is no faithfulness in When I consider Thine heavens,
their mouth: *‘ their inward part the work of Thy fingers : *‘ the moon
is very wickedness. and the stars which Thou hast or
Their throat is an open sepulchre ; dained:
Sunday, Matthew xxi. I6.
What is man, that Thou art mind —“for in Christ JESUS hath he
ful of him? * or the son of man, begotten us through the Gospel.”
that Thou visitest him? (1 Cor. iv. 15.)
Thou hast made him a little lower
than the angels, Thou hast crowned
him with glory and honour, * and Fourth Responsory.
madest him to have dominion over 3 I‘ have found David My servant,
the works of Thine hands. with My holy oil have I anointed
Thou hast put all things under him; for My hand shall help
his feet, * all sheep and oxen, yea, him.
and the beasts of the field. Verse. The enemy shall prevail
The fowl of the air, and the fish nothing against him, nor the son of
of the sea, *‘ that pass through the wickedness afliict him.
paths of the sea. Answer. For My hand shall
0 LORD, our Lord, * how ex help him.
cellent is Thy Name in all the
earth!
Fifth Lesson.
Verse. 1The Lord hath chosen HATSOEVER, therefore, of
him for a Priest unto Himself. virtue and grace there may
Answer. To offer up unto Him be in this holy people, all the bright
the sacrifice of praise.
streams thereof do flow from him, as
from a most clear fountain. By his
Fourth Lesson. manly chastity, by his sternly noble
temperance, by the graceful courtesy
The Lesson is taken from the Ser which marked him, he drew all men’s
mons of St Maximus, Bishop [of love to God: and by his eminent
Turin] (59th Hom., being the ministry in his Bishoprick he hath
2nd on St Eusehius of Vereelli.) left behind him in his disciples,
IT is idle to strive to add anything many heirs of his priesthood.
to the praise of our holy and
most blessed Father N., (here insert Fifth Responsory.
the name of the Saint whose Feast is
heing he?!) whose Feast is this day 31 have laid help upon one that
kept. The beauty of his life ought is mighty, and have exalted one
not to be the subject of panegyrics, chosen out of My people; for My
so much as the object of imitation. hand shall help him.
The Scripture saith: “A wise son Verse. I have found David My
is the glory of his father,”2--truly servant, with My holy oil have I
then will he be honoured by such anointed him.
as, by doing after his ensample, Answer. For My hand shall
show themselves to be his children help him.
1 Cf. Ecclus. xlv. 20.
2 There does not appear to be any such passage in Scripture. Prov. x. r is some
thing like it.
3 Ps. lxxxviii. 21, 20.
Sixth Lesson. THIRD NOCTURN.
IT is very meet and right that First Antiphon. Lord, this Thy
upon this day, which is made Saint * shall dwell in Thy taber
a joyful day for us because it is the nacle, and this that hath worked
day whereon our blessed Father N., righteousness shall abide upon Thy
(here insert his name,) passed away holy hill.
to heaven, I say it is very meet and
Psalm XIV.
right that on this day we should
sing that verse of the Psalms: “ The [Intituled “ A Psalm of David."]
righteous shall be in everlasting re LORD, who shall abide in Thy
membrance.” (cxi. 7.) His memory tabernacle ? * who shall dwell
is rightly honoured among men who in Thine holy hill?
is at this present making glad among He that walketh uprightly, * and
Angels. The word of God saith: worketh righteousness.
“Judge none blessed before his He that speaketh the truth in his
death,” (Ecclus. xi. 30,) as though heart, * he that deceiveth not with
it were said, “Judge him blessed his tongue.
when life is ended, praise him when He that hath not done evil to his
he is made perfect.” For there are neighbour, * nor taken up a reproach
two main reasons why it is better to against his neighbour.
praise a dead man than a living, In whose eyes a vile person is
since, if thou call him holy and despised: * but he honoureth them
worthy after his death, thou dost it that fear the LORD.
when neither canst thou be cor He that sweareth to his neighbour,
rupted by being a flatterer, nor he and deceiveth him not, * he that
by being flattered. putteth not out his money to usury,
nor taketh reward against the in
Sixth Resjfionsory. nocent. ‘
This is he which wrought great He that doeth these things, *
wonders before God, and the whole shall never be moved.
earth is full of his teaching. 1 May Seeond Anll'phfln. He asked life
he pray for all people, that their of Thee, * and Thou, O Lord, gavest
sins may be forgiven unto them!
it: honour and great majesty hast
Verse. This is he which loved not Thou laid upon him: Thou hast
his life in this world, and hath at set a crown of precious stones upon
tained unto the kingdom of heaven. his head.
Answer. May he pray for all
Psalm XX.
people, that their sins may be for
given unto them! [This Psalm also bears the same title as
the xviiith.]
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. THE king shall joy in Thy
Answer. May he pray for all strength, 0 LORD: * and in
people, that their sins may be for Thy salvation how greatly shall he
given unto them! rejoice!
1 Cf. 2 Macc. xv. 14.
Thou hast given him his heart’s salvation: for this is the generation
desire, * and hast not withholden of them that seek the Lord.
the request of his lips.1
For Thou hast met him with the Psalm XXIII.
blessings of sweetness: * Thou hast [Intituled “A Psalm of David.” The
set a crown of precious stones upon Vulgate and the LXX. add “for the first
his head. day of the week."]
He asked life of Thee: * and HE earth is the LORD’s and the
Thou gavest him length of days for fulness thereof; * the world,
ever and ever. and they that dwell therein.
His glory is great in Thy salva For He hath founded it upon the
tion: * honour and great majesty seas, * and established it upon the
shalt Thou lay upon him. floods.
For Thou wilt give him to be a Who shall ascend into the moun
blessing for ever: * Thou shalt tain of the LORD? * or who shall
make him exceeding glad with Thy stand in His holy place?
countenance. He that hath clean hands and a
For the king trusteth in the pure heart, * who hath not lifted
LORD, * and, through the mercy up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn
of the Most High, he shall not be deceitfully unto his neighbour.
moved. He shall receive a blessing from
Thine hand shall find out all the LORD, * and mercy from the
thine enemies: * thy right hand God of his salvation. .
shall find out all those that hate This is the generation of them
thee. that seek Him, * that seek the
Thou shalt make them as a fiery face of the God of Jacob.1
oven in the time of thine anger: * Lift up your gates, 0 ye princes,
the LORD shall cut them off in His and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
wrath, and the fire shall devour them. doors! * and the King of glory
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from shall come in.
the earth, * and their seed from Who is this King of glory? *
among the children of men. The LORD strong and mighty, the
For they intended evil against LORD mighty in battle.
thee: * they imagined a device, Lift up your gates, 0 ye princes,
which they were not able to perform. and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
Therefore shalt thou cast them doors! * and the King of glory
behind thee: * thou shalt leave shall come in.
their faces lying in thy track. Who is this King of glory? *
Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in The LORD of hosts, He is the
Thine own strength: * we will sing King of glory.1
and praise Thy power.
Verse. 2Thou art a Priest for
Third Antiphon. He shall re ever.
ceive * a blessing from the LORD, Answer. After the order of Mel
and mercy from the God of his chisedek.
1 SLH. 2 Ps. cix. 5.
Seventh Lesson. robe of glory, and crowned him at

the gates of Paradise.
Verse. The Lord hath put on
him the breast-plate of faith,1 and
(xxv. 14.)
hath adorned him.
AT that time: JESUS spake unto Answer. And crowned him at
His disciples this parable: A the gates of Paradise.
man, travelling into a far country,
called his own servants, and deliv Ezlg/zflz Blessing.
ered unto them his goods. And
so on. He whose feast-day we are keep
ing
Homily by Pope St Gregory [the Be our Advocate with God.
Great] (gt/z on the Gospels.)
Dearly beloved brethren, this Les Ezlglzllz Lesson.
son from the Holy Gospel moveth us
to take good heed lest we, who are HAT other, then, is that man
seen in this world to have received travelling into a far country
more than others, should thereby but our Redeemer, Who is gone up
bring ourselves into greater condem from us into heaven in that Flesh
nation from the Maker of this world. Which He had taken into Himself?
To whom much is given, of the For the earth is the home of the
same is much required. Therefore, Flesh, Which travelleth into a far
let him that receiveth much, strive country—when our Redeemer giveth
to be all the more lowly, and all It a place in heaven. But that man
the more ready to do God service, travelling into a far country de
for his very gifts’ sake, knowing that livered unto his servants his goods ;
he will be obliged to give account and so doth our Redeemer give
thereof. Behold, a man, travelling spiritual gifts unto His faithful
into a far country, calleth his own people. “And unto one he gave
servants, and delivereth unto them five talents, to another two, and to
talents, to the end that they may another one.” There are five
trade therewith. After a long time, bodily senses; that is, sight, hear
the lord of those servants cometh, ing, taste, smell, and touch. By
and reckoneth with them, and to the five talents therefore are sig
them that have done well He ren nified the five senses, that is, out
dereth a reward of their labours, ward knowledge. By the two, wit
but that servant which was care and work. And by the figure of
less of his master’s work He con the one talent, understanding, which
demneth. is alone.
Seventh Responsory. E{gin/z Responsory.
The Lord loved him and beauti 2Let your loins be girded about,
fied him; He clothed him with a and your lights burning, and ye
1 I ~'I‘hess. v. 8. 2 Luke xii. 35, 36.
yourselves like unto men that wait well all whom they can, and of
for their lord, when he will return those very outward things which
from the wedding. ' they have received make gain
Verse. 1Watch therefore, for ye double. These are they which
know not what hour your Lord doth keep themselves clean from the
come. unruly motions of the flesh, and
Answer. And ye yourselves like from the lust of the world, and
unto men that wait for their lord, from the delight of things which
when he will return from the wed are seen, and, by their preaching,
ding. keep other men also clean from all
Verse. Glory be to the Father, these things. And some there are
and to the Son, and to the Holy who receive, as their two talents,
Ghost. the power to think and the power
Answer. And ye yourselves like to work. These are they which
unto men that wait for their lord, inwardly understand dark things,
when he will return from the wed and outwardly work wonders. And
ding. these, since they preach unto others,
both through their understanding
Eighth Responsorj/ for Doetors.
and their works, gain, as it were,
double, for the talents which they
2 In the midst of the congregation have received.
did the Lord open his mouth. And
filled him with the spirit of wisdom The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O
God, &c,” is said.
and understanding.
Verse. He made him rich with
joy and gladness. LAUDS.
Answer. And filled him with
the spirit of wisdom and under First Antiphon. 3 Behold an high
standing. priest, * who in his days pleased
Verse. Glory be to the Father, God, and was found righteous.
and to the Son, and t0 the Holy Seeond Antiphon. 3None was
Ghost. found like unto him, * to keep the
Answer. And filled him with Law of the Most High.
the spirit of wisdom and under Third Antiphon. 3 Therefore the
standing. Lord assured him * by an oath that
He would multiply his seed among
Ninth Lesson. His people.
Fourth Antiphon. 0 all ye
“ ND so he that had received Priests of God, * bless ye the
five talents, gained other Lord: 0 all ye servants of the
five talents ”—-for some there be Lord, sing praises unto our God.
who, while yet they are not able Alleluia.
to go on unto things inward and Fifth Antiphon. Good and faith
mystic, do yet so desire our Father ful servant, * enter thou into the
land which is above, that they teach joy of thy Lord.
1 Matth. xxiv. 4L 2 Ecclus. xv. 5,6. 3 Ecclus. xliv. r6, 17, 20, 22.
Chapter. (Ecclus. xliv. 17.) Prayer.

BEHOLD an high priest, who in RANT, we beseech Thee, O
his days pleased God, and Almighty God, that the wor~
was found righteous, and in the shipful Feast of Thy blessed Con
time of wrath he made a propitia fessor and Bishop N., (here insert
tion. his name,) may avail us to the in
lilymn.l crease both Of godliness toward
JESU, the world’s Redeemer, hear ! Thee, and healthfulness to our own
Thy Bishops’ fadeless crown, draw souls. Through our Lord JESUS
near ! Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
Accept with gentler love to-day reigneth with Thee, in the unity of
The prayers and praises that we pay !
the Holy Ghost, one God, world
The day that crowned with deathless without end. Amen.
fame
This meek Confessor of Thy Name,
Whose yearly feast, in solemn state, Another Prayer.
Thy faithful people celebrate.
EAR, O Lord, we beseech
The world, and all its boasted good, Thee, the prayers which we
As vain and passing, he eschewed ;
And therefore, with Angelic bands, offer Thee on this the solemn
In endless joys for ever stands. Feast-day of Thy blessed Confessor
and Bishop N., (here insert his name,)
Grant then that we, 0 gracious God, and, for the sake of him who so
May follow in the steps he trod ;
And freed from ev’ry stain of sin, nobly served Thee, forgive us our
As he hath won, may also win. trespasses. Through our Lord JESUS
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
To Thee, O Christ, our loving King, reigneth with Thee, in the unity Of
All glory, praise, and thanks we bring :
All glory, as is ever meet, the Holy Ghost, one God, world
To Father and to Paraclete. Amen. without end. Amen.
Verse. 2 The Lord guided the

just in right paths. For Doctors.
Answer. And showed him the 0 GOD, Who didst give unto
kingdom Of God. Thy people Thy blessed ser
A ntiphon at the Songof Zacharias. vant N ., (here insert his name,) to
Well done, thou good and faithful feed them with the bread of eternal
servant; * thou hast been faithful life, grant, we beseech Thee, that
over a few things, I will make thee even as on earth he showed unto us
ruler over many things, saith the Thy lively word, so in heaven we
Lord. may worthily be holpen by the
succour of his prayers to Thee on
If the Prayer is not special, there is our behalf. Through our Lord
said one of the following, which is also
used throughout the whole Ofice of the JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
Saint. and reigneth with Thee, in the unity
1 Author unknown; hymn of the tenth to thirteenth centuries, with alterations; trans
lation by I. D. Chambers, Esq. 2 Wisd. x. IO.
FOR -ONE BIS-HOP: AND CONFESSOR. 409
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world Chapter. (Ecclus. xliv. 20.)
without end. Amen.
ONE was found like unto him,
The same Prayer throughout the day. to keep the Law of the Most
High ; therefore the Lord assured
PRIME. him by an oath, that He would mul
tiply his seed among His people.
_ A ntiphon. Behold, an high priest,
&c., (First Antiphon at Lands.) Short Responsory.
Chafiter at the end. (Ecclus. xlv. '19.) The Lord hath chosen him for a
Priest unto Himself.
O execute the office of the Answer. - The Lord hath chosen
Priesthood, and to be hon him for a Priest unto Himself.
oured for His Name’s sake, and to Verse. To offer up unto Him
offer to Him the incense which He the sacrifice of praise.
had chosen, for a sweet savour. Answer. A Priest unto Himself.
TERCE. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
Antiphon. None was found, &c., Answer. The Lord hath chosen
(Second A ntiphon at Lands.) him for a Priest unto Himself.
Chapter from Lands. Verse. Thou art a Priest for ever.
Answer. After the order of Mel
chisedek.
Short Responsory.
NONE.
The Lord loved him, and beauti
fied him. Antzjohon. Good and faithful,
Answer. The Lord loved him, &c., Antiohon at Lands.)
Chapter as at the end of Prime.v
and beautified him.
Verse. He clothed him with a
robe of glory.
Short Responsory.
Answer. And beautified him.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, Thou art a Priest for ever.
and to the Son, and to the Holy Answer. Thou art a Priest for
Ghost. ever.
Answer. The Lord loved him, Verse. After the order of Mel
and beautified him. chisedek.
Verse. The Lord hath chosen Answer. For ever.
him for a Priest unto Himself. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
Answer. To offer up unto Him to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
the sacrifice of praise. Answer. Thou art a Priest for
ever.
SEXT.
Verse. The Lord guided the
just in right paths.
Antiphon. Therefore the Lord, Answer. And showed him the
&c., (Third Antiphon at Lands.) kingdom of God.
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SECOND VESPERS. from it: * Of the fruit of thy body

A ntz'phons, Chapter, and Verse and will I set upon thy throne.
Answerfrom Lauds. If thy children will keep My
Hymn from First Vespers. covenant, * and My testimony
that I shall teach them,
Last Psalm. Then their children for ever *
Psalm CXXXI. shall sit upon thy throne.
For the LORD hath chosen Zion :
[Intituled “A Song of Degrees.” It * He hath chosen it for His habita
reads like a Processional for some transla
tion of the Sacred Ark, perhaps that de tion.
scribed in 3 (1) Kings vii. (Saturday before This is My rest for ever: * here
8th Sunday after Pentecost. )] will I dwell, for I have chosen it.
ORD, remember David, * and I will abundantly bless her
all his meekness: widows: * I will satisfy her poor
How he sware unto the LORD: * with bread.
he vowed a vow unto the God of I will clothe her Priests with
Jacob ,— salvation: * and her Saints shall
Surely I will not come into the shout aloud for joy.
tabernacle of mine house, * nor go There will I make the horn of
up into my bed; David to bud: * I have ordained
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, a lamp for Mine Anointed.
* or slumber to mine eyelids ; His enemies will I clothe with
I will not give the temples of shame: * but upon him shall My
mine head any rest, until I find out sanctification flourish.
a place for the LORD, * an habita Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed
tion for the God of Jacob.
Virgin. The Lord loved him * and
1 LO, we heard Of it at Ephratah : beautified him; He clothed him
* we found it in the fields of “the with a robe of glory, and crowned
Wood.” him at the gates of Paradise.
We will go into His tabernacle:
* we will worship in His foot But if the Saint were a Pofie, the
prints. following is said instead .
Arise, O LORD, into Thy rest, * Being made the Chief Bishop, *
Thou and the ark of Thine holi he dreaded not earthly things, but
ness. pressed on gloriously unto the king
Let Thy priests be clothed with dom of heaven.
righteousness, * and let Thy Saints
shout for joy.
For Doctors.
For Thy servant David’s sake,
* turn not away the face of Thine 0 right excellent Teacher, Light
Anointed. of the Holy Church, N. (here insert
The LORD hath sworn in truth his name) blessed lover of the Divine
unto David, and He will not turn Law, pray for us to the Son of God.
1 This verse relates to the fetching of the ark from Kirjath-jearim, (literally “The
tOWn-of-the-woods,”) which stood at the borders of the territory of Ephraim, here called
Ephratah. See 2 Kings (Sam.) vi. (Thursday, 5th week after Pentecost.) ' _ J
@tbzr itessons for feasts of to be forgiven, so that they obeyed,

and answered I How many wounded
@112 Mishap ant Qtunfessor. spirits were there, to whom his
tongue, persuading them and pray
SECOND NOCTURN.
ing for them like the tongue of an
Fourth Lesson. angel, brought health again!
mons of St Maximus, Bishop Sixth Lesson.
[of Turin.] (59th Homily, heing 0 HOW God wrought in him
the and on St Eusehius of Vercelli.) to cleanse and pardon, by
OUR Blessed Father N., (here discipline and exhortation, many a
insert the name of the Saint stricken soul, long distempered, and,
whose Feast is being kept) is safe as it seemed, incurably foul with
now, and we may safely praise his sin, covered all over with virulent
great deeds. He that kept such a leprosy! How many souls there
manful hand upon the tiller of faith, were, dwelling in living bodies, but
hath now cast the anchor of hope dead, and crushed and buried under
in moorings of great calm, and the sense of sin, whom he quick
brought his ship, heavy laden with ened again for God, by calling them
heavenly riches and everlasting mer to amendment as to light, souls
chandise, safe into the haven where dead to God, in which that great
he would be. Thus fareth it now follower of his Lord killed sin by
with him who never fainted, but the same Lord’s life-giving death.
for so long time held up ever the
shield of the fear of God against all THIRD NOCTURN.
that did beset him. What was his
Seoenth Lesson.
whole life but one long fight against
an enemy that never slept? The Lesson is taken from the Holy
Fifth Lesson. (xxiv. 42.)
0 HOW many blinded souls AT that time: JESUS said unto
there were, that had wan His disciples: Watch, for ye
dered away from the path of the know not what hour your Lord doth
Truth, and were hanging from the come. And so on.
edge of the precipice over the pit, Homily by St Hilary, Bishop [of
when he gave them sight again, and Poitiers.] (Comment. on Matth.
opened their eyes that they might chap. 26.)
see Christ! How many deaf ears
were there, stopped up with unbelief To the end that we may know that
and condemnation, when he opened our ignorance of that day whereof
them to hear that voice of com no man knoweth is not without use,
mandment that speaketh from the Lord moveth us to watch for
heaven, and gave them that precious the coming of the thief, to be ever
hearing that heareth God calling us instant in prayer, and ever busy in
such works as He commandeth. glory with God, for in all things he

He showeth how that the devil is shall have of that which is best.
that thief who watcheth ever how
he may spoil our goods, breaking
Ninth Lesson.
into the house of our body; that,
while we are dwelling therein care UT if that servant despise the
less and heavy with sleep, he may longsulfering of God, Which
dig through our walls with the arms waiteth to give salvation unto all
of his craft and temptations. Us, men, and begin to wax wanton
therefore, it behoveth to be ready, against his fellow-servants, and to
who have ever our ignorance con give himself over to the evil and
cerning that day to be unto us a the vices of this present world,
reason of watchfulness. having all his care for the worship
of his belly: the Lord of that ser
Eighth Lesson. (Chap. 27.)
vant shall come in a day when he
looketh not for Him, and shall cut
“ HO then is a faithful and him off from the goods wherewith
wise servant, whom his he was entrusted, and appoint him
Lord hath made ruler over His his portion with the hypocrites, in
household?” Although the LOrd everlasting punishment, because he
doth move us all in common to hath disobeyed the commandments,
weary not in carefulness and watch because he hath minded the things
ing, He layeth more especially upon of this present world, because he
the rulers of His people, that is, hath lived the life of an heathen,
the Bishops, this duty, to look al because being unmindful of the
ways for His coming. For such an judgment to come, he hath afflicted
one is that faithful and wise servant, with hunger, and thirst, and stripes,
made ruler over his Lord’s house the flock committed to his care.
hold, who ever seeketh such things
as be convenient and useful for the
people unto him committed. Such If it should be that several Bishops
an one, if he hear this word, and do and Confessors are to be honoured by
that which he is commanded, that one Feast, the Ofliee is the same as that
is, if he strengthen by seasonable and just given, except as follows .'
sound doctrine such things as be I. In the Common Prayer the words
weak, if he bind together that which “Thy Blessed Confessor and Bishop
is sundered, if he make straight N.” are altered into “ Thy blessed Con—
fessors and Bishops N. and N.”
again what is become crooked, and
2. In the Sermons by St Marimus of
give to the household the lively Turin everything said of the Saint in
Word which is able to feed them the Singular Number is altered into the
unto life eternal, if such an one do Plural. For example: " Our Blessed
thus, and meanwhile the hour which Fathers N. and N. are safe now,
and we may safely praise their great
he knoweth not come upon him, deeds. They that kept such manful
he shall obtain glory of the Lord, hands upon the tiller, &c. &c. &c.”
as a faithful steward and an useful 3. Thefollowing Lessons may be read
overseer: that is, he shall have in the First Noeturn.
FOR ,ONE BISHOP VAND .CONFESSOR. 413
First Lesson. ever. Their seed, and their glory,
shall not be blotted out. Their
bodies are buried in peace, but their
of Ecclesiasticus (xliv. 1.)
name liveth for evermore. Let the
ET us now praise famous men, people tell of their wisdom, and the
and our fathers that begat us. congregation show forth their praise.
The Lord hath wrought great glory
by them through His great power
from the beginning. Such as did
bear rule in their kingdoms, men for a Simple feast at a
renowned for their power and their
understanding, showing forth among Bishop an]: (Eunfzszur.
the Prophets the dignity of Prophets, The Oflice is as on a Semi-double,
and still ruling over the people that with the following exceptions.
now is, and by the strength of
wisdom instructing the people in FIRST VESPERS.
most holy words. Such as by their The Ofiice is of the Week-day, till the
skill sought out musical tunes, and Chapter, exclusive. The Oflice of the
published canticles of the Scriptures. Saint he ‘ns with the Chapter, which,
as also t e Hymn, Verse and Answer,
Antz'phon at the Song of the Blessed
Second Lesson. Virgin, and Prayer are all asjustgit/en,
(p. 399 et seq.) The Common Comme
EN rich in virtue, studying morations are said or not according to
comeliness, living at peace the season.
in their houses. All these were A t Compline are said Preces.
honoured in their generations, and
MATTINS.
were the glory of their times. They
that were born of them have left a The Inw'tatory and Hymn are as just
name behind them, that their praises given.
Then follow the Week-day Psalms,
might be reported. And some there with their own Antiphons.
be which have no memorial; who
are perished as though they had On Mondays and Thursdays.
never been ; who also were born as Verse. The Lord loved him and
though they had not been born, and
beautified him.
their children after them. Answer. He clothed him with
a robe of glory.
Third Lesson.
Ahsolution.
UT these were merciful men,
whose righteousness hath not Graciously hear, &c.
been forgotten: with their seed
shall continually remain a good On Tuesdays and Fridays.
inheritance, their children have an Verse. The Lord hath chosen him
holy heritage : their seed also abideth for a Priest unto Himself.
firm in the covenant, and their Answer. To offer up unto Him
children for their sakes remain for the sacrifice of praise.
A hsolution. Second Responsory.

May His loving-kindness, &c. 0n Mondays and Thursdays.
Behold an high priest, &c.,
On Wednesdays. (Second Responsory in the preceding
Verse. Thou art a Priest for Ofiice) with this addition:
ever Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Answer. After the order of
Melchisedek.
Ghost.
Answer. Therefore the Lord
Absolution. assured him by an oath that He
May the Almighty, 820. would multiply his seed among His
people.
First Blessing.
Who doth live and reign for ever. 'I have laid help, &c., (Fifth
Responsory in the preceding Ofice,)
First Lesson from Scripture, accord
ing to the Season, being either the first
with the following addition:
part, or, if the Saint have two Lessons, Verse. Glory be to the Father,
the whole read as one, at will.
and to the'Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
First Responsory.
Answer. For My hand shall
On Mondays and Thursdays. help him. '
Well done, &c., (First Responsory
in the preceding Ofiice.) 0n Wednesdays.
Let your loins, &c., (Eighth Re
On Tuesdays and Fridays. sponsory in the preceding Ofice.)
I have found David, &c., (Fourth
Responsory in the preceding Ofiice.) Third Blessing.
May He That is the Angels’
0n Wednesdays. King,
The Lord loved him, &c., (Seventh To that high realm His people
Responsory in the preceding Oflice.) ring.
Third Lesson is the whole or the
Second Blessing. second tart of the Legend of the Saint,
if there he one, or else the special Lesson
They whose feast-day we are keep assigned.
ing, ' Then the Hymn, “We praise Thee, O
Be our Advocates with God. God, &c.," is said, and so end Mattins.
The rest of the Ofiice is as on a Semi
Second Lesson is the First of the douhle, as just git/en; it ends at None,
Legend of the Saint, if there he two; if inclusive; Preces are said at Prime, and
not, it is the Secondfrom Scr‘zjoture, to the Common Commemorations are made
which the Third may he added at will. at Lauds or not, according to the season.
FOR A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP. 415
Hit. dForJYeasts of a ('Bonftssnr nut a Bishop.

Everything as on Sundays, except 5.
what is otherwise given here. Glory and honour, virtue and salvation
, Be unto Him, Who, in His might
FIRST VESPERS. divine, .
Ruleth supremely over all creation ‘
Antiphons, Chapter, and Prayerfrom One and yet Trine. Amen.
Lands.
Verse. The Lord loved him and
Last Psalm.
beautified him. 7
0 praise the LORD, &c., (Ps. Answer. He clothed him with
cxvi.,]>. 186.) a robe of glory.
Hymn. This is the day, 810., or, Antiphon at the Song of the
Blessed Virgin. 1I will liken him
I. unto a wise man, * which built his
SAFE now for ever, JESU’S true Con house upon a rock.
fessor,
Whose happy festal here His people
For Doetors.
keep, -
Doth of his labours for his mighty 0 right excellent Teacher, Light
Blesser, of the Holy Church, N. (here insert
Rich harvest reap.
his name) blessed lover of the
2. Divine Law, pray for us to the Son
Gentle was he, wise, pure, and lowly of God. ‘
hearted,
Sober and modest, ever foe to strife,
MATTINS.
While in his frame there flowed as yet
unparted Invitatory. The Lord, He is
Currents of life.
the King of the Confessors. * 0
3.
come, let us worship Him.
Ofttimes hath He Whose face he sees Hymn as at First Vespers.
_ in heaven,
Being entreated for His servant’s
sake, FIRST NOCTURN.
To us on earth the same for healer
' given
Sick wholé to make. First Antiphon. Blessed is the
man * that doth meditate in the
4.
law of the Lord: his delight is
Wherefore our choir, in thankfulness
therein day and night, and what
adoring,
Lifteth its voice with melody of land, soever he doeth shall prosper.
While he on high for us his prayer is Blessed is the man, &c.,
pouring,
Ps. i.
Unto his God. (t- 4-)
1 Matth. vii. 24.
Second Antzlolzon. Blessed and soul pleased the Lord: therefore

holy is he * that putteth his trust hasted He to take him away from
in the Lord, that declareth the among the wicked.
decree of the Lord, and is set
upon His holy hill.
First Responsory.
Ps. ii. Why do the heathen, &c.,
(P- 4-) Well done, thou good and faith
ful servant, thou hast been faith
Third Antiplzon. Thou, O Lord, ful over a few things, I will make
art my glory, * Thou art a shield thee ruler over many things; en
for me: Thou art the Lifter-up of ter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
mine head, and Thou hast heard Verse. Lord, Thou deliveredst
me out of Thy holy hill. unto me five talents; behold, I
‘ Ps. iii. LORD, how are they in have gained beside them five talents
creased, &c., 5.) more.
Answer. Enter thou into the
Verse. The Lord loved him and joy of thy Lord.
beautified him.
Answer. He clothed him with
a robe of glory. Setona' Lesson.
THIS the people saw, and under

First Lesson. stood it not, neither laid they
The Lesson is taken from the Book this up in their minds, that the
of Wisdom (iv. 7.) grace of God and His mercy are
with His Saints, and that He hath
THOUGH the righteous be pre respect unto His chosen. Thus the
vented with death, yet shall righteous that is dead doth condemn
he be in rest. For honourable age the ungodly which are living, and
is not that which standeth in length youth that is soon perfected, the
of time, nor that is measured by many years of the unrighteous. For
number of years: but wisdom is they shall see the end of the wise,
the greyhair unto men, and an and shall not understand what God
unspotted life is old age. He in His counsel hath decreed of him,
pleased God, and was beloved of and to what end the Lord hath set
Him, so that living among sinners, him in safety. They shall see him
he was translated. He was taken and despise him: but the Lord
away speedily, lest that wickedness shall laugh them to scorn. And
should alter his understanding, or they shall thereafter fall without
deceit beguile his soul. For the honour, and be a reproach among
bewitching of naughtiness doth ob the dead for evermore: for when
scure things that are honest, and they are pulled up, He shall rend
the wandering of concupiscence them, and they shall be speechless,
doth undermine the simple mind. and He shall shake them from the
He, being made perfect in a short foundation, and they shall be utterly
time, fulfilled a long time: for his. laid waste.
FOR A CONFESSOR'NOT A BISHOP. 417
Second ResponsWy. his life in this world, and is come
1The righteous shall grow as the unto an everlasting kingdom.
lily; yea, he shall flourish in the Answer. And he is numbered
presence of the Lord for ever. among the Saints.
Verse. 2Those that be planted Verse. Glory be to the Father,
in the house of the LORD, shall and to the Son, and to the Holy
flourish in the courts of the house Ghost.
of our God. Answer. And he is numbered
Answer. Yea, he shall flourish among the Saints.
in the presence of the Lord for ever.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Third Lesson.
First Antiphon. When His holy
AND they shall be in sorrow, and one called, * the Lord heard him;
their memorial shall perish. yea, the Lord heard him, and gave
When they cast up the accounts of him peace.
their sins they shall come with fear, Psalm IV.
and their own iniquities shall con
vince them to their face. Then [Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with a
musical (P) direction of (now) uncertain
shall the righteous stand in great meaning]
boldness before the face of such as
have afliicted them, and made no WHEN Icalled, the God of my
account of their labours. When righteousness heard me: *
they see it, they shall be troubled Thou hast enlarged me when I was
with terrible fear, and shall be amazed in distress :
at the strangeness of their salvation, Have mercy upon me, * and hear
and they, repenting and groaning for my prayer.
anguish of spirit, shall say within O ye sons of men, how long
themselves : These were they whom will ye be dull of heart? * Why
we had sometimes in derision, and will ye love vanity, and seek after
a proverb of reproach. We fools ac leasing?3
counted their life madness, and their But know that the LORD hath set
end to be without honour. Behold, apart for Himself him that is holy:
how they are numbered among the * the LORD will hear me when I
children of God, and their lot is call unto Him.
among the Saints. Be ye angry and sin not: * what
ye speak in your heart, repent upon
your bed.3
Third Responsory.
Offer the sacrifices of righteous
This is he which knew righteous ness, and put your trust in the LORD.
ness, and saw great wonders, and * There be many that say: Who will
made his prayer unto the Most show us any good?
High; and he is numbered among LORD, Thou hast set upon us the
the Saints. light of Thy countenance. * Thou
Verse. This is he which loved not hast put gladness in my heart,
1. H05. xiv. 6; Isa. xvii. II, &c. 3 Ps. xci. 14. 3 SLH.
VOL. IV. P 2
More than in the time that their For thel‘e is no faithfulness in

corn, and wine, and oil * increased. their mouth: * their inward part
I will both lay me down in peace, is very wickedness.
* and sleep, Their throat is an open sepulchre ;
For Thou, LORD, only ’* makest they flatter with their tongue. *
me to dwell in safety. Judge Thou them, O God!
Let them fall by their own coun
Second Antiphon. Let all those
sels; cast them out in the multi
that put their trust in Thee rejoice,
tude of their transgressions, * for
O Lord, for Thou hast blessed the
they have rebelled against Thee, O
righteous; * Thou hast compassed
Lord!
him with Thy favour as with a
And let all those that put their
shield.
Psalm V. ever shout for joy, because Thou
[Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with a dwellest in them:
musical (?) superscription.]
IVE ear unto my words, O be joyful in Thee. * For Thou wilt
LORD, * consider my suppli bless the righteous.
cation. O LORD, Thou hast compassed
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, us * with Thy favour as with a
* my King and my God! shield.
Third Antllohon. O LORD, our
LORD, in the morning Thou shalt
hear my voice:
Ruler, *‘ how excellent is Thy Name
in all the earth! Who hast crowned
In the morning will I stand before
Thine holy one with glory and hon
Thee and look up. * For Thou art
our, and madest him to have domin
not a God that hath pleasure in
ion over the works of Thy hands.
wickedness:
Neither shall the evil dwell with
Thee, * nor the unrighteous stand Psalm VIII.
in Thy sight: [Intituled “A Psalm of David." It has
Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. also a title which seems to show that it was
* Thou shalt destroy all them that
speak leasing: LORD, our Lord, * how ex
The LORD abhorreth the bloody cellent is Thy Name in all
and deceitful man. * But as for me, the earth!
in the multitude of Thy mercy For Thy glory is exalted * above
I will come into Thine house: * the heavens.
I will worship toward Thine holy 1Out of the mouth of babes and
temple in Thy fear. sucklings hast Thou perfected praise
Lead me, O LORD, in Thy because of Thine enemies, * that
righteousness, * because Of mine Thou mightest destroy the enemy
enemies; make my way straight and the avenger.
before Thy face. When I consider Thine heavens,
Sunday, Matthew xxi. l6. -
the work of Thy fingers : * the moon fore marvel we that that place is one
and the stars which Thou hast or where the mind is vexed no more,
dained: when we remember that Paul saith
What is man, that Thou art mind even to men living here in this life
ful of him? * or the son of man, -—“ Rejoice evermore, pray without
that Thou visitest him? ceasing”? (r Thess. v. 16, 17.)
Thou hast made him a little lower
than the angels, Thou hast crowned Fourth Responsory.
him with glory and honour, * and
madest him to have dominion over 2 The Lord made him honourable,
the works of Thine hands. and defended him from his enemies,
Thou hast put all things under and kept him safe from those that
his feet, * all sheep and oxen, yea, lay in wait 'for him, and gave him
and the beasts of the field. perpetual glory.
The fowl of the air, and the fish Verse. He went down with him
of the sea, * that pass through the into the pit, and left him not in
paths of the sea. bonds.
0 LORD, our Lord, * how ex Answer. And gave him perpetual
cellent is Thy Name in all the glory.
earth! Fifth Lesson.
Verse. 1 The mouth of the right ERE there are sicknesses, here
eous speaketh wisdom. - there are strivings, here there
Answer. And his tongue talketh are untimely deaths, here there are
judgment. lies, here there are jealousies, here
there are troubles, here there is
Fonrth Lesson. anger, here there are lustings, here
there are pit-falls unnumbered, here
there are daily cares, here one evil
mons of St John Chrysostom,
followeth after another, and all bring
Patriarch [of ConstantinOple.]
(On St Philogonius, Tom. iii.) vexation. And yet Paul hath it that
even here a man may rejoice ever
THE blessed N., (here insert the more, if he will but raise his head
name of the Saint whose Feast above the flood of earthly things,
is being kept) whose Feast we are and order his life aright. How much
this day keeping, doth justly call on better shall we fare when we have
our tongue to tell what great deeds passed away from all these things,
he wrought. To-day did that blessed and all these things are taken away
servant of God pass into that higher from us, when we shall have no ill
life, which is a life of peace, a life health, nor disease, nor matter
where there is no trouble. To-day wherein to sin, when that hard
his ship reached that harbour where thing, right of property, shall exist
after wreck is to be dreaded no more. no more, whereby all unrighteousness
He hath felt trouble and anguish of cometh into this life, and strifes un
spirit for the last time. And where numbered are begotten.
1 Ps. xxxvi. 30. “ Wisd. x. 11-14, substituting “Lord ” for “Wisdom.”
420 THE'COMMON OF SAINTS.
Fifth Resfionsory. not his life in this world, and is

The Lord loved him and beauti come unto an everlasting kingdom.
fied him: He clothed him with a Answer. For thee have I seen
robe of glory, and crowned him at righteous before Me among all
the gates of Paradise. people.
Verse. The Lord hath put on Verse. Glory be to the Father,
him the breast-plate of faith,1 and and to the Son, and to the Holy
hath adorned him. Ghost.
Answer. And crowned him at Answer. For thee have I seen
the gates of Paradise. righteous before Me among all
people.
IN this verily do I most chiefly First Antiphon. Lord, this Thy

rejoice, for the happiness of Saint * shall dwell in Thy taber
that holy servant of God, in that, nacle, and this that hath worked
being taken away hence, and having righteousness shall abide upon Thy
found here no abiding city, he is holy hill.
become a citizen of that other city, Psalm XIV.
which is the city of the living God : [Intituled “ A Psalm of David.”]
from the Church here he is gone,
but he is come unto the Church of LORD, who shall abide in Thy
the first-born, which are written in tabernacle? * who shall dwell
heaven, (Heb. xii. 22, 23); he keep in Thine holy bill?
eth holiday with us no more, but he He that walketh uprightly, * and
is passed to where he holdeth high worketh righteousness.
festival with Angels. And what be He that speaketh the truth in his
that city, and that Church, and that heart, * he that deceiveth not with
festival above, Paul biddeth us his tongfie.
know, saying: “Ye are come unto He that hath not done evil to his
the city of the living God, the heav neighbour, * nor taken up a reproach
enly Jerusalem, and unto the Church against his neighbour.
of the first-born which are written in In whose eyes a vile person is
heaven, and to an innumerable com despised : * but he honoureth them
pany of Angels.” that fear the LORD.
He that sweareth to his neighbour,
Sixth Responsory.
and deceiveth him not, * he that
putteth not out his money to usury,
'2This is he which did according nor taketh reward against the in
unto all that God commanded him 3 nocent.
and God said unto him: Enter He that doeth these things, *
thou into My rest; for thee have I shall never be moved.
seen righteous before Me among all
people. ‘ Seeond Antiphon. He asked life
Verse, This is he which loved of Thee, * ,and Thou, O Lord,
’ . I Thess. -v. 8. 2 Cf. Gen. vii. 5, 1 ; Ps. xciv. 11 ;'Heb. iv. riff“
FOR .A CONFESSOR NOT A BISHOP. 421
gavest it: honour and great ma For they intended evil against
jesty hast Thou laid upon him: thee: * they imagined a device,
Thou hast set a crown of precious which they were not able to per
stones upon his head. form.
Therefore shalt thou cast them
Psalm XX. behind thee: * thou shalt leave
their faces lying in thy track.
' [This Psalm also bears the same title as
the xviiith.] Be Thou exalted, O LORD, in
Thine own strength: * we will sing
THE king shall joy in Thy and praise Thy power.
strength, 0 LORD: * and in'
Thy salvation how greatly shall he Third Antzlohon. He shall re
rejoice! ceive * a blessing from the LORD,
Thou hast given him his heart’s and mercy from the God of his sal
desire, * and hast not withholden vation: for this is the generation
the request of his lips.1 of them that seek the Lord.
For Thou hast met him with the
blessings of sweetness : * Thou hast
set a crown of precious stones upon Psalm XXIII.
his head. [Intituled “A Psalm of David.” The
He asked life of Thee: * and Vulgate and the LXX. add “for the first
day of the week.”] '
Thou gavest him length of days for
ever and ever. HE earth is the LORD’s and
His glory is great in Thy salva the fulness thereof; * the
tion: * honour and great majesty world, and they that dwell there
shalt Thou lay upon him. in.
For Thou wilt give him to be a For He hath founded it upon the
blessing for ever: * Thou shalt seas, * and established it upon the
make him exceeding glad with Thy floods.
countenance. Who shall ascend into the moun
For the king trusteth in the LORD, tain of the LORD? * or who shall
* and, through the mercy of the stand in His holy place?
Most High, he shall not be moved. He that hath clean hands and
Thine hand shall find out all a pure heart, * who hath not
thine enemies: * thy right hand lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor
shall find out all those that hate sworn deceitfully unto his neigh
thee. boun
Thou shalt make them as a fiery He shall receive a blessing from
oven in the time of thine anger: * the LORD, * and mercy from the
the LORD shall cut them ofl’ in His God of his salvation.
wrath, and the fire shall devour This is the generation of them
them. that seek Him, ** that seek the face
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from of the God of Jacob.1
the earth, * and their seed from Lift up your gates, 0 ye princes,
among the children of men. and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
1 SLH.
doors! ’* and the King of glory deeds, if he strive not to join thereto
Shall come in. the earnest doing of good works, it
Who is this King of glory? * is immediately added: “And your
The LORD strong and mighty, the lights burning.” Our lights burn
LORD mighty in battle. when, by good works, we give bright
Lift up your gates, 0 ye princes, example to our neighbour ; concern
and be ye lift up, ye everlasting ing which works the Lord saith:
doors! * and the King of glory “Let your light so shine before
shall come in. men, that they may see your good
Who is this King of glory? * works, and glorify your Father Which
The LORD of hosts, He is the is in heaven.” (Matth. v. 16.)
King of glory.1
Seventh Responsory.
Verse. 2The law of his God is
in his heart. This is be which wrought great
Answer. None of his steps shall wonders before God, and praised
slide. the Lord with all his heart. May
Seventh Lesson. he pray for all people, that their
sins may be forgiven unto them!
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Verse. Behold a man without
Gospel according to Luke (xii. blame, va worshipper of God in
35-) truth, keeping himself clean from
T that time: Jesus said unto every evil work, and abiding still
His disciples: Let your loins in his innocency.
be girded about, and your lights Answer. May he pray for all
burning. And so on. people, that their sins may be for
given unto them!
Great] (13th on the Gospels.)
Eighth Blessing.
Dearly beloved brethren, the He whose feast-day we are keeping
words of the Holy Gospel, which Be our Advocate with God.
have just been read, lie open be
fore you, and, lest their very plain
Eighth Lesson.
ness should make them seem to
some to be hard, we will go through ERE, then, are two command
them with such shortness as that ments, to gird our loins
neither may they which understand about, and to keep our lights burn.
not remain unenlightened, nor they ing—the cleanness of purity in our
which understand be wearied. The body, and the light of the truth in
Lord saith: “Let your loins be our works. Whoso hath the one
girded about.” Now, we gird our and not the other, pleaseth not
loins about, when by continency we thereby our Redeemer; that is, he
master the lustful inclination of the pleaseth Him not which doth good
flesh. But, forasmuch as it sufliceth works, but bridleth not himself from
not for a man to abstain from evil the pollutions of lust, neither he
1 SLI-I. 2 Ps. xxxvi. 3L
which is eminent in chastity, but Answer. And filled him with the
exerciseth not himself in good spirit of wisdom and understanding.
works. Neither is chastity a great
thing without good works, nor good [Vint/L Lesson.
works anything without chastity. “AND ye yourselves like unto
And if any man do both, it remain men that wait for their lord,
eth that he must look by hope when he will return from the wed
toward our Fatherland above, and ding: that, when he cometh and
not have for his reason wherethrough knocketh, they may open unto him
he turneth himself away from vice, immediately.” The Lord cometh
the love of honour in this present at the hour of judgment: He
world. knocketh when, by the pains of
Ez'g/ztk Resjonsory. sickness, He biddeth us know that
Let your loins be girded about, death is nigh. To Him open we
and your lights burning, and ye immediately, if we receive Him in
yourselves like unto men that wait love. Whoso feareth to leave this
for their lord, when he will return body, will not open to the Judge
from the wedding. when He knocketh, for he dreadeth
Verse. Watch, therefore, for ye to see that Judge, Whom he know
know not what hour your Lord doth eth that he hath despised. But
come. whosoever knoweth that his hope
Answer. And ye yourselves like and works are built upon a good
unto men that wait for their lord, foundation, when he heareth the
when he will return from the wed Judge knock, openeth to Him im
ding. mediately, for to such an one that
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and coming is blessed,—yea, when the
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. hour of death is at hand, such an
Answer. And ye yourselves like one haileth with gladness a glorious
unto men that wait for their lord, reward.
when he will return from the wed LAUDS.
ding. First Antzlolzon. 1Lord, Thou

deliveredst unto me five talents: *
Eight/z Responsoryfor Doctors.
behold, I have gained beside them
In the midst of the congregation five talents more.
did the Lord open his mouth. And, Second Antz'pfion. 2Well done,
filled him with the spirit of wisdom thou good servant, * thou hast
and understanding. been faithful in a very little, enter
Verse. He made him rich with thou into the joy of thy Lord.
joy and gladness. T/n'rd Antip/zon. 3A faithful and
Answer. And filled him with the wise servant * whom his Lord hath
spirit of wisdom and understanding. made ruler over His household.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and Fourth Antzlokon. 4Blessed is
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. that servant * whom his Lord,
1 Matth. xxv. 20. 2 Matth. xxv. 21 ; Luke xix. I7.
3 Matth. xxiv. 45. 4 Matth. xxiv. 46; Luke xii. 36, 37; Apoc. iii. 20.
when He cometh and knocketh Then for his sake Thy wrath lay by,
at the door, shall find watching. And hear us while we pray ;
And pardon us, 0 Thou Most High !
Fifth Antiphon. 1Thou good and On this his festal day.
faithful servant, * enter thou into
the joy of thy Lord. All glory to the Father be,
And Sole Incarnate Son;
Praise, Holy Paraclete, to Thee,
Chapter. (Ecclus. xxxi. 8.) While endless ages run. Amen.
LESSED is the man that is Verse. The Lord guided the just
found without blemish, and in right paths.
hath not gone after gold, neither Answer. And showed him the
hath put his trust in riches, nor in kingdom of God.
treasure. Who is he, and we will
call him blessed? For wonderful Antithon at the Song of Zacha
things hath he done in his life. rias. Well done, thou good and
faithful servant; * thou hast been
faithful over a few things, I will
[afymn2 make thee ruler over many things:
ESUS ! Eternal Truth sublime ! enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
Through endless years the Same!
Thou Crown of those who through all Prayer.
time
Confess Thy Holy Name ! GOD, Who, year by year, dost
gladden us by the solemn
Thy suppliant people, through the Feast-day of Thy blessed Confessor
prayer
Of Thy blest Saint, forgive ; (here insert his nanze,) mercifully
For his dear sake Thy wrath forbear, grant unto all who keep his birth
And bid our spirits live. day, grace to follow after the pattern
of his godly conversation. Through
Again returns the sacred day our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son,
With heavenly glory bright,
Which saw him go upon his way Who liveth and reigneth with Thee,
Into the realms of light. in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
God, world without end. Amen.
All objects of our vain desire,
All earthly joys and gains,
To him were but as filthy mire ; Another Prayer.
And now with Thee he reigns. LORD, mercifully hear the
supplications which we offer
Thee, JESUS, his all-gracious Lord,
Confessing to the last, unto Thee on this the solemn
He trod beneath him Satan’s fraud, Feast-day of Thy blessed Confes
And stood for ever fast. sor (here insert his name,) and, for
asmuch as we put no trust in our
In holy deeds of faith and love, own righteousness, grant that we
In fastings and in prayers,
His days were spent ; and now above may be holpen by his prayers who
Thy heavenly Feast he shares. walked with Thee. Through our
1 Matth. xxv. 2t ; Luke xix. 17.
2 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, slightly altered; translation by the Rev. E. Caswall.
Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who Answer. The Lord loved him,
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in and beautified him.
the unity of the Holy Ghost, one Verse. He clothed him with a
God, world without end. Amen. robe of glory.
Answer. And beautified him.
For Doctors. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
0 God, Who didst give unto Ghost.
Thy people Thy blessed ser Answer. The Lord loved him,
vant N. (here insert his name) to and beautified him.
feed them with the bread of eternal Verse. The mouth of the right
life, grant, we beseech Thee, that eous speaketh wisdom.
even as on earth he showed unto us Answer. And his tongue talketh
Thy lively word, so in heaven we
judgment.
may worthily be holpen by the suc
cour of his prayers to Thee on our SEXT.
behalf. Through our Lord JESUS
Antzlohon. A faithful and wise
servant, * &c., (Third Antiphon at
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of
Lands.)
without end. Amen.
Chapter. (Ecclus. xxxix. 6.)
The same Prayer throughout the day.
THE righteous giveth his heart
PRIME. to resort early to the Lord
that made him, and will pray be
Antithon. Lord, Thou deliver fore the Most High.
edst, &c., (First Antithon at Lands.)
Short Responsory.
Chapter at the end. (Wisdom x. 10.)
THE Lord guided the just in The mouth of the righteous
right paths, showed him the speaketh wisdom.
kingdom of God, and gave him Answer. The mouth of the
knowledge of holy things, made him righteous speaketh wisdom.
rich in his travails, and multiplied Verse. And his tongue talketh
the fruit of his labours. judgment.
Answer. The righteous speaketh
wisdom.
TERCE.
Antiphon. Well done, 816., (See and to the Son, and to the Holy
ond Antiphon at Lands.) Ghost.
Answer. The mouth of the
Chapterfrom Lands.
righteous speaketh wisdom.
Verse. The law of his God is
Short Responsory.
in his heart.
The Lord loved him, and beauti Answer. None of his steps shall
fied him. slide.
NONE. @tbzr iLessrms fur Jfzastz of

Antip/zon. Thou good and faith a Qtnnfessur nut a lfiisbup.
ful servant, &c., (Fift/z Antip/zon at
Lands.) FIRST NOCTURN.
First Lesson.
S/zort Responsory. of Ecclesiasticus (xxxi. 8.)
The law of his God is in his LESSED is the man that is

heart. found without blemish, and
Answer. The law of his God is hath not gone after gold, neither
in his heart. . hath put his trust in riches nor in
Verse. None of his steps shall treasure. Who is he, and we will
slide. call him blessed? For wonderful
Answer. In his heart. things hath he done in his life.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, Whoso hath been tried thereby,
and to the Son, and to the Holy and found perfect, the same shall
Ghost. have glory for ever; who might
Answer. The law of his God is offend, and hath not offended; or
in his heart. done evil, and hath not done it.
Verse. The Lord guideth the just His goods are established in the
in right paths. Lord, and all the congregation of
Answer. And showed him the the Saints shall declare his alms.
kingdom of God.
Setond Lesson. (xxxii. r8.)
SECOND VESPERS. HOSO feareth the Lord will
receive His discipline: and
Same as at First Vespers, except the
following. they that seek Him early shall find
Verse and A nswerfrom Lands. His blessing. He that seeketh the
law shall be filled therewith: but
Antiplzon at the Song of the the hypocrites shall be offended
Blessed Virgin. 1Lo, a servant of thereat. They that fear the Lord
God who esteemed but little things shall find righteous judgment, and
earthly. shall kindle justice as a light. (28.)
And by word and work laid him He that believeth God taketh heed
up treasure in heaven. to the commandments: and he that
trusteth in Him shall fare never the
For Doctors.
worse. (xxxiii. I.) There shall no
evil happen unto him that feareth
0 right excellent Teacher, Light the Lord: but in temptation God
of the Holy Church, N. (Itere insert will keep him, and deliver him from
lzis name) blessed lover of the Divine evil. A wise man hateth not the
Law, pray for us to the Son of God. commandments and judgments,
1 An elegiac couplet.
neither is he tossed to and fro This kind of shrewdness the young
therein as a ship in a storm. A acquire by practice, and children pay
man of understanding trusteth in for the learning it. Those who are
the law of God, and the law is good at this look down upon their
faithful unto him. neighbours; those who are bad at
it are humble and timid, and wonder
Third Lesson. (xxxiv. I4.)
at it in others; they regard this
astuteness too, wrong though it be,
THE spirit of those that fear God with wistful admiration, under soft
is precious, and is blessed in ened epithets. Unstraightforward
His sight. For their hope is in ness is called good breeding. The
Him that saveth them, and the eyes principles of the world teach those
of God are upon them that love who entertain them, to try and rise
Him. Whoso feareth the Lord to distinction, and when they have
shall fear nothing, nor be afraid, attained the bubble of glory which
for He is his hope. Blessed is the is so soon to pass away, to feel it
soul of him that feareth the Lord. sweet to have at their feet them
To Whom doth he look? And on whom they may wreak rich
Who is his strength? The eyes of revenge. These principles teach
the Lord are upon them that fear a man, as long as he is strong
Him, He is their mighty protection, enough, to give way to nobody
and strong stay; a defence from else, and, if he hath no chance by
heat, and a cover from the sun at force, to try and attain his object
noon, a preservation from stumbling, by diplomacy.
and an help from falling. He rais
eth up the soul, and lighteneth the Fifth Lesson.
eyes; He giveth health, and life,
and blessing. THE wisdom of the righteous is
the contrary of all this. They
seek to avoid deception, to give their
SECOND NOCTURN.
thoughts a clear expression in their
Fourth Lesson. words, to love the truth because it is
the truth, to avoid falsehood, and
rather to suffer than to inflict evil.
of Moral [Reflectionjs upon Job,
Such are they who seek not to avenge
written by Pope St Gregory [the
Great.] (Bk. x. Chap. xvi. on themselves for wrong, and deem it
gain to be despised for the truth’s
[oh xii.) sake. This their simplicity is made
THE simplicity of the righteous a subject of derision, for such as are
is made a subject of derision. wise in this world believe the purity
The wisdom of this world hideth our of their virtue to be simple foolery.
true feelings by artifice, and useth Whatsoever is done innocently, they
language to conceal our thoughts; consider without doubt stupid. Such
this is the wisdom which demon works as the truth approveth are
strateth the truth of falsehood, and idiotic, when tried by carnal stand
showeth the falsehood of the truth. ards of wisdom. After all, what
stupider thing is there in this world the Holy Word. When he is in

than to express our real thoughts in quired of, he doth not know how
our words, to keep nothing quiet by to give a double answer.
skilful tact, to repay no injuries, to
pray for them which curse us, to seek
THIRD NOCTURN.
poverty, tO give up property, to strive
not with such as take from us, to Seventh Lesson.
turn the other cheek to 'the smiteri‘
Gospel according to Luke (xii. 32.)
Sixth Lesson. (Ch. xvii.)
AT that time: JEsus said unto
“ A LAMP despised in the His disciples: Fear not, little
thoughts of the rich, is flock, for it is your Father’s good
ready for the time appointed.” pleasure to give you the kingdom.
(Job xii. 5.)1 It Often happeneth And so on.
that one of the elect, who is on his
way to be happy for ever, is crushed Homily by the Venerable Bede,
down here by repeated misfortunes. Priest [at Jarrow and Doctor of the
He reposeth in no luxury of posses Church] (Bk. iv. Ch. 54 on Lake
sions, no distinction marketh him as xii.)
honourable among men, no admir The elect are called a little flock,
ing followers court him, no rich perchance because the reprobate are
dress maketh comely his bodily far more in number than they, but,
appearance. Everybody seeth in more probably, because they love to
him a person to be looked down be lowly, since it is God’s will that
upon, and his reputation is that of however much His Church should
one unworthy of the world’s favour. grow in numbers, she should grow
And yet, that is a man who, to the with lowliness even unto the end of
eyes of the Judge Who seeth in the world, and should enter lowly
secret, is glorious through virtue, into that kingdom which is hers by
whose life is radiant with worth. His promise. That kingdom He
He disliketh to be honoured, and promiseth to her here, when He
doth not refuse to meet with con biddeth her to seek only the king
tempt. He bringeth abstinence to dom of God, and, to comfort her in
bear on his body, and his luxury is her travail, He doth so sweetly and
spiritual richness in love. He trieth so graciously say that her Father will
to keep his feelings patient, and give it to her.
when he bath to stand up for right
eousness’ sake, is glad tO be despised.
Eighth Lesson.
He feeleth from his heart for the
aflclicted, and the prosperity of the “SELL that ye have and give
godly giveth him as much pleasure alms.” Fear not, He saith,
as if it were his own. He is care lest, while ye fight for the kingdom
ful inwardly to digest the food of of God, ye should lack such things
1 1.12., the just man seems to shine now but dimly, but at the same time he shall shine
in splendour.-—Abp. Kenrick.
as are needful for this life, nay rather, Number is altered into the Plural. For
sell even that which ye have, and example: “The blessed N. and N.,
whose Feast we are this day keeping,
give alms. This doth, whosoever do justly call, &c., &c.”
for the Lord’s sake leaveth all that
he hath, and then worketh with his
hands, that so he may have to eat, For A bbats the Ofiiee is as above, er
and withal to give alms. In this eept the following .
doth the Apostle boast himself, say
ing: “1 have coveted no man’s Prayer.
silver, or gold, or apparel, as ye
yourselves know: for these hands LORD, we beseech Thee, that
have ministered unto my necessities, the prayers of Thy blessed
and to them that were with me. I Abbat N. (here insert his name) may
have showed you all things, how commend us unto Thee, and that
that so labouring ye ought to support what for our own worthiness we
the weak.” (Acts xx. 33, 34, 35.) cannot obtain, Thou mayest grant
us through his help. Through our
Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
Ninth Lesson.
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in
“ ROVIDE yourselves bags the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
which wax not old”—that God, world without end. Amen.
is to say, by almsgiving, the reward
thereof remaineth for ever. Never THIRD NOCTURN.
theless, we must not think here that
this commandment forbiddetli the Lessons from Matth. xix. 27, with the
Homily of St Yerome upon the same,
Saints to keep money for their own (11 355-)
use, and for helping of the poor.
Other Lessons.
The Lord Himself, to Whom Angels
ministered, had a bag, and kept Seventh Lesson.
therein that which the faithful people
gave unto Him (John xii. 6,) to re The Lesson is taken from the Holy
lieve therewith the need of His Gospel according to Matthew (xi.
disciples, and other poor folk. But 25.)
we are commanded not to serve AT that time Jesus answered
God for gain, nor to work unright and said: I thank Thee, 0
eousness for fear of poverty. Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because Thou hast hid these things
from the wise and prudent, and
1_'f it should be that several Confessors hast revealed them unto babes.
not Bishops are to be honoured by one And so on.
Feast, the Ofiite is the same as that just
given, ereept thejbllowing : Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of
I. In the Common Prayer the words Hippo] (Ioth Sermon on the Words
“Thy blessed Confessor N.” are altered
into “Thy blessed Confessors N. and of the Lord.)
N.,” and the word“ his” into “their.”
2. In the Sermon by St Yohn Chry “Come unto Me, all ye that la
sostonz everything said in the Singular bour!” And wherefore labour we
all, but because we are frail, sickly, standeth what I say, and he
dying creatures, burdened with heareth. What is promised you is
earthen vessels which distress us? to see God, God, the True, God,
But if these fleshly vessels be dis the Supreme. Blessed is he who
tressful, let the open expanse of love seeth Him by Whom he is seen.
be free and wide. “Come unto Such as worship false gods see
Me, all ye that labour! ”——and why? them easily, but they see them who
That we may labour no more. His have eyes and see not. But unto
promise is an instant promise, for us it is promised that we shall see
He calleth such as are labouring. that God Who liveth and seeth.
Perchance they will ask Him what (Gen. xvi. 14.)
shall be their reward? “And I,”
saith He, “will give you rest. Take Other Lessons.
My yoke upon you, and learn of
Me "—not how to make the world, Seventh Lesson.
not how to create all things visible The Lesson is taken from the Holy
and invisible, not to work wonders Gospel according to Matthew
in the earth, nor to raise the dead (xix. 27.)
—but—“ for I am meek and
lowly in heart.” T that time: Peter said unto
JESUS: Behold, we have for
Eighth Lesson. saken all, and followed Thee: what
shall we have therefore? And so
(NIILT thou be great? Begin on.
by being little. Dost thou
think to raise up a lofty building? Homily by the Venerable Bede,
Then lay the foundations thereof Priest [at Jarrow and Doctor of the
in lowliness. The greater soever, Church] (For St Benedict’s Birth
and the more massy, be that which day.)
any man thinketh tO build, so much
In the judgment to come, the
the deeper doth he dig his founda
elect will be in two classes. One
tion. And when the house is built,
class are they who have forsaken all,
it towereth heavenward; but be
and followed the Lord: and these
which layeth the foundation goeth
shall judge along with Him. The
down into the earth. The build
other class are they who have not
ing, therefore, is low before it is
equally forsaken all that they had,
high, and, after it is low, it riseth
but who have been careful daily to
high to the roof.
give alms of their goods to the poor
of Christ: these shall be the sub
Ninth Lesson.
jects of judgment, and these are
HAT is the roof of the house they who shall then hear these
on which we labour? Whither words: “Come, ye blessed of My
do its spires rise? I answer you at Father, inherit the kingdom pre
once; to the presence of God. You pared for you from the foundation
see how high it is, yea, what it is of the world: for I was an hun
to see God. He that will, under gered, and ye gave Me meat: I was
FOR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH. 43I
thirsty, and ye gave Me drink.” M'nth Lesson.

(Matth. xxv. 34, 35.) ND now that we have touched
for a moment, with fear and
Eighth Lesson.
just dread, upon these things, let us
OF the reprobate also we gather, rather turn our hearing to the right
from the words of the Lord, joyful promises of our Lord and
that there will be two classes. One Saviour. Let us look what His so
class are they who, being made par great, beautiful, and fatherly love
takers in the mystery of Christian will give to such as follow Him;
faith, have neglected to show their not the reward of life everlasting
faith by their works: these are they only, but gifts exceeding precious
to whom it will be said at the judg in this life also. “Every one,”
ment: “ Depart from Me, ye cursed, saith He, “that hath forsaken
into everlasting fire, prepared for houses, or brethren, or sisters, or
the devil and his angels: for I was father, or mother, or wife, or chil
an-hungered, and ye gave Me no dren, or lands, for My Name’s sake,
meat.” (41.) The other class are shall receive an hundredfold, and
they who either have never received shall inherit everlasting life.” For
the faith and mysteries of Christ, every one that shall forsake earthly
or who, having received, have apos affections and goods, to go and be
tatised, and abandoned it: and Christ’s disciple, the further he
touching these it is said: “But he goeth on in Christ’s love, the more
that believeth not is condemned al shall he find who will rejoice to
ready, because he hath not believed give him a place in their hearts,
in the name of the only-begotten and to minister to him of their
Son of God.” (John iii. 18.) substance.
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The Ofiice is that of (1 Bishop and will keep the sayings of the renowned
Confessor, or of a Confessor not a men, and where subtil parables are,
Bishop, (pp. 399 and 41 5) according as
the particular Doctor was a Bishop or he will be there also. He will seek
not, with the dzferences marked in those out the secrets of grave sentences,
two Ofices, and the following. and be conversant in dark parables.
He will serve among great men, and
Lessons. appear before princes. He will
FIRST NOCTURN. travel through strange countries, for
he will try the good and the evil
First Lesson.
among men.
of Ecclesiasticus (xxxix. r.) Second Lesson.
E that is wise will seek out the HE will give his heart to resort
wisdom of all the antient, early to the Lord that made
and be occupied in prophecies. He him, and will pray before the most
High. He will open his mouth in of the Holy Church? When the
prayer, and make supplication for glorious constellation of the Martyrs
his sins. If the great Lord will, had set, and the light of the faith
He will fill him with the spirit of grew stronger, then appeared the
understanding, and he shall make constellation of the Doctors in the
the utterances of his wisdom to firmament of the Church, even in
distil as the rain, and shall give that spring-time when the winter of
thanks unto the Lord in his prayer. unbelief was past, and the Sun of
He shall direct his counsel and truth rose higher to shine on the
knowledge, and in His secrets hearts of His faithful ones. The
shall he meditate. storms of persecution were gone, and
the long nights of unbelief were
Third Lesson. over; then rose the Doctors to shine
on the Church, when the spring
E shall show forth that which time of belief promised her a
he hath learnt, and shall
brighter year.
glory in the law of the covenant of
the Lord. Many shall commend Fifth Lesson.
his understanding, and it shall not
be blotted out for ever. His me IT beseemeth well that the holy
morial shall not depart away, and Doctors be figured by Hyades,
his name shall live from generation for these stars are so styled from the
to generation. Nations shall show Greek word “hyetos,” and “hyetos ”
forth his wisdom, and the Church signifieth rain. The Hyades are
shall declare his praise. therefore named after rain, because
when they rise they undoubtedly
bring rain. Well, then, do we apply
SECOND NOCTURN.
the name of the Hyades to those
Fourth Lesson. who, when they rise to shine in the
firmament of the universal Church,
of Moral [Reflection]s on Job, make the rain of holy preaching to
fall upon the parched ground of
written by Pope St Gregory [the
man’s heart. For if the word of
Great] (Bk. ix. eh. vi.)
preaching had not been as rain,
1 IN the Book of Job (ix. 9), it is then had Moses never said: “My
written that it is God “which doctrine shall drop as the rain,”
maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Hy (Deut. xxxii. 2,) nor had the Truth
ades.” Now if by the constellation said by Isaiah: “I will also com
Orion be mystically signified the mand the clouds that they rain no
spiritual constellation of the holy rain upon it,” (v. 6,) nor yet these
Martyrs, whom can we understand words which we have just quoted:
to be named after them under the “Therefore the rain-stars have been
title of the Hyades, but the Doctors withholden.” 2
1 The first and part of the second sentence is here inserted for the sake of the sense.
2 Quamobrem prohibitae sunt stellae pluviarum. This would appear to have been a
copyist’s blunder in St Gregory’s Bible for “ Quamobrem prohibitae sunt stilla’ pluviarum
—Therefore the rain-drops have been withholden.”--Jer. iii. 3. .
FOR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH. 433
Sixth Lesson. either through lust for abundance
AT the same time that the Hy thereof, or through dread of lack of
ades come bringing rain, the the same, as to lose those things
sun daily riseth higher in the heavens: which are eternal, and which, as
thus do we, seeing the learning of men cannot give them, so likewise
the Doctors, and having our minds neither can they take them away.
saturated with the rain of preaching, If, therefore, the salt have lost his
grow warmer in faith. And when savour, wherewith shall it be salted?
the hot heavens shine fiery over her, This is as much as to say: Ye are
the wet earth tendeth to harvest: they by whom the stale mass of
thus do we, when the fire of holy mankind is to be sweetened; if ye,
learning burneth bright in our heart, therefore, through shrinking from
tend to bring forth the fruit of the trials of persecutions, which en
good works. When, day by day, dure but for a moment, do your
we learn more of the knowledge of selves cast away that kingdom which
heavenly things, a spring-time of is everlasting, who will there be to
inward light is opening within us, correct your backsliding, seeing that
a new Sun is irradiating our mind, ye be they, and none other, whom
and, as we know Him better by the God hath chosen to correct the
words of His Teachers, He doth backslidings of all others?
daily Himself shine the more therein.
As the end of the world groweth Ezlghth Lesson.
nearer, the knowledge of things
heavenly will grow greater, and con “ IT IS thenceforth good for
tinue to develop with time. nothing, but to be cast out,
and to be trodden under foot of
men.” He that suifereth persecu
THIRD NOCTURN.
tion is not thus trodden under foot
Sewenth Lesson. of men; he that in good sooth is
trodden under foot of men, is he
which, through fear of persecution,
Gospel according to Matthew (v.
hath lost his savour. No man can
13~> be trodden upon, unless he be be
T that time: JESUS said unto neath him which treadeth upon him ;
His disciples: Ye are the but he cannot be beneath his tor
salt of the earth; but if the salt mentor, who, suffer he how grievously
have lost his savour, wherewith shall soever in his body upon earth, hath
it be salted? And so on. still his heart in heaven.
Homily by St Austin, Bishop
[of Hippo] (Bk. i. on the Lord’s Ninth Lesson.
Sermon on the Mount, eh. vi. “ YE are the light of the world.”
tom. 4.) p They whom the Lord hath,
The Lord showeth how that such just above, called the salt of the
men are to be'esteemed but fools as earth, the same doth He now call
do so run after things temporal, the light of the world. By the
434 THE COMMON OF SAINTS:
earth, whereof they were said to How, then,- can the Apostles be
be the salt, we have not understood called the salt of the earth? But
to be signified that earth whereupon .the true meaning of these words
we walk with our bodily feet, but 'will be made plain, when we con
the men which dwell upon the earth, sider the duty of Apostles, and the
or sinners, for the sweetening and nature of salt itself. Now, salt is a
correction of whose stinking corrup compound of the elements of water
tion the Lord hath sent His Apostles, and fire, out of the which two things
as it were, as so much salt. And so in salt there is made one.
here also, by the world we are to
understand, not the heavens and the
Eighth Lesson.
earth, but the men which are in the
world, or which love the world for THIS thing, therefore, thus made
the enlightening of whom the Apos to serve in divers ways the
tles have been sent. use of men, doth keep from corrup
“A city that is set on an hill tion bodies whereon it is sprinkled,
cannot be hid”—that is, set upon and doth readily yield to all the
the heights of the same plain and senses the perception of its inborn
great righteousness, whereof the savour. And thus are the Apostles,
mountain upon the which the Lord , seeing that they are the preachers of
taught was itself a figure. the kingdom of heaven, and in a
certain sense the sowers of the
Another Homily for the Third seed of life everlasting, since that
Nocturn. Word of God which they scatter
hath power to make this mortal
Se'z/enth Lesson. put on immortality. Meetly then
are they called salt, the savour of
The Lesson is taken from the Holy whose teaching doth keep sweet
Gospel according to Matthew (v. the receiver thereof even unto
r 3.) life everlasting.
T that time: JESUS said unto
His disciples: Ye are the Ninth Lessons
salt of the earth. But if the salt UT the nature of salt is to be
have lost his savour, wherewith shall
ever the same, and unchang
it be salted? And so on.
ing, and, on the other hand, the
Homily by St Hilary, Bishop [of nature of man hath this weakness,
Poitiers.] (Comment. on Matth. v.) to be changeable. He only is blessed
who hath continued even unto the
“Ye are the salt of the earth. end in all the works which God
But if the salt have lost his savour, hath commanded. Therefore doth
wherewith shall it be salted? It is the Lord warn them whom He
thenceforth good for nothing, but to calleth the salt of the earth, that
be cast out, and to be trodden under they are behoven to remain strong
foot of men.” There is, I take it, in that strength which He hath
no such thing as salt of the earth; given unto them, lest, becoming
FOR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH. 435
themselves savourless, they should Ezlghth Lesson.

be impotent to season others ; losing HESE words, “Ye are the salt
the freshness of their own 'saltness, of the earth,” show unto us
be unable to stop the corruption the whole nature of man as savour
round about them; and so the less and stinking with the strong
Church cast them out of her but corruption of sin. And therefore
tery, and they and those that they demandeth He of His Apostles such
should have salted, be together qualities as are most needful and
trodden under foot of such as useful to the furthering the salvation
enter in. of many. He that is gentle and
lowly, tender and just, shutteth not
A Third Homily for the Third up all these good things in his own
Noetnrn. heart, but openeth these bright .foun
tains that they may gush forth for
Seventh Lesson. the use of his neighbour. He whose
heart is pure, and who seeketh peace,
suffering persecution for the truth’s
sake, doth still lead a life for 'the
13-) good of the commonwealth.
His disciples: Ye are the [Vinth Lesson.
salt of the earth. But if the salt HINK not, saith the Lord,
have lost his savour, wherewith shall that the struggle is easy
it be salted? And so on. whereunto ye shall be led, neither
Homily by St John Chrysostom, shall your reckoning be of light
Patriarch [of Constantinople] (1 5th matters. Ye are the salt of the
on Matth.) earth. Have ye then salted that
which is corrupted? Nay, for it is
Consider how that the Lord saith : impossible that that which is once
“Ye are the salt of the earth,” by corrupted can be made sound again
the which figure He showeth what a by the rubbing it with salt. This
necessary of life is the Gospel. By it is not asked of them to do. But
this figure, He hath us to know that their work is to sprinkle with salt,
they unto whom He spake have an and to keep fresh thereafter, such
account to render, not of their things as the Lord hath given over
own life only, but for the whole into their charge, and which He
world. Not unto two cities, saith Himself hath made new, and freed
the Lord, nor unto ten, nor from all taint, before giving them.
unto twenty, nor unto one people, To make sound after the cor
as I sent the Prophets, send I you. ruption of sin, is the work of
But I send you unto every land and Christ’s power alone; 'to preserve
sea, even unto the whole world, lying from falling away again, is the
groaning, as it is, under the burden duty and the toil commanded to
of divers sins. the Apostles.
UJHHE. :fltnr dFzasts of the afilzsseh Utrgtn maryfl
All as on Sundays, except the fol Psalm CXXVI.

lowing.
[Intituled “A Song of Degrees, of $010
FIRST VESPERS. mon.” The LXX. omits the ascription to
Solomon.]
Antzjo/zons, Chapter, and Prayerfrom
Lauds. ' XCEPT the LORD build the
house, * they labour in vain
Ps. cix. The LORD said, &c., (p. that build it:
176.) Except the LORD keep the city,
Ps. cxii. Praise the LORD, 0 ye * the watchman waketh but in vain.
His servants, &c., (p. 178.) It is vain for you to rise up
early, * rise up when ye are
Psalm CXXI. rested, ye that eat the bread of
sorrow:
[Intituled “ A Song of Degrees, of David.”] For He giveth His beloved sleep.
WAS glad when they said unto Lo, children are an heritage of the
me: * Let us go into the house LORD, * the fruit of the womb is His
of the LORD. reward.
Our feet have been wont to As arrows are in the hand of a
stand * within thy gates, O Jerusa mighty man, * so are the children
lem! of the out-cast.
Jerusalem is builded as a city * Happy is the man that hath his
that is compact together: desire satisfied with them : * he shall
Whither the tribes go up, the not be ashamed when he speaketb
tribes of the LORD, * the testimony with his enemies in the gate.
of Israél, to give thanks unto the
name of the LORD. Psalm CXLVII.
For there are set thrones for judg [In the Hebrew this is the continuation
ment, * the thrones for the house of of the preceding Psalm. The Vulgate and
David. the LXX. prefix “Alleluia,” and the LXX.
adds “ of Haggai and Zechariah.”]
Pray for the peace of Jerusa
lem: * they shall prosper that love RAISE the LORD, 0 Jerusalem !
thee. * praise thy God, 0 Zion!
Peace be within thy walls, * and For He hath strengthened the
prosperity within thy palaces. bars of thy gates: ‘* He hath blessed
For my brethren and companions’ thy children within thee:
sakes, * I will now say—Peace be He maketh peace in thy borders :
within thee! * and filleth thee with the finest of
Because of the house of the LORD the wheat.
our'God, * I will seek thy good. He sendeth forth His command
1 It is now usual to insert this Common Office into Breviaries, but it is placed last of
all, after the Office for the Consecration of Churches.
FOR FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 437
ment upon earth: 1‘ His word run~ Still as on we journey,
neth very swiftly. ~ Help our weak endeavour,
Till with thee and JESUS,
He giveth snow like wool: * He We rejoice for ever.
scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
He casteth forth His ice like Through the highest heaven
morsels: * who can stand before To the Almighty Three,
His cold? Father, Son, and Spirit,
One same glory be. Amen.
He sendeth out His word, and
melteth them: * He causeth His , Verse. Holy Virgin, my praise
wind to blow, and the waters flow. by thee accepted be.
He declareth His word unto Answer. Give me strength a
Jacob, * His statutes and His gainst thine enemies.
judgments unto Israel.
He hath not dealt so with any Antiphon at the Song of the
nation: * neither hath He made Blessed Virgin. O Holy Mary, be
known to them His judgments. thou an help to the helpless, a
strength to the fearful, a comfort
[The Hebrew adds “ Alleluia,” which
the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to the
to the sorrowful; * pray for the
next Psalm] people, plead for the clergy, make
intercession for all women vowed
Hymn. 1 to God; may all that are keeping
AIL, thou “ Star-of-Ocean," 2 this thine holy Feast-day feel the
Portal of the sky, might of thine assistance.
Ever-Virgin Mother
Of the Lord Most High ! The words, “Are keeping this thine
holy Feast-day,” are very often altered
on the different Festivals, which alter
Oh, by Gabriel's AVE
Uttered long ago, ations will he found in their own
EVA’S name reversing,3 places.
’Stablish peace below ! At Compline the last verse of the
Hymn is altered in honour of the In
Break the captive’s fetters— carnation.
Light on blindness pour—
All our ills expelling, MATTINS.
Every bliss implore—
Invitatory. Holy Virgin Mary,
Show thyself a Mother— * Mother of God, pray for us.
Offer Him our sighs,
Who, for us Incarnate, [:7ymn.4
Did not thee despise.
THE God Whom earth, and sea, and
Virgin of all virgins ! sky
To thy shelter take us— Adore, and laud, and magnify,
Gentlest of the gentle ! Who o’er their threefold fabric reigns,
Chaste and gentle make us. The Virgin’s spotless womb contains.
1 Authorship and date unsettled ; translation by the Rev. E. Caswall.
2 Apparently meant for a translation of MRYM. See note in the Oflice of her name,
between September 8 and September 9.
3 Le., Eva, written backwards, reads Ave (Hail). This quaint conceit is clearer in the
translation than in the Latin.
‘1 From an hymn ascribed to Venantius Fortunatus; translation by the late Rev. Dr Neale.
The God, Whose will by moon and sun, and the stars which Thou hast or
And all things in due course is done, dained:
Is borne upon a maiden’s breast,
By fullest heavenly grace possessed. What is man, that Thou art mind
ful of him? *1 or the son of man,
How blest that Mother in whose shrine that Thou visitest him?
That great Artificer Divine, Thou hast made him a little lower
Whose hand contains the earth and
sky than the angels, Thou hast crowned
Vouchsafed, as in His ark, to lie ! him with glory and honour, *1 and
madest him to have dominion over
Blest, in the message Gabriel brought ; the works of Thine hands.
Blest, by the work the Spirit wrought ;
From whom the great Desire of earth Thou hast put all things under
Took human Flesh and human birth. his feet, * all sheep and oxen, yea,
and the beasts of the field.
All honour, laud, and glory be, The fowl of the air, and the fish
0 JESU, Virgin-born, to Thee!
All glory, as is ever meet,
of the sea, "1 that pass through the
To Father and to Paraclete. Amen. paths of the sea.
0 LORD, our Lord, *1 how excel
FIRST NOCTURN.
lent is Thy Name in all the earth !
Only three Psalms are said. Second Antiphon. 3O Holy M0

ther of God, 1" thou hast yielded a
First Antiohon. 1Blessed art pleasant Odour like the best myrrh.
thou among women, * and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb. Psalm XVIII.
[Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with the
Psalm VI I I. same further obscure superscription, as in
I’ss. xii. and xiii.]
[Intituled “A Psalm of David.” It has
also a title which seems to show that it was THE heavens declare the glory
of God, "" and the firmament
LORD, our Lord, * how ex showeth His handy-work.
cellent is Thy Name in all Day unto day uttereth speech,
the earth! * and night unto night showeth
For Thy glory is exalted * above knowledge. .
the heavens. There is no speech nor language,
2Out of the mouth of babes and ’1‘ where their voice is not heard.
sucklings hast Thou perfected praise Their sound is gone out through
because of Thine enemies, * that all the earth: * and their words to
Thou mightest destroy the enemy the ends of the world.
and the avenger. He hath set His tabernacle in the
When Iconsider Thine heavens, sun :4 ‘1‘ which is as a bridegroom
the work of Thy fingers : * the moon coming out of his chamber.
1 Luke i. 42.
'1 This verse was quoted by our Lord, concerning those who cried Hosannah on Palm
Sunday, Matthew xxi. 16. 3 Ecclus. xxiv. 20.
‘1 So the LXX., as well as the Vulgate. Cf. Ps. cii. 19; ciii. 2, 3. The sense seems to
be that the physical source of the light and life of this system is represented as a kind of
celestial counterpart of the tabernacle, which was the centre of the Divine authority as
He rejoiceth as a strong man to again and again before this maiden’s
run a race : * his going forth is from bed ’* the tender idylls of the play.
the end of the heaven.
And his circuit unto the ends of Psalm XXI I I.
it: * and there is nothing bid from [Intituled “A Psalm of David.” The
the heat thereof. Vulgate and the LXX. add “for the first
The law of the LORD is perfect, day of the week.”]
converting the soul : ’l‘ the testimony
HE earth is the LORD’s and
of the LORD is sure, making wise the the fulness thereof; * the
simple. world, and they that dwell therein.
The statutes of the LORD are For He hath founded it upon the
right, rejoicing the heart: * the seas, * and established it upon the
commandment of the LORD is clear,
floods.
giving light unto the eyes. Who shall ascend into the moun
The fear of the LORD is holy, tain of the LORD? * or who shall
enduring for ever and ever: * the stand in His holy place?
judgments of the LORD are true, He that hath clean hands and a
righteous altogether. pure heart, * who hath not lifted
More to be desired are they than up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn
gold and store of precious stones, deceitfully unto his neighbour.
* sweeter also than honey and the He shall receive a blessing from
honeycomb. the LORD, * and mercy from the
Verily, Thy servant keepeth them: God of his salvation.
\* in keeping of them there is great This is the generation of them
'reward. that seek Him, * that seek the
Who can understand his errors? face of the God of Jacob.1
Cleanse Thou me from secret faults: Lift up your gates, 0 ye princes,
* preserve Thy servant also from and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
the sins of others. doors! * and the King of glory
If they get not dominion over me, shall come in. '
then shall I be undefiled: ’* and Who is this King of glory? *
I shall be cleansed from the great The LORD strong and mighty, the
transgression. LORD mighty in battle.
Let the words of my mouth, Lift up your gates, 0 ye princes,
and the meditation of mine heart, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting
* be acceptable in Thy sight for doors! * and the King of glory
ever, shall come in.
0 LORD mine Helper, * and my Who is this King of glory? *
Redeemer! The LORD of hosts, He is the
Third Antiphon. Sing for us King of glory.1
revealed upon earth. The Hebrew, however, which is supported by St Jerome, reads,
“ In them (i.e., the starry heavens) hath He set a tabernacle for the sun,” and this reading
seems to commend itself to Archbishop Kenrick, who suggests that the “tabernacle ” may
signify the region below the horizon, into which the sun retires nightly, as into a tent, to
sleep, and from which he issues in renevved glory every morning. Targum :—“ In them
hath He set splendour as a tabernacle for the sun.”
1 SLH.
Verse. In thy comeliness and the midst of the paths of judgment ;

thy beauty. that I may cause those that love
Answer. Go forward, fare pros me to inherit substance, and that I
perously, and reign. may fill their treasures. The LORD
possessed me in the beginning of
First Lesson. His ways, before His works of old.
I was set up from everlasting, or
The Lesson is taken from the Pro ever the earth was. When there
verbs of Solomon (viii. 12.) were no depths, I was already con
I WISDOM, dwell with prudence, ceived ; when there were no foun
, and find out knowledge of tains abounding with water, before
witty inventions. The fear of the the mountains were settled in their
LORD is to hate evil; pride, and strength, before the hills, was I
arrogancy, and the evil way, and the brought forth.
double mouth, do I hate. Counsel
is mine, and sound wisdom; under Second Responsory.
standing is mine; mine is strength. Rejoice with me, all ye that love
By me kings reign and princes the Lord, for while I was yet a little
decree justice. By me princes rule, one, I pleased the Most High.
and nobles command righteousness. And I have brought forth from my
I love them that love me, and those bowels God and man.
that seek me early shall find me. Verse. 1All generations shall
call me blessed, since the Lord
First Responsory. hath regarded the lowliness of His
handmaiden.
0 how holy and how spotless Answer. And I have brought
is thy virginity! I am too dull forth from my bowels God and
to praise thee; for thou hast man.
borne in thy breast Him Whom Third Lesson. (34.)
the heavens cannot contain.
Verse. Blessed art thou among LESSED is the man that bear
women, and blessed is the fruit of eth me, watching daily at my
thy womb. gates, and waiting at the posts of
Answer. For thou hast borne in my doors. Whoso findeth me find
thy breast Him Whom the heavens eth life, and shall obtain salvation
cannot contain. from the LORD; but he that sinneth
against me wrongeth his own soul.
All they that hate me love death.
Second Lesson.
(ix. 1.) Wisdom hath builded her
ICHES and honour are with house ; she hath hewn out her seven
me, yea, durable riches and pillars. She hath killed her beasts ;
righteousness. My fruit is better she hath mingled her wine: she
than gold and precious stones, and hath also furnished her table. She
my revenue than choice silver. I hath sent forth her maidens unto
walk in the way of righteousness, in the citadel, and- unto the walls of
1 Luke i. 48.
FOR FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 44I
the city, to cry out: Whoso is My tongue is the pen * of a ready
simple, let him come unto me. writer.
And unto them that want under Thou art fairer than the children
standing, she saith: Come, eat of of men, grace is poured into thy lips:
my bread, and drink of the wine * therefore God hath blessed thee
which I have mingled. for ever.
Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, *
Third Responsory. O most mighty!
In thy comeliness, and thy beauty,
Blessed art thou, 0 Virgin Mary, *‘ go forward, fare prosperously, and
who hast carried the Lord, the reign,
Maker of the world. Thou hast Because of truth, and meekness,
borne Him Who created thee, and and righteousness: * and thy right
thou abidest a virgin for ever. hand shall lead thee wonderfully.
Verse. Hail, Mary, full of grace. Thine arrows are sharp—(the
The Lord is with thee. people shall fall under thee)—* into
Answer. Thou hast borne Him the heart of the King’s enemies.
Who created thee, and thou abidest 1Thy throne, O God, is for ever
a virgin for ever. and ever: * the sceptre of Thy
Verse. Glory be to the Father, kingdom is a right sceptre.
and to the LSon, and to the Holy Thou hast loved righteousness,
Ghost. and hated iniquity: * therefore,
Answer. Thou hast borne Him God, thy God, hath anointed thee
Who created thee, and thou abidest with the oil of gladness above thy
a virgin for ever. fellows.
Thy garments smell of myrrh, and
SECOND NOCTURN. aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory
palaces, * whereby kings’ daughters
First Antiphon. In thy comeli among thine honourable women have
ness and thy beauty, * go forward, made thee glad.
fare prosperously, and reign. Upon thy right hand did stand
the queen in a vesture of gold, *
Psalm XLIV. bedecked with divers colours.
[This Psalm has a long superscription, the sider, and incline thine ear: * for
exact meaning of which is not now certain.
It seems to have been a marriage-song writ get also thine own people, and thy
ten to be sung by the Korahites. The Tar father’s house.
gum ascribes it to the time of Moses, but it And the King shall greatly de
seems rather to belong to that of the jewish
Monarchy.] sire thy beauty: * for He is the
Lord thy God,2 and Him shall they
I} INE heart is overflowing with worship.
a good matter: * I speak of And the daughters of Tyre shall
my works unto the king. entreat thy favour * with gifts,
bride, is, “ He is thy lord, and bow thou to him." So also St Jerome.
VOL. IV. Q
44.2 THE COMMON OF SAINTS.
even all the rich among the [There is] a river, the streams
people. whereof make glad the city of God :
The King’s daughter is all glo * the Most High hath hallowed His
rious within, * in a vesture of gold, Tabernacle.
clad in divers colours. God is in the midst of her, she
After her shall virgins be brought shall not be moved: * God shall
unto the king: * her fellows shall help her right early.
be brought unto thee. The heathen raged, and the king
With gladness and rejoicing shall doms were moved: * He uttered
they be brought: * they shall enter His voice, the earth melted.
into the King’s palace. The LORD of hosts is with
Instead of thy fathers shall be us: * the God of Jacob is our
thy children: * thou shalt make refuge.1
them princes over all the earth. Come and behold the works of
They shall be mindful of thy the LORD, what wonders He hath
name, * unto all generations. wrought in the earth ; * He maketh
Therefore shall the people praise wars to cease unto the end of the
thee for ever, * yea, for ever and ever. earth.
He breaketh the bow and cut
Second Antiphon. God shall give teth the weapons in sunder: * and
her the help of His countenance; burneth the shields in the fire.
* God is in the midst Of her, she Be still, and know that I am
shall not be moved. God: * I will be exalted among
the heathen, and I will be exalted
Psalm XLV. in the earth.
[This Psalm has a superscription of un
The LORD of hosts is with
certain meaning, but of which part seems us: * the God of Jacob is our
to imply that it was to be sung by treble refuge.1
voices, from the choir of the Korahite
family. And the Targum ascribes it, but Third Antiphon. O Holy Mo
apparently by a mere guess, to the time when ther of God: * all we who dwell
Korah and his fellow-rebels were destroyed
by an earthquake in the wilderness, but in thee are in gladness.
“the children of Korah died not” (Num.
xxvi. IO, 11).] Psalm LXXXVI.
GOD is our refuge and strength, [Intituled “A Psalm. A Song of the
* our help in trouble, which sons of Korah.” The Targum adds that it
was based upon words of the ancients,
is come upon us exceedingly. perhaps meaning that the two first verses
Therefore will we not fear, though before the SLH were an ancient saying to
the earth be removed, * and though which the rest was a later addition]
the mountains be carried into the ER foundation is in the holy
midst of the sea; , mountains: the LORD lov
Though the waters thereof roar eth the gates _of Zion more than all
and be troubled; * though the the dwellings of Jacob !
mountains shake with the swelling Glorious things are spoken of
thereof.1 thee, * 0 city of God!1
1 SLH.
I will make mention of Rahab1 the Mother of the Lord. She will
and Babylon * that know me. keep for you by her protection your
Behold the “Strangers,”2 and most beautiful, your most precious,
Tyre, and the people of Ethiopia, * and your most enduring possession.
these were there-—
And of Zion shall it not be said : Fourth Responsory.
This and that man was born in her,
* and the Highest Himself hath 61 was exalted like a cedar in
established her ? 3 Lebanon, and as a cypress-tree
The LORD shall make count, upon Mount Zion. Like the best
when He writeth up the people [and myrrh I yielded a pleasant odour.
the princes,]4 * of all that are in Verse. Like cinnamon and sweet
her.5 balsam.
All they that dwell in thee * are Answer. I yielded a pleasant
in gladness. odoun
Fz'flh Lesson.
Verse. God shall give her the
help of His countenance. VERILY, dearly beloved bre
Answer. God is in the midst of thren, the Blessed Virgin
her, she shall not be moved. Mary was a great wonder. What
thing greater or more famous than
she, hath ever at any time been
Fourth Lesson. found, or can be found? She alone
The Lesson is taken from the Ser is greater than heaven and earth.
mons of St John Chrysostom, What thing holier than she hath
Patriarch [of Constantinople] been, or can be found? Neither
(Found in Illetaphrastes.) Prophets, nor Apostles, nor Martyrs,
nor Patriarchs, nor Angels, nor
HE Son of God chose for His Thrones, nor Lordships, nor Sera
Mother not a woman of phim, nor Cherubim, nor any other
wealth, not a woman of substance, creature, visible or invisible, can be
but that blessed maiden whose soul found that is greater or more ex
was bright with grace. It was be cellent than she. She is at once the
cause Blessed Mary had preserved a hand-maid and the parent of God,
superhuman chastity, that she con at once virgin and mother.
ceived the Lord JESUS Christ in her
womb. Let us then fly to the most
Fzfth Responsory.
holy maiden, who is Mother of God,
that we may gain the help of her 7Who is this that cometh up like
patronage. Yea, all ye that be the sun? This, comely as Jerusa
virgins, whosoever ye be, run to lem? The daughters of Zion saw
1 That is “the Insolent One," namely, Egypt. 2 1.e., the Philistines.
3 Is the meaning that Jerusalem shall be illustrious as the birth-place of all kinds of
distinguished persons? The Targum, curiously enough, says that the persons meant are
David and Solomon, whereas David is a native of Bethlehem.
‘ Displaced from the beginning of the next verse.
5 SLH. 6 Le, Wisdom. Ecclus. xxiv. 17, 20.
7 Cam. viii. 5 ; vi. lo, 4, 8.
her, and called her blessed; the jewels, He greatly desired her
queens also, and they praised her. beauty; and when the daughters
Verse. 1And about her it was of Zion saw her, they cried out
as the flower of roses in the that she was most blessed, saying:
spring of the year, and lilies of Thy name is as ointment poured
the valleys. forth.
Answer. The daughters of Zion Verse. Upon thy right hand
saw her and called her blessed; did stand the Queen in a vesture
the queens also, and they praised of gold wrought about with divers
her. colours.
Answer. And when the daugh
Sixth Lesson.
ters of Zion saw her, they cried
HE is the Mother of Him Who out that she was most blessed.
was begotten of the Father Verse. Glory be to the Father,
before all ages, and Who is acknow and to the Son, and to the Holy
ledged by Angels and men to be Ghost.
Lord of all. Wouldst thou know Answer. Saying, Thy name is as
how much nobler is this virgin than ointment poured forth.
any of the heavenly powers ? They
stand before Him with fear and THIRD NOCTURN.
trembling, veiling their faces with
their wings, but she offereth humans First Antiphon. Joy to thee, *
ity to Him to Whom she gave birth. O Virgin Mary, thou hast trampled
Through her we obtain the remis down all the heresies in the whole
sion of sins. Hail, then, 0 Mother! world.
heaven! damsel! maiden! throne!
Psalm XCV.
adornment, and glory, and found
ation, of our Church! cease not to [In I Par. (Chron.) xvi. it is stated that
David gave this Psalm to Asaph and his
pray for us to thy Son and our brethren upon the day that the ark was
Lord JESUS Christ! that through brought to Jerusalem. The text is there
thee we may find mercy in the day given somewhat differently, and the whole
forms the second part of one Psalm, of
of judgment, and may be able to which the first part consists of the first
obtain those good things which God fifteen verses of Ps. civ. The Vulgate and
hath prepared for them that love the LXX. note that it was sung at the
rebuilding of the Temple after the Cap
Him, by the grace and goodness of tivity.]
our Lord JEsus Christ; to Whom,
with the Father, and the Holy SING unto the LORD a new
Ghost, be ascribed all glory, and song: sing unto the LORD,
honour, and power, now, and for all the earth.
ever and ever. Amen. Sing unto the LORD, and bless
His Name: * show forth His sal
vation from day to day.
Sixth Responsory.
Declare His glory among the
When the Lord beheld the daugh heathen, * His wonders among all
ter of Jerusalem adorned with her people.
I
1 Ecclus. l. 8.
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445
For the LORD is great, and greatly Psalm XCVI.
to be praised: * He is to be feared [The Vulgate and the LXX. have the
above all gods. superscription “[A Psalm] of David when
For all the gods of the heathen his country was re - established " -— per
are devils: * but the LORD made haps meaning after the usurpation of Ab
solom.]
the heavens.
Praise and beauty are before THE LORD reigneth; let the
Him: * holiness and majesty are earth rejoice: * let the mul
in His sanctuary. titude of isles be glad thereof.
Give unto the LORD, 0 ye kin Clouds and darkness are round
dreds of the people, give unto the about Him: ’* righteousness and
LORD glory and honour: * give judgment are the foundation of
unto the LORD the glory due unto His throne.
His name. A fire shall go before Him, * and
Bring sacrifices, and come into burn up His enemies round about.
His courts: * O worship the LORD His lightnings enlightened the
in His holy temple ! world: * the earth saw and trem
Let all the earth fear before bled.
Him. * Say among the heathen, The hills melted like wax at
The LORD reigneth! the presence of the LORD, * at
He hath established the world the presence of the Lord of the
also, that it shall not be moved: whole earth.
* He shall judge the people right The heavens declared His right
eously. eousness, * and all the people
Let the heavens rejoice, and let saw His glory.
the earth be glad, let the sea roar, Confounded be all they that
and the fulness thereof: * let the worship graven images, * and that
fields be joyful and all that is boast themselves of idols.
therein. Worship Him, all ye His An
Then shall all the trees of the gels! * Zion heard, and was glad.
wood rejoice before the LORD, for And the daughters of Judah
He cometh, * for He cometh to rejoiced, * because of thy judg
judge the earth. ments, O LORD!
He shall judge the world with For thou, LORD, art high above
righteousness: * and the people all the earth: Thou art exalted
with His truth.1 far above all gods.
Ye that love the LORD, hate
Seeond Antiphon. Holy Virgin, evil: * the Lord preserveth the
my praise by thee accepted be; * souls of .His saints; He deliver
give me strength against thine eth them out of the hand of the
enemies. wicked.
1 In 1 Par. (Chron.) xvi. the Psalm continues :—“0 give thanks unto the LORD, for
He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever. And say ye: Save us, 0 God of our
salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give
thanks to Thy holy Name, and glory in Thy praise. Blessed _ be the LORD ,God of . Israel
.
‘ for ever and ever. And all the people said : ‘ Amen ’ and praised the LORD ’—pos51bly in
Ps. cxxxv.
Light is sprung up for the With righteousness shall He judge

righteous, * and gladness for the the world, * and the people with
upright in heart. equity.
Rejoice in the LORD, ye right Verse. God hath chosen her and
eous, * and give thanks to the fore-chosen her.
memorial of His holiness! Answer. He hath made her to
dwell in His tabernacle.
T/zird Antipnon. After thy de
livery thou still remainest a virgin Sevent/i Lesson.
* undefiled; Mother of God, pray
for us. The Lesson is taken from the Holy
Gospel according to Luke (xi.
Psalm XCVII. 27-)
[Intituled “ A Psalm.” The Vulgate and AT that time: as JESUS spake
the LXX. ascribe it to David] unto the multitudes, a cer
tain woman of the company lifted
SING unto the LORD a new
up her voice and said unto Him:
song: * for He hath done
Blessed is the womb that bare
marvellous things.
His right hand, and His holy arm, Thee. And so on.
* hath gotten Him the victory. Homily by the Venerable Bede,
The LORD hath made known His Priest [at Jarrow and Doctor of
salvation: * His righteousness hath the Church] (Bk. iv. an. 49 on
He openly showed in the sight of Luke xi.)
the heathen.
He hath remembered His mercy, It is plain that this was a woman
* and His truth towards the house of great earnestness and faith.
of Israel. The Scribes and Pharisees were
All the ends of the earth have at once tempting and blaspheming
seen * the salvation of our God. the Lord, but this woman so clearly
Make a joyful noise unto the grasped His Incarnation, and so
LORD, all the earth, * make a bravely confessed the same, that she
loud noise and rejoice, and sing confounded both the lies of the
praise. great men who were present, and
Sing unto the LORD with the the faithlessness of the heretics who
harp, with the harp and the voice were yet to come. Even as the
of a psalm. * With trumpets and jews then, blaspheming the works
sound of cornet, of the Holy Ghost, denied the very
Make a joyful noise before the Son of God Who is of one sub
LORD, the King. * Let the sea stance with the Father, so after
roar, and the fulness thereof, the wards did the heretics, by denying
world and they that dwell therein. that Mary always a Virgin did,
Let the floods clap their hands, under the operation of the Holy
let the hills be joyful together be Ghost, supply flesh to the Only
fore the LORD. * For He cometh vbegotten One of God, when He
to judge the earth: was about being born in anv human
Body, even so, I say, did the her woman, made under the law.” He
etics deny that the Son of Man was made of a woman, for He
should be called a true Son, Who was conceived in a Virgin’s womb,
is of one substance1 with His and took His Flesh, not from no
Mother. thing, not from elsewhere, but from
the flesh of His Mother. Other
Se'z/ent/z Responsory. wise, and if He had not been
sprung of a woman, He could not
O Holy Virgin Mary, happy in
with truth be called the Son of
deed art thou, and right worthy
man. Let us therefore, denying
of all praise, for out of thee rose
the doctrine of Eutyches, lift up
the Sun of righteousness, even
our voice, along with. the Uni
Christ our God.
versal Church, whereof that woman
Verse. Pray for the people,
was a figure, let us lift up our
plead for the clergy, make inter
heart as well as our voice from the
cession for all women vowed to
company, and say unto the Saviour:
God. May all that are keeping
“Blessed is' the womb that bare
this thine holy Feast-day feel the
Thee, and the paps which Thou
might of thine assistance.
hast sucked!” Blessed Mother! of
Answer. For out of thee rose
whom one3 hath said:
the Sun of righteousness, even
Christ our God. 'Thou art His Mother Who reigns o’er
earth and o’er heaven for ever
Ezlg’lzth Blessing.
EZlg’llflt Responsory.
She whose feast-day we are keep
ing-— All generations shall call me
Mary, blessed Maid of maidens, blessed. For He That is Mighty,
even the Lord, hath done to me
Be our advocate with God.
great things; and Holy is His
Name.
E{gilt/z Lesson.
Verse. And His mercy is on
UT if we shall say that the them that fear Him, from gener
Flesh, Wherewith the Son of ation to generation.
God was born in the flesh, was Answer. He That is Mighty,
something outside2 of the flesh of even the Lord, hath done to me
the Virgin His Mother, without great things, and Holy is His
reason should we bless the womb Name.
that bare Him, and the paps Verse. Glory be to the Father,
which He hath sucked. But the and to the Son, and to the Holy
Apostle saith: “God sent forth Ghost.
His Son, made of a woman, made Answer. He That is Mighty,
under the law,” (Gal. iv. 4,) and even the Lord, hath done to me
they are not to be listened to who great things, and Holy is His
read this passage: “Born of a Name.
1 Verum consubstantialemque matri filium. :2 Extranea.
3 The poet Sedulius—an Irishman, of the fifth century.
Ninth Lesson. gone. Rise up, my love, and come

away.
“ EA, rather, blessed are they
Fifth Antiphon. O Holy Mother
that hear the Word of God
of God! thou art become beautiful *
and keep it.” How nobly doth
and gentle in thy gladness.
the Saviour say “Yea” to the
woman’s blessing, declaring also
Chapter. (Ecclus. xxiv. 14.)
that not only is she blessed who
was meet to give bodily birth to 4 I WAS created from the begin~
the Word of God, but that all they ning, before the world; and
who spiritually conceive the same I shall never fail. In the holy taber
Word by the hearing of faith, and, nacle I served before him.
by keeping it through good works,
bring it forth and, as it were, care Hymn.5
fully nurse it, in their own hearts, O GLORIOUS Virgin, ever blest,
and in the hearts of their neigh All daughters of mankind above,
bours, are also blessed. Yea, and Who gavest nurture from thy breast
that the very Mother Of God her To God, with pure maternal love.
self was blessed in being for a while What we had lost through sinful Eve
the handmaid of the Word Of God The Blossom sprung from thee re
made Flesh, but that she was much stores,
more blessed in this, that through And, granting bliss to souls that grieve,
Unbars the everlasting doors.
her love she keepeth Him for
ever. 0 Gate, through which hath passed the
King l
0 Hall, whence light shone through
The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O the gloom !
God, &c.,” is said. The ransomed nations praise and sing
The Offspring of thy virgin womb.
LAUDS. Praise from mankind and heaven’s host,
TO Jesus ofa Virgin sprung,
First Antiphon. While the King To Father and to Holy Ghost,
sitteth at his table, ’1’ my spikenard Be equal glory ever sung. Amen.
sendeth forth the smell thereof. Verse. Grace is poured into thy
Second Antiphon. 1 His left hand
lips.
is under my head, * and his right Answer. Therefore God hath
hand doth embrace me. blessed thee for ever.
Third Antiphon. 21 am black
but comely, ’1’ O ye daughters of Antiphon at the Song of Zacha
Jerusalem. Therefore the King rias. 6O Mary! Blessed art thou
hath loved me, and brought me that hast believed, * for there shall
into his chamber. be a performance of those things
Fourth Antiphon. 3LO! the win which were told thee from the
ter is past, ’1‘ the rain is over and Lord. Alleluia.
1 Cant. ii. 6. 2 Cant i. 5, 4. 3 Cant. ii. 11, 10.
4 The speaker in these Little Chapters is Wisdom.
5 From the hymn beginning “The God Whom earth,” &c., ascribed to Venantius
Fortunatus; translation by the Rev. Dr. Littledale. 6 Luke i. 45.
FOR FEASTS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN IMARY.
449
Prayer throughout the Ofliee, there Short Responsory.

be none speeial.
In thy comeliness and in thy
GRANT, we beseech Thee, O beauty.
Lord God, unto all Thy ser Answer. In thy comeliness and
vants, that they may remain con in thy beauty.
tinually in the enjoyment of sound Verse. Go forward, fare prosper»
ness both of mind and body, and: ously, and reign.
by the glorious intercession of the Answer. In thy beauty.
Blessed Mary, always a Virgin, may Verse. Glory be to the Father,
be delivered from present sadness, and to the Son, and to the Holy
and enter into the joy of Thine Ghost.
eternal gladness. Through our Lord Answer. In thy comeliness and
Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth in thy beauty.
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity Verse. God shall help her with
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world His countenance.
without end. Amen. Answer. God is in the midst of
her, she shall not be moved.
PRIME. Prayer from Lands.
The last verse of the Hymn is altered
in honour of the Inearnation. SEXT.
Antiphon. While the King, &c., The last verse of the Hymn is altered
(First A ntiphon at Lands.) in honour of the Incarnation.
[n the Short Responsory instead of Antiphon. I am black, &c.,

the Verse, “Thou that sittest, &c.," is (Third Antiphon at Lands.)
said:
Verse. Thou that wast born of Chapter. (Ecclus. xxiv. 15.)

the Virgin Mary. ND so I was established in
Zion, and likewise in the
Chapter at the end. (Ecclus. xxiv. 19.) holy city was I given to rest, and
in Jerusalem was my power. And
IN the broad ways I gave a sweet
I took root among the honourable
smell like cinnamon and aro
people,1 even in the portion of my
matic balm; I yielded a pleasant
God as His own inheritance, and
odour like the best myrrh.
mine abiding was in the full as
sembly of the Saints.
TERCE.
The last verse of the Hymn is altered Short Responsory.

in honour qf the 1nearnation.
God shall help her with His
Antiphon. His left hand, &c., countenance.
(Setond Antibhon at Lands.) Answer. God shall help her
Chapterfrom Lands. with His countenance.
1 [.e., the Jews.
VOL. IV.
Verse. God is in the midst of Answer. Therefore God hath

her, she shall not be moved. blessed thee for ever.
Answer. With His counten
Prayerfrom Lands.
ance.
Verse. Glory be tO the Father,
and to the Son, and to the Holy SECOND VESPERS.
Ghost.
Answer. God shall help her The same as the First, excefit the fol
lowing:
with His countenance.
Verse. God hath chosen her, Verse. Holy Virgin, my praise
and fore-chosen her. by thee accepted be.
Answer. He hath made her to Answer. Give me strength against
dwell in His tabernacle. thine enemies.
Prayer from Lands.
Virgin. All generations shall call
NONE. me blessed, * for God hath regarded
The last verse of the Hymn is altered the lowliness of His hand-maiden.
in honour of the Incarnation.
At Compline the last verse of the
Antiphon. O Holy Mother, 810., Hymn is altered in honour of the In
carnation.
Antinhon at Lands.)
Chafiterfrom the end ry’ Prime.
Note. The above-mentioned altera
Short Responsory. tions of the last verses of the Hymns at
Compline, Prime, Terce, Sext, None,
God hath chosen her, and fore and Compline, and in the Verse in the
chosen her. Short Responsory at Prime, are made
Answer. God hath chosen her, every day within the Octaves of the
Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, and that
and fore-chosen her. even when the Ofifce of the day is not
Verse. He hath made her to of her.
Answer. And fore-chosen her.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, Here follows in the original the Ofice
and to the Son, and to the Holy of the Blessed Virgin as a Simple for
Ghost. Saturdays, hut it is here omitted, as
Answer. God hath chosen her, upon all Satnrdays'nifon which it could
occur the Votive Ofiice of the Immacu
and fore-chosen her.
late Conception is obligatory in Eng
Verse. Grace is poured into thy land upon all persons hound to the
lips. recitation of the Divine Ofiice.
FOR VIRGINS. 451
rx. Jfnr virgins,

Whether One or Many, Martyr or not Martyr.
All as on Sundays, except the fol Hymn.4

lowing.
The Psalms are the same as in the I
Oflice for Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, 'CHILD of the Virgin, Maker of Thy
except the Third Psalm of the Second Mother,
Nocturn, which is Psalm XL VIL, Virgin-engendered, of the Virgin Son,
“Great is the Lord, &c.,” (15. 98). Virgin is she of whom we sing another
Victory won.
FIRST VESPERS. If the Saint he not a Martyr the 2nd
and 3rd verses are omitted.
Antiphons, Chapter, Hymn, and
Prayer from Lauds.
2.
Double the palm of triumph which she

For One Virgin.
heareth,
Verse. 1In thy comeliness and Strove she to vanquish woman’s fear
of death :
thy beauty. Quelled now the hand of death and hell
Answer. Go forward, fare pros appeareth
perously, and reign. Her feet beneath.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed 3.

Virgin. Come, Bride of Christ, and Death won no conquest, nor the thou
take the everlasting crown * which sand terrors,
the Lord hath prepared for thee. Kindred of death—fierce torments
bravely borne :
Gave she her blood: that blood the
For Many Virgins. radiance mirrors
Of life’s new morn.
Verse. 2 After her shall virgins be
brought unto the King. 4.
Answer. Her fellows shall be
When she pleads for us, at her sweet
brought unto thee. petition,
That we may sing with conscience
A ntzjohon at the Song of the Blessed pure of sin,
Virgin. 3Trim your lamps, 0 ye From debt of guilt 0 grant us Thy re
wise virgins! * Behold the Bride mission
groom cometh ! Go ye out to meet And peace within.
Him !
5.
MATTINS.
Glory to Thee, 0 Father, Son, and
Inw'tatory. The Lord He is the Spirit,
Glory co-equal on the throne on high,
King Of the‘ Vlrgms' O Come! Equal in power, in unity of merit,
let us worship Him! Eternally. Amen.
1 Ps. xliv. 5, 6. 2 Ps. xliv. 15. 3 Matth. xxv. 6, 7.
4 Author unknown, hymn somewhat altered ; translation by the Rev. G. Moultrie.
FIRST NOCTURN. ren: The time is short—it remain

eth that both they that have wives
first Antiphon. 10 how lovely
be as though they had none; and
and glorious * is the generation of they that weep, as though they wept
the chaste! not ; and they that rejoice, as though
Seeond Antiphon. Sing for us they rejoiced not; and they that
again and again before this maiden’s
buy, as though they possessed not;
bed * the tender idylls of the play.2 and they that use this world, as not
T/zird A fll‘lp/wfl. 3Return, return, abusing it. For the fashion of this
0 Shulammith! * Return, return,
world passeth away.
that we may look upon thee.
Verse. In thy comeliness and Fz'rrt Responsory for a Virgin and
thy beauty— Martyr.
Amwer. G0 forward, fare pros Come, Bride of Christ, and
perously, and reign. take the everlasting crown, which
the Lord hath prepared for thee,
First Lesson. even for thee who for the love of
'Him hast shed thy blood, and art
The Lesson is taken from the First entered with Angels into His gar
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle den.4
Paul to the Corinthians (vii. 25.) Verse. Come, 0 My chosen one,
CONCERNING virgins I have and I will establish My throne in
no commandment 0f the Lord: thee, for the King hath greatly
yet I give my judgment, as one that desired thy beauty.5
hath obtained mercy of the Lord, to Answer. And thou art entered
be faithful. I suppose, therefore, with Angels into His garden.4
that this is good for the present need,
that it is good for a man so to be. First Respqnsoryfor a Virgin not a
[liar/yr.
Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek
not to be loosed. Art thou loosed Come, O My chosen one, and I
from a wife? Seek not a wife. But will establish My throne in thee,
and if thou marry, thou hast not for the King hath greatly desired
sinned. And if a virgin marry, she thy beauty.
hath not sinned. Nevertheless, such Verse. In thy comeliness and
shall have trouble in the flesh. But thy beauty, go forward, fare pros
I spare you. But this I say, breth perously, and reign.5
1 \Visd. iv. 1.
2 Drama. The Song of Solomon (the form of which is dramatic,) seems to be the play
referred to.
3 Cant. vi. 13. The translation follows the Hebrew and Latin as to the proper name.
The Breviary text has “Sunamitis,” which seems to be either a misprint or a conjectural
emendation, founded on the belief that the name is a local designation from the town of
Shunem (cf. 3 (1) Kings i. 3, &c.) But this town, tesle Eusebio, was also called “ Sulem,"
and is now known as “Sélam.” However, the most common view has been that the
name is a feminine form of Solomon, (cf. in English, John and Jane, Francis and Frances,
&c.) Vide Gesenius sub vocibus. It is found in the New Testament, under the form of
“Salome.” Mark xv. 40, xvi. I.
4 Latin: paradisus. 5 Ps. xliv. ~12, 5, 3.
FOR VIRGINS. 453
Answer. For the King hath but hath power over his own will,
greatly desired thy beauty. and bath so decreed in his heart,
that he will keep his virgin, doeth
Second Lesson. well. So then, he that giveth his
virgin in marriage doeth well ; and
BUT I would have you without
he that giveth her not, doeth better.
carefulness. He that is un
married careth for the things that The wife is bound by law as long
belong to the Lord, how he may as her husband liveth. But if her
husband have fallen asleep, she is
please God. But he that is mar
ried careth for the things that free,- she may marry whom she
will—only, in the Lord. But she
are of the world, how he may
please his wife, and he is divided. will be happier if she so abide,
The unmarried woman, and the after my judgment—and I also
virgin careth for the things of the think that I have the Spirit of
Lord, that she may be holy both God.
in body and in spirit. But she Third Resfionsory.
that is'married careth for the things In thy comeliness and thy beauty,
of the world, how she may please go forward, fare prosperously, and
her husband. And this I speak reign.
for your own profit: not that I Verse. Grace is poured into thy
would cast a snare upon you, but lips, therefore God hath blessed
for that which is seemly, and which thee for ever.
giveth occasion to attend upon the Answer. Go forward, fare pros
Lord without distraction. perously, and reign.
Second Responsory. to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
1 Grace is poured into thy lips ; Answer. Go forward, fare pros
therefore God hath blessed thee perously, and reign.
for ever.
Verse. In thy comeliness and SECOND NOCTURN.
thy beauty, go forward, fare pros
perously, and reign. First Antz'phon. In thy come
Answer. God hath blessed thee liness and thy beauty, * go for
for ever. ward, fare prosperously, and reign.
Second Antz'phon. God shall help
Thz'rd Lesson.
her with His countenance; * God
IF any man think that he behav is in the midst of her; she shall
eth himself unseemly toward not be moved.
his virgin, if she pass the flower Third Antzlohon. 2 Many waters
of her age, and need so require, cannot * quench love.
let him do what he will—he sin Verse. God shall help her with
neth not, and if she marry. N ever His countenance.
theless, he that standeth steadfast Answer. God is in the midst of
in his heart, having no necessity, her; she shall not be moved.
1 Ps. xliv. 12, 5, 3. 2_ Cant. viii. 7.
Fourth Lesson. and came upon the Word of God

in the very bosom of the Father,
and sucked Him into her heart.
mons of St Ambrose, Bishop
For who, that hath once found such
[of Milan.] (Bk. i. on Virgins.)
blessedness, would leave it again?
THIS day is a maiden’s Birth “For thy name is as ointment
day. The love of virginity poured forth, therefore do the virgins
provoketh us to say somewhat love thee,” and draw thee after
touching maidenhood, lest, if we them. (Cant. i. 3.) Lastly, it is
pass thereby, we should seem to not I, but the Lord by Whom it
cast a slur on that which was her is said that they which neither marry
chief strength. Virginity is not nor are given in marriage are as the
to be praised because it is a grace angels of God in heaven. (Matth.
which is poured forth in Martyrs, xxii. 30.) Let no man therefore
but because it is a grace which marvel that they which be married
maketh Martyrs. But what un unto the Lord of angels should be
derstanding of man can rightly likened themselves to angels.
grasp this excellency which riseth
above the laws of nature herself? Fifth Responsory.
What natural voice can pourtray
a thing which is supernaturally 1Thou hast loved righteousness,
noble? It is a reflection on earth and hated iniquity; therefore God,
of a glory whose home is in heaven. thy God, hath anointed thee with
And it is but that which we may the oil of gladness.
justly look for, when we see her Verse. Because of truth, and
who hath her Husband in heaven, meekness, and righteousness.
live a life whose model is the life Answer. Therefore God, thy
of heaven. God, hath anointed thee with the
oil of gladness. .
Fourth Responsory.
Sixth Lesson.
Because of truth, and meekness,
and righteousness; and thy right WHO would deny that this is a
hand shall lead thee wonderfully. life which hath come down
Verse. In thy comeliness, and from heaven, seeing it is a life
thy beauty, go forward, fare pros whereof it is not easy to find an
perously, and reign. ensample before God came down to
Answer. And thy right hand dwell in a Body of clay? Then
shall lead thee wonderfully. was it a virgin which conceived Him
in her womb, and the Word was
made Flesh, that Flesh might be
Fifth Lesson.
made God. Some will say: Con
IT was maidenhood that pierced cerning Elias also, we find not that
beyond the clouds, the atmos he shared in the lusting after a
phere, the Angels, and the stars, bodily coming-together. Yea; and
1 Ps. xliv. 9.
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therefore is it that he was carried Seventh Lesson.
up in a fiery chariot into heaven; The Lesson is taken from the Holy
therefore is it that he is seen with
the Lord amid all the glory of the
(xxv. r.)
Transfiguration; therefore it is that
he is to come as a Forerunner of AT that time : JESUS said to His
the Lord’s coming again. disciples: The Kingdom of
heaven shall be likened unto ten
Sixth Resjfionsory. virgins, which took their lamps, and
went forth to meet the Bridegroom
After her shall virgins be brought and the Bride. And so on.
unto the King, her fellows shall be
brought unto thee with gladness and Homily by Pope St Gregory [the
rejoicing. Great.] (12th on the Gospels.)
Verse. In thy comeliness and thy Dearly beloved brethren ,- often
beauty, go forward, fare prosperous times do I warn you to fly corrupt
ly, and reign. conversation, and to keep yourselves
Answer. They shall be brought unspotted from the world. But the
unto thee with gladness and re portion which is this day read from
joicing. the Holy Gospel doth oblige me to
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and say that even to these good things
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. which ye do, ye must needs take
Answer. They shall be brought all careful heed. Look ye well to
unto thee with gladness and re it, that, when ye work righteousness,
joicing. ye do it not as seeking the praise
THIRD NOCTURN. and admiration of men, for if the
lust of praise do once creep in, that
First Antzjohon. 1 I am black but which seemeth so fair without, loseth
comely, * O ye daughters of Jeru its reward within. Behold how the
salem ; therefore hath the King loved Redeemer speaketh of these ten vir
me, and brought me into his cham gins. He calleth them all virgins, yet
ber. entered not all of them into the door
Seeond Antiphon. 1 Draw me of blessedness, for there were some
after thee; * we will run after the of them who sought outwardly the
savour of thy good ointments; thy honour of virginity, but would take
name is as oil poured forth. no oil within their vessels with their
Third Antiphon. Come, Bride of lamps.
Christ, * and take the everlasting Seventh Responsory.
crown which the Lord hath prepared
for thee. This is one of those wise virgins,
whom the Lord found watching, for
Verse; GOD hath chosen her, and when she took her lamp, she took
fore-chosen her. oil with her. And when the Lord
Answer. He hath made her to came, she went in with him to the
dwell in His tabernacle. marriage.
1 Cant. i. 5, 4.
4,56 THE COMMON OF SAINTS.
Verse. At midnight there was a Answer. Behold! the Bridegroom

cry made: Behold! the Bridegroom cometh ! go ye out to meet him !
cometh ! go ye out to meet him ! Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
Answer. And when the Lord to the Son, and t0 the Holy Ghost.
came, she went in with Him to the Answer. Behold! the Bridegroom
marriage. cometh! go ye out to meet him!
Eighth Blessing.
She (or they) whose feast-day we [Vinth Lesson.
are keeping, THE body of every man doth
' Be our Advocate (or Advocates) consist of five senses, and five
with God. being doubled, is ten. Forasmuch,
Eighth Lesson. therefore, as the whole body of the
faithful doth consist of two sexes,
UT, first of all, it is for us to the Holy Church is likened unto
ask: What is the kingdom of ten virgins. And forasmuch as in
Heaven? And wherefore shall the the Church the good are for the
same be likened unto ten virgins, present mingled with the bad, and
whereof, albeit five were wise, yet the reprobate with the elect, it is
five were foolish? For if the king rightly said that, of the ten virgins,
dom of heaven be such that there five are wise and five are foolish.
shall in no wise enter into it any There are many who have self-con
thing that defileth, neither whatso trol, which do keep themselves from
ever worketh abomination, or maketh lusting after things outward, whose
a lie, (Apoc. xxi. 27,) how can it be hope beareth them to things inward,
like unto five virgins which were who chastise the flesh, who long
foolish? But we must know that, with intense home-sickness for their
in the word of God, the kingdom of Fatherland which is in heaven, who
heaven doth oftentimes signify the seek an eternal reward, and who will
Church as she now is, touching the not to receive for their labours the
which the Lord saith in another praise of men. These are they who
place: “The Son of Man shall send reckon their glory, not in the mouths
forth His Angels, and they shall of men, but in the testimony of their
gather out of His kingdom all things own conscience. And many there
that offend.” (Matth. xiii. 41.) In be' likewise who afflict the body by
that kingdom of Blessedness, where self-control, and yet who seek for
in peace shall have her perfect reign, their self-control applause from
there shall be nothing found that men.
oflendeth' for the angels to gather
out. The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O
Eighth Responsory.
At midnight there was a cry
LAUDS.
made: Behold! the Bridegroom
cometh! go ye out to meet him! first Antiphon. This is one of
Verse. Trim your lamps, 0 ye the wise virgins, * one chosen out
wise virgins. . of the number of the careful.
FOR VIRGINS. 457
Seeona' Antiphon. This is one of For One Virgin.
the wise virgins, * whom the Lord Verse. Grace is poured into thy
found watching. lips.
Third Antiphon. 1This is one Answer. Therefore God hath
which hath not known the sinful blessed thee for ever.
bed, * she shall have fruit in the
visitation of holy souls.
fiburth Antiphan. Come, 0 my For many Virgins.
chosen one, * and I will establish Verse. After her shall virgins be
My throne in thee. brought unto the King.
Eflh Anlzphon. She is beautiful Answer. Her fellows shall be
* among the daughters of Jerusalem. brought unto thee.
Chapter. (2 Cor. x. 17.) Antiphon at the Song of Zaeharias.

For one Virgin. 3The kingdom of
BRETHREN, he that glorieth, heaven is like unto a merchantman
let him glory in the Lord. * seeking goodly pearls, who, when
For not he that commendeth him he had found one pearl of great
self is approved, but whom the price, went and sold all that he had,
Lord commendeth. and bought it.
Hymn. 2 For many Virgins. Trim your

lamps, 0 ye wise virgins! * Behold!
ESU, the Virgin’s Crown, do Thou
Accept us, as in prayer we bow ; the Bridegroom cometh! go ye out
Born of that Virgin, whom alone to meet him !
The Mother and the Maid we own.
Amongst the lilies Thou dost feed, Prayerfor a Virgin and Martyr.
With Virgin choirs accompanied ;
With glory decked, the spotless brides GOD, Who, amidst the won
Whose bridal gifts Thy love provides. drous work of Thy Divine
power, dost make even weak women
They, wheresoe’er Thy footsteps bend, to be more than conquerors in the
With hymns and praises still attend; uplifting of their testimony, mer
In blessed troops they follow Thee,
With dance, and song, and melody.
cifully grant unto all us which do
keep the Birthday of Thy blessed
We pray Thee therefore to bestow handmaiden and witness N. (here
Upon our senses here below, mention her name) grace to follow
Thy grace, that so we may endure her steps to Thee-ward. Through
From taint of all corruption pure. our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son,
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee,
All laud to God the Father be : in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
All laud, Eternal Son, to Thee :
All laud, as is for ever meet, one God, world without end.
To God the Holy Paraclete. Amen. Amen.
1 Wisd. iii. 13.
‘2 Hymn of the Ambrosian school, somewhat altered ; translation by the Rev. Dr Neale.
3 Matth. xiii. 45, 46.
Another Prayerfor a Virgin and PRIME.

Martyr.
Antithon. This is one, 810.,
O LORD, we pray Thee that Thy (First Antiohon at Lands.)
blessed handmaiden and wit
ness N., (here mention her name,) Chapter at the end.
in whom Thou hast ever been
well pleased, because of her worthy For a Virgin and Martyr. (Ecclus.
1i. 1 3.)
maidenhood and her mighty show
ing-forth of Thy power, may entreat O LORD my God, Thou hast
Thy pardon on our behalf. Through lifted up my dwelling on
our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who earth; and I prayed for deliver
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the ance from death—I called upon
unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, the Lord, the Father Of my Lord,
world without end. Amen. ‘ that He would not leave me in
the days of my trouble, and in
Prayerfor a Virgin not a Martyr.
the time of the proud, when there
was no help.
RACIOUSLY hear us, 0 God
of our salvation, and grant For a Virgin not a Martyr. (Wisd.
that as the Birthday of Thy blessed iv. 1.)
handmaiden N. (here mention her 0 HOW lovely and glorious is
name) doth make us happier, so the the generation of the chaste !
fruit of her godly earnestness may For the memorial thereof is im
make us better. Through our Lord mortal, because it is known with
Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth God and with men.
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity
of the’ Holy Ghost, one God, world
TERCE.
without end. Amen.
Antiphon. This is one, &c.,
Prayerfor many Virgins, Martyrs. (Second Antiohon at Lands.)
Chapterfrom Lauds.
RANT unto us, we beseech
Thee, O Lord, our God, that
Short Responsory.
we may ever call to mind, with all
worship and thanksgiving, the vic In thy comeliness and in thy
tory of Thy holy Virgin Martyrs beauty.
NN., (here mention their names,) and Answer. In thy comeliness and
although we know that our mind in thy beauty.
cannot comprehend Thee Who art Verse. Go forward, fare pros
this day their exceeding great re perously, and reign.
ward, give us always the grace hum Answer. In thy beauty.
bly to worship Thee. Through our Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, Who and tO the Son, and to the Holy
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in Ghost.
the unity of the Holy Ghost, one Answer. In thy comeliness and
God, world without end. Amen. in thy beauty.
FOR VIRGINS. 459
Verse. God shall help her with Short Responsory.
His countenance. God hath chosen her, and fore
Answer. God is in the midst of chosen her.
her, she shall not be moved. Answer. God hath chosen her,
Prayerfrom Lands. and fore-chosen her.
Verse. He hath made her to
dwell in His tabernacle. _
SEXT. Answer. And fore-chosen her.
Antiphon. This is one, &c., Verse. Glory be to the Father,
(Third Antiphon at Lands.) and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
Answer. God hath chosen her,
Chapter. (2 Cor. xi. 2.) and fore-chosen her.
FOR I am jealous over you Verse. Grace is poured into thy
with godly jealousy. For I lips.
have espoused you to one hus Answer. Therefore God hath
band, that I may present you as blessed thee for ever.
a chaste virgin to Christ. Prayerfrom Lands.
Short Responsory.
SECOND VESPERS.
All as First, except the following.
countenance.
Answer. God shall help her
For one Virgin.
Verse. God is in the midst of Verse. Grace is poured into thy
her, she shall not be moved. lips.
Answer. With His countenance. Answer. Therefore God hath
Verse. Glory be to the Father, blessed thee for ever.
Ghost.
Answer. God shall help her
Verse. God hath chosen her, QBtIm: 12550115 fur
Answer. He hath made her to Uirgina
FIRST NOCTURN.
Prayerfrom Lands. First Lesson.
NONE.
of Ecclesiasticus (1i. I.)
Antiphon. She is beautiful, &c.,
(Fifth Antiphon at Lands.) WILL thank Thee, O Lord and
King, and Praise Thee, O God
Chapter as at the end 0] Prime. my Saviour. I will give praise unto
Thy Name; for Thou hast been in the days Of my trouble, and in
mine Helper and Defender, and the time of the proud, when there
hast preserved my body from des was no help. I will praise Thy
truction, and from the snare of Name continually, and will sing
the slanderous tongue, and from praise with thanksgiving; for that
the lips that forge lies, and hast my prayer was heard. For Thou
been mine Helper against mine savedst me from destruction, and
adversaries. And hast delivered deliveredst me from the evil time.
me, according to the multitude Of Therefore will I give thanks, and
the mercies of Thy Name, from praise Thee, and bless the Name
them that roared against me, and of the Lord.
that were ready to devour me: out
of the hands of such as sought after
my life, and from the gates of trouble SECOND NOCTURN.
that were open all around me;
from the choking Of the fire that - Fourth Lesson.
compassed me, so that when I The Lesson is taken from the Book
stood in the midst of the flame I of the holy Martyr Cyprian, Bishop
was not scorched: from the depth [of Carthage,] concerning the rules
of the belly of hell, from an unclean and clothing of Virgins.
tongue, and from lying words, and
from an unjust king, and from an I AM new to address myself to
unrighteous tongue. virgins, and as their condition
is one Of such glorious exaltation, I
Second Lesson. am the more behoven to be careful.
This mass of consecrated virginity
MY soul shall praise the Lord is the flower upon the plant of the
even unto death, for my life Church. It is the charm and love
was near to the hell beneath. They liness of spiritual grace. It is a
compassed me on every side, and generation of gladness. It is a
there was no man to help me. I work of praise and honour, un
looked for the succour of men, but touched and uncorrupted. It is the
there was none. Then thought I image of God reflecting the holiness
upon Thy mercy, O Lord, and upon of the Lord. It is the brightest
Thine acts of old; how Thou de portion of the flock of Christ. It
liverest such as wait for Thee, O is the joy of our holy Mother the
Lord, and savest them out of the Church, and the rich blossom of her
hands of the people. glorious fruitfulness, and every addi
tion to the number of her virgins
Third Lesson. is an increase of her gladness. To
these I speak, them I exhort, more
THOU hast lifted up my dwell in tenderness than in authority.
ing on earth, and I prayed Not that I, who am so worthless,
for deliverance from death. I called and little, and feel so keenly the
upon the Lord, the Father of my lowliness of mine own estate, would
Lord, that He would not leave me speak as finding any fault to re
FOR VIRGINS. 461
prove, but because when I feel the xiv. 4.) Neither is it to man only
tenderest care, I feel the most that the Lord hath promised this
nervous dread of any troubling by glorious reward for virginity. He
the wicked one. passeth not by women, but, since
the woman is made out of the man,
and taken and formed from him,
Fifth Lesson.
God in His Holy Scriptures useth
THIS is not an unreasonable mostly to address Himself to the
care, nor a groundless dread, race in the form wherein He origin
which looketh to the way of salva ally created it, for they are twain
tion and keepeth the life-giving com in one flesh, and when mankind is
mandments of the Lord, to the end spoken of, womankind also is signi
that they, who have consecrated fied. But if continence be a follow
themselves to Christ, who have ing of Christ, and virginity have her
turned their back for ever upon aim in the kingdom of heaven, what
the pleasure of the flesh, who have concern have such with earthly
vowed themselves God’s own in finery, or with self-adorning, where
body as well as in mind, may finish by, while they seek to please men,
the work for which so vast a reward they offend God?
awaiteth them; that they may desire
no more to seem fair and pleasing
THIRD NOCTURN.
in any eyes but those of the Lord,
from Whose hand they look to re Seventh Lesson.
ceive the wage of their continence, The Lesson is taken from the Holy
as He Himself hath said: “All men Gospel according to Matthew
cannot receive this saying, save they
(xix. 3.)
to whom it is given. For there are
some eunuchs which were so born T that time : the Pharisees came
from their mother’s womb; and unto Jesus, tempting Him
there are some eunuchs which were and saying unto Him: Is it lawful
made eunuchs of men; and there for a man to put away his wife for
be eunuchs which have made them any cause? And so on.
selves eunuchs for the kingdom of
Homily by St John Chrysostom,
heaven’s sake. He that is able to
Patriarch [of Constantinople] (6 3rd
receive it, let him receive it.”
on Matthew.)
(Matth. xix. 11, 12.) '
Seeing that directly to exhort them
Sixth Lesson. unto virginity was well-nigh more
than they could bear, our Lord
AND yet again, the voice of an seeketh to draw them to the desire
Angel hath proclaimed what thereof, taking occasion by the need
is the reward of continence. “ These fulness of a law against divorce.
are they which were not defiled with Then He showeth that virginity is
women ; for they are virgins. These possible, saying: “There are some
are they which follow the Lamb eunuchs which were so born from
whithersoever He goeth.” (Apoc. their mother’s womb ; and there are
some eunuchs which were made any such precept within the re
eunuchs of men; and there be quirements of the law, and, by say
eunuchs which have made them ing this, showeth it to be the more
selves eunuchs for the kingdom of possible, that He might increase
heaven’s sake.” In these words He the desire of freely choosing it.
persuadeth them indirectly to choose
virginity, while He teacheth them
that such a gift is not so good as
to be impossible.
fitmple @ficz fur virgins.
Ezghth Lesson. The Ofiiee is as on a Semi-double,
with the following exceptions.
HIS His doctrine He establish
eth somewhat thus. Suppos
FIRST VESPERS.
ing that thou hadst been born a
eunuch by nature, or hadst been The Ofiee is of the Week-day, till the
made a eunuch by the cruelty of Chapter exclusive.
The Ojiee of the Saint or Saints be
men, so that thou hadst no sexual
gins with the Chapter, which, as also
enjoyment, and hadst no credit for the Hymn, Verse and Answer, A Mi
having none, what wouldest thou phon at the Song of the Blessed Virgin,
do? Give God thanks therefore, and Prayer, are all as just given.
that thou dost, for a reward and a At Compline are said Preees.
crown, what such others suffer with
no reward and no crown—yea, and MATTINS.
that, rather a lighter burden than
The [nw'tatory and Hymn are as
the same, and that not only because just given.
thou hast the joy of hope, and of Then follow the Week-day Psalms,
knowing that thou doest well, but with their own Antiphon.
also because thou art not so bat
tered by storms of desire as they On Mondays and Thursdays.
are.
Verse. In thy comeliness and
Ninth Lesson. thy beauty.
Answer. Go forward, fare pros
HEN, therefore, He had
perously, and reign.
spoken of such as are eu
nuchs by nature, or by mutilation,
and are eunuchs vainly and use On Tuesdays and Fridays.
lessly, unless they also bridle their Verse. God shall give her the
thoughts, and of such as deny them help of His countenance.
selves for the kingdom of heaven’s Answer. God is in the midst
sake, He added: “He that is able of her, she shall not be moved.
to receive it, let him receive it,”
that He might make them the
For Wednesdays.
readier by showing the very sternness
of the work, and, in His unspeakable Verse. God hath chosen her,
goodness, He would not include and fore-chosen her.
FOR VIRGINS. 463
Answer. He hath made her to Second Responsory.

dwell in His tabernacle. On Monday and Thursday.
Grace is poured into thy lips, &c.,
First Blessing.
(p. 4 5 3,) with this addition .
May His blessing be upon us, Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Who doth live and reign for ever. and to the Son, and to the Holy
First Lesson from Scripture accord. Ghost.
ing to the Season, being either the first Answer. God hath blessed thee
part, or, ifthe Saint or Saints have two for ever.
Lessons, the whole read as one, at will.
On Tuesday and Friday.
First Responsory.
Thou hast loved righteousness,
On Monday and Thursday. &c. (p. 454,) wall an addition.
Come, Bride of Christ, &c. Or, Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Come, ‘0 My chosen one, &c., and to the Son, and to the Holy
(P- 452-) Ghost.
Answer. Therefore God, thy
On Tuesday and Friday. God, hath anointed thee with the
oil of gladness.
Because of truth and meekness,
&c. (e- 454-) On Wednesday.
At midnight, &c., (p. 456.)
On Wednesday.
This is one of those wise virgins, Third Blessing.

&c., 455.) May He That is the angels’ King
To that high realm His people
Second Blessing. bring.
She (or they) whose feaSt-day we Third Lesson, the whole or second
part of the Lesson of the Feast.
are keeping,
Be our Advocate (or Advocates) Then the Hymn, “ We praise Thee, O
with God. God, &c.," is said, and so end Mattins.
The rest as on a Semi-double, as

Second Lesson is the first of the just given ; it ends at None, inclusive;
Legend of the Saint or Saints, if there Preces are said at Prime, and the
be two; if not, it is the second from Common Commemorations are made at
Scripture, to which the third may he Lauds or not, according to the Week
added at will. day.
x. dFnr Zesty Women.

Whether One or Many, Martyr or not .Martyr, but not Virgin.
All as on Sundays, except thefollow FIRST NOCTURN.

mg.
The Psalms are the same as in First Antiphon. 0 how lovely
the Ofiice for Feasts of the Blessed and glorious is the generation * of
Virgin, exce¢t the Third Psalm
of the Second Nocturn, which is
the chaste. .
Psalm XL VIL, “Great is the Lord, Second Antithon. His left hand
(p. 93.) is under my head, * and his right
hand doth embrace me.
FIRST VESPERS. Third Antiphon. Return, return,
Antiphons, Chapter, Hymn, and 0 Shulammith, * return, return, that
Prayer from Lands. we may look upon thee.
Verse. In thy comeliness and
Verse. In thy comeliness and thy
thy beauty.
beauty.
Answer. Go forward, fare pros
Answer. GO forward, fare pros
Virgin. 1The kingdom of heaven Lessons for a Martyrfrom Ecclus. 1i. 1,
is like unto a merchantman, seeking (a 459.)
goodly pearls; *‘ who, when he had
For a Woman not a Martyr.
found one pearl of great price, gave
up all that he had and bought it.
First Lesson.
MATTINS.
The Lesson is taken from the Pro
lizw'tatory. For the confession verbs of Solomon (xxxi. 10.)
of Blessed N. * (here insert her WHO can find a virtuous wo
name), let us praise our God. man? For her price is far
above the rarest merchandise. The
Hymn.
heart of her husband doth safely
WHEN she pleads for us, at her trust in her, so that he shall have
sweet petition,
That we may sing with conscience pure no need of spoil. She will do him
of sin, good and not evil, all the days of
From debt of guilt, 0 grant us Thy her life. She seeketh wool and flax,
remission and worketh wisely with her hands.
And peace within.
She is like the merchant’s ship, she
Glory to Thee, 0 Father, Son, and bringeth her food from afar ,~ she
Spirit, riseth also, while it is yet night, and
Glory co-equal on the throne on high !
Equal in power, in unity of merit giveth meat to her household, and a
Eternally! Amen. portion to her maidens. She con
1 Matth. xiii. 45, 46.
FOR HOLY WOMEN. 465
sidereth a field, and buyeth it; with thy beauty, go forward, fare pros
the fruit of her hands she planteth perously, and reign.
a vineyard. She girdeth her loins Answer. God hath blessed thee
with strength, and strengtheneth her for ever.
arms. Third Lesson.
First Responsory. TRENGTH and honour are her
Come, 0 My chosen one, and I clothing; and she will laugh
will establish My throne in thee, for in the latter day. She openeth her
the King hath greatly desired thy mouth with wisdom, and in her
beauty. tongue is the law of kindness. She
Verse. In thy comeliness and looketh well to the ways of her
thy beauty, go forward, fare pros household, and eateth not the bread
perously, and reign. Of idleness. Her children arise up,
Answer. For the King hath and call her blessed; her husband,
greatly desired thy beauty. and he praiseth her. Many daugh
ters have gotten riches, but thou
excellest them all. Favour is de
Seeond Lesson. ceitful, and beauty is vain : a woman
SHE tasteth and perceiveth that that feareth the LORD, she shall be
her merchandise is good. Her praised. Give her of the fruit of
candle goeth not out by night. She her hands, and let her own works
layeth her hands to hard work, and praise her in the gates.
her fingers hold the distaff. She
spreadeth out her hands to the poor, Third Responsory.
yea, she reacheth forth her hands to In thy comeliness and thy beauty,
the needy. She is not afraid of the go forward, fare prosperously, and
cold of snow for her household, for reign.
all her servants are clothed with Verse. Grace is poured into thy
double garments. She maketh for lips, therefore God hath blessed thee
herself coverings of tapestry : her for ever.
clothing is fine linen and purple. Answer. Go forward, fare pros
Her husband is known in the gates, perously, and reign.
when he sitteth among the elders - Verse. Glory be to the Father,
of the land. She maketh linen and and to the Son, and to the Holy
selleth it, and delivereth girdles unto Ghost.
the Canaanite.1 Answer. Go forward, fare pros
Seeond Responsory.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Grace is poured into thy lips;
therefore God hath blessed thee for First Antiphon. In thy comeli
ever. ness and thy beauty, * go forward,
Verse. In thy comeliness and fare prosperously, and reign.
1 Used by the Jews for an itinerant trader, much as we call a tramp an Egyptian (vulg.
Gipsy. )
466 THE COMMON or SAINTS.
Second Antiphon. God shall help Answer. And thy right hand
her with His countenance: * God is shall lead thee wonderfully.
in the midst of her; she shall not
be moved.
Fifth Lesson.
Third Antiphon. Many waters
cannot * quench love. THEREFORE, they who worship
adultery and uncleanness in
Verse. God shall help her with
their gods made celibacy and widow
His countenance.
hood punishable. They who lusted
after abominations, taxed self-con
her: she shall not be moved.
trol. The pretence was the desire
of fruitfulness, but the aim was to
Fourth Lesson. abolish virginity, the resolution of
The Lesson is taken from the Book chastity. When a soldier hath served
upon Widows by St Ambrose, his time he layeth down his arms,
Bishop [of Milan] (Near the leaveth his trade, and retireth him
end.) . to his own lands, that as well him
self may rest after the toils of life,
BEHOLD the field of the
as that the hope of rest to come
Church, that the same is a
may make others the more ready to
fruitful field, somewhile smiling with
undergo work. So also the aged
the brightness of virginity, some
labourer leaveth it for others to
while golden With the ripe harvest
guide the handle of the plough, and
of widowhood, somewhile rich with
withdraweth from the weariness of
the crop of marriage. These things
his younger days’ labour to essay the
be diverse, but they be the fruits of
task of an old man’s thoughtful super
the same field. There are not so
vision. It is easier to prune vines,
many choice lilies as stalks of
than to stamp them out, to check the
bearded grain, ears for the harvest,
first wild outburst of their vigour, and
and there are more places in the
to curtail the wantonness of their
soil fitted once to receive seed than
young growth, so teaching, even by
there are places which, when they
the ensample of the vineyard, that
have yielded a crop, are fitted again
chastity, which keepeth itself within
to be ploughed. Good, then, is
the bearing of but a few children.
widowhood, which the judgment of
an Apostle hath so often commend
ed, widowhood, which is the teacher Fifth Responsory.
of faith and of purity.
Thou hast loved righteousness,
and hated iniquity; therefore God,
Fourth Responsory.
thy God, hath anointed thee with the
Because of truth, and meekness, oil of gladness.
and righteousness; and thy right Verse. Because of truth, and
hand shall lead thee wonderfully. meekness, and righteousness.
Verse. In thy comeliness and Answer. Therefore God, thy God,
thy beauty, go forward, fare pros hath anointed thee with the oil of
perously, and reign. gladness.
FOR HOLY WOMEN. 467
Sixth Lesson. loved me, and brought me into His
IKE to these is a widow, a chamber.
veteran retiring to rest upon Seeond Antiphon. Draw me after
the earned rewards of her chastity, thee: * we will run after the savour
and who, albeit she layeth down the of thy good ointments, thy name is
arms of wifehood, still ruleth the as oil poured forth.
order of all her household; albeit Third Antiphon. Come, Bride of
she be at rest from bearing burdens, Christ, * and take the everlasting
she is careful in the marriage of her crown, which the Lord hath prepared
youngers, and with the wisdom of for thee.
age chooseth what study is the most Verse. God hath chosen her, and
useful, what fruit is the richest, what fore-chosen her.
wedlock is the meetest. And so,
Answer. He hath made her to
if the government of the field be
dwell in His Tabernacle.
given more to the elder than to the
younger, wherefore shouldest thou
hold that a wife is more useful Seventh Lesson.
than a widow? But if they which The Lesson is taken from the Holy
persecuted the faith persecuted also Gospel according to Matthew (xiii.
widowhood, then, surely, in the eyes
of them which hold the faith, must
44-)
widowhood be looked upon as a AT that time: Jesus spake unto
reward, rather than shrunk from as His disciples this parable :
a punishment. The kingdom of heaven is like unto
treasure hid in a field. And so on.
Sz'xth Responsory.
Favour is'deceitful, and beauty is Great.] (I 1th on the Gospels.)
vain : a woman that feareth God she
shall be praised. Dearly beloved brethren, the king
Verse. Give her of the fruit of dom of heaven is' likened unto the
her hands, and let her own works things of earth, to the end that by
praise her in the gates. the mean of things which we know,
Answer. A woman that feareth our mind may rise to the contem
God, she shall be praised. plation of the things which we
Verse. Glory be to the Father, know not; by the ensample of
and to the Son, and to the Holy things which are seen, may fix her
Ghost. gaze on things which are not seen;
Answer. A woman that feareth by the touch of things which she
God, she shall be praised. useth, may be warmed towards the
things which she useth not; by
things which she knoweth and lov
THIRD NOCTURN.
eth, to love also the things which
First Antiphon. I am black but she knoweth not. For, behold,
comely, * 0 ye daughters of Jeru “the kingdom of heaven is likened
salem ; therefore hath the King unto treasure hid in a field, the
which when a man hath found, he by our intention, directed only to

hideth, and, for joy thereof, goeth the pleasing God, we may also have
and selleth all that he bath and liefer that our works were secret.
buyeth that field.”
Eighth Responsory.
Seventh Responsory.
1The kingdom of this world and
She openeth her mouth with wis all the beauty of life I have es
dom, and in her tongue is the law of teemed as nothing, for the excel
kindness. She looketh well to the lency Of the love of JESUS Christ
ways of her household, and eateth my Lord, Whom, having seen, I
not the bread of idleness. loved; \Vhom, having believed, I
Verse. She tasteth and perceiv longed after.
eth that her merchandise is good. Verse. My heart is overflowing
Her candle goeth not out by night. with a good matter; I speak of my
Answer. And she eateth not the works unto the King.
bread of idleness. Answer. Whom, having seen, I
loved; Whom, having believed, I
Eighth Lesson. longed after.
ND herein we must remark that
the treasure, when once it
Ghost.
hath been found, is hidden to keep
Answer. Whom, having seen, I
it safe. He who keepeth not
loved; Whom, having believed, I
hidden from the praises of men his
longed after.
eager striving heavenwards, doth not
enough to keep the same safe from
the attacks Of evil spirits. In this Ninth Lesson.
life we are, as it were, on the way
HE treasure is the desire for
home, and the road is beset by evil
heaven; the field wherein it
spirits, as it were, by highwaymen.
is hidden is the earnest Observance
He, therefore, inviteth robbery who
wherewith this desire is surrounded.
carrieth his treasure glaringly. This Whosoever turneth his back upon
I say, not that our neighbour should
the enjoyments Of the flesh, and by
not see our good works—since it is
earnest striving heavenward, putteth
written: “Let your light so shine
all earthly lusts under the feet Of
before men that they may see your
discipline, so that he smileth back
good works, and glorify your Father
no more when the flesh smileth at
Which is in heaven ” (Matth. v.
him, and shuddereth no more at
16)—but that we should not seek, anything that can only kill the body
by what we do, to gain the praise
--whosoever doth thus, hath sold all
of men. Let the outward work
that he had, and bought that field.
agree with the inward thought, that
by our good works we may give an The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O
ensample to our neighbour, and still, God, &c.,” is said.
1 Cf. Phil. iii. 8.
FOR HOLY \VOMEN. 469
LAUDS. Pierced with the love of Christ
The world’s false love she fled :
First Antiphon. 1 While the king And Heavenward with might and main
* sitteth at his table, my spikenard Upon her journey sped.
sendeth forth the smell thereof. With fasts she pined the fleshI
Second Antzfhon. 2 We will run But on sweet food of prayer
after thee, ’1‘ in the savour of thy Feasted her spirit pure ; and now
good ointments. The virgins love Doth joys eternal share.
them exceedingly. 0 Christ our King and God !
Third Antiphon. 2 Lo! the Thou strength of all the strong !
winter is past, * the rain is over To Whom alone all holy deeds,
and gone. Rise up, my love, and And all great works belong ;
come away. For her deep plaints on high,
Fourth Antiphon. Come, 0 My To us propitious be ;
chosen one, ’1‘ and I will establish And in the glorious Trinity
My throne in thee. Alleluia. Glory eterne to Thee. Amen.
Fiflh Antiphon. She is beauti
ful * among the daughters of Jer Verse. Grace is poured into thy
usalem. lips.
Answer. Therefore God hath
blessed thee for ever.
Chapter for a Martyr. (Ecclus. 1i. I.)
Antiphon at the Song of Zacha
WILL thank Thee, O Lord and rias. Give her of the fruit of her
King, and praise Thee, O God hands, ’1‘ and let her own works
my Saviour. I will give praise un praise her in the gates.
to Thy Name, for Thou hast been
my Helper and Defender, and hast
Prayer asfor Virgins.
preserved my body from destruction.
RACIOUSLY hear us, 0 God
Chapter for a Woman neither Virgin
of our salvation, and grant
nor Martyr. (Prov. xxxi. 10.) that as the Birthday of Thy blessed
handmaid N. (here mention her name)
HO can find a virtuous wo doth make us happier, so the fruit
man? For her price is far of her godly earnestness may make
above the rarest merchandise. The us better. Through our Lord JESUS
heart of her husband doth safely Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
trust in her, so that he shall have reigneth with Thee, in the unity of
no need of spoil. the Holy Ghost, one God, world
without end. Amen.
Hymn.3
PRIME.
AUD we the Saint most sweet
Shining in glory blest,
Who bore a hero’s noble heart Antiphon. While the king, &c.,
Within a woman’s breast. (First Antinhon at Lands.)
1 Cant. i. 11. 2 Cant. i. 3, 2; ii. II, 10.
a Hymn by Cardinal Silvius Antonianus; translation by the Rev. E. Caswall.
Chapter at the end. Chapterfor a Martyr. (Ecclus. li. 4.)
For a .Martyr. (Ecclus. 1i. 8.) THOU hast delivered me, ac

MY soul shall praise the Lord cording to the multitude of
the mercies of Thy Name, from
even unto death, for Thou,
O Lord our God, deliverest such them that roared against me, and
as 'wait for Thee, and savest them that were ready to devour me,
out of trouble. out of the hands of such as sought
after my life, and from the gates
of trouble that were open all
For a Woman neither Virgin nor
Martyr. (Prov. xxxi. 29.) around me.
MANY daughters have gotten

Chapterfor a Woman neither Virgin
riches, but thou excellest nor Martyr. (Prov. xxxi. Io.)
them all. Favour is deceitful and
beauty is vain ; a woman that feareth HE spreadeth out her hand to
the LORD, she shall be praised. the poor, yea, she reacheth
forth her hands to the needy. She
TERCE. is not afraid Of the cold of snow
for her household.
Antiphon. We will run, &c.,
(Second Antifihon at Lands.)
Short Responsory.
Chapterfrom Lands.
countenance.
Short Responsory.
Answer. God shall, help her
In thy comeliness and in thy with His countenance.
beauty. Verse. God is in the midst of
Answer. In thy comeliness and her, she shall not be moved.
in thy beauty. Answer. With His countenance.
Verse. Go forward, fare pros Verse. Glory be to the Father,
perously, and reign. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Answer. In thy beauty. Ghost.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and Answer. God shall help her
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. with His countenance.
Answer. In thy comeliness and Verse. God hath chosen her,
in thy beauty. and fore-chosen her.
Verse. God shall help her with Answer. He hath made her to
His countenance. dwell in His tabernacle.
her, she shall not be moved. Prayerfrom Lands.
Prayerfrom Lands.
NONE.
SEXT. She is beautiful, &c., (Fifth Anti

Antiphon. Lo! the winter is past,
phon at Lands.)
&c., (Third A ntiohon at Lands.) Chapter as at the end (If Prime.
‘
FOR HOLY WOMEN. 471
Short Responsory. and, while I love and welcome them
God hath chosen her, and fore all, more especially do I do so
chosen her. when the wrestling set before us is
Answer. God hath chosen her, the wrestling of a woman. The
and fore-chosen her. weaker the vessel, the stronger the
Verse. He hath made her to grace, the greater the spoils, the
dwell in His tabernacle. clearer the victory; and that, not
Answer. And fore-chosen her. because the sex of the wrestler is
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and frail, but because the enemy is now
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. conquered by her through whom
Answer. God hath chosen her, he once conquered.
Verse. Grace is poured into thy Fifth Lesson.
lips. BY a woman he overcame, by a
Answer. Therefore God hath woman he is overcome. A
blessed thee for ever. woman was once his weapon; a
Prayerfrom Lauds. woman is now become the instru
ment of his defeat; he findeth that
SECOND VESPERS. the weak vessel cannot be broken.
The first woman sinned and died;
Antiohons, Chapter, Hymn, and Verse
and A nswerfrom Lauds. this one died rather than sin. The
first, under the delusion of a lying
Psalms as at First Vespers. promise, (Gen. iii. 4,) broke the
Antiphon at the Song of the law of God; this one chose rather
Blessed Virgin. She spreadeth out to keep covenant with her Bene
her hand to the poor, * yea, she factor, than to keep this present life.
reacheth forth her hands to the What excuse for softness and sloth
needy, and eateth not the bread of can men any longer hope to make?
idleness. or what forgiveness, when women
bear themselves so bravely and man
fully, and gird themselves up so nobly
@tiJer ZLzssuns fur the Serum: for the wrestling of godliness ?
flurturn fur a Martgreh
Sixth Lesson.
murmur nut 21 Uirgin.
SHE had a weak body, and a
Fourth Lesson. sex which is exposed to hurt;
but grace came, and made nothing
of these frailties. Nothing is stronger
than one in whose mind the fear of
Patriarch [of Constantinople] God is firmly and wilfully rooted.
(67th on diners places in the .ZVew The enemy may threaten fire, or
Testament.) iron, or beasts, or anything else, but
HE commemorations which I such an one taketh them all for
love and welcome the most are matters not worth consideration.
the commemorations of the Martyrs, And thus did this bl'essed woman do.
XII. fiat the fishirattnn of a @Durrb.

All as on Sundays except the fol Verse. This is the house of God,
.owing. stoutly builded.
FIRST VESPERS. Answer. Well founded upon a
A ntiphons, Chapter, and Prayerfrom
sure rock.
Lauds. Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed
Last Psalm. Virgin. 2The Most High hath hal
Praise the LORD, 0 Jerusalem, lowed His Tabernacle. * For this
&c., (Ps. cxlvii.,p. 203.) is the House of God, whereon His
Name shall be called, whereof it is
Hymn.1 written: My Name shall be there,
saith the Lord.
BLESSED City, heavenly Salem,
Vision dear of peace and love,
Who, of living stones upbuilded, MATTINS.
Art the joy ofHeaven above,
And, with angel cohorts circled, Inoitatory. 3Holiness becometh
As a Bride to earth dost move ! the house of God. * In her let
From celestial realms descending, us worship her Bridegroom, even
Bridal glory round her shed, Christ.
To His Presence, decked with jewels,
By her Lord shall she be led : Hymn from Vespers.
All her streets, and all her bulwarks,
Of pure gold are fashioned.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Bright with pearls her portal glitters ;
It is open evermore ; first Antiphon. Lift up your
And, by virtue of His merits, gates, 0 ye princes, * and be ye lift
Thither faithful souls may soar, up, ye everlasting doors.
Who for Christ’s dear Name, in this
world Ps. xxiii. The earth is the
Pain and tribulation bore. LORD’s, &c., 46.)
Many a blow and biting sculpture Setond Antiphon. 4The LORD
Polished well those stones elect,
In their places now compacted
shall be my God, * and this stone
By the Heavenly Architect, shall be called God’s house.
Who therewith hath willed for ever
That His Palace should be decked.
(t- 97-)
Laud and honour to the Father,
Laud and honour to the Son ; Third Antiphon. 5 Moses built
Laud and honour to the Spirit; an altar * unto the Lord God.
Ever Three and ever One :
Consubstantial, Co-eternal, Ps. xlvii. Great is the LORD,
While unending ages run. Amen. &c., 98.)
1 Mediaeval hymn, author unknown. Dr Neale’s translation from the original text, with
one line altered.
2 Ps. xlv. 5; Jer. vii. IO; 3 Kings viii. 29, &c. 3 Ps. xcii. 5.
* Gen. xxviii. 21, 22. 5 Ex. xvii. 15.
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. 473
Verse. Holiness becometh Thine Answer. And sweet in their

house, 0 LORD,— months was the sound.
Answer. For ever.
Second Lesson.
First Lesson.
ND the Priests waited on their
The Lesson is taken from the'Second offices ; the Levites also with
Book of Paralipomena (vii. I.) instruments of music of the LORD,
OW when Solomon had made which David the King had made
an end of praying, the fire to praise the LORD—“Because His
came down from heaven, and con mercy endureth for ever "—singing
sumed the burnt-offerings and the David’s hymns by their ministry.
sacrifices ; and the glory of the LORD And the Priests sounded trumpets
filled the house. And the Priests before them, and all Isra'él stood.
could not enter into the house of Moreover, Solomon hallowed the
the LORD, because the glory of the middle of the Court that was before
LORD had filled the LORD’s house. the house of the LORD; for there
And when all the children of Israél he Ofl'ered burnt-offerings and the
saw how the fire came down, and fat of the peace-offerings, because
the glory of the LORD upon the the brazen altar which Solomon had
house, they bowed themselves with made was not able to receive the
their faces to the ground upon burnt-offerings and the meat-offerings
the pavement, and worshipped and and the fat. Also at the same time
praised the LORD, [saying :] For Solomon kept the Feast seven days
He is good; for His mercy en and all Israel with him, a very great
dureth for ever! Then the King congregation, from the entering in
and all the people offered sacri of Hamath unto the River of Egypt.
fices before the LORD. And King And in the eighth day he made a
Solomon offered a sacrifice of solemn assembly ,' for they kept the
twenty - and - two thousand oxen, dedication of the altar seven days,
and an hundred and twenty and the Feast seven days.
thousand sheep. So the King
and all the people dedicated the Second Responsory.
house of God.
The LORD’s house is established
in the top of the mountains, and
First Responsory.
exalted above the hills, and all
When the Temple was dedi nations shall flow unto it, and shall
cated the people sang praise, and say: Glory be to Thee, O LORD!
sweet in their mouths was the Verse. 2 They shall doubtless
sound. come again with rejoicing, bring
Verse. 1The LORD’s house is es ing their sheaves with them.
tablished in the top of the moun Answer. And all nations shall
tains; and all nations shall flow flow unto it, and shall say: Glory
unto it. be to Thee, O Lord!
1 Isa. ii. 2. 2 Ps. cxxv. 6.
VOL. IV.
Third Lesson. and to the Son, and to the Holy

HUS Solomon finished the Ghost.
house of the LORD, and the Answer. Hear Thou from the
King’s house, and all that came excellent throne of Thy glory.
into Solomon’s heart to make in
the house of the LORD, and in SECOND NOCTURN.
his own house, he prosperously
effected. And the LORD appeared First Antiphon. This is none
to him by night, and said unto other but the house of God, and
him: I have heard thy prayer, this is the gate of heaven.
and have chosen this place to My Ps. lxxxiii. How lovely are Thy
self for an house of sacrifice. If tabernacles, &c., (p. 142.)
I shut up heaven that there be Second Antiphon. 2 Jacob beheld
no rain, or ifI command the locusts a ladder set up on the earth, and
to devour the land, or if I send the top of it reached to heaven,
pestilence among My people; if and the angels of God descending
My people, upon whom My Name on it. And he said: Surely this
is called, shall pray, and seek My place is holy.
face, and turn from their wicked Ps. lxxxvi. Her foundation, &c.,
ways, then will I hear from heaven, (t-I44)
and will forgive their sin, and will Third Antiphon. 2Jacob set up
heal their land. Now Mine eyes the stone for a pillar, and poured
shall be open and Mine ears attent oil upon the top Of it.
unto the prayer that is made in Ps. lxxxvii. O LORD God Of my
this place. For now have I chosen salvation, (p. 145.)
and sanctified this place, that My Verse. 3 My house—
Name may be there for ever, and Answer. Shall be called the
Mine eyes and Mine heart shall house of prayer.
be there perpetually.
Fourth Lesson.
Third Responsory.
The Lesson is taken from the
1 O Lord, bless this house which Sermons of St Austin, Bishop
I have built unto Thy Name. [of Hippo] (252nd for the
Whosoever shall come unto this Season.)
place and pray, then hear Thou
from the excellent throne of Thy DEARLY beloved brethren, as
glory. often as we keep the Dedi
Verse. 0 Lord, if Thy people cation-Feast of some Altar or
turn and pray toward Thy sanc Church, if we think faithfully and
tuary. carefully, and live holily and right
Answer. Hear Thou from the eously, that which is done in temples
excellent throne of Thy glory. made with hands, is done in our
Verse. Glory be to the Father, soul by a spiritual building. He
1 Founded on Solomon’s Prayer at the Dedication of the Temple.
2 Gen. xxviii. 17, 12, 18. 3 Mark xi. t7.
lied not who said: “The temple with the key of good works. For
of God is holy,- which temple ye even as evil works are so many
are” (I Cor. iii. 17,) and again: bolts and bars to close against us
“Know ye not that your body is the entrance into life, so beyond
the temple of the Holy Ghost, Which doubt are good works the key there
is in you,” (vi. 19.) And therefore, to. And therefore, dearly beloved
dearly beloved brethren, since by brethren, let each one look into his
the grace of God, without any fore own conscience, and when he findeth
going deserts of our own, we have the wounds of guilt there, let him
been made meet to become the first strive by prayers, fasting, or
Temple of God, let us work as almsdeeds to purge his conscience,
hard as we can, with His help, and so let him dare to take the
that our Lord may not find in Eucharist.
His Temple, that is, in us, any
thing to offend the eyes of His Fifth Responsory.
Majesty. How dreadful is this place!
Surely this is none other but the
Fourth Responsory. house of God, and this is the gate
of heaven.
1 If they pray toward this place, Verse. This is the house of
forgive the sin of Thy people, O
God, stoutly builded, well founded
God, and teach them the good way
upon a sure rock.
wherein they should walk, and
Answer. Surely this is none
manifest forth Thy glory in this
other but the house of God, and
place. this is the gate of heaven.
Verse. 2 Give ear, O Shepherd of
Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph
Sixth Lesson.
like a flock, Thou that sittest upon
the Cherubim. OR if he acknowledge his ini
Answer. Forgive the sin of Thy quity, and withdraw himself
people, O God, and teach them from the Altar of God, he will
the good way wherein they should soon attain unto the mercy of the
walk, and manifest forth Thy glory pardon of God, for, as he that
in this place. exalted himself shall be abased,
so shall he that humbleth himself
Fifth Lesson. be exalted. (Luke xiv. 11.) He
who, as I have said, acknowledg
ET the Tabernacle of our ing his iniquity, withdraweth him
heart be swept clean of vices self through lowliness from the
and filled with virtues. Let it be Altar of the Church, till he have
locked to the devil, and thrown mended his life, need have but
open to Christ. Yea, let us so little fear that he will be excom
work, that we may be able to open municated from the eternal marriage
the door of the kingdom of heaven supper in heaven.
1 Founded on Solomon’s prayer at the Dedication of the Temple.
2 PS. lxxix. 1.
VOL. IV. R2
Sixth Responsory. Seventh Lesson.
Jacob rose up early in the morn The Lesson is taken from the Holy
ing, and set up the stone for a Gospel according to Luke (xix. 1.)
pillar, and poured oil upon the top T that time: JESUS entered
of it, and vowed a vow unto the and passed through Jericho.
Lord. Surely this place is holy, and And, behold, there was a man
I knew it not. named Zacchaeus, which was the
Verse. And Jacob awaked out chief among the publicans, and he
of his sleep, and he said: was rich. And so on.
Answer. Surely this place is holy,
and I knew it not. Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and [of Milan] (Bk. viii. on Luke.)
Zacchaeus was little of stature, that
Answer. Surely this place is holy,
is, he was not raised aloft among
and I knew it not.
men by nobility of birth, and, like
the most of the world, he possessed
THIRD NOCTURN. few merits. When he heard that
the Lord and Saviour, Who had
first Antiphon. He that dwell come unto His Own, and WVhom
eth in the help of the Most High His Own had not received, (John i.
* shall abide under the shadow of 11,) was coming, he desired to see
the God of heaven. Him. But the sight of JESUS is
If the Ofiee he Semi-douhle the not easy; to any on the earth it is
Psalm begins with the words “Shall impossible. And since Zacchaeus
abide under the shadow ;” if Double, had neither the Prophets, nor yet
with, “He will say to the LORD.” the Law, as a gracious help to his
nature, he climbed up into a syca
Ps. xc. He that dwelleth, &c.,
more tree, raising his feet above the
(e 207-) vanity of the Jews, and straightening
Seeond Antiphon. The Temple
the crooked branches of his former
of the Lord is holy. * The same
is vGod’s workmanship and God’s life, and therefore he received JESUS
to lodge within his house.
building.
Ps. xcv. O sing unto the LORD,
Sewenth Responsory.
&c., 148.)
Third Antiphon. 1Blessed be the My house shall be called the
glory of the LORD * from His [holy] house of prayer, saith the Lord.
place. Alleluia. zTherein, he that asketh, receiveth;
Ps. xcviii. The LORD reigneth, he that seeketh, findeth ; and to him
&c., (p. 158.) that knocketh, it shall be opened.
Verse. This is the house of God, Verse. 3Ask, and ye shall re
stoutly builded. ceive; seek, and ye shall find.
Answer.
sure rock. Well ifounded upon a Answer. And to him that knock-,
eth, it shall be opened.
1 Ezek. iii.'12. 2 Luke xi. 9, 10. 3 John xvi. 24; Matth. vii. 7.
Eighth Lesson. [Vinth Lesson.
HE did well to climb up into a BUT lest we should seem haughti
tree, that a good tree might ly to pass by the poor blind
bring forth good fruits, (Matth. vii. man, and to hurry on to the rich
17,) and that the slip of the wild one, let us stand waiting for him,
olive, grafted, contrary to nature, as the Lord stood and waited; let
into the good olive, might bring us ask of him, as Christ asked of
forth the fruits of the law. (Rom. him. Let us ask, because we are
xi. I7, 24.) For the root is holy, ignorant; Christ asked, because He
however unprofitable the branches. knew. Let us ask, that we may
Their barren beauty hath now been know whence he received his cure;
overshadowed by the belief of the Christ asked, that all of us may
Gentiles in the Resurrection, as by know from one ensample where~
a material upgrowth. Zacchaeus, through we are to earn a sight of
then, was in the sycamore tree, and the Lord. Christ asked, that we
the blind man by the way-side. might believe that none, save they
(xviii. 35.) For the one, Jesus stood that confess Him, can be saved.
waiting to show mercy, and asked
him before He healed him, what he The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O
would that He should do for him; God, &c.,” is sazd.
being unbidden of the other, He
bade Himself to be his Guest, LAUDS.
knowing how rich was the reward
of receiving Him. Nevertheless, First Antiphon. Holiness be
albeit He had heard no words of cometh Thine house, * O Lord,
invitation, yet had He seen how for ever.
his heart went. Seeond Antiphon. My house *‘
shall be called the house of prayer.
Ezlghth Responsory.
Third Antiphon. This is the
Lord’s house * stoutly builded, well
1All thy walls are of stones most founded upon a sure rock.
precious. The towers of Jerusalem Fourth Antzfhon. The Lord’s
shall be built up with jewels. house is well founded * upon a
Verse. The gates of Jerusalem sure rock.
shall be built up with the sapphire Antiphon. All thy walls
stone, and the emerald, and all her are of stones most precious, * and
walls round about with stones most the towers of Jerusalem shall be
precious. built up with jewels.
Answer. The towers of Jerusa
lem shall be built up with jewels. Chapter. (Apoc. xxii. 2.)
and to the Son, and to the Holy I SAW the holy city, New Jeru
Ghost. salem, coming down from God
Answer. The towers of Jerusa out of heaven, prepared as a Bride
lem shall be built up with jewels. > adorned for her husband.
1 Cf. Tobias xiii. 2!, and Apoc. xxi. 18-20.
Hymn.1 Prayer.
HRIST is made the sure Found GOD, Who dost every year
ation, bring round unto us again
And the precious Corner-Stone, the day whereon this Thine holy
Who, the two walls underlying, temple was hallowed, and bringest
Bound in each, binds both in one :
Holy Zion’s Help for ever, us again in soundness of body and
And her Confidence Alone. mind to be present at Thine holy
worship, graciously hear the suppli
All that dedicated City, cations of Thy people, and grant
Dearly loved by God on high,
In exultant jubilation
that whosoever shall come into
Pours perpetual melody ; this Thine house to ask good at
God the One, and God the Trinal, Thine hand, may be rejoiced in
Singing everlastingly. the obtaining of all his request.
Through our Lord JESUS Christ
To this Temple, where we call Thee,
Come, 0 Lord of hosts, to-day ! Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
With Thy wonted loving-kindness with Thee, in the unity of the
Hear Thy people as they pray ; Holy Ghost, one God, world with
And Thy fullest benediction out end. Amen.
Shed within its walls for aye.
On the actual day on which the
Here vouchsafed to all Thy servants Church is dedicated, and also when the
That they supplicate to gain : Dedication Feasts of two Churches come
Here to have and hold for ever together, for the other Prayer, is used
Those good things their prayers ob the following.
tain ;
And hereafter in Thy glory, 0 GOD, Who invisibly contain
With Thy blessed ones to reign.
est all things, and yet art
Laud and honour to the Father; pleased for the salvation of men to
Laud and honour to the Son ; show forth visible signs of Thy
Laud and honour to the Spirit ; power, fill this house with the glory
Ever Three and ever One : of Thine indwelling power; and
Consubstantial, Co-eternal,
While unending ages run. Amen. grant that all who gather themselves
together to pray in this place, may
Verse. This is the Lord’s house, receive the good comfort of Thine
stoutly builded—— help in every tribulation where
Answer. Well founded upon a in they cry unto Thee. Through
sure rock. our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son,
Who liveth and reigneth with
A ntiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Thee, in the unity of the Holy
Zacchaeus, make haste and come Ghost, one God, world without
down, for to-day I must abide at thy end. Amen.
house. ’1‘ And he made haste and came
PRIME.
down, and received Him joyfully into
his house. This day is salvation come Antiphon. Holiness becometh,
from God to this house. Alleluia. &c., (First Antiohon a't Lands.)
1 Dr Neale, with two lines altered—an alteration applauded by himself. (Mediaeval
Hymns, p. 22.)
C/zafiler a! the end. (Apoc. xxi. 4.) they shall be His people,- and God
ND God shall wipe away all Himself shall be with them, and be
tears from their eyes, and their God.
there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither Snort Responsory.
shall there be any more pain; for This place is holy, wherein the
the former things are passed away. Priest prayeth.
And He That sat upon the throne Answer. This place is holy,
said: Behold, I make all things wherein the Priest prayeth—
new. Verse. For the pardon of the
TERCE. transgressions and offences of the
people.
Anz‘z'p/zon. My house, &c., (Se— Answer. The Priest prayeth.
mnd Anlz'jJ/zon at Lands.) Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Chapterfrom Lands. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
Snort Responsory. Answer. This place is holy,
wherein the Priest prayeth.
Holiness becometh Thine house, Verse. This is the Lord’s house,
0 LORD. stoutly builded~
Answer. Holiness becometh Answer. Well founded upon a
Thine house, 0 LORD-— sure rock.
Verse. For ever.
NONE.
Answer. 0 LORD.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, Antz'pnon. All thy walls, 810.,
and to the Son, and to the Holy Antz'pkon at Lands.)
Ghost.
Answer. 'Holiness becometh Cnapter as at the end of Prime.
Thine house, 0 LORD.
Verse. This place is holy, where Shari Responsary.
in the Priest prayeth.
Answer. For the pardon of the This is the Lord’s house, stoutly
transgressions and offences of the builded.
Answer. This is the Lord’s
people;
house, stoutly builded—
SEXT. Verse. Well founded upon a
Antz'p/zon. This is the Lord’s sure rock.
house, &c., (T/zz'rd Antz'pkon at Answer. Stoutly builded.
Lands.)
Ghost.
Chapter. (Apoc. xxi. 3.)
Answer. This is the Lord’s
AND I heard a great voice out of house, stoutly builded.
the throne, saying: Behold, Verse. The Lord’s house is
the tabernacle of God is with men, well founded——
and He will dwell with them. And Answer. Upon a sure rock.
SECOND VESPERS. is even now being built, and which

I know not, whereunto do run in
A ntinhons, Chapter, and Prayerfrom
Lands. faith, the living stones, concerning
Last Psalm.
whom Peter saith (I. ii. 5): “Ye
also, as lively stones, are built up
Praise the LORD, 0 Jerusalem, a spiritual house,” that is, an holy
&c., (Ps. cxlvii.,1>. 203.) temple unto God. But what
meaneth he by the words, “Ye al
Hymn. Blessed city, heavenly
so, as lively stones, are built up ”?
Salem, &c., (First Vespers.)
If thou believest, thou livest; but
Verse. Holiness becometh Thine
if thou believest, then art thou be
house, 0 LORD——
come a temple of God; as indeed
Answer. For ever.
the Apostle Paul hath it: “The
Antzjfihon at the Song of the temple of God is holy, which temple
Blessed Virgin. How dreadful is ye are.” (I Cor. iii. 17.)
this place. * Surely this is none
other but the house of God, and Fifth Lesson.
this is the gate of heaven. THE city then is still in building.1
Stones are being hewn out of
the mountains by the hands of them
that preach the truth, and are be
5mm @ag witfiin tfie Octave. ing cut square, that they may be
fitted into the everlasting walls.
All as on the Feast, except that the
Antiphons are not doubled, and the
Many stones are still in the hands
following. of the workman, and they must not
MATTINS. fall out of his hands if they would
be meet stones, and make part of
FIRST NOCTURN. the masonry of the temple. This
Lessons from Scripture according to is that Jerusalem which is builded as
the Season. a city, and her foundation is Christ.
So saith the Apostle Paul: “Other
SECOND NOCTURN. foundation can no man lay than
that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
Fourth Lesson.
(I Cor. iii. 11.)
The Lesson is taken from the
Treatise upon the Psalms, written Sixth Lesson.
by St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo]
(On Ps. cxxi.) HERE the foundation is first
laid in the earth, then the
“ ERUSALEM is builded as a walls are builded up thereon, and
city.” Brethren, when David the weight of the walls presseth
said that, Jerusalem was no longer downward, for the foundation is be
in building, but already builded. neath them. But if our foundation
He speaketh then of some city which be in heaven, then must we be so
1 The next two sentences seem to be quoted, or at least taken from the Shepherd of
Hermas. .
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A. CHURCH. 481
builded as to press, not downward, or if we passed them by too quickly,

but upward. This great Church as represented in Zacchaeus.
which ye behold with your bodily
eyes was builded up by bodies, Eighth Lesson.
and because bodies builded it up,
they laid the foundations thereof HE rich should learn that there
beneath. But we who are builded is nothing wrong in possess
up a spiritual house, have our found ing wealth; the wrong is in those
ation above us. Thitherward let us who possess wealth without knowing
run, that we may be built in, for how to use it. Riches are indeed
it is of Jerusalem that it is said: a stumbling-block to the wicked, but
“Our feet have been wont to stand to the good they are a means of
within thy gates, 0 Jerusalem ! ” grace. Zacchaeus was rich, and he
was one of Christ’s chosen ones;
but when he gave the half of his
THIRD NOCTURN.
goods to the poor, and restored
Seventh Lesson. four-fold anything which he had
taken from any man by false ac
The Lesson is taken from the Holy cusation (for simple restoration is
Gospel according to Luke (xix. 1.) not enough, neither doth one who
AT that time: Jesus entered and keepeth possession of ill~gotten gains,
really give gifts, in that which he
passed through Jericho. And,
behold, there was a man named giveth, since it is not his plunder,
Zacchaeus, which was the chief
but gifts out of that which is his
among the publicans, and he was own, that are asked for,) [when
Zacchaeus, I say, did these things,]
rich. And so on.
he received manifold recompense.
Homily by St'Ambrose, Bishop
[of Milan] (Bk. viii. on Luke.) Ninth Lesson.
(xviii. 43.) “And immediately T is well mentioned that he was

[the blind man] received his sight, the chief among the publicans.
and followed Him, glorifying God.” Who need give up hope, when he
He could not have received his sight seeth one that had acquired wealth
but by following Christ, by glorify by false accusation attain unto
ing God, and by turning away from salvation ?
the world. But now let us turn to “And he was rich.” Know‘ that
speak words of kindness to the rich. all rich men are not misers.
We are fain, if we can, to heal all “He was little of stature.” The
men, and we would give no offence Scripture saith nothing of any man’s
to the rich; and they would have stature, save of that of Zacchaeus.1
ground of righteous offence if we And wherefore? Perchance his
applied to them roughly and untruly littleness of stature was spiritual,
that which is said about a camel being a mental dwarfing through sin,
passing through the eye of a needle, or a childishness in faith. He had,
1 However, Deut. iii. 11 ; 1 Kings (Sam.) x. 23, &c.
not yet promised to make restitution; it, there is rejoicing. Believing is,
he had not yet seen Christ; and he as it were, the hewing of timbers
is well called little. Whereas John from the forests, and stones from
was called great, (Luke i. 15,) John, the mountains. Catechising and
who saw Christ, and the Spirit like baptizing are the shaping and squar
a dove descending and abiding on ing and polishing of the stones by
Him, as he himself “bare record, the hands of the workmen. And
saying: Isaw the Spirit descending still they make not an house for
from heaven like a dove, and It the Lord, until they be mortared
abode on Him”, (John i. 32.) together with charity.
Fifth Lesson.
ONE of these beams and stones
@Birb @ag mitllin tile Octave. could have entered into this
All as on the Feast, except that the building, unless they had been
Antiphons are not douh/od, and the meetly joined together, unless they
following. had been coupled in agreement one
MATTINS. with another, and united, as it were,
in the embrace of love. When thou
FIRST NOCTURN.
seest in any house that the beams
Lessons from Scripture according to and stones are well joined together,
the Season. thou enterest therein boldly, fearing
not that it will fall upon thee. SO
SECOND NOCTURN. also, when the Lord Christ was fain
Fourth Lesson.
to enter [into His spiritual temple,
the Church,] and to dwell in us,
The Lesson is taken from the Ser He said, as it were to build us:
mons of St Austin, Bishop [of “A new commandment I give unto
Hippo] (256thfor the Season.) you, that ye love one another.”
THE reason of the present gather (John xiii. 34..) “ A new command
ing is the dedication of an ment I give unto you”-—ye have
house of prayer. That house is the hitherto been old ; ye made Me no
house of our prayers, but the house house; ye lay in your ruins. That
of God is ourselves. If we are the ye may rise, therefore, from your
house of God, we are being built ruins, love one another.
in this world, that we may be con
secrated at the end of this world. Sixth Lesson.
The time of building is the time of HINK then, my kind friends,1
work; the time of consecration is that according to what hath
the time of holiday-keeping. Thus been foretold and promised, this
it was with this building,- while it house is being builded throughout
was yet being put together, there the whole world. When the Jews
was toil; now that the believers returned from the captivity, and the
in Christ are gathered together in house of God was builded up again,
1 Charitas vestra.
FOR THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. '483
it was said in a song extracted from riseth above the herd, then he seeth
an older psalm: “Sing unto the Him ; that is to say, when he had
LORD a new song; sing unto the got over the stupidity of the common
LORD, all the earth.”1 That which people, he gained a view of Him
the Psalm calleth a new song, the Whom he desired. “For the Lord
Lord calleth a new commandment. was to pass that way.” This is
For wherefore should we sing a new beautifully added—signifying that
song unless it were to tell of a new He was about to pass, either where
love ? Since singing is lovers’ wont— the sycamore-tree stood, or where
Zacchaeus was to believe in Him—
“ Love upon the singer’s tongue
Prompts the measure that is sung.” 2 thereby at once affording a mystic
type and conferring a grace. For
Let us love, and love unselfishly,‘ thus had He come, to pass by way
for we love the Lord, and better of the Jews unto the Gentiles.
than He there is nothing; let us
love Him for His own sake, and Eighth Lesson.
ourselves in Him, as for Him.
“AND when JESUS came to the
place, He looked up and
THIRD NOCTURN. saw him.” For now was Zacchaeus
Seventh Lesson. climbed up on high amid the blossom
of good works, as in the boughs of
The Lesson is taken from the Holy a fruitful tree. And here, since we
Gospel according to Luke (xix. 1.) have begun to take'mystic inter
AT that time : JESUS entered, and pretations, we may remark how de
passed through Jericho. And, lightful a fruit to a believer’s taste
behold, there was a man named is the cheerful rest Of the Lord’s
Zacchaeus, which was the chief Day. See also, how that Zacchaeus
among the publicans. And he was in the sycamore was like a young
rich. And so on. fig of the new season, in whom, as
in other things, was fulfilled that
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop which is written: “The fig-tree
[of Milan] (Bk. viii. on Lulee.) putteth forth her green figs.” (Cant.
ii. I3.)
[“ He sought to see JEsus .
[Vinth Lesson.
and could not, for the press.”] What
is this press but the brute herd, which HRIST came for this, that trees
cannot perceive the crown of wis might bring forth, not fruit,
dom? Therefore, as long as but men. We have read elsewhere :
Zacchaeus remained in the herd, he “When thou wast under the fig-tree,
could not see Christ. When he Isaw thee.” (John i.48.) Nathaniel
1 Ps. xcv. In the LXX. this Psalm is intituled “An Ode of David, when the house was
built up after the captivity.” It is really by David, as appears from I Par. (Chron.) xvi.,
and was composed by him as part of a Psalm for the occasion of the Ark’s arrival at
Jerusalem, whence it seems (according to the LXX.) to have been extracted, and used
as suitable to the occasion to which they refer it.
2 Vox hujus cantoris
Fervor est sancti amoris.
was under the tree, that is, above who is the speaker? Tell it from
the root; for the root is holy, and his own words. Were I to explain
he was a righteous man. Neverthe it, I should only make it darker,
less, Nathaniel was still underneath therefore I will but repeat his own
the tree, for he was under the law; words, and at the sound of his speech
but, Zacchaeus had gone up the tree, ye shall know him forthwith, that
for he was above the law ; Nathaniel ye may love him for his address.
was Christ’s privy defender, but Who is he that can say: “ O LORD,
Zacchaeus was His open preacher. Thou hast brought up My soul
Nathaniel was still seeking Christ from the grave”?
out of the law, but Zacchaeus had
gone above the law, by giving up Fifth Lesson.
his goods in order to follow the H0 is He Whose soul hath
Lord. already been brought up from
the grave, but He in Whose mouth
are put elsewhere the words, “ Thou
§ourt5 @ap within the Octave. wilt not leave My soul in hell”?
All at on the Feast, except that the This Psalm is intituled “a Song of
Antiphons are not doubled, and the rejoicing at the opening of the house
following. of David,” and the first thing spoken
MATTINS. of therein is deliverance, as it is
FIRST NOCTURN.
said: “I will extol Thee, 'O LORD,
for Thou hast lifted me up, and
Lessons from Scripture according to hast not made my foes to rejoice
the Season. over me.” Consider that by these
foes are meant the Jews, who
SECOND NOCTURN. thought that they had slain Christ,
Fourth Lesson. overcome in Him their enemy, and
destroyed Him as they might a man
The Lesson is taken from the Ser mortal like other men.
mons of St Austin, Bishop [of
Hippo] (256th on the Season.) , Sixth Lesson.
ONSIDER that passage in the BUT He rose again the third day,
“Song of rejoicing at the and His utterance is: “I
opening of the house of David,”1 will extol Thee, O LORD, for Thou
which we have just sung amid the hast lifted Me up "—in connection
wrecks of the masons’ sheds : “ Thou with which, consider the saying of
hast put off my sackcloth.” That the Apostle: “God hath highly
referreth to the wrecks; but what exalted Him.” (Phil. ii. 9.) “And
to the new building? “ And girded hast not made My foes to rejoice
me with gladness.” Here is the over Me.” They rejoiced indeed
utterance for the opening of the over the death of Christ, but at His
house: “To the end that my glory Resurrection, Ascension, and preach
may sing praise to Thee.” And ing, some of them were cut to the
1 Ps. xxix. from which all the texts quoted are taken, except those marked otherwise.
heart. When He was preached, the Eighth Lesson.
faithful testimony of His Apostles
ITTLE Zacchaeus therefore ac
cut some of them to the heart,
cepted the humiliation of hav
and some were converted, and
ing recourse to the sycamore—and
some were hardened, and some were
saw the Lord. They who humbly
confounded, but none rejoiced.
choose to be fools in the estimation
of the world, have a deep insight
THIRD NOCTURN.
into the wisdom of God. The press
Seventh Lesson. standeth in our way, on account
of our little stature, when we are
AT that time : JESUS entered and
fain to see the Lord; for the toil
passed through Jericho. And
some din of worldly business tor
behold, there was a man named
menteth our weak minds, so as to
Zacchaeus, which was the chief
hinder our perceiving the light of
among the publicans, and he was
the truth. But we climb up wisely
rich. And so on.
into the sycamore tree, if we willingly
Homily by Pope St Gregory [the give up our minds to that folly which
Great,] (Bk. xxviii. of Moral [Re God giveth unto us. What can be
fleetions on [oh], eh. 27.) more utter folly (in this world) than
not to seek for that we have lost, to
If we would be truly wise, and leave that whereof we have been
behold wisdom herself, we must robbed in the hands of our de
humbly acknowledge ourselves to be spoilers, to take no revenge for
fools. Let us cast away harmful wrongs which have been done us,
wisdom, and learn praiseworthy folly. yea, even to offer to him that taketh
For this reason indeed is it written : away our cloak, our coat also, and
“ God hath chosen the foolish things be patient?
of the world, to confound the wise.”
(I Cor. i. 27.) And again it is
Ninth Lesson.
said: “If any man among you
seemeth to be wise in this world, THE Lord biddeth us, as it were,
let him become a fool, that he may to climb up into the syca
be wise.” (iii. 18.) And unto this more, where He saith: “Of him
doth the very Gospel bear witness, that taketh away thy goods, ask
wherein it is said that Zacchaeus them not again.” (Luke vi. 30.)
“sought to see JESUS, Who He And again: “Whosoever shall smite
was; and could not for the press, thee on thy right cheek, turn to him
because he was little of stature. the other also.” (Matth. v. 39.)
And he ran before, and climbed From the boughs of this sycamore
up into a sycamore tree to see Him; tree, the Lord is seen passing by.
for He was to pass that way.” For He may indeed, as yet, not be seen
this name Sycamore, being inter face to Face, but by this wise folly
preted, signifieth the “ Foolish Fig.” 1 the inward eye may see the Wisdom
1 Sukamoros—which St Gregory seems to have derived from sukos, a fig, and mfiros,
(pr. mwros,) a fool, but the derivation now generally accepted is sukos, a fig, and moros,
a mulberry, as a plant combining certain characteristic features of both trees.
of God, as it were, passing by, even Lest we should make overlong our
that Wisdom Which they that are exposition of our song, let us take
wise in their own conceit cannot another point. How saith Christ:
see. They are mixed up in the “Thou hast put off My sackcloth,
overbearing press of their own im and girded Me with gladness”?
aginations, and have not yet found His sackcloth was the likeness of
the sycamore tree whereinto to climb sinful flesh.
up, if they would see the Lord.
Fifth Lesson.
THINK not lightly thereof, be
cause He calleth it His sack
§ift6 @ag mitfit’n the Octave. cloth; the price of thy redemption
All as on the Feast, except that the was wrapped up in it. “Thou hast
Antiphons are not doubled, and thefol put off My sackcloth.” Let us turn
lowing. aside to look more closely at this
MATTINS. sackcloth—“ Thou hast put off My
sackcloth.” The sackcloth was put
FIRST NOCTURN.
off when He suffered. How saith
Lessons from Scripture attording to He, therefore, unto God the Father,
the Season. “Thou hast put Off My sackcloth ”?
Wilt thou hear how it is that He
SECOND NOCTURN. saith unto the Father, “Thou
Fourth Lesson. hast put off My sackcloth”? It
is because God “spared not His
The Lesson is taken from the Ser Own Son, but delivered Him up
mons of St Austin, Bishop [of for us all.” (Rom. viii. 32.) By
Hippo] (2 56th for the Season.) means of the Jews, who knew not
what they did, He did that where
“ THOU hast not made my foes
by they that knew should be_ re
to rejoice over me.” (Ps.
deemed, and they that gainsaid
xxix. 2.) Now-a-days, when Churches
should be put to confusion. They
are filled with believers, do we
know not what good their evil deed
imagine that this maketh the Jews
hath done for us. The sackcloth
to rejoice? Churches are built, con
was hung up, amid the rejoicings
secrated, and filled ; wherefore should
of the ungodly—the persecutor
they rejoice? Not only do they not
rent it with his spear, and the Re
rejoice, but they are put to con
fusion,- and the words are fulfilled
deemer caused our price to spring
forth.
which are written: “I will extol
Thee, O LORD, for Thou hast lifted Sixth Lesson.
me up, and hast not made my foes ET Christ the Redeemer sing,
to rejoice over me”—Thou hast not let Judas that sold Him groan,
made them to rejoice over Me, for and the Jews that bought Him
even if they turn and believe in blush. Judas sold Him, and the
Me, Thou wilt make them to re Jews bought Him, and both buyer
joice, not over Me, but in Me. angl seller in the wicked bargain are
condemned, both alike have cast means, entereth into the strait gate
themselves away. Let our Head and narrow way which leadeth unto
therefore speak concerning His slain life. He that with earnest faith
Body, His hallowed Body—let Him desired to see the Saviour, helped
speak, and let us listen. “ ‘ Thou,’ ” the defect of his natural stature by
saith He, “‘hast put off My sack climbing up into a tree, and thereby
cloth, and girded Me with gladness ’ he earned what he longed for, but
—Thou hast put off My mortality, dared not to ask, even the blessed
and hast girded Me with immortality ness of having the Lord to abide
and incorruption—‘ to the end that as a guest at his house.
My glory may sing praise unto Thee,
and not be silent.’ ” What meaneth Ezghth Lesson.
this, “and not be silent "P “No ZACCH/EUS, whose name, being
more shall the lance pierce Me, interpreted, signifieth “Justi
and I hang silent under the blow.” fied,” is a type of such from among
For “ Christ being raised from the Gentiles as believe. The more
the dead, dieth no more; death they be harassed by the cares of
hath no more dominion over Him.” this world, the more they be weighed
(Rom. vi. 9.) down by the sense of sin, the hum
bler is their prayer. “But,” [saith
THIRD NOCTURN. the Apostle Paul unto such,] “ ye are
Se'z/enth Lesson. washed,—but, ye are sanctified,—
but, ye are justified, in the Name of
The Lesson is taken from the Holy the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of
Gospel according to Luke (xix. 1.) our God.” (I Cor. vi. 11.) Such
AT that time : Jesus entered and desired to see the Saviour as He
passed through Jericho. And, entered into Jericho, but could not
for the press, for, albeit wishful for
behold, there was a man named
Zacchzeus, which was the chief that grace of faith which the Saviour
brought into the world, the long-used
among the publicans. And he was
habit of sin stood in the way of the
rich. And so on.
desire.
Homily by the Venerable Bede, Ninth Lesson.
Priest [at Jarrow, and Doctor of the
Church] (Bk. v. eh. 77 on Luke THE press of evil habits which
rebuked the blind man, that
xix.)
he should hold his peace, and not
“ The things which are impossible cry for light, the same press hind
with men, are possible with God.” ered the publican from seeing Jesus.
(xviii. 27.) For behold the camel, But even as the blind man over
when he hath laid aside his load, came them by crying so much the
passeth through the eye of a needle, more, so must he that is little of
that is to say, the rich man and the stature needs get above the obstruc
publican, when he putteth off from tion of the harmful crowd, by seek
him the burden of his riches, and ing an higher place, ascending from
despiseth to be wealthy by unjust the earth, and betaking him up into
the tree, that is, the Cross. And building, may avail toward your
the Cross is a Sycamore, (a tree souls’ health. That building which
with leaves somewhat like to those we behold with our bodily eyes,
of a mulberry, but higher, whence wrought in these walls, must be re
also it is called by the Latins flected spiritually in our minds, and
“Celsa,” that is, the High tree,) that finish which we see in stone
for the name “Sycamore” signifi and wood, it must be the work of
eth, being interpreted, the “ Foolish God’s grace to finish within our
Fig,” and thus is the Cross, which own bodies.
feedeth us with figs them that be
lieve, but is mocked at as foolish Fifth Lesson.
ness by them that believe not.
IN the first place, therefore, let us
give thanks unto our Lord
God, from Whom cometh down
every good gift and every perfect
5M8 @ag witllin tfie Octave. gift. (James i. 17.) Let us with all
the cheerfulness of our hearts praise
All as on the Feast, except that the
Antiphons are not doubled, and the fol Him for having put it into the
lowing. thoughts of His faithful ones to
raise unto Him this house of prayer,
MATTINS.
stirred up their love and given them
FIRST NOCTURN. help, breathed the will into them
when they as yet had it not, and
Lessons from Scrifiture according to
the Season. then enabled them to carry out
their will. “For it is God Which
SECOND NOCTURN.
worketh in you both to will and
to do of His good pleasure.”
Fourth Lesson. (Phil. ii. 13.) And thus it is He
The Lesson is taken from the Ser Himself Who hath begun, and
mons of St Austin, Bishop bath finished.
[of Hippo] (2 5 6th for the
Season.) Sixth Lesson.
THEREFORE, while I joyfully ND forasmuch as He never

gaze upon the new walls of sufi'ereth good works to lie
this holy Church, which we this day unrewarded in His sight, He will
hallow unto the name of God, I find give a reward meet for so great a
that I owe high praise to our God, work to those His faithful ones, unto
and to you, my holy brethren, a whose labours He hath already given
suitable discourse upon the building His helpful blessing. And yet have
of the house of God. But my dis we more thanks to give unto our
course will only be suitable if it Lord God. For this Church, which
contain for your spiritual up-build He hath caused to be builded unto
ing,1 that which, God inwardly His Name, He hath made more
1 This sentence contains an untranslateable play upon the word “ edification.” .

honourable with the reliques of His Eighth Lesson.
holy Martyrs. ESUS therefore looked on one
that was fain to look on Him,
THIRD NOCTURN.
chose one that chose Him, and
Seventh Lesson. loved one that loved Him. This
The Lesson is taken from the Holy progress, namely, to go on, by be
Gospel according to Luke (xix. 1.) lieving in the Lord’s Incarnation, to
an acknowledgment of His God
AT that time: jasus entered and head, is, as it were, to climb up
passed through jericho. And, into a sycamore-tree to catch a sight
behold, there was a man named of JESUS, Face ,- this progress, I say,
Zacchaeus, which was the chief the excellent Teacher [Paul] point
among the publicans. And he was eth at, when he saith: “I deter
rich. And so on. mined not to know anything among
Homily by the Venerable Bede, you, save JESUS Christ, and Him
Priest [at Jarrow, and Doctor of the Crucified.” (I Cor. ii. 2.) And
Church] (Bk. v. ch. 77, on Luke again in rebuking certain he saith:
xix.) “Ye are become such as have need
of milk, and not of strong meat,”
“And when JESUS came to the (Heb. v. 12)—herein signifying by
place, He looked up, and saw him.” milk the weakness of the dispensa
The Saviour, passing through Je tion in time, and by strong meat,
richo, came to the place whither the sublimity of the everlasting
Zacchaeus had already run before, glory.
and climbed up into a sycamore
Ninth Lesson.
tree. Thus did He send through
out the world the preachers of His “ AND [JESUS] said unto him:
Word, in whom Himself did indeed Zacchaeus, make haste and
speak and go, and so came unto come down, for to-day I must abide
those who were already high up at thine house. And he made
lifted by believing in His sufferings, haste, and came down, and received
and fain to be blessed with the full Him joyfully.” The Lord abode
revelation of His Godhead. “He awhile in the house of the chief of
looked up, and saw him "—for the the Pharisees—that is to say, He
eyes of His choice were toward one taught in the synagogue of the Jews ;
whom the grace of faith had raised but since they spake against Him
above earthly desires, and who stood with envenomed tongues, because
aloft above the unbelieving multi He washed not His hands before
tudes. “To look on ” signifieth He sat down to eat, because He
with God to choose or to love; healed on the Sabbath Day, because
whence it is said: “The eyes of the He received publicans and sinners,
LORD are upon the righteous.” (Ps. because He rebuked their greed, and
xxxiii. 16.) Even we also hasten to did other things worthy of God, He
look at things which we love, while was wearied by their wickedness,
we turn our eyes away from what is and turned away and left them, say
loathesome to us. ing: “Behold, your house is left
unto you desolate.” (Matth. xxiii. am preaching here. This would vex
38.) But today He must abide in me more than that, for this is more
the house of little Zacchaeus—that your house than that.
is to say, He must rest, while the
beams of the new light are bright, Fifth Lesson.
in the lowly hearts of the believing
nations. OR this is the house wherein
our greatest treasures and our
hopes are laid up. What is there
here that is not great and wonder
éeventfi @ag mitfiin the Octave. ful? The Table here is the most
All as on the Feast, except that the precious and glorious of tables. The
A ntiphons are not doubled, and the fol lamp here is the most precious and
lowing. glorious of lamps, as they know who
FIRST NOCTURN. have in faith been anointed with oil
Lessons from Scrintnre according to
therefrom, and been healed of sick
the Season. ness.1 The Ambry2 here is far the
best and the most needful, for there
SECOND NOCTURN.
in is laid up, not raiment, but mercy
—albeit they be few that take It.
Fourth Lesson. The bed here is the noblest of beds,
The Lesson is taken from the Ser for what can be better than that
mons of St John Chrysostom, pillow whereon resteth the written
Patriarch [of Constantinople] Word of God?3
(Hem. 33 on Matth. ix.)
Sixth Lesson.
HE Church is the common
house of all. Hereinto ye AND in good sooth, if we were
first do enter, and then we, keeping all at one, we should have
the form of the disciples ; and there none other house than this. And
fore, so soon as we be come in, that that I utter not herein an hard
we may follow the rule given to saying, witness those three thousand
them, (Luke x. 5,) we greet you all and five thousand who had but one
with the salutation of “ Peace.” Let house and one table and one mind.
no one then be drowsy, let no one “The multitude of them that be
keep his mind occupied with worldly lieved,” saith [the author of the Acts
business, when the Priests are come of the Apostles] “were of one heart
in for the sermon. The punishment and of one soul” (iv. 32.) But
for doing so is no light one. I had since we are far from such perfection
a thousand times rather be left alone as their’s, and are parted in divers
in one of your own houses, when I houses, let us strive to be like them,
come to visit you, than that ye at least when we come together here.
should not listen unto me when I For albeit in other things we are
1 The oil used for Extreme Unction is, in the Greek rite, taken from the lamp that
burns before the picture of our Lord.
2 Arca, no doubt the Tabernacle.
3 In Greek Churches 2. copy of the Gospels is kept lying on the altar.
poor and needy, do ye at the Eighth Lesson.
least welcome us kindly when we “ ND Zacchaeus stood, and said
come in hither among you; and unto the Lord: Behold,
when I say, “Peace be unto you,” Lord, the half of my goods I give
do ye answer, not with your voices to the poor; and if I have taken
only but with your hearts, “And anything from any man by false
with thy spirit.” accusation I restore him four-fold.”
While others were blaming the
THIRD NOCTURN. sinner, Zacchaeus himself stood, that
is, continued in that truth of faith
Seventh Lesson. wherein he had begun, and showed
The Lesson is taken from the himself to be not only a sinner con
Holy Gospel according to Luke verted, but even to have taken a
(xix. 1.) place among the perfect. “If,” saith
the Lord, “thou wilt be perfect, go
AT that time : JEsus entered and and sell that thou hast, and give to
passed through Jericho. And, the poor, and thou shalt have treasure
behold, there was a man named in heaven.” (Matth. xix. 21.) If a
Zacchaeus, which was the chief man before his conversion have lived
among the publicans. And he was blamelessly, after his conversion he
rich. And so on. can give to the poor all that he
hath—
Homily by the Venerable Bede, Ninth Lesson.
Priest [at Jarrow, and Doctor of
the Church] (Continuation of the UT if he have had any unjust
last.) dealings, he is bound first of
all, according to law, to make resti
“And when they saw it, they all tution, and not till afterwards must
murmured, saying, That He was he give to the poor that which re
gone to be guest with a man that maineth unto him. And thus will it
is a sinner.” It is clear that the become true of him also, when he
Jews have always hated that the keepeth nothing for himself, but hath
Gentiles should be saved. It is dispersed and hath given to the poor,
written: “And the next Sabbath that “ his righteousness endureth for
Day came almost the whole city ever.” (Ps. cxi. 9.) And this is
together, to hear the word of God. that wise folly, which the publican
But when the Jews saw the multi gathered from his sycamore-tree, like
tudes, they were filled with envy, life-giving fruit, namely, to make res
and spake against those things which titution of that which he had robbed,
were spoken by Paul.” (Acts xiii. to give away that which was his own,
44.) And elsewhere it is told how to hold cheap the things which are
that even the faithful brethren con seen, to be fain even to die for the
tended with the Prince of the things which are not seen, to deny
Apostles, “saying, Thou wentest in himself, and to will to follow in the
to men uncircumcised, and didst eat steps of that Lord upon Whom
with them.” (xi. 3.) thitherto he had not looked.
0ctave=®a3 of we @ebication. of blood which he had shed, and

only gathered together treasures for
Double.
that end; and how Solomon his
All as on the Feast, except the fol son, at the command and with the
lowing. help of God, did that which his
SECOND NOCTURN. father had desired to do, and hal
lowed the temple and the altar and
Fourth Lesson. the other things pertaining to the
The Lesson is taken from the First worship of God. “And at that time
Epistle of Pope St Felix IV.1 Solomon held a Feast, and all Israel
(0n Conseeration, dist. i. oh. 2.) with him, a great congregation, from
the entering in of Hamath unto the
E read that Moses, by the River of Egypt, before the LORD
command of the Lord, our God seven days and seven days,
made and hallowed a tabernacle, even fourteen days, and on the
with the table and altar, and other eighth day he sent the people away."
vessels and furniture thereof, for the (3 Kings viii. 65, 66.)
worship of God; and we know that
he hallowed the same, not only by Sixth Lesson. (Ch. 17.)
prayers to God, but by anointing
them, at the command of the Lord, HE Feast of the Dedication of
with holy oil. How these things Churches and Priests is to be
were done, and how none others but kept year by year, as the Lord Him
Priests anointed with holy ointment, self hath given us an ensample, that
and arrayed before the Lord in holy we should follow His steps, by com
garments, and Levites, handled, car ing with the rest of the people to
ried, set up, and put in order these keep the Feast of the Dedication of
holy things, all this is to be found the Temple; as it is written: “It
written in the Law of the Lord, was at Jerusalem the Feast of the
among the ordinances which Moses Dedication, and it was winter. And
wrote down at the command of the JESUS walked in the temple in
Lord. Solomon’s Porch.” (John x. 22,
23.) That these Dedication-Feasts
Fifth Lesson.
are to be kept for eight days, ye will
IN the Books of Kings we read find in the Third Book of Kings,
how David, the most godly of after the account of the Dedication
princes, made more splendid the of the Temple.
worship of God, and was fain to In the Third Nooturn are read the
build a temple unto the Lord, but Lessons from thefirst day omitted with
was withheld, because of the quantity in the Octave.
1 A.D. 526-30.
@ht 12mm aDffi'tt of the Quinta.
AUGUST 20. never be turned aside from his resolu

tion to keep chaste. TO fly from these
5t Barnum, Shhat [of Qtlaiu temptations of the devil, he determined
at two-and-twenty years of age to enter
harm] (Eunftssnr, anti the Monastery of Citeaux, whence the
Easter at the Qtburtb. Cistercian Order took its rise. When
this resolution of Bernard’s became
Double. known, his brothers did all their dili
All from the Common Ofiice for a gence to change his purpose, but he
Conflssor not a Bishop, (p. 415,) ex only became the more eloquent and
cept the following. happy about it. Them and others he
so brought over to his mind, that thirty
A ntizfihon at the Song of the Blessed
young men entered the same Order
Virgin. 0 right excellent, &c., (p.
along with him. As a monk he was
415-) so given to fasting, that as often as he
Prayer throughout the Ofiice. O had to eat, so often he seemed to be
God, Who didst give, &c., (f. 425.) in pain. He exercised himself wonder
fully in watching and prayer, and was
MATTINS. a great lover of Christian poverty.
Thus he led on earth an heavenly
FIRST NOCTURN. life, purged of all care and desire for
transitory things.
Lessons from Scripture according to
the Season.
F Lesson.
SECOND NOCTURN. HE was a burning and shining
Fourth Lesson. light of lowliness, mercifulness,
and kindness. His concentration of
ERNARD was born [in the year thought was such, that he hardly used
of salvation 1091] at a decent his senses except to do good works, in
place in Burgundy called Fontaines. which latter he acted with admirable
On account of extraordinary good wisdom. Thus occupied, he refused
looks, he was as a boy very much the Bishoprics of Genoa, Milan, and
sought after by women, but he could others, which were offered to him,
VOL. IV. S
494 THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SAINTS.
declaring that he was unworthy of so THIRD NOCTURN.

high a sphere of duty. Being made
Abbat of Clairvaux [in I I 15,] he built Lessons from Matth. v. I 3, with the
monasteries in many places, wherein Homily of St Austin, (p. 433.)
the excellent rules and discipline of Eighth Responsory. In the midst,
Bernard long flourished. When Pope &c., (p. 423.)
Innocent II., [in 1138,] restored the
monastery of St Vincent and St
AUGUST 27.
Anastasius at Rome, Bernard set
over it the Abbat who was after
wards the Supreme Pontifi' Eugene
fit 3052111] (Easalang, (Emu
III., and who is also the same to fesflur.
whom he addressed his book upon
Double.
“ Consideration.”
All from the Common Ofiee for
Sixth Lesson. a Confessor, (p. 4I5,) except the
following.
E was the author of many writ_
ings, in which it is manifest FIRST VESPERS.
that his teaching was rather given
Prayer throughouz‘ the Ofiee.
him of God, than gained by hard
work. In consequence of his high O GOD, Who wast pleased to pro
reputation for excellence, he was called vide a new help for Thy Church
by the most exalted Princes to act as by raising up Thine holy Confessor
arbiter of their disputes, and for this Joseph to train up the young in the
end, and to settle affairs of the Church, spirit of understanding and godliness,
he often went to Italy. He was an we beseech Thee for his sake, and by
eminent helper to Pope Innocent II., his prayers, to grant us the grace al
in putting down the schism of Peter ways so to work and so to teach,
Leoni, and worked to this end, both that we may finally attain unto Thine
at the Courts of the Emperor and of everlasting joy. Through our Lord
Henry King of England, and in the JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
Council of Pisa. He fell asleep in and reigneth with Thee, in the unity
the Lord, [at Clairvaux, on the 20th of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
day of August,] in the [year 1153, without end. Amen.
the] sixty-third year of his age. He
was famous for miracles, and Pope
MATTINS.
Alexander III. numbered him among
the Saints. Pope Pius VIII., acting FIRST NOCTURN.
on the advice of the Congregation of
Lessons from Samfiture awarding
Sacred Rites, declared and confirmed
to the Season.
St Bernard a Doctor of the Universal
Church. He also commanded that
all should use the Mass and Office SECOND NOCTURN.
for him as for a Doctor, and granted
Fourth Lesson.
perpetual yearly plenary indulgences
to all who should visit Churches of OSEPH Casalanz, called “of the
the Cistercian Order upon the Feast Mother of God,” was born of a
day of this Saint. noble family at Petralta in Aragon,
FEAST-DAYS IN AUGUST. 495
[on the 15th day of September, in that besides the great help which he
the year of Christ 1556.] From his brought to the sick poor, he would
tender years he began to show that even carry the bodies of the dead on
fondness for children, and that gift of his own shoulders to burial. Having
instructing them for which he was understood from God that his call was
afterwards distinguished. He called to bring up children in godliness and
them around him when he was still good learning, he founded the Order
but a child himself, and taught them of the Poor Regular Clerks 0f the Pious
the mysteries of the faith and godly Schools of the Mother of God, who
prayers. He was deeply learned in profess as the special object of their
profane and sacred letters, and it was Institute a singular care for the teach
while he was studying theology at ing of the poor. This Institute re
Valencia that he bravely overcame ceived the warm approval of Clement
the wiles of a noble and powerful lady VlII., Paul V., and other Popes, and
and, by a brilliant victory, kept un in a short time obtained a marvellous
tarnished that virginity which he had extension‘through many provinces and
vowed to God. He became a Priest kingdoms of Europe. In this work
in consequence of a vow, and was Joseph Casalanz underwent so many
summoned by many Bishops in the toils, and patiently bore so many
kingdoms of New Castile, Aragon, griefs, that he was proclaimed by all
and Catalonia to help them in'their men a wonder of endurance and a
work, wherein he surpassed the hopes very image of holy Job.
of all, correcting depraved manners,
restoring the discipline‘of the Church,
and marvellously putting an end to Sz'xt/z Lesson.
hatreds and bloody feuds. But in VEN when he was at the head of
obedience to a vision from heaven and his whole Order, and toiling with
many warnings from the voice of all his might for the salvation of souls,
God, he left Spain and went to Rome. he never ceased to teach children, es
pecially the poor, to sweep out the
school-rooms, and to accompany the
Fg'fz‘lz Lesson.
scholars home. Thus in spite of
N Rome he afflicted his body with broken health he worked on for two
extraordinary hardness of living, and fifty years, with the greatest long
with watching, and with fasting, and sufi'ering and lowliness. He won that
so passed his days and nights in God should glorify him by many
prayer, and in the contemplation of miracles worked in the presence of
heavenly things. He was used to his disciples, and that the most blessed
visit the Seven Churches almost every Virgin should appear to him, with the
night, a custom which he kept for Child JESUS in her arms, blessing
many years. Having joined several them as they prayed. He refused
godly Brotherhoods, it was strange wealthy preferments when they were
how eagerly he relieved the poor by ofi'ered to him. He was eminent for
alms and every sort of kindness, the gift of prophecy, for the power
choosing especially the sick and the of reading the secrets of the heart,
imprisoned. When the city was ra of knowing distant events, and of
vaged by a pestilence, such was the miracles. The Virgin Mother of God,
charitable zeal with which he joined to whom from his childhood he had
in the labours of St Camillus de’ Lelli, had an especial love, and other
heavenly ones, honoured him by often little ones which believe in Him, (6)
allowing him to see them. He fore and promising on the other hand, the
told the day of his own death, and highest reward to whosoever shall re
the restoration and growth of his ceive one such little child in His
Order, which seemed at that time to Name, (5) and this His teaching He
be almost entirely destroyed. He giveth both in His Own, and in His
fell asleep in the Lord at Rome, upon Father’s Name.
the 25th day of August, in the year
of salvation 1648, and of his own age
Eighth Lesson.
the 92nd. An hundred years after
his death his heart and tongue were LET us therefore take ensample by
found whole and incorrupt. God the Lord, and let us leave
glorified him by many miracles even nothing undone for the good of any
after his death, and he was first of our brethren, even for such as seem
crowned by Benedict XIV. with the to us the least and lowliest, but if
honours paid to the Blessed, and then there be any need that we should
solemnly enrolled by Clement XIII. serve any, low and outcast though he
among the Saints. be, let us serve him; though the
thing look hard to us and calling for
THIRD NOCTURN. a great deal of work, let such things,
I pray, be looked on as light and
Se-z/enth Lesson. easy if they be required for our neigh
The Lesson is taken from the Holy bour’s salvation, for of such price and
Gospel according to Matthew (xviii. such care did God count his soul
r.) to be worth, that He spared not
to purchase it, even His Own Son.
T that time: Came the disciples (Rom. viii. 32.)
unto JESUS, saying: Who is the
greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Ninth Lesson.
And so on.
Homily by St John Chrysostom, IF it be not enough for our salvation
Patriarch [of Constantinople] (60th that we should ourselves live well,
on Matth. xviii.) but we must also seek the salvation
of others, what shall we answer, if we
“Take heed,” saith JESUS, “that neither live well ourselves, nor exhort
ye despise not one of these little ones, others? What hope that we shall be
for I say unto you, that in heaven saved is then left to us? What more
their angels do always behold the face important task is there than to train
of My Father”—and that for their up minds, and teach to the young how
sake am I come, and this is the will to live? He that is skilled to mould
of My Father. Hereby the Lord well the minds of children I reckon a.
stirreth us up to guard and save these nobler workman than any painter or
little ones. Thou seest how mighty sculptor, or such like artist.
are the walls which He raiseth to pro
tect little children, and how great MARTYROLOGY.
thought and care He hath lest they
should be lost, threatening on the one Upon the 28th day of August, were
hand the uttermost punishment against born into the better life— '
whosoever shall offend one of these At Hippo, in Africa, [in the year
Q
430,] the holy Austin, Bishop of that Also, [about the year 395,] holy
city, the eminent Doctor of the Church. Moses the Ethiopian, who from a
He was converted to the Catholic faith, famous robber becameafamous Hermit,
and baptized by blessed Bishop converted many other robbers, and
Ambrose. He was the stalwart de took them with him to his monastery.
fender of the faith against the Mani
Vespers are of the following, from
cheans and other heretics, and, after
the Chapter inelusive.
manifold toil for the Church of God,
he passed away to be rewarded in
heaven. His body was first brought AUGUST 28.
from his own city to Sardinia, on
account of the barbarians, and after St fiustin, Isfahan [uf ihippuj
wards by Luitprand, King of the Lom
bards, to Pavia, where it is honour
Qtunfzssur anti lBurtor at
ably buried. the Qtburclj.
At Rome, [in the year I 16 or 132,]
Double.
the holy martyr Hermes, a man of
illustrious worldly station, who, as is All from the Common Ofiiee for a
written in the acts of the blessed Pope Bishop and Confessor, (p. 399,) exeefit
Alexander, was first committed to the following.
prison, and then slain with the sword
along with many others, under the FIRST VESPERS.
judge Aurelian.
At Brioude, in Auvergne, the holy These, as regards St Austin, begin
martyr Julian; he was a comrade of with the Chapter.
the blessed Tribune Ferreolus, and A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed
secretly served Christ as a soldier; Virgin. 0 right excellent, &c.
but in the persecution under the Em
peror Diocletian he was tried by the Prayer throughout the Ofliee.
other soldiers, who horribly murdered
him by cutting his throat. RACIOUSLY hear our supplica
At Constance, the holy martyr tions, 0 Almighty God, and as
Pelagius, who received his crown Thou hast given unto us the hope
under the Emperor Numerian and that we are of the number of them
the judge Evilasius. upon whom Thou wilt show mercy,
At Salerno, the holy rriartyrs For grant unto us in Thy goodness,
tunatus, Caius, and Anthes, who were that, holpen by the prayers of Thy
beheaded under the Emperor Dio blessed Confessor and Bishop Austin,
cletian and the Proconsul Leontius. we may experience the fulfilment of
At Constantinople, [in the year Thine accustomed loving-kindness.
340,] holy Alexander, [Arch-]Bishop Through our Lord JESUS Christ
[of that see,] that glorious old man Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
by the power of whose prayer the with Thee, in the unity of the Holy
judgment of God smote Arius so that Ghost, one God, world without end.
he burst asunder in the midst, and Amen.
all his bowels gushed out. A Commemoration is made of St
In Saintes, [about the year 450,] joseph Casalanz. (Prayer from his
the holy Confessor Vivian, Bishop [of Ofiiee.) And then of the Holy Martyr
that see.] Hermes.
Prayer. whom he earnestly formed upon the

model of the Apostolic life and teach
0 GOD, Who didst make Thy
ing. The Manichman heresy flaming
blessed witness Hermes strong
forth with violence, he began strongly
to wrestle and to suffer, grant unto
to attack it, and confounded the arch
us that nerved by his ensample, we
heretic Fortunatus.
may, for the love of Thee, seek but
lightly of the pleasant things of this
world, and dread not such things Fifth Lesson.
therein as be grievous. Through our ALERIUS, moved by the godly
Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who zeal of Austin, [in December
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in 395,] joined him with himself as an
the unity of the Holy Ghost, one assistant in his duties of Bishop:
God, world without end. Amen. [and dying in the year following, was
succeeded by him.] He was lowly
MATTINS. and pure in the highest degree. His
FIRST NOCTURN.
furniture and dress were plain, and
his food of the commonest sort, which
Lessons from Ecclus. xxxix. I, (p. he always seasoned when at table by
431-) either reading some religious book, or
SECOND NOCTURN. arguing upon some religious subject.
His tenderness to the poor was such
Fourth Lesson.
that, failing all other resources, he
USTIN was born of honourable broke up the hallowed vessels to
parents at Tagaste in Africa, relieve their wants. It was his rule
[upon the I3th day Of November, in not to dwell or be very close friends
the year of our Lord 354.] As a boy with any woman, a rule which he did
his great intellectual sharpness caused not relax even in the case of his sister
him to distance all his companions and niece, for he was accustomed to
in learning. When he was living at say, that although no scandal could
Carthage as a young man, he fell into arise in the case of such near kins
the heresy of the Manichaeans. He women, yet it might arise concerning
afterwards went to Rome, and was the women friends who sought their
thence sent to Milan to teach Rhet company. He never ceased to preach
orick. At Milan he often went to the Word of God, until he was dis
hear the sermons of Bishop Ambrose, abled by heavy sickness. He was
by whose labours he was drawn to always an hard follower after heretics,
the Catholic Church, and by whom and by his words and his writings
he was baptized [on Holy Saturday,1 never suffered them to rest anywhere.
387,] at the age of thirty-three. After In great measure, he purged Africa of
his return to Africa, [in 388,] Valerius, the Manichzeans, Donatists, Pelagians,
the illustrious and saintly Bishop of and other heretics.
Hippo, finding him to unite holiness
of life with Catholic profession, made Sixth Lesson.
him a Priest, [about the end of 390.]
At this time he founded a sort of E wrote so much, and that with
family of godly men, who lived and such godliness and understand
worshipped in common with him, and ing, that he is to be held among the
1 April 24.
very chiefest of them by whom the be beheaded about the time of the
teachings of Christianity have been feast Of the Passover, [in the 3Ist
shown forth. He is one of the first year of our Lord ;] but the memorial
of those whom later theologians have of his death is solemnly made on the
followed, in method, and in argument. day when his worshipful head was
He fell sick of a fever what time the found for the second time, which
Vandals were laying Africa waste, and head hath since been brought to
when they were busy in the third Rome, and is kept with deep rever
month of besieging Hippo. When ence of the people in the Church of
he understood that his departure from St Sylvester, at the Campus Martins,
this present life was at hand, he [hence commonly called the Church
caused the Psalms of David which of St Silvestro in Capite, that is to
most speak the language of repent say, St Sylvester with the Head of
ance to be placed before him, and the Fore-runner.]
read them with tears, for he was wont Upon the same 29th day of August,
to say that even if a man’s conscience were born into the better life—
were to accuse him of no sin, he At Rome, [in the year 126,] upon
should not dare to leave this world the Aventine Mount, the holy martyr
except as a penitent. His senses Sabina, who under the Emperor
remained vigorous to the last, and Hadrian was smitten with the sword,
it was while rapt in prayer, in the and so gained the palm of martyrdom.
presence of the brethren whom he Likewise at Rome, the holy Virgin
had exhorted to love, godliness, and and martyr Candida, whose body Pope
all goodness, that he departed for Paschal I. brought to the Church of
heaven, [upon the 28th of August, St Praxedes.
430.] He lived 76 years, whereof At Antioch, in Syria, the holy
he had been a Bishop nearly thirty martyrs Nicaeas and Paul.
six. His body was first carried to At Constantinople, [in the eighth
Sardinia, but Luitprand, King of the century,] the holy martyrs Hypatius,
Lombards, afterwards bought it for a Bishop of Asia, and Andrew, a
a great price, and took it to Ticino, Priest, who were killed, under the
where it is honourably buried. Emperor Leo the Isaurian, for the
reverence due to the holy images,
THIRD NOCTURN. after their beards had been filled
with pitch and set on fire, and their
Lessons from Matth. v. 13, with the
heads flayed.
Homily ofSt Austin, (fi. 433.)
At Perugia, [about the year 309,]
holy Euthymius, a Roman, who fled
Eighth Resfionsory. thither along with his wife and Cres
In the midst of the congregation, centius his son, to 'escape the persecu
8w, (15- 423-) tion under the Emperor Diocletian,
and there fell asleep in the Lord.
At Lands a Commemoration is made
of St Hermes. Prayer as before. At Metz, [in the fifth century,]
the holy Confessor Adelphus, [sixth]
Bishop [of that see.]
MARTYROLOGY.
At Paris, [about the year 700,] the
On the morrow we commemorate holy Priest Mederic.
the beheading of the holy Baptist In England, [in the year 697,] holy
John, whom Herod commanded to Seb, King [of the East Saxons.]
At Smyrna, holy Basilla. king of Judah, unto the carrying away

In the country of Troyes, the holy of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
Virgin Sabina, glorious for her graces Then the word of the LORD came unto
and miracles. me, saying: Before I formed thee in
the belly I knew thee ; and before thou
Vespers are of the following. camest forth out of the womb I sanc
tified thee ; and I ordained thee a pro
AUGUST 29. phet unto the nations.
an]: iBzlJzaIiing uf fit Zluhn First Reyonsory.

the QBaptist. Herod the King sent forth, and laid
hold upon John, and bound him in
Greater Double.
prison, for he feared him, for Herodias’
Whatever is not given here is sake, his brother Philip’s wife, for he
taken from the Common Ofiee for had married her.
One Martyr, (p. 366.) Verse. For John had rebuked
Herod, for Herodias’ sake.
FIRST VESPERS.
Answer. His brother Philip’s wife,
for he had married her.
A ntiphons, and Prayerfrom Lands,
and Antiphon at the Song of the Second Lesson.
Blessed Virgin, the same as at that
of Zaeharias. HEN said I: Ah! Lord GOD!
Behold, I cannot speak, forI am
A Commemoration is made of St
a child! But the LORD said unto me :
Austin. Antizihon, “0 right excel
Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt
lent, &c.,” (p. 399,) and Prayer from
go to all that I shall send thee; and
his Ofilee.
whatsoever I command thee, thou shalt
Then of the Holy Martyr Sahina. speak. Be not afraid of their faces,
Prayer, “0 God, Who amidst, &c.,” for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith
(fi- 457-) the LORD. Then the LORD put forth
MATTINS. His hand, and touched my mouth ; and
the LORD said unto me: Behold, I
FIRST NOCTURN. have put My words in thy mouth.
See, I have this day set thee over
First Lesson.
the nations and over the kingdoms,
Here beginneth the Book of Jeremiah to root out and to pull down, and
the Prophet (i. 1.) to destroy and to throw down, and
to build, and to plant.
THE words of Jeremiah the son of
Hilkiah, of the Priests that were
Seeond Responsory.
in Anathoth, in the Land of Benjamin :
to whom the word of the LORD came John the Baptist had rebuked Herod,
in the days of Josiah the son of Amon for Herodias’ sake, his brother’s wife,
king of Judah, in the thirteenth year whom he had married while his brother
of his reign. It came also in the days was yet alive.
of Jehoiakim the son ofJosiah king of Verse. Herod sent an executioner,
Judah, unto the end of the eleventh and commanded to behead John in the
year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, prison.
Answer. For Herodias’ sake, his WE must not hurry by the record
brother’s wife, whom he had married of the Blessed Baptist John.
while his brother was yet alive. We must ask what he was, and by
whom, and why, and how, and when
Third Lesson. (17.) he was slain. He was a righteous
man murdered by adulterers. The
THOU therefore gird up thy loins, guilty passed upon their judge the
and arise, and speak unto them sentence of death. Moreover, the
all that I command thee. Be not dis death of the PrOphet was the fee of
mayed at their faces, for I will make a dancing-girl. And lastly, there was
thee not to fear their faces. For, be a feature about it from which even
hold, I have made thee this day a de savages shrink—the order for com
fenced city, and iron pillar, and brazen pleting the atrocity was given amid
walls against the whole land, against the merriment of a dinner-party.
the kings of Judah, against the princes From banquet to prison, from prison
thereof, against the Priests thereof, to banquet—that was the course run
and against the people of the land. by the servants of the' murderer.
And they shall fight against thee, but How many horrors does this simple
they shall not prevail against thee; crime embrace within its details!
for I am with thee, saith the LORD,
to deliver thee.
Fourth Resjfionsory.
Third Responsory. The righteous shall grow, &c., (p.

367-)
The damsel danced, and her mother
charged her, saying: See thou ask Fifth Lesson.
nothing but only the head of John.
WHO is there, that, on seeing the
And the king was sorry, for his oath’s messenger hasten from the
sake, and for their sakes which sat dinner-table to the prison, would not
with him. have forthwith concluded that he
Verse. The damsel said unto her carried an order for the Prophet’s
mother: What shall I ask? And release. If any one had heard that
she said :— it was Herod’s birth-day, and that
Answer. See thou ask nothing, but he was giving a great feast, and
only the head of John. And the king that he had ofi‘ered a damsel the
was sorry, for his oath’s sake, and for choice of whatever she listed, and
their sakes which sat with him. that thereupon a messenger had been
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and sent to John’s dungeon—if any one,
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. I say, had heard this, what would he
Answer. And the king was sorry, have supposed? He would have con
for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes cluded that the damsel had asked and
which sat with him. obtained John’s freedom. What have
executions in common with dinners?
SECOND NOCTURN. or death with gaiety? While the
banquet was going on, the Prophet
Fourth Lesson.
was hurried to death, by an order
The Lesson is taken from the Book from the reveller whom he had not
upon Virgins, written by St Am troubled even by a prayer for release.
brose, Bishop [of Milan.] (ii. 6.) He was slain with the sword, and his
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head was served up in a plate. This THIRD NOCTURN.

was the new dish demanded by a
cruelty which the Feast had been Seventh Lesson.
powerless to glut. The Lesson is taken from the Holy
Gospel according to Mark (vi. 17.)
Fifth Responsory. T that time: .Herod had sent
This is he which knew, &c., (p. forth, and laid hold upon John,
368,) with the last Verse and Answer and bound him in prison, for Her
omitted. odias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife,
for he had married her. And so on.
Sixth Lesson.
LOOK, savage King, look at a decor Hippo] (10th of the new Sermons.)
ation which suiteth well with thy
banquet! Put out thine hand, so as The reading of the Holy Gospel
to lose no part of the luxury of cruelty, hath set a scene of cruelty before
and let the streams of the sacred blood our eyes—even the head of St John
run between thy fingers. Thine hun in a charger--—a message of death
ger the dinner hath been unable to sent forth to discharge the bloody
satisfy, thy cups have not been able commands of one that hateth the
to quench thine inhuman thirst—suck, truth—a damsel dancing, and a
suck the blood which the still palpi mother rabid—a rash oath sworn in
tating veins are discharging from the the midst of uncleanness and the
place where the neck has been sev revels of a supper—and a wicked
ered! Look at the eyes! Even in fulfilment of the oath so sworn. It
death they remain the eyes of a wit befell unto John according to his own
ness of thine uncleanness, but they saying. For he had said concerning
are closing themselves upon the spec the Lord JESUS Christ: “He must
tacle of thy pleasures. Those eyes increase, but I must decrease” (John
indeed are shutting—but it seems iii. 30,) so John decreased by an head,
not so much from the laws of natural and Christ’s height was made higher
death, as from horror at the scene of upon the Cross. The truth drew
thine enjoyment. The golden mouth, hatred. It could not be borne in
whose bloodless lips are silent now, patience that the holy man of God
can repeat no more the denunciation should utter a rebuke, albeit he sought
which thou couldest not bear to hear by his rebuke nothing but the soul’s
—and still thou art afraid of it! health of them to whom he addressed
it. They repaid him evil for good.
Sixth Responsory. Seventh Responsory.

The Lord made him honourable, O Lord, Thou hast given him, &c.,
&c., (p. 370,) with the following
(t- 371~)
addition .'
Eighth Lesson.
and to the Son, and to the Holy FOR what could he say but that
Ghost. whereof he was full? And
Answer. And gave him perpetual what could they answer him but that
glory. whereof they were full? He sowed
wheat, and found thorns. He had LAU DS.

said unto the King: “It is not law
First A ntiphon. For Herod had laid
ful for thee to have thy brother’s
hold upon John, * and bound him, and
wife.” Lust had got the better of
put him in prison, for Herodias’ sake.
the King, and he kept a woman
Second Antiphon. O Lord my
whom it was not lawful for him to
King, * give me in a charger the
have, even his brother’s wife. But
head of John the Baptist.
she pleased him, so that his cruelty
Third Antiphon. The damsel
was lulled. He respected the Saint
danced, * and her mother charged
who had spoken the \truth to him.
her saying: See thou ask nothing,
But the horrible woman conceived
but only the head of John.
hatred, and by-and-by brought it
Fourth Antizfihon. John had re
forth. When she brought forth, she
buked Herod for Herodias’ sake, *
brought forth a girl, a dancing-girl.
his brother Philip’s wife, for he had
taken her.
Ezghth Responsory. Fiflh Antzfhon. Give me in a
The Lord hath put on him, &c., (p. charger the head of John the Bap
371') tist. * And the King was sorry, for
his oath’s sake.
jVinth Lesson. (For the Holy Martyr Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
Sabina.) Herod sent an executioner, and com
manded that John’s head should be cut
SABINA was a Roman lady, the off in the prison. And when his dis
wife of a distinguished nobleman ciples heard of it, they came and took
named Valentine. The Christian faith up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
was taught to her by a maiden named
Seraphia. After the martyrdom of Prayer throughout the Ofice.
this holy virgin, Sabina gathered to
gether her reliques, and buried them ORD, we beseech Thee that the
with godly service. For this cause keeping of this honourable Feast
she was in a little while arrested, day in memory of the holy Baptist
under the Emperor Hadrian, and John, Thy Fore-runner, and Thy
brought before the Judge Elpidius. Martyr, may be a mean to draw upon
“Art thou,” said he, “the same us the effectual outpouring of Thy
Sabina who is so distinguished for saving help. Who livest and reignest
her blood and for her marriage?” with God the Father, in the unity of
She answered: “I am; but I give the Holy Ghost, One God, world
thanks to my Lord JESUS Christ for without end. Amen.
having delivered me through the A Commemoration is made of St
prayers of His hand-maiden Seraphia Sabina. Antibhon, “Give her, &c.,”
from the troubling of devils.” Divers and Prayer as before.
attempts were made to make her At Prime, Terce, Sext, and None,
change her mind, but when they the Antiohons are the First, Second,
proved in vain the Prmfect passed Third, and Fifth from Lauds, respect
sentence of death upon her for de ively.
spising the gods. The Christians
MARTYROLOGY.
laid her body in the same grave
in which she had herself laid that Upon the morrow we keep the
of Seraphia, her teacher in the faith. feast of the holy Virgin Rose of St
Mary, whose birth into the better life, the middle of the eleventh century,]
[in the year 1617,] is mentioned upon the holy Confessor Peter, famous for
the 26th day of this present month of many graces and miracles, who there
August. passed away to be with the Lord, and
Upon the same 30th day of August, is held in honour and worship.
were born into the better life-— At Bologna, [in the year 1026,] the
At Rome, upon the Ostian Way, holy Abbat Bononius.
under the Emperors Diocletian and
Maximian, the blessed Priest Felix. SECOND VESPERS.
After being racked he was sentenced
to be beheaded; as he was being led A ntzlfihons and Prayerfrom Lauds.
to execution he was met by some A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed
man who of his own accord professed Virgin. The unbelieving King sent
himself a Christian, and was accord his loathsome messengers, and com
ingly forthwith beheaded along with manded that John the Baptist’s head
him. The Christians never knew the should be cut off.
name of this other, and they accord
ingly always spoke of him as him A Commemoration is made of the
who was added, that is, added to the following. Prayer from her Lands.
company of the holy martyr Felix in Then of the Holy Martyrs, Felix and
winning of the crown._ the Other. Prayer also from the next
Likewise at Rome, the holy Virgin Lauds.
and martyr Gaudentia, with three
others. AUGUST 30.
At Rome, [in the year 410,] also
the holy Priest Pammachius, [a Roman fit these at itima, Hirgtn.
Senator,] who was eminent for his Double.
teaching and holiness.
At Sfaitla, in Africa, [in the year All from the Common Ofiiee for
399,] sixty blessed martyrs, who were a Virgin not a Martyr, (15. 451,)
slain by the fury of the Gentiles. except the following.
At Susa, also in Africa, [in the year
250,] holy Boniface and Thecla, who MATTINS.
were the parents of twelve sons, all
FIRST NOCTURN.
blessed martyrs.
At Thessalonica, the holy Confessor Lessons from Scripture aecora'ing
Fantinus. He suffered much from the to the Season.
Saracens, and was thrust out of the
monastery wherein he had lived in SECOND NOCTURN.
marvellous austerity. He led many
Fourth Lesson.
into the path of salvation, and at
length fell asleep in a good old age. HE first flower of holiness which
At Meaux, [in the year 670,] the came to full blossom in South
holy Confessor [Fefrash, an Irishman, America, was the maiden Rose. She
who came over into Gaul, where he was born at Lima, of a Christian
is called] Fiacre, [and founded a father and mother, [upon the 20th
monastery, and died towards the end of April, in the year 1586,] and was
of the seventh century.] remarkable from her childhood for
At Trevi, [near Subiaco, towards marks of saintliness. The occasion
of her name1 was a strange likeness accusations, but still complained that
to a rose, which her face assumed she did not suffer as much as she
when she was a babe. To this name deserved. For fifteen years she pined
she afterwards added that of the in misery from desolation and dryness
Virgin Mother of God, desiring to of spirit, bravely enduring torments
be called “St Mary’s Rose.” At worse than any form of death. After
the age of fifteen years she uttered this period she began to overflow
a vow of perpetual virginity. As she with consolation, to be enlightened
grew older, lest her parents should by visions, and to melt with love
force her to marry, she polled her like a Seraph’s. She attained, by
head of all her hair, which was very the frequency of visions, to a strange
beautiful. She fasted to a degree personal familiarity with her Guardian
almost superhuman, passing whole Angel, with St Katharine of Sienna,
Lents without taking bread, and and with the Virgin Mother of God,
eating day by day only five pips and she earned from Christ the words,
of a lime. “Rose of My Heart, be thou My
bride.” She was famous for many
Fifth Lesson. miracles, both before and after she
HE took the habit of the Third departed hence, and was happily
Order of St Dominick, and then transplanted into the Bridegroom’s
doubled her former severities. She garden, [upon the 24th of August
wore a long and very rough hair-cloth, 1617, being aged 31 years.] Pope
into which she inserted small pins. Clement X. with solemn pomp in
She wore day and night under her scribed her name in the list of holy
veil a crown, the inner side of which maidens.
was armed with pricks. In imitation
of the hard steps of St Katharine of THIRD NOCTURN.
Sienna, she girded her loins with a Lessons from Matth. xxv. I, with
threefold iron chain. She made to the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 455.)
herself a bed of knotty sticks, and The last part is omitted or read as
filled the gaps with broken bits of one with the Eighth, to make room for
potsherd. She built herself a very
small but in the farthest corner of Ninth Lesson. (For the Holy
the garden, where she gave herself Martyrs.)
up to thoughts of heavenly things,
and to punishing her body with often ELIX was arrested in the reign
scourging, starvation, and sleepless of the Emperors Diocletian and
ness. But she waxed strong in spirit, Maximian, on the charge of having
and though she often had to fight embraced the Christian Faith, and
with evil ghosts, she conquered them, was brought to the temple of Serapis.
fearlessly prostrated them, and tri When he was ordered to offer sacri
umphed over them. fice, he spat in the face of the brazen
idol, which thereupon fell down.
When this happened a second and
Sixth Lesson.
third time in the temples of Mercury
SHE suffered greatly from painful and Diana, he was accused of impiety
illnesses, from the maltreatment and magic, and tortured upon the
of the servants, and from slanderous rack. It was not long, however,
1 It was a nick-name. She was baptized Isabel.
before he was led out to the second under their prayers. Through our
mile-stone upon the road to Ostia, Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
to be smitten with the axe. As they liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
were on the way thither, they chanced unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
to meet a certain Christian, who, when world without end. Amen.
he knew that Felix was going to finish
his testimony, said aloud, “I live by MARTYROLOGY.
the same law as he doth; I worship
the same Christ JESUS.” And there Upon the 3Ist day of August, were
with he kissed Felix, and they were born into the better life-—
beheaded together, upon the 30th day In England, [in the year 651,] holy
of August. What the name of the Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne. Holy
second person was the Christians Cuthbert, who was then a shepherd
never knew, and he is therefore lad, saw the soul of Aidan carried up
honoured under the title of “Him into heaven, and he thereupon left
who-was~added;”1 that is, added to his sheep and became a monk.
the company of the Holy Martyr Felix At Cardona, in Spain, [in the year
in winning of the crown. 1240,] the holy Confessor Cardinal
Raymond, surnamed the Unborn, of
LAUDS. the Order of Blessed Mary of Ran~
som for the Redemption of Prisoners,
Prayer throughout the Ofice of a man famous for the holiness of his
St Rose. life, and for his wondrous works,
ALMIGHTY God, from Whom whose feast we keep upon the first
cometh down every good and day of September.
perfect gift, and Who didst cause the At Treves, [in the year 358,] holy
dew of Thy grace to fall early from Paulinus, Bishop [of that see.] In
heaven upon this blessed Rose, mak the time of the persecution under the
ing the same to blossom in the Indies, Arians he was exiled by Constantius
as a flower whose loveliness was the Arian Emperor on account of his
virginity and long-suffering, grant Catholic belief, and when he had been
unto Thy servants, who do run after wearied out by changing the places
the smell of her perfumes, worthily of his exile, even beyond the bounds
themselves to become a sweet savour of Christendom, he at length died
unto Christ. Who liveth and reigneth in Phrygia, and received a crown from
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy the Lord in reward of his blessed
Ghost, one God, world without end. sufferings.
Amen. Likewise the holy martyrs Robustian
and Mark.
A Commemoration is made of the
At Trasacco, on the Lake of Celano,
Holy Martyrs Felix and the Other.
the holy martyrs Caesidius the Priest
and his Companions, who were crowned
Prayer.
with martyrdom in the persecution
WE humbly beseech Thy Majesty, under the Emperor Maximin.
O Lord, that as Thou dost At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, [in the
make us exceeding glad at the re third century,] holy Theodotus, Rufina,
membrance of Thine holy servants, and Ammia. Theodotus and Rufina
so Thou wouldest ever shelter us were the father and mother of the holy
1 Adauctus.
martyr Mamas. Rufina gave him birth SECOND NOCTURN.

in prison, and Ammia was his nurse.
Fourth Lesson. (From the Venerable
At Athens, [in the second century,]
Bede’s blistory, iii. 3.)
the holy Aristides, a man illustrious
for his faith and wisdom, who offered OSWALD, King of the Northum
to the Emperor Hadrian a book upon brians, had been baptized when
the Christian religion, containing an he was in banishment amongst the
exposition of our doctrine, and de Scots, and when he was on the throne
livered a most able discourse in the he sent to the elders of that nation for
presence of the said Emperor, to prove a Catholic Bishop. They sent him a
that Christ JESUS is the only God. man called Aidan, a monk of great
At Auxerre, [in the sixth century,] meekness and godliness, from the
the holy Confessor Optatus, Bishop monastery of St Columba in the island
[of that see.] of Iona; and to him Oswald gave a
At Nusco, [in the year 1093,] holy Bishop’s See in the island of Lindis
Amatus, Bishop [of that see.] farne. Now Aidan could not speak
At Monte Senario, hard by Flor English well, and when he was preach
ence, [in the year 1257,] the blessed ing the Gospel, there could often be
Confessor Bonajuncta [Manetti,] one seen the lovely spectacle of the king
of the Seven Founders of the Order himself interpreting the heavenly word
of Servants of the Blessed Virgin to his own officers and servants.
Mary, who gave up the ghost into
the Lord’s hands as he was discours Fifth Lesson.
ing to his brethren concerning the
same Lord’s Passion. AIDAN had no thought of seeking
or loving anything in this world.
Vespers are of the following, from He went about everywhere on foot,
the Chapter inclusive. and when he met any, if they were
heathens, he entreated them to receive
AUGUST 3 I. the Sacraments of the faith; if they
were faithful, he exhorted them to
almsgiving and good works. It was
.St @ihan, iBisiJnp [uf Stinhis: from his example that the monks and
farm] Qtuufessur. nuns of that time took the custom of
eating nothing until after three o’clock
Double.
in the afternoon upon all the Wednes
All from the Common Ofiiee, (,b. days and Fridays throughout the year
399,) exeept the following. except the fifty days of Paschal-time.
Prayer throughout, “Grant, we be
Seech Thee,” &c. Sixth Lesson.
The First Vespers as concerns St IN this man, saith Bede, there are
Aidan begin with the Chapter, and St many things which I recommend
Rose is commemorated. for the imitation of my readers. He
was a profound lover of peace and
MATTINS. charity, of self—control, and of lowli
ness; his soul had risen above anger
FIRST NOCTURN.
and avarice; he looked down upon
Lessons from Scripture according to pride and vainglory. He was very
the Season. diligent in working and in teaching,
firm as became a priest when it was his Bishop [of that city,] who was racked
duty to rebuke the proud and mighty, and tormented with armed whips by
very tender in comforting the sick and command of the Pro-Consul Lxtian,
relieving the poor; in short, I may say under the Emperor Hadrian, where
that it was his use to leave nothing after his tongue was cut out and he
undone which he knew from the Evan was condemned to be beheaded, and
gelists, or the Apostles, or the Prophets, so finished his testimony.
that he ought to do. He died in the At Heraclea, [in Thrace,] the holy
seventeenth year of his episcopate, and Deacon Ammon, and the forty holy
was buried in the island of Lindisfarne Virgins to whom he taught the faith, and
on the right hand of the Altar, as an whom he led with him, under the tyrant
honour due to such a Bishop. Licinius, to the glory of martyrdom.
In Spain, the holy martyrs Vincent
THIRD NOCTURN. and Lartus.
At Piombino, in Tuscany, the holy
Lessons from Matth. xxv. 14, with martyr Regulus, who was martyred
the Homily of St Gregory, (1). 406.) there under Totila, on his landing
from Africa.
MARTYROLOGY. At Sens, [in the seventh century,]
On the morrow we keep the feast the blessed Confessor Lupus, Bishop
of the holy Confessor Cardinal Ray [of that see,] concerning whom it is
mond, surnamed the Unborn, of the said that one day when he was stand
Order of Blessed Mary of Ransom ing at the holy Altar in the presence
for the Redemption of Prisoners, a of the clergy a precious stone fell
man famous for the holiness of his from heaven into his chalice.
life and for his wonderful works, of At Capua, holy Priscus, Bishop [of
whom mention was made yesterday. that city.] He was one of those
Upon the same Ist day of Sept Priests who, in the persecution under
ember, were born into the better life— the Vandals, were diversly afflicted for
In the provinCe of Narbonne, the the Catholic faith’s sake, and were put
holy Abbat and Confessor Giles. on board an old ship wherein they came
At Benevento, [in the third century,] from Africa to the shores of Campania,
the Twelve Holy Brethren Martyrs. and being scattered about those parts,
In Palestine, holy Joshua and holy and set over divers churches, they
Gideon. wonderfully spread abroad the Christian
At Jerusalem, the blessed Prophet religion. His Companions were Cas
ess Anna, whose holiness is set forth trensis, Tammarus, Rosius, Heraclius,
in the words of the Gospel. Secundinus, Adjutor, Mark, Augustus,
At Capua, upon the Aquarian Way, Elpidius, Canion, and Vindonius.
the holy martyr Priscus, who was one At Aquino, [in the sixth century,]
of the original disciples of Christ. holy Constantius, Bishop [of that See,]
At Rheims, in Gaul, holy Xystus, a famous for the gift of prophecy, and
disciple of the blessed Apostle Peter, for many other graces.
who was by him consecrated as the At Mans, [in the fifth century,]
first Bishop of that city, and received holy Victorius, Bishop [of that see.]
the crown of martyrdom in the per At Baden, in the country of Con
secution under Nero. stance, the holy Virgin Verena.
At Todi, in Umbria, [in the second Vespers of the following, from the
century,] the holy martyr Terentian, Chapter inclusive.
FEAST-DAYS IN SEPTEMBER. 509
FEAST-DAYS IN SEPTEMBER. Prayer.
0n the first day on which [Vine ORD, let the cr0wn of the
Lessons are not read is said the Ofiiee Brethren Thy Martyrs rejoice
of the Dead. us, and their ensample give nerve
to our faith, and their prayers
in many ways strengthen us.
SEPTEMBER L Through our Lord JESUS Christ
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
St ifiagmunh the auburn, with Thee, in the unity of the
Grunfessur. Holy Ghost, one God, world with
out end. Amen.
Douhle.
All from the Common Ofiiee for a MATTINS.
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 4 I 5,) except FIRST NOCTURN.

the following.
Lessons from Scripture aeeording to
the Season.
FIRST VESPERS.
These, as regards St Raymond, begin SECOND NOCTURN.

with the Chapter.
Fourth Lesson.
The first verse of the Hymn is
altered. THIS Raymond is commonly called
the Unborn, because his was one
of the rare cases in which the child
Prayer throughout the Ofiiee.
is not brought into the world in the
O GOD, Who didst make Thy course of nature, but by a surgical
blessed Confessor Raymond to operation after the death of the
do a wonderful work in delivering mother.1 He was the son of godly
thy faithful ones from bondage to and noble parents, at Portel, [in the
the unbelievers, grant unto us at his dioecese of Urgel,] in Catalonia. The
prayers to be delivered from the tokens of his holy after-life appeared
chains of sin, and with all willing even in his childhood. The things
ness of mind to do those things that delight children, and the attrac
that are pleasing in Thy sight. tions of the world, had no charm for
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy him. He was so earnest in godliness
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with that all men marvelled at his habits
Thee, in the unity of the Holy of premature Old age. As he grew
Ghost, one God, world without end. Older, he gave himself to the study of
Amen. letters, but, at the command of his
father, turned to farming. He went
A Commemoration is made of St often to the Chapel Of St Nicolas, in
Aidan. Prayer as in his Ofiee, then the suburbs of Portel, to visit the
of St Giles, Ahhat and Confessor. sacred image of the Mother of God,
Prayer, “0 Lord, we beseech Thee, which is still sought with great
&c.,” (p. 429.) Then of the Twelve tenderness by the faithful. There
Holy Brethren Martyrs. be poured forth his soul in prayer,
1 He was (not born, but) extracted from the womb, in the year 1204.
and earnestly entreated the Mother Sixth Lesson.

of God herself to be pleased to take ON account of these, and other
him for her son, to show him the brave things that he did, he
way wherein it should be safe for got the name of a Saint far and wide.
him to walk, and to teach him the Gregory IX. was moved thereby to
science of the Saints. make Raymond a Cardinal of the
Holy Roman Church, but in this
Fiflh Lesson. place of honour the man of God
shrank from all- outward show, and
AND the most gracious Maiden clung ever tightly to the lowliness
was not deaf to his prayers. that beseemeth a Religious man.
From her he understood that it He had started for Rome, [in obedi
would please her right well, if he ence to the command of the Pope,]
would join the Religious Order which but had only got as far as Cardona,
had just been founded at her own [six miles from Barcelona,] when he
inspiration, styled “of Ransom ” or was seized with his last illness, and
“of Mercy,” for buying up and free earnestly called for the strengthening
ing slaves. As soon as he had re Sacraments 0f the Church. But his
ceived this intimation from her, he position became critical, and the
went to Barcelona, and entered the Priest had not arrived. Then Angels
Institute so nobly dedicated to love came unto him, clad in the habit of
for our neighbour. Once enlisted in his own Order, and ministered unto
the Regular Army, he guarded un him the wholesome Provision for the
spotted for ever the virginity which last journey. When he had taken It,
he had already consecrated to the he gave God thanks, and departed
Blessed Virgin for ever. But he was hence to be ever with the Lord. It
a bright and shining light of all other was the last Lord’s Day in August,
good words and works, especially of 1240. After his death there was
tender compassion for Christians who some dispute arose as to where his
were passing a life of grievous bond body should be buried ; so they shut it
age in the possession of unbelieving up in a box, and laid it upon a blind
masters. To free such he was sent mule, and the beast was guided by
into Africa, and delivered many. God to carry it to the chapel of St
But his money ran short, and as Nicolas, that he might be buried
there were still many in imminent where he had laid the foundations of
danger of denying the faith, he his nobler life. There was built there a.
pawned himself. He was enkindled Convent of his Order, and the faithful
with a most vehement longing for come together thither from all parts
the salvation of souls, and by his of Catalonia to honour him, and he is
exhortations brought divers Moham famous for divers signs and wonders.
medans to Christ. The Moors there
fore threw him into close prison, and
put him to divers tortures, at last THIRD. NOCTURN.
making holes through his lips and Lessons from Luke xii. 35, with the
locking them together with an iron Homily ofSt Gregory, (p. 422.) The
padlock, which horrid cruelty he long last is read as one with the Eighth or
bore.1 omitted to make room for the
1 It was only the fear of losing the price of their slaves that prevented the Muslims from
impaling him. See his Life, which is very edifying, in Alban Butler, Aug. 3:.
[Vinth Lesson. (Of the Holy Ahhat who was the first to turn the Hun
Giles. ) garians to believe in Christ, and who
THE holy Abbat Giles was by birth was received by the Virgin Mother of
an Athenian, and of Royal God into heaven upon the very day of
lineage. From his youth he showed her Assumption; but by the appoint
ever such a love for sacred learning ment of Pope Innocent XI. his feast
and for works of charity, that he is rather kept upon the 2nd day of
seemed to care for nothing else. September, whereon the Christian
When his father and mother were army, by the help of this holy King,
dead, he bestowed his whole inherit wrested the strong fortress of Buda
ance upon the poor. He took off [from the Turks]
even his own coat, to clothe a poor Upon the same 2nd day of Septem
sick man withal, and the sick man ber, were born into the better life—
was healed forthwith as soon as he At Rome, the holy martyr Maxima,
put it on him. As Giles became who confessed Christ along with holy
famous for working miracles, he fled Ansanus, in the persecution under the
from glory among men, and betook Emperor Diocletian, and was beaten
him to Arles, [in France,] to the com to death with cudgels.
pany of blessed Caesarius. After the At Pamiers, in Gaul, [in the second
space of two years he departed thence, century,] the holy martyr Antonine,
and went into the desert, for he lived whose relics are kept with great rever
in wonderful holiness for a long while ence in the church of Palencia in Spain.
upon the roots of herbs and the Likewise the holy martyrs Dio
milk of an hind, which came to him mede, Julian, Philip, Eutychian,
at regular hours. This hind was Hesychius, Leonides, Philadelphus,
chased one day by the King’s hounds, Menalippus. and Pantagapa, whereof
and took refuge in Giles’s cave. some finished their testimony by fire,
Thereby the King of France was some by water, some by the sword,
moved earnestly to entreat of him and some by the cross.
that he would suffer a monastery to be At Nicomedia, [in the persecution
built in the place where this cave was. under the Emperor Diocletian,] the
At the instant desire of the King, he holy martyrs Zeno and his sons,
took the rule of this monastery, albeit Concordius and Theodore.
himself unwilling, and discharged this On the same day, [at Syracuse,]
duty wisely and godly for some years, the holy brethren Evodius and Her
until he passed away to heaven.1 mogenes and their sister Callista, all
martyrs.
At Lauds a Commemoration is Upon Ithe same day is commemor
made of St Giles. Prayer, “0 Lord,
ated at Lyons, in Gaul, [in the fourth
’we beseech Thee, &c.,” (16. 429.) century,] the holy Confessor Justus,
Then of the Twelve Holy Brethren Bishop [of that see,] a man of won
Martyrs. Prayer as at First Vespers. derful holiness of life, gifted with the
spirit of prophecy; he resigned his
MARTYROLOGY.
Bishopric, and withdrew himself into
. On the morrow we keep the feast the desert of Egypt, along with
of holy Stephen, King of Hungary, Viator his Reader. There he led for
adorned with many graces from God, some years a life bordering upon the
1 As to the facts, or rather statements, regarding this Saint or Saints, which are very scanty,
confused, and obscure, see Alban Butler, IX. Sept. 1.
life of Angels, and, when the worthy FIRST VESPERS.

end of his labours came, departed
MATTINS.
hence to receive a crown of righteous
ness from the Lord. It was the 14th FIRST NOCTURN.
day of October, but it was upon the
2nd of September that his sacred body Lessons from Serifiture awarding to
was brought to Lyons, along with the the Season.
bones of his blessed servant Viator.
Also at Lyons, [in the fifth cen SECOND NOCTURN.
tury,] was born into the better life the
Fourth Lesson. 5
holy Confessor Elpidius, Bishop [of
that see.] THIS Stephen [was the son of
In the March of Ancona, [in the Geysa, fourth Duke of the Hun
fifth century,] at the town called by garians, and was born at Gran in the
his name, which rejoices to own his year 977.] He it was who first gave
sacred body, the holy Abbat Elpidius. to Hungary the faith of Christ and
On Mount Soracte, the holy Abbat the name of a kingdom. He obtained
Nonnosus, who by his prayer moved a the Kingly crown from the Bishop of
stone of great weight, and was famous Rome, and being by command of the
for other wonders. same anointed King, he made an
At Setond Vespers a Commemora offering of his kingdom to the Apostolic
tion is made of the following. Prayer See. With wonderful devotion and
bounty he founded divers godly houses
from his Ofiee.
at Rome, Jerusalem, and Constanti
nople, and in Hungary the Arch
SEPTEMBER 2. bishoprick of Gran and ten other
Sees. Toward the poor he had the
St Stephen, [eaIIelJ “the fines same love and bounty. He greeted
tle,”] liking of iitungarg, them as though they were Christ Him
self, and never sent any one away
(Eunfessue. sorrowing and empty. He spent vast
Semi-double. sums in relieving their poverty, and
also often parted among them with
All from the Common Ofiice for a exceeding tenderness even the furniture
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 41 5,) ex of his house. Moreover it was his
cept the following. use to wash the feet of the poor with
his own hands, and to go in the night,
Prayer throughout the Ofiioe. alone and unknown, to the hospitals,
GRANT unto Thy Church, we be and to wait on them that lay there,
seech Thee, O Almighty God, and show them other deeds of kind
that even as Thy blessed Confessor ness. It was the reward of these
Stephen, while he was a King upon good works that, when the rest of his
earth, was her forwarder, so, now body decayed, his right hand remained
that he is a glorious Saint in heaven, uncorrupt.
he may be her defender. Through
Fifth Lesson.
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the HE passed almost whole nights in
unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, earnest prayer, and when totally
world without end. Amen. rapt in the thought of heavenly things,
/
he sometimes became beside himself, 1686,] when the army of Leopold 1.,
and was seen to rise off the ground Emperor (elect) of the Romans, and
into the air. In more than one in King of Hungary, wrested from them,
stance he strangely escaped through by the help of God, the city of Buda.
the power of prayer from rebellion,
treason, and the onslaughts of mighty THIRD NOCTURN.
foes. He married Gisela of Bavaria,
sister to the holy Emperor Henry, Seventh Lesson.
and begat on her Emeric, whom he The Lesson is taken from the Holy
trained up in such manners and godli Gospel according to Luke (xix. 13.)
ness, as ate shown by his also be
T that time: JESUS spake this
coming a Saint. To carry on the
parable unto His disciples: A
business of his kingdom, he gathered
certain nobleman went into a far
together from all quarters the most
country to receive for himself a
learned and godly men, and took
kingdom and to return. And so on.
nothing in hand without their advice.
Meanwhile he entreated of God by Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop [of
the most lowly supplications, offered Milan.] (Bk. viii. on Luke.)
up in sack-cloth and ashes, that, be
fore he departed this life, he might see It is well ordered that, being about
all Hungary Catholic. On account of to call the Gentiles, and to command
his excellent zeal for the spread of the the destruction of those Jews, who
Faith he is called the Apostle of that would not have Christ to reign over
nation, and the Bishop of Rome gave them, He should put forth first this
to him and to his successors the right parable; lest it should be said: He
to have a Cross carried before them. had given the Jews no means of be
coming better. How can they be
asked to repay who have received
Sixth Lesson. nothing? That is not a piece of
silver of little worth, which, when
HE had a burning zeal to honour
the woman before mentioned in this
the Mother Of God. He built
Gospel (xv. 8) bath lost, she lighteth
a very great Church in her honour,
a candle, and sweepeth the house, and
and made her Patroness of Hungary.
searcheth diligently until she findeth it.
In return, the same Virgin received him
into heaven, [in the year 1038,] upon
Eighth Lesson.
the day of her own Assumption, which
the Hungarians, by the example of WITH a single pound one gained
the holy King, call “the Great Lady’s ten and another five pounds.
Day.” His hallowed body yielded the Perchance by him which had the five
sweetest savour, and recked with an pounds is signified he which practis
heavenly liquid, and amid many and eth well, since the body hath five
divers wonders it was removed by senses, and by him which had the
command of the Bishop of Rome into ten, (that is, double the other,) he
a more noble place, and more honour which is learned and orthodox in
ably buried. Pope Innocent XI. the deep things of doctrine, as well
ordered his Feast to be held upon the as upright in his practical life. Hence
2nd day of September, on account of the also in Matthew we have five talents
famous victory over the Turks which and two talents—the five talents sig
was gained upon this day, [in the year nifying good practice, and the two
talents precept and practice together. At Aquileia, the holy Virgins,

So that that which counteth as the Euphemia, Dorothy, Thecla, and
greater number is but a fraction of Erasma, all martyrs, who, after many
the lesser number. torments, were slain with the sword
under Nero, and were buried by holy
' 1Vinth Lesson. Hermagoras.
At Capua, [in the persecution under
AND here we may also understand
the Emperor Diocletian,] the holy
by the ten pounds the ten words,
martyrs Aristaeus, Bishop [of that
that is, the Commandments, and by
see,] and the little lad Antonine.
the five pounds, the enforcement of
At Nicomedia, the holy Virgin and
their teaching. But I would that a
martyr Basilissa, who, at nine years
lawyer should be in all things perfect.
of age, in the persecution under the
“For the kingdom of God is not in
Emperor Diocletian, by the power of
word but in power.” (I Cor. iv. 20.)
God triumphed over stripes, fire, and
Meet also is it, that, in speaking of
wild beasts, under the President
Jews, Christ should represent only
Alexander, and gave up her soul in
two as bringing in increased capital,
prayer to God.
for these talents are talents not of
Likewise the holy martyrs Zeno
money but of grace, and to increase
and Chariton, whereof the one was
money by usury is a very different
cast into a vessel of molten lead and
thing from improving heavenly revela
the other into a fiery furnace.
tion by the like means.
At Cordova, the holy martyr Sand
alus, [who suffered in the per
MARTYROLOGY.
secution under the same Emperor
On the morrow is commemorated Diocletian]
at Rome the holy Virgin Serapia. Upon the same day, [in the seventh
Under the Emperor Hadrian she was century,] the holy martyrs Aigulph,
given over to two young rakes, but Abbat of Lerins, and the monks his
they could not deflower her. Neither Companions, who had their tongues
could she afterwards be burnt with cut out and their eyes put out, and
torches, wherefore, by the command were beheaded with the sword.
of the judge Berillus, she was cudgelled At Toul, in Lorraine, [in the fourth
and then beheaded with the sword. century,] the holy Confessor Man
She suffered upon the 29th day of suetus, Bishop [of that see.]
July, and was buried by blessed At Milan, [in the sixth century,]
Sabina in her own sepulchre hard by deceased holy Auxanus, Bishop [of
the threshing-floor of Vindician. But that see.] -
the memory of her martyrdom is kept Upon the same day, [at the end of
the most chiefly upon the 3rd day of the sixth century,] the holy Stylite
September, when the stone coffin of Simeon the Younger.
Sabina and of herself was there set At Rome is commemorated the
in order and adorned, and the place Ordination as Supreme Pontilf of that
of prayer was meetly dedicated. excellent man holy Gregory the Great ;
Upon the same 3rd day of Sept the compulsion which forced that
ember, were born into the better life— burden upon him caused the rays of
At Corinth, holy Phoebe, of whom his holiness to shine through all the
the blessed Apostle Paul doth make world, all the clearer in that they
mention in writing unto the Romans. shone from an higher spot.
FEAST-DAYS IN SEPTEMBER. SIS
SEPTEMBER 3. At Naples, in Campania, holy

Candida, who was the first to meet
MARTYROLOGY. the holy Apostle Peter when he came
Upon the 4th day of September is to that city. She was baptized by
commemorated the death of the holy him, and in the end she fell asleep
Law-giver and Prophet Moses, upon in an holy death. There also, [in the
Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab. sixth century,] holy Candida, called
Upon the same 4th day of Septem the Younger, famous for miracles.
ber, were born into the better life— At Viterbo, [in the year 1252,]
At Ancyra, in Galatia, the three the blessed Virgin Rose, [of the Third
holy children Rufinus, Silvanus, and Order of Friars Minor.]
Vitalicus, all martyrs.
At Chalons, in Gaul, under the
Emperor Antonine, the holy martyr SEPTEMBER 4.
Marcellus; he was bidden by Priscus MARTYROLOGY.
the President to a sinful banquet, and,
in his horror at such a feast, he boldly On the morrow we keep the feast
rebuked all them that were there for of holy Lawrence Giustiniani, first
their serving of idols; wherefore the Patriarch of Venice, who adorned by
same President, with strange cruelty, graces and by the glory of miracles that
caused him to be buried in the earth Episcopal see which, upon the 5th
up to the girdle, where he remained day of September, he was compelled
for three days still giving praise to against his own will to occupy; his
God, and then yielded up to Him his birth into the better life is mentioned
spirit without stain. upon the 8th day of January.
On the same day, the holy martyrs Upon the same 5th day of Septem
Magnus, Castus, and Maximus. ber, were born into the better life-—
At Treves, [in the third century,] the At Rome, in the suburb, the blessed
holy martyr Marcellus, Bishop [of that martyr Victorinus, Bishop of Ami
see] ternum, [now called after him San
On the same day holy Thamel, who Vittorino.] He was famous for holi
had once been a priest of idols, and ness and miracles, and was chosen to
his Companions, all martyrs under the the see of that city by the voice of
Emperor Hadrian. all the people thereof. Afterwards,
Likewise the holy martyrs Theo under Nerva-Trajan, he was sent,
dore, Oceanus, Ammian, and Julian, along with other servants of God,
who, under the Emperor Maximian, to Cutilia, where there is a pool
suffered martyrdom by having their feet of stinking sulphurous waters, and
cut off, and being then cast into a fire. where the judge Aurelian ordered him
At Rimini, [in the fourth century,] to be hung up with his head down
the holy Deacon Marinus. wards; this torment he suffered for
At Palermo, [in the year I 160,] the space of three days, for Christ’s
the holy Rosalie, a Virgin of that city, name’s sake, and then departed in
sprung of the Imperial blood of Karl triumph, gloriously crowned to be
the Great, who for the love of Christ ever with the Lord. The Christians
forsook her hereditary principality and carried ofi" his body, and buried it
her palace, and led an heavenly life honourably at Amiternum.
alone upon the mountains and in caves At Porto, [in the second century,]
of the earth. the holy martyr Herculan.
At Capua, the holy martyrs Quintius, SECOND NOCTURN.

Arcontius, and Donatus.
Fourth Lesson.
Upon the same day holy Romulus,
Praefect of the Palace to the Emperor THIS Lawrence was born at Venice,
Trajan; he denounced the cruelty of [in the year 1380,] of the noble
that Emperor against the Christians, family of the Giustiniani, and was an
and for that cause was first beaten exceedingly sober lad even from his
with rods and then beheaded. childhood. He passed a godly boy
At Melitina, in Armenia, the holy hood, and feeling the Divine Wisdom
soldiers Eudoxius, Zeno, Macarius, calling him to a pure marriage be
and their Companions, one thousand tween his own soul and the Word [of
one hundred and four in number, who God,] he began to think of becoming
in the persecution under the Emperor a monk. He therefore tried in private
Diocletian renounced their military some of the exercises of this new war
service, and were massacred for con fare, and, among other afflictions of
fessing Christ. his body, used to Sleep upon the bare
At Constantinople, the holy martyrs boards. As he thus sat weighing on
Urban, Theodore, Menedem, and their the one hand the pleasures of the
Companions, seventy-seven in number, world, and a marriage which his
of the ecclesiastical state, who under mother wished to bring about for him,
the Emperor Valens, for the Catholic and, on the other, the hardness of the
faith’s sake, were put on board a Ship cloister, he turned his eyes upon the
and burnt at sea. Cross of the suffering CHRIST, and
At the monastery of Sithiii, in the said: “Thou, O LORD, art my trust;
country of Therouanne, [in the eighth there hast Thou made my surest re
century,] the holy Abbat Bel-tin. fuge.” 1 He entered among the Canons
At Toledo, the holy Virgin Obdulia. of St-George’s-in~the-sea-weed, where
be devised new tortures and declared
war against himself as his own worst
SEPTEMBER 5. enemy. He allowed himself no en
joyment, so that he would not even
St iLatnrznte tw’ @tustintani, go into the private garden of the
iBatriartlJ uf Benita, (Earn house, neither did he ever go thence
forth into the house of his own father,
fissur. except when his mother was dying,
Semi-double. and he went there with dry eyes to
All from the Common Ofiice for a pay her the last offices of a son’s duty
Bishop and Confessor, (p. 399,) except and affection. His obedience, gentle
the following. ness, and especially his lowliness were
very great. He went out of his way
Prayer throughout. Grant, we be to take the meanest pieces of work
seech Thee, &c., (p. 408.) about the house. He used to go to
the most public places of the city,
MATTINS. seeking, not so much for food as for
mockery, and bore unmoved and in
FIRST NOCTURN.
silence the insults and slanders which
Lessons from Scripture according to were cast upon him. He found his
the Season. ever-present help in prayer, wherein
1 Cf. Ps. xc. 9.
he became often beside himself and create him, [in 1451,] the first Patri
rapt in God, and such was the warmth arch of Venice.
that burned in his heart, that he
stirred up failing comrades to hold Sixth Lesson.
bravely on and to love JESUS Christ.
HE was eminent for the gift of
tears, in which he offered up to
Fifth Lesson. God every day the Sacrifice of atone
ment. When he was so doing one
[IN the year 1433] Eugenius IV. Christmas Midnight, he won to see
named him Bishop of Venice, Christ JESUS in the form of a little
an office which he very earnestly Child exceeding fair to look upon.
struggled to avoid, and which he Such was his care of the flock com
discharged with great honour. He mitted to his charge, that it was some
changed in no wise his way of living, time revealed from heaven1 that the
but kept always to his beloved pov Commonwealth had been saved by the
erty in his table, his furniture, and prayers of her Bish0p. He was in
his bed. He kept but a. small house spired with the Spirit of prophecy, and
hold, saying that he had another fore-told many things which no wit
very large one, in Christ’s poor. of man could have perceived. By his
At what hour soever any one came prayers he often put diseases and
to see him, he was always ready devils to flight. Though very ignor
to receive them, he helped all with ant of letters, he wrote books which
the tenderness of a father, not re breathe heavenly teaching and godli
fusing to charge himself with debts, ness. When he fell into his last
that he might have wherewith to deadly sickness, his servants got ready
relieve misery. When he was asked a more comfortable bed for the suffer
with what hope be incurred these ing old man, but he turned away
liabilities, he answered: “With hope from such ease as so different from
in my Master, Who can easily meet the hardness of the Cross upon which
them for me.” And the Provi his Master had died. He ordered
dence of God put not his hope to himself to be laid upon the planks to
shame, but helped him amply with which he was accustomed, and when
unexpected funds. He built several he knew that the end of his life was
Convents of nuns, for whom his come, he looked up to heaven and
watchful care ordered a more per said: “0 good JESUS, I am coming
fect way of living. He laboured to Thee,” and so fell asleep in the
much to wean married women from Lord on the 8th day of January, [in
worldly folly and display, and to the year 1455.] How precious was
reform the discipline of the Church his death was attested by this, that
and the lives of all. He was in some Charterhouse monks heard
deed worthy that Eugenius should Angels singing; and that the hal
call him in the presence of the lowed corpse, remaining unburied for
Cardinals “the glory and ornament two months, was whole and uncor
of the Episcopate," and that his suc rupted, always yielding a sweet smell,
cessor Nicolas V. should transfer the and rosy in the face. New miracles
title of Patriarch from Grado, and took place after his death, whereby
1 It is said to have been revealed to an hermit in the Isle of Corfu, who told a Venetian
nobleman.
Pope Alexander VIII. was moved them was also a Bishop named
to enroll his name among those of Laetus, a man of great activity and
the Saints. Innocent XII. appointed learning, who, after suffering a
for his Feast the 5th day of Sept long and foul imprisonment, was
ember, being that upon which he burnt.
had first been enthroned in his At Verona, [in the fifth century,]
Cathedral Church. the holy Confessor Petronius, Bishop
[of that see.]
At Rome, the holy Abbat Eleuthe
THIRD NOCTURN.
rius, the servant of God, of whom
Lessons from Matth. xxv. 14, will: holy Pope- Gregory writeth, that by
the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 406.) his prayer and tears he raised a man
from the dead.
_ MARTYROLOGY.
SEPTEMBER 6.
Upon the 6th day of September is
commemorated the Prophet Zachariah, MARTYROLOGY.
who returned home from Chaldea as
an old man, and is buried beside the Upon the 7th day of September,
prophet Haggai. were born into the better life—
Upon the same day, were born into At Nicomedia, the blessed martyr
the better life— John. When he saw the cruel edicts
At the Dardanelles, holy Onesi against the Christians hanging up in
phorus, a disciple of the Apostles, of the market-place, in the heat of his
whom holy Paul maketh mention in faith he stretched forth his hand,
writing unto Timothy. By command pulled them down, and tore them
of the Proconsul Hadrian, holy up. When this was told to the
Onesiphorus and Porphyry were Emperors Diocletian and Maximian,
heavily beaten, and drawn by wild who were then in that city, they
horses, and so gave up their souls ordered all the kinds of torment to
to God. be' tried upon him; and the man,
At Alexandria, the holy martyrs right noble as he was, bore this
the Priest Faustus, Macarius, and with such a cheerful face and heart
ten Companions, who finished their that he seemed not even saddened
testimony for Christ’s name’s sake, thereby.
under the Emperor Decius and the At Cmsarea, in Cappadocia, the
President Valerius, by being be holy martyr Eupsychius, who was
headed. cast into prison under the Emperor
In Cappadocia, the holy martyrs Hadrian on the charge of being a
the Deacon Cottidus, Eugenius, and Christian. Being shortly liberated
their Companions. therefrom, he forthwith sold his in
In Africa, the holy Bishops Dona heritance, and distributed the price
tian, Preesidius, Mansuetus, German, thereof partly unto the poor, and
and Fusculus, who in the persecution partly unto his accusers, as unto
under the Vandals were, by com benefactors. He was arrested again,
mand of the Arian King Hunneric, and finished his testimony under the
because of their assertion of the judge Sapritius, being mangled, and
Catholic truth, heavily beaten with pierced with the sword.
cudgels, and banished. Among At Soli, in Cilicia, the holy martyr
Sozon, who under the Emperor Max Rome, upon the 8th day of Sept
imian was cast into the fire, and gave ember, upon the which day the chief
up the ghost. feast is kept in his honour.
At Aquileia, [in the persecution Upon the same 8th day of Sept
under the Emperor Diocletian,] the ember, were born into the better
holy martyr Anastasius. life—
In the country of Autun, the holy At Alexandria, the holy martyrs
Virgin and martyr Regina, who passed Ammon, Theophilus, Neoterius, and
away to Christ the Bridegroom under twenty-two others.
the Proconsul Olybrius, by whose At Antioch, the holy martyrs Tim
orders she was imprisoned, racked, othy and Faustus.
burnt with lamps, and lastly be At Gaza, in Palestine, the holy
headed. brethren Eusebius, Nestabus, and
At Troyes, the holy martyrs Nemo Zeno, all martyrs, in the time of
rius the Deacon, and his Companions, the Emperor Julian the Apostate.
who were slain by Attila, King of the A multitude of the Gentiles fell
Huns. upon them, rent them, and slew
At Orleans, in Gaul, holy Bishop them.
Evortius, who was first a Subdeacon There also the holy martyr Nestor,
of the Church of Rome, and was then who was most cruelly tormented by
pointed out by the vision of a dove the same raging Gentiles, under the
for Bishop of the aforesaid city. same Emperor Julian, and gave up
In Gaul, the holy Confessor Bishop the ghost.
Augustal. At Valencia, in Spain, holy Thomas
_At Capua, holy Pamphilus, Bishop of Villanueva, Archbishop [of that
[of that see.] city,] famous for his exceeding char
In the country of Paris, [in the ity toward the poor. His name was
sixth century,] the holy Priest and enrolled among those of the Saints
Confessor Clodoald [St Cloud.] by Pope Alexander VII., and we keep
his feast upon the 22nd day of this
present month of September.
SEPTEMBER 7. At Frisingen, holy Corbinian, first
Bishop of that city. He was ordained
MARTYROLOGY.
and sent forth to preach the Gospel
On the morrow we commemorate by Pope Gregory II. He bore much
the birth of the Most Blessed Mary, fruit in Gaul and in Germany, and at
always a Virgin, Mother of God. length fell asleep in peace, famous for
Upon the same day are commem graces and wonders.
orated the holy martyr Adrian, and
twenty- three others, who finished SEPTEMBER 8.
their testimony at Nicomedia after
many sufferings, under the Emperors tithe Birth of the Weasel:
Diocletian and Maximian, by having
their legs broken, upon the 4th day Hirgin math.
of March. Their relics were carried
Douhle of-the Seeond Class.
by the Christians to Byzantium, where
they were buried with reverence and Whatever is not specially given here
honour, and thence the body of holy is taken from the Common Ofiiee for
Adrian was afterwards brought to Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, (p. 436.)
FIRST VESPERS. The same is she through whom the

salvation of the world hath been
Antiphons, Verse and Answer, and
manifested before the eyes of all
Prayer from Lands.
believers. This is she whose
A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed glorious life hath given light to the
Virgin. Let us tell again of the world.
right worthy Birth of the glorious Verse. Let us keep with rejoicing
Virgin Mary, who gained the honour the Birth-day of the Blessed Virgin
of Motherhood without losing the Mary.
guilelessness of a Maid. Answer. The same is she through
whom the salvation of the world
At Compline the last verse of the hath been manifested before the
blymn is altered in honour of the eyes of all believers. This is she
Inearnation. whose glorious life hath given light
to the world.
MATTINS.
[n'I/itatory. Let us keep the Birth Second Lesson.

day of the Virgin Mary. * Let us
worship Christ, her Son, and her [ HE Bride] Look not upon me,
Lord and ours. because I am black, because the
sun hath tanned me. My mother’s
children were angry with me; they
FIRST NOCTURN.
made me the keeper of the vine
First Lesson. yards; mine own vineyard have I
not kept. Tell me, O thou whom
Here beginneth the Song of Songs my soul loveth, where thou feedest
(i. I.) thy flock, where thou layest thee
down at noon, lest I begin to
[THE Bride.] Let him kiss me
turn aside after the flocks of thy
with kisses of his mouth—for
companions.
better than wine are thine embraces,
redolent of the best perfumes! Thy
[The Bridegroom.] If thou know
not, 0 thou fairest among women, go
name is as ointment poured forth,
thy way forth by the footsteps of the
therefore do the virgins love thee.
flock, and feed thy kids beside the
Draw me! We will run after thee on
shepherd’s tents. I have compared
the scent of thy perfume. The king
thee, O my love, to my company of
hath brought me into his chambers.
We will be glad and rejoice in thee. horses in Pharaoh’s chariot. Thy
cheeks are comely like a dove's, thy
We will think of thine embraces more
than of wine. I am black, but come neck like strings of jewels.1
ly, 0 ye daughters of Jerusalem,—_as
the tents of Kedar, as the curtains Seeond Responsory.
of Solomon.
Let us keep right heartily the Birth
First Responsory. day of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary,
that she may pray for us to our Lord
This day was the Blessed Virgin JESUS Christ.
Mary born of the lineage of David. Verse. Let us keep with right
1 Or “ Thy cheeks are comely with strings, and thy neck with rows of jewels."
hearty rejoicing the Birth-day of the SECOND NOCTURN

Blessed Virgin Mary.
Answer. That she may pray for us Fourth Lesson.
to our Lord JESUS Christ. The Lesson is taken from the Sermons
of St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.]
(18th on the Saints.)
Third Lesson.
DEARLY beloved brethren, the day
ECKLACES of gold will we make for which we have longed, the
for thee, with inlaid work of Feast-day of the Blessed and Worship
silver. ful and Alway-Virgin Mary, that day
[The Bride] While the king sat is come. Let our land laugh and sing
on his couch, my spikenard sent forth with merriment, bathed in the glory of
the smell thereof. A bundle of myrrh this great Virgin’s rising. She is the
is my well-beloved unto me. He shall flower of the fields on which the price
lie betwixt my breasts. My beloved less lily of the valleys hath blossomed.
is unto me as a bunch of cypress in This is she whose delivery changed
the vineyards of Engaddi. the nature that we draw from our
[The Bridegroom.] Behold, thou first parents, and cleansed away their
art fair, my love, behold, thou art ofi'ence. At her that dolorous sen~
fair; thou hast doves’ eyes. terice whigh was pronounced over Eve
[The Bride] Behold, thou art fair, ended its course ; to her it was never
my beloved, yea, comely. said: “ In sorrow thou shalt bring
[Both] Our bed is of flowers, the forth children.” (Gen. iii. 16.) She
beams of our house are of cedar, our brought forth a Child, even the Lord,
rafters of cypress. but she brought Him forth, not in
sorrow, but in joy.
Third Responsory.
Fourth Resfionsory.
Let us tell again of the right worthy
Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The This day was born the glorious
same is she whose lowliness the Lord Virgin Mary, a child of the seed of
regarded, she who by the message of Abraham, a daughter of the tribe of
an Angel conceived the Saviour of the Judah, a Princess of the lineage of
world. David. This is she whose famous
Verse. Let us keep right earnestly life still sheddeth lustre upon all the
the Birth-day of the most Blessed Vir Churches.
gin Mary. Verse. This day was the Blessed
Answer. The same is she whose Virgin Mary born of the lineage of
lowliness the Lord regarded, she who David.
by the message of an Angel conceived Answer. This is she whose fam
the Saviour of the world. ous life still sheddeth lustre upon all
Verse. Glory be to the Father, the Churches.
Ghost. Fifth Lesson.
Answer. The same is she whose
lowliness the Lord regarded, she who EVE wept, but Mary laughed. Eve’s
by the message of an Angel conceived womb was big with tears, but
the Saviour of the world. Mary’s womb was big with gladness.
Eve gave birth to a sinner, but Mary singing of Mary hath silenced the
gave birth to the sinless One. The wailing of Eve.
mother of our race brought punish
ment into the world, but the Mother
Sixth Responsory.
of our Lord brought salvation into
the world. Eve was the foundress Thy Birth, 0 Virgin Mother of
of sin, but Mary was the foundress God, was a message of joy to the
of righteousness. Eve welcomed whole world, for out of thee rose the
death, but Mary helped in life. Eve Sun of righteousness, even Christ our
smote, but Mary healed. For Eve’s God, Who hath taken away the curse
disobedience, Mary ofi'ered obedi and brought a blessing, confounded
ence; and for Eve’s unbelief, Mary death, and given unto us everlasting
offered faith. life.
Verse. Blessed art thou among
Fifth Responsory. women, and blessed is the Fruit of
thy womb.
Let us keep with rejoicing the Answer. For out of thee rose the
Birthday of the Blessed Mary, that Sun of righteousness, even Christ our
she may pray for us to our Lord God.
JESUS Christ. _ Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Verse. With all our heart and and to the Son, and. to the Holy
with all our soul let us sing praise Ghost.
to Christ on this the solemn Feast Answer. Who hath taken away
day of Mary the mighty Mother of the curse and brought a blessing,
God. confounded death, and given unto us
Answer. That she may pray for everlasting life.
us to our Lord JESUS Christ.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Sixth Lesson.
Sev/enth Lesson.
LET Mary now make a loud noise
upon the organ, and between The Lesson is taken from the Holy
its quick notes let the rattling of Gospel according to Matthew
the Mother’s timbrel be heard. Let (i. I.)
the gladsome choirs sing with her,
and their sweet hymns mingle with THE Book of the generation of
the changing music. Hearken to JESUS Christ, the Son of David,
what a song her timbrel will make the son of Abraham. Abraham begat
accompaniment. She saith : “My Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob. And
soul cloth magnify the Lord, and so on.
my spirit hath rejoiced in God Homily by St Jerome, Priest [at
my Saviour. For He hath regarded Bethlehem.] (Bk. i. Comm. on
the lowlinessv of His hand-maiden,
Matth.)
for, behold, from henceforth all
generations shall call me blessed— In Isaiah (liii. 8) we read: “Who
for He That is Mighty hath done to shall declare His generation?” Let
me great things.” The new miracle us not think that there is any contra
of Mary’s delivery hath effaced the diction between the Prophet and the
curse of the frail backslider, and the Evangelist, because the Prophet saith
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that this thing cannot be done, and of Thamar.” It is to be remarked

the Evangelist beginneth by doing that in the genealogy of the Saviour
it. The one speaketh of the gen none of the holy women are named,
eration of the Divine [Word by the but those women only are named
Eternal Father,] the other of the against whom the Scripture hath
[family in which the] Incarnation to say something amiss. He \Vho
[took place] Matthew beginneth came to save sinners was born of
with carnal things, that by learning sinners, that He might wash away
of men we may go on to learn of all sin. Afterwards are named
God. Ruth, who was a Moabitess, and
“The Son of David, the son of Bathsheba, who had been the wife
Abraham.” The reversal of the of Uriah.l
order in these clauses is a needful
change. If Abraham had been put
first and David afterwards, Abraham Ezlghth Responsory.
would have had to be taken again,
in order to marshal the pedigree O holy Virgin Mary, happy indeed
art thou, and right worthy of all
properly.
praise, for out of thee rose the Sun
of righteousness, even Christ our
Seventh Responsory. God.
Verse. Pray for the people, plead
All generations shall call me blessed,
for the clergy, make intercession for
for the Lord That is Mighty hath done
all women vowed to God. May all
to me great things, and holy is His
that keep thine holy Birth-day feel
name. the might of thine assistance.
Verse. And His mercy is on them
Answer. For out of thee rose the
that fear Him from generation to Sun of righteousness.
generation. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Answer. For the Lord That is and to the Son, and to the Holy
Mighty hath done to me great things, Ghost.
and holy is His name.
Answer. Even Christ our God.
Eighth Lesson.
Ninth Lesson. (For the holy Martyr
ATTHEW first calleth Christ the A drian. )
Son of these twain—Abraham
and David—without making mention DRIAN was a man who was
of the others, because unto these twain employed by the Emperor Max
only was promise of Christ made; imian to persecute the Christians of
unto Abraham, where it is said: “ In Nicomedia. The firmness with which
thy seed” (that is, in Christ) “shall they owned their faith and endured
all the nations of the earth be blessed,” their torments oftentimes excited his
(Gen. xxii. 18;) and unto David, in wonder, and at last so powerfully
the words: “Of the fruit of thy body moved him that he himself turned
will I set upon thy throne.” (Ps. to Christ. For this he was thrown
cxxxi. 11.) into prison along with three-and
“And Judas begat Phares and Zara twenty other Christians. There he
1 Rahab might be added, v. 5.
was visited by Natalia his wife, who Prayer throughout the Ofiiee.
also herself already had believed in
GRANT unto us Thy servants, we
Christ, and by her urged on to
lift up his testimony. When he beseech Thee, O Lord, the gift
of Thy heavenly grace, unto whom
was brought out of prison he was
Thou didst give the first sight of a
lashed until his bowels fell out.
Saviour as the offspring of a Blessed
His shins were then broken, and
Virgin, and grant that this Feast,
his hands and feet cut off, where
which they keep in honour of the
after, in company with many others,
same Virgin, may avail them unto
he brought to an happy end the
the increase of peace. Through our
conflict of martyrdom.
LAUDS. unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
First Antiphon. This day was born
the glorious Virgin Mary, * a child of At Lauds only, a Commemoration
the seed of Abraham, a daughter of is made of the Holy Martyr Adrian,
the tribe of Judah, a Princess of the Prayer, “Grant, we beseech Thee,
lineage of David. &C-" (h 375-)
Second Antzjohon. This day is the The Antiphons at Prime, Teree,
Birth-day of the holy Virgin Mary, * Sext, and None, are the First, Second,
whose famous life still sheddeth lustre Third, and Fifth from Lauds re
upon all the Churches. speetir/ely.
Third Antiphon. Mary was a The last verses of all the Hymns
maiden of illustrious birth, * the are altered in honour of the [near
daughter of a Kingly race. We nation.
earnestly entreat her to help our Verse at Prime, “Thou That wast
minds and souls by her prayers. born of the Virgin Mary.”
Fourth Antinhon. With all our
heart and with all our soul let us sing
praise to Christ * on this the solemn MARTYROLOGY.
Feast-day of Mary, the mighty Mother
of God. Upon the 9th day of September,
Fifth Antiphon. Let us keep were born into the better life—
with rejoicing the Birth-day of the At Nicomedia, the holy martyrs
Blessed Virgin Mary, * that she Dorotheus and Gorgonius. They
may pray for us to our Lord JESUS stood high at the Court of the Em
Christ. peror Diocletian. They denounced
in his presence the persecution which
Verse. This day is the Birth-day he was raising against the Christians,
of the holy Virgin Mary. wherefore he caused them to be hung
Answer. Whose famous life still up, and their whole bodies torn with
sheddeth lustre upon all the Churches. lashes, then to have the skin taken off
their bowels, to be covered with vin
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. egar and salt, and cooked upon a grid
Let us this day keep solemnly the iron, and at the last strangled. In
Birth-day of Mary, Mother but still after times the body of the blessed
Maiden, her Birth, a step toward the Gorgonius was brought to Rome,
loftiness of her throne. Alleluia. and laid first upon the Latin Way,
and afterwards in the Basilica of St of God, was a message of joy to the

Peter. whole world, for out of thee rose the
In the land of the Sabines, at the Sun of righteousness, even Christ our
30th milestone from the city of Rome, God, Who hath taken away the curse
the holy martyrs Hyacinth, Alexander, and brought ,a blessing, confounded
and Tiburtius. death, and given unto us everlasting
At Sebaste, under the Emperor life.
Licinius, the holy soldier Severian.
He often visited the forty martyrs A Commemoration is made of the
while they were in prison, where Holy Martyr Gorgonius.
upon Lysias the President ordered
him to be hung up with a stone Prayer.
tied to his feet, and to be beaten
and torn with stripes and lashes, 0 LORD, may Thine holy servant
under the which torment he gave Gorgonius gladden us by his
up the ghost. prayers, and make this his blessed
On the same day, the holy mar Festival to be unto us indeed a day
tyr Straton, who, for Christ’s sake, of rejoicing. Through our Lord
was bound to two trees and torn JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
asunder, and so finished his testi and reigneth with Thee, in the unity
mony. of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
Likewise the holy brethren Rufinus without end. Amen.
and Rufinian, both martyrs.
At Rome, [in the year 701,] the At Compline the last verse of the
holy Confessor Pope Sergius I. [tymn is altered in honour of the
In the country of Therouanne, [in Incarnation.
the seventh century,] holy Omer,
Bishop [of that see.] Note on the pedigree of the Blessed Virgin.
This subject is repeatedly treated of in the
In Ireland, [in the sixth century,] Office during this Octave, and it is therefore
the holy Abbat Ciaran, [founder of thought that it may be a convenience to the
reader to see here at a glance what the Breviary
Clonmacnois.] says, here and elsewhere, upon it. What the
At Cartagena, in South America, Breviary does not enter upon is not entered
[in the year 1654,] the holy Confessor upon here, e.g. , the exact relationship of Mary
of Cleophas, or of Elizabeth to the Blessed
Peter Claver, of the Society of Jesus, Virgin. The Scriptural names are given in
who toiled for more than forty years small capitals ; those found only in the Office,
among the negro slaves with marvel in ordinary type.
lous self-sacrifice and exceeding love, Family qfSolomon, Family of Nathan,
Son ofDa'oid Son ofDam'd
.and of them with his own hand
caused nearly three hundred thousand ELEAZAR LEV!
to be born again in Christ. His
name was enrolled by the Supreme MATTHAN=x=MArTaAT or Panther
Pontiff Leo XIII. among those of [W Melchi
the Saints. I 2 1 I Bar-Panther
Jacoa=x=Heu
SECOND VESPERS. St Joachim = St Anne
All as the First, except the following. |

THE B.V.
A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed ST JOSEPH = MARY
Virgin. Thy Birth, 0 Virgin Mother OUR Loan.
VOL. IV. T
item’s lIBag tntthtn the 49:. Mary, in thanksgiving for the famous
victory which was won by the Christians
tab: at the lBirthaiag of the over the Turks when they were threat
lBIzsseh Utrgtn. ening Vienna, in Austria.
Jfzast of the hulg Namz uf thz Prayer throughout the Oflice.

331255!!! Hirgin math. GRANT, we beseech Thee, O
Greater Double. Almighty God, that Thy faith
ful people, who rejoice in the Name
All from the Common Ofiice for and keeping of the most holy Virgin
Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, (p. 436), Mary, may by her Motherly prayers
except the following. be freed from all ills upon earth, and
Note. If the Birth-day of the Blessed worthily attain unto Thine everlasting
Virgin fall upon a Saturday, the joy in heaven. Through our Lord
Vespers on that day are simply the JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
Second Vespers of the Feast, with and reigneth with Thee, in the unity
Commemorations of the Sunday and of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
of St Gorgonius, but nothing concern without end. Amen.
ing the Name of Mary.
On all other days within the Octave, MATTINS.
even upon the Octave day itself, upon
FIRST NOCTURN.
which this Feast of the Name mayfall,
no notice of the Birth-day is taken in Lessons from Proverbs viii. 12, and
the Ofiice of the Name. in. (15- 440-)
If this Feast and that of the Seven
Sorrows fall upon the same day, the SECOND NOCTURN.
Feast of the Sorrows is moved on to the
next Sunday which is not occupied by Fourth Lesson.
a Double of the First or Second Class. The Lesson is taken from the Sermons
A Commemoration of the Sunday is of St Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux]
made at hoth Vespers and at Lauds. (Second Homily on Luke i. 26.)
At the heginning of the Martyrology T is said: “And the Virgin’s name
on the preceding Saturday is read— was Mary.” Let us speak a few
On the morrow we keep the feast words upon this name, which signifieth,
of the most holy Name of the Blessed being interpreted, “ Star of the Sea,”1
Virgin Mary, which feast Pope Inno and suiteth very well the Maiden
cent XI. ordered to be kept upon the Mother, who may very meetly be
Lord’s Day within the Octave of the likened unto a star. A star giveth
Birth of the aforesaid Blessed Virgin forth her rays without any harm to her
1 The signification of _the word MRYM, or Mary, has been the subject of many theories.
of which the Breviary gives two, viz., “Lady” and “ Star-of-the~Sea"-—Stella Maris. The
latter was probably taken by St Bernard from what seems to have been then and is now the
text of St Jerome. But it may be remarked that if the word MRYM be Hebrew (which _is
itself uncertain), the meaning lying upon the surface would be (not Stella but) Stilla Mons.
“ Drop-of-the-Sea” or " Wild-sea-spray,” a very elegant name for a virgin, as implying the
idea of sparkling freshness and incorruptibility. And that St Jerome really wrote Sill/a
instead of Stella seems the more probable, because he expressly rejects the meaning Illumm
atrix Maris, “ Light-of-the-Sea." See this very blunder of copyists as early as the time of
St Gregory, p. 432, footnote.
self, and the Virgin brought forth her or from thine heart, and that thou
Son without any hurt to her virginity. mayest not lack the succour of her
The light of a star taketh nothing away prayers, turn not aside from the ex
from the star itself, and the birth of ample of her conversation. If thou
her ofl'spring took nothing away from follow her, thou wilt never go astray.
the Virginity of Mary. She is that If thou pray to her, thou wilt never
noble star which was to come out of have need to despair. If thou keep
Jacob, (Num. xxiv. 17,) whose bright her in mind, thou wilt never wander.
ness still sheddeth lustre upon all the If she hold thee, thou wilt never fall.
earth, whose rays are most brilliant If she lead thee, thou wilt never be
in heaven, and shine even unto hell, weary. If she help thee, thou wilt
lighting up earth midway, and warm reach home safe at the last—and so
ing souls rather than bodies, fostering thou wilt prove in thyself how meetly
good and scaring away evil. She, I it is said: “ And the Virgin’s name was
say, is a clear and shining star, twink Mary.” (Here ends St Bernard.)
ling with excellencies, and resplendent Particular honours were already paid
with example, needfully set to look to this worshipful name in divers parts
down upon the surface of this great of the Christian world, but the Bishop
and wide sea. -of Rome, Innocent XI., ordered this
Feast in honour of it to be held every
Fifth Lesson. year throughout the whole Church,
upon the Lord’s Day within the Octave
THOU, whosoever thou art, that of the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin
knowest thyself to be here not
Mary, as an everlasting thanksgiving
so much walking upon firm ground, as for the great blessing that, under her
battered to and fro by the gales and
protection, the brutal Sultan of the
storms of this life’s ocean, if thou Turks, who was trampling upon the
wouldest not be overwhelmed by the
necks of the Christian population, was
tempest, keep thine eyes fixed upon thoroughly beaten before the walls of
this star’s clear shining. If the hur Vienna, [upon the 12th day of Sept
ricanes of temptation rise against thee,
ember, in the year 1683.]
or thou art running upon the rocks of
trouble, look to the star, call on Mary.
THIRD NOCTURN.
If the waves of pride, or ambition, or
slander, or envy toss thee, look to the Seventh Lesson.
star, call on Mary. If the billows of The Lesson is taken from the Holy
anger or avarice, or the enticements Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.)
of the flesh beat against thy soul’s
bark, look to Mary. If the enormity T that time: The Angel Gabriel
of thy sins trouble thee, if the foulness was sent from God unto a city
of thy conscience confound thee, if the of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a Virgin
dread of judgment appal thee, if thou espoused to a man whose name was
begin to slip into the deep of despond Joseph, of the house of David ; and the
ency, into the pit of despair, think of Virgin’s name was Mary. And so on.
Mary. Homily by St Peter Chrysologus,
Sixth Lesson. Archbishop [of Ravenna.] (142nd on
the Annunciation.)
IN danger, in difficulty, or in doubt,
think on Mary, call on Mary. Dearly beloved brethren, ye have
Let her not be away from thy mouth this day heard how an Angel treated
with a woman touching the regenera SEPTEMBER 9.

tion of mankind. Ye have heard how
it was arranged that man should re .Seeunh Eag within the @e:
turn to life by the same mean whereby
he had fallen into death. The Angel
tafie at the ifiirtlyhag at the
treateth, treateth with Mary concern iBIesseh virgin wary.
ing salvation, because an angel had
treated with Eve concerning destruc All as on the Feast, except that the
tion. Ye have heard how an Angel Antithons are not douhled, and the
set about to raise with unspeakable fiellou-ing.
building a temple of the Divine
Majesty out of the dust of the earth. FIRST NOCTURN.
Ye have heard how by a mystery
which cannot be understood, God got Lessons from Scripture according to
a place on earth and man a place in the Season.
heaven. Ye have heard how by a
working hitherto unheard of, God and SECOND NOCTURN.
man are joined together in one Body.
Ye have heard how at the message of Fourth Lesson.
an angel, the weak nature whereof our
The Lesson is taken from the Sermons
flesh is sharer, became strong to bear
of St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo]
the whole glory of the Godhead.
(18th on the Saints.)
Eighth Lesson. MARY is happy, with joyful wonder

at her own Motherhood, and
THEN, lest the frail clay of human her joy is that she is fruitful by the
ity should break down under the Holy Ghost. She is not alarmed to
weight of God’s work, and in Mary find herself an unwedded rriother,
the tender stem should snap, which but still is in joyful wonder at her
was about to bear the fruit of all Motherhood. Oh woman blessed
mankind, the Angel’s first words were above women, who doth nowise
a preventive against fear. “And the know a man, and yet compasseth a
Angel said unto her: Fear not, Mary." man in the womb. Mary compasseth
Even before the matter is revealed, a man by believing the Angel, since
the exalted station of this Virgin is Eve lost a man by saying “Yea”
made clear by her very name, for the to the serpent. Happy obedience,
name Mary is an Hebrew word, and glorious grace! which yielded lowly
signifieth “ Lady.” The Angel there belief, and embodied in her Him
fore greeteth her as “ Lady,” that the Who created the heavens. Hence
Mother of the Lord may lay aside the she earned that glory which He after
fearfulness of His handmaiden, whom ward increased. “ Behold,” saith she,
the will of her own Offspring had “from henceforth, all generations
made to be born and to be called a shall call me blessed.”
“ Lady.” “Fear not, Mary, for thou
hast found grace.” He that hath
found grace, need fear no more. Fzfth Lesson.
“Thou hast found grace.” BLESSED Mary, who is able
[Vinth Lesson, the whole or first part enough to thank and to praise
of the Sunday Homily. thee, thou, who by once saying “Be
it unto me,” hast arisen to help a lost “And Jacob begat Joseph.” This
world? What blessings shall weak is one of the passages which the
man utter upon thee, thou, who, by Emperor Julian [the Apostate] put
thine own one treaty, hast given unto forward against us as an instance
him to find the entrance into new life? of mutual contradiction between the
Receive these far and random, these Evangelists, for, whereas Matthew
unworthy thanksgivings, and, since here saith that “Jacob begat Joseph,”
thou receivest our prayers, by thy Luke (iii. 23,) saith that “Joseph was
prayers obtain pardon for our sins. the son of Heli.” Julian understood
Let our supplications come into thine not the use of Scripture, and that
hallowed presence, and give us in the one was the father of Joseph by
return the medicine for our healing. nature, and the other according to
the Law. We know that Moses, by
Sixth Lesson. the command of God, ordained: “If
brethren dwell together, and one of
IF we ask through thee, make our them die and have no child, the wife
request forgiven; what we ask of the dead shall not marry with
honestly, make obtainable. What we out, unto a stranger; her husband’s
offer, do thou receive; what we pray brother shall go in unto her, and take
for, do thou grant; what we fear, do her to him to wife, and perform the
thou get remitted—for thou art the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
sinner’s only hope.1 Through thee And it shall be, that the first-born
we hope for the remission of our sins ; which she beareth shall succeed in
in thee, O thou most blessed! we the name of his brother which is
look for reward. O Holy Mary, be dead, that his name be not put out
thou an help to the helpless, -a ofIsrael,” (Deut. xxv. 5, 6.) “Joseph,
strength to the fearful, a comfort to the husband of Mary.” Let not this
the sorrowful; pray for the people, title of husband lead thee to form any
plead for the clergy, make intercession thought of [completed] wedlock, but
for all women vowed to God ; may all remember the use of Scripture to
that keep thine holy Birth-day feel the speak of Bridegroom and Bride as
might of thine assistance. Husband and Wife.
THIRD NOCTURN. Eighth Lesson.

Seventh Lesson. “AND from the carrying away into
Babylon unto Christ are fourteen
The Lesson is taken from the Holy generations.” Count from Jechonias
Gospel according to Matthew (i. I.) to Joseph, and thou wilt find only
THE book of the generation of thirteen generations. Christ there
JESUS Christ, the Son of David, fore Himself is tO be counted as the
the son of Abraham. Abraham begat fourteenth generation. “Now the
Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob. And birth of JESUS Christ was on this
so on. wise.”
The careful reader will say: Since
Homily by St Jerome, Priest [at Joseph was not the father of the Lord
Bethlehem] (Bk. i. Comment. on Saviour, what concern with the Lord
Matthew.) hath Joseph’s pedigree? To this we
1 Quia tu es spes unica peccatorum.
53° THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SAINTS.
answer, first, that it is not the use MARTYROLOGY.

of Scripture to give the pedigrees of
women; and, secondly, that Joseph Upon the Ioth day of September,
and Mary were of the same family, were born into the better life——
so that they were bound by the law At Tolentino, in the March of An
to marry, and to be both enrolled at cona, the holy Confessor Nicholas, of
Bethlehem, as scions of one and the the Order of Hermits of St Austin.
same stock. In Africa, the holy Bishops Nemes
ian, Felix, Lucius, another also named
Felix, Litteus, Polyan, Victor, Jader,
Ninth Lesson. (For the Holy Martyr Dativus, and others, who, when the
Gorgonius. ) storm of persecution broke under the
ORGONIUS was a native of Emperors Valerian and Gallienus, at
Nicomedia, and one of the their first steadfastness in confessing
chamberlains of the Emperor Dio Christ were heavily cudgelled, bound,
cletian. He, with the help of a and condemned to penal servitude in
fellow-chamberlain named Dorotheus, the mines, where they finished their
brought all the other chamber-servants glorious contending.
to believe in Christ. Both of them At Chalcedon, the holy martyrs
one day saw a martyr hideously tor Sosthenes and Victor, who were
tured in the presence of Diocletian, condemned to be burnt by Priscus
and the ensample of his testimony the Proconsul of Asia, in the perse
roused them both up to desire the cution under the Emperor Diocletian,
same, and they both said: “Why, 0 after they had overcome bonds and
Emperor, dost thou punish this man beasts ; then they saluted one another
only, by condemning an opinion which with an holy kiss, and gave up their
we share with him ? His belief is our. souls in prayer to God.
belief. Our will is the same.” The In Bithynia, the holy sisters Meno
Emperor thereupon ordered them to dora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora,
be bound and scourged till their Virgins, who passed into glory crowned
bodies were perfectly flayed, and a with martyrdom, under Maximian the
mixture of vinegar and salt poured Emperor and Promo the President.
into the wounds. Soon after he com Likewise the holy martyrs Apellius,
manded them to be bound again and Luke, and Clement, [who were among
grilled on bars over hot coals. Fin the first disciples of the Lord Christ.]
ally, after a variety of tortures, they At Liege, in Belgium, [in the
were hanged. The body of the holy seventh century,] the holy martyr
Gorgonius was some time brought to Theodard, the Bishop, who laid down
Rome,1 and buried between the two his life for the sheep, and shone
laurel-trees upon the Latin Way, but, with the grace of miracles after his
afterwards, during the Pontificate of death.
Gregory IV., it was brought into the At Rome, [in the fifth century,] the
Church of the Prince of the Apostles. blessed Confessor Pope Hilary.
At Compostella, holy Bishop
At Lands a Commemoration is Peter, famous for many graces and
made of the Holy Martyr. Prayer miracles.
as at Vespers. In the city of Albi, [in the sixth
1 Alban Butler says the Roman Gorgonius is different from the N icomedian, whose body was
thrown into the sea. Vol. ix., Sept. 9.
FEAST-DAYS IN SEPTEMBER. S3I
century,] the holy Confessor Salvius, name of Nicholas to the son whom
Bishop [of that see] they received. From his childhood
At Novara, [in the sixth cen the lad gave many good signs, but
tury,] holy Agapius, Bishop [of that especially as regarded abstinence. In
see.]_ his seventh year, in imitation of his
At Constantinople, [in the fifth blessed name-sake, he began to fast
century,] the holy Virgin Pulcheria, upon several days in the week, which
Empress of the Romans, famous for custom he always kept, and was con
godliness. tent with only bread and water.
Vespers are of the following.
Fifth Lesson.
SEPTEMBER 10. AFTER he reached man’s estate,

he enlisted himself in the army
of the clergy, and was preferred to
5t Nicholas uf @tulznttnu, a Canonry. One day he chanced to
Qtunfessur. ' hear a sermon upon contempt of the
world delivered by a preacher of the
Douhle. Order of Hermits of St Austin, and
All from the Common Ofiee for a was so moved by it that he forthwith
Confessor, not a Bishop, (p. 415,) ex entered that Order. As a Friar he
cept the fillowing. Prayer through was most strictly observant of that
out, “0 Lord, mercifully hear, &c.,” way of life. He subdued his body
(11 424) with rough clothing, stripes, and an
iron chain. He never ate meat, and
A t First Vespers a Commemoration seldom any relish to his meals. And
is made of the Birth of the Blessed he was a burning and shining light
Virgin. of love, lowliness, long-suffering, and
MATTINS. all other graces.
FIRST NOCTURN.
Sixth Lesson.
Lessons from Seripture acrorrting to
HE persisted in constant and
the Season.
earnest prayer, notwithstanding
many troubles from the assaults of
SECOND NOCTURN. Satan, who sometimes even flogged
Fourth Lesson.
him. Every night for six months
before his death he heard Angels
HIS Nicholas is called Nicholas of singing with such sweetness, that it
Tolentino, because he lived in was a fore-taste of the happiness of
that town for most part of his life. heaven, and he would often repeat
He was born at St Angelo, [a place the words of the Apostle: “I have
near Fermo,] in the March of Ancona, a desire to depart and to be with
[about the year 1245.] His parents Christ” (Phil. i. 23.) Lastly, he
were godly people, and in their desire foretold to his brethren the day of
to have children, vowed and made a his death, which was the 10th day of
pilgrimage to the shrine of St Nicholas September [1306.] After his death
at Bari, where they were assured of also he was famous for miracles,
their wish, and therefore gave the and when due investigation had been
made thereof, Pope Eugenius IV. fell asleep in peace, crowned with
enrolled his name among those of many crowns.
the Saints. At Lyons, [toward the close of the
fifth century,] deceased the holy [Con
THIRD NOCTURN.
fessor] Patient, Bishop [of that see.]
At Vercelli, [in the sixth century,]
Lessons from Luke xii. 32, with the the holy [Confessor] Emilian, Bishop
Homily of the Venerable Bede, (p. [of that see.]
428.) At Alexandria, [in the fifth century,]
' At Lauds a Commemoration is made holy Theodora, who, having carelessly
of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin. transgressed and deeply repented,
The verse in the Resoonsory at continued unknown in the holy habit
Prime, and the last verse of the in wondrous self - denial and long
bfymns at Prime, Teree, Sext, and sufi'ering, until her death.
None are altered in honour of the
At Setond Vespers another Com
fnearnation.
memoration of the Birth of the Blessed
Virgin, and then of the Holy Martyrs
MARTYROLOGY. Protus and Hyacinth.
Upon the 11th day of September,
were born into the better life— Prayer.
At Rome, upon the old Salarian MAY the precious testimony of Thy
Way, at the cemetery of Basilla, the blessed witnesses Protus and
holy brethren Protus and Hyacinth, Hyacinth cheer us, 0 Lord, and their
both martyrs. They were eunuchs gracious prayers shield us. Through
who belonged to blessed Eugenia. our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son,
Under the Emperor Gallienus they Who liveth and reigneth with Thee,
were arrested on the charge that they in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
were Christians, and, forasmuch as God, world without end. Amen.
they could not be made to offer
sacrifice, they were first grievously Last 'verse of the flymn at Compline
beaten, and then beheaded. altered as hefore.
At Laodicea, in Syria, the holy
martyrs Diodorus, Diomede, and
Didymus. SEPTEMBER 1 I .
At Leon, in Spain, [in the middle
of the sixth century,] the holy martyr $0M!) (Dag witBt'n tBe Octave of
Vincent, Abbat [of the monastery of t$¢ @t'etfiebag of tfie @fesaeb
St Claudius] @t'rgt'n Ql’larg.
In Egypt, holy Paphnutius, Bishop
[in the Thebaid.] He was one of those All as on the Feast, except that the
Confessors who under the Emperor Antiphons are not doubled, and the
Galerius Maximinus had his right following:
eye put out and his left hough cut,
and was condemned to penal servitude MATTINS.
in the mines. Under the Emperor
FIRST NOCTURN.
Constantine the Great he strove
stalwartly for the Catholic faith Lessons from Serz‘pture aeeording to
against the Arians, and at length the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN. of the seed of Abraham, a Princess of
the lineage of David. But whereas
Fonrth Lesson.
this is but too little, add that she is
The Lesson is taken from the Sermons s known to have been granted by God
of St Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux,] to that race, on account of the singular
(on Apoc. xii. 1.) privilege of holiness which the same
possesseth, to have been promised
“ HE LORD hath created a new
from heaven long before her fathers
thing in the earth, a woman
were born, to have been foreshadowed
shall compass a man.” (Jer. xxxi.
by mysterious wonders, and foretold
22.) And this man is no other than
by the utterances of Prophets. She
Christ, of Whom it is said: “Behold
was the rootless rod of Aaron the
the Man Whose name is The Day
Priest, which yet budded, and brought
spring ” (Zech. vi. I 2.) In heaven also
forth buds, and bloomed blossoms,
hath the Lord created a new thing,
“a woman clothed with the sun.”
and yielded almonds. (Num. xvii. 8.)
She was the fleece of Gideon, which
She also hath crowned Him and hath
was put in the floor, and whereon
earned from Him a crown in return.
only there was dew when it was dry
“Go forth, 0 ye daughters of Zion,
upon all the earth beside. (Judges
and behold King Solomon with the
vi. 37, 38.) She was the gate which
crown wherewith his mother crowned
Ezekiel saw, which looked toward the
him.” (Cant. iii. II.) And again go
East and was shut, and the Lord said
forth now, and behold the Queen with
unto him: “This gate shall be shut,
the crown wherewith her Son crowned
it shall not be opened, and no man
her. “And upon her head,” saith St
shall enter in by it.” (Ezek. xliv.
John, “a crown of twelve stars.”
1, 2.)
Fifth Lesson. THIRD NOCTURN.
THAT is an head worthy to be Seventh Lesson.

crowned with stars whose own The Lesson is taken from the Holy
glory is greater than theirs, and
Gospel according to Matthew (i. I.)
rather giveth than receiveth lustre
from them. Why should not she THE Book of the generation of
have stars for her crown, who hath JESUS Christ, the son of David,
the sun for her clothing? “And the son of Abraham. Abraham begat
about her it was as the flower of Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob. And
roses in the spring of the year, and so on.
lilies of the valleys.” (Ecclus. l. 8.)
The left hand of her Bridegroom is
Poitiers.] (Comment. on Matt/z. i.)
under her head, and his right hand
doth embrace her. (Cant. ii. 6.) By the generation which Matthew
Who shall appraise these starry jewels noteth in the Kingly, and Luke in
whereof is made the Queenly crown of the Priestly descent of our Lord,
Mary? both mean to show His relationship
with each race, and both reach it
Sixth Lesson.
in the clear line of the pedigree
WHAT starry splendour fiasheth in which they are tracing, for that
the birth of Mary? Manifestly, connection between the Kingly and
she was a daughter of Kings, a child Priestly houses which was begun by
VOL. IV. T 2
the marriage of David was fully Eugenia to Rome, in the reign of the
accomplished in the link between Emperor Gallienus, and were arrested
Salathiel and Zorobabel. And so in that city for professing the Christian
while Matthew recordeth the line faith. By no means could they be
from father to son coming down brought to leave the Christian religion
from Judah, and Luke teacheth the and to worship the gods, and they
descent from the tribe of Levi through were therefore severely scourged and
Nathan, both prove that by His fore beheaded, upon the 1 1th day of
fathers our Lord JESUS, Who is September?
already a King and a Priest from
everlasting to everlasting, hath also At Lauds a Commemoration is made
the right to these dignities by earthly of these holy Martyrs. Prayer as at
inheritance.1 Vespers.
MARTYROLOGY.
Eighth Lesson.
THAT it is the pedigree of Joseph Upon the 12th day of September
and not of Mary which is given is commemorated3 the Holy Name of
mattereth nothing, seeing that they the Blessed Virgin Mary, the which
were both of the same tribe and of Commemoration the Supreme Pontiff
the same family. Both Matthew and Innocent XI. ordered to be made in
Luke afford instances of giving the thanksgiving for the famous victory
title of father and son to persons who gained over the Turks at Vienna, in
were only fore-father and descendant, Austria, under the protection of the
the line being treated as one where same Blessed Virgin, [upon the afore
the descent is in the same blood. said day, in the year 1683.]
Thus when Matthew will show that Upon the [same] 12th day of
the Lord was the Son of David and September, were born into the better
Abraham, he saith: “The Book of life—
the generation of JESUS Christ, the At Alexandria, the holy martyrs
Son of David, the son of Abraham.” Hieronides, Leontius, Serapion, Sele
sius, Valerian, and Straton, who‘,
under the Emperor Maximin, were
[Vinth Lesson. (For the holy Martyrs
drowned in the sea for confessing
Protus and blyaeinth.)
Christ’s Name.
ROTUS and Hyacinth were breth In Bithynia, the holy martyr Bishop
ren, eunuchs of the blessed Virgin Autonomus. He fled thither from
Eugenia, and were baptized along with Italy to escape the persecution under
her by Bishop Helenus. They gave the Emperor Diocletian, and when he
themselves to the study of God’s Word, had turned very many to the faith the
and dwelt for a while in wonderful raging Gentiles slew him at the Altar
lowliness and holiness of life in a while he was celebrating the’Holy
monastery in Egypt. However, they Mysteries, whereby he himself be
afterwards followed the holy Virgin came a sacrifice of Christ.
1 It would appear either that St Hilary’s text must be here given in a corrupt form, or that
he must have used a corrupted text of St Luke, who distinctly says that Nathan was the son of
David (iii. 31,) the descendant of Judah. (33.) Besides, the dignity of Cohen is not trans
missible through women.
2 The subject is obscure. See Alban Butler.
3 Should this day be a Sunday, the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary is kept hereon
(v. supra).
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At Merus, in Phrygia, the holy SECOND NOCTURN.
martyrs Macedonius, Theodulus, and
Tatian. The President Almachius, The Lessons from St john Chrysos
under the Emperor Julian the Apostate, tom in the Common Ofiiee, (p. 443.)
after putting them to other torments,
caused them to be stretched upon red THIRD NOCTURN.
hot iron gratings, and thus with glad
ness they finished their testimony. Seventh Lesson.
At Iconium, in Lycaonia, the holy The Lesson is taken from the Holy
martyr Curonotus, Bishop [of that Gospel according to Matthew
see,] who was beheaded under the (i. 1.)
President Perennius, and so received
the palm of martyrdom. THE book of the generation of
At Pavia, holy Juventius, Bishop JESUS Christ, the Son of David,
[of that city,] of whom mention is the son of Abraham. Abraham begat
made upon the 8th day of February. Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob. And
He was sent thither along with holy so on.
Syrus by the blessed Hermagoras, a
disciple of the holy Evangelist Mark,
and they both there preached the Poitiers.]
gospel of Christ, and shone forth It mattereth nothing who is actually
with great graces and wonders, so inserted in the genealogy, as long as
that by the works of God they lighted the whole line are understood to
up even the cities hard by, and fell proceed from one source. Hence,
asleep at last in the honour of their since Joseph and Mary were of
Bishophood, in glory and in peace. the same family, and Joseph is
At Lyons, [in the sixth century,] shown to have been a descendant
deceased the holy[Confessor] Sacerdos, of Abraham, Mary is shown to have
Bishop [of that see.] been the same. It was a rule of
At Verona, holy Silvinus, Bishop the Law that if a man died without
[of that see.] children, his next brother should
At Anderlecht, [hard by the city of take his widow to wife, and the first
Brussels, in the year 1012,] the holy son begotten of her was counted as
Confessor Guy [the Palmer.] the son of her first husband. And
thus the inheritance was kept in
SEPTEMBER 1 2. the line of the first-born, since the
descendants who inherited were
§ift5 @ag witliin the Octave of always the sons of the first-born,
tile @t'rtl} day of rte @tesaeb in name, if not in fact.
@t'rgin Qilarg.
Ezghth Lesson.
All as on the Feast-day, exeept that
the Antiphons are not douhled, and the THE next thing is, that, since we
following. have said that, according to the
MATTINS. ordinary value of terms, this genealogy
is inconsistent with itself both as re
FIRST NOCTURN.
gards number and order, we should
Lessons from Seriptnre according to produce some explanation of this
the Season. phenomenon. It is not a trifle that
the statements should be one thing baptism, and while he was in prayer
and the facts another, since the sum Terentius, who had succeeded him as
mary is not in accordance with the Prefect, caused him to be slain with
details. From Abraham to David the sword.
are counted fourteen generations, and Likewise the holy martyrs Ma
from David until the carrying away crobius and Julian, who suffered
into Babylon, are found in other under Licinius.
books seventeen. But this is neither Upon the same day suffered the
a falsehood nor a piece of careless holy martyr Ligorius, who was slain
ness. There are three generations by the Gentiles for Christ’s faith’s
passed by. Joram begat Ahaziah, sake while he was dwelling in the
and Ahaziah begat Joash, and Joash desert.
begat Amaziah, and Amaziah begat At Alexandria, [in the seventh cen
Uzziah. But in Matthew it is stated tury,] the holy Confessor Eulogius,
that Joram begat Uzziah, whereas Pope [of that see,] famous for his
they are separated from each other teaching and holiness.
by three clear generations. This is At Angers, in Gaul, [in the fifth
so because the woman of whom Joram century,] the holy Confessor Maurilius,
begat Ahaziah was a foreign heathen, Bishop [of that see,] famous for count
namely [Athaliah, the daughter] of less miracles.
Ahab, and Jezebel his wife. At Sens, [in the seventh century,]
the holy Confessor Aimé, Bishop [of
that see.]
[Vint/z Lesson.
On the same day, [in the fifth cen
IT was declared by the Prophet that tury,] the holy Confessor Venerius,
the descendants of Ahab should a man of marvellous holiness, who
not sit upon the' throne of Israel dwelt as an hermit in the island of
beyond the fourth generation. The Palmaria.
stain of heathenism is therefore left In the monastery of Remiremont,
out by omitting the three kings tainted in Gaul, [in the seventh century,] the
therewith, and fourteen generations holy Abbat Aimé, a Priest famous
are counted to Mary, although they for his graces of self-denial and of
were actually in number seventeen, wonder-working.
and this can seem no blunder to
any that know that our Lord JESUS
SEPTEMBER I 3.
Christ hath not only that origin
which He drew from Mary, but 5M!) @ag mitfiin tBe Detave of
that in His bodily generation is
comprehended a signification of His die @irtfiabag of tfle @t’easeb
eternal generation. @irgin Qllarg.
All as on the Feast, exoept that the
MARTYROLOGY. Antzlzflmm are not doubled, and the
following.
were born into the better life-_ MATTINS.
At Alexandria, the blessed Philip, FIRST NOCTURN.

father of the holy Virgin Eugenia.
He resigned the dignity of Prefect of Lessons from Scnflure according to
Egypt, and received the grace of the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN. and He Who by a woman hath become

life unto us may put away the death
Fourth Lesson. which was invented by a woman. On
The Lesson from the Book against the one hand Eve, being still a virgin,
heresies written by St Epiphanius, transgressed by disobedience; on the
Archbishop [of Salamis.] (Bk. iii. other hand, by a virgin came the
78-) obedience of grace, the announcement
of Him Who came from heaven and
EVE, who received the mystic title took flesh, and life everlasting.
of Mother of all living (Gen. iii.
20), was a type of Mary, the Blessed
Sixth Lesson.
Mother of God. It was even after she
had heard the words, “Dust thou art, IF I may be permitted to say so, the
and unto dust shalt thou return,” that following words, written 0f the
Eve was called Mother of all living. Church, may be taken of Mary:
And it is certainly strange that after “Therefore shall a man leave his
the transgression she should receive father and his mother, and shall cleave
this great title. In respect of carnal unto his wife; and they shall be one
things all men upon the earth do flesh.” (Gen. ii. 24.) The holy
indeed draw their genealogy from Eve, Apostle saith : “ This is a great
and in respect of spiritual things life mystery,1 but I speak concerning
was born upon the earth from Mary, Christ and the Church.” (Eph. v.
who gave birth to Him That liveth, 32.) See the scrupulous accuracy of
and so becometh Mother of all that the Scriptural language. Concerning
live by Him. And so Mary hath a Adam it is said that God formed him,
mystic right to the title of Mother but concerning Eve that He builded
of all living. her. “And the rib which the LORD
God had taken from man, builded He
Fifth Lesson. intoawoman.” (Gen. ii. 22.) Hereby
is shown that the Lord formed unto
UNTO Eve was given a coat of Himself a Body out of Mary, but that
skins to clothe the natural body out of His Rib He builded up the
withal when she knew that she was Church, namely, when His Side was
naked, (Gen. iii. 21,) but unto Mary pierced and opened, and the mystic
it was given to bring forth for us a streams of Blood and Water flowed
Lamb with Whose glorious fleece [of for the remission of sin.
merits] we may through wisdom be
clothed in a robe of immortality. Eve THIRD NOCTURN.
was a cause of death to all men, for
by her, death entered into the world; Seventh Lesson.
but Mary is a cause of life whereby The Lesson is taken from the Holy
life is sprung up for us all, since Gospel according to Matthew (i. 1.)
through her the Son of God entered
into the world. “Where sin abounded, THE Book of the generation of
grace did much more abound.” (Rom. JESUS Christ, the Son of David,
v. 20.) Whence death was brought the son of Abraham. Abraham begat
in, thence hath life also come forth, Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob. And
that life may take the place of death, so on.
1 Mysterium.
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of wedlock, albeit it be a tie which con

Hippo] (Bk. iii. upon the Harmony sisteth in the tender attachment of
of the Gomels, I.) minds and not the coupling of bodies,
and this more especially, since they
The Evangelist Matthew beginneth were able to have a Son born unto
thus : “The book of the generation of them without that carnal embrace the
JESUS Christ, the Son of David, the only right end of which is the be
son of Abraham.” By this beginning getting of children.
he sufi‘iciently showeth that he taketh
upon him to tell the generation of
Christ according to the Flesh. It is Ninth Lesson.
by this generation that Christ is the INCE the Apostle Paul clearly
Son of Man, a title whereby He often saith that “JESUS Christ our
times calleth Himself, pointing out Lord was made of the seed of David
unto us what He hath been mercifully according to the flesh,” (Rom. i. 3,)
pleased to become for our sakes. As we must not doubt that Mary was
to His higher and eternal Generation, somewise descended from the stock
by Which He is the Only-begotten of David. But it is also asserted that
Son of God, begotten before any she was a woman with Priestly blood,
creature, and by Whom all things by the statement that she was cousin
were made, it is so indescribable that to Elizabeth, (Luke i. 36,) who was
the Prophet may be understood to of the daughters of Aaron. (5.) 1 We
point to it where he saith: “who are therefore bound to believe that in
shall declare His generation?” (Isa. Christ flowed the blood of the two
liii. 8.) great races, namely, the Kingly and the
Priestly. In these two races was found
Eighth Lesson.
among the Hebrews that mysterious
ATTHEW therefore followeth the anointing which typified the anointing
human pedigree of Christ, trac or “Chrisma” from which the title of
ing down the line of His forefathers the “ Christ ” or “ Anointed ” is taken,
from Abraham to “Joseph, the hus and which Anointing was so long be
band of Mary, of whom was born forehand in these clear types so plainly
JESUS.” That it was not from lying foreshadowed.
with Joseph, but as a virgin, that
Mary gave birth to the Christ, is
MARTYROLOGY.
deemed by the Evangelist no reason
why he should not give Joseph the Upon the 14th day of September is
name of husband. By this it is commemorated the Exaltation of the
clearly indicated that even where the Holy Cross, when the Emperor
faithful who are married abstain from Heraclius brought it back from Persia
one another by common consent, their to Jerusalem, after he had overcome
union may continue and be called King Chosroés.
1 On this quotation and deduction the reader is invited respectfully to remark, (a) that
Luke i. 5 says no more than that Elizabeth’s own father was a Priest, (5) that the Apocryphal
Gospel called “ Pseudo-Matthew" states that Elizabeth was cousin to the Blessed Virgin, as
being a daughter of a sister of her mother Anne, named Emerina, and that Anne and Emerina
were daughters of Achar, of the tribe of Judah, and, (c) that this Pseudo-Matthew theory has
at least one point in its favour, viz., that if Achar's daughter married out of the tribe ofJudah
into that of Levi, she must, according to Num. xxxvi. 8, have had a brotherI and that if
Mary of Cleophas be supposed to be the offspring of this brother, an escape is found from
the great difficulties by which the two chief theories as to her position are beset.
Upon the same day, were born into who had him in charge, and gave up
the better life— his soul to God. His feast is kept
At Rome, upon the Appian Way, upon the 27th day of January, upon
the blessed martyr Pope Cornelius. the which day his sacred body was
In the persecution under Decius, he brought to ConstantinOple by the
was first sentenced to exile, but after Emperor Theodosius the Younger.
wards to be beaten with scourges
loaded with lead, and then to be be Vesjfiers are of the following.
headed, along with twenty others,
both men and women. The soldier
Cerealis and Sallustia his wife, unto SEPTEMBER 14.
whom Cornelius had taught the
faith, were put to death upon the isolgdaurm Bag.
same day.
In Africa, the holy martyr Cyprian, @pft'fting of tile Ibofg Cross.
Bishop of Carthage, a man very Greater Douhle.
famous for his holiness and teaching.
Under the Emperors Valerian and All as on Sundays except the fol
Gallienus, after a hard exile, he lowing.
finished his testimony by being be
FIRST VESPERS.
headed upon the seashore, at the
sixth milestone from Carthage. A ntizfihons, Chapter, and Prayer
The feast of these two saints Cor from Lauds.
nelius and Cyprian is kept as one
upon the 16th day of this present Last Psalm.
month of September.
There suffered at Carthage also the Ps. Cxvi. O praise the LORD, &c.,
holy martyrs Crescentian, Victor, (p. 186.)
Rosula, and Generalis. bfymn.1
At Rome, the holy boy Crescentius,
the son of holy Euthymius, who, in the THE Royal Banners forward go;
The Cross shines forth in mystic glow,
persecution under the Emperor Dio
Where Life for sinners death endured,
cletian, under the judge Turpilius, And life by death for man procured.
died upon the Salarian Way, smitten
with the sword. Where deep for us the spear was dy'd,
At Treves, holy Maternus, Bishop [of Life's torrent rushing from His Side,
that see,] a disciple of the blessed To wash us in that precious flood
Apostle Peter, who turned to the Where, mingled, Water flowed, and Blood.
faith of Christ the people of Tongres,
Cologne, and Treves,and otherdwellers Fulfilled is all that David told
in the parts thereabout. In true Prophetic song of old ;
Upon the same day, holy John “Amidst the nations, God,” saith he,
" Hath reigned and triumphed from the
Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constanti
Tree."
nople. By the plots of his enemies
he was sent into exile, and although 0 Tree of Beauty! Tree of Light!
his recall was decreed by the Supreme 0 Tree with Royal Purple dight!
Pontiff Innocent I., he suffered many Elect on whose triumphal breast
things on his journey from the soldiers Those holy Limbs should find their rest!
1 Translation by the late Dr Neale.
On whose dear arms, so widely flung, lilymn. 2

The weight of this world’s ransom hung:
The price of human kind to pay, SING, my tongue, the glorious battle,
And spoil the spoiler of his prey. With completed victory rife:
And above the Cross's trophy
Tell the triumph of the strife:
Hail, Altar! Hail, O Victim! Thee
How the world's Redeemer conquered
Decks now Thy Passion’s Victory,
By surrendering of His life.
Where Life for sinners death endured,
And life by death for man procured! God his Maker, sorely grieving
That the first-made Adam fell,
To Thee, Eternal Three in One, When he ate the fruit of sorrow,
Let homage meet by all be done; Whose reward was death and hell,
Whom by the Cross Thou dost restore, Noted then this Tree, the ruin
Preserve and govern evermore. Amen. Of the ancient tree to quell.
Verse. 1 This sign of the Cross For the work of our salvation
Needs would have his order so,
shall be in heaven.
And the multiform deceiver's
Answer. When the Lord cometh Art by art would overthrow,
to judgment. And from thence would bring the med’cine
Whence the insult of the foe.
Virgin. Hail, 0 Cross! Brighter Wherefore, when the sacred fulness
Of th’ appointed time was come,
than all the stars! Thy name is
This world’s Maker left His Father,
honourable upon earth ! To the eyes Sent the Heavenly Mansion from,
of men thou art exceeding lovely! And proceeded, God Incarnate,
Holy art thou among all things that Of the Virgin’s Holy Womb.
are earthly! Thy transom made one
only worthy balance whereon the price Weeps the Infant in the manger
That in Bethlehem's stable stands;
of the world was weighed! Sweetest
And His Limbs the Virgin Mother
wood and sweetest iron, Sweetest Doth compose in swaddling bands,
Weight is hung on thee! O that Meetly thus in linen folding
every one who is here gathered Of her God the Feet and Hands.
this day to praise thee may find
that thou art indeed salvation for To the Trinity be glory
him! Everlasting, as is meet:
Equal to the Father, equal
To the Son, and Paraclete:
Trinal Unity, Whose praises
Birth-day of the Blessed Virgin. All created things repeat. Amen.
At Compline the last verse of
the Hymn is altered in honour of FIRST NOCTURN.
the Incarnation.
First Antiphon. In the noble tree’s
MATTINS. uplifting, and the nations bending low,
see a proof that Christ hath triumphed
lnoitatory. Christ our King was
o’er the legions of the foe.
lifted up for our sakes upon the
Cross. * 0 come, let us worship Ps. i. Blessed is the man, &c.,
Him. (e. 4)
1 Matth. xxiv. 30. 2 Translation by the late Dr Neale.
FEAST-DAYS IN SEPTEMBER. s4r
Second Antiohon. In the Holy Verse. He the Word of God Eter
Cross uplifted, see the rod of power nal, on those stately branches hanging
exalted wherewithal King JESUS hath for us a new way opened.
triumphed. Answer. On whose boughs her
dying Saviour shattered death and
Ps. ii. Why do the heathen, &c., crushed the serpent.
(e- 4-)
Third Antiphon. Cross most graci Second Lesson.
ous, from whose aspect health to sick
ly souls is given, with what praises AND they journeyed from Mount
shall I praise thee, who hast brought Hor by the way of the Red Sea,
us life from heaven? to compass the land of Edom. And
the people wearied because of the
Ps. iii. LORD, how are they in way and the toil, and they spake
creased, &c., (p. 5.) against God and against Moses, say
ing: Wherefore hast thou brought
Verse. This sign of the Cross shall
us up out of Egypt, to die in
be in heaven.
the wilderness? There is no bread,
Answer. When the Lord cometh to
neither is there any water, and our
judgment.
soul loatheth this light bread.1 There
fore the LORD sent fiery serpents
First Lesson.
among the people.
Numbers (xxi. 1.) Second Responsorjn
WHEN King Arad the Canaanite, Faithful Cross, above all other, one
which dwelt in the south, heard and only noble tree! None in foliage,
tell that Israel came by the way of the none in blossom, none in fruit thy
spies, he fought against them, and peers may be! Sweetest wood and
overcame them, and took a prey from sweetest iron, sweetest Weight is
them. But Israe'l vowed a vow unto hung on thee!
the LORD, and said: If Thou wilt in Verse. Thou art higher than all
deed deliver this people into my hand, cedars.
I will utterly destroy their cities. And Answer. Sweetest wood and sweet—
the LORD hearkened to the voice of est iron, sweetest Weight is hung on
Israel, and delivered up the Canaanite. thee!
And they slew them and destroyed
their cities; and he called the name Third Lesson.
of the place Hormah, that is, Curse. AND [the serpents] bit the people,
and when many died, they came
First Responsoijl. to Moses and said: We have sinned,
for we have spoken against the LORD
Lo! the Church, with solemn glad and against thee; pray [unto the
ness, hails the day for ever glorious LORD] that He take away the ser
when in Kingly pomp was lifted that pents from us. And Moses prayed
dread tree of mystic triumph, on whose for the people; and the LORD said
boughs her dying Saviour shattered unto him: Make thee a brazen ser
death and crushed the serpent. pent and set it up for an ensign;
1 The Manna.
every one that is bitten, when he ing Cross of Christ all Christians bend
looketh upon it, shall live. So Moses in prayer, and glory is ascribed to
made a serpent of brass and set it Him who dreadly triumphed there.
up for an ensign, and, if a serpent
Ps. xx. The King shall joy, &c.,
had bitten any man, when he beheld
[the serpent of brass] he was healed. (fi- 19-)
Verse. We adore Thee, O Christ,
and we bless Thee-—
Third Responsorjy.
Answer. Because that through Thy
1 This is that noble tree, planted in Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
the midst of the garden, whereon the
Author of our salvation did by His Fourth Lesson.
Own death openly triumph over the
death of all men. CHOSROES, King of Persia, hav
Verse. Even the Cross, whereof ing, in the last days of the
the glory is so excellent, and which reign of the Emperor Phocas, over
the Emperor Heraclius did so eagerly run Egypt and Africa, [in 614,] took
rescue. Jerusalem, where he slaughtered
Answer. Whereon the Author of thousands of Christians and carried
our salvation did by His Own death 03' to Persia the Cross of the Lord,
openly triumph over the death of all which Helen had put upon Mount
men. Calvary. Heraclius, the successor of
Verse. Glory be to the Father, Phocas, moved by the thought of the
and to the Son, and to the Holy hardships and horrid outrages of
Ghost. war, sought for peace, but Chosroe's,
Answer. Whereon the Author of drunken with conquest, would not
our salvation did by His Own death allow of it even upon unfair terms.
openly triumph over the death of all Heraclius therefore, being set in this
men. uttermost strait, earnestly sought help
from God by constant fasting and
SECOND NOCTURN. prayer, and through His good inspira
First Antiphon. For all that feel tion gathered an army, joined battle
sin’s fiery wound ensign of health the with the enemy, and prevailed against
Saviour see! May we as conquerors three of Chosro'es his chief captains,
be found through Him Who triumphed and three armies.
on the tree !
Ps. iv. When I called upon Him, Fourth Re¢onsory
&c., (p. 206.) But us it behoveth to gloryin the
Second Antiphon. When by the Cross of our Lord JESUS Christ; in
Saviour on the Cross the bonds of sin Whom is our salvation, life, and
were riven, we by His chastisement resurrection; Who hath saved us
were healed, and death to death was and redeemed us.
given. - Verse. 0 Lord, we worship Thy
Cross and make memorial of Thy
Ps. x. In the LORD put I my trust,
glorious Passion.
816-, (h- 9-) Answer. Who hath saved us and
Third Antiphon. Before the sav redeemed us.
1 Cf. Gen. ii. 8, 9; Heb. v. 9; Col. ii. 15.
Fiflh Lesson. Patriarch of Jerusalem, saying: “See,
CHOSROES was broken by these
0 Emperor, that it be not that in
carrying the Cross attired in the guise
defeats, and when in his flight,
of a Conqueror thou showest too little
[in 628,] he was about crossing the
of the poverty and lowliness of JESUS
Tigris, he proclaimed his son Medarses
Christ.” Then Heraclius cast away
partner in his kingdom. Chosroés’
his princely raiment and took off his
eldest son Siroés took this slight to
shoes from his feet, and in the garb
heart, and formed a plot to murder
of a countryman easily finished.his
his father and brother, which plot he
journey, and set up the Cross once
brought to effect soon after they had
more in the same place upon Calvary
come home. Then he got the king
whence the Persians had carried it
dom from Heraclius upon certain
away. That the Cross had been put
terms, whereof the first was that he
by Heraclius in the same place where
should give back the Cross of the
in it had first been planted by the
Lord Christ. The Cross therefore
was received back after that it had Saviour caused the yearly Feast of
the Exaltation of the Holy Cr055 to
been fourteen years in the power of
become the more famous thence
the Persians, and [in 629] Heraclius
came to Jerusalem and bore it with forward.
solemn pomp unto the Mount where
Sixth Responsory.
unto the Saviour had borne it.
1This sign of the Cross shall be in
Fifth Responsory. heaven when the Lord cometh to
judgment. Then shall the secrets of
The Relique true from heaven re our hearts be made manifest.
vealed hath now the Gospel’s figure Verse. When the Son of Man shall
sealed; as by the serpent Moses sit in the throne of His glory, and shall
reared, so by the Cross the sick begin to judge the world by fire.
are healed. Answer. Then shall the secrets
Verse. When the dead touch the of our hearts be made manifest.
Cross they arise, and the wonderful Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
works of God are made manifest. to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. As by the serpent Moses Answer. Then shall the secrets
reared, so by the Cross the sick are of our hearts be made manifest.
healed.
HIS event was marked by a First Antiphon. We adore Thee,

famous miracle. Heraclius, O Christ, and we bless Thee, because
who was adorned with gold and through Thy Cross Thou hast re
jewels, stayed perforce at the gate deemed the world.
way which 1eadeth unto Mount Cal Ps. xcv. O sing unto the LORD,
vary, and the harder he strove to go
&c., (p. 148.)
forward, the harder he seemed to be
held back, whereat both himself and Second Antiohon. By a tree were
all they that stood by were sore we brought into bondage, and by the
amazed. Then spake Zacharias, Holy Cross are we set free. The
1 Cf. Matth. xxiv. 30; I Cor. iv. 5; Matth. xix. 28.
s44 THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SAINTS.
fruit of a tree beguiled us ; the Son of open hearts we see the glory of the
God hath brought us back. Alleluia. Cross shining over heaven and earth,
and discern by inward glance what the
Ps. xcvi. The LORD reigneth, &c., Lord meant when His Passion was
(11- 149-) nigh at hand, and He said: “Now is
Third Antzphon. Save us, 0 the judgment of this world, now shall
Saviour of the world, Who hast re the prince of this world be cast out.
deemed us by Thy Cross and Blood ; And I, if I be lifted up from the earth,
help us, we beseech Thee, 0 our will draw all things unto Me.”
God !
Ps. xcvii. O sing unto the LORD, Seventh Responsory.
&c., (19. 157.) Sweetest wood, and sweetest iron,
Verse. Let all the earth worship sweetest Weight is hung on thee!
Thee, and sing unto Thee Thou alone wast counted worthy this
Answer. Let them sing to Thy world’s ransom to uphold.
Name, 0 Lord! Verse. This sign of the Cross shall
be in heaven when the Lord cometh
to judgment.
Seventh Lesson. Answer. Thou alone wast counted
The Lesson is taken from the Holy worthy this world’s ransom to uphold!
Gospel according to John (xii. 31.)
AT that time: JESUS said unto the Eighth Lesson.
multitudes of the Jews : Now is 0 HOW wonderful is the power of
the judgment of this world, now shall the Cross! 0 how unutterable
the prince of this world be cast out. is the glory of the Passion, wherein
And so on. standeth the Lord’s judgment-seat,
Homily by Pope St Leo the Great. and the judgment of this world, and
(8th on the Lord’s Passion.) the might of the Crucified! Lord!
Thou hast drawn all things unto
Dearly beloved brethren, when we Thee! Thou didst spread out Thine
gaze upon Christ lifted up upon the Hands all the day unto an unbelieving
Cross, the eyes of our mind see more and gainsaying people, (Isa. lxv. 2,)
than that which appeared before the but the world hath felt and owned
wicked, unto whom it was said through Thy Majesty! Lord! Thou hast
Moses: “And thy life shall hang in drawn all things unto Thee! All the
doubt before thee, and thou shalt fear elements gave one wild cry of horror
day and night, and shalt have none at the iniquity of the Jews—the lights
assurance of thy life.” (Deut. xxviii. of the firmament were darkened, day
66.) They saw in the crucified Lord turned into night, earth quaked with
nothing but the work of their own strange tremblings, and all God’s work
wickedness, and “they feared greatly,” refused to serve the guilty. Lord!
(Matth. xxvii. 54,) not with that faith Thou hast drawn all things unto
which giveth earnest of life by justi Thee! The veil of the Temple was
fication, but with that whereby the rent in twain from the top to the
evil conscience is tortured. But our bottom, the Holy of Holies denied
understanding is enlightened by the itself as a Sanctuary for the ministra
Spirit of truth, and with pure and tion of unworthy Priests, that the
shadow might be changed for the art the One Sacrifice Which taketh
substance, prophecy for realization, the place of all sacrifices, so may Thy
and the Law for the Gospel. kingdom be one kingdom established
over all peoples.
Eighth Responsory. The IYymn, “We praise Thee, O
1As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness, even so must the Son
of Man be lifted up, that whosoever LAUDS.
believeth in Him should not perish, First Antiphon. 0 what a work of
but have eternal life. love was that ! * when Life and death
Verse. God sent not His Son into died together upon the tree.
the world to condemn the world, but Second Antiohon. Save us, * O
that the world through Him might be Christ the Saviour, save us through
saved. the might 'of Thy Cross. Thou Who
Answer. That whosoever believeth didst save Peter when he was ready to
in Him should not perish, but have sink in the sea, have mercy upon us !
eternal life. Third A ntiphon. Behold the Cross
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and of the Lord! * Fly, ye ranks of the
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. adversary! 2The Lion of the tribe
Answer. That whosoever believeth of Judah, the root of David, hath
in Him should not perish, but have prevailed.
eternal life. Fourth Antz'phon. 3But us it be
hoveth to glory in the Cross of our
[Vinth Lesson. Lord JESUS Christ.
Fifth Antiphon. By Thy Cross’
IORD! Thou hast drawn all things Holy Sign, * JESUS, guard this soul
unto Thee! That which was of mine, from my ghostly enemy.
veiled under types and shadows in
the one Jewish Temple, is hailed by
the love of all peoples in full and Chapter. (Phil. ii. 5.)
open worship. There is now a higher RETHREN, let this mind he in
order of Levites, a more honourable you which was also in Christ
rank of elders, a Priesthood with an JESUS, Who being in the form of God
holier anointing. Thy Cross is a well thought it not robbery to be equal
of blessings for all, and a cause of with God, but emptied Himself, and
thanksgiving for all. Thereby for took upon Him the form of a servant,
them that believe in Thee, weakness and was made in the likeness of men,
is turned into strength, shame into and found in fashion as a man.
glory, and death into life. The
changing ordinance of divers carnal
flymn. 4
sacrifices is gone; the one oblation
of Thy Body and Blood fulfilleth them HIRTY years among us dwelling,
all. For Thou art the Very Paschal His appointed time fulfilled,
Born for this, He meets His Passion,
Lamb, Which takest away the sins For that this He freely willed:
of the world, and art in Thyself all On the Cross the Lamb is lifted,
offerings finished. And even as Thou Where His Life-Blood shall be spilled.
1 John iii. 14-17. 2 Apoc. v. 5. * Gal. vi. r4.
4 Continuation of the Martins Hymn.
He endured the nails, the spitting, in heaven the fruits of the redemption
Vinegar, and spear, and reed; which was paid thereon. Through
From that Holy Body broken
Blood and water forth proceed:
Earth, and stars, and sky, and ocean
By that flood from stain are freed. unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, '
Faithful Cross! above all other,
One and only noble Tree! A Commemoration is made of the
None in foliage, none in blossom, Birth-day of the Blessed Virgin.
None in fruit thy peers may be:
Sweetest wood and sweetest iron!
PRIME.
Sweetest Weight is hung on thee.
The last verse of the Hymn is altered
Bend thy boughs, 0 tree of glory!
Thy relaxing sinews bend;
For a while the ancient rigour, Antz'phon. 0 what a work, &c.,
That thy birth bestowed, suspend: (First Antiphon at Laudr.)
And- the King of heavenly beauty
On thy bosom gently tend. In the Short Responsory :
Thou alone wast counted worthy Verse. Thou That wast born of the
This world's ransom to uphold: Virgin Mary.
For a shipwrecked race preparing
Harbour, like the ark of old;
MARTYROLOGY.
With the Sacred Blood anointed
From the smitten Lamb that rolled. The morrow is the Octave of the
To the Trinity be glory Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Everlasting, as is meet: Upon the same 15th day of Sept
Equal to the Father, equal ember, were born into the better
To the Son, and-Paraclete: life—
Trinal Unity, Whose praises At Rome, upon the Nomentan Way,
All created things repeat. Amen.
[in the first century,] the holy martyr
Verse. We adore Thee, O Christ, Nicornede the Priest. Unto them that
would have forced him to offer sacri
and we bless Thee.
fice he said, “I do not sacrifice, save
Answer. Because that through Thy
unto the Almighty God, Who reigneth
Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
in the heavens,” and he was beaten
A ntz'phon at the Song of Zacharias. with scourges loaded with lead until at
Thou art higher than all the cedars, last he passed away to be ever with
thou, whereon the Life of the world the Lord.
hung,whereon Christ openly triumphed, In the country of Chalons, [in the
and His death trampled down death second century,] the holy martyr
for ever. Valerian. The President Priscus
caused him to be hung up and tor
Prayer throughout the Ofiiee. mented by mangling with metal
books, but when he saw that he could
O GOD, Who dost this day gladden not be shaken in his confession of
us by the yearly Feast of the Christ, but continued the rather to
Exaltation of the Holy Cross, grant, praise Him with a glad heart, he com
we beseech Thee, that even as we manded to slay him with the sword.
have understood the mystery thereof At Marcianopolis, in Thrace, the
upon earth, so we may worthily enjoy holy martyr Melitina. Under the
Emperor Antonine and the President TERCE.
Antiochus, she was twice brought to
the temples of the Gentiles, but as The last verse of the Hymn is altered
the idols continually fell down, she in honour of the Incarnation.
was hung up and mangled, and at Antiphon. Save us, &c., (Second
last beheaded. Antinhon at Lands.)
At Adrianople, the holy martyrs
Chapter from Lauds.
Maximus, Theodore, and Asclepio
dotus, who were crowned under the
Emperor Maximian. Short Responsory.
Also holy Porphyry, a jester who This sign of the Cross shall be in
received baptism as a farce in the heaven.
presence of the Emperor Julian the Answer. This sign of the Cross
Apostate, and was thereupon suddenly shall be in heaven.
changed by the power of God, so that Verse. When the Lord cometh to
he professed himself to be a Christian, judgment.
and by command of the Emperor re Answer. In heaven.
ceived martyrdom by the axe. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
Upon the same day, the holy Goth to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Nicetas, who was burnt by order of Answer. This sign of the Cross
King Athanaric for the Catholic faith’s shall be in heaven.
sake. Verse. We adore Thee, O Christ,
At Cordova, [in the ninth century,] and we bless Thee.
the holy martyrs Emilas, the Deacon, Answer. _Because through Thy
and Jeremiah, who suffered a long Cross Thou haSt redeemed the world.
imprisonment in the persecution under
the Arabs, and finished their testi SEXT.
mony by being beheaded.
At Toul, in Lorraine, [in the fifth The last verse of the Hymn is altered
century,] the holy Confessor Aper, in honour of the Incarnation.
Bishop [of that see.] Antiphon. Behold the Cross, &c.,
Likewise, [in the sixth century,] (Third Antzlbhon at Lauds.)
holy Lubin, Bishop of Chartres.
At Lyons, [in the fourth century,]
holy Albin, Bishop [of that see.] The Chapter. (Gal. vi. 14.)
On the same day, [in the seventh BUT God forbid that I should glory,
century,] holy Aichard, Abbat [of save in the Cross of our Lord
Jumieges.] JESUS Christ, by whom the world
In [Auvergne, in] Gaul, [in the fifth is crucified unto me and I unto the
century,] the holy widow Eutropia. world.
Short Responsory.
Chapter at the end. (Phil. ii. 8.)
We adore Thee, O Christ, and we
E humbled himself, and became bless Thee.
obedient unto death, even the Answer. We adore Thee, O
death of the Cross; wherefore God Christ, and we bless Thee.
also hath highly exalted Him, and Verse. Because through Thy Cross
hath given Him a name which is Thou hast redeemed the world.
above every name. Answer. We bless Thee.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and Prayer.

Answer. We adore Thee, O GIVE ear, 0 Lord, unto Thy
Christ, and we bless Thee. people, and grant that as they
Verse. Let all the earth worship do acknowledge the glory of Thy
Thee and sing unto Thee. blessed witness Nicomede, they may
Answer. Let them sing unto Thy never lack his help to obtain their
Name, 0 Lord. requests from Thee. Through our
NONE.
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in
the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
The last verse of the fz’ymn is altered God, world without end. Amen.
At Compline the last verse of the
Antzlohon. By Thy Cross, &c., lqymn is altered in honour of the [n
(Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.)
carnation.
Chapter at at the end of Prime.
Short Responsory. SEPTEMBER 1 5.

Let all the earth worship Thee, and
sing unto Thee.
Octave of t5e @t'etfiebag of the
Answer. Let all the earth worship (inmate @irgt'n (mar-g.
Thee, and sing unto Thee.
Verse. Let them sing unto Thy Double.
Name, 0 Lord.
All as on the Feast, except the fol
Answer. And sing unto Thee.
lowing.
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. MATTINS.
Answer. Let all the earth worship
Thee, and sing unto Thee. FIRST NOCTURN.
Verse. This sign of the Cross shall
be in heaven. First Lesson.
Answer. When the Lord cometh
The Lesson is taken from the Song of
to judgment.
Songs (viii. 5.)
SECOND VESPERS. [CHORUS] Who is this that

cometh up from the wilderness,
All as at First Vespers.
overflowing with gladness, leaning
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed upon her beloved?
Virgin. O blessed art thou, 0 Cross, [The Bride] Under an apple-tree
thou which wast counted the only tree did 1 rouse thee up. There was thy
worthy to bear the Lord and King of mother ravished, there was she de
heaven. Alleluia. flowered that bare thee. Set me as a
seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon
A Commemoration is. made of the thine arm ; for love is strong as death,
Birth-day of the Blessed Virgin, from
jealousy is cruel as the grave. The
the First Vespers of the Feast.
lamps thereof are lamps of fire and
Then of the Holy Martyr Nicomede. flames.
Second Lesson. I BEHOLD a joyful congregation
of all the Saints, who have come
[ HE Bride] Many waters cannot together with glad hearts at the bid
quench love, neither can the ding of Holy Mary, Mother of God,
floods drown it. If a man would and always a Virgin. Praise and
give all the substance of his house glory be unto Thee, O Holy Trinity!
for love, it would utterly be con Who hast called us unto this Feast!
temned. We have a little sister, and Praise be to thee also, Holy Mother
she hath no breasts: what shall we of God! Thou art the priceless Pearl
do for our sister in the day when she of earth, thou art the undying lamp,
shall be spoken for? If she be a thou art the crown of virginity, thou
wall, we will build upon her battle art the staff of the orthodox faith, thou
ments of silver—if she be a door, we art the everlasting temple, thou art
will furnish her forth with boards of the limits of the lllimitable, thou art
cedar. Mother and Maiden, wherethrough
cometh He of whom the Gospels tell,
Third Lesson.
that Blessed One Who cometh in the
[ THE Bride] I am a wall, and my Name of the Lord!
breasts like towers; whence it
was that I found “Peace "1 in his Fifth Lesson.
presence. “Peaceful "1 hath a vine
yard at “The-place-otZa-multitude,”2 HROUGH thee is the name of the
he hath let it out unto keepers; the Trinity hallowed, through thee
man bringeth for the fruit thereof a is the precious Cross preached and
thousand pieces of silver. Mine own worshipped throughout all the world.
vineyard is before me.3 The thousand Through thee there is joy in heaven,
pieces be thine, O “Peaceful,” and through thee Angels and Archangels
two hundred for them that keep the shout aloud, through thee the devils
fruit thereof. . are put to flight, and man is recalled
[The Bridegroom] O thou that to Paradise. Through thee every
dwellest in the gardens! they that creature once in bondage to idols
love thee are listening—cause me to turneth to the knowledge of the truth,
hear thy voice! through thee believers come to holy
[The Bride] Flee away, my be~ Baptism, through thee Churches are
loved! and be like to a roe or to a built in all the earth.
young hart upon the mountains of
spices. Sixth Lesson.
BY thy help, the heathen turn
SECOND NOCTURN.
to repentance. What more?
Fourth Lesson. Through thee the Only-begotten Son
of God, He in Whom is Life, and
The Lesson is taken from the Ser the Life is the Light of men, hath
mons of St Cyril, Pope of Alex shined upon them that sat in darkness
andria, (against Nestorius.) and in the shadow of death. Through
1 The name of the Bridegroom “Sh’lomoh " means “ Peaceful.”
2 Baal-hamon, a place near Samaria. Whether it really means “The-place-of-a-multitude "
and not rather a shrine of the idolJupiter ,Ammon, is at least doubtful.
3 The meaning seems to be that she afforded in herself a richer feast than any vineyard, and
had it always at hand.
55O THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SAINTs.
thee the Prophets have prophesied, father, that He might make God Him
through thee the Apostles have self His servants’ Father.
preached salvation unto the Gentiles.
Who can set forth all thy praise, 0
Ezghth Lesson.
Mary, Mother and Maiden? Dearly
beloved brethren, let us glorify her, THOU seest how glad tidings these
while we worship her Son, the Sin be even from the beginning. If
less Bridegroom of the Church, unto thou be busy about such things as
Whom be honour and glory for ever concern thine own honour, learn to
and ever. Amen. believe such from the things which
concern Him. For even by the
measure of man’s understanding it
THIRD NOCTURN. is harder to make God man than
Seventh Lesson. to hallow a man into a son of God.
When therefore thou hearest that the
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Son of God is likewise the Son of
Gospel according to Matthew (i. I.) David and Abraham, doubt no more
that thou, which art a son of Adam,
HE Book of the Generation of shalt be a son of God. He would not
JESUS Christ, the Son of David, so have humbled Himself, had it not
the son of Abraham. Abraham be been to exalt us. He was born ac
gat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob. cording to the flesh that thou might
And so on.
est be born according to the Spirit;
Homily by St John Chrysostom, He was born of a woman that thou
Patriarch [of Constantinople] (2nd mightest cease to be the child of a.
on Alatthe'w.) woman.1
Is it not startling to hear that the

Ninth Lesson. (For the Holy
inetfable God, Whom words cannot
Martyr. M'comede.)
describe, nor thought grasp, and Who
is in all things equal to the Father, HIS Nicomede was a Priest who
was pleased to come to us through was ordered to be seized during
the womb of a virgin, to be made of the persecution of the Christians by
a woman, and to take for forefathers the Emperor Domitian, because he
David and Abraham P But why should had buried the body of the Virgin
I speak of David and Abraham? It Felicula, who had been slain by the
is more astounding still that He took Count Flaccus for confessing the
for ancestresses those women whom I Christian Faith. He was led to the
have just above named, [Thamar, statues of the gods, and forasmuch as
and Ruth, and Bathsheba.] But when he stoutly disobeyed the command to
thou hearest this, stir up thy mind, sacrifice to them, since sacrifice is
and look not down upon the lowly due only to the one true God Who
elements. Wonder rather at this, that reigneth in heaven, he was flogged
the very and beloved Son of the Eter with scourges loaded with lead until
nal God was content to become the he sealed his testimony by giving up
Son of David, that He might give his spirit to God. The said Count
thee power to become a son of God; Flaccus ordered his body to be thrown
to have His own servant for His fore into the floods of the Tiber, but Justus,
1 Apparently, Eve.
FEAST-DAYS IN SEPTEMBER. 55I
clerk to Nicomede, sought diligently 'At Heraclea, in Thrace, the holy
for it until he found it, and buried it martyr Sebastiana, who was led to
honourably upon the road to Mentana, believe in Christ by the blessed
hard by the walls of the city. Apostle Paul. Under the Emperor
Domitian and the President Sergius
At Lauds a Commemoration is made she was diversely tried and at last
of this Martyr. Prayer as at Vespers. slain with the sword.
At Cordova, [in the ninth century,]
the holy martyrs Rogellus and Servus
MARTYROLOGY.
Dei, who had their hands and feet cut
On the morrow we keep the feast off and were at last beheaded.
of the holy martyrs Cornelius, Pope In Scotland, the holy Confessor
of Rome, and Cyprian, Bishop of Ninian, Bishop [of Galloway, whose
Carthage, of whose birth into the feast we keep [upon the 25th day of
better life mention hath been made this present month of September.]
upon the 14th day of this present In England, [in the tenth century,]
month of September. the holy Virgin Edith, daughter of
Upon the same 16th day of Sept Edgar, King of the English, who
ember, were born into the better was dedicated to God from a child
life— in the Monastery [of the Order of St
At Chalcedon, the holy Virgin and Benedict, at Wilton,] and knew not
martyr Euphemia. Under the Em the world, rather then forsook it.
peror Diocletian and the Proconsul
Priscus, she overcame for Christ’s At Second Vespers a Commemoration
sake torture, imprisonment, stripes, is made of the Holy Martyrs Cornelius
wheels, fire, stones, beasts, rods, sharp and Cyprian. Prayer, “ O Lord, we
saws, and hot metal. When she beseech Thee, &c.,” (p. 392.)
was again cast to the beasts in the
Then ofthe Holy Martyrs Euphemia,
theatre, she prayed the Lord to take
Lucy, and Geminian. Antiphon, “In
her spirit to Himself, and then one of
heaven do rejoice, &c.,” (as in Second
them bit her sacred body, while the
Vespers for Many Martyrs, 15. 394.)
rest licked her feet, and she resigned
Verse and Answer, “Let the Saints
her soul without spot to God.
be joyful, &c.,” (p. 39!.)
At Rome, the holy martyrs Lucy, a
noble matron, and Geminian, whom
the Emperor Diocletian, after they Prayer.
had suffered grievously and long
been tormented, and had thus gained E ready, 0 Lord, to listen unto
a noble victory by martyrdom, com our joyful prayers, and grant
manded to be slain with the sword. that as we do year by year in love
Likewise at Rome, upon the Fla and earnestness recall the day where
minian Way, the holy martyrs Abun on Thy blessed witnesses Euphemia,
dius the Priest and Abundantius the Lucy, and Geminian suffered for Thy
Deacon, whom the Emperor Diocletian sake, so we may also have the grace
commanded to be beheaded at the to imitate the firmness of their faith.
tenth milestone from the city, along Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
with the eminent Marcian, and John, Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
the son of Marcian, whom they had Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
raised from the dead. one God, world without end. Amen.
Gentle Mother, we beseech thee

Ehirli Suntiag of September. By thy tears and trouble sore;
By the death of thy dear Offspring;
feast of the Seheu Streams of By the Bloody Wounds He bore;
Touch our hearts with that true sorrow
the Blesseh Hirgin wary. Which afflicted thee of yore.
Greater Double. To the Father everlasting,

And the Son Who reigns on high,
If this Feast is transferred for any With the Co-Eternal Spirit,
muse, it should he hint on the next free Trinity in Unity,
Sunday, and if no Sunday is free till Be salvation, honour, blessing,
Advent, it must he kept on the first Now and through eternity. Amen.
free day following the third Sunday of
Septemher. Verse. Pray for us, 0 Queen of
Martyrs.
On the Saturday the Martyrology Answer. Who didst stand by the
begins with the words: On the Cross of JESUS.
morrow is the Feast of the Seven
Sorrows of the most Blessed Virgin A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed
Mary. Virgin. 2 Look not upon me, because
I am black, because the sun hath
Whatever is not specially given here tanned me. My mother’s children
is taken from the Common Ofliee fiir were angry with me.
Feasts of the Blessed Virgin.
Prayer from Lauds. A Com
memoration is made of the Sunday.
FIRST VESPERS.
Antzyhon. 3 Remember not, Lord,
Antiphons, Chapter, and Prayer mine offences, nor the offences of my
from Lauds. forefathers, neither take Thou venge
ance of my sins.
flymn. 1
WHAT a sea of tears and sorrow Verse. Let the evening prayer
Did the soul of Mary toss ascend unto Thee, O Lord.
To and fro upon its billows, Answer. And let there descend
While she wept her bitter loss; upon us Thy mercy.
In her arms her JEsus holding,
Torn so newly from the Cross.
COMPLINE.
0 that mournful Virgin Mother!
The last verse of the b’ymn is said
See her tears how fast they flow
Down upon His mangled Body, thus :—
Wounded Side, and thorny Brow; Lord JESU, slain for us, to Thee
While His Hands and Feet she kisses— Eternal praise be given,
Picture of immortal woe! With Father, Spirit, One and Three,
0ft and oft His Arms and Bosom
Fondly straining to her own;
Oft her pallid lips imprinting MATTINS.
On each Wound of her dear Son!
Till in one last kiss of anguish Invitatory. Let us take our stand
All her melting soul is gone. by the Cross, in company with Mary,
1 Translation by the Rev. E. Caswall. 9 Cam. i. 6. 3 Tob. iii. 3.
the Mother of JESUS. * A sword of Ps. xxx. In Thee, O LORD, &c.,
sorrow hath pierced through her own <11 76-)
soul also.
Verse. Pray for us, 0 Queen of
Hymn. Martyrs,—
Answer. Who didst stand by the
COME, let us stand to pray when new
The darkness of the night
Cross of JESUS.
Recalls the awful gloom that wrapt
Golgotha’s fatal height. First Lesson.
Come, in the spirit let us stand The Lesson is taken from the [Lam
Where Mother Mary stood,
entations of the] Prophet Jeremiah
Watching the great salvation wrought
Upon the bitter Rood.
(i. 2.)
Come, let us stand with her in whom SHE weepeth sore in the night, and
Each wound that pierced the Lord her tears are upon her cheeks:
With woe unutterable pierced among all her lovers, she hath none
Her spirit like a sword. to comfort her; all her friends have
Come, let us stand with her whose heart
dealt treacherously with her, and are
The thirst that parched His tongue,— become her enemies. (20.) Behold,
The thorns that tore His brow—with grief O LORD, for I am in distress; my
Less than His only—wrung. bowels are troubled; mine heart is
turned within me, for I am full of
Come, let us ask of her, who there
Undying Martyr stood, anguish. Abroad, the sword be
That we with her through tears may see reaveth, and at home there is death.
Salvation in the Rood. They have heard that I sigh, and
there is none to comfort me.
Glory to Him of whom we pray,
This grace on us send down,
To stand with her beside the Cross, First Responsory.
With her to see the Crown. Amen.
1 There was a man whose name was
Simeon; and the same man was just
FIRST NOCTURN.
and devout; and he said unto Mary :
First A ntiphon. They are increased Yea, a sword shall pierce through
that trouble me; * many are they thine own soul also.
that rise up against me. Verse. 2 Call me not “ My-pleasant
ness,” but call me “Embittered,” for
the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly
with me.
SeeondA ntiphon. They make ready Answer. Yea, a sword shall pierce
their arrows in the quiver, * that they through thine own soul also.
may privily shoot at the upright in
heart. Second Lesson. (ii. I 3.)
Ps. x. In the LORD put I my
WHAT thing shall I take to wit
trust, &c., (p. 9.)
ness for thee? What thing
Third Antiphon. My life is spent shall I liken to thee, 0 daughter of
with grief, * and my years with Jerusalem? What shall I equal to
sighing. thee, that I may comfort thee, O
1 Luke ii. 25- a4, 35 '2 Ruth i. 20.
virgin daughter of Zion? For thy Me? Wist ye not that I must be
breach is great like the sea: who about My Father’s business?
can heal thee? (15.) All that pass Answer. I and Thy Father——
by clap their hands at thee; they hiss Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
and wag their head at the daughter to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
of Jerusalem, saying: Is this the city Answer. Have sought thee sor
that men call “The Perfection of rowing.
beauty,” “The joy of the whole
earth!” All thine enemies have SECOND NOCTURN.
opened their mouth against thee; First A ntiphon. My heart is like
they hiss and gnash the teeth, and melting wax in the midst of my
say: We will swallow her up. bowels.
Ps. xxi. My God, My God, &c.,
Seeond Responsory.
(t- 48-)
1Arise, and take the young Child Second Antiohon. O God, I have
and His Mother, and flee into Egypt; declared my life unto Thee—Thou
and be thou there until I bring thee hast put my tears in Thy sight.
word.
Verse. Out of Egypt have I called Ps. lv. Be merciful unto me, &c.,
My Son, that salvation may come unto (,0. 1 10.)
Israel.
Third Antiphon. My tears have
Answer. And be thou there until
been my meat day and night.
I bring thee word.
Ps. xli. As the hart panteth, &c.,
Third Lesson. (A 95-)
HE LORD hath done that which Verse. 3A bundle of myrrh is my
He had devised; He hath ful well-beloved unto me—
filled His word that He had com Answer. He shall lie betwixt my
manded in the days of old; He hath breasts.
thrown down, and hath not pitied;
Fourth Lesson.
and He hath caused thine enemy to
rejoice over thee, and hath set up the The Lesson is taken from the Ser
horn of thine adversaries. Their mons of St Bernard, Abbat [of
heart cried unto the Lord for the Clairvaux.] (On the twelve stars.)
walls of the daughter of Zion. Let
tears run down like a river day and THE Martyrdom of the Virgin is
night. Give thyself no rest, neither set before us, not only in the
let the apple of thine eye cease. prophecy of Simeon, but also in the
story itself of the Lord’s Passion.
The holy old man said of the Child
Third Responsory.
JESUS, (Luke ii. 34,) “Behold, this
2 Son, why hast Thou thus dealt with Child is set for the fall and the
us? I and Thy father have sought rising again of many in Israel; and
Thee sorrowing. for a sign which shall be spoken
Verse. How is it that ye sought against; yea,” (said he unto Mary,)
1 Matth. ii. 13, 15; Hos. xi. 1.
2 Luke ii. 48, 49. Greek, " Thy father and L". 3 Cam. i. 13.
“a sword shall pierce through thine they are, are wrung at the memory
own soul also ”—Even so, 0 Blessed thereof only!
Mother ! The sword did indeed pierce
through thy soul! for nought could Fzfth Responsory.
pierce the Body of thy Son, nor pierce
2And when they were come to the
thy soul likewise. Yea, and when this
place which is called Calvary, there
JESUS of thine had given up the ghost,
they crucified Him. Now there stood
and the bloody spear could torture
by the Cross of JESUS His Mother.
Him no more, thy soul winced as it
pierced His dead Side—His Own Soul
Verse. Then was it that a sword
of sorrow pierced through her blessed
might leave Him, but thine could not.
soul.
Answer. There stood by the Cross
Fourth Responsory. of JESUS His Mother.
1JESUS, bearing His Cross, went
forth. And there followed Him a Sz'a‘th Lesson.
company of women, which bewailed
and lamented Him. MARVEL not, my brethren, that
Verse. Daughters of Jerusalem, Mary should be called a Martyr
weep for yourselves and for your in spirit. He indeed may marvel who
children. remembereth not what Paul saith,
Answer. There followed Him a naming the greater sins of the Gen
company of women, which bewailed tiles, that they were “without natural
and lamented Him. affection,” (Rom. i. 31.) Far other
were the bowels of Mary, and far
other may those of her servants be!
Fifth Lesson.
But some man perchance will say:
HE sword of sorrow pierced Did she not know that He was to
through thy soul, so that we die? Yea, without doubt, she knew
may truly call thee more than martyr, it. Did she not hope that He was
in whom the love, that made thee soon to rise again? Yea, she most
suffer along with thy Son, wrung thy faithfully hoped it. And did she still
heart more bitterly than any pang mourn because He was crucified?
of bodily pain could do. Did not Yea, bitterly. But who art thou,
that word of His indeed pierce my brother, or whence hast thou
through thy soul, sharper than any such wisdom, to marvel less that the
two-edged sword, even to the divid Son of Mary suffered than that Mary
ing asunder of soul and spirit, (Heb. suffered with Him? He could die in
iv. 12,)—“Woman, behold thy son ! ” the Body, and could not she die with
(John xix. 26.) 0 what a change to Him in her heart? His was the deed
thee! Thou art given John for of that Love, greater than which hath
JESUS, the servant for his Lord, the no man, (John xv. 1 3 ;) her’s, of a love,
disciple for his Master, the son of like to which hath no man, save He.
Zebedee for the Son of God, a mere
man for Very God. O how keenly
Sixth Responsory.
must the hearing of those words have
pierced through thy most loving soul, 3Joseph of Arimathaea begged the
when even our hearts, stony, iron, as Body of JESUS, and he took It down
1 John xix. 17; Luke xxiii. 27, 28. 2 Luke xxiii. 33; John xix. 25.
3 Cf. Luke xxiii. 52, 53.
from the Cross, and His Mother re Homily by St Ambrose, [Bishop of

ceived It into her arms. Milan.] (On Virgins, 7.)
Verse. 1The Shunamite took her
dead son, and laid him on her knees ; There stood by the Cross His
and her soul was vexed within her. Mother. Men had forsaken Him,
Answer. His Mother received It but she stood there fearless. Behold
into her arms. how the Mother of JESUS could break
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and through her shrinking modesty, but
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. could not belie her heart. With the
Answer. His Mother received It eyes of a mother’s love she gazed
into her arms. upon the Wounds of her Son, those
Wounds through Which she knew
that redemption for all mankind was
THIRD NOCTURN. flowing. The Mother, who feared
not the executioners, was able to
First Antifihon. They bend their endure the sight of their work. Her
bow, even bitter words, that they may Son was hanging upon the Cross, and
shoot in secret at the perfect. she braved His tormentors.
Ps. lxiii. Hear my voice, 0 God,
&c., (p. 114.) Sevent/z Responsory.
Second Antiphon. My soul is sore 0 what a sickening at heart was
vexed, but Thou, O LORD—how long? thine, thou Mother of sorrows : 3 when
Ps. vi. 0 LORD, rebuke me not, Joseph wrapped thy Son in linen and
&c., (p. 5.) laid Him in the sepulchre?
Verse. 4Behold, and see if there
Third Antiphon. God is our help be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.
in trouble, which is come upon us Answer. When Joseph wrapped
exceedingly. thy Son in linen and laid Him in
the sepulchre.
(a 97-)
Verse. 2 Through thee, 0 Virgin Eighth Lesson. (From St Ambrose,
Mary, may we draw the waters of 25th Epistle to the Church of
salvation— Vercelli.)
Answer. Out of the Wounds of ARY, the Mother of the Lord,
Christ. stood by the Cross of her Son.
My only informant of this fact is the
Seventh Lesson. holy Evangelist John. Others have
The Lesson is taken from the Holy written that when the Lord suffered,
Gospel according to John (xix. 25.) the earth quaked, the heavens were
veiled in darkness, the sun was
T that time: There stood by the hidden, and the thief received, after
Cross of JESUS His Mother, and a good confession, the promise of
His Mother’s sister, Mary [the wife] Paradise. John hath taught us what
of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. the others have not taught us. Upon
And so on. the Cross He called her Mother. It
1 Curiously compounded from 4 (2) Kings iv. 20, 27. 2 Cf. Isa. xii. 3.
3 Luke xxiii. 53. 4 Lam. i. 12.
is reckoned [by John] a greater thing Fourth Antinhon. 5 From the sole
that in the moment of triumph over of the foot even unto the head, there
agony, He should have discharged is no soundness in it.
the watchful duty of a Son to His Fzfth Antiphon. 6Revive me with
Mother, than that He should have flowers, * stay me up with apples—for
made gift of the kingdom of heaven. I am swooning with love.
For if it be a sacred thing to have
forgiven the thief, this so great kind
ness of the Son to the Mother is to Chapter. (Lam. ii. 13.)
be worshipped as the outcome of a WHAT thing shall I take to witness
tenderer and more touching love. for thee? What thing shall I
liken to thee, 0 daughter of Jerusa
Eighth Responsory. lem? What shall I equal to thee,
that I may comfort thee, O virgin
1Forget not the sorrows of thy daughter of Zion? For thy breach
mother with thine whole heart, that is great like the sea.
thine offering and thy blessing may
be perfected.
Verse. Hail, O maid of Royal Hymn.7
birth, Noblest martyr-rose of earth, OD, in Whom all grace doth dwell!
lily of virginity. Grant us grace to ponder well
Answer. That thine offering and On the Virgin’s Dolours seven,
thy blessing may be perfected. On the Wounds to JESUS given.
May the tears which Mary poured
Gain us pardon of the Lord :—
Answer. That thine offering and Tears excelling in their worth
thy blessing may be perfected. All the penances of earth.
May the contemplation sore

[Vinth Lesson. Of the Wounds which JESUS bore,
Source to us of blessings be
The whole, or first part, of the Sun Through a. long eternity.
day Homily.
To the Incarnate Son Who died
LAUDS. For His servants crucified,
Praise be rendered, with the Sire
First Antinhon. 2Whither is thy And the Spirit Sanctifier. Amen.
beloved gone, * O thou fairest among
women? Whither is thy beloved Verse. By the woes that tortured
turned aside P—that we may seek thee,
him with thee. Answer. Mary, ask for joy for
Second A ntiphon. *3 Look away from me.
me. * I will weep bitterly. Labour
not to comfort me. Antiohon at the Song of Zacharias.
Third Antzjohon. 4He hath no 8Come ye, and let us go up to the
form nor comeliness, * and when we mountain of the LORD, 9and see
shall see him there is no beauty that if there be any sorrow like unto
we should desire him. my sorrow.
1 Ecclus. vii. 29. 2 Cant. v. 17. 3 Isa. xxii. 4. 4 Isa. 2. 5 Isa. i._6.
° Cant. ii. 5. 7 Translation by the Rev. E. Caswall. 3 Isa. 11. 3. 9 Lam. 1. 12.
VOL. IV. U
Prayer throughout the Ofiee. A ntz'phon. Look away, &c. (Second

A ntzlzihon at Lauds.)
O GOD, at Whose suffering the
prophecy of Simeon was ful Chapterfrom Lands.
filled, and a sword of sorrow pierced
through the gentle soul of the glorious Short Resyfionsory.
Virgin and Mother Mary, mercifully
grant that we who speak worshipfully All ye that pass by,—
of her woes, may obtain the saving Answer. All ye that pass by,—
purchase of Thy suffering. Who Verse. Behold, and see if there be
livest and reignest with God the any sorrow like unto my sorrow.
Father, in the unity of the Holy Answer. Ye that pass by.
Ghost, one God, world without end. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Amen. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
A Commemoration is made of the Answer. All ye that pass by,—
Sunday. Verse. Mine eyes do fail with
Verse. The LORD reigneth, He is tears.
clothed with majesty. Answer. All my bowels are
Answer. The LORD is clothed troubled.
with strength, and'hath girded Him SEXT.
self with power.
The last verse of the Hymn is said
thus .
PRIME.
Lord JESU, Who for us didst die,
The last verse of the Ifymn as at To Father, Thee, and Holy Ghost,
Complz'ne. Be praise below, as praise on high,
On earth, as ’mid the Angelic host.
Antiphon. Whither, &c. (First
Antz'phon at Lauds.) Antiphon. He hath no form, &c.,
Instead of the verse, “Thou That (Third A ntz'phan at Lauds.)
sittest,” &c., is said .
Verse. Thou That didst suffer for Chapter. (Lam. .i. 2.)
our salvation.
SHE weepeth sore in the night, and
her tears are upon her cheeks.
Chapter at the end. (Lam. ii. 1 8.) Among all her lovers she hath none
ET tears run down like a river to comfort her.
day and night. Give thyself no
rest, neither let the apple of thine eye Short Rewonsory.
cease. .
1 Mine eyes do fail with tears.
TERCE. Answer. Mine eyes do fail with
The last verse of the .Hymn is said tears.
thus . Verse. All my bowels are troubled.
Answer. With tears.
IESU, our Sacrifioe to Thee,
To Father, Spirit, One and Three,
Be praise, and thanks, and'glory given, and to the Son, and t0 the Holy
By menvon earth, by Saints in heaven. Ghost.
1 Lam. ii. 11.
Answer. Mine eyes do fail with SEPTEMBER 1 6.
tears.
Verse. A bundle of myrrh is my arm ihulg martgrs, Qturnelius,
well-beloved unto me.
Answer. He shall lie betwixt my 150p»: uf 33mm, anh 6gp:
breasts. rian, limbs}: of (Eartbagz.
NONE.
Semi-douole.
Last verse of the Hymn as at Com
plz'ne. All from the Common Ofiiee for
Many Martyrs, (p. 382,) except the
Antiphon. Revive me, &c., (Fifth following.
Antiphon at Lands.)
Prayer throughout, 0 Lord, we be
Chapter as at the end of Prime. seech Thee, &c., (p. 392.)
Short Responsory.
MATTINS.
A bundle of myrrh is my well
FIRST NOCTURN.
beloved unto 1116.
Answer. A bundle of myrrh is my Lessons from Serzjfiture awarding
well-beloved unto me. to the Season.
Verse. He shall lie betwixt my
breasts. [f Emoer-day, from Rom. viii. 12,
Answer. My well-beloved unto me. (p. 38 3); the Ninth Lesson being, in
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and that case, from the Homily of the
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Ember-day, whieh will also be com
Answer. A bundle of myrrh is my memorated at Lands.
well-beloved unto me.
Verse. 1 My soul failed.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Answer. When my beloved spake.
Fourth Lesson.
SECOND VESPERS.
ORNELIUS was a Roman who
A ll as the First, except thefollowing: held the Popedom during the
reign of the Emperors Gallus and
A ntzlohon at the Song of the Blessed Volusian. He, and that most holy
Virgin. 2Sorrow hath crushed me. Lady Lucina, took the bodies of the
My face is swollen with weeping, and Apostles Peter and Paul out of the
on mine eyelids is the shadow of Catacombs and put them in more
death. convenient places. Lucina laid the
A Commemoration is made of the body of Paul in a farm of her own
Sunday. upon the road to Ostia, hard by the
place where he had received the
Verse. Let my prayer, 0 LORD, sword-stroke. Cornelius placed that
be set forth. of the Prince of the Apostles hard
Answer. As incense before Thee. by where he had been crucified.
Last verse of the Hymn at Compline When this was told to the Emperors,
as before. and likewise that Cornelius was the
_ I Cant. v. 6. 2 Job xvi. I7.
means of making many Christians, THIRD NOCTURN.

he was banished to Civita Vecchia,1
where Cyprian, the holy Bishop of Lessons from Luke xxi. 9, with the
Carthage, comforted him by letters. Homily of Pope St Gregory, (1:. 389.)
The last part is omitted, or read as
one with the second, to make room for
Fifth Lesson.
HEY continued thus to write often Ninth Lesson. (For the other Holy
one to the other, till the Em Martyrs.)
perors took in bad part these ex
changes of Christian love, and sent EUPHEMIA, Lucy, and Geminian
for Cornelius to Rome. There they were all crowned with Martyr
commanded him to be lashed with dom in the persecution under Dio
scourges loaded with lead as though cletian, upon the same day, though
he were a traitor, and then to be not in the same place. Euphemia
carried to offer sacrifice before the was a maiden of Chalcedon, who
image of Mars. He firmly refused suffered divers tortures under the Pro
to commit this great wickedness, and consul Priscus. She endured un
was forthwith beheaded, upon the flinchingly the rods, the rack, the
14th day of September, [in the year of wheels, and the fire, and in the end
our Lord 252.] The blessed Lucina, was thrown to wild beasts. These all
with the help of the clergy, buried his licked her feet, save one, which gave
body in the sand-pit on her own farm, - her holy body such a bite, that she
near the Cemetery of Kallistus. He forthwith resigned her guileless spirit
lived as Pope about two years. to God. Lucy was a widow at Rome,
who was accused by her own son
Eutropius, for that she had for many
Szlrth Lesson. years worshipped Christ. She was
The Lesson is taken from the Book put into a vessel of hot pitch and
upon “ Church Writers,” composed lead, but came forth unhurt. As she
by St Jerome, Priest [at Bethlehem.] was being haled through the city
loaded with iron and lead, the sight
YPRIAN was an African. He was of her faith and unwavering testifica
first distinguished as a teacher tion turned to Christ the nobleman
of Rhetorick. He afterwards became Geminian. He was one of many
a Christian at the persuasion of the whom she had brought to the faith,
Priest Caecilius, whose surname he and she had him for a comrade in
took, and parted all his goods among her glorious martyrdom, for he was
the poor. It was not long before he divers ways tormented, and then be
was chosen a Priest, and then made headed. Their bodies were given
Bishop of Carthage. It would be idle honourable burial by the Christian
to enlarge upon his wit, seeing that lady Maxima.
his works are as well known as the
sun. He suffered under the Emperors At Lauds a Commemoration is made
Valerian and Gallienus, in the eighth of the above Martyrs. Antz‘phon, and
persecution, and upon the same day, Verse and Answer (as at First Vespers
though not in the same year, that for [Many Martyrs.) Prayer as at
Cornelius testified at Rome.2 Vespers.
1 Centumcellae. 2 In the year 258.
MARTYROLOGY. sake of that Catholic faith which in

On the morrow we commemorate his office he was zealously protecting.
the making of the sacred marks which Pope Pius IX. enrolled his name
God was pleased by a wonderful grace among those of the holy martyrs.
to make upon the hands, feet, and Upon the same day, the holy Aga
side of holy Francis, Founder of the thoclia, the handmaid of a. certain
Order of Friars Minor, upon Mount unbelieving woman, who afi‘licted her
Alvernia in Tuscany. of a long time with stripes and other
Upon the same 17th day of Sept sufferings, to make her deny Christ,
ember, were born into the better life— and at length brought her before the
At Rome, upon the Tiburtine Way, judge, by whose orders she was very
the holy martyr Justin, a Priest who cruelly mangled; and forasmuch as she
was famous for his glorious confession still remained firm in the confession of
of Christ in the persecution under the the faith, her tongue was cut out, and
Emperors Valerian and Gallienus. she was cast into the fire.
He buried the bodies of the blessed At Cordova, [in the persecution
Pope Xystus, of Lawrence, of Hip under the Moors, in the ninth century,]
polytus, and of many other saints, the holy Virgin and martyr Columba.
and at length himself achieved martyr At Milan, the holy Confessor
dom under Claudius. Satyrus, whose excellences are re
Likewise at Rome, [under the Em corded by his holy brother Ambrose.
peror Valerian,] the holy martyrs At Rome, the holy Matron Theo
Narcissus and Crescentio. dora, who ministered constantly to the
In Phrygia, holy Ariadne, martyred holy martyrs in the persecution under
under the Emperor Hadrian. Diocletian.
In Britain, [in the fourth century,] At Bingen, in the dioecese of Mainz,
the holy martyrs Socrates and [in the year 1179,] the holy Virgin
Stephen. Hildegarde.
At Nyon, [on the Lake of Geneva,] Vespers are of the following.
the holy martyrs Valerian, Macrinus,
and Gordian.
SEPTEMBER 1 7.
At Autun, the holy lad Flocellus,
who suffered many things under the
Emperor Antonine and the President 415132 warning of the Baby of
Valerian, and at last was torn by St Jimmie with the flasks
wild beasts, and so received the crown
of the 1m: Jesus.
of martyrdom.
At Liege, blessed Lambert, Bishop Douhle.
of Maestricht. In his godly zeal he
All from the Common Ofiice for a
rebuked the Royal House [of Pepin,]
Confessor, (p. 415,) except the fol
whereupon the saint was slain by the
lowing.
sinners, and he went hence to live
for ever in a mansion in the kingdom FIRST VESPERS.
of heaven. The first verse of the Hymn is said
At Zaragoza, in Spain, [in the year thus .
1485,] holy Peter of Arbues, the first
This is the day when JESU‘S true Confessor,
Inquisitor of the Faith in the king— Whose happy Festal here His people keep,
dom of Aragon, who was cruelly mur First in his flesh the five marks of his Blesser
dered by some relapsed Jews for the Bore printed deep.
Verse. Lord, Thou didst mark Thy dens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
servant Francis. For if a man think himself to be some
Answer. With the marks of our thing, when he is nothing, he deceiveth
Redemption. himself. But let every man prove his
own work, and then shall he have re
joicing in himself alone, and not in
Prayer throughout the Ofiee.
another. For every man shall hear his
O LORD JESUS Christ, Who, when own burden. Let him that is taught
the love of many was waxing in the word communicate unto him
cold, didst manifest once more the that teacheth in all good things.
holy marks of Thine own Sufl'ering in
the flesh of Thy most blessed servant Second Lesson.
Francis, to the end that our hearts
might kindle again with the fire of E not deceived. God is not
the love of Thyself, be Thou entreated mocked. For whatsoever a man
for Thy servant’s sake, and grant to soweth, that shall he also reap. For
his and our prayers that we may he that soweth to his flesh shall of
effectually carry Thy Cross and bring the flesh reap corruption; but he that
forth fruits meet for repentance. Who soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit
livest and reignest with God the reap life everlasting. And let us not
Father, in the unity of the Holy be weary in well-doing; for in due
Ghost, one God, world without end. season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Amen. As we have therefore opportunity, let
us do good unto all men, especially
A Commemoration is made of the unto them who are of the household
Holy Martyrs Cornelius and Cyprian. of faith. Ye see in what great letters
Prayer, “0 Lord, we beseech Thee, I have written unto you with mine
&c.,” (p. 392.) own hand. As many as desire to
make a fair show in the flesh, they
MATTINS. constrain you to be circumcised ; only
lest they should suffer persecution for
Hymn as at Vespers. the Cross of Christ. For neither they
themselves who are circumcised keep
FIRST NOCTURN. the law; but desire to have you cir
cumcised, that they may glory in your
First Lesson. flesh.
The Lesson is taken from the Epistle Third Lesson.

of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the
BUT God forbid that [should glory,
Galatians (v. 25.)
save in the Cross of our Lord
IF we live in the Spirit, let us also JESUS Christ, by Whom the world is
walk in the Spirit. Let us not be crucified unto me, and I unto the
desirous of vain glory, provoking one world. Forv in Christ JESUS neither
another, envying one another. (vi.) circumcision availeth anything, nor
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in uncircumcision, but a new creature.
a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore And as many as walk according to
such an one in the spirit of meekness ; this rule, peace be on them, and
considering thyself, le'st thou also be mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
tempted. Bear ye one another’s bur From henceforth let no man trouble
me ; for I bear in my body the marks Cross. Twain, of his wings were
of the Lord JESUS. Brethren, the lifted up and joined one to the other
grace of our Lord JESUS Christ be over his head, and twain were
with your spirit. Amen. stretched forth to fly withal, and with
twain he wrapped around his body.
SECOND NOCTURN. When Francis saw it, he was sore
amazed, and his soul was filled with
Fourth Lesson. sorrow and gladness, for the eyes of
him that appeared were full of strange
The Lesson is taken from the Read love and tenderness, so that he con
ings upon the Life of St Francis, ceived great rejoicing thereat, but the
composed by St “Buona-Ventura,” nailing to the Cross was so exceedingly
Cardinal Bishop [of Albano.] (13.) dreadful, that as he saw it, a sword of
FRANCIS being indeed a faithful sorrow pierced his soul.
servant and minister of Christ,
about the space of two years before
Fifth Lesson.
he gave back his spirit to heaven,
withdrew himself into an high moun HEN He Whom he beheld with
tain apart, even that mountain which his bodily eyes, began to speak
is called Mount Alverno, and began silently unto him in his heart, and he
to fast for forty days to the honour understood that albeit the deathless
of the Archangel Michael. To think Seraphim cannot suffer or faint, this
of the things above gave-him sweeter vision was nevertheless therefore set
comfort than beforetime he was wont, before him, that he might know that
and the hot longing for heaven was as a friend of Christ he was to be all
kindled in him, so that he began to changed into the likeness of Christ
feel that the gifts from above were JESUS crucified, not by the martyrdom
poured forth upon him in such fulness of the body, but by the fervour of the
as he had never felt before. The soul. Then they held together some
burning of his desire made his heart sweet converse, as of a man with his
rise towards God like the heartof a friend, and the vision passed from him,
seraph, and his tender answering love but his heart was kindled inwardly
yearned to be changed into the like with the fire of the Seraphim, and
ness of Him Who hath so loved us his body was outwardly changed into
that He was content to bear the the likeness of Him Who was crucified,
Cross. And it was so that one morning even as wax is softened by the fire
early, about the time of the Feast of the and taketh the impression of the seal.
Exaltation of the Holy Cross, he was From thenceforth there were in his
praying upon the side of the moun hands and feet the marks of the nails.
tain, and there appeared unto him as The heads of the nails were seen in
it had been one of the Seraphim, hav the palms of his hands and on the
ing six .wings, glorious and fiery, insteps of his feet, and the points
flying to him from heaven. It came came out on the backs of his hands
thereforevery swiftly, and stood in and the soles of his feet. In his right
the air, hard by the man of God. side alsohewas
though hada been
long raw wound,
pierced vwith asa
He beheld then the appearance there
of that it was not winged only, but spear, from which wound his holy
crucified also. His hands and feet blood oftentimes ran and stained his
were stretched forth and nailed to a shirt and breeches.
Sixth Lesson. by Whom the world is crucified unto

me, and I unto the world.
HEREAFTER Francis was a new
Verse. For I bear in my body the
creature, famous for a new and
marks of the Lord JESUS.
awful sign. The holy marks of the
Answer. By Whom the world is
Lord JESUS, whereon living man for
crucified unto me, and I unto the
twelve centuries had not been allowed
world.
to look, were his adornment. He
came down from the mount bearing
t0 the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
in himself the form of JESUS Crucified,
Answer. By Whom the world is
not pourtrayed upon tables of stone
crucified unto me, and I unto the
or wood by the hand of any earthly
world.
craftsman, but drawn upon his flesh
by the finger of the living God. The If this he an Ember-day the Ninth
dying Seraph knew well that “it is Lesson will he taken from the Homily
good to keep close the secret of a thereof, and the Ember-day will he
king,” (Tobit xii. 7,) and knowing the oommemorated at Lands.
secret of his King, he strove as far as At Lauds the third verse of the
in him lay to keep the sacred marks flymn is altered thus:
hidden from men. Nevertheless, for
asmuch as it is the will of the Lord Again returns the sacred day
God for His Own glory to make With heavenly glory bright,
manifest the greatness of His Own When Thou wast pleased upon his flesh
Thine own dread Marks to write.
works, He openly showed forth divers
wonders through these wounds which
He had Himself made in secret, so MARTYROLOGY.
that the hidden and wondrous power
of the marks might become known by Upon the 18th day of September,
the fame of the miracles. were born into the better life—
The foregoing marvellous but thor At Osimo, the holy Confessor
oughly witnessed facts, which were Joseph of Cupertino, of the Order
already spoken of in Papal documents of Friars Minor Conventuals, whose
with especial praise and joy, were name Pope Clement XIII. enrolled
made, by the pleasure of Pope Bene among those of the saints.
dict XI., the subject of a yearly Upon the same day, holy Methodius,
memorial, which was afterwards ex Bishop first of Olympus in Lycia, and
tended by Paul V. to the whole afterward of Tyre, very famous for his
Church, in the hope of fanning in clear words and teaching, who, as is
the hearts of the faithful the love of written by holy Jerome, was crowned
Christ Crucified. with martyrdom at Chalcis, in Greece,
at the end of the last persecution.
In the country of Vienne, the holy
THIRD NOCTURN.
martyr Ferreolus, of Tribunitial rank.
Lessons from Matth. xvi. 24, with [During the persecution under the
the Homily of St Gregory, (1’. 378.) Emperor Diocletian,] he was tried
by command of the wicked President
Crispin, and first most cruelly beaten,
Eighth Responsory.
then heavily loaded with chains and
God forbid that I should glory, save cast into a foul prison. God loosed
in the Cross of our Lord JESUS Christ, his chains, and the gates of the
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prison opened, and he went forth, worthily attain unto Him, Who liveth
but he was followed and again taken, and reigneth with Thee, in the unity
and received the crown of martyrdom of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
by being beheaded. without end. Amen.
Also the holy martyrs Sophia and
Irene. A Commemoration is made of the
At Milan, [in the fourth century,] Marking of St Francis. Verse and
holy Eustorgius 1., Bishop of that Answer and Prayer from the First
city, famous through the witness of Vespers of the Ofiice.
blessed Ambrose.
At Gortyna, in Crete, [in the seventh
MATTINS.
century,] the holy Confessor Eumenius,
Bishop [of that see.] FIRST NOCTURN.
Vespers are of the following, from First Lesson.

the Chapter inclusive.
Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul
SEPTEMBER 1 8. to the Corinthians (iv. 6.)
GOD, Who commanded the light
$t Joseph of Qrupzrtinu, to shine out of darkness, hath
Qtunfessur. shined in our hearts, to give the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God,
Double. in the face of JESUS Christ. But we
have this treasure in earthen vessels,
All from the Common Oflice for a that the excellency of the power may
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 415,)
be of God, and not of us. We are
except the following.
troubled on every side, yet not dis
tressed; we are perplexed, but not in
FIRST VESPERS. despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ;
cast down, but not destroyed; always
As far as St joseph is concerned
bearing about in our body the dying
these begin with the Chapter.
of the Lord JESUS, that the life also of
A ntz'phon at the Song of the Blessed JESUS might be made manifest in our
Virgin. 1I am dead, and my life is bodies. For we which live are alway
hid with Christ in God. delivered unto death for JESUS’ sake,
that the life also of JESUS might be
Prayer throughout the Ofiice. made manifest in our mortal flesh.
O GOD, Who art pleased that Second Lesson. (v. 1.)

Thine Only-begotten Son being
lifted up from the earth should draw FOR we know that if our earthly
all things unto Him, be entreated for house of this tabernacle were
the sake of Thy servant Joseph, whom dissolved, we have a building of God,
Thou didst make like unto one of the an house not made with hands, eternal
Seraphim, and so efl'ectually work in in the heavens. For in this we groan,
us, that even as he, we also may be earnestly desiring to be clothed upon
drawn up above all earthly lusts, and with our house which is from heaven ;
1 Cor. iii. 3.
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if so be that, being clothed, we shall in my infirmities, that the power of

not be found naked. For we that Christ may rest upon me.
are in this tabernacle do groan, being
burdened, not for that we would be
unclothed, but clothed upon, that mor SECOND NOCTURN.
tality might be swallowed up of life. Fourth Lesson.
Therefore we are always confident,
knowing that whilst we are at home THIS Joseph was born, of godly
in the body, we are absent from the parents, at Cupertino, a small
Lord (for we walk by faith, not by village of the dimcese of Nardo, be
sight): but we are confident and will tween Brindisi and Otranto, [six miles
ing rather to be absent from the body, from the coast of the Gulf of Tarento,
and to be present with the Lord. upon the 17th day of June,] in the
year of Redemption 1603. The love
of God came to him early, and he
Third Lesson. (xii. I.)
passed his childhood and youth in
IF it behoveth me to glory (but it is great guilelessness and harmlessness.
not expedient) yet I will come to After recovering by the help of the
visions and revelations of the Lord. I Virgin Mother of God from a long
know a man in Christ above fourteen and painful sickness which he bore
years ago, (whether in the body, I very quietly, he gave himself alto
cannot tell, or whether out of the gether to godliness and self-improve
body, I cannot tell; God knoweth;) ment. God called him inwardly to
such an one to have been caught up higher things, and to give himself
to the third heaven. And I know more utterly to His service, he de
such a man, (whether in the body, or termined in himself to join the
out of the body, I cannot tell; God “ Seraphic "1 Order. After divers
knoweth ;) how that he was caught up failures and changes, he obtained his
into paradise, and heard unspeakable wish among the Friars of the convent
words, which it is not lawful for man of “La Grotella.” He went first as
to utter. Of such an one will I glory: a lay-brother, on account of his ignor
yet of myself I will not glory, but in ance of letters, but God was pleased
mine infirmities. For though I would to allow him afterwards to be taken
desire to glory, I shall not be a fool: among the choir-brethren. After
for I will say the truth : but I forbear, taking his solemn vows he was or
lest any man should think of me above dained Priest, and then set before
that which he seeth me to be, or that him to aim at a more perfect life.
he heareth of me. And lest I should To this end (as far as in him lay)
be exalted above measure through the he thrust from him all earthly affec
abundance of the revelations, there tions and all carnal things, even to
was given to me a thorn in the flesh, such as seem almost needful for life.
the messenger of Satan to buffet me. He tormented his body with haircloth,
For this thing I besought the Lord scourging, spiked chains, and every
thrice, that it might depart from me, kind of hardship and affliction. He
and He said unto me: My grace is fed his spirit sweetly upon the con
sufficient for thee: for My strength stant exercise of holy prayer, and
is made perfect in weakness. Most gazing upon the highest matters. And
gladly therefore will I rather glory so it came to pass that the love of
1 Laudatory name of the Franciscans.
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God, which had been enkindled in all men should honour, because, as
his heart from his earliest years, burnt he said, if we have her protection,
forth day by day more strangely and every good thing comes with it.
openly.
Sixth Lesson.
Fzft/z Lesson.
THIS eagerness on the part of the
HE chief outcome of this love of blessed Joseph was but one out
God was the strong and mar come from his love for his neighbours.
vellous trances whereinto he oftentimes So great was his zeal for souls, that
fell. It was, nevertheless, strange to he vehemently sought in all ways for
observe that after he had entirely lost the salvation of all. When he saw
his senses he could be called out of his neighbour in any trouble, whether
the trance by the mere order of his it were poverty or sickness or any
superiors. To be utterly obedient other affliction, his tenderness went
was one of his chief aims, and he out toward him, and he helped him
was used to say that those who ruled as well as he could. They who re
him could lead him about like a blind viled, and slandered, and insulted him
man, and that it was better to die self were ‘not cut off from his love.
than not to obey. He so imitated the He was used to welcome such with
poverty of the Seraphic Patriarch,l great long-suffering, meekness, and
that when he was at the point of cheerfulness of countenance; and he
death, when the Friars use to dispose preserved the same constantly amid
of anything they have, he was able many hardships and changes when he
to tell his Superior that he had ab was sent hither and thither by com
solutely nothing. Thus bearing about mand of the Superiors of his Order,
in his body the dying of the Lord and of the Holy Inquisition.2 People
JESUS, the life also of JESUS was and princes alike marvelled at the
made manifest in his body. When exceeding holiness of his life, and the
he saw that certain persons had com spiritual gifts poured upon him from
mitted a foul sin of uncleanness, there above, but he was so lowly, that he
came from him a strong savour, a sincerely held himself to be chief
proof of that snowy and glorious among sinners, and earnestly be
purity which, in spite of the most sought God to take away from him
hideous temptations whereby the un the more showy of His gifts. ' Of
clean spirit wrestled long to darken men he entreated that after his death
it, he kept undefiled, partly by an iron they would cast his body somewhere
bridling of his senses, partly by the where his memory might soonest
stern punishments he inflicted upon perish. But God, Who exalteth them
his own body, and partly by the of low degree, glorified His servant
extraordinary protection of the pure during life with the gifts of heavenly
Virgin Mary, whom he was used to wisdom, of prophecy, of discerning
call his own Mother, whom he the hidden thoughts of the heart, of
honoured and worshipped as his most healing, and of other spiritual gifts in
tender Mother in his very heart of marvellous abundance, gave him a
hearts, and whom he was eager that precious death, and made the place
1 St Francis.
1 2 He was denounced before it as an impostor, and, although the charge failedthe was,
for some reason or other, kept more or less strictly confined in different convents of his Order
for the rest of his life.
of his rest glorious. He fell asleep garment? Is it baptism? or is it

in JESUS upon the very day and at faith? But without baptism, or with
the very place foretold by himself, out faith, who could be seated at the
that is, at Osimo, [between Ancona marriage-feast? He that believeth
and Loretto, upon the 18th day of not would still be without the house.
September,] in the 6lst year of his What then, except love, must we
own age, [and in that of salvation understand by the wedding-garment?
1663.] He was famous for miracles He who hath faith and is in the Holy
even after his death, and Benedict XIV. Church, but hath not charity, cometh
enrolled his name among those of the in unto the wedding indeed, but hath
Blessed, and Clement XIII. among not a wedding-garment. And charity
those of the Saints. Clement XIV., is well called the wedding-garment,
being himself a member of the same for it is the garment wherewithal
Order, extended the use of the Office our Maker decked Himself when
and Mass in memory of him to the He came to wed the Church unto
whole Church. Himself.
Eighth Lesson.
THIRD NOCTURN.
T was the work of God’s love
Seventh Lesson. alone that His Only-begotten
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Son should wed Himself unto the
Gospel according to Matthew (xxii. souls of the elect. Whence indeed
1.) John saith: “God so loved the
world, that He gave His Only-be
AT that time : JESUS spake unto the gotten Son, that whosoever believeth
chief priests and Pharisees by in Him should not perish, but have
parables, and said: The kingdom of everlasting life.” (iii. 16.) He there
heaven is like unto a certain king, fore Whom love brought among men,
which made a marriage for his son. showeth that the same love is His
And so on. wedding-garment. Each one there
fore of you who is in the Church and
believeth in God, hath already come
Great.] (Bk. ii. Hom. 38, 9.)
in unto the marriage-feast, but if he
Dearly beloved brethren, ye have keep not the grace of charity, he is
already entered, at the Lord’s bidding, come in thither not having a wedding
into the house where the marriage garment. In sooth, my brethren, if
feast is being held, that is to say, one be asked to an earthly marriage,
into the Holy Church, and look ye he changeth his attire, to show even
well to it, that when the King cometh by his garments that he rejoiceth in
in to see the guests, he see nothing the joy of the Bride and Bridegroom,
amiss in your soul’s wedding-garment. and he would be ashamed to appear
For indeed it is with great searchings of in unseemly raiment among the guests
heart that we are behoven to consider that are feasting and making merry.
that which so soon cometh. “And We are come unto God’s marriage
when the King came in to see the feast, and we make pretence to
guests, he saw there a man which had change the vesture of our hearts.
not on a wedding-garment." Dearly There is joy among the angels when
beloved brethren, what are we to the elect are taken to heaven. With
think is signified by this wedding what face shall we look upon this
spiritual feast if we come in thither ing out of the throne of God and of
not having charity, the only wed the Lamb.1
ding-garment wherein we can appear
comely? If needful, a Commemoration of
Ember-day. (But at neither Vespers.)
Ninth Lesson. (0n the Ember-days

MARTYROLOGY.
this is the Week-day Homily.)
WE must know that as every gar
were born into the better life—
ment lS woven upon two At Puzzuoli, in Campania, the holy
beams, an upper and a lower, so
martyrs Januarius, Bishop of Bene
love is bound unto two command vento, Festus his Deacon, and De
ments, the one bidding us to love siderius his Reader, Sosius, a Deacon
God, and the other to love our of the Church of Miseno, Proculus,
neighbour. For thus is it written:
a Deacon of Puzzuoli, [and two lay
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God men named respectively] Eutyches
with all thy heart, and with all thy and Acutius, who were chained and
soul, and with all thy mind. This imprisoned, and at length beheaded,
is the first and great commandment. under the Emperor Diocletian. The
And the second is like unto it: Thou
body of the holy Januarius was carried
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
to Naples, and honourably buried in
On these two commandments hang the church there, where also is still
all the law and the Prophets.” (Matth. kept in a glass phial some of the blood
xxii. 37-39.) In the which we are to
of this most blessed martyr, which is
see that bounds are set to that love
seen to melt and bubble, as though
wherewith we are to love our neigh it were fresh, when it is put in sight
bour, for it is said: “ Thou shalt love
of his head.
thy neighbour as thyself.” But to
At Nocera, the holy martyrs Felix
the love wherewith we are to love
and Constance, who suffered under
God are set no bounds, for it is said:
Nero.
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God In Palestine, the holy martyrs
with all thy heart, and with all thy
Peleus, Nilus, and Elias, Bishops of
soul, and with all thy mind.” A man
Egypt, who, in the time of the per
is not commanded to what point he secution under the Emperor Diocle
is to love God, but from what point,
tian, were, along with many other
even as it is said, “with all "—for
clerks, consumed with fire for Christ’s
he only truly loveth God, who leaveth
sake.
nothing for himself. We are behoven On the same day, under the Em
therefore to keep two commandments
peror Probus, the holy martyrs Tro
touching love, if we would be seen at
phimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon.
the marriage with a wedding-garment.
Sabbatius was flogged to death at
Antioch, by command of Atticus the
LAUDS. President; Trophimus was sent to
Synnada to the President Perennius,
A ntz'phon at the Song of Zacharias. and there, after being put to many
The Lord showed me a pure river of torments, he was beheaded along with
water of life, clear as crystal, proceed the Senator Dorymedon.
1 Apoc. xxii. I.
576 THE PROPERl OFFICE OF THE'SA'INTS.
At lCordova, in the persecution Antiphon. 1I count all things but

under the Arabs, [in the ninth cen loss for the excellency of the know
tury,]- the holy Virgin and martyr ledge of Christ JESUS my Lord.
Pomposa.
At Canterbury, holy 'Theodore,
Verse. The Lord guided the just
Archbishop of that city, who was in right paths.
Answer. And showed him the
sent into England by Pope Vitalian,
and was a burning and a shining kingdom of God.
light for teaching and holiness. [We Prayerfrom the foregoing Ofiioe.
keep his feast upon the 26th day of
this present month of September.]
At Tours, [in the fifth century,] the MATTINS.
holy Confessor Eustochius, Bishop [of FIRST NOCTURN.
that see,] a man of many graces.
In the country of Langres, [in the Lessons from Scripture according to
sixth century,] the holy Priest and the Season. (0n Emher-day from
Confessor Sequanus. , Rom. viii. 12, p. 383.)
At Barcelona, in Spain, the blessed
Virgin Mary 'de Cervelhon, of the
SECOND NOCTURN.
Order ‘of St Mary of Ransom, who,
because of her ready help to them Fourth Lesson.
that call upon her, is commonly called
Helpful Mary. WHAT time the Emperors Dio
cletian and Maximian were
Veyers are of the following, from furiously raging against Christians,2
the Chapter inclusive. Januarius, Bishop of Benevento, was
taken to Nola, to Timothy, President
SEPTEMBER 1 9. of Campania, on the charge of pro
fessing the Christian faith. There
El]: finlg Martyrs Elanuarius, his firmness was tried divers ways,
and he was cast into a burning fiery
iBislJup [uf iBmzhzntuJ anti furnace, but came forth thence unhurt,
his Qtumpantuns. for neither upon his raiment nor upon
the hairs of his head did the flame
Double. take any hold. Thereupon the wrath
of the President was enkindled, and
All from the Common Ofifee for
he commanded the martyr to be torn
limb from limb. But in the mean
following. while Januarius’ Deacon Festus and
Prayer throughout, 0 God, Who his Reader Desiderius were taken,
year by year, &c., (p. 392.) and the whole three were led in
bonds to Puzzuoli in front of the
FIRST VESPERS. President’s carriage, and there thrown
into the same prison wherein were
These, as regards the Martyrs, hegin already held four other Christians
with the Chapter. condemned to be devoured by wild
A Commemoration is made of St beasts, that. is to say, Sosius, a
joseph of Cupertino. Deacon of Miseno; Proculus, a
1 Phil. iii. 8. 2 In the year 305.

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Deacon of Puzzuoli ; and two laymen, unto this day, that when the blood of
named respectively Eutyches and Januarius, kept dried up in a small
Acutius. glass phial, is put in sight of the head
of the same martyr, it is used to melt
F(ft/z Lemon. and bubble in a very strange way, as
HE next day all seven were ex though it had but freshly been shed.
posed to the wild beasts in the
amphitheatre, but these creatures for THIRD NOCTURN.
got their natural fierceness, and lay
down at the feet of Januarius. Tim Set/mt]: Lemon.
othy would have it that this came The Lesson is taken from the Holy
from charms, and commanded the Gospel according to Matthew (xxiv.
witnesses of Christ to be beheaded. 3-)
Thereupon he became of a sudden
blind, until Januarius had prayed for AT that time: As JESUS sat upon
him; by the which miracle nearly the Mount of Olives, His dis
five thousand persons were turned to ciples came unto Him privately, say
Christ. But this good turn roused ing: Tell us, when shall these things
up no gratitude in the President, yea, be ? And so on.
rather, the conversion of so many Homily by St Hilary, Bishop [of
drave him wild, and in his hot fear Poitiers.] (Comm. on Matt/z. xxv.)
to obey the decrees of the Emperors
he commanded that the holy Bishop “His disciples came unto Him
and his companions should be smitten privately, saying: Tell us, when shall
with the sword. these things be? and what shall be
the sign of Thy coming and of the
end of the world?” Here are in one
Sz'xt/z Lesson. question three several points, and the
HE cities of those coasts strove to answers are to be understood of three
obtain their bodies for honour several times, and by three several
able burial, so as to make sure of interpretations. “When shall these
having in them advocates with God. things be?" And herein He taught
By God’s will the reliques of Januarius them concerning the fall of the city
were taken to Naples at last, after [of Jerusalem], whereof He made
having been carried from Puzzuoli to plain announcement, lest the un
Benevento, and from Benevento to learned might fall a prey to any de
Monte Vergine; when they were ceiver. For within the lifetime of
brought thence to Naples, they were His then hearers were to come many,
laid in the chief Church there, and saying: I am Christ. He giveth
there have been famous on account warning therefore beforehand, lest
of many miracles. Among these is such pestilential liars should gain any
remarkable the stopping of eruptions belief.
of Mount Vesuvius, whereby both that
Ezghtk Lesson.1
neighbourhood and also places afar
off have been like to have been “SEE that ye be not troubled,”
brought to. desolation. It is also well saith the Lord, “for all these
known, and is the plain fact, seen even things must come to pass, but the
l The Latin of this'Lesson is a sort of oratorical paraphrase of the Gospel words which
I have thought it best to restore to their own purity.
end is not yet. [For nation shall MARTYROLOGY.

rise up against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom, and there shall be To-morrow is the Eve of the holy
famines, and pestilences, and earth Apostle and Evangelist Matthew.
quakes in divers places. All these Upon the same 20th day of Sept
are the beginning of sorrows.] Then ember, were bom into the better
shall they deliver you up to be life——
afl‘licted, and shall kill you: and ye At Rome, the holy martyrs Eustace
shall be hated of all nations for My and Theopista his wife along with
Name’s sake. And then shall many their two sons Agapitus and Theo
be offended, and shall betray one pistus, who, under the Emperor
another, and shall hate one another. Hadrian, were condemned to be de
And many false prophets shall rise voured by wild beasts, but, as by
and shall deceive many.” (One such God’s help these would not touch
false prophet was Nicolas, one of the them, they were shut up in a bull
seven Deacons.) “And because ini of hot bronze, and so finished their
quity shall abound, the love of many testimony.
shall wax cold.” At Cyzicus, in the Propontis, under
the Emperor Maximian, the holy
martyrs, the Virgin Fausta and
[Vinth Lesson. (On Ember-day omit Evilasius. Evilasius was a priest
this; or read it with the last, and
of idols who shaved Fausta’s head
here read the Week-day Homily.)
to put her to shame, hung her
“ BUT he that shall endure unto up, and tormented her, then he
the end, the same shall be was fain to cause her to be cut
saved. And this Gospel shall be in two, but the executioners could
preached in all the world, for a not hurt her; whereupon he was
witness unto all nations; and then confounded and believed in Christ.
shall the end come.” When the Then was he mightily tormented,
knowledge of the heavenly revelation by command of the Emperor, and
had been carried everywhere, then Fausta was pierced through the head
should come the fall and end of Jeru and nails fixed into her whole body,
salem; then should the punishment and so was laid upon a vessel of
of them that had not believed, and burning metal; and then a voice
the awful example of the city that came from heaven and called them
had been destroyed, bear out the both together to go to be with the
truth of the preacher. When she Lord.
had stoned, and hunted down, and In Phrygia, the holy martyrs Denys
murdered the Apostles, then should and Privatus.
she be consumed by famine, and war, Also the holy martyr Priscus, who
and slavery. And indeed she would was stabbed with poignards and be
then have shown herself unworthy to headed.
be any longer, having shown by cast At Perge, in Pamphylia, under the
ing out the preachers of Christ that Emperor Antonine, the holy martyrs
she was unworthy that any should Theodore and Philippa his mother,
speak to her of God. and their Companions.
At Carthage, the holy Virgin and
On Ember-day a Commemoration martyr Candida, who was crowned
thereof is made at Lauds. with martyrdom under the Emperor
FEAST-DAYS 'IN SEPTEMBER. 573
Maximian, her whole body being torn SECOND NOCTURN.
with stripes.
Also, [in the fourth century, at Beyt Fourth Lesson.
Jabryn, in Palestine,] the holy martyrs EUSTACE (whose name before his
Susanna and Martha, of the whom Baptism was Placidus) was a
Susanna was the daughter of Arthem Roman, alike well-known on account
ius, a priest of idols. of his noble birth, his great earthly
Upon the same day, [in the sixth wealth, and his eminent distinction
century,] the holy Confessor Pope as a soldier. He gained, under the
Agapitus, whose holiness is recorded Emperor Trajan, the post of military
by blessed Gregory the Great. commander. Once upon a time he
At Milan, [in the fifth century,] the was hunting, and following an extra
holy Confessor Clicerius, Bishop [of ordinarily large stag, when the beast
that see.] stood still, and Eustace saw between
Vespers are of the following, from his horns a tall and glorious figure of
the Chapter inclusive. the Lord Christ hanging upon the
Cross, whence came a voice bidding
him to follow after life eternal.
SEPTEMBER 20. Thereupon Eustace and his wife
Theopista, and their two little sons
Agapitus and Theopistus, enlisted
one ihulg wartgrs Qlfustatz themselves as soldiers under the
am: his Qtumpaniuns. Great Captain, Christ.
Double.
All from the Common Ofiee jbr Fifth Lesson.
Many Martyrs, (15. 382), except the N a little while he went back,
following. according as the Lord had com
Prayer throughout, “0 God, by manded him, to the place where he
Whose mercy, &c.,” inserting the had seen the first vision, and there
words, “Eustace and his Compan he heard from God how much he
ions,” (1}. 392.) was to bear for His glory. It was
not long after that he had great
At First Vespers a Commemoration losses and became exceedingly poor,
is made of the preceding. Prayer as in but he bore it very patiently. Then
their Ofiee. he was constrained to fly away
privily, and on the journey was
MATTINS. grievously afflicted in that, first, his
wife and then his children were
FIRST NOCTURN.
parted from him and carried he
Lessons from Scripture aceording to knew not whither. Under the weight
the Season. (On Emher-day from of these sorrows he lay bid a long
Rom. viii. 12, p. 383. The Ninth while in a far-off place, working
Lesson will he of the Ember-day, a as the steward of a land-owner,
Commemoration of the same being until the voice of God called him
made at Lauds. On Ember-day there forth, and Trajan sought for him
is no Lesson or Commemoration of the again to make him a captain in his
Eve of St Matthew.) army.
574 THE PROPER OFFICE (OF- THE SAINTS.
Sixth Lesson. AT that time : JESUS saw a publican,

named Levi, sitting at the re
WHILE he was with the army he ceipt of custom; and He said unto
found his wife and children him: Follow me. And so on.
once more, by an unexpected happi
ness, and re-entered the city [of Rome] Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop [of
as a conquering soldier amid the loud Milan.] (Book v. Comment. on Lake
applause of all men, but thereupon, v.)
when he was commanded to offer
There is a mystery in this calling
sacrifices of thanksgiving for the vic
of the publican, whom He biddeth to
tory to the gods that are no gods, he
follow Him, not so much by bodily
stoutly refused. They tried him in
steps as by change of heart. Hitherto
vain with divers cajoleries to make
Levi had been making greedy gains
him deny Christ, but could not, and
from merchandise, cruel riches at the
he and his wife and little ones were
cost of sailors’ toils and dangers; but
thrown to the lions. When these
now, at the call of a word, he, who
beasts would not touch them, the
had been plundering other men’s
Emperor’s fury was kindled, and he
goods, leaveth his own. He leaveth
commanded them all to be shut up
that base station, and followeth hard
in the brazen image of a bull, which
after the Lord with all his heart.
was heated with fire underneath.
“ And Levi made Him a great feast
There they praised God until their
in his own house.” He that wel
testimony was ended,‘and they de
cometh Christ into his home, feasteth
parted hence to be perfectly blessed
upon the excellency of all pleasures.
for ever and ever, upon the 20th
day of September. Their bodies were
buried whole'by the faithful, with deep LAUDS
reverence, and were afterwards hon
ourably carried to a Church built in Eve. Antithon, and Verse and'
their name. ' Answer, of the Week-day. Prayer,
“Grant, we beseech Thee, &c.,” (p.
THIRD NOCTURN. 346-)
MARTYROLOGY.’
Lessons from Luke vi. 17, with the
Homily ofSt Amhrose, (p. 395.) The Upon the 21st day of September,
last is omitted, or read as one with were born into the better life—
the Eighth. The holy Apostle and Evangelist
Matthew, who suffered in Ethiopia,
where he had preached the Gospel.
Ninth Blessing. A copy of his Gospel written in the
Hebrew language was, by a revela
May the Gospel’s glorious word
tion from himself, found in the time
Cleansing to our souls afibrd.
of the Emperor Zeno, along with
the body of the. blessed Apostle
Ninth Lesson. (For the Eve of Barnabas.
St Matthew.) In the land of Shaar, the holy
prophet Jonah, who is buried in Gath.
The Lesson is taken from the Holy At Rome, the holy martyr Pam—
Gospel according to Luke (v. 27.) philus.
Likewise at Rome, at the twentieth ourselves we are not able to obtain,
milestone from the city upon the may be freely given us at his petition.
Claudian Way, the holy Bishop and Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
martyr [Pope] Alexander [1.] Under Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
the Emperor Antonine, he, for Christ’s Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
faith’s sake, overcame fettering, cudgel one God, world without end. Amen.
ling, racking, burning with lamps,
tearing with hooks, exposure to wild
beasts, and the fire of a furnace, and
Eustace, and his wzfe and children.
All from the Common Ofiice. Prayer
being at last beheaded won the life
of glory that fadeth not away. The as before. '
blessed Pope Damasus afterwards MATTINS.
brought his body into the city on the
FIRST NOCTURN.
26th day of November, upon the
which day he commanded a feast to Lessonsfrom Ezek. i. I, ([5. 363.)
be kept in his honour.
In Phoenicia, the holy martyr SECOND NOCTURN.
Eusebius, who went openly to the
Prefect and proclaimed himself a Fourth Lesson.
Christian, for the which cause he T came to pass one day at Caper
was put to many torments and then naum, that Christ “went forth,
beheaded. and saw a publican, named Levi,
In Cyprus, the holy Bishop and sitting at the receipt of custom; and
martyr lsacius, and there also the He said unto him: Follow Me. And
holy Bishop and Confessor Meletius. he left all, rose up, and followed Him.
In Ethiopia, the holy Virgin Iphi And Levi made Him a great feast in
genia, who was baptized and con his own house.” This Levi is the
secrated to God by the blessed Apostle and Evangelist Matthew.
Apostle Matthew, and fell asleep in After that Christ was risen again
a holy death. from the dead, and while he was
The Feast begins at sunset. yet in Judea, before he set forth
for that land which had fallen to
the lot of his preaching, he wrote the
SEPTEMBER 2 r. Gospel of JESUS Christ in the Hebrew
tongue, for the sake of them of the
$t Matthew, Qpustlz ant: ‘ circumcision who had believed. His
was the first written of the four Gos
ZEfiangzlist. pels. Thereafter he went to Ethiopia,
Double of the Second Class. and there preached the Gospel, con
firming his preaching with many
All from the Common Ofiice for
miracles. '
Apostles, (p. 346,) except thefollowing.
Fifth Lesson.
FIRST VESPERS. OF his miracles, the most notable
was that he raised the King’s
Prayer throughout the Ofiice. daughter from the dead, and thereby
HELP us, 0 Lord, by the prayers brought to believe in Christ the King
of Thine holy Apostle and her father, his wife, and all that region.
Evangelist Matthew, that what .for. After that the King was dead, Hirtacus,
who came after him, was fain to take show unto his readers that none need
his daughter Iphigenia to wife, but by be hopeless of salvation if he will but
the exhortation of Matthew she had strive to do better, since he himself
made vow of her maidenhood to God, had been all of a sudden changed
and stood firm to that holy resolution, from a publican into an Apostle.
for which cause Hirtacus commanded
to slay the Apostle at the Altar while Eighth Lesson.
he was performing the mystery. He
crowned the dignity of the Apostleship ORPHYRY and the Emperor
with the glory of martyrdom upon the Julian [the Apostate] will have
zlst day of September. His body had it that the account of this call of
been brought to Salerno, where it was Matthew is either a stupid blunder
afterwards buried in a Church dedi on the part of a lying writer, or else
cated in his name during the Popedom that it showeth what fools they were
of Gregory VII., and there it is held who followed the Saviour, to go sense
in great worship and sought to by lessly after any one who called them.
great gatherings of people. But there can be no doubt that before
the Apostles believed they had con
Sixth Lesson, from St Gregory’s ex sidered the great signs and works of
position of Ezekiel, (p. 364.) power which had gone before. More
over, the glory and majesty of the
THIRD NOCTURN. hidden God, which shone somewhat
through the Face of the Man Christ
Seventh Lesson. JESUS, were enough to draw them
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Gos which gazed thereon, even at first
pel according to Matthew (ix. 9.) sight. For if there be in a stone a
magnetic power which can make rings
T that time: JESUS saw a man, and straws and rods come and cleave
named Matthew, sitting at the thereunto, how much more must not
receipt of custom; and He saith unto the Lord of all creatures have been
him: Follow Me. And so on. able to draw unto Himself them
whom He called?
Bethlehem] (Bk. i. Comment. on
Matth. ix.) Ninth Lesson.
The other Evangelists, out of ten “AND it came to pass, as JESUS
derness towards the reputation and sat at meat in the house,
honour of Matthew, have abstained behold, many publicans and sinners
from speaking of him as a publican came and sat down with Him.” They
by his ordinary name, and have called saw how that a publican who had
him Levi. Both names were his. turned to better things had found a
But Matthew himself (according to place of repentance, and therefore
that that Solomon bath: “The just they also hoped for salvation. It was
man is the first to accuse himself,” not, as the Scribes and Pharisees
Prov. xviii. 17, and again, in another complained, sinners clinging to their
place: 1 “Declare thou thy sins that sinfulness who came to JESUS, but
thou mayest be justified,”) doth plainly sinners repenting, as indeed appeareth
call himself Matthew the publican, to from the next words of the Lord,
1 Isa. xliii. 26. (2)
where He saith: “I will have mercy and was brought along with them into
and not sacrifice; for I am not come the city, where she first of all, after
to call the righteous, but sinners to many torments, was beheaded, and
repentance.” The Lord went to eat then all the rest, of whom some were
with sinners to the end that He Priests, Deacons, or Virgins, were put
might have occasion to teach, and to the same death.
to break spiritual bread unto them At Meaux, blessed Sanctinus, a
which bade Him. disciple of holy Denys the Areopagite,
who consecrated him Bishop of that
MARTYROLOGY. city, where he was the first to preach
Upon the morrow we keep the the Gospel.
feast of the holy Confessor Thomas In the country of Coutances, [in
of Villanueva, Bishop of Valencia, in the sixth century,] the holy Confessor
Spain, of whom mention is made upon Lauto, Bishop [of that see.]
the 8th day of this present month of In Poitou, [in the fifth century,]
September. the holy Priest Florence.
Upon the same 22nd day of Sept In the country of Bourges, [in
ember, were bom into the better life— the first century,] the holy Confessor
At Sitten, in Switzerland, the holy Silvan.
martyrs of the Theban Legion— At Laon, [in the seventh century,]
Maurice, Exuperius, Candidus, Victor, the holy widow Salaberga, Abbess [of
Innocent, Vitalis, and their Comrades, the Monastery of St John the Baptist.]
who were massacred for Christ’s sake At Seeond Vespers, a Commemor
under the Emperor Maximian, and ation is made of St T[rooms of
have enlightened the whole world by Vz'llanue'z/a.
the glory of their passion.
At Rome, under the Emperors Antzlzfilzorz. He hath dispersed, he
Valerian and Gallienus, the holy hath given to the poor: his righteous
Virgins Digna and Emerita, both ness endureth for ever.
martyrs. Their reliques are kept in
Verse. The Lord loved him and
the Church of St Marcellus.
adorned him.
At Chétres, the holy martyr Jonah,
Answer. He hath put on him a
a Priest, who came into Gaul along
robe of honour.
with holy Denys, and was, by com
mand of the Prefect Julian, flogged
and beheaded. Let us pray.
At Ratisbon, in Bavaria, [in the GOD, Who didst adorn the
seventh century,] the holy martyr blessed Bishop Thomas with
Emmeram, the Bishop who, in order the grace of an excellent pitifulness
that he might deliver others, patiently toward the needy, we entreat Thee
submitted to a most cruel death for for the same Thy servant’s sake
Christ’s sake. mercifully to pour forth the riches
At Antinoopolis, in Egypt, the holy of Thine own pitifulness upon all
martyrs lrais, a Virgin of Alexandria, them which cry unto Thee.
and her Companions. She was gone
out to draw water from a well near by Tlzen oft/1e Holy Martyrs Malaria:
when she saw a ship full of confessors and 112's Companions. Am‘zlohon, and
of Christ, and thereupon she forthwith Verse and Answer from the Common
left her water-pot and joined them, Ofice for Many Martyrs.
Prayer. himself of raiment of his own,- in order

to clothe the naked. He was become
GIVE us joy, we beseech Thee, O a man when the death of his father
Almighty God, in the glad and called him from Alcala, whither he
solemn Feast-day of Thine holy Mar had been sent to work as a student
tyrs, Maurice and his Comrades, and in the great College of St Alonzo.
let their Birth-day make us prouder He gave all the inheritance which
as their prayers do make us stronger. fell to him to feed poor unmarried
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy women, and forthwith returned to
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Alcala, and finished his course in
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, Theology. He was so eminent in
One God, world without end. Amen. learning that he was commanded
to take a Professorship in that
University, and delivered remark
SEPTEMBER 22. able Lectures upon Philosophy and
Theology. Meanwhile he ceased not
$t @humas uf Hillanuttia, earnestly to entreat of the Lord in
@rthhishup, [0f HHIBMMJ prayer the knowledge of the Saints,
and to know what was the path of
am: @unfessur. life whereunto he was called. In
course of time, by the inspiration
Double.
of God, he entered the Institute of
All from the Common Ofliee for a Hermits of St Austin.
Bishop and Confessor, (p. 399,) except
the fillowz'ng. Fg'fth Lesson.
MATTINS. IN the Order wherein he had pro
fessed, he was marked for all that
FIRST NOCTURN.
maketh a good and edifying Friar, for
Lessons from Serzlzfiture according lowliness, for long-suffering, for clean
to the Season. (0n Ember-day from ness-of-heart, but, above all, for the
1 Tim. iii. 1, p. 400.) warmth of his charity. Amid divers
and hard works, he let his spirit never
faint from prayer and study of the
SECOND NOCTURN. things of God. On account of his
holiness and learning he was bidden
Fourth Lesson.
to undertake the work of preaching,
THOMAS of Villanueva1 was born and, by the help of God’s grace, was
of excellent parentage, in the the means of drawing countless souls
town of Fuenlana, in the Dioecese of out of the slough of sin into the way
Toledo in Spain, in the year of our that leadeth unto life. Being raised
Lord 1488, and was early taught to rule over his brethren, he so joined
godliness, and an especial pitifulness wisdom, justice, and gentleness with
towards the needy. Of this grace he watchfulness and firmness, that he
gave many ensamples while he was either established or restored in many
still a lad, whereof it is an eminent places the original discipline of his
one that he more than once stripped Order.
1 His surname was Garcias, but his parents were originally from Villanueva de los Infantes,
where he was sent to school, about two miles from Fuenlana.
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Sixth Lesson. Ninth Lesson. (For the Holy Mar
tyrs, but on Ember-day this is the
E was named to the Arch Week-day Homily.)
bishoprick of Granada, but,
with excellent lowliness and firmness, HEN the Emperor Maximian led
he refused-to take so high a place. his army into Gaul, he stopped
However, not long after, he was forced at the frontiers of the Seduni to ofi'er
by the commands of his superiors to a sacrifice. The Theban legion, that
accept the government of the Church they might not be defiled by any
of Valencia, which he discharged for share in the unhallowed rites, with
nearly eleven years with the reputation drew themselves from the rest of his
of a most holy and watchful shepherd army. Therefore the Emperor sent
of souls. His elevation changed no soldiers unto them to bid them in his
wise his way of life, except to give name, if they valued their lives, come
greater scope to his wonderful charity back into the camp to the sacrifice.
by placing the revenues of a wealthy They answered that the Christian
Church at his disposal to distribute to religion did not allow them. This
the poor. He did not leave himself answer enkindled in him greater wrath
even a bed; that on which he was than before. He therefore despatched
lying when he was called to heaven, a part of his army to the Thebans,
he had only on loan from a person to with orders to begin by killing one
whom he had shortly before given it man in every ten of them. By
as an alms. He fell asleep in the their own will, and at the urgent
Lord upon the 8th day of September, exhortation of Maurice, they chose
in the 69th year of his own age, [and rather to endure this martyrdom
of our Lord I 555.] God was pleased than to do the commandment of
to approve the holiness of His servant the unrighteous Emperor. At the
by miracles, both during his life and last, the Emperor, upon the 22nd
after his death, whereof are specially day of September, bade his whole
remarked that when he had utterly army fall upon them and slay them
emptied his barn by giving away all all. They confessed Christ bravely
his corn to the poor, it was suddenly even to the end.
found full again, and that a dead boy
was raised to life at his grave. Find
ing him famous for these signs, and LAUDS
not a few others, Pope Alexander VII.
enrolled him in the list of the Saints, Antzlohon at the Song of Zacharias.
and ordered that his memory should All the congregation of the Saints shall
be held in remembrance upon the 18th declare his alms.1
day of September.
Prayer throughout the Ofice as at
the Commemoration last evening.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Then a Commemoration of the
Lessons from Matth. xxv. 14, with Holy Martyrs. Prayer as last
the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 406.) evening.
The last is omitted, or read as one
with the Eighth, to make room for the On Emher-day a Commemoration of
following. the Week-day.
1 Ecclus. xxxi. n.
MARTYROLOGY. Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed

Virgin. “He hath dispersed, &c.,” as
Upon the 23rd day of September,
in the Commemoration last evening.
was born into the better life—
At Rome, the holy martyr Pope A Commemoration is made of St
Linus. He was the first successor of Linus, Pope and Martyr. Prayer,
the blessed Apostle Peter in the gov “0 God, Who year by year, &c.,”
ernment of the Church of Rome, was from the Common.
crowned with martyrdom, and is buried
Then of the Holy Virgin Martyr
upon the Vatican Hill, hard by the
Thecla.
Apostle.
At Iconium, in Lycaonia, the holy Prayer.
Virgin and martyr Thecla. She was
GRANT, we beseech Thee, 0 Al
converted to the faith by the holy
mighty God, unto all Thy ser
Apostle Paul. Under the Emperor
vants who do here keep the birthday
Nero she overcame fire and beasts for
of Thy blessed Virgin and Martyr
her confession of Christ, and after many
Thecla, and do year by year rejoice
contendings, wherein she was victorious,
at her solemn commemoration, that
for the teaching of many, she came to
they may have grace to follow after the
Seleucia, and there fell asleep in peace.
pattern of her great faith. Through
The holy Fathers do greatly extol her.
In Campania is made commemora
tion of the blessed Sosius, Deacon of the
Church of Miseno. One while when he
was reading the Gospel in the church,
the holy Bishop Januarius saw flames
rising from his head, and foretold that SEPTEMBER 2 3.
he would be a martyr. Neither was
it many days afterward, when, being St iLinus, 380p: anh flange
himself of the age of thirty years,
he was beheaded along with the said Semi-double.
Bishop, and so received martyrdom.
On the same day, were also born
One Martyr, (p. 366,) except the
into the better life-—
following.
In Africa, the holy martyrs Andrew,
John, Peter, and Anthony. MATTINS.
In the country of Coutances, the
holy martyr Paternus, the Bishop. FIRST NOCTURN.
At Ancona, holy Constantius, watch Lessons from Scripture according to

man of the Church [of St Stephen,] the Season. (0n Emher-day from Acts
who was remarkable for his grace of xx. 17,11 367.)
working miracles.
In Spain, the holy women Xantippe
SECOND NOCTURN.
and Polyxena, who were disciples of
the Apostles. Fourth Lesson.
POPE Linus was by birth a native
SECOND VES PERS.
of Velletri in Tuscany, and was
The first verse of the [Jymn is the immediate successor of Peter in
altered. ,the government of the Church. His
FEAST-DAYS IN SEPTEMBER. 58r
faith and holiness were such that he came to AntiOch, where they threw
not only cast out devils, but also her to wild beasts ; and strove to tear
raised the dead. He wrote the acts her asunder, by tying her to oxen
of Blessed Peter, and especially the driven different ways; and cast her
history of his strife with Simon into a pit with many snakes; but by
Magus. He forbade women to enter the mercy of JESUS Christ she was
the Church without having a veil delivered from all. The warmth of
upon their heads. His own head her faith and the holiness of her life
was cut 06', on account of his firm brought many to Christ. She re
ness in confessing Christ, by command turned into her own country, and
of the godless Consular Saturninus, withdrew to be an hermit, alone on a
an unthankful wretch whose own certain mountain, and passed away to
daughter he had delivered from being be with the Lord, aged ninety years,
tormented by a devil. He was buried and famous for many good works and
upon the Vatican Mount, hard by the miracles. She was buried at Seleucia.
grave of the Prince of the Apostles,
At Lands, a Commemoration is
upon the 23rd day of September. He
made of St Theela.
sat as Pope eleven years, two months,
On Ember-day, a Commemoration
and twenty-three days. He held
of the Week-day.
two December ordinations, wherein
he made fifteen Bishops, and eighteen
Priests. MARTYROLOGY.
Fifth and Sixth Lessons from St The morrow is the feast of the
Ambrose on Ps. cxviii., (p. 377.) blessed Virgin Mary, styled of Ran
som.
Upon the same 24th day of Septem
THIRD NOCTURN. ber, were born into the better life—
Lessons from Luke xiv. 26, with At Autun, the holy martyrs An
the Homiiy of St Gregory, (p. 373.) dochius a Priest, Thyrsus a Deacon,
The last is omitted, or read as one and Felix. Blessed Polycarp, Bishop
with the Ezghth, to make room for the of Smyrna, sent Andochius and Thyr
sus from the east to teach in Gaul,
where they were [received as guests
Ninth Lesson. (For St Theela-hut
by the noble Felix. In the end they
on Ember-day this is the Weeh-day and he were] most heavily scourged,
Homily.)
and hung up all day by the hands,
THE virgin Thecla was the daughter then cast into the fire, but as they
of noble parents at lconium, and were not burnt their necks were
a disciple of the Apostle Paul. She is broken with bars, and so they re
the subject of extraordinary praises by ceived a right glorious crown.
the holy Fathers. In the eighteenth In Egypt, [in the persecution under
year of her age, she parted from one the Emperor Diocletian,] the holy mar
Thamiris, to whom she had been be tyrs Paphnutius and his Companions.
trothed, and her kindred accused her He was dwelling in the desert when
of being a Christian. A pile was set he heard that many Christians were
a-fire for her, unless she should deny kept in chains; wherefore the Spirit
Christ, but she made the sign of the of God moved him to go of his own
Cross, and willingly entered it, and free will. to the Prefect, and profess
rain came, and put out the fire. She himself a Christian. The Prefect had
him first bound in iron fetters, and deemed from all sin and all bondage
racked for a very long time; then unto the evil one. Through the Same
he sent him, and many others, to our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
Diocletian, by whose command Paph liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
nutius was hung upon a palm-tree, unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
and the others were beheaded. world without end. Amen.
At Chalcedon, nine-and-forty holy
At First Vespers a Commemoration
martyrs, who were condemned to be
devoured by wild beasts, under the is made of St Linus.
Emperor Diocletian, after the martyr
dom of holy Euphemia, but by the MATTINS.
will of God they were delivered from
the beasts, then they were beheaded, FIRST NOCTURN.
and so passed away to heaven.
Lessons from Prov. viii., ix., as in
ln Hungary, [in the year 1047,]
the Common.
the holy martyr Gerard [Sagredo,]
Bishop of Chonad, called the Apostle
of Hungary. By birth he was a SECOND NOCTURN.
nobleman of Venice, and was the first
of his countrymen who adorned their Fourth Lesson.
fatherland by the glory of martyrdom. IN the early part of the thirteenth
In Auvergne, [in the fifth century,] century of the era of our Lord,
the holy Confessor Rusticus, Bishop the greatest and fairest part of Spain
[of Clermont.] lay crushed under the yoke of the
In the country of Beauvais, [in the Saracens, and countless numbers of
seventh century,] holy Geremar, Abbat the faithful were held in brutal slavery,
[of Flay, now called after him Saint with the mOst lively danger of being
Germer.] made to deny the Christian faith and
of losing everlasting salvation. Amid
SEPTEMBER 24. such sorrows the most Blessed Queen
of heaven came mercifully to the
@132 EBIzsszh Hirgin, stglzh rescue, and showed how the great
“ uf fiansnm.” ness of her motherly love was fain
for their redemption. Holy Peter
Greater Double. Nolasco, in the full bloom of the
All as in the Common Ofiiee, (p. treasures of godliness as well as
436,) exe¢t the following. rich in earthly wealth, was earnestly
pondering with himself how he could
succour so many suffering Christians
Prayer throughout the Ofliee. dwelling in bondage to the Moors.
O GOD, Who didst use the glorious To him appeared with gracious visage
Mother of Thy Son as a mean the Most Blessed Virgin, and bade
to ransom Christ’s faithful people out him know that it would be well
of the hands of the unbelievers, by pleasing in her own sight, and in the
enriching Thy Church with yet another sight of her Only-begotten Son, that
family, grant, we beseech Thee, that an Order of Religious men should be
we who reverently honour her as the founded in her honour, whose work it
Foundress of that great work, may for should be to redeem prisoners from
her sake and by her prayers, be re Mohammedan slavery. Strengthened
FEAST-DAYS IN SEPTEMBER. .' 583
by this heavenly vision, the man of to bear on their breasts his own Royal
God began to burn with wonderful blazon, and obtained from Gregory
charity, nursing in his heart the one IX. the confirmation of this Institute
desire that he himself and the Order and Order so nobly marked by
which he should found might exercise brotherly charity. God Himself,
that love, greater than which hath no through the Virgin Mother, gave the
man, that a man lay down his life for increase, causing this Institute speedily
his friends. (John xv. 13.) and prosperously to spread through
all the world, and to blossom with
holy men, great in love and godliness,
Fifth Lesson. ,
to spend in the redemption of their
UPON the same night the same neighbours the alms which are com
most holy Virgin appeared to mitted to them by Christ’s faithful
the Blessed Raymund de Pefiafuerte, people, to that end, and some whiles
and to James, King of Aragon, charg to give themselves up for the ransom
ing them concerning the founding of of many. That due thanks might be
the Order, and desiring them to help rendered to God and to the Virgin
in raising up so great a work. Peter Mother for the great blessing of this
betook himself forthwith to the feet Institute, the See Apostolic among
of Raymund, who was his confessor, other well-nigh countless favours be
and laid the matter before him, whom stowed upon it, permitted that this
also he found taught from heaven, special Feast-day should be kept and
and to whose governance he right this Office said.
humbly submitted himself. Then
came King James, who appointed to
THIRD NOCTURN.
carry out this revelation, which him
self also had received from the Most Lessons from Luke xi. 27, with the
Blessed Virgin. The three took Homily Qf the Venerahle Bede, (p. 446.)
counsel together, and all with one
consent entered upon the institution
MARTYROLOGY.
of an Order in honour of the said
Virgin Mother, to be placed under On the morrow we keep the feast
the invocation of “ St Mary of Ransom, of the holy Confessor Ninian, Bishop
for the redemption of captives.” of Galloway in Scotland, of whom
mention is made upon the 16th day
Sirth Lesson. of this present month of September.
Upon the same 25th day of Sept
UPON the 10th of August, in the ember, were born into the better
year of our Lord 1218, the life—
above-named King James decreed the At the village of Emmaus, blessed
establishment of this Order, thus al Cleophas, the disciple of Christ, of
ready conceived by-these holy men. whom it is said that he was slain by
The brethren take, [in addition to the the Jews for confessing the Lord, and
vows of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedi thereafter buried with glorious memory
ence,] a fourth vow, whereby they within the same house wherein he had
bind themselves to remain in pawn prepared a table for the Lord.
with the unbelievers, if need so re At Rome, the holy martyr Herculan.
quire, for the liberation of Christians. He was a soldier who was turned to
The King granted them the right Christ on beholding the miracles that
were wrought at the passion of the Gregory XVI. enrolled in the list of
blessed bishop [Pope] Alexander [I.,] the saints.
and was beheaded under the Em
peror Antonine, after suffering many At Second Vespers a Commemor
torments. ation is made of St 1Vinian from
At Amiens, in Gaul, blessed the Common Ofiiee of a Bishop and
Firmin, [of Pampeluna, first] Bishop Confessor. Prayer, “Hear, O Lord,
[of Amiens,] who suffered martyrdom &c.,” (p. 408.)
under the President Rictiovarus, in
the persecution under Diocletian, by
SEPTEMBER 25.
being beheaded, after enduring divers
torments.
At Damascus, the holy martyrs
fit Ninian, iBislJup [of
Paul, Tatta his wife, and their sons @alluinagj Qtunfzssur.
Sabinian, Maximus, Rufus, and Eugene.
On the accusation that they were Double.
Christians they were flogged and All from the Common Ofiiee for a
otherwise tormented, and gave up Bishop and Confessor, (p. 399,) except
their souls to God. the fivllowing.
In Asia, the holymartyrs Bardomian,
Eucarpus, and twenty-six others.
Prayer throughout.
On the same day, holy Anathalon;
he was a disciple of the blessed Hear, O Lord, &c., (p. 408.)
Apostle Barnabas, and followed after
him as Bishop of the Church of MATTINS.
Milan.
At Lyons, [in the year 542,] holy FIRST NOCTURN.
Lupus, Bishop [of that see,] who had
Lessons from Scripture according- to
been an hermit.
the Season.
At Auxerre, [at the beginning of
the seventh century,] the holy Con
fessor Anacharius, Bishop [of that SECOND NOCTURN.
see.]
Fourth Lesson.
At Blois, [at the beginning of the
sixth century,] holy Solemnius, Bishop HIS Ninian was a Briton by
of Chartres, famous for miracles. nation. While he was yet
On the same day, [and at the dis young, he left his country and kins
tance of a few years,] holy Principius, folk and went to Rome, where he
Bishop of Soissons, brother to blessed regularly learned the faith and the
Remi, Bishop of Rheims. mysteries of the truth under the best
At Anagni, the holy Virgins Aurelia teachers. When he had dwelt there for
and Neomisia. many years, and had made great way
At San Severino, in the March of in holy letters, and in the knowledge
Ancona, [in the year 1721,] the holy of the Saints, the chief Pontil’f sent
Confessor Pacificus, of the Order of him back into Britain as a Bishop
Franciscan Friars Minor of the Re to preach the Gospel of Christ to the
formed Observance, a man of wonder unbelievers, of whom the most part
ful long-suffering and famous for his dwelt in the northern half of the
love of being alone, whose name Pope island.
Fzfth Lesson. At Nicomedia, the holy martyrs
Cyprian and Justina the Virgin.
E went there therefore unto the
Justina suffered much for Christ’s sake
people of the Picts, and by his
under Diocletian the Emperor and
preaching, which was commended
Eutholmius the President, and she con
unto them the more by the wonderful
verted to Christ the warlock Cyprian,
holiness of his life and the glory of
who had sought by his magical arts to
his miracles, he happily brought a
put her out ofher mind, but along with
great multitude of them, even all that
whom she afterwards suffered martyr
dwelt to the south of the Grampian
dom. Their bodies were cast out to
chain of mountains, out of the dark
be eaten by beasts, but certain Chris
ness of idolatry and the shadow of
tian sailors took them by night and
death unto the true light which is
brought them to Rome, and they were
Christ. He had his See at the place
afterwards taken to the church of the
which is called Whithom, from the
Most Holy Saviour, founded by the
church which he built there of white
Emperor Constantine, where they are
stone, after a fashion unused to the
buried hard by the Baptistery.
Britons, in honour of St Martin, and
At Rome, the holy martyrs Callis
there also, when his pilgrimage was
tratus and forty-nine others, all
done, he fell asleep in the Lord, along
soldiers. In the persecution under
with many other holy men whom he
the Emperor Diocletian, Callistratus
had gathered around him, about the
was sewn up in a leathern sack and
middle of the fifth century. In the
cast into the sea, and when, by the
Roman Martyrology mention is made
help of God, he escaped unharmed,
of him upon the 16th day of
the others were converted to Christ
September.
and suffered martyrdom along with
him.
Sixth Lesson. (From St Maximus Likewise at Rome, [in the year
of Turin.) 310,] the holy Confessor Pope
Eusebius.
Our blessed Father N inian, &c., (p.
At Bologna, [in the fifth century,]
4 I I .)
the holy Confessor Eusebius, Bishop
THIRD NOCTURN. [of that see.]
At Brescia, [in the sixth cen
Lessons from Matthew xxiv. 42, tury,] holy Vigilius, Bishop [of that
with the Homily of St Hilary, (p. see.]
4 1 I.) At Albano, holy Senator.
In the country of Frascati, [at the
MARTYROLOGY. beginning of the eleventh century,]
Upon the morrow we keep the feast the blessed Abbat Nilus, a man of
of holy Theodore, Archbishop of great holiness, Founder of the Mon
Canterbury, who was sent into Eng astery of Grotta-Ferrata, [of the
land by Pope Vitalian, and was a Italian Congregation of the Order of
burning and a shining light for teach St Basil.]
ing and holiness; of whom mention At Citta di Castello, the holy Priest
is made upon the 19th day of this Amantius, famous for the grace of
present month of September. working miracles.
Upon the same 26th day of Sept Ve.¢ers of the following, from the
ember, were bom into the better life— Chapter inclusive.
SEPTEMBER 26. monk well skilled in letters divine

and human, upright in life and vener
St @bzuhurz, Qrrhhishup of able in age. He was flourishing at
Rome in godliness and learning when
@antzrhurg, Gtunfzssur. Pope Vitalian was in treaty to send
Double. an Archbishop to Canterbury after the
death of Deusdedit, the sixth who
All from the Common Ofice for a had ministered to that church since
Bishop and Confessor, (p. 399,) except blessed Augustine. The Pope offered
the following. this dignity to the Abbat Hadrian,
who excused himself out of lowliness,
Prayer throughout. and put forward Theodore. Theodore
therefore was consecrated and sent
Grant, we beseech Thee, &c., into England by Vitalian, who gave
(a 408-) him for a comrade the aforesaid
First Vespers as regards St Theo Abbat Hadrian, a man in all way
dore begin with the Chapter. most learned, and eminent for all
A Commemoration is made of St graces. As soon as he had come to
Ninian, then of the Holy Martyrs his church he went through not his
Cyprian and justina, from the Com own diocese only, but also all the
mon Ofiiee for many Martyrs, (p. provinces of England, taking the said
382,) and the following. Hadrian with him everywhere. He
was gladly welcomed by all, and
established everywhere a right order
Prayer.
of living and the canonical rule for
ORD, let the succour of Thy the keeping of Easter. He also or
blessed martyrs Cyprian and dained Bishops in meet places, and
Justina never fail us, since Thou never corrected with their help such things
ceasest to look in mercy upon any unto as needed amending.
whom Thou dost grant the stay of
such' helpers. Through our Lord
Fifth Lesson.
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity ORASMUCH as Theodore him
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world self and the blessed Hadrian
without end. Amen. also were excellently taught in letters
both sacred and profane, they opened
MATTINS. everywhere Church schools, and when
they had gathered the children to
FIRST NOCTURN. gether they poured richly upon their
hearts every day a stream of saving
Lessons from Scrioture according
knowledge. Hence the Venerable
to the Season.
Bede saith that brighter times never
shone upon England than those
SECOND NOCTURN. wherein Theodore administered her
Church. She had kings who were
Fourth Lesson.
both mighty and godly, and all men
THIS Theodore who, [like the were longing for the joys of that
Blessed Apostle Paul,] was a heavenly kingdom whereof they had
native of Tarsus, in Cilicia, was at but just heard, and they that would
be taught in heavenly reading had Lord, in the year of Christ 690, upon
famous masters at hand. Many the 19th day of September, upon the
learnt by their instruction, and so which day he is mentioned with
lighted England by their teaching and honour in the Roman Martyrology.
holiness that this would seem to be He was buried with his predecessors
the golden age of the Church of in the Church of St Peter at Canter
England. Neither did Theodore and bury. Concerning him blessed Bede
Hadrian give sacred letters only to heareth witness that it may'rightly
their hearers, but worldly learning and truly be said that “their bodies
also, as the handmaid of theology, were buried in peace, but their name
and they so happily spread abroad liveth for evermore.” (Ecclus. xliv.
the knowledge of the Latin and 14.)
Greek languages that many of their
THIRD NOCTURN.
disciples knew them as well as
their own mother tongue wherein Lessons from Matthew xxv. 14, with
they were born. the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 406.)
The Ninth Lesson is read along
Sixth Lesson. with the Eighth to make room for the
LESSED Theodore oftentimes
Ninth Lesson. (Of the Holy
held Synods, that he might es
Martyrs.)
tablish and keep in their wholeness
the purity of the faith and the dis CYPRIAN was firstly awarlock and
cipline of the Church. In these lastly a Martyr. A certain
Synods he passed wholesome decrees. young man having a violent lust after
He published a Book of Penitentials a Christian maiden named Justina,
for the reformation of the lives of the employed him to excite her to join
faithful. His chief care was to or in this lewdness, by dint of incanta
dain as Bishops in the churches of tions and philters. Cyprian there
England men above all cavil. He it upon asked counsel of the devil, how
was who made blessed Chad, Bishop of he might best gain that end. But the
Lichfield; he it was who consecrated devil answered him that these arts
holy Erconwald, Bishop of the Church are only thrown away upon true wor
of London, holy John of Beverley, shippers of Christ. This answer
Bishop of the Church of Hexham, troubled Cyprian, and he began to
holy Cuthbert, Bishop of the Church repent heartily of the course of life
of Lindisfarne, and men not less holy he had hitherto led. And then he
as Bishops in other churches. When forsook his arts magic, and gave him
the kings of England fell into disputes self wholly up to the faith of the Lord
he so affected them by the authority Christ. For this cause, he and the
which he enjoyed among them all, Virgin Justina were arrested together,
that they cast away their arms, and beaten with blows and scourging, and
bound themselves together in the bond cast into prison, if haply they might
of a lasting peace. He had ministered change their mind. Being brought
in holiness to the Church committed out of the prison, but still standing
unto him for the space of twenty-two fast in their Christian religion, they
years, and was himself of the age of were dipped in a vessel full of hot
four score and eight years, when he pitch, fat, and wax, and in the end
passed away to be ever with the beheaded, at Nicomedia, [on the 26th
day of September, in the year of our then beheaded, along with the blessed
Lord 304.] Their bodies were thrown Hilary.
out, and lay unburied for the space At Byblos, in Phoenicia, the holy
of six days, at the end of which time Mark, Bishop [of that see,] who is
some sailors took them secretly by called by the blessed Evangelist Luke,
night on board a ship and carried [in the Acts of the Apostles,] “John,
them to Rome. They were first whose surname was Mark.”
buried on the farm of the noble Lady At Milan, holy Caius, Bishop [of
Rufina, but afterwards brought into that see,] a disciple of the blessed
the city, where they lie hard by the Apostle Barnabas, who suffered much
Baptistery in the Church of [the in the persecution under the Emperor
Saviour, built by] Constantine. Nero, but fell asleep at last in peace.
At Lands a Commemoration is made
At Ravenna, [in the second century,]
the holy Confessor Aderitus, Bishop
of SS. Cyprian and justina. Prayer
[of that see.]
from the preceding evening.
At Paris, [in the year 1660,] the
holy Priest Vincent of Paul, Founder
MARTYROLOGY. of the Congregation of the Mission,
Upon the 27th day of September, and of the Sisters of Charity. A man
were born into the better life— of apostolic spirit, and a father to the
At tEgae, in Cilicia, the holy poor; whose feast is kept upon the
brethren Cosmas and Damian, both 19th day of July. ‘ ,
martyrs. They were beheaded in the At Paris also, [in the year 1325,]
persecution under the Emperor Dio the holy Eleazar [de Sabran,] Earl
cletian, after they had suffered many [of Ariano.]
torments, bonds, and imprisonment, In Hainault, [toward the end of the
and after God had enabled them to eighth century,] the holy virgin
overcome, in the sea and in the fire, Hiltrude.
crucifixion, stoning, and arrows.
At Secona’ Vespers a Commemora
Along with them it is stated that there
' tion is made of the following. Prayer
suffered also three more, who were from their Ofiice.
brethren unto them, namely Anthimus,
Leontius, and Euprepius.
At Rome, the holy Epicharis, a SEPTEMBER 27.
woman of senatorial rank, who, in the
same persecution, was beaten with El]: ihulg {Hartgrs 41505111215
scourges loaded with lead, and then
beheaded.
ant! Eamian.
At Todi, under the same Emperor
Semi-double.
Diocletian, the holy martyrs Fidentius
and Terence. All from the Common Ofiiee for
At Cordova, [in the ninth century,] Many Martyrs, (p. 382,) except the
the holy brethren Adolph and John, following.
both martyrs, who were crowned for
Christ’s sake in the persecution under Prayer throughout the Ofiiee.
the Arabs.
At Semont, in Gaul, [in the third RAN T, we beseech Thee, O
century,] the holy martyr Florentine, Almighty God, that we who
who had his tongue cut out, and was keep the birthday of Thine holy
Martyrs Cosmas and Damian may and feet together, and put them to
at their prayers be delivered from the sharpest of the question.” And
all dangers that presently hang over he was obeyed, but nevertheless
us. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Cosmas and Damian abode still of
Thy son, Who liveth and reigneth the same mind. Therefore they were
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy cast into the depth of the sea, bound
Ghost, one God, world without end. as they were, but they came forth
Amen. again, whole and unbound. The
Praefect, therefore, who would have
MATTINS. it that it came to pass so by force of
art magic, cast them into prison. On
FIRST NOCTURN.
the morrow he haled them forth
Lessons from Scripture according to again, and bade cast them upon a
the Season. great fire, but the flame turned away
from them. He was pleased then to
have them tormented in divers and
SECOND NOCTURN.
cruel sorts, and lastly, smitten with
the axe. Thus did they bear witness
Fourth Lesson.
for Christ JESUS even until they
COSMAS and Damian, who were grasped the palm of their testimony.
eminent physicians in the time Sirth Lesson, from St Austin’s 47th.
of the Emperors Diocletian and Max
Sermon “ on the Saints,” (p. 386.)
imian, were brothers, and Arabs by
race, but born in the city of [Egae
[in Cilicia.] Not more by their THIRD NOCTURN.
knowledge of medicine than by the
power of Christ they healed diseases Lessons from Luke vi. I7, with the
which had been hopeless for others. Homily of St A mhrose, (p. 395.)
When the Praefect Lysias learnt to
what faith they belonged, he com
Eighth Responsory.
manded them to be brought before
him, and questioned them as to their Theirs is a brotherhood, &c.
way of life, and the confession of their
religion ; and then, forasmuch as they
freely owned themselves Christians MARTYROLOGY.
and the Christian faith needful to
salvation, he commanded them to
was born into the better life—
worship the gods, under threats of
In Bohemia, the holy martyr Wen
torments and a most cruel death.
ceslaus, Duke1 of that country,
glorious for his holiness and his
Fifth Lesson. miracles, who was murdered in the
house of his brother, and thus gained
UT when he found that it was but the palm of victory.
in vain to lay such things before At Rome, the holy martyr Privatus.
them, he said: “ Bind their hands He had been full of sores, whereof
1 He is so called in the Missal and MartyrologyI doubtless in deference to his own wish
during life, though the title of King was bestowed upon him in A.D. 937 by the Emperor
Otho I., and always afterwards employed towards him by the Sovereign and Princes of
the Empire. His successors, however, were only Dukes until A.D. 1086.
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59° THE PROPER, OFFICE OF, THE SAINTS.
he had been healed by the blessed SEPTEMBER 28.

Pope Callistus. Under the Emperor
Alexander, for Christ’s faith’s sake, St mmczslaus, Eula [of
he was flogged to death with scourges
loaded with lead.
Bohemia] martyr.
Likewise at Rome, the holy martyr. Semi-double.
Stacteus.
In Africa, the holy martyrs Martial, All from the Common Ofiice for
Lawrence, and twenty others. One Martyr, (p. 366,) except the
At Antioch, in Pisidia, [in the per following.
secution under the Emperor Diocle
tian,] the holy martyrs Mark, who Prayer throughout the OfiZce.
was a shepherd, Alphius, Alexander, O GOD, Who didst make Thy
and Zosimus who were his brethren, blessed servant Wenceslaus to
Nicon, Neon, Heliodorus, and thirty pass by the palm of martyrdom from
soldiers who were brought to believe dominion on earth to glory in heaven,
in Christ by beholding the wonders keep us, at his prayers, from all
wrought by the blessed Mark, and hurt here, and grant unto us the
were crowned with martyrdom in joy of fellowship with him hereafter.
divers manners and places. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
Upon the same day, under the Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
Emperor Decius, the holy martyr Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
Maximus. one God, world without end. Amen.
At Toulouse, [at the beginning of
the fifth century,] the holy Confessor
FIRST VESPERS.
Exuperius, Bishop [of that see,] con
cerning whom holy Jerome hath told These, as far as concerns St Wences
how sparing he was to himself and laus, begin with the Chapter.
how open-handed to others. , A Commemoration is made of the
At Genoa, [likewise in the fifth preceding. Prayer from their Ofice.
century,] the holy Confessor Salomon,
Bishop [of that see.] MATTINS.
At Brescia, [also in the fifth cen
tury,] holy Silvinus, Bishop [of that FIRST NOCTURN.
see.] Lessons from Scripture according to
On the same day, the holy Virgin the Season.
Eustochion, the daughter of blessed
Paula, [and disciple of holy Jerome,]
who was brought up with other virgins SECOND NOCTURN.
at the Lord’s birthplace, and passed Fourth Lesson.
away, glorious for eminent good
works, to be for ever with this same ENCESLAUS, Duke of B0
Lord. hemia, was the son of a
In Germany, [in the eighth cen Christian father, Duke Wratislaus 1.,
tury,] the holy Virgin Lioba, eminent and an heathen mother named Dra
for the gift of miracles. homira. He had for his grand
mother a most holy woman, named
Vespers are of the following, from Ludmilla, who trained him up in god
the Chapter inclusive. . v liness. He ‘was a man eminent in
.FEAST1DAY511N SEPTEMBER. 1".11'1‘ 591
all graces, and one who carefully held in single combat, [two] angels. were
his virginity unsullied throughout the seen serving him with arms, and
whole course of his life. His mother heard to say to the adversary: “Strike
seized the supreme power by the foul not. ” Therefore, his enemy 'was
murder of Ludmilla, and lived foully stricken with terror, fell down in
with her younger. son Boleslaus, and reverence before him, and begged _his
the nobles roused thereby to indigna forgiveness. When he went to Ger
tion, and wearied with her tyranny many, the Emperor saw two angels
and wicked government, cast off the carrying a golden Cross before. him
yoke of both of them, and hailed Wen as he drew nigh him, and arose frOm
ceslaus in the city of Prague as their his throne, embraced him in his arms,
King. - ' > ~ ' ~ created him a King, andgifted him
_with the armv of the holy [Martyr]
Fifth Lesson. Vitus. Nevertheless, his . godless
HE ruled his kingdom~ by his brother, at the exhortation of their
virtues rather than by form. mother, bade him to a feast, [given
To the orphaned, the widowed, and on account of the birth of his 'son,]
the destitute he was very charitable, and ,when Wence'slaus, with ,a fore
so that some whiles in the winter he boding of the death prepared for him,
carried firewood'to the needy on his went afterwards into the Church, and
own shoulders. ' He helped oftentimes was praying. there, [Boleslaus followed
to bury the poor, he set captives free, him thither,] together with ' some
and went many times to .thevpris‘ons accomplices of his crime, and [when
at the dead of night to comfortwith they had wounded him,] despatched
money and advice them that were him [with his own hand, running him
detained therein. To a Prince of through the body with a lance. He
so tender an‘ heart it was a'great 'sufi'ered a little after midnight, upon
grief to be behoven to condemn any the 28th day of September, in the
to death, however guilty. For Priests year of our Lord 938.] The stains
he had a most earnest respect, and of his blood, may still be seen upon
with his own hands sowed the corn the walls. -By the judgment of God,
and pressed the grapes for the bread his unnatural mother was swallowed
and wine which they were to use for [up by the earth, and his murderers, in
the Sacrifice. He would walk round divers ways, perished miserably.
the Church by night with bare feet
upon the snow and ice, leaving behind THIRD NOCTURN.
him bloody footprints that warmed the
Lessons from Matth. xvi. 24, with
ground. '
the Homiiy of St Gregory, (15. 378.)
.. Szlrth Lesson. ' I i imi'mzomév. U ‘
OR his Body-guard he had angels.
' For when Radislaus, Prince of - LOn the'morrow is'made the worship
vGurinna, invaded“ Bohemia, and Wen ful Commemoratidn of -~the Blessed
eeslaus, to save the efi'usion of his Archangel Michael; on the which
people’s blood, went 'out to meet him day Was consecrated1 in his‘ name
“ 1 "This Festival," says Alban Butler, “was certainly celebrated in Apulia‘ in‘ 493.“ The
dedication of the famous Church of St Michael on Mount Gargano" (see under May 8,) '.‘ gave
occasion to the institution of this Feast." A Church was dedicated on Hadrian’s Mauso
leum, now.<:alled.tlte,.Castle.ofv St Angelo, at Rome, on .this sameday in All. 610.
the church upon Mount Gargano, FIRST VESPERS.

mean as to building, but filled with
Antiphons, Chapter, and Prayer
power from heaven.
from Lauds.
Upon the same 29th day of Sept
ember, were bom into the better Last Psalm, Ps. cxvi. 0 praise
life— the LORD, &c., (p. 186.)
In Thrace, the holy martyrs Euty
chius, Plautus, and Heraclea. Hymn.1
In Persia, the holy martyr Gudelia,
who had turned many to Christ. THEE, O Christ, the Father’s Splendour,
Forasmuch as she would not wor Life and virtue of the heart,
In the presence of the Angels
ship the sun and the fire, Sapor the
Sing we now with tuneful art:
king put her to many torments and
Meetly in alternate chorus
caused the skin to be plucked from Bearing our responsive part.
her head, and her to be fastened to a
post, where she won the last victory. Thus we praise with veneration
Likewise in Persia, the holy martyrs All the armies of the sky:
Dadas, kinsman of King Sapor, Cas Chiefly him, the warrior Primate
doa his wife, and Gabdelas their son, Of celestial chivalry:
Michael, who in princely virtue
who were stripped of their worldly
Cast Abaddon from on high.
goods, tormented with divers sufi'er
ings, imprisoned for a long time, and By whose watchful care, repelling,
at last beheaded. King of everlasting grace!
In Armenia, under the King Tiri Every ghostly adversary,
dates, the holy virgins Ripsimis and All things evil, all things base;
her Companions, all martyrs. Grant us of Thine only goodness
At Auxerre, [in the fifth century,] In Thy paradise a place.
the holy martyr Fratemus, Bishop [of Land and honour to the Father;
that see.] Land and honour to the Son ;
At Pontecorvo, hard by Aquino, [in Laud and honour to the Spirit;
the twelfth century,] the holy Con Ever Three, and ever One:
fessor Grimwald the Priest. Consubstantial, Co-eternal,
In Palestine, [in the sixth century,] While unending ages run. Amen.
the holy hermit Quiriacus.
Verse. 2An Angel stood at the
Vespers are of the jbllowing. Altar of the Temple.
Answer. Having a golden censer
in his hand.
SEPTEMBER 2 9.
Antiohon at the Song of the Blessed
mitbazlmas may. Virgin. While as John was gazing
upon the holy mystery, the Archangel
@ebication of tBe Cfiurc8 of fit Michael sounded his trumpet: For
QlltcBaeE tfic flrcBanget. give us, 0 Lord our God, Which
openest the book, and loosest the
Double of the Setond Class. seals thereof. Alleluia.
All as on Sundays except the At First Vespers no Commemoration

following. of the Holy Martyr.
1 Translation by Dr Neale. '3 Cf. Luke i. n; Apoc. viii. 3.
MATTINS. stood before Him: the judgment was
set, and the books were opened. I
Inw'talory. The Lord, He is the
beheld then, because of the voice of
King of the Archangels. * 0 come,
the great words which the horn spake:
let us worship Him.
and I saw that the beast was slain,
Hymn as at First Vespers. and his body destroyed, and given to
be'bumt with fire.
FIRST NOCTURN.
First Antzltlwn. The sea was Fz'rsl Responsory.

moved and the earth quaked, when 1 There was silence in heaven while
the Archangel Michael descended the dragon fought against Michael
from heaven. the Archangel. I heard the voice of
Ps. viii. 0 LORD, our Ruler, &c., thousands of thousands, saying: Sal
(A 7-) vation, and honour, and power unto
God, the Almighty.
Seoond Antiltlzon. Let us praise Verse. Thousands of thousands
the Lord, Whom the Angels do praise, ministered unto Him, and ten thou
unto Whom Cherubim and Seraphim sand times hundreds of thousands
do cry, “ Holy, Holy, Holy.”
stood before Him.
Ps. x. In the LORD put I my Answer. I heard the voice of
trust, &c., (p. 9.) thousands of thousands, saying: Sal
vation, and honour, and power unto
Tlzz'rd Antzlfilzon. The smoke of the
God, the Almighty.
incense ascended up before the Lord,
out of the Angel’s hand.
Second Lesson. (x. 4.)
Ps. xiv. LORD, who shall dwell,
&c., (p. to.) ND in the four-and-twentieth day
of the first month, I was by the
Verse. An Angel stood at the Altar
side of the great river, which is the
of the Temple.
Tigris. Then I lifted up mine eyes,
and looked; and, behold, a certain
in his hand.
man clothed in linen, whose loins were
girded with fine gold of Uphaz: his
First Lesson. body also was like the chrysolite,
The Lesson is taken from the Book of and his face as the appearance of
the Prophet Daniel (vii. 9.) lightning, and his eyes as lamps of
fire; and his arms and his lower
BEHELD till the thrones were parts at his feet like in appearance
set, and the Ancient of days did to shining brass; and the voice of
sit: Whose garment was white as his words like the voice of a multi
snow, and the Hair of His Head like tude. And I Daniel alone saw the
the pure wool: His throne, the fiery vision; for the men that were with
flame; His wheels, burning fire. A me saw it not; but a great fear fell
fiery stream issued and came forth upon them, so that they fled to hide
from before Him. Thousands of thou themselves. Therefore I was left
sands ministered unto Him, and ten alone and saw this great vision, and
thousand times hundreds of thousands there remained no strength in me ; for
1 Cf. Apoc. viii. I, xii. 7, xix. I, &c.
594 “ THE PROPERL"OFFICE ‘OF THE" SAINTS.
my comeliness was changed in me into Third Responsory.

corruption, and l retained no strength. Before the Angels will I sing praise
unto Thee, and will worship toward
Second Responsory Thy holy temple. And I will praise
' An Angel stood at the Altar of the Thy Name, 0 Lord.
Temple, having a golden censer in his Verse. For Thy loving-kindness,
hand; and there was given unto him and for Thy truth; for Thou hast
much incense; and the smoke of the glorified Thine holy Name on us.
incense ascended up before the Lord, Answer. And I will praise Thy
out of the Angel’s hand. Name, 0 Lord.
Verse. 1Before the Angels will I Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
sing praise unto Thee; I will worship to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
toward Thy holy temple, and praise Answer. And I will praise Thy
Thy Name, 0 Lord. Name, 0 Lord.
Answer. And the smoke of the
incense ascended up before the Lord, SECOND NOCTURN.
FirstAntzlohon. Archangel‘Michael,
come to help God’s people.
Third Lesson.
Ps. xviii. The heavens declare, &c.,
YET heard I the voice of his words ;
andwhenvl heard,"I fell down (fi- I7-) ’ . _ ' '
astounded upon 'myface, and my face Seeona' Antiohon. The Archangel
clave unto the ground. And, behold, Michael is the Vice-Roy of Paradise,
an hand touched me, which set me and the Angels that are the dwellers
upon my knees and upon the palms therein do hold him in worship.
of my hands. And he said unto me :
Ps. xxiii. The earth is the LORD’S,
0 Daniel, thou man greatly beloved,
&c., (p. 46.) ‘ I ‘
understand the words that I speak
unto thee, and stand. upright; for Third Antiphon. ' Thou wast mani
unto thee am I now sent. And when fested in Thy glory in the Presence of
he had spoken this word unto me, I the Lord. Therefore the 'Lord hath
stood trembling. Then said he unto clothed Thee with majesty.
me :_Fear not, Daniel; for from the
Ps. xxxiii. I will bless the LORD,
first day.that thou didst set thine
&c., (p. 78.)
heart to understand, and to chasten
thyself-before thy God, thy words Verse. The smoke of the incense
were heard, and I am cume for thy ascended up before the Lord.
words. -But the prince of the king Answer. Out of the Angel’s hand;
dom of. Persia withstood me one-and
twenty days, but, 10! Michael, one of Fourth Lesson.
the chief princes, came to help me,
and I then obtained the victory with
of Pope St Gregory the Great. (34th
the King ‘of, Persia. ' Now I am come
‘ on the Gospels.)
to make thee understand what shall
befall thy people in the latter days, WE say that there are nine Orders
for yet the vision is [not to be ful? .Of Angels, for, by the witness of
filled];till[after many] days. ' the holy 'Word, we know that there be
1; Ps- crxxv'i‘u L
.-' "7'" 'F-EA'ST-DAYSTIN SEPTEMBER.
‘595
Angels, Archangels, Mights, Powers, the Vice-Roy ‘ of Paradise, and the
Principalities, Dominions, Thrones, Angels that are the dwellers therein
Cherubim, and Seraphim. Nearly do hold him'in worship.
every page of the holy Word wit Ansumr. Whosoever on him calleth,
nesseth that there be Angels and blessed within his wardship lies. His a
Archangels. The books of the Pro prayer whose voice availing aids from
phets, as is well known, dooftentimes earth toward heaven to rise.
make mention of Cherubim and Sera
phim. Paul, writing to the Ephesians, Fifth Lesson.
(i. 21,) counteth up the names of
UT we must know that the word
four Orders, where he saith: “ [The
“Angel” is the designation, not
Father ofvglory . . . raised (Christ)
of a nature, but of an office. Those
from the dead, and set Him at His
holy spirits in the heavenly fatherland
own right hand in the heavenly
are alway spirits, but they may nowise
places,] far above all Principality,
be alway called Angels, [which is,
and Power, and Might, and Do
being interpreted, “messengers,”] for
minion, [and every name that is
they are Angels only when they are
named, not only in this world, but
also in that which is to come.]” sent as Messengers. Hence also it
is said by the Psalmist, (ciii. 5,) “ Who
And the same, again, writing to the
Colossians, (i. 16,) saith: “[By (the
makest spirits Thine Angels!”1 as if
it were, “ Of them who are alway with
Son) were all things created, that
are in heaven, and that are in earth, Him as spirits, He doth somewhiles
make use as Messengers.” They who
visible and invisible,] whether they
go on the lesser messages are called
be Thrones, or Dominions, or Princi
Angels: they who go on the greater
palities, or Powers; [all things were
Archangels. Hence it is that unto
created by Him and for Him.]" If,
then, we add the Thrones to the
the Virgin Mary was sent no, common
Angel, but the Archangel2 Gabriel.
four Orders of which he spake unto
For the delivery of this, the highest
the Ephesians, we have five Orders;
message, it was meet that there
and when we add unto them the
should be sent the highest Angel.
Angels and the Archangels, the
Their individual names also are so
Cherubim and the Seraphim, we find
that the Orders of Angels are be
given as to signify the kind of min
yond all doubt nine.
istry wherein each is powerful.
“Michael” signifieth “Who-is-like
unto-God I" " “ Gabriel,” “the Strength
Fourth Responsory. of-God,” and “Raphael,” “the Medi
cine-of-God.”
This is Michael, who to battle leads
the armies of the skies; whosoever on
Fiflh Responsory.
him calleth, blessed within his ward
ship lies. His a prayer whose voice Where Angels lead the spirits of
availing aids from earth toward heaven the blessed dead the glad procession
to rise. moves with Michael at his head, to
Verse. The Archangel Michael is lead them into the garden of Eden.
1 This is a different way of taking the text to that in Heb. i. 7. _
2 Giving him this title appears to be a traditional acceptation of Luke i. 19, compared With
Tob. xii. :5. He is called “Angel” in the Gospel, and the title “Archangel” only occurs
twice in the whole of the Scriptures, once of Michael by name, and once of the same or
another unnamed.
Verse. 1 O Lord, send Thy Holy shall be delivered, every one that shall
Spirit from heaven: the Spirit of be found written in the Book of Life.
wisdom and understanding. Answer. And there shall be a
Answer. To lead them into the time, such as never was since there
garden of Eden. was a nation even to that same time.
Sz'xllz Lesson. to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. And there shall be a
AS often as anything very mighty
time, such as never was since there
is to be done, we see that
was a nation even to that same time.
Michael is sent, that by that very
thing, and by his name, we may
remember that none is able to do THIRD NOCTURN.
as God doeth. Hence that old enemy First A nlz'plzon. The Angel Michael
whose pride hath puffed him up to be the Archangel, he is the messenger
fain to be like unto God, even he who whom God sendeth to all the souls of
said, “I will ascend unto heaven, I the righteous. Alleluia, Alleluia.
will exalt my throne above the stars of
God. . . . I will be like the Most Ps. xcv. O sing unto the LORD, &c.,
High,” (Isa. xiv. I3, 14,) this old (e I 48-)
enemy, when at the end of the world Seeand Antz'p/zon. There was given
he is about to perish in the last death, unto him much incense, that he
having no strength but his own, is should offer it upon the golden altar
shown unto us a-fighting with Michael which is before the eyes of the Lord.
the Archangel, even as saith John,
(Apoc. xii. 7): “There was war in Ps. xcvi. The LORD reigneth, &c.,
heaven: Michael and his Angels (15- 149-)
fought against the dragon; and the Tlzz'rd Antipkon. Great things are
dragon fought and his angels.” Unto spoken of Michael the Archangel, who
Mary is sent Gabriel, whose name is waxed valiant in fight, and won the
interpreted “the Strength of God,” victory.
for he came to herald the appearing
of Him Who was content to appear Ps. cii. Bless the LORD, O my
lowly that He might fight down the soul, &c., (p. 160.)
powers of the air. Raphael, also, as Verse. Before the Angels will I
we have said, signifieth “the Medicine sing praise unto Thee, O my God.
of-God,” and it is the name of him Answer. I will worship toward
who touched as a physician the eyes Thy holy Temple, and praise Thy
of Tobias, and cleared away his Name.
blindness.
Seventh Lesson.
Sixth Responsory. The Lesson is taken from the Holy
Gospel according to Matthew (xviii.
2At that time shall Michael stand
1.)
up, which standeth for your children.
And there shall be a time, such as T that time: Came the disciples
never was since there was a nation unto JESUS, saying: Who is the
even to that same time. greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
Verse. At that time thy people And so on.
1 Cf. Wisd. ix. I7; Isa. xi. 2. 2 Dan. xii. I.
Homily by St Jerome, Priest [at as thine hand, thy foot, or thine eye,
Bethlehem.] (Bk. iii. Comm. on useful, careful, far-seeing, but who
Malth. xviii.) layeth a stumbling-block before thee,
and whose diverse way of life may
After the finding of the piece of
draw thee to hell—it is better for thee
money in the fish’s mouth, after the
to lose such an one and thy worldly
-payment of the tribute, what meaneth
happiness with him, than to live sur
this sudden question of the Apostles P
rounded by them that are near and
“ Who is the greatest in the kingdom
needful to thee, and to pile up unto
of heaven P ” They had seen that the
thyself damnation.
same tribute-money was paid for Peter
as for the Lord, and from this equality
of reckoning they gathered that Peter Eighth Responsory.
was Prince of all the Apostles, seeing
The Archangel Michael .came to
that he had been appraised at the
help God’s people. He arose to
same price as his Master. Therefore
succour the spirits of the righteous.
they ask, Who is the greatest in the
Verse. An Angel stood at the
kingdom of heaven? And JESUS,
Altar of the Temple, having a golden
seeing their thoughts, and understand
censer in his hand.
ing wherefore they erred, is fain to
Answer. He arose to succour the
take away the desire of glory by the
spirits of the righteous.
love of lowliness.
Sevent/z Remonsory. Answer. He arose to succour the
1Be not ye afraid before the Gen spirits of the righteous.
tiles: but in your hearts worship ye
the Lord, and fear Him; for His Ninth Lesson.
Angel is with you.
Verse. An Angel stood at the “I SAY unto you that in heaven
Altar of the Temple, having a golden their angels do always behold
censer in his hand. the face of My Father.” Above, He
Answer. For His Angel is with had said that every tie of kinship or
you. of convenience which might become a
stumbling-block, albeit close and need
Eighth Lesson. ful as hand, or foot, or eye, was to be
“ HEREFORE, if thy hand or cut off, but here He softeneth the hard
thy foot offend thee, cut ness of that precept: “ Take heed that
them off, and cast them from thee ye despise not one of these little ones.”
. . . for it must needs be that offences Hardness, saith He, I command not
come, but woe to that man by whom save as teaching tenderness withal;
the offence cometh l”—because by his “in heaven their Angels do always
sin he maketh, and maketh to be his behold the face of My Father.” Oh,
own work, that which must needs be how great is the dignity of souls,
in the world. Away, then, with every whereof every one hath from its birth
affection and every kinship, lest thy an Angel appointed to guard it!
love should throw a stumbling-block Hence, we read in the Revelation of
before a single believer. Be there John : “ Unto the Angel of the Church
any, saith He, who is as near to thee of Ephesus,” (and so of the others,)
1 Baruch vi. 5, 6.
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598. THE PROPER OFFICE OF. THEISAINTS
‘,‘\vrite,” (ii. 1, &c.) And the Apostle Angel of peace, may 'Michael to our dwell
[Paul]? also. saith: “The woman ” (that ing -
Down from high Heaven in mighty calm
is, in the Church) “ought to have a ness come, -‘ ‘ '
covering on her head, because of the Breathing serenest peace, wild war dispelling
Angels,” (1 Cor. xi. 10.) With all her sorrows to ,the infernal
gloom.
The Alyznn, “We praise Thee, O
God, &c.,” is said. Angel of might, may Gabriel swift descend
ing,
Far from our gates our ancient foes repel,
LAUDS.
And his own triumphs o’er the world de
First Antzjohon. An Angel stood at fending,
the Altar" of the Temple, having a In temples dear to Heaven return and
golden censer in his hand. _ _ ‘ dwell.
Second A'ntzlthon. While as the Angel of health, may Raphael lighten o'er
ArchangelMichael fought against the us, .
dragon, I heard voices saying: To every sic-k bed speed his healing flight,
Salvation unto our God. Alleluia. In times of doubt direct the way before us,
" Third Antiphon. Michael Mine And through life's mazes
aright. - guide our steps
i
Archangel, * I have appointed thee for
a prince over the ingathering of souls. The Virgin, harbinger of peace supemal,
Fourth Antiphon. 0 ye Angels of Mother of Light, with > all the -Angelic
the Lord, bless ye the Lord alway. train,
,' Fifth Antiphon. 0 ye Angels and Heaven’s glittering host, court of the King
Archangels, '* 0 ye Thrones and Eternal,
Dominions, 0' ye Principalities and All Saints be with us, till that bliss we
Powers, 0 ye mighty Ones of heaven, gain.
praise ye the Lord from the heavens! Be this by Thy thrice 'holy Godhead granted,
Alleluia. Father, and Son, and Spirit ever blest;
‘Whose glory by the Angel host isychanted,
Chapter. (Apoc. i. I.) ‘Whose Name by all the/universe confest.
_ ‘ Amen.
GOD gave unto JESUS Christ to
show unto His servants things Verse. An Angel stood at the Altar
which must shortly come to pass: of the Temple.
and He sent and signified it by His Answer. Having a golden censer
Angel unto His servant John; who in his hand. ' ‘ '
bare record of the Word of God and
AntzLohon at the Song of Zacharias.
'of the testimony of JESUS Christ, of
There was silence in heaven while as
all the things which he saw. .
the dragon made war, and Michael
fought against him, and prevailed over
firm-1 him.
i HRIST! of the holy Angels light, and
Prayer throughout.
‘ gladness,
Maker and Saviour of the human race, GOD, Who hast ordained and
0 may we reach the world unknown to
constituted the services of
g' sadness, ' angels and men in a wonderful
'The blessed mansions where they see Thy
Lorder, mercifully grant that as Thy
",.
\ Face!
1 Translation by the Rev. W. J. Copeland.
FEAST-DAYS IN. SEPTEMBER. 599
holy angels alway do Thee service ' Upon the same day, holy Bishop
in heaven, so, by Thy appointment, Gregory, [called the Apostle and Il
they may succour and defend us on luminator] of the Great Armenia, who
earth. Through our Lord JESUS suffered many things under the Em
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and peror Diocletian, but at length fell
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of asleepin peace. _
the Holy Ghost, one God, world At Canterbury, in England, the
without end. Amen. holy Confessor Honorius, Bishop [of
that see, wherein he succeeded holy
PRIME. Justus; He was consecrated by holy
Paulinus, Archbishop of York. For
y Antiphon. An Angel stood, &c.,
more than thirty. years he laboured
(First Antzlnhon at Lauds.)
for the glory of God, and saw with
joy the faith of Christ extended daily.
MARTYROLOGY. He died in the year 653, and was
Upon the 30th day of September, succeeded in his see by Deuscledit.]
was born into the better life— i At Rome, holy Francis de Borja, of
In Bethlehem of 'Judea, the holy the Society of Jesus, whose feast we
Priest Jerome, Doctor of the Church, keep upon the 11th day of October. ,_
a man most deeply read in all letters, Likewise at Rome, [in the second
and a follower of approved monks. century,] the holy widow Sophia,
With the sword of his teaching he mother of the holy Virgins Faith,
transfixed many monsters of heresy. Hope, and Charity, [all martyrs]
He fell asleep in peace, quite broken
down with old age, and was buried Chapter at the end. (Apoc. xii. 7.)
hard by the Lord’s birthplace, but his HERE was a great war in heaven;
body hath since been brought to Rome, Michael and his angels fought
where it is laid in the Church of St against the dragon; and the dragon
Mary the Greater. ' fought, and his angels: and prevailed
Upon the same day, the holy mar not; neither was their place found
tyr Leopardus, one of the‘household any more in heaven.
of the Emperor Julian the Apostate.
He was beheaded at Rome, but his
TERCE.
body hath since been brought to
Aachen. _ Antiphon. While as the Arch
At Soleure, in Switzerland, the holy angel, &c., (Second Antiphon at
martyrs Victor and Ursus, of the Lands.)
glorious Theban Legion. They were
Chapterfrom Lauds.
first put to direful tortures under the
Emperor Maximian, but light broke
Short Responsory.
from heaven upon them, the servants
of the Emperor fell to the earth, and An Angel stood at the Altar of the
they were delivered; then they were Temple.
cast into the fire, but it took no hold Answer. An Angel stood at the
upon them ; and lastly they were slain Altar of the Temple.
with the sword. _ Verse. Having a golden censer in
At Piacenza, the holy martyr An his hand. >
tonine, belonging to the same Theban Answer. At the Altar of the
Legion. . Temple.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, Short Resyfionsory.

Before the Angels will I sing praise
Ghost. unto Thee, O my God.
Answer. An Angel stood at the
Answer. Before the Angels will
Altar of the Temple.
I sing praise unto Thee, O my
Verse. And the smoke of the in
God.
cense ascended up before the Lord
Verse. I will worship toward Thy
Answer. Out of the Angel’s hand.
holy Temple, and praise Thy Name.
Answer. 0 my God.
SEXT. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
A ntzphon. Michael Mine Arch Ghost.
angel, &c., (Third Antiphon at Answer. Before the Angels will
Lauds.) I sing praise unto Thee, O my
God.
Verse. Worship God.
Chapter. (Apoc. v. I I.)
Answer. All ye His Angels.
HEARD the voice of many Angels
round about the throne, and the
SECOND VESPERS.
living creatures and the elders; and
the number of them was thousands of All as the First, except the follow
thousands, saying with a loud voice: ing.
Salvation unto our God.
Last Psalm.
Short Responsory. Ps. cxxxvii. I will praise Thee,

&c., (p. 197.)
The smoke of the incense ascended
up before the Lord. Verse. Before the Angels will I
Answer. The smoke of the incense sing praise unto Thee, O my God.
ascended up before the Lord-— Answer. I will worship toward
Verse. Out of the Angel’s hand. Thy holy Temple, and praise Thy
Answer. Before the Lord. Name.
and to the Son, and to the Holy Virgin. O thou Prince most glorious,
Ghost. Michael the Archangel, remember us
Answer. The smoke of the incense _-and here, and everywhere, alway
ascended up before the Lord. entreat for us the countenance of the
Verse. Before the Angels will I
Son of God. Alleluia, Alleluia.
sing praise unto Thee, O my God.
Answer. I will worship toward A Commemoration is made of the
Thy holy Temple, and praise Thy following. Antifihon, “0 right ex
Name. cellent, &c.” Prayer from Lauds.
Then of St Honorius, Archbishop of
NONE. Canterhury, from the Common Ofiice
Antiphon. 0 ye Angels, &c., for a Bishop and Confessor, (p. 399,)
with the Prayer, “Grant, we beseech
(Fifth Antiohon at Lauds.)
Thee, &c.,” (p. 408.) The Verse and
Chafiter as at the end of Prime. Answer from Lauds.
SEPTEMBER 30. this pilgrimage, wherein he got the

help of the most learned of the Jews
5t 32mm, iBrizst, time for the understanding of the Holy
Scriptures, did him much good.
fzssur, anti mortar of the
Qtljurtb. Lesson.
Douhle.
E withdrew himself into the
All from the Common Ofiioe for a wild deserts of Syria, where
Confessor and Doetor not a Bishop, he passed four years in studying the
(p. 4 3I,) except the following. Holy Scriptures and in considering
the blessedness of heaven, afilicting
his body by alway denying himself,
MATTINS. by bitter tears, and by chastisement
of the flesh. He was ordained Priest
FIRST NOCTURN.
by Paulinus, Patriarch of Antioch.
Lessons from Ecclus. xxxix. I, (p. He went to Rome on account of the
431-) quarrelling of certain Bishops with
Paulinus and Epiphanius, and there
SECOND NOCTURN. helped P0pe Damasus in the writing
Fourth Lesson. of his letters upon Church affairs.
But the longing for his old solitude
EROME was the son of one Ense came upon him, and he went back
bius, and was born at Sdrigni, to Palestine, where, in the monastery
[a small town upon the confines] of at Bethlehem, built beside the cradle
Dalmatia, in the reign of the Emperor of the Lord Christ by the Lady Paula
Constantius.1 He was baptized at of Rome, he set himself to enter on
Rome when a lad, and studied there, earth upon the life of heaven, serving
under the instruction of Donatus and God in reading and writing without
other very learned personages. He ceasing, regardless of the sufferings of
travelled in Gaul for the sake of im a body tormented by divers diseases
proving his mind, and there sought and pains.
the friendship of divers godly men
learned in the Scriptures, and made Sixth Lesson.
with his own hand many copies of
the holy books. He afterwards be HARD questions upon the inter
took himself to Greece, where he pretation of the Holy Scripture
attained eminence as a philosopher were sent to him from all parts of the
and orator, in the following of the earth, as to an oracle. He was often‘
most famous theologians. At Con times consulted by Pope Damasus
stantinople, in especial, he sat at the and by the holy Augustine upon the
feet of Gregory of Nazianzus, from meaning of the most obscure passages
whom he professeth himself to have of the Scripture, because of his ex
learnt his theology. Then, for god traordinary learning, and that he knew
liness’ sake, he went to see the home not the Latin and Greek tongues only,
of the Lord Christ, and so throughout but also the Hebrew and Chaldee,
all Palestine. He witnesseth that and, as the same Augustine testifieth,
1 Stridone in Dalmatia, Constantio Imperatore. Upon the place and date (which latter is
variously given from 329 to 342) see Alban Butler.
602'“ THE PROPER OFFICE OF -THE.;'SAINTS.
had read-nearly all writers. He at other teacher is he to be corrected?

tacked heretics with keen publications; “It is thenceforth good for nothing,
and ever undertook the defence of. but to be past out, and to be trodden
the godly and Catholic. He-trans under-foot of men.” This is a figure
lated the Old Testament from Hebrew taken from farming. Salt is used to
into Latin, and, at the command of savour food withal, and.to preserve
Damasus, reformed, according to the meat,
sooth, but
we itread‘iin
hath, no
theother use. In
Scriptures of
original Greek, the existing version' of
the New. Upon great part of the some. cities which were sown with
Scriptures he wrote commentaries. salt in the fury of their conquerors,
He translated likewise into Latin the that no bud of life might ever spring
works of many learned men, and him- there again. ' ' ' '
self contributed to the. Christian life
many monuments of his own wit.
He lived to an extreme old age, and Eighth Lesson.
passed away to heaven, famous for LET teachers and, Bishops, then,
learning and holiness, in the reign . look well to it, seeing that
of the- Emperor Honorius, [upon- the “mighty men shall be mightily tor
30th day of September, in the year mented,” (Wisd. vi. 7.) And there
of our Lord 420.] His body was is no help for them, but they fall
buried at Bethlehem, but hath since into hell with a greater'crash.
been brought to Rome, where it “Ye are the light of the world. A
lieth in the Church of St Mary-at city that is'sét 'on‘a' hill cannot be
the-Manger.1 . > . " bid. Neither do men light a candle,
and put it under: a bushel, but on a
THIRD NOCTURN. candlestick, that it may give light
unto all'that are in the house.” Here
Seventh Lesson. He teacheth boldness in preaching,
lest the Apostles should shrink away
The Lesson is taken from the Holy from fear, and be like unto candles
Gospel according to v Matthew (v.
under a bushel; but contrariwise
13.) ' "
should come forward with all free
AT that time: JESUS said unto His dom, and should proclaim upon the
disciples : Ye are the salt of the house-tops that which had been
earth. But if the salt have lost his spoken in the ear in closets. (Luke
savour, wherewith shall it be salted? xii. 3.) ' ' '
And so on. i
Eighth Regionsory.
Bethlehem.] (Book i. Comm. on In the midst of the congregation,
Matth. v.) ' ' &c., (p. 423.)
Apostles, and teachers are called Ninth Lesson.

salt, for it is by them that the whole
mass of mankind is seasoned. “But “ HINK not that I am come to
if the salt have lost his savour, where‘ destroy the Law or the Pro
with shall it be salted?” If the phets; I am not come to destroy, but
teacher have gone astray, by what to fulfil.” The meaning is, either
1 Sta. Maria Maggiore.
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603
that He ‘Was come to fulfil those in Gaul, who cenverted the French
things which others had prophesied nation to Christ, baptized their king
concerning Him, or that He was Klodwig, and administered to-hir'n the
come to give the full measure of Sacraments of the faith.'~ Remy passed
those things which hadbeen spoken many years in his labours as Bishop,
darkly and imperfectly on account of and was famous for his holiness and
the weakness of their hearers, making for 'the power. of’ workingv 'miracles.
away with anger, forbidding to take He died upon the! 3th day of Jan
eye for eye and tooth for tooth, and uary, [in the year 533,] but his feast
condemning the secret lusting of the is kept upon the»Ist day of, October,
heart. _ 1. . which is“that of the translation of his
“Tillheaven and earth pass, [one sacred body. 7 . >_ -‘ ~
jot or one tittle shall ‘in no wise pass Uponthe same lst day of October,
from the Law, till all be fulfilled.]” were born into the better life—
But there are promised unto us new At Rome, the blessed martyrs
heavens and a new earth, which the Aretas, [in the year 852,] and fiv
Lord God shall' make. And if new hundred and four others. . . -‘
things are to be created, old things At Tomi, in Pontus, the holy mar
must pass away. tyrs Priscus, Crescens, and Evagrius.
At Lisbon, in_ Portugal, the holy
martyrs Verissimus and his sisters
Prayert/zroug/zout tlze Qjiee. 'Maxima and Iuliapwho suffered in
0 GOD, Who wast pleased to give the persecution-under the Emperor
unto Thy Church Thy blessed Diocletian. '
Confessor Jerome to be unto her. a At Tournay, in Gaul, the holy
great teacher in the way ofnexpound martyr Piaton, a Priest, who came
ing Thine Holy Scriptures, been from Rome. to. Gaul to preach along
with the blessed Quinctinusv and his
treated, we beseech Thee, for that
Thy servant’s sake, and grant unto Companions, and afterwards finished
us the strength to put in practice his testimony by martyrdom, , in
what he taught both by his doctrine the persecution_ under the Emperor
and by his life. Through our LOrd Maximian, and so 'paSsed away to
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth be ever with the Lord." I
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity At Thessalonica, under the same
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world Emperor Maximian, the holy martyr
without end. ‘Amen. Domninus. , " v '
At Ghent, the holy Confessor B'avon,
'_ ‘At Lands a Commemoration is made [in the seventh. century.]‘
of St Honorz'us of Canterbury, from > At Orvieto, the holy Priest and Con
the Common Ditto for a Bis/zap and fessor Se'verus. ‘
Confessor, (p. 399,) with tlze Prayer,
“Grant, we_beseech, Thee, &c.,”, (p.
408.) Verse and Answer from First SECOND VESPERS.
Vespers.v ' ' A ntzlolzon at the Song oft/1e Blessed
‘ ~ MARTYROLOGY. '. ' ’ .~ Virgin. 0 right excellent, &c. ‘
_Upon the 1st ,day_ 'lof“ October is A Commemoration is made‘of St

commemorated 'the holy' Confessor Remy. ‘Prayer', “ Grant, we beseech
Remy, [15th] Archbishop of Rheims,. Thee, &c.,”. (p. 408.)
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1 7.3)
On the first day on which nine
Lessons are not read, is said the Ofiice IN me is all grace of the way and of
of the Dead. the truth. In me is all hope of
life and of strength. I brought forth
fruit like the rose-tree planted beside
first iLurh’s Bag in ti]: the rivers of waters.
Monti].
Hymn.4
Busarg Sunhag.
BY the archangel's word of love
Solemn Feast of the most holy Rose That announced Thee from above;
garden of the Blessed Virgin Mary. By the grace to Mary given;
By Thy first descent from heaven;
On the Saturday preceding, the
Martyrolog/ begins with the words, By that journey made in haste
“On the morrow is the solemn Feast O'er that desert mountain waste;
By that voice whose heavenly tone
of the Rose-garden of the most
Thrilled the Baptist in the womb.
Blessed Virgin Mary.”
By Thy poor and lowly lot;
Double of the Second Class.
By the manger and the grot;
Psalms as in the Common Ofiice of By Thy tender Feet and Hands '
Folded in Thine swaddling bands;
the Blessed Virgin, (p. 436.)
By the joy of Simeon blest
FIRST VESPERS. When he clasped Thee to his breast;
By the widowed Anna's song
First Antiphon. Who is this, * fair Poured amid the wondering throng;
as a dove, like a rose-tree planted be
By our Lady's glad delight,
side the rivers of waters. In His temple, at the sight
Second Antiohon. A virgin most Of her Child so young and fair,
mighty, * like the tower of David, Wiser than the wisest there;
whereon there hung a thousand
bucklers, all the shields of valiant Child of Mary, hear our cry;
men.1 Thou wast helpless once as we;
Now enthroned in majesty
Third Antziohon. Hail, Mary, * the
Countless angels sing to Thee. Amen.
Lord is with thee, blessed art thou
among women. Verse. Queen of the most holy
Fourth Antiphon. The Lord hath Rosary, pray for us.
blessed thee * by His power, because Answer. That we may be made
through thee He hath brought our worthy of the promises of Christ.
enemies to nought.2
Fifth Antiphon. The daughters of Antzjohon at the Song of the Blessed
Sion saw her in her spring time, Virgin. Blessed art thou, 0 Virgin
amidst the flowers of the roses, and Mary, Mother of God, who didst
called her most blessed. believe the Lord ; for there hath been
1 Cam. iv. 4. 2 Judith xiii. 22.
3 The last of these two verses is altered—the words of Scripture run, “ Hearken unto me, ye
children of God, and bring forth fruit like the rose-tree planted beside the rivers of waters.”
4 Translation taken from Hymns for the Year.
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a performance of all those things By Thy weeping Mother's woe;

which were told thee; pray for us By the sword that pierced her through
When in anguish standing by
unto the. Lord our God. On the Cross she saw Thee die;
Prayer throughout the Ofiice. JESU, Saviour, hear our cry;

Thou wert suffering once as we;
GOD, Whose Only-begotten Son,
Now enthroned in majesty
by living, dying, and rising Countless angels sing to Thee. Amen.
again, hath purchased everlasting joy
for us, mercifully grant that, by calling
FIRST NOCTURN.
these things to mind in the Blessed
Virgin Mary’s most holy Garden-of First A ntzLohon. The Angel Gabriel
roses, we may learn better both to * announced unto Mary, and she con
follow what they set forth, and to ceived by the Holy Ghost.
strive after what they promise. Second Antiphon. Mary entered *
Through the same our Lord JESUS into the house of Zacharias, and
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and saluted Elizabeth.
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of Third Antiphon. She brought
the Holy Ghost, one God, world forth her first -born Son, and laid
without end. Amen. Him in a manger.
A Commemoration is made of the Verse. Holy Mother of God, Mary,
First Vespers of the Sunday. always a Virgin,
Answer. Pray for us, unto the Lord
our God.
MATTINS.
First Lesson.
Invitatory. Let us keep the Feast
of the Rose-garden of the Blessed The Lesson is taken from the Book of
Virgin Mary; * let us worship Christ Ecclesiasticus (xxiv. I I.)
her Son, and her Lord and ours.
WITH all these I sought rest, but
I shall abide in the inheritance
[{ymn.1 of the Lord. So the Creator of all
BY the Blood that flowed from Thee things gave me a commandment, and
In Thy grievous agony; said unto me,—even He that made
By the traitor’s guileful kiss, me rested in my tabernacle, and said
Filling up Thy bitterness; unto me,—-Let thy dwelling be in
By the cords that, round Thee cast, Jacob, and thine inheritance in Israel,
Bound Thee to the pillar fast; and strike thou thy roots and make my
By the scourge so meekly borne, chosen people. From the beginning
By Thy purple robe of scorn; and before the ages was I created,
and even unto the ages to come I
By the thorns that crowned Thine Head;
shall not cease to be, and in the holy
By Thy sceptre of a reed;
By Thy foes on bended knee, dwelling-place did I minister before
Mocking at Thy royalty; him. And so was I established in
Sion, and likewise in the holy city
By the people’s cruel jeers; was I given to rest, and in Jerusalem
By the holy women's tears; was my power. And I took root
By Thy footsteps faint and slow,
Weighed beneath Thy Cross of woe;
among the honourable peoples, even
1 Translation taken from Hymns for the Year.

in the portion of my God, and His Answer. And about her it was as
own inheritance and mine abiding the flower of roses in the spring of the
was
Saints.in theI full ' assembly of the year, and lilies of the valleys.
First Responsory. Tlzird Lesson.

I AM the mother of fair love, and
1 Take the pleasant harp, in the
fear, and knowledge, and holy
time appointed, on your solemn feast
hope. In me is all graces of the way
day, and sing aloud unto the Virgin
and of the truth, in me is all hope
our strength.
of life and strength. Come unto me,
Verse. 0 sing unto her a new song,
all ye that be desirous of me, and fill
declare her glory among the heathen.
yourselves with my fruits. For my
Answer. And sing aloud unto the
spirit is sweeter than honey, and mine
Virgin our strength.
inheritance than honey and the honey
comb. My memorial is everlasting.
Second Lesson. They that eat me, .shall yet hunger:
‘WAS 'eXalted like a cedar in and 'they that drink me, shall yet
thirst. He that harkeneth unto me,
Lebant'm, and as a cypress-tree
upon Mount Zion. - I was exalted like shall not be put to confusion: and
a palm-tree in Kadesh, and as a rose they that work by me, shall not sin.
plant in Jericho, as a fair olive They that cast light upon me shall
tree in the plains, and grew up as a have life eternal.
plane-tree beside the water in the
broad way. I gave_a sweet smell Tlzz'rd Resfionsory.
like cinnamon and arbmatic balm, 3Who is this that cometh up like
I yielded a pleasant odour like the the sun? this, comely as Jerusalem?
best myrrh, and like storax, and The daughters of Zion saw her, and
galbanum, and attar, and stacte, and called her blessed; the 'queens also,
like an uncut tree of frankincense and they praised her.
did I perfume my dwelling-place, and Verse. And about her it was as
as the snow of balsam unalloyed so the flower of roses in the spring of
was my smell. I stretched forth my the year, and lilies of the valleys.
branches like'the terebinth-tree, and Answer. The daughters of Zion
my branches are the branches of saw her, and they called her blessed ;
honour and grace. the queens also, and they praised
her.
Second Responsory. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
2I saw the fair one going up above Answer. The daughters of Zion
the rivers of waters, a priceless savour saw her, and they called her blessed ;
hung heavy, and about her it was as the queens also, and they praised
the flower of roses in the spring of her. ' .
the year, and lilies of the valleys.
Verse. Upon Thy right hand did SECOND NOCTURN.
stand the Queen in a vesture of gold, First A ntzjo/zon. _ When His parents
wrought about with divers colours. brought in [the child] JESUS'to pre
A peculiar adaptation of Ps. lxxx. 3, 4, 2; xcv. r, 3.
2 Altered from the First Responsory for the Assumption. . . 3 .Cant. viii. 5; vi. IO, 4. 8.
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sent Him to the Lord, Simeon took between every ten times, and, each
Him up in his arms and blessed God. of the fifteen times that we say the
Second Antiphon. His parents Lord’s Prayer, and repeat tenfold the
seeking JESUS found Him after three salutation, think of one of fifteen
days in the midst of the doctors. . great events in the history of. our
Third Antifihan. He began to be Redemption. From that time forth"
very sorrowful, and in the garden the this form of godly prayer was extra
sweat became as it were drops of ordinarily spread about by holy
blood. . Dominick, and waxed common.
Verse. After childbirth thou still That this same. Dominick was the'
remainest a virgin. founder and prime mover thereof
Answer. Mother of God, pray for hath been said by Popes in divers
us. . letters of the Apostolic See.1
Fourth Lesson.
Fourth Responsory.
WHEN the heresy of the Albi
genses was making head Thou art the glory of Jerusalem:
against God in the County of Tou thou art the joy of Israel: thou art
louse, and striking deeper roots every the honour of our nation: thou hast
day, .the holy Dominick, who had done manfully, becausel thou alone
but just laid the foundations of the hast slain all heresies. . ‘
Order of Friars Preachers, threw his Verse. Fair and comely art thou,
whole strength into .the travail of terrible as ‘a fenced camp set in battle
plucking these blasphemies up. That array. ‘
he might be fitter for the work, he Answer. For thou alone hast slain
cried for help with his whole soul to all heresies.
that Blessed Maiden, whose glory the
falsehoods of the heretics so insolently ‘ Fifth Lesson.
assailed, and to whom it hath been
granted to trample down every heresy .FROM this, healthy exercise have
throughout the whole earth. It is ~ grown up numberless good
said that he had from her a word, fruits in the Christian Commonwealth.
bidding him preach up the saying Among these deserveth well to be
of the Rosary among the people, as named that great victory over the
a. strong help against heresy and sin,~ Sultan of Turkey, which the most
and it is wonderful with how stout holy Pope Pius V., and the Christian
an heart and how good a success Princes whom he had roused, won at
he did the'work laid upon him. This Lepanto, [on the 7th day of October,
Rose-garden [or Rosary] is a certain the first Lord’s Day'in the month,
form of prayer, wherein we say one in the year of our Lord 1571.] The
hundred-and-fifty times the salutation day whereon this victory was gained
of the Angel, and the Lord’s Prayer was the very one whereon the Guild
1 See the note of Alban Butler upon the \subject, from which _it appears that St Dominick
was not the first to propose the frequent repetition of the “ Hail, Mary," or other prayers,
a fixed number of times, nor the author of the idea of counting these repetitions by a
mechanical contrivance, such as beads, or the like. What he seems to have done'was to
bring in the practice of the hundred-and-fifty repe titions, with the accompanying meditations,
as a substitute for the hundred-and-fifty Psalms of the Psalter, by those who were too unlettered
to say the Office. But whether he really invented, or only preached up this practice, appears
quite uncertain. Similar substitutes for the Office had long been in vogue, even in some ,
religious orders—2.51., the Templars.
brethren of the most holy Rosary, were moving through the streets of
throughout the whole world, were Rome in public and solemn pro
used to offer their accustomed prayers cession, amid vast multitudes, all
and appointed supplications, and the filled with the deepest enthusiasm,
event therefore was not unnaturally calling vehemently upon God for the
connected therewith. This being the defeat of the Turks, and entreating
avowed opinion of Gregory XIII., he the Virgin Mother of God to bring
ordered that in all Churches where the might of her succour to the help
there was, or should be, an Altar of of the Christians. A few days later,
the Rosary, a Feast, in the form of [upon the Octave of the Feast of
a Greater Double, should be kept the Assumption,] the Turks raised
for ever upon the first Lord’s Day the siege of Corfu. These mercies
of the month of October, to give un Clement XI. devoutly ascribed to the
ceasing thanks to the Blessed Virgin, helpful prayers of the Blessed Virgin,
under her style' of [Queen of] the and that the memory and the sweet
[Most Holy] Rosary, for that extra ness of such a blessing might for all
ordinary mercy of God. Other Popes time coming endure gloriously, be
also have granted almost numberless extended to the whole Church the
Indulgences to those who say the observance of the Feast of the most
Rosary, and to those who join its holy Rosary, for the same day and
Guilds. of the same rank, [as it had already
been in the places before mentioned]
F Responsory. Benedict XIII. commanded the re
1 Thy right hand is become glorious cord of all these things to be given
in power: thy right hand hath dashed a place in the Service-book of the
in pieces the enemy, they sank [as Church of Rome; and Leo XIII., in
lead] in the mighty waters, and the the most troublous times of the
sea covered them. Church and the cruel storm of long
Verse. The Lord hath blessed thee pressing evils, by fresh Apostolic
by His power, because through thee letters vehemently urged upon all
He hath brought our enemies to the faithful throughout the earth the
nought. often saying of the Rosary of [the
Answer. They sank [as lead] in Blessed Virgin] Mary, raised the
the mighty waters, and the sea dignity of the yearly festival, added
covered them. to the Litany of Loretto the Invoca
tion “Queen of the Most Holy
Rosary,” and granted to the whole
Sixth Lesson. Church a special Office for this
IN the year 1716, Charles VI., solemn occasion. Let us all then be
Elect-Emperor of the Romans, earnest in honouring the most holy
won a famous victory over countless Mother of God in this form which
hordes of Turks, [near Temeswar,] in she liketh so well, that even as the
the kingdom 0f Hungary, upon the entreaties of Christ’s faithful people,
day when the Feast of the Dedica approaching her in her Garden of
tion of the Church of St Mary of Roses, have so often won her to
the Snows was being kept, and almost scatter and destroy their earthly foes,
at the very moment when the Guild so she may gain for them the victory
brethren of the most holy Rosary over their hellish foes likewise.
1 A peculiar adaptation of Ex. xv. 6, 10.
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Sirth Responsory. of a woman, albeit a virgin, that He

might bring like against like, heal
1 There appeared a great wonder in
by opposites, pluck out the poisonous
heaven: a woman clothed with the
thorn, and blot out mightily the hand
sun, and the moon under her feet,
writing of our sin that was against
and upon her head a crown of twelve
us. Eve was a thorn, Mary is a rose.
stars.
Eve is a thorn that pierceth, Mary
Verse. 2Unto thine head shall be
is a rose that charmeth all the senses.
given an ornament of grace, and a
Eve was a thorn that fixed death into
crown of glory shall cover thee.
all, Mary is a rose that bringeth
Answer. And upon her head a
health to all. Mary was a white rose
crown of twelve stars.
through her virginity, and a red rose
through her love. She was white in
her flesh, red in her mind; white in
that she followed the path of grace,
- red in that she trod down sin; white
by the purity of her affections, red by
THIRD NOCTURN. the mortification of her body; white
First Antiphon. Pilate took JESUS by her love for God, red by her com
and scourged Him. passion for her neighbour.
Second Antifihon. The soldiers
plaited a crown of thorns, and put Seventh Responsory.
it on His Head.
Third A ntihhon. 3 The government 4 As the vine brought 1 forth pleasant
was upon His shoulder, even the cross ; savour, and my flowers are the fruit of
from the tree hath God reigned. honour and seemliness.
Verse. 0 holy Mother of God. Verse. I am the mother of fair
Answer. Thou art become beauti love, and fear, and knowledge, and
ful and gentle in thy gladness. holy hope.
Answer. And my flowers are the
fruit of honour and seemliness.
Seventh Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Eighth Lesson, (of the water
Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.) course.)
T that time: The Angel Gabriel HE Word was made flesh, and
was sent from God unto a city dwelleth even now among us.
of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a He dwelleth in our memory. He
virgin espoused to a man whose name dwelleth in our thought. He hath
was Joseph, of the house of David; come down even unto our imagina
and the virgin’s name was Mary. tion; and how sayest thou doth he
And so on. so? By lying in the manger, by
nestling in His mother’s breast, by
Homily by St Bernard, Abbat [of
preaching upon the mountain, by re
Clairvaux,] (on St Mary.)
maining all night in prayer to God,
To commend His Own love towards by hanging upon the Cross, by turning
us, and to bring to nought the wisdom pale in death, by going down free
of men, God was pleased to take flesh among the dead and triumphing in
1 Apoc. xii. r. 2 Prov. iv. 9. 3 Is. ix. 6. 4 Ecclus. xxiv. 23, 24.
,6ro THE PROPER OFFICE. OF.THE .SAINTS.
hell, by rising again the third day, LAUDS.

by showing to the Apostles the places
First A ntiphon. Rejoice, 0 Virgin
of the nails—the marks of his victory,
Mother, * Christ is risen .from the
by ascending up into heaven while
grave. ‘
they all beheld ,Him,—of which of
Second Antiphon. God is gone up
these things think we not with truth,
with a shout, * and the Lord with the
with godliness, with holiness? If I
sound of a trumpet.
think of any of these, I think of God,
Third Antiphon. The spirit of the
and He is my God through them all.
Lord.* hath filled the world.
To think of these things I haVe de
Fourth Antiphon. Mary hath been
creed to be wisdom, 'andto set forth
taken to heaven. * The angels re
the memory of their sweetness I have
joice: they praise and bless the Lord.
judged to be prudence.1 The rod of
Alleluia. _
Aaron the Priest brought forth buds,
Fifth Antiphon. The Virgin Mary *
and bloomed blossoms, and yielded
hath been exalted over choirs of angels,
almonds; but these things are the
and upon her head there is a crown of
almonds of that Rod which came forth
twelve stars. 7
out of the fstem of Jesse, the Rod
whereof sprang the flower, a Rod Chapter as at First Vespers.
which was raised in Mary into places
higher than the earthly tabernacle, Alymn.
higher indeed, even into places higher
Y the first bright Easter Day,
than angels, since she received the When the stone was rolled away;
Word into herself out of the very By the glory round Thee shed
heart of the Eternal Father. - At Thy rising from the dead;
By Thy parting blessing given

Eighth Remand-01y. As “Thou didst ascend to heaven;
By the cloud of living light
Rise up, my love, and make haste. That received Thee out of sight; -
For the winter is past; the rain is
over and gone; the- flowers appear By that rushing sound of night
on our earth.2 Coming down from heaven's height;
Verse. The Lord shall give that By the cloven tongues of fire,
Sent our spirits to inspire;
which is good, and ,our land shall
yield her increase. By the day that saw her rise
Answer. The flowers appear on Borne by Angels to the skies;
our earth. v When Thy Mother, blest with Thee,
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and Thou didst call in heaven to be;
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. By the splendour of the throne
Answer. The flowers appear on our Preordained for her alone,
earth. ' . ‘Where the Angels round her sing,
Mother of our God and King;
1Vinth Lesson.
King of glory, hear our cry,
The Homily of the Sunday, either Make us soon Thy joys to see,
the first part only or the whole three Where, enthroned in majesty,
read together as one. Countless Angels sing to Thee. Amen.
1 Num. xvii. 8; Is. xi. 1. The passagejs excessively obscure, and the translation is an
amplified paraphrase of what the translator supposes to be the sense intended.
2 Cam. i. to, n, 12; P5. lxxxiv. Ia.
if; v”. . ).FEAST-DAYS .IN OCTOBER.) 611
Verse. God hath ch0sen her and and to the Son, and to the- Holy
forechosen her, . . Ghost. 7- > . 1. .
Answer. And hath made her to Answer. Holy Mother of God,
dwell in His tabernacle. Maryalways a Virgin..
Verse. After childbirth thou still
Antiphon at the Song of Zaeharias. remainest a Virgin. '
Let us this day keep right heartily the Answer. Mother ‘ of God, pray
solemn Feast of the' Most Holy Rose for us.
garden of Mary the Mother of God,
that she may pray for us to our Lord ' SEXT.
JESUS Christ. Antiphon. The spirit of the Lord,
Prayer throughout the day as at ‘(Thira' A ntiphon at Lands.) ‘ .
First Vespers. A Commemoration is
made of the Sunday. Chapter, (Ecclus. xxxirc. 19.)
Flourish as a lily, and send forth a
PRIME. smell, and blossom with grace; sing
a song of praise,"and bless'th'e Lord
Antzphon. Rejoice, 0 Virgin
in His works,- _ - - -
Mother, (First Antijfihon at Lands.)
Short Responsory. I
In the Short Responsory.
After childbirth
aVirgin. ‘ ', thou
" still remainest
'- U
Verse. Thou that wa'st born of the
Virgin Mary. . . . Answer. After childbirth thou still
remaineSt
Verse. "a’VirginQ
Mother of ' God,"pray
" * for us.
Chapter at the. end, (Ecclus. xxiv. I 3.)
Answer. Thou ‘still remainest a
I was exalted like a cedar in
Virgin. ‘ ' -
Lebanon, and as a cypress-tree upon
Verse. Glory-be to the Father, and
Mount Zion. I was exalted like a
palm-tree in Kadesh, and as a rose Answer. After childbirth thou still
plant in Jericho. remainest a Virgin, -‘ _ ,
Verse. 0 Holy Mother of God,
TERC E. Answer. . Thou art become beauti
Antiphon. God is gone up with a ful and gentle in thy gladness.
shout, (Seeond Antzlohon at Lands.)
NONE. .
Chafter from Lands. Antiphon. The 7 Virgin I Mary,
Short Responsory. (Fifth Antzphon at Lands.)

Chapter as at the end “of Prime.
Holy Mother of God, Mary always
a Virgin.
Short Reyonsory.
“ Answer. Holy Mother of God,
O Holy Mother of God.v
Y Mary always
Verse. a Virgin,
Intercede for us with the
Answer. 0_ Holy Mother of God,
Lord our God. Verse. Thou art becomebeautiful
Answer. Mary always a Virgin. ' - and gentle in _thy gladn'ess;
Verse. Glory be to the Father, Answer. _Mother of God..
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and may all that keep the solemn Feast of
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Thy Most Holy Garden of Roses feel
Answer. 0 Holy Mother of God. the might of Thine assistance.
Verse. God hath chosen her and
forechosen her,
Answer. And hath made her to
Sunday.
dwell in His tabernacle. Note that the first Sunday in
Oetoher should also he the first _Sunday
SECOND VESPERS. of October, the First Book of .Maeeahees
is hegun on the Monday; or, if the
All as at the First, except the Monday he October 2 or 4, on the
following. Tuesday.
Hymn.1
THE gladness of thy Motherhood, OCTOBER 1.
The anguish of thy suffering,
The glory now that crowns thy brow, £t 332mg, archbishop of
O holy Mother, we would sing.
iKheims, QIunfzssar.
Hail ! blessed Mother, full of joy,
In thy consent, thy Visit too; Simple, but may he said as a Semi
Joy in the birth of Christ on earth, douhle if the reeiter pleases.
Joy in Him lost and found anew. All from the Common Ofiee for a
Hail! sorrowing in His agony— Bishop and Confessor, (p. 399,) except
The blows, the thorns that pierced His brow ; the following.
The heavy wood, the shameful road—
Yea, Queen and chief of martyrs thou.
MATTINS.
Hail! in the triumph of thy Son,
The first Verse of the blymn is
And quickening flames of Pentecost;
Shining a Queen in light serene, altered.
When all the world is tempest-tost. First and Second Lessonsfrom Strip
ture aeeording to the Season.
0 come ye nations, roses bring,
Culled from these mysteries divine;
And for the Mother of your King Third Lesson.
With loving hands your chaplets twine.
2 REMY, Archbishop of Rheims,
We lay our homage at Thy feet,
flourished in the time of
Lord JESUS, Thou the Virgin’s Son;
With Father and with Paraclete, Klodwig, King of the Franks, whom
Reigning while endless ages run. Amen. he baptized, and was the first who, by
his preaching and miracles, brought
Verse. Queen of the Most Holy the Franks to believe in the Lord
Rosary, pray for us, Christ. At his prayers, a dead maiden
Answer. That we may be made was raised to life. He expounded
worthy of the promises of Christ. many books of the Holy Scriptures.
A ntzlohon at the Song of the Blessed He ministered to the Church of
Virgin. Blessed Mother and lnviolate Rheims with the utmost acceptance
Maiden, Glorious Queen of the World, for above three score and ten years,
1 Translation by Dom Oswald Hunter-Blair, O.S. B.
’ Born in the year 439; consecrated Bishop at 22 years of age; baptized Klodwig on
Christmas Day, 496; died, January 13, 533.
and the holiness of his life and death Likewise the holy martyr Gerin,
were witnessed by many signs and brother of the said blessed Leodegar,
wonders which befell afterward. who was stoned to death at the same
place.
Prayer throughout the day, “ Grant, At Antioch, the holy martyrs
we beseech Thee, &c.,” (p. 408.) Primus, Cyril, and Secondarius.
At Constantinople, the holy Monk
If the above be observed as a Semi Theophilus, who was cruelly scourged
double, the Lessons ofthe First Noeturn and sent into exile, under the Emperor
are from Seribture awarding to the Leo the Isaurian, for defending holy
Season; those of the Second, the above images, and passed away to be ever
of the Saint, and the two first from with the Lord.
the Sermon of St Maximus, (p. 403), At Hereford, in England, the holy
and those of the Third from Matth. Confessor Thomas, Bishop of that
xxv. I4, with the Homily of St see, whose feast we keep upon the
Gregory, (p. 406.) 3rd day of this present month of
October.
MARTYROLOGY.
OCTOBER 2.
The morrow is the feast of the
Holy Guardian Angels. El]: fiulg @uarhian angels.
Upon the same 2nd day of
October, were born into the better Greater Double.
life—
All as on Sundays, extent the
At Nicomedia, the holy soldier
Eleutherius, and an unnumbered following.
multitude of others, all martyrs. FIRST VESPERS.
When the palace of the Emperor
Diocletian was burnt, they were falsely Antibhons, Chapter, and Prayer
accused of the crime of setting it from Lauds.
on fire; and by the command of
Last Psalm.
that most cruel Emperor they were
slaughtered in crowds: some were Ps. cxvi. O praise the LORD, &c.,
slain with the sword, some were (p. 186.)
burnt in the fire, and some were cast fly/Inn.1
into the sea. But the first of them
was Eleutherius, who was long tor RAISE we those ministers celestial
Whom the dread Father chose
tured, but at every new torment
To be defenders of our nature frail,
seemed to grow more steadfast, like Against our scheming foes.
gold tried in the fire, and crowned
his testimony with victory. For, since that from his glory in the skies
In the country of Arras, the blessed Th’ Apostate Angel fell,
Leodegar, Bishop of Autun, [in the Burning with envy, evermore he tries
year 678,] who was murdered by To drown our souls in Hell.
Ebroin, mayor of the palace to King
Then hither, watchful Spirit, bend thy wing,
Theodoric, after he had laid upon Our country’s Guardian blest !
him divers insults and sufl'erings for Avert her threatening ills; expel each thing
the truth’s sake. That hindereth her rest.
1 Translation by the late Rev. E. Caswall.
614 THE PROPER OFFICE OF' THE‘SAINTS.
Praise to the trinal Majesty, whose strength Verse. 6An Angel stood at the
This mighty fabric sways; Altar of, the Temple, -
Whose glory reigns beyond the utmost Answer. Having a golden censer
length - in his hand.
Of everlasting clays. Amen.
Verse. 1 Before the Angels will I First Lesson.

sing praise unto Thee, O my God. The Lesson is taken from the Book of
Answer. I will worship toward Exodus (xxiii. 20.)
Thy holy Temple, and praise Thy
Name. EHOLD, I send Mine Angel
before thee, to keep thee in
A ntz‘phon at the Song of the. Blessed
the way, and to bring thee into the
Virgin. 2 Are they not all ministering
place which I have prepared. Beware
spirits, sent forth to minister for them
of him, and obey his voice, and think
who shall be heirs of salvation?
not lightly of him. For he will not
A Commemoration is made of St pardon your transgressions; and My
Remy, 2] his Ofice have been observed Name is in him. But if thou wilt
as a Semi-double. indeed obey his voice, and do all that
I speak, then I will be an enemy unto
MATTINS. thine enemies, and an adversary unto
thine adversaries, and Mine Angel
Invitatory. The Lord, He is the shall go before thee.
King of the Angels. * 0 come, let us
worship Him. . 1 .
First Responsoey. ‘
173mm from Vespers.
7 God hath given His Angels charge
over thee, to keep thee in all thy
FIRST NOCTURN.
ways. They shall bear thee up in
First Amp/m. 3The Lord God their hands, lest haply thou dash thy
of heaven and earth shall send His foot against a stone. .
Angel before- thee. Verse. 3 Thousands of thousands
ministered unto Him, and ten thou
Ps. viii. O LORD our Ruler, &c.,
sand times hundreds of thousands
(fi- 7-) stood before Him.
Second Antzlohon. 4 My God hath Answer. They shall bear thee up
sent His Angel, and hath shut the in their hands, lest haply thou dash
lions’ mouths, that they‘ have not thy foot against a stone.
hurt me. '
Ps. x. In the LORD, &c., (p. 9.) Second Lesson.
Third Antiphon. 5G0 prosper The Lesson is taken from the Book of
ously, and the Lord be with you in the Prophet Zechariah (i. 7.)
your journey, and His Angel keep
THE Word of the LORD came unto
you company.
Zechariah, the son of Berechiah,
Ps. xv. ‘LORD,_--who shall abide, the son of Iddo, the Prophet, saying:
&c., (p. i2.) '- . I saw by night, and, behold, a man
1 Ps. cxxxvii. 2. 2 Heb. i. 14. 3 Gen. xxiv. 7. 4 Dan. vi. :2.
° Tob. v. 21. . 5 Apoc. viii. 3. ' 7 Ps. xc. II, 12. 3 Dan. vii. IO.
. I 'FEAS'I‘-DAYS' IN OCTOBER. 615
riding upon a red horse: and he stood without walls, for the multitude of men
among the myrtle-trees that were in and cattle therein. For I, saith the
the bottom. And behind him were LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire
there red horses, speckled, and white. round about, and will be in glory in
Then said I: O my lord, what are the midst of her.
these? And the angel that spake in
me said unto me: I will show thee Third Responsory.
what these be. And the man that
stood among the myrtle-trees an 2 When ye see the Gentiles, be not
swered, and said: These are they afraid of them, but in your hearts
whom the LORD hath sent to walk worship and fear the Lord; for His
to and fro through the earth. And Angel is with you.
they answered the angel of the LORD Verse. An Angel stood at the Altar
that stood among the myrtle-trees, of the Temple, having a golden censer
and said: We have walked to and fro in his hand.
through the earth, and, behold, all the Answer. For His Angel is with
earth is inhabited, and is at rest. you.
Second Responsory.
Ghost.
1 Then the angel of the LORD an Answer. For His Angel is with
swered, and said: O LORD of hosts, you.
how long wilt Thou not have mercy' SECOND NOCTURNI
on Jerusalem, and on the cities of
Judah, against which Thou hast had First Antzphon. 3 When I came
indignation— . unto you, by the will of God I came;
Verse. These three score and ten bless Him, and give Him thanks.
years P Ps. xviii. The heavens declare,
Answer. How long wilt Thou not &c., (p. 17.)
have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the
cities of Judah, against which Thou Second Antiohon. 4 The Angel of
hast had indignation? the Lord, which went before the camp
of Israel, removed, and went behind
them.
Third Lesson. (ii.)
I LIFTED up mine eyes again, and &c., (p. 46.)
looked. And, behold, a man with
a measuring line in his hand. Then Third Antiphon. 5The Angel of
said I : Whither goest thou P And he the LORD encampeth round about
said unto me: To measure Jerusalem, them that fear Him, and delivereth
and see what is the breadth thereof, them.
and what is the length thereof. And, Ps. xxxiii. I will bless the LORD,
behold, the angel that talked in me
went forth, and another angel went
&c., (p. 78.) '
out to meet him, and said unto him: Verse. The smoke of the incense .
Run, speak to this young man, saying, ascended up before the Lord—
Jerusalem shall be inhabited as a town Answer. Out of the Angel’s hand.
1 This Responsory is the continuation of the preceding Lesson.
9 Cf. Baruch.vi. 3-6.. . Tob. xii. 18. 4 Exod. xiv. 19. 5 Ps. xxxiii. 8.
Fourth Lesson. Answer. His Angel hath kept me

in my way that I went thither, and in
my sojourning there, and in mine
of St Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux.]
home-coming again hither.
(0n Ps. xc.)
“ HE hath given His Angels charge
Fifth Lesson.
over thee.” A wonderful
graciousness, and a wonderful out WHAT respect, what thankfulness,
pouring of love. For who hath given what trust, ought this word to
charge? And what charge? Unto work in thee! Respect for their
whom? And over whom? Let us presence, thankfulness for their kind
carefully consider, my brethren, let ness, trust in their safe-keeping.
us carefully hold in mind this great Walk carefully, as one with whom
charge. For who hath given this are Angels, as hath been laid in
charge? To Whom belong the charge upon them, in all thy ways.
Angels? Whose commandments do In every lodging, in every nook,
they obey, and Whose will do they have reverence for thine Angel.
do ? Dare not to do in his presence
“ He hath given His Angels charge what thou wouldst not dare to do
over thee, to keep thee in all thy in mine. Or dost thou doubt whether
ways,” and that not carelessly, for he be indeed present, because thou
“they shall bear thee up in their seest him not? What if thou heardest
hands.” The Highest Majesty, there him? What if thou touchedst him?
fore, hath given charge unto Angels, What if thou smelledst him? Behold,
even His Angels. Unto these beings not by sight alone is the presence of
so excellently exalted, so blessed, so things made manifest.
near to Himself, even as His own
household, unto these hath He given
Fifth Resnonsory.
charge over thee. Who art thou?
“ What is man, that Thou art mind 2 The Angel of the Lord came down
ful of him? or the son of man, that into the furnace together with Azariah
Thou visitest him?” (Ps. viii. 5.) and his fellows, and smote the flame
Even as though man were not “rot of the fire out of the furnace, so that
tenness, and the son of man, a worm.” the fire touched them not at all,
(Job. xxv. 6.) But what charge hath neither hurt them.
He given them over thee ? “ To keep Verse. Blessed be their God, Who
thee in all thy ways.” sent His Angel, and delivered His
servants that trusted in Him!
Answer. 50 that the fire touched
Fourth Responsory.
them not at all, neither hurt them.
1As the Lord liveth, His Angel
hath kept me in my way that I
Sixth Lesson.
went thither, and in my sojourning
there, and in mine home-coming LET us also, brethren, dearly love
again hither. His Angels, as them with whom
Verse. And the Lord hath not we are one day to be co-heirs, and who
suffered me that am His handmaid in the meanwhile are leaders and
to be defiled. guardians set over us by the Father.
1 Judith, -xiii. 20. 2 Dan. iii. 49, 95.
With such guardians, whereof shall Setond A rztizfihon. Worship the

we be afraid? They that keep us Lord, all ye His Angels ! Zion heard,
in all our ways, can neither be con and was glad.
quered nor corrupted, far less can
they corrupt. They are trusty, they Ps. xcvi. The LORD reigneth, &c.,
are wary, they are mighty. Whereof (e- 149-)
shall we be afraid? Only let us Third Antzjohon. Bless the LORD,
follow them, only let us cleave unto all ye His Angels, that excel in
them, and we “shall abide under the strength, that do His commandments,
shadow of the God of heaven.” As to hearken unto the voice of His word.
often then as the gloom of temptation
threateneth thee, or the sharpness of Ps. cii. Bless the LoRD, (p. 160.)
tribulation hangeth over thee, call
upon Him That keepeth thee, thy
sing praise unto Thee.
Shepherd, thy Refuge in times of
Answer. I will worship toward
trouble, call upon Him, and say:
Thy holy Temple, and praise Thy
“ Lord, save us ; we perish.” (Matth.
Name.
viii. 25.)
Seventh Lesson.
Sixth Responsory.
1 In all their affliction He was not 2 Gospel according to Matthew (xviii.
afi‘licted, and the Angel of His presence i.)
saved them.
Verse. In His love and in His T that time: Came the disciples
pity He redeemed them; and He unto JESUS, saying: Who is
bare them and carried them all the the greatest in the kingdom of
days of old. heaven? And so on.
Answer. And the Angel of His Homily by St Hilary, Bishop [of
presence saved them. Poitiers.] (Comm. on Matth. xviii.)
and to the Son, and to the Holy “Unless ye become as little child
Ghost. ren,” saith the Lord, “ye shall not
Answer. And the Angel of His enter into the kingdom of heaven,“
presence saved them. that is, unless by the uprooting of
bodily and mental depravity, we bring
our souls to the innocency of child
THIRD NOCTURN.
hood. But He giveth the name of
First Antzphon. 3The LORD sent children to all such as believe by
His Angel, which cut off all the the hearing of faith. Children follow
mighty of valour, and the leaders and their father, love their mother, know
captains in the camp of the King of not how to wish evil to their neigh~
Assyria. hours, are not careful ,for earthly
riches; they insult not, they hate
Ps. xcv. O sing unto the LORD, not, they lie not, they believe what
&c. (p. 148.) they are told, and take for truth
1 Isa. lxiii. 9.
2 So the Hebrew, but the Jewish. tradition, as in Isa. ix. 3, (see vol. i. p. 272,) attributes the
negative to an eccentric spelling, and reads, “ In all their afiiiction He was afl‘licted."
3 2 Par. (Chron.) xxxii. 21.
618 THE PROPER OFFICE ' OF-‘TH-E - SAINTS.
what they hear. Us then it behoveth and five thousand. Wherefore now
to return to the simpleness of little also, 0 Lord of heaven, send Thy
children, for when we are well rooted good Angel before us, fora fear and
therein, we shall so far bear about in dread of the might of Thine arm.
ourselves an image of the sublime Verse. That those bestricken with
simpleness of the Lord JESUS. terror that come with blasphemy
against Thy holy people.
Answer. Now also, 0 Lord of
Seventh Responsory. heaven, send Thy good Angel before
1When Maccabeus and they that us, for a fear and dread of the might
were with him heard that [Lysias] of Thine arm. » .
besieged the holds, they and all the Verse. Glory be to the Father,
people with lamentation and tears and to the Son, and to the Holy
besought the Lord that He would Ghost.
send a good Angel to deliver Israel. Answer. Now also, 0 Lord of
Verse. So they went forth together heaven, send Thy good Angel before
with a willing mind, and, as they were us, for a fear and dread of the might
at Jerusalem, there appeared before of Thine arm.
them on horseback one in white
clothing. 1Vz'nth Lesson.
Answer. A good Angel to deliver
“TAKE heed that ye despise not
Israel.
one of these little ones that
Eighth Lesson. believe in Me.” He hath laid on us
a most meet tie to constrain us to
“ OE unto the world because of love one another, especially such as
offences ! ” The lowliness of indeed believe in the Lord. “For
the Passion is an offence unto the I say unto you that in heaven their
world. Such is the state of stupidity Angels do always behold the face of
to which man’s ignorance hath re My Father Which is in heaven. For
duced itself, that it turneth away the Son of Man is come to save that
from the Lord of Eternal Glory, be which was lost.” From these words
cause of the unsightliness of the we see, first, that the Son of Man
Cross! And what is so certain to saveth; secondly, that the Angels do
bring woe unto the world as to turn see God; and thirdly, that the Angels
away from Christ? And therefore He of these little ones have the wardship
saith: “ It must needs be that offences over the prayers of the faithful. That
come,” because his fulfilling the low the Angels have this wardship is
liness of the Passion was the pre~ taught us absolutely. The Angels
destined mean whereby He was to therefore do every day offer to God
give us eternal life. the prayers, which they which are
saved, do make to Him in the Name
of Christ. Therefore it is dangerous
Eighth Responsozy.
for a man to despise them, seeing
2 O' Lord, Thou didst send Thine that these are they by whose watch
Angel in the time of Hezekiah, King ful service and ministry his wishes
of Judah, and didst slay in the host and requests are presented before the
of Sennacherib an hundred, fourscore, ' throne of the eternal and unseen God.
1 2 Macc. xi. 6, 8. 2 2 Macc.- xv. 22-24.
. ,ximsrmw rm OCTOBER. ;. 619
LAUDS. May he scatter ruthless war,

Ere to this our land it come;
First Antiphon. God hath given Plague and famine drive afar;
His Angels charge over thee, * to Fix securely peace at home.
keep thee in all thy ways. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Second Antiphon. Let us praise One eternal Trinity!
the Lord, Whom the Angels do Guard by Thy Angelic host
praise, unto Whom Cherubim and Us, who put our trust in Thee. Amen.
Seraphim do cry, “ Holy, Holy,
Holy.” . . Verse. 0 my God, before the
Third Antifihon. In heaven their Angels will I sing praise unto Thee.
Angels do always behold the face of Answer. I will worship toward
My Father, * Which is in heaven. Thy holy Temple, and praise Thy
Fourth Antinhon. Blessed be God, Name.
* Who sent His Angel, and delivered Antiohon at the Song of Zacharias.
His servants that trusted in Him. 2 The Angel that talked with me came
Fifth Antiohon. Praise ye God, * again, and waked me, as a man that
all His Angels—Praise ye Him, all is wakened out of his sleep.
His hosts !
Prayer throughout the Oflice.

Chapter. (Exod. xxiii. 20.)
O GOD, Who in Thine unspeak
EHOLD, I send Mine Angel able Providence hast been
,before thee, to keep thee in the pleased to give Thine holy Angels
way, and to bring thee into the place charge over us, to keep us, mercifully
which I have prepared. Beware of grant unto our prayers, that we be
him, and obey his voice. both ever fenced by their wardship
here, and everlastingly blessed by
their fellowship hereafter. Through
zhlymn.1 our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
RULER of the dread immense!
Maker of this mighty frame! unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
Whose eternal Providence world without end. Amen. .
Guides it, as from Thee it came!
PRIME.
Low before Thy throne we bend;
Hear our supplicating cries; Antinhon. God hath given, &c.,
And Thy light celestial send, (First Antiphon at Lauds.)
With the freshly dawning skies.
MARTYROLOGY.
King of Kings! and Lord most high!
This of Thy dear love 'we pray,— On the morrow we keep the feast
May Thy Guardian Angel nigh ‘ of the holy Confessor Thomas, Bishop
Keep. us from all sin this day.
of Hereford, in England, of whom
mention was made yesterday. _
May he crush the deadly wiles
Of the envious Serpent‘s art,
Upon the same 3rd day of October,
Ever spreading cunning toils ‘ were born into the better life—
Round about the thoughtless heart. At Rome, at the Bear-and-Cap, the
» 1 Translation by the late Rev. E. 'Caswall. 2 Zech. iv. -1.
holy martyr Candidus, [in the third enemies, and an adversary unto thine
century.] adversaries, and Mine Angel shall
Upon the same day, the holy go before thee.
martyrs Denis, Faustus, Caius, Peter,
Paul, and four others, [in the third
TERCE.
century.] They originally suffered
much under the Emperor Decius, and Antiohon. Let us praise, &c.,
then, under the Emperor Valerian, (Second Antiohon at Lauds.)
were put to a long course of torments
by the President Emilian. Chapterfrom Lauds.
Among the antient Saxons, [in Short Responsory as on p. 599.
Westphalia,] the two holy [English]
brethren, both named Ewald, [about
the year 695,] [one surnamed the SEXT.
white, and the other the black.]
Antiphon. In heaven their Angels,
They were priests, and had gone to
&c., (Third A ntinhon at Lauds.)
preach Christ in that country, where
they suffered martyrdom, being mur
dered by the heathen. A bright light Chapter. (Exod. xxiii. 2 I.)
was seen around their bodies by night
to show where they were, and of what THINK not lightly of him, for he
worthiness. will not pardon your transgres
In Africa, holy Maximian, Bishop sions ; and My Name is in him.
of Bagaia, who again and again Short Responsory as on 1). 600.
suffered great cruelties at the hands
of the Donatists, and was at last
thrown off the top of a lofty tower, NONE.
and left for dead, but afterwards fell
Antiohon. Praise ye God, &c.,
asleep in the Lord, famous for his
(Fifth Antiohon at Lauds.)
glorious confession.
In Palestine, the holy Confessor Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Hesychius, [in the fourth century,]
a disciple of holy Hilarion, and his Short Responsory as on p. 600.
companion in his journeyings.
At Brogne, in the diocese of Namur, SECOND VESPERS.
in Belgium, [in the year 959,] holy
Gerard, [Founder and] Abbat, [of All as the First, except the follow
the monastery at that place, who ing.
introduced a new and most exact Last Psalm.
discipline into many monasteries of
Flanders, Champagne, Lorraine, and Ps. cxxxvii. I will praise Thee,
Picardy. He reformed some abbayes &c., (p. 197.)
in Flanders.]
Antzphon at the Song of the Blessed
Virgin. Holy Angels our Keepers,
Chapter at the end. (Exod. xxiii. 22.) shield us in the battle, that we perish
not in the awful judgment.
UT if thou wilt indeed obey his
voice, and do all that I speak, A Commemoration is made of the
then I will be an enemy unto thine following. Prayerfrom his Ofiice.
FEAST-DAYS IN OCTOBER. 62:
OCTOBER 3. business, and after his hours of work

were over, he spent a great part of
$1: @humas, ifiisljup [of flew the night in prayer and reading. His
self- denial in eating and drinking,
fnrh,] Qtunfzssur. his tenderness toward the poor, his
Double. chastity, and his other graces were
so excelling as to make all men’s eyes
Allfrom the Common, (fi. 399,) 81' and tongues busy with him.
cept the following.
Fg'fth Lesson.
Prayer throughout. ( Tahen from the
Salisbury Missal.) H E was appointed Bishop of Here
ford, and gave his utmost care
O GOD, Who hast ennobled Thy to discharge the duties of the shep
Church by the Angel-like purity herd of souls. His main care was to
and glorious manliness of blessed visit his dicecese, to reform sinners
Bishop Thomas, mercifully grant unto either by public preaching or private
us Thy servants, for his sake, that correction, to hear the confessions of
we may one day be joined, as he is, the people, and to administer to chil
unto the fellowship of Angels. Through dren the Sacrament of Confirmation.
our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who Upon himself he was very sparing,
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the but was open-handed with his goods
unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, towards the poor, and in all things so
world without end. Amen. gracious that he earned to be held by
all men as the father of his flock.
MATTINS.
Sixth Lesson.
FIRST NOCTURN.
AT the Synod of Reading he had
Lessons from Sen'pture according to a dispute with his Archbishop,
the Season. Peckham, and, as the conflict thick
ened, he appealed to the Pope, who
SECOND NOCTURN. honourably welcomed him when he
went to Italy. A little while after,
Fourth Lesson. (From the Proeess he fell sick unto death at Florence,
and Bull of his Canonizatz'on.) and when he had duly received the
Sacraments of the Church, and re
HOMAS was born of the noble commended his soul most earnestly
family of Cantelupe, and studied to God, he went to heaven in the
letters first in England, and then at year of salvation i282, and of his
Paris and Orleans. After his return own age the sixty-third. In England
home he was made Chancellor of the he became very famous as a saint,
University of Oxford, and afterwards and John XXII. inscribed his name
Chancellor of the whole kingdom. as such.
He did not allow the cares of the
world to hinder his watchfulness for THIRD NOCTURN.
the salvation of his soul. Early in
the morning he performed his sacred Lessons from Matth. xxiv. 42, with
office, and afterwards set himself to the Homily of St [{z'lary, (p. 4I I.)
VOL. IV. Y
MARTYROLOGY. his teaching, his miracles, and his

holiness.
Upon the 4th day of October, were At Paris, [in the year 666,] the
born into the better life— holy Virgin Aurea, [Abbess at Paris]
At Assisi, in Umbria, the holy Con
fessor Francis, [1182-1226,] Founder Vespers of the following.
of the Order of Friars Minor, whose
life, full of holiness and miracles, hath OCTOBER 4.
been written by holy “Buona-Ven
tura.” St mantis} Qtunfzssnr.
At Corinth, holy Crispus and Caius,
[first century,] of whom the holy Greater Double.
Apostle Paul maketh mention in writ
All from the Common Ofiiee fir a
ing unto the Corinthians.
Confessor not a Bishop, (1:. 415,) ex
In Egypt, the holy brethren Mark
cept the following.
and Marcian, [in the year 304,] and
a multitude of other holy martyrs
which is almost countless, both of
men and of women, of old and of GOD, Who didst use the worthy
young; some after stripes and some deeds of Thy blessed servant
after horrid torments of divers kinds Francis as a mean whereby to make
were burnt, some cast into the sea, a Thy Church again the mother of
few beheaded, many starved to death, children, grant that we like him may
others crucified (some of these with set little price by earthly things, and
their head downward), and so earned attain unto a portion of those good
a most blessed crown of martyrdom. things which Thou givest in heaven.
At Damascus, the holy Bishop and Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
martyr Peter, [in the year 742;] he Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
was accused of teaching the faith of Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
Christ, before the Prince of the one God, world without end. Amen.
Hagarenes. His tongue, hands, and
feet were cut ofi', and he was fastened At First Vespers a Commemoration
to a cross, and there finished his is made of the preeedzng. Prayer
testimony. from his Ofiiee.
At Alexandria, the holy Priests and
MATTINS.
Deacons Caius, Faustus, Eusebius,
Chaeremon, Lucius, and their Com FIRST NOCTURN.
panions, of whom some suffered
martyrdom in the persecution under Lessons from \Visd. iv. 7, &c., (p.
the Emperor Valerian, and others by 416.)
serving the martyrs gained the mar SECOND NOCTURN.
tyr’s reward.
Fourth Lesson.
At Athens, holy Hierotheus, a dis
ciple of the blessed Apostle Paul. RANCIS was born at Assisi in
At Bologna, [in the fifth century,] Umbria, [in the year of our
the holy Confessor Petronius, Bishop Lord 1182.] From his early youth
[of that see,] who was famous for he followed the example of his father,
1 "Francesco," i.e., Frenchman. His real name was John, but the people of Assisi gave
him the nickname of "Frenchman" because he spoke French well.
[Peter Bernardone,] and busied him of his Order. When he came Pope
self with merchandise. It befell one Innocent III. thrust him away.
day that, contrary to his usage, he Thereafter he dreamt that he saw the
had thrust from him a beggar, who Church of the most Holy Saviour fall
cried for money for Christ’s sake, ing, and whom he had cast forth
when, being cut to the heart with hearing it up with his shoulders.
regret, he gave him large alms, and He bade therefore that he should be
promised to God from that day forth sought for and brought again before
never to deny to any that asked of him, welcomed him kindly, and ap
him. He fell after this into a griev proved all the Rule which he had es
ous sickness, and from the time that tablished. Francis therefore sent his
he was healed thereof, he gave him Friars into all quarters of the world
self more earnestly to works of love to preach the Gospel of Christ. He
for his neighbour. At length he himself was fain to find some occasion
became fain in this sort to be perfect, of martyrdom, and therefore made a
even as the Lord hath said in the voyage into Syria, [in the year 1219,]
Gospel, (Matth. xix. 21,) and gave to but the Sultan treated him with the
the poor whatsoever he had. His ' greatest kindness, offering him many
father would not have it so, and gifts, and, since he could do no good,
brought him before the Bishop of he returned again to Italy.
Assisi, that he might renounce all
right to any inheritance. He cheer Sixth Lesson.
fully gave up all to his father, even
to his clothes, telling them that now [ OWARDS the Feast of the As
he should be able with more utter sumption of the Blessed Virgin
dependence to say: “Our Father, Mary, in the year 1224,] when there
Who art in heaven—” had already been built many houses of
Friars of his Order, he withdrew him
self into a most secret place upon
Fifth Lesson.
Mount Alverno, and began to fast for
[UPON the 24th day of February, forty days in honour of the holy Arch
in the year 1209,] he heard angel Michael. 2 Upon the Feast-day
read the words of the Gospel: “ Pro of the Uplifting of the Holy Cross,
vide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass [as he was praying upon the side of
in your purses, nor scrip for your the mountain,] he saw a vision of a
journey, neither two coats, neither crucified Seraph, which left in his
shoes.” (Matth. x. 9, 10.) There hands and feet holes with nails there
upon he determined that that should in, and in his side a great wound.
be his rule of living. He took off Holy “ Buona-Ventura ” hath left it in
his shoes, and contented himself with writing that he once heard Pope
one coat. When he had gathered Alexander IV., when preaching, testify
twelve comrades, he founded the that he had himself seen these marks.
Order of Friars Minor.1 He went It was a sign of such love of Christ
to Rome in the [same] year, to get toward him as stirred up the great
from the Apostolic See a confirmation wonder of all men. Two years there
1 I.e., " the lesser brethren," a name assumed out of humility in regard to the Dominicans.
2 This absolute date of Sept. 14, appears to rest upon the authority of an anonymous vision
at a later date, and is difficult to reconcile with the original historians. It is hardly consistent
with the statement (of the Breviary on Sept. :7, and is rejected by the Bollandists in parr. 590,
591, of their preliminary remarks to the Life of St Francis.
after he fell sick unto death, and was Eumenia, who achieved his martyr
fain to be carried into the Church dom at Smyrna.
of St Mary-of-the-Angels, that he At Treves, the holy martyrs Pal
might give up the breath of life in matius and his Companions, who
the same place where God had underwent martyrdom under the
breathed into him the breath of the President Rictiovarus, in the persecu
life of grace.1 Being there [laid on tion under the Emperor Diocletian.
the earth, sprinkled with ashes, and On the same day, the holy Virgin
covered with an old habit,] he ex Charitina, under the Emperor Diocle
horted the Friars to be poor and tian and the Consular Domitius. She
lowly, and to cleave to the faith of was tormented with fire, and cast
the Holy Church of Rome. [He then into the sea, whence she came forth
caused the Gospel of St John to be unharmed, then her hands and feet
read from the words “Now before were cut off, and her teeth shaken, and
the feast of the Passover “ to the she gave up her soul in prayer to God.
end,] after which he began to recite At Auxerre, the holy Deacon Fir
the I4ISt Psalm: “I cried unto the matus, [in the fifth or sixth century,]
LORD with my voice,” and in uttering ' and the Virgin Flaviana his sister.
the words, “the righteous wait for me, At Ravenna, the holy Confessor
till Thou deal bountifully with me,” Marcellinus, Bishop of [that see.]
he gave up the ghost. It was the At Valence, in Gaul, holy Apol
4th2 day of October, [in the year linaris, [about the year 520,] Bishop
I226.] He was famous for miracles, [of that see ;] his life was famous for
and Pope Gregory IX. added his his graces, and his death was marked
name to the list of the Saints. by signs and wonders.
Upon the same day holy Attilan,
Bishop of Zamora, whose name Urban
THIRD NOCTURN.
II. numbered with those of the Saints.
Lessons from Matth. xi. 25, with At Leon, [in the year 1006,] in
the Homily of St Austin, (p. 429.) Spain, holy Froilan, Bishop of that city,
famous for his zeal in spreading the
monastic life, his goodness toward the
MARTYROLOGY.
poor, and other graces and wonders.
Upon the 5th day of October, were At Rome, the holy widow Galla,
born into the better life— daughter of the Consul Symmachus;
At Messina, in Sicily, [in the year after the death of her husband she
546,] the holy monk Placidus, a dis passed many years at the church of
ciple of the blessed Abbat Benedict, his blessed Peter, intent upon prayer,
brothers Eutychius and Victorinus, and alms, fastings, and other holy works.
the Virgin Flavia, their sister, along Holy Pope Gregory hath written of
with Donatus, the Deacon Firmatus, her right blessed passage hence.
Faustus, and thirty other monks, all
martyrs, who were massacred for At Second Vespers a Commemora
Christ’s faith’s sake, by the pirate tion is made of the following, from the
Manucha. Common Ojice for Many Martyrs.
Upon the same day, [in the year Prayer, “0 God, by Whose mercy,
171,] blessed Thraseas, Bishop of &c.,” (p. 392.)
1 It was in that Church that he heard the text from Matth. x. to.
2 l.e., after Vespers on Saturday, the 3rd.
OCTOBER 5. other monks brought the conflict of

testimony to the blessed end of
St QBIatihus am: his Qtunu martyrdom, upon the fifth day of
October, in the year of salvation
rams, Martyrs. 509?
Simple.
MARTYROLOGY.
All from the Simple Oflice for
Upon the 6th day of October, were
born into the better life—
following.
In Calabria, [in the year 1101,]
Prayer throughout the Ofiice. “ O the holy Confessor Bruno, Founder
God, by Whose mercy, &c.,” (p. 392.) of the Order of Monks of the
Charterhouse.
At Laodicea, the blessed martyr
MATTINS.
Sagaris, Bishop [of that see,] who
First and Second Lessons from was one of the disciples of the
Scripture according to the Season. Apostle Paul.
At Capua, [in the fourth century,]
Third Lesson. the holy martyrs Marcellus, Castus,
Emilius, and Saturninus.
LACIDUS was the son of Ter At Agen, in Gaul, [towards the end
tullus, one of the noblest persons of the third century,] the holy Virgin
of Rome. He was offered to God and martyr Faith, by whose example
[by his father] when a child [only blessed Caprasius was so stirred up
seven years of age,1] and given over to suffer martyrdom, that he finished
to holy Benedict, in whose teaching his contending with joy.
and Rule of monks he so profited Likewise the holy martyr Erotis,
that he was reckoned among the in whom the love of Christ was so
chiefest of his disciples. By him he kindled that she triumphed over the
was sent into Sicily, where he founded flames of fire.
near the Port of Messina a Church At Treves is kept the memorial of
and monastery in honour of St John a great multitude of martyrs, which
the Baptist, and lived therein with his man can scarcely number, who for
monks in wonderful holiness. Thither Christ’s faith’s sake were put to death
there came to see him his brothers in divers ways by the President Rictio
Eutychius and Victorinus and his varus in the persecution under the
virgin sister Flavia, and while they Emperor Diocletian.
were together, there landed there a At Auxerre, the holy martyr Ro
certain brutal pirate, named Manucha, manus, Bishop [of that see, who suc
who took the monastery, and when ceeded Eleutherius and was Bishop
he could in no wise prevail upon three years]
Placidus and the others to deny At Oderzo, [about the year 660,]
Christ, he commanded him, his holy Magnus, Bishop [of that see,]
brothers, and his sister to be cruelly whose body lieth at Venice.
murdered. With them Donatus, Fir At Naples, [in the year 1791,] holy
matus a Deacon, Faustus, and thirty Mary Frances, of the Five Wounds of
1 This practice was forbidden by a Decretal of Innocent III.
2 There is a good deal of difficulty about the dates and the identification of persons. See
Alban Butler, who, in his text, places the oblation of St Placidus in 522, and his death in 546.
our Lord JESUS Christ, of the Third pointed him out as a Father of monks,
Order of Bare-footed Friars Minor of and a restorer of the life of hermits.
St Peter of Alcantara; she was famous His .parents, who were eminent for
for graces and miracles, and Pope rank and goodness, sent him to Paris,
Pius IX. enrolled her name among where he studied so well in Philosophy
those of the holy virgins. and Theology, that he took the degree
of Doctor in both faculties; and a
short while after, for his famous
OCTOBER 6. graces, he was made a Canon of
Rheims. ‘
5t 33mm, (Eunfzssur.
Fifth Lesson.
Double.
IA]! from the Common Ofice for a FTER some years, he, and six
comrades, forsook the world
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 415,) ex and betook themselves to Hew, the
cept the following. holy Bishop of Grenoble, who, when
he learned the reason of their coming,
Prayer throughout the Ojice. and believing them to have been
figured by seven stars which he had
BE we holpen, O Lord, we beseech seen that night in a dream falling at
Thee, by the prayers of Thine his feet, gave them a grant of land
holy Confessor Bruno, that we who in some very wild mountains in his
by our sins have so grievously ofl'ended Dicecese, which are called the Chart
against Thy Majesty, may for his sake reuses. Thither Bruno and his com
and at his petition obtain forgive panions, together with Hew, withdrew
ness of our trespasses. Through our themselves, [in the year 1084,] and
Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who led for some years the life of hermits.
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the Pope Urban II., who had formerly
unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, been his disciple [at Rheims,] com
world without end. Amen. manded him to come to Rome, [in
1089,] and amid the afliictions which
MATTINS. then scourged the Church, held him
for some time as his counsellor. But
FIRST NOCTURN. at last Bruno, who had refused the
Archbishoprick of Reggie, got his
leave to go away.
the Season.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Sixth Lesson.
Fourth Lesson. IN his love of the wilderness, he be

took himself to a certain desert
RUNO, the Founder of the place in the Dioecese of Squillaci, in
Charterhouse Monks, was born the uttermost coasts of Calabria,
at Cologne, [about the year of our [whither he went in 1090.] He was
Lord 1030.] From his earliest years praying there one day in a cave, when
he was a very grave child, turning the hounds of Roger, Sovereign Earl
away from childish things, and that of Sicily and Calabria, who was out
so manifestly, that by the grace of a-hunting, came and bayed at the door
God the tokens of holiness already of it. Thus was he found by this
Prince, who was moved by his holi faith, sentence was given on him that
ness, and began to cherish him and he should be beheaded. The place
his comrades, and treat them very where he sleepeth was called after him
kindly. The Earl’s goodness was Sergiopolis instead of Rasaphe, [by
rewarded, for when he was one command of the Emperor Justinian,]
time laying siege to Capua, and one and thither Christians do greatly re
Sergius, who was first groom of his sort on account of famous miracles.
bedchamber, had made a plot to At Rome, the holy martyrs Mar
betray him, Bruno, who was still cellus and Apuleius, who were first
living in the desert above mentioned, disciples of Simon Magus, but after
appeared to him in a dream, and ward, seeing the wonders which the
delivered him from the danger which Lord wrought by the Apostle Peter,
was hanging over him. At length became disciples of the Apostle, and,
Bruno, full of graces and good works, after he had suffered, won the crown
and famous for godliness not less of martyrdom under the Consular
than for learning, fell asleep in the Aurelian. They are buried not far
Lord, [upon the 6th day of October, from the city.
in the year 1101,] and was buried in At Rasaphe also, the holy Virgin
the monastery of St Stephen, founded Julia, who gained martyrdom under
by the same Earl Roger, where he the President Marcian.
is still held in great honour. At Padua, the holy Virgin and martyr
Justina, who was baptized by blessed
Prosdocimus, a disciple of the holy
THIRD NOCTURN.
Apostle Peter. Forasmuch as she
Lessons from Luke xii. 35, with stood firm in the faith of Christ, the
the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 422.) President Maximus caused her to be
run through with the sword, and she
MARTYROLOGY.
passed away hence to be ever with
the Lord.
Upon the 7th day of October, were At Bourges, [about the year 560,]
born into the better life— the holy Priest and Confessor
At Rome, upon the Ardeatine Way, Augustus.
[in the year 336,] the holy Confessor, At Rheims, [in the sixth century,]
Pope Mark, [who succeeded Sylvester the holy Priest Helanus.
I., and reigned 8 months and 20 Upon the same day1 is made the
days] memorial of St Mary, styled of Vic
In the district called Rasaphe, in tory, the yearly observance of which
Syria, the holy martyrs Sergius and memorial the Supreme Pontifi‘ blessed
Bacchus, noble Roman officers under Pius V. ordained on account of the
the Emperor Maximian. Bacchus was famous victory gained by the Christians
lashed with strips of raw hide till his over the Turks upon this day in the
whole body was cut into ribbons, and sea-fight of Lepanto, by the help of
so, still confessing Christ, gave up the the aforesaid Mother of God, and
ghost. Sergius had his legs tortured Gregory XIII. instituted the yearly
in the boots, but remaining firm in the solemn feast of the same most Blessed
1 There is no direction as to what should be done supposing October 7 should be
the first Sunday in the month, but the more reasonable course would seem to be in that
case to omit this clause of this Martyrology, as the announcement of the Feast of the
Rosary would already have been read at the beginning, and the details are contained in
the Sunday Office.
Virgin to be kept upon the first MATTINS.

Lord’s Day in this present month
of October. First and Second Lessons from
Scripture according to the Season.
At Seeond Vesper: a Commemoration
is made of the following. Prayer as Third Lesson.
helow. THIS Mark was a Roman, who sat
as Pope in the reign of the
OCTOBER 7. Emperor Constantine the Great. He
ordained that the Bishop of Ostia, by
5t mark, 150p: anti (Emu whom the Bishop of Rome is conse
fessur. crated, should use the Pallium. He
built two Churches, one in the city
Simple. and the other on the Ardeatine Way,
which Constantine enlarged and richly
All from the Common Ofliee, (p. gifted. Mark lived as Pope eight
413,) e’ICL’fil the following. months, and was buried in the Ceme
tery of Balbina.1
Prayer throughout the Ofliee.
At Laud: a Commemoration is made
RACIOUSLY hear our supplica of the Holy Martyrs. Prayer as
tions, 0 Lord, and for the sake above.
of Thy Blessed Confessor and Bishop
Mark, grant to us in Thy mercy both MARTYROLOGY.
pardon and peace. Through our Lord On the 8th day of October we keep
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth the Feast of the holy Widow Bridget,
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity [Princess of Nericia.] After many
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world pilgrimages to holy places she died
without end. Amen. at Rome, full of the Spirit of God,
upon the 23rd day of July, [in the year
At Vespers a Commemoration is 1373,] but her body was taken to
made of the holy Martyrs Sergius, Sweden upon the 7th day of October.
Baeehur, Mareellus, and Apuleiux. Upon the same 8th day of October,
Antiphon and Verse and Anrwer were born into the better life—
from the Common Ofi’iee for Many The holy old man Simeon, of whom
Martyrs, and it is written in the Gospel that he
Prayer. took the Lord JESUS up in his arms.
At Cmsarea, in Palestine, the holy
CAUSE there to come upon us, 0 Virgin and martyr Reparata. Foras
Lord, a grace from the blessed much as she would not offer sacrifice
and worthy wrestling of Thine holy to idols, she was put to divers tor
Martyrs Sergius, Bacchus, Marcellus, ments, and then beheaded, under the
and Apuleius, fanning ever in us the Emperor Decius. Her soul was seen
fire of the love of Thyself. Through to leave her body and soar heavenward
our Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, Who in a bodily shape like a dove.
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the At Thessalonica, the holy Pro
unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, consul Demetrius, who brought many
world without énd. Amen. to believe in Christ, and was martyred
1 Elected Jan. 18, in the year 336, died Oct. 7.
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by being pierced through with lances, Answer. And blessed is the Fruit
by command of the Emperor Max of thy womb.
imian. There also the holy martyr
Nestor. A ntifihon at the Song of the Blessed
At Seville, in Spain, the holy martyr
Virgin. Let us keep glad holiday in
Peter. honour of the Motherhood of the
Blessed Mary, always a Virgin.
At Laodicea, the holy Priest
Artemon, who under the Emperor A Commemoration is made of the
Diocletian received the crown of Sunday.
martyrdom by fire.
MATTINS.
In the country of Lyons, the holy
Virgin and martyr Benedicta. Invitatory. Let us keep holiday
At Ancona, holy Palatias and in honour of the Motherhood of the
Laurentia, who were carried into Blessed Virgin Mary. * Let us wor
exile by command of the President ship Christ, her Son, and her Lord,
Dion, in the persecution under the and ours.
Emperor Diocletian, and died of ex Hymn. 1
haustion and suffering.
THE Saviour left high Heaven to dwell
At Rouen, [in the fifth century,]
Within the Virgin’s womb,
the holy Confessor Evodius, Bishop And there arrayed Himself in Flesh,
[of that see.] Our Victim to become.
At Jerusalem, [about the year 460,]
holy Pelagia, surnamed the Penitent. She unto us divinely bore
Salvation's King and God,
Who died for us upon the Cross,
Who saves us in His Blood.
SECOND LORD’S DAY IN OCTOBER.
She too our joyful hope shall be,
flutherljuuh at the Blzsszh And drive away all fears,
Offering for us to her dear Son
virgin. Our contrite sighs and tears.
Greater Double. That Son, He hears His Mother’s prayer,

And grants, ere it be said;
All from the Common Ofiice for Be ours to love her and invoke
her Feast, (17. 436,) except the In every strait her aid.
following.
Praise to the Glorious Trinity
On the Saturday is read at the be While endless times proceed,
ginning of the Martyrolog, Who in that bosom pure of stain
Sowed such immortal seed. Amen.
On the morrow we keep the Feast
of the Motherhood of the Blessed
FIRST NOCTURN.
Virgin Mary.
First Lesson.
FIRST VESPERS.
Antiphons, Chapter, and Prayer Ecclesiasticus (xxiv. 5.)
from Lands.
CAME out of the mouth of the
Verse. Blessed art thou among Most High before there was any
women. creature. I caused the unfading light
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63° THE PROPER OFFICE OF. THE SAINTS.
to arise in the heavens, and covered God as His own inheritance, and
all the earth as a cloud. I dwelt in mine abiding was in the full assembly
high places, and my throne was in of the Saints.
the cloudy pillar. I alone compassed
the circuit of heaven, and pierced Second Responsory.
unto the bottom of the deep. I walked
in the waves of the sea, and stood in From thee, still maiden undefiled,
all the earth, and in every people and the Saviour came a little Child. He
in every nation I had dominion. And the Lord Who ruleth o’er earth and
in my power I trod under my feet the o’er heaven for ever, being made man,
hearts of all that are excellent and was enclosed in the blest sides of thy
that are lowly. And in all these I womb.
sought rest, and I will abide in the Verse. Blessed art thou among
inheritance of the Lord. women, and blessed is the Fruit of
thy womb.
First Resfionsory. Answer. He the Lord Who ruleth
o’er earth and o’er heaven for ever,
O Holy Virgin Mary, happy art being made man, was enclosed in the
thou, and right worthy of all praise, blest sides of thy womb.
for out of thee rose the Sun of
righteousness, even Christ our God,
by Whom we are saved and re Third Lesson.
deemed.
WAS exalted like a cedar in
Verse. Let us keep glad holiday
in honour of the Motherhood of the
Lebanon, and like a cypress
Blessed Virgin Mary.
tree upon Mount Zion. I was ex
alted like a palm-tree in Kadesh,
Answer. For out of thee rose the
and like a rose-tree in Jericho. I
Sun of righteousness, even Christ our
God, by Whom we are saved and
was exalted like a fair olive-tree 'in
redeemed.
the fields, and like a plane-tree by
the water in the broad ways. I gave
a sweet smell like cinnamon and
Second Lesson. aromatic balm. I yielded a pleasant
SO the Creator of all things gave me odour like the best myrrh. Like
a commandment and said—(and storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and
He that made me rested in my taber myrrh, like the unfelled woods of
nacle)—-and He said: Dwell thou in Lebanon, and like the unadulterated
Jacob, and inherit in Israel, and strike balsam, so did I perfume the place
thy roots amid My chosen people. I of mine abode. As the turpentine
was created from the beginning, before tree I stretched out my branches,
the world; and I shall never fail. and my branches are the branches
And in the holy tabernacle I served of honour and grace. As the vine
before Him. And so I was estab brought I forth pleasant savour.
lished in Zion, and likewise in the
holy City was I given to rest, and Third Responsory.
in Jerusalem was my power. And
I took root among the honourable 1 Many daughters have gotten riches,
people, even in the portion of my but thou excellest them all. 0 holy
1 Prov. xxxi. 29.
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Mother of God, thou art become the beginning with God, by Whom
beautiful and gentle in thy gladness. all things were made, and without
Verse. May all that are keeping Whom was not anything made that
the Feast of thine holy Motherhood was made, to deliver man from
feel the might of thine assistance. eternal death, was made man.
Answer. 0 holy Mother of God,
thou art become beautiful and gentle
Fourth Responsory.
in thy gladness.
.Verse. Glory be to the Father, Let us tell again of the right worthy
and to the Son, and to the Holy Motherhood of the glorious Virgin
Ghost. Mary. The same is she whose low
Answer. 0 holy Mother of God, liness the Lord regarded, she who by
thou art become beautiful and gentle the message of an Angel conceived
in thy- gladness. the Saviour of the world.
Verse. Let us sing praise to Christ
SECOND NOCTURN. on this the solemn Feast-day of the
wondrous Mother of God.
Fourth Lesson. Answer. The same is she whose
lowliness the Lord regarded, she who
by the message of an Angel conceived
mons of Pope St Leo [the Great]
the Saviour of the world.
'( 1st for Christmas.)
HIS Mother was chosen a Virgin Fifth Lesson; (2ndfor Christmas.)
of the kingly lineage of David,
and when she was to grow 'heavy with OUR Lord JESUS Christ, descend
the sacred Child, her soul had already ing from His throne in heaven,
conceived Him before her body. She but leaving not that glory which He
learned the counsel of God announced hath with the Father, cometh into
to her by the Angel, lest the unwonted this lower world by being born after
events should alarm her. The future a new order and in a new birth. He
Mother of God knew what was to be cometh after a new order, in that He
wrought in her by the Holy Ghost, Who is unseen among His own, was
and that her modesty was absolutely seen among us ; the lncomprehensible
safe. For why should she, unto was fain to be comprehended, and He
whom was promised all sufficient That is from everlasting to everlasting
strength through the power of the began to be in time. He was the
Highest, have felt hopeless merely Offspring of a new birth; conceived
because of the unexampled character of a maiden, born of a maiden, with
of such a conception ? She believeth, out the passion of any fleshly father,
and her belief is confirmed by the without any breach of His Mother’s
attestation of a miraclewhich hath virginity, since such a birth beseemed
already been wrought. The fruitful the coming Saviour of mankind, Who
ness of Elizabeth, before unhoped for, was to have in Him the nature of
is brought forward that she might not man’s being, and to be free of any
doubt that He Who had given con defilement of man’s flesh. Though
ception unto her that was barren, He sprung not as we spring, yet is
would give‘the same unto her that His nature as our nature; we be
was Virgin. And so the Word of lieve that He is free from the use
God, the Son of God, Who was in and custom of men; but it was the
power of God which wrought that notice, and so it appeared to him

a maiden should conceive, that a to be an ordinary conception like
maiden should bring forth, and yet others. To bring this about, the
abide a maiden still. Christ was born of a Virgin, who
had been made fruitful by the Holy
Ghost: and whereas conception is
Fifth Responsory.
affected in no other mother without
Blessed art thou of the Lord, 0 some of the filthiness of sin, this
daughter, for through thee have we solitary mother drew purification
been given to eat of the tree of life. from conception.
Thou, without ensample before thee,
didst make thyself well-pleasing in the Sixth Responsory.
sight of our Lord JESUS Christ.
Verse. Despise not our petitions Blessed art thou among women
in our necessities, but deliver us and blessed is the Fruit of thy
from all dangers, O holy Mother womb. Whence is this to me, that
of God. the Mother of my Lord should come
Answer. Thou, without any en to me?
sample before thee, didst make thyself Verse. He That is mighty hath
well-pleasing in the sight of our Lord regarded the lowliness of His hand
JESUS Christ. maiden, and hath done to me great
things.
Sirth Lesson. Answer. Whence is this to me,
that the Mother of my Lord should
THE power of the Spirit of God was come to me?
set to raise up what was cast Verse. Glory be to the Father,
down, to bind up what was broken, and to the Son, and to the Holy
and to bestow abounding strength of Ghost.
modesty for the overcoming of the Answer. Whence is this to me,
enticements of the flesh, and there that the Mother of my Lord should
fore it behoved that that power should come to me?
first be poured forth to preserve that
coy cloister, that holy hostel which
THIRD NOCTURN.
had pleased Him, and that the sinless
Offspring should keep His Mother Verse. He That is mighty hath
maiden as she had been before, so done to me great things.
that virginity, which in all others can» Answer. His mercy is on them
not survive motherhood, might, by that fear Him, from generation to
being re-created, serve as a mode] generation.
to others. Moreover, doth it not
seem a counsel of the very deepest
wisdom, that Christ chose to be Seventh Lesson.
born of a virgin? To the end, The Lesson is taken from the Holy
that is, that the devil might not Gospel according to Luke (ii. 43.)
know that salvation for man had
sprung into being, and might think T that time: As they returned,
the Child no otherwise born than the Child JESUS tarried behind
other children, because the spirit in Jerusalem, and His parents knew
uality of the conception escaped his not of it. And so on.
Homily by St Bernard, Abbat [of sublime dignity of Mary. Either is
Clairvaux.] (1st Ham. in praise of amazing, either marvellous. That
the B. VJII.) God should obey this woman, is a
lowliness without parallel; that this
“Son, why hast Thou thus dealt woman should rule over God, an
with us?” Mary called God, the exaltation without match. In praise
Lord of Angels, her son. Which of of virgins, and of virgins only, is it
the angels would have dared to do sung that “These are they which
so? It is enough for them, and they follow the Lamb whithersoever He
reckon it a great thing, that, being goeth,” (Apoc. xiv. 4.) Of what
naturally spirits, they should receive praise then thinkest thou that she
the grace of being made and called must be worthy who even leadeth
angels, as witness David: “Who the Lamb? 0 man, learn to obey.
maketh spirits His angels.”1 But O earth, learn to submit. O dust,
Mary, knowing herself to be His learn to keep down. It is of thy
Mother, doth boldly apply the word Maker that the Evangelist saith:
“Son” to that Majesty Whom the “And He was subject unto them.”
angels do serve with awe; neither Blush, O proud ashes ! God humbleth
doth God despise to be called what Himself; and dost thou exalt thyself?
He hath made Himself. For a little God is subject unto men; and wilt
after, the Evangelist saith: “And He thou, by striving to rule over men,
was subject unto them.” Who to set thyself before thy Maker? (Here
whom? God to men. I say that the Lesson is hrohen, a M'nth Lesson
God, unto Whom the angels are sub of the Feast be needed.) 0 happy
ject, and Who is obeyed by the Mary, lowly and virgin; and won
Principalities and Powers, was sub drous virginity, which motherhood
ject to Mary. destroyed not, but exalted; and
wondrous lowliness, which the fruit
Seventh Responsory. ful virginity took not away, but en
nobled; and wondrous motherhood,
Blessed art thou, 0 Virgin Mary, which was both virgin and lowly.
Mother of God, thou that hast be Which of them is not wondrous?
lieved the Lord, for there hath been which of them is not unexampled?
a performance in thee of those things and which of them doth not stand
which were told thee. Therefore God alone? The wonder would be if thou
hath blessed thee for ever. wert not puzzled at which to wonder
Verse. Grace is poured into thy most—motherhood in a virgin, or
lips; plead for us with the Lord our virginity in a mother; a motherhood
God. so exalted, or lowliness in such ex
Answer. Therefore God hath altation. But indeed more marvellous
blessed thee for ever. than any one of these things is the
combination of them all, and without
Ezlghth Lesson. all comparison, it is more excellent
and more blessed to have received
ARVEL thou at both these them all, than to have received any
things, and choose whether one of them alone. What wonder is
to marvel most at the sublime con it that God, of Whom we see and
descension of the Son, or at the read, that “He is wonderful in His
1 Meant for a quotation from Ps. ciii. 5, Heb. i.
634 THE PROPER OFFICE. OF THE SAINTS.
holy places," (Ps. lxvii. 36,) should )‘iymn.1

have shown Himself wonderful in His
OTHER of Almighty God,
Mother? 0 ye that be married,
Suppliant at thy feet we pray,
honour this incorruption in corrupt Shelter us from Satan's fraud,
ible flesh; O, holy maidens, gaze in Safe beneath thy wing this day.
wonder at motherhood in a maid ; 0,
all mankind, take pattern by the low ’Twas by reason of our Fall
liness of the Mother of God. In our first Forefather's crime,
That the mighty Lord of all
Raised thee to thy rank sublime.
Eighth Responsory.
0 then upon Adam's race
Rejoice with me, &c., (p. 440,) with Look thou with a pitying eye,
this addition. And entreat of Jesus grace,
Verse. Glory be to the Father, Till He lay His anger by.
Honour, glory, virtue, merit,
Ghost.
Be to Thee, O Virgin’s Son,
Answer. And I have brought forth With the Father and the Spirit,
from my bowels God and Man. While eternal ages run; Amen.
The [Vinth Lesson is the Homily of
the Sunday.
Verses The root of Jesse hath
blossomed: the Star is arisen out of
Jacob.
LAUDS.
Answer. The Virgin hath given
First Antiphon. Blessed art thou, birth to the Saviour.
* 0 Virgin Mary, who hast borne the Antiphon at the Song of Zachariai.
Creator of all. O holy Mary, &c., (p. 437,) and say,
Second Antifihon. Thou hast given May all that tell of thy marvellous
birth * to Him Who made thee, and Motherhood feel the might of thine
thou remainest a virgin for ever.
assistance.
Third Antiphon. All generations
shall call me blessed, * for the Lord
hath regarded the lowliness of His Prayer throughout.
handmaiden. 0 GOD, Who didst will that Thy
Fourth Antiohon. He That is word should, by the message of
mighty hath done to me great things, an Angel, take flesh in the womb of
* and holy is His Name. the Blessed Virgin Mary, grant unto
Fifth Antiphon. The daughters us, we beseech Thee, that all we who
of Zion saw her, * and called her do believe her to be in very deed the
blessed; the queens also, and they Mother of God, may be holpen by her
praised her. prayers in Thy sight. Through the
same our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son,
Chapter. (Ecclesiasticus xxiv. I 2.) Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in
the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
HE that made me rested in my world without end. Amen.
tabernacle and said unto me,
Dwell thou in Jacob, and strike thy A Commemoration is made of the
roots, among My chosen peeple. Sunday.
The A ntiphons at Prime, Teree, MATTINS
Sext, and None, are the First, Second,
Third, and Fifth from Lauds, respect FlRST NOCTURN.
z't/ety, and the Chapter at Teree is that Lessons from Scripture according to
from Lauds. the Season.
SECOND VESPERS. SECOND NOCTURN.
All as the First, extept Fourth Lesson.

Antzphon at the Song (y the Blessed BRIDGET was the daughter of
Virgin. Maiden Mother of God, thy princely and godly parents, and
Motherhood was a message of joy to was born in Sweden, [in the year of
the whole world, for out of thee arose our Lord I 304.] Her life was a very
the Sun of righteousness, even Christ holy one. When she was still in the
our God. womb, her mother was for her sake
saved from shipwreck. When she
Commemoration of the Sunday. was ten years old, she heard a sermon
upon the sufferings of the Lord, and
the following night she saw JESUS
OCTOBER 8. on the Cross, covered with fresh
Blood, and heard Him speaking to
St QBriIJget, thinness of her of His same sufferings. From
gamma, more. that time forth the thought of them
touched her so keenly, that she
Double. could never again call them to mind
without weeping.
All from the Common Ofiicefor an
Holy Woman neither Virgin nor Mar Fg'fth Lesson.
tyr, (p. 464,) exoefit the following.
[WHEN she was sixteen years of
Prayer throughout the Ofiee. age] she was given in marriage
to Ulpho, Prince of Nericia. She
O LORD our God, Who, through moved her husband to godly works,
Thine Only-begotten Son, didst as well by her noble ensample as by
cause Thy blessed hand-maid Bridget her earnest words. She expended the
to see certain things which are natur most motherly care upon the up-bring
ally known not on earth but in heaven, ing of her children.1 She opened an
grant unto us Thy servants at her hospital, in which she carefully tended
motherly prayers, to be one day the poor, especially the sick, and would
blessed for ever in the vision of wash and kiss their feet. She made a
Thine eternal glory. Through the pilgrimage with her husband to Com
same our Lord JESUS Christ, Who postella, to visit the grave of the holy
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the Apostle James. On their way back
unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, Ulpho fell grievously sick at Arras,
world without end. Amen. and St Denys appeared in the night
1 She was very blessed in her children. Of eight, two sons died in innocence, and two in
the holy war in Palestine, two daughters served God faithfully in the married state, and two as
nuns, of whom one is a canonized Saint.
to Bridget, to tell her as well that her the Apostle Paul, and ordained the
husband would be healed, as divers first Bishop of Athens. He afterward
other things to come. came to Rome, whence he was sent
by the Roman Pontiff, the blessed
Sixth Lesson. Clement, to preach in Gaul. He came
to Paris, where for some years he
[IN the year 1344] her husband faithfully executed the task laid upon
died, after having become a him; then the Prefect Fescenninus,
Cistercian monk. Bridget, having when he had put him to divers kinds
heard the voice of Christ in a dream, of grievous torments, caused him to be
took upon herself an harder way of beheaded, along with his two Com
life. During her life God made panions, and so the three together
known to her many hidden things. finished their testimony.
She founded the monastery of Wastein, Upon the same day is made memor
under the Rule of the Holy Saviour, ial of the holy Patriarch Abraham, the
a Rule which she had received from father of all them that believe.
the Lord Himself.1 By the command Upon the same day, were born into
of God she went to Rome, where she the better life—
stirred up many by her example to At Julia, in the country of Parma,
seek the love of God. Thence she upon the Claudian Way, under the
went to Jerusalem, and then returned Emperor Maximian, the holy martyr
again to Rome. From this pilgrimage Domninus. He was seeking to escape
she caught a fever, of which she lay from the fury of the persecutors, but
sick an whole year in sharp sufl'erings, they that came in pursuit of him ran
and then, laden with good works, and him through with the sword, and he
after foretelling the day of her own fell gloriously.
death, she departed from earth to At Monte Casino, [in the year
heaven, [upon the 23rd day of July, 834,] the holy Abbat Deusdedit, who
in the year 1373.] Her body was was cast into prison by the tyrant
taken to the monastery of Wastein. Sicard, and there died of hunger and
She was famous for miracles, and wretchednesss.
Boniface IX. enrolled her name In Hainault, [about the year 680,]
among those of the Saints. the holy Confessor Gislen, Bishop,
who resigned his see and lived as
THIRD NOCTURN. a monk in a monastery founded by
Lessons from Matth. xiii. 44, with himself, and was famous for many
the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 467.) graces.
At Valencia, in Spain, holy Louis
Bertrand, of the Order of Friars
MARTYROLOGY.
Preachers, who was filled with the
Upon the 9th day of October, were spirit of the Apostolate, and confirmed
born into the better life— by innocency of life and many signs
At Paris, the holy martyrs Denys the Gospel which he preached to the
the Areopagite, Bishop [of that city,] Americans.
Rusticus the Priest, and Eleutherius At Jerusalem, holy Andronicus and
the Deacon. Denys was baptized by Athanasia his wife.
1 “ But this circumstance," says Alban Butler, “ is neither mentioned by Boniface IX. in the
Bull of her canonization, nor by Martin V. in the Confirmation of her Order, and the Popes,
when they speak of this Rule, mention only the approbation of the Holy See. "
At Antioch, the holy Abbess Lord Christ was nailed to the Cross,
Publia. As the Emperor ]'ulian the and when he saw the unnatural eclipse
Apostate was passing by, she and of the sun, Denys said: Either the
her Virgins sang those words of God of nature is suffering, or the
David: “The idols of the heathen frame-work of the world is breaking
are silver and gold," and “Let them up. When the Apostle Paul came to
that make them become like unto Athens, and was taken and brought
them,”1 wherefore the Emperor com unto the Areopagus, and gave an
manded her to be buffeted and account of the faith which he preached,
sharply rebuked. affirming that Christ had risen from
the dead, and that all the dead like
At Second Vespers a Commemora wise are to live again, “ some mocked,
tion is made of the following. Prayer and others said: We will hear thee
from the ensuing Lauds. again of this matter. 50 Paul de
parted from among them. Howbeit,
certain men clave unto him, and be
OCTOBER 9. lieved: among the which was Diony
sius the Areopagite.” (Acts xvii. 32
in]: 391119 wartgrs Emgs, 34-)
ifiisbup [at 152mm] iliusth Fifth Lesson.
nus, anti Eleutherius. ENYS was baptized by the
Apostle, and set over the
Semi-double.
Church of the Athenians. He came
All from the Common Ofiiee for afterwards to Rome, and was sent
Many Martyrs, (p. 382,) except the by Pope Clement into Gaul, to preach
following. the Gospel. There followed him to
Paris one Rusticus a Priest, and
MATTINS. Eleutherius a Deacon. He turned
many to Christ, and was therefore
FIRST NOCTURN. hided with rods by command of
Fescennius the Praefect, and, foras
Lessons from Scripture according lo much as he still went on bravely
the Season. preaching Christ, he was tortured
with fire upon a grating, and put to
SECOND NOCTURN.? divers other torments, and his com
rades likewise.
Fourth Lesson.
DENYS was an Athenian, one of Sixth Lesson.

the Judges of the Court of the
Areopagus, and a man of varied and THEY bore their torments bravely
deep learning. There is a story con and cheerfully, and then Denys,
ceming him that on the day when the being over an hundred years of age,
1 This no doubt means the whole passage from verse 12 to 16 of Ps. cxxxiv., which accounts
for the Emperor’s displeasure.
2 See Alban Butler, from whom it will appear, among other things, that the St Denys
honoured on this day flourished and suffered as Bishop of Paris about the end of the third
century. His identification with the person mentioned in Acts xvii. 34, and the ascription to
either of the writings called after that person, are rejected by most writers.
638 THE PROPER OFFICE OE THE, SAINTS.
and his two comrades with him, King Edwin and all his people to
suffered by the axe upon the 9th believe in Christ. _
day of October. This is that Denys In the island of Crete, blessed
concerning whom the old story is Pinytus, noble among Bishops. He
told that after his head was cut on” flourished as Bishop of Gnossus, under
he took it in his hands and walked the Emperors Marcus Antoninus Verus
two thousand paces, carrying it all the and Lucius Aurelius Commodus, and
while. He was the author of some hath left us in his writings a living
marvellous books, clear proofs of a image of himself as in a looking
mind fixed in heaven, upon “The glass.
Names of God,” upon “The Orders At Cologne, the holy martyr Gereon,
in Heaven and in the Church,” upon with three hundred and eighteen others,
“The Mystic Theology,” and divers who patiently sufl'ered beheading for
others. true godliness’ sake in the persecution
under the Emperor Maximian.
THIRD NOCTURN. In the same country, the holy
Lessons from Luke xii. I, with martyrs Victor and his Companions.
the Homily of the Venerahle Bede, At Bonn, in Germany, [in the
(15- 396-) fourth century,] the holy martyrs
Cassius and Florence, and many
others.
Prayer throughout the Ofice.
At Nicomedia, [in the year 303,]
O GOD, Who, as upon this day, the holy martyrs Eulampius, and the
didst make Thy blessed Wit Virgin Eulampia his sister. When
ness and Bishop Denys strong to Eulampia heard her brother being
wrestle and to suffer, and Who wast tortured for Christ’s sake she sprang
pleased to give unto him, for fellow into the midst of the crowd, and
workers in declaring Thy glory among embraced him, and joined herself to
the heathen, Thy servants Rusticus him. Then they both were put to
and Eleutherius, grant unto us, we gether into a vessel of boiling oil,
beseech Thee, to be like unto them but were nowise hurt thereby, by the
in esteeming the good things of this which wonder two hundred others
world but lightly, and in fearing not were brought to believe in Christ,
at all the evil things of the same. and these two hundred, along with
Through our Lord JESUS Christ, Thy the brother and sister, were all be
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with headed together, and_so finished their
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, testimony.
one God, world without end. Amen. At Piombino, in Tuscany, [at the
end of the sixth century,] the holy
Confessor Cerbonius, Bishop [of that
MARTYROLOGY. see,] who was famous for miracles,
Upon both in life and in death, as witness
were bornthe
into10th
the day
betteroflife—
October,
I
holy Gregory.
At York, in England, [in the year At Verona also, holy Cerbonius,
644,] holy Paulinus, Archbishop of Bishop of Verona.
that see. A disciple of the blessed At Capua, [about the middle of the
Pope Gregory. Gregory sent him ninth century,] holy Paulinus, Bishop
into England along with others to [of that see.]
preach the Gospel, and he' brought Veifiers are of the following.
. FEAST-DAYS 'INL OCTOBER. 639‘
OCTOBER IO. Church of St Peter the Apostle, and
where also he gave to his teacher
$t iBauIinus, grubhisljqp I [of Paulinus his episcopal See. It is
said that so great was then the
Eurkj (Eonfzssur. eagerness of faith among the North
Douhle. umbrian people, that at one time
Paulinus did nothing for thirty-six
All from the Common Ofiiee, (p.
days together, from morning even
399,) except the following.
until night, but teach the word of
Prayer throughout. “ Grant, we Christ to the multitude who flowed
beseech Thee, &c.” unto him from all round about, and
when he had taught them, washed
At First Veayfier: a Commemoration
them from their sins in the .river
of St Denys and his Companions.
Glenny. However, he baptized very
Prayer from their Ofiee.
often in the river Swale, which run
neth by the town of Catterick, for it
FIRST NOCTURN.
was not possible to build any houses
Lessons from Serzltture according to of prayer at that time of the birth of
the Season. the Church in those parts.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Sixth Lemon.
Fourth Lesson. (From the Venerable
Bede’s History, i. 29, ii. 9, 14, 20, WHEN King Edwin was dead, and
iii. 14.) the country of the Northum
brians all troubled, there seemed no
PAULINUS was sent by the most help for it but to flee, and Paulinus
blessed Pope Gregory in answer and Ethelburga went back by ship to
to a request of Augustine, to be his Kent. There he found the Church of
helper. He was ordained a Bishop Rochester without a shepherd, and
by Justus, Archbishop of Canterbury, took charge thereof, but keeping still
to go with the Virgin Ethelburga, the Pallium, which Pope Honorius
whom Edwin, King of the North had sent to him at York. While he
umbrians, had espoused to wife. governed the Church of Rochester he
When he was come into that country, passed away to be with the Lord,
he toiled much, not only to keep his upon the 10th day of October in
own people in the faith, but also by the year 644, and was buried in
preaching to turn the heathen thereto. the church of the blessed Apostle
For some years it came to very little, Andrew, which King Ethelbert had
but at last the King, after weighing built in that city.
the matter much and long, yielded to
Paulinus, and put away his idols.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Fifth Lemon. Lessons from Matth. xxv. 14, with

the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 406.)
THEREFORE King Edwin, with
all the chief men of his race,
MARTYROLOGY.
and a great multitude of the people,
accepted the faith and the holy laver On the morrow We keep the feast
of the new birth, and were baptized at of holy Francis Borgia, General of
York, where afterwards was built the the Society of Jesus, of whom mention
is made upon the last day of Sept OCTOBER 1 1.

ember, and who is memorable for
hardness of living, the gift of prayer, Ebt mantis Borgia, Qtum
renunciation of the world, and the re
fusal of high places in the Church. fzszmr.
Upon the same I rth day of October,
were born into the better life— Semi-double.
At Tarsus, in Cilicia, the holy
All from the Common Ofice for
martyrs Tharacus, Probus, and An
a Confissor not a Bishop, (p. 415,)
dronicus, who sufi'ered a long and
erupt the following.
foul imprisonment in the persecution
under the Emperor Diocletian, were
three times interrogated under torture MATTINS.
and punishment, and, still confessing
Christ, were beheaded, and so obtained FIRST NOCTURN.
a glorious triumph.
In the country of the Vexin, under Lessons from Scripture according
the President Fescenninus, the holy to the Season.
martyrs Nicasius, Bishop of Rouen,
the Priest Quirinus, the Deacon Scubi
culus, and the Virgin Pientia. SECOND NOCTURN.
Likewise the holy martyrs Anas
Fourth Lesson.
tasius the Priest, Placidus, Genesius,
and their Companions. FRANCIS, fourth Duke of Gandia,
In the Thebaid, holy Sarmatas, a was the son of John Borgia,
disciple of the blessed Abbat Antony, Duke of Gandia, and of Joan of
who was slain by the Saracens for Aragon, daughter of Alphonso,
Christ’s sake. natural son to Ferdinand V. sur
At Besancon, in Gaul, the holy mar named the Catholic, King of Aragon.
tyr Germanus, Bishop [of that see.] [He was born at Gandia, in the
At Uzes, in Gaul, [in the sixth cen kingdom of Valencia, in the year
tury,] the holy Confessor Firmin, of our Lord 1510.] He passed his
Bishop [of that see.] boyhood at home in great innocence
In Ireland, [in the year 600,] holy and godliness, and was still more
Kenneth, Abbat [of Aghaboe.] remarkable for his Christian graces
At Lier, in Belgium, [in the eighth and the hardness of his living, at
century,] the holy Confessor Gummar. the Court of the Emperor Charles
At Rennes, in Gaul, [in the ninth V., and as Vice-Roy of Catalonia.
century,] the holy Confessor Emilian. [On May the Ist, 1539] died
At Tarsus, in Cilicia, the holy the Empress Isabella, and Francis,
sisters Zenais and Philonilla, who [as her master of the horse,] was
were kinswomen of the blessed commanded to attend her body to
Apostle Paul according to the flesh, Granada, where it was to be buried.
and his disciples in the faith. [At Granada the cotfin was opened,
At Verona, [in the fifth century,] in order that he might swear to the
the holy Virgin Placidia. magistrates of the city that it was
At Second Vespers is made a Com indeed the body of the late Empress,]
memoration of the following." Prayer and the sight of the awful change
from his Ofiice. which death had made in her coun
tenance1 so thrilled him with the greatly endeared him to Princes and
thought of our mortality and corrup Popes, and besides founding or en
tion, that he bound himself by vow, larging very many houses in divers
as soon as he lawfully might, to give places, he sent brethren into the
up all things, and to serve the King kingdom of Poland, into the islands
of kings only. From that time he so of the Ocean, and into the provinces
advanced in Christian graces, that his of Mexico and Peru, and into other
life might be called the miracle of lands also Apostolic men who spread
princes, showing, in the midst of a the Roman Catholic faith by their
vast mass of business, an image of preaching, their sweat, and their
perfection attained in a cloister. blood.
Sixth Lesson.
Fifth Lesson.
H E thought so little of himself that
H IS wife, Eleanora de Castro, died he gave himself the nickname
[on the 27th of March, 1546,] of “Francis the sinner.” By the
and [in 1551] he entered the Society Popes he was oftentimes offered the
of JESUS, that therein he might hide dignity of Cardinal of the Roman
himself more safely, and bar by the Church, but the lowly firmness with
obligation of a vow the path to dig which he refused it could never be
nities.2 He was the worthy leader of overcome. In his cheap esteem of
many princes who have embraced a the world and of himself his chief
life of hardship, and Charles V. him pleasures were to clean the house, to
self when he resigned the Empire did beg for food from door to door, and
not deny that he had been moved and to wait upon the sick in hospitals.
shown the way by Francis. In his He spent many hours every day,
struggle after austerity Francis, by oftentimes eight and sometimes ten,
fasting, by iron chains, by the roughest in prayer and meditation. An hun
of hair-cloth, by long and bloody dred times every day he worshipped
flagellations, and by denying himself God upon his knees. He never
any but very little sleep, reduced his missed the opportunity of offering
body to the last degree, but would the Holy Liturgy, and the fire from
still spare no toil to overcome him God which burnt within him some
self and to save souls. Thus full of times shone forth in his countenance
ghostly strength, he was appointed when he was lifting the Sacred Host,
by holy Ignatius, [in the year 1554,] or preaching. By an inward power
Commissary-General of the Society in given him from God he could tell
Spain, Portugal, and the Indies, and where the most Holy Body of Christ,
[on the 2nd of July, 1565,] notwith under the Eucharistic veils, was kept.
standing all the precautions he could [In 1570, the year before the victory
take to prevent it, he was chosen by of Lepanto,] the blessed Pius V. sent
the general Congregation of the So Francis with the Cardinal Alexandrini
ciety to be General, being the third on an embassy [into France, Spain,
who held that office. In this posi and Portugal,] to unite the Christian
tion his wisdom and holiness of life Princes against Turkey. His vital
1 It was so disfigured that no one knew it, and he could only swear to its identity because,
from the care he had taken, he was sure no one could have changed it on the road.
2 By permission of the Emperor, he was allowed to pass on to his son, while still alive,
the Marquessate of Lombay, which had been conferred on him, and the Dukedom which he
had inherited from his father.
strength was then nearly worn out, Emperor Diocletian,] the holy mar
but, through obedience, he undertook tyr Edistius.
the toil of the journey. He became In Lycia, under the same Em
much worse during the travelling, peror Diocletian, the holy martyr
and on his return brought to a Domnina.
blessed end at Rome, as had been In Africa are commemorated four
his desire, the pilgrimage of this thousand nine hundred and sixty-six
life, [a little before midnight between holy martyrs and Confessors in the
the last day of September and the Vandal persecution under the Arian
first of October,] in the sixty-second King Hunneric. Some ’of these were
year of his own life, and that of Bishops of the Churches of God, and
salvation 1572. Holy Teresa, who some of them Priests and Deacons,
used his advice, called him an holy but with them were joined multitudes
man, and Gregory XIII., a faithful of the other faithful. For defending
servant. He was famous for many the Catholic truth they were driven
and great signs and wonders, and into exile in the terrible desert;
Clement X. at last numbered him many of them were cruelly taken
among the Saints. by the Moors, goaded to run at
the point of the spear, and beaten
THIRD NOCTURN. with stones; others had their feet
tied together, and were dragged
Lessons from Matth. xix. 27, with like corpses through hard and sharp
the Homily of St jerome, (p. 35 5.) places, until all their limbs were
mangled; and then were tortured to
Prayer throughout the Ofiee. death in divers ways. Pre-eminent
among them were the Bishops Felix
O LORD Jesus, Who art Thyself and Cyprian.
the Ensample and the Reward
At Celeia, in Pannonia, [in the
of true humility, we beseech Thee fourth century,] holy Maximilian,
that as Thou didst make Thy blessed
Bishop [of Lorch.] '
servant Francis glorious in following
At Milan, [in the third century,]
Thee by setting earthly greatness at
the holy Bishop Monas. During
nought, so Thou wouldest grant unto the discussion as to the choosing of
us likewise to share in the same imita a Bishop there, a light from heaven
tion and glory: Who livest and reign shone upon him, and through that
est with God the Father, in the unity wondrous sign he was made Bishop
of that church.
without end. Amen.
At Verona, holy Salvin, Bishop.
In Syria, the holy Priest and Con
MARTY ROLOGY. fessor Eustace.
On the morrow we keep the feast At Ascoli, in the March of
of the holy Confessor Wilfred, Bishop Ancona, [in the year 1604,] the
of York. holy Confessor Seraphim, of the
Upon the same 1 2th day of October, Order of Friars Minor Capuchins,
were born into the better life— who was marked by holiness of life
At Rome, the holy martyrs Evag and by lowliness, and whose name
rius, Priscian, and their Companions. the Supreme Pontiff Clement Xlll.
At Ravenna, on the Laurentine enrolled with those of the Saints.
Way, [in the persecution under the Vespers are of the fol/omng.
"FEAST-DAYS (IN OCTOBER. ‘ . 643
OCTOBER I 2. and Wilfred therefore, when he was

about thirty years of age, was or
$t warm, gtcbhisljup [of dained Bishop at Paris, and a little
finite] Qtuufzssur. while after, his adversaries gave way,
and he was set over the whole coun
Double. try of the Northumbrians.
All from the Common Ofliee, (p,
399,) except, the following. Fifth Lesson.
Prayer throughoutthe Ofiiee. (Taken IN the reign of King Egfrid he was
from the Salisbury Missal.) thrust out of his See, and as he
was on his way to Rome he landed
GOD, 'Whose grace did make in Friesland, where he taught the
blessed Bishop Wilfred to set word of life to many thousand sav
a bright example by many excellent ages, and washed them in the waters
works, mercifully grant unto us the of salvation. When he came to
help of his patronage, whose teaching Rome, his cause was tried in pres
hath instructed us to relish things ence of Pope Agatho and many
holy. Through our Lord JESUS Christ Bishops, and by judgment of all,
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth Wilfred was found innocent and
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy worthy to be Bishop. He came
Ghost, one God, world without end. back again to Britain, and there
Amen. turned the land of the South Saxons
At First Vespers a Commemoration from idols to Christ, and sent min
(J St Francis Borgia. isters of the word of God into the
Isle of Wight.
MATTINS.
Sixth Lesson.
FIRST NOCTURN.
IN the second year of Aldfrid, who
Lessons from Senloture according to reigned after Egfrid, he regained
the Season. his See, but after five years he fell
under fresh accusation, and was ban
SECOND NOCTURN. ished by the king. He pleaded his
cause at Rome, before the Apostolic
Fourth Lesson. (From Bede’s Ifi'story,
v. 19.)
Pope John, in a council of many
Bishops, and in the presence of his
ILFRED came from the Monas accusers, and the above-named Pope
tery- of Lindisfame, and went wrote to the kings of the English to
first to Kent, and then to Rome, see that he was put back in his See,
where he carefully learnt from the since he had been unjustly condemned.
Archdeacon Boniface what were the This was afterward done in the Synod
rites of the Church and the monastic on the Nid in the reign of Osred, the
customs which were in use in the son of Oldred. He lived four years
Apostolic See. When he returned in peace, and then died at Oundle
home King Alchfrid was wishful that in Northamptonshire. His body was
a man of such learning and godli buried in the church of Ripon with
ness might be attached to himself the honour which was due to so great
personally as Priest and Teacher; a Bishop, in the year of Christ 709.
THIRD NOCTURN. holy Confessor Venantius, Abbat [of

St Martin’s Monastery.] .
Lessons from Matth. xxiv. 42, with At Subiaco, in Latium, the holy
the Homily ofSt llilaiy, (p. 41 I.) Virgin Chelidonia.
MARTYROLOGY.
On the morrow we keep the feast

OCTOBER 1 3.
of holy Edward, King of England,
who died upon the 5th day of Jan
uary, but whose feast is kept upon the
5t Ewart, sting of Englanh,
13th day of October, which is that of Qtunfzssur.
the translation of his body.
Upon the same 13th day of Oc Douhle of the Second Class, with
tober, were born into the better an Octave.
life— All from the Common Ofiiee for a
At Troas, in Asia Minor, holy Confessor not a Bishop, (1). 415,) ex
Carpus, the disciple of the blessed tent the following.
Apostle Paul.
At Cordova, in Spain, [in the per
secution under the Emperor Diocle
tian,] the holy martyrs Faustus, Jan O GOD, Who hast set upon the
uarius, and Martial, who were first head of Thy blessed Confessor
racked, then had their eyebrows, ears, King Edward a crown of everlasting
and noses cut off, and their teeth glory, grant unto us, we beseech Thee,
drawn, and at last completed their so to use our reverence for him here
suffering martyrdom by fire. upon earth, as to make the same a
At Thessalonica, the holy martyr mean whereby to come to reign with
Florence, who was put to divers him hereafter in heaven. Through
tortures and then burnt. our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
In Austria, [in the eleventh cen liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
tury,] the holy martyr Colman. unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
At Ceuta, in Morocco, [in the year world without end. Amen.
1221,] seven holy martyrs belong
ing to the Order of Friars Minor— At First Vespers a Commemoration
namely, Daniel, Samuel, Angelo, is made of St Wilfred. Prayer from
Domnus, Leo, Nicolas, and Hugolin; his Ofiee.
for their preaching of the Gospel and
their confutation of the Mohammedan FIRST NOCTURN.
religion, the Saracens inflicted upon
them insults, chains, and stripes, and Lessons from Wisd. iv. 7, as in the
then beheaded them; and so they
Common.
gained the palm of martyrdom.
At Antioch, [towards the end of the SECOND NOCTURN.
second century,] the holy Patriarch Fourth Lesson.
Theophilus, the sixth after the blessed
Apostle Peter, who held the bishopric EDWARD, surnamed the Confessor,
of that church. was the nephew of the holy
At Tours, [in the fifth century,] the King Edward the Martyr, and him
self the last Anglo-Saxon King.1 he remained a virgin with a virgin
That he should succeed to the King bride. So great was his love to
dom was shown by the Lord in a ward Christ, and so strong his faith,
trance to a most holy man named that somewhiles when the Mass was
Brithwald. When he was ten years in saying, he won to see Him, with
old the Danes, who were ravaging countenance full of grace, and glory
England, sought him, to put him to of God’s light. By reason of the
death, and he was driven into exile abundance of his charity he was
to dwell with his mother’s brother, styled everywhere the father of or
[Richard II.] Duke of Normandy, at phans and of the poor, and he was
whose Court [and that of his suc never happier than when he had
cessors, Richard 111., Robert sur spent upon the needy the whole of
named “the Devil,” and William his kingly treasures.
the Bastard] he lived among all
the allurements of vice a life of Sixth Lesson.
such uprightness and innocency as
made all men to marvel. He was HE was famous for the gift of
a burning and shining light for prophecy, and foretold by in
love of God and the things of spiration from heaven many things
God, very gentle-hearted, and quite that were to befall England. Of
free from any lust for power. Of this gift the following is a remark
him the saying is preserved, That able instance. Sweyn, King of the
he would liefer not be a King Danes, was embarking on ship-board
than win a kingdom through with the mind to invade England,
slaughter and blood. when he fell into the sea and was
drowned, and God made known his
death to Edward at the very same
Fzfth Lesson.
moment that it happened. He had
WHEN the [Danish] tyrants, who a wonderful love toward John the
had robbed his brothers Ed Evangelist, so that he was used
mund and Alfredof life and kingdom, never to refuse anything for the
were passed away, Edward was called which he was asked in his name.
back into his own country and with The Evangelist appeared to him one
the hearty good-will and rejoicing of while in tattered raiment, and, in his
all, took the kingdom [in the year own name, asked him for an alms.
1042, being then about forty years It befell that the King had no money,
old.] He set himself to repair the wherefore he took a ring from off his
breaches which wars had made, and finger and gifted him therewith. Not
began with the things of God. Of long afterward, the Evangelist sent
the Churches of the Saints, he built the same ring back to him by a pil
some altogether, and renewed others grim, with a message concerning his
and gifted them with incomes and death, which was then at hand.
privileges, being chiefly fain that re The King therefore commanded that
ligion should rise from the low estate prayers should be made for him, and
whereinto it had fallen. He was then fell blessedly asleep in the Lord,
brought by the nobles of his Court upon the very day which had been
to marry, but it is constantly said foretold to him by the Evangelist,
by all writers that in matrimony that is to say, upon the 5th day of
1 The writer of this biography seems to reckon Harold II. as a mere usurper.
January, in the year of salvation At Todi, the holy Bishop Fortunatus,

1066. He was famous for miracles, who, as is stated by blessed Gregory,
and in 1161 Pope Alexander III. was distinguished by the grace of an
numbered him among the Saints. extraordinary power in driving away
But Innocent XI. commanded that unclean spirits.
his memory should be celebrated At Wiirzburg, [in the eighth cen
with a public Office throughout the tury,] holy Burchard, the first Bishop
whole Church, upon the 13th day of of that see.
October, being that day whereon in At Bruges, in Flanders, [toward
the year 1102 his body had been the end of the fourth century,] holy
lifted, and found uncorrupt and sweet Donatian, Bishop of Rheims.
savoured. At Treves, [in the sixth cen
tury,] holy Rusticus, Bishop [of that
THIRD NOCTURN. see.]
On the same day, [in the year
Lessons from Luke xii. 35, with the 1060,] deceased blessed Dominic,
Homily of St Gregory, (1). 422.) called Loricatus, [that is, the mail
wearer, from the coat of mail which
MARTYROLOGY.
he wore as a penance]
In Latium, the holy Confessor
Upon the 14th day of October, Bernard.
At Rome, upon the Aurelian Way, At Second Vespers a Commemora
the blessed martyr Pope Kallistus. tion is made of the following. Prayer
By command of the Emperor Alex from his Ofiioe.
ander he was long starved in prison,
and cudgelled every day, then he was
OCTOBER 1 4.
cast headlong out of a window of the
house wherein! he was warded, and
drowned in a well, and so earned the
5t fiallistus, 150;]: am!
triumph of victory. warty.
At Cwsarea, in Palestine, the holy
Douole.
Virgin and martyr Fortunata. In
the persecution under the Emperor All from the Common Oflice for a
Diocletian she overcame the rack, Alartyr, (p. 366,) except the following.
fire, beasts, and other torments, and
gave up her soul to God. Her
MATTINS.
body was brought later to Naples,
in Campania. FIRST NOCTURN.
Also the holy martyrs Carponius,
Evaristus, and Priscian, brothers of Lessons from Saripture according to
the aforesaid Fortunata, who were the Season.
slain with the sword, and so received
their crown. SECOND NOCTURN.
Also the holy martyrs Satuminus Fourt/z Lesson.

and Lupus.
At Rimini, [in the fourth century,] KALLISTUS was a Roman, and
the holy martyr Gaudentius, Bishop ruled the Church in the time
[of that see.] of the Emperor Antoninus Helioga
balus. He confirmed the institution was afterwards taken to the Church of

of the Ember Fasts, the observance St Mary-beyond-the-Tiber, which had
Of which hath been received by tradi been built by himself. There it lieth
tion from the Apostles. He built the beneath the High Altar, and is held
Church of St Mary-beyond-the-Tiber, in great reverence of all men.
and enlarged the old burying-place on
the Appian Way, wherein are buried
THIRD NOCTURN.
so many holy Priests and Martyrs,
and which hath since been called, Lessons from Matth. x. 26, with the
on account of this enlargement, the Homily ofSt liilary, (p. 379.)
Cemetery of Kallistus.
LAUDS.
Fifth Lesson.
Prayer throughout the Oflice.
IT was by his reverence that the
GOD, Who seest that in our
body of the blessed Priest and
own weakness we do continu
Martyr Calepodius, which had been
ally fall, make, in Thy mercy, the en
cast into the Tiber, was carefully
samples of Thy holy children a mean
looked for, and, when it had been
whereby to renew in us the love of
found, honourably buried. He bap
Thyself. Through our Lord JESUS
tized Palmatius, of Consular, and
Simplicius, of Senatorial rank, and
likewise Felix and Blanda, all of
whom in the end underwent martyr
without end. Amen.
dom. On this account he was thrown
into prison, where he wonderfully A Commemoration is made of the
healed a soldier named Privatus, who Octave of St Edward.
was full of sores, and so gained him
to Christ; and this Privatus had
MARTYROLOGY.
hardly received the faith, before he
was lashed to death with scourges Upon the 15th day of October,
loaded with lead. were born into the better life—
At Avila, in Spain, the holy Virgin
Theresa, the mother and mistress
Sixth Lesson.
of the brethren and sisters of the
ALLISTUS sat as Pope five Order of Carmelites of the Stricter
years, one month, and twelve Observance. v
days. He held five Ordinations in At Rome, upon the Aurelian Way,
the month of December, wherein he the holy martyr Fortunatus.
ordained sixteen Priests, four Deacons, At Cologne, three hundred holy
and eight Bishops. After being long martyrs, who finished the course of
starved, and repeatedly flogged, he their contending in the persecution
was pitched head-foremost down a under Maximian.
well, and so crowned with martyrdom, At Carthage, the holy martyr
under the Emperor Alexander. His Agileus, on whose feast-day holy
body was carried to the Cemetery of Augustine preached to the people a
Calepodius on the Aurelian Way, at discourse concerning him.
the third mile-stone from the city, In Prussia, [at the beginning of the
upon the 14th day of October, but ,eleventh century,] the holy martyr
Bruno, Bishop of the Ruthenians, who Fair Lily, found among the thorns!
was preaching the gospel in those Most beauteous Dove with wings of gold!
parts when he was taken by wicked Rod from whose tender root upsprang
That healing Flower long since foretold!
men, who cut off, first his hands and
feet, and then his head. Thou Tower, against the dragon proof!
At Lyons, [in the fourth century,] Thou Star, to storm-toss'd voyagers dear!
holy Antiochus, Bishop [of that see,] Our course lies o'er a treacherous deep;
who vigorously administered the office Thine be the light by which we steer.
of the bishoprick to which he had
been called, and inherited a kingdom Scatter the mists that round us hang,
Keep far the fatal shoals away;
in heaven.
And while through darkling waves we sweep,
At Treves, [in the fifth century,] Open a path to life and day.
the holy Confessor Severus, Bishop
[of that see.] 0 JESU, born of Virgin bright!
At Strasburg, [in the year I027,] Immortal glory be to Thee;
the holy Virgin Aurelia. Praise to the Father infinite,
At Cracow, holy Iadwiga, Grand And Holy Ghost eternally. Amen.
Princess of Poland, who gave herself
up to the serving of the poor, and was Verse. Let us tell with rejoicing
famous ever for miracles. Pope Cle of the Maidenhood of the Blessed
ment IV. enrolled her name among Virgin.
those of the Saints, and Innocent XI. Answer. That she may pray for
sanctioned her festival for the 17th us to our Lord JESUS Christ.
day of this present month of October.
A ntiohon at the Song of the Blessed
In Germany, [in the eighth century,]
Virgin. 2N0 defiled thing can fall
holy Thecla, Abbess [of Kitzingen.] into her, she is the brightness of the
everlasting light, and the unspotted
THIRD LORD’S DAY IN OCTOBER. mirror of the power of God.
Commemoration of the Sunday.

El]: 19min; at the Want:
Hirgin malty. MATTINS.
Greater Double. Inw'tatory. Let us keep the Feast

All as in the Common Ofiiee for of the Maidenhood of the Mother of
Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, (p. 436,) God. * Let us worship Christ, her
exeept the following. Son, and her Lord and ours.
FIRST VESPERS. flymn.1

Antiphons, Chapter, and Prayer STAR of Jacob, ever beaming
from Lauds. With a radiance all divine,
Mid the happy stars of Heaven
Glows no purer ray than thine.
Hymn. 1
BLEST Guardian of all virgin souls! All in stoles of snowy brightness,
Portal of bliss to man forgiven ! Unto thee the Angels sing,
Pure Mother of Almighty God! Unto thee the virgin choirs,
Thou hope of earth, and joy of heaven! Mother of th' eternal King.
1 Translation by the late Rev. E. Caswall. 2 Wisd. vii. 25, 26.
Joyful in thy path they scatter binds, and the roe-bucks of the field,
Roses white and lilies fair, that ye stir not up nor awake my
Yet with thy chaste bosom's whiteness
love till she please!
Rose nor lily may compare.
[The Bride] The voice of my be
Oh that this low earth of ours, loved! Behold, he cometh !—leaping
Answering th’ angelic strain, upon the mountains, skipping upon the
With thy praises might re-echo, hills! My beloved is like a gazelle
Till the Heavens replied again.
or a young roe-buck! Behold, he
Honour, glory, virtue, merit, standeth behind our wall, looking
Be to Thee, O Virgin’s Son, through the windows, peeping through
With the Father and the Spirit, the lattice. Behold, my beloved is
While eternal ages run. Amen. calling unto me—
[The Bridegroom] Rise up, make
FIRST NOCTURN. haste, my love! my dove! my beauti
Verse. 1All good things together ful one! and come away!
came to me with her.
Answer. And innumerable riches First Resfionsory.
by her hands.
3 My beloved is mine, and I am his,
who feedeth among the lilies. Thou
First Lesson. art beautiful, 0 my love, winsome and
The Lesson is taken from the Song of comely as Jerusalem, terrible as a
Songs.2 (ii. 1.) fenced camp set in battle array.
Verse. My clove, my undefiled is
[THE Bride] I am a rose of but one. The daughters of Zion saw
the plain and a lily of the her and called her blessed ; the queens
valley. also, and they praised her.
[The Bridegroom] As the lily Answer. Thou art beautiful, 0 my
among thorns, so is my love among love, winsome and comely as Jeru
the daughters. salem, terrible as a fenced camp set
[The Bride] As the apple-tree in battle array.
among the trees of the wood, so is
my beloved among the sons. Under
Second Lesson.
the shadow of him who is my delight,
I sat down, and his fruit was sweet to [ THE Bn'degroom.] 0 how beauti
my taste. He brought me into the ful art thou, my love, how
wine-cellars, he established his love beautiful art thou! Thine eyes are
upon me. Revive me with flowers, like dove’s eyes, [glancing] out from
stay me up with apples, for I am [the loveliness] that lieth hid [beneath
swooning with love. His left hand thy veil.]4 Thine hair is like flocks
is under my head, and his right hand of goats that have come up from
doth embrace me— Gilead.5 Thy teeth are like flocks of
[The Bridegroom] I charge you, sheep that have been shorn, that have
0 ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the come up from the washing, whereof
1 Wisd. vii. n.
2 This Song of Songs is a Dramatic Pastoral, composed of the dialogue of two lovers.
In the text, though not in the original, their speeches are separated, as the English language
has not the same power of distinguishing Gender as the Hebrew or even the Latin.
3 Cant. ii. 16; vi. 3, 4, 8, .
4 The present Hebrew is $19mply : “Thine eyes are like doves’ eyes within thy veil."
5 Apparently long, thick, and deep black.
every one is with lamb with twins, breasts, my sister, my spouse! Thine
and none is barren among them.1 embraces are better than wine, and
Thy lips are like a fillet of crimson, the smell of thy perfumes than all
and thy speech is sweet. Like a spices! Thy lips, O my spouse,
piece of pomegranate, so are thy are a rich honey-comb, honey and
cheeks, [shining red] out from [the milk are under thy tongue, and the
loveliness] that lieth hid [behind thy smell of thy garments is like the
veil.] Thy neck is like the tower of smell of frankincense. A garden
David, which is built with battle enclosed is my sister, my spouse
ments, and a thousand bucklers hang ~—a garden enclosed, a fountain
from it, all shields of valiant men. sealed.
Thou art all fair, my love, and there Third Responsory.
is no spot in thee.
41 charge you, 0 daughters of Jeru
salem, if ye see my beloved, that ye
Second Re¢onsory.
tell him that I am faint with love.
2 Rise up, make haste, my love, my What is thy beloved like, 0 thou
dove, my fair one, and come away! fairest among women?
for lo the winter is past, the rain is Verse. 5 My beloved is white and
over and gone, the flowers‘appear on ruddy, one among thousands. This
the earth. is my beloved, and this is my friend,
Verse. I will arise and go about 0 daughters of Jerusalem.
the city; in the streets and in the Answer. What is thy beloved like,
broadways, I will seek him whom my O thou fairest among women?
soul loveth. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
Answer. For lo the winter is past, to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
the rain is over and gone, the flowers Answer. What is thy beloved like,
appear on the earth. O thou fairest among women?
Third Lesson. SECOND NOCTURN.
[ THE Bridegroom.] Come from Verse. After thy delivery thou still
Lebanon, my spouse! Come remainest a Virgin undefiled.
from Lebanon, come and thou shalt Answer. Mother of God, pray
be a queen! [come] from the springs for us.
of the Amana,8 from the peaks of Fourth Lesson.
Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ The Lesson is taken from the Book
dens, from the mountains of the leo Upon Virgins, written by St Am
pards! Thou hast wounded my brose, Bishop [of Milan.] (Book ii.)
heart, my sister, my spouse, thou
hast wounded my heart with one of ET before yourselves, as the ideal
thine eyes, with one of the hairs on of virginity, the life of Blessed
thy neck. How beautiful are thy Mary, which reflecteth, as in a look
1 1.e., very white, and in an even compact lotI the teeth of the upper and lower rows
corresponding as in pairs.
‘1 Cant. ii. 10-12; m. 2.
3 The same river otherwise called Abana (now Barada) which rises in theAnti-Lebanon and
runs through Damascus. Senir is a part of Mount Hermon. The whole reads as if Shelomith
had been a Highland girl from this part of the country. In a subsequent passage she is
described as a wild, bright mountain torrent leaping from these hills.
4 Cam. v. 8. 5 Cant. v. 10.
ing-glass, the beauty of chastity, and boasting, she followed reason; she
the loveliness of self- government. loved whatsoever was best.
Hence ye may take the pattern of
your life, for here are to be seen, set Fifth Responsory.
forth as in a model, all those things
which ye should learn—what to cor So pure was Blessed Mary, that she
rect, what to flee, what to hold. The won to be the Mother of the Lord;
first incentive of the learner is the God made her whom He had chosen,
position of the teacher. Whose posi and chose her of whom He would be
tion is higher than that of the Mother made.
of God? who brighter than she whom Verse. The same is the star arisen
the light chose? what purer than she out of Jacob, whose light shineth in
who conceived a body without bodily all the world.
connection ? Answer. God made her whom He
had chosen, and chose her of whom
He would be made.
Fourth Responsory.
The most Blessed Virgin Mary is Sixth Lesson.
a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed;
she is the Queen of Angels, the Lady The Lesson is taken from the Sermons
of the world. The same is she of St Peter Chrysologus, Archbishop
through whom God came down to [of Ravenna.] (Serm. 143.)
earth that men might go up into SHE gave glory to Heaven, she
heaven.
gave God to earth, she gave
Verse. T0 thee we cry, banished
faith to the Gentiles, she gave an end
sons of Eve, Virgin most holy, re
to sin, she gave order to life, she
member us.
gave discipline to manners. The
Answer. The same is she through
Virgin accepted the grace which was
whom God came down to earth that brought to her by the Angel, and
men might go up into heaven. then forthwith gave in return ever
lasting salvation. Virgin blessed in
F Lesson. deed, whose are at once the grace
of Maidenhood and the crown of
WHAT shall I say about the rest Motherhood. Virgin blessed indeed,
of her great qualities? She who won such grace as to conceive
was a Virgin not in body only, but in from Heaven, and kept untouched the
mind also; the purity of her thoughts wreath of her guilelessness. Virgin
had been deflowered by no evil sug blessed indeed, who received the
gestion, she was lowly in heart, serious grace of bearing a divine Offspring,
in words, wise in head; she spoke and remaineth the sovereign of purity
little, and took great delight in read in all states of life.
ing; she placed her hopes not in
uncertain riches, but in the prayers Sixth Responsory.
of the poor; she was earnest in her
pursuits, and modest in conversation ; How shall this be, seeing I know
she was used to consider not what not a man? The Holy Ghost shall
men might think of her, but what come upon thee, and the power of the
God might think; she hurt none, and Highest shall overshadow thee ; there
wished well to all; she shrank from fore also that Holy Thing which shall
be born of thee shall be called the hath wherewith to boast, I say, not
Son of God. in itself that she is mother, but in
Verse. And Mary said, Behold the that He whom she bare was her son.
handmaid of the Lord, be it unto me Of a surety God (and it was God
according to thy word. whom she bore) who was to give to
Answer. And the power of the His Mother a glory which in the
Highest shall overshadow thee. heavenly places is all her own, was
Verse. Glory be to the Father, careful to prevent her on earth, with
and to the Son, and to the Holy a grace which was all her own, even
Ghost. that grace whereby in some way
Answer. That Holy Thing that which cannot be uttered, she con
shall be born of thee shall be called ceived without touch and bore with
the Son of God. out change.
THIRD NOCTURN. Sevenl/z Responsory.

Verse. Thou hast found grace with There shall come forth a rod out
God. of the stem of Jesse, and a flower
Answer. Holy Mother of God, shall grow out of his roots. Behold
guileless maiden. the Virgin shall conceive, and bear a
Son, and His name shall be called
Seventh Lesson. Emmanuel.
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Verse. Joseph, thou son of David,
Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.) fear not to take unto thee Mary thy
wife, for that which is conceived in
T that time: The Angel Gabriel her is of the Holy Ghost.
was sent from God, unto a city of Answer. Behold the Virgin shall
Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin conceive and bear a Son, and His
espoused to a man. And so on. name shall be called Emmanuel.
Clairvaux.] (Luke i. 26.) Elight/z Lemon.
None can doubt that she who is IT became God to be born of none
the Queen of Virgins will be the but a virgin. It became a Virgin
foremost of all to sing that song Mother to be the Mother of God. It
which it will be given to virgins alone became the Creator of mankind, as
to sing in the kingdom of God. And about to be born a Man, made of a
I think that in singing that song woman, to choose unto Himself out
which they alone will sing, but'which of all, and indeed to create for Him
they will sing all, hers will be the self, such a Mother as He knew be
sweetest and the clearest voice, whose seemed Him, and would please Him.
notes will make glad the city of our He was pleased, therefore, that she
God. To utter such notes as hers, should be a Virgin out of whom, being
to sing such a song as hers, will none herself stainless, He should come
other be found worthy even among forth Stainless to purge away all
those virgins, and that music will be stains. He was pleased that she
kept for her alone, who alone hath should be lowly out of whom He
the boast of being Mother, and should come forth, Who is meek and
Mother of the Son of God. She lowly in Heart, to set an example
unto all, in Himself, of needful and Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
healthful graces. He granted her to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
the power of motherhood while yet Answer. Thou without any en
maiden, having already Himself sample before thee didst make thyself
breathed into her the love of vir well-pleasing in the sight of our Lord
ginity, and granted unto her the JESUS Christ.
reward of her lowliness. And that
she who was to conceive and bear The [Vinth Lesson is the Homily of
the Holy of Holies might be holy in the Sunday.
body, she received the gift of vir LAUDS.
ginity; and that she might be holy
in mind, she received the gift of First Antzlfihon. As the lily among
lowliness. thorns, * so is my love among the
daughters.
[f a Ninth Lesson of the Feast is Second Antiphon. My beloved is
required, the Eighth is divided here. mine * and I am his, who feedeth
among the lilies.
0 Virgin most wonderful and most
Third Antiphon. 0 how beautiful
worshipful, O woman worthy of a
art thou, * my love, how beautiful art
worship all thine own, worthy to be
thou.
wondered at above all women, thou
Fourth A ntiphon. My dove, * my
that renewest them that were before
undefiled is but one.
thee, and quickenest them that come
FifthAntiphon. When the daughters
after thee! “The Angel was sent
of Zion saw her, * they cried out that
unto a Virgin”-—a virgin in body, a
she was most blessed.
virgin in mind, a virgin by profession,
a virgin such as the Apostle would
have her be, “holy both in body and Chapter. (Wisdom iv. 1.)
in spirit,” a virgin not newly found, 0 HOW lovely and glorious is the
nor by hazard, but elect from ever generation of the chaste, for the
lasting, foreknown by the Most High, memorial thereof is immortal, because
and made ready by Him, kept by it is known with God and with men.
Angels, foreshadowed by Patriarchs,
and foretold by Prophets. Verse. In thy comeliness and in
thy beauty.
Answer. Go forward, fare prosper
Ezghth Responsory. ously, and reign.
O blessed Mary, Mother of God, A ntiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
Temple of the Lord, Sanctuary of the 0 Mary, how holy and how spotless
Holy Ghost, thou without any en is thy virginity. I am too dull to
sample before thee, didst make thyself praise thee, for through thee we have
well-pleasing in the sight of our Lord received our Redeemer, even our Lord
Jesus Christ. JESUS Christ. ' '
Verse. Thou hast given birth to
Him Who created thee, and thou Prayer throughout the Oflite.
remainest a Virgin for ever.
Answer. Thou without any en ‘ RANT, we beseech Thee, O
sample before thee didst make thyself Almighty God, that as we do
well-pleasing in the sight of our Lord keep a feast to proclaim ‘with. worship
JESUS Christ. 3 and gladness how that the Virginity
VOL. iv. Z
of the most pure Virgin Mary was But thee a gentler death awaits,
all whole and undefiled, so we may be A sweeter anguish shall be thine,
When thou shalt sink, as penetrates
holpen by her prayers, that we may
The spear-wound made by Love Divine.
become pure both in body and in spirit.
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy May He, Love's sacrifice alone,
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Kindle our hearts with equal glow,
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, And save the nations, now His own,
one God, world without end. Amen. From all the flames of hell below.
Commemoration of the Sunday. Praise to the Father and the Son,

The Antiohons at Prime, Terce, And to the Holy Spirit be,
Sext, and None, are the first, second, Immortal Godhead, Three in One,
third, and fifth from Lauds respect Now, and throughout eternity. Amen.
ively, and the Chapter at Terce is
taken from Lauds. Prayer throughout the Ofiice.
GRACIOUSLY hear us, 0 God of
SECOND VESPERS. our salvation, and grant that as
All as the First, except we do rejoice for the Feast-Day of
Thy blessed hand-maiden Theresa, so
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed we may feed to our ghostly health
Virgin. O blessed Mary, Mother of upon her heavenly teaching, and
God, Virgin for ever, Sanctuary of the better ourselves by the ensample of
Holy Ghost, thou, without any en her godly conversation. Through our
sample before thee, didst make thyself Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
well-pleasing in the sight of our Lord liveth and reigneth with Thee in the
JESUS Christ. unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
Commemoration of the Sunday. world without end. Amen.
OCTOBER 1 5. Kallistus. Prayerfrom his Ofice.
Then of the Octave of St Edward.
5t fibmsa, Hirgin.
Double. MATTINS.
All from the Common Ofice for Hymn.
a Virgin not a Martyr, (p. 451,) ex
O LORD of hosts, my God, my King!
cept the following. Thine altars gave the hallowed rest
Wherein while yet to earth she clung
FIRST VESPERS. Thy dove Theresa made her nest.
These, as regards St Theresa, hegz'n But now Thy love hath called her hence
with the Chapter. To that glad city to depart
Whereof no shrine by walls confined,
Hymn. 1 But Thou Thyself the Temple art.
THOU partest from thy father’s home, Behind the convent lattice heard
As herald of the King most High, The Bridegroom came to call today-—
Eager, Theresa, far to roam, “The rain-storms o’er, the winter past,
And give the heathen Christ, or die. My love, from Carmel wing thy way!"
1 Translation by the Rev. Dr Littledale.
Earth's Carmel left, on Zion’s heights— to her in her stead. This she gained ;
Zion that is above and free-— thenceforth she lived always as a
With virgin souls, 0 Lamb of God,
daughter under the shelter of the
In vesture white, she follows Thee.
Mother of God. In the twentieth
Angels and Saints in glory swell year of her age she withdrew herself
Thy marriage-song on high, among the nuns of St Mary-of-Mount
But Faith on earth, with Love uncrowned Carmel. There she dwelt for two
Can but in Hope reply. Amen. and-twenty years, tormented by griev
ous sicknesses and divers temptations,
FIRST NOCTURN. and so bravely served her time in the
hardest ranks of Christ’s army, starved
Lessons from Scripture according to even of that comforting knowledge of
the Season. God’s reconciled love, wherein His
holy children are so commonly used
SECOND NOCTURN . even upon earth to rejoice.
Fourth Lesson.
Fzfth Lesson.
HE virgin Theresa was the
daughter of a father and STRENGTHENED in the graces
mother, equally honourable on ac of an angel, the wideness of her
count of their birth and of their love embraced in its tender care the
godliness, [and was born] at Avila salvation of other souls as wellv as of
[in the kingdom of Old Castile] in her own. To this end, under the
Spain, [on the 28th day of March, blessing of God, and the approbation
in the year of our Lord 1515.] She of Pius IV., she set, first before
was brought up from the dawn of women and then before men, the
her life in the fear of God, and when observance of the stern Rule of the
still only seven years old she gave a Old Carmelites. The blessing of the
startling fore-cast of the holy earnest Almighty and merciful Lord did in
ness of her later years. The reading deed rest most evidently upon this
of the acts of the holy martyrs so design. This penniless virgin, helped
inflamed and excited her imagination, by no man, and in the teeth of many
that she ran away from her father’s that were great in this world, was
house, with the design of going to enabled to build two-and-thirty houses.
Morocco and the hope there to lay The darkness of unbelievers and mis
down her life for the glory of Christ believers drew from her unceasing
JESUS and the salvation of souls. tears, and she willingly gave up her
[Upon the bridge over the Adaja, own body to God to be tortured, to
near the town,] she was met by an soften the fury of His indignation
uncle and brought back to her mother, against them. His own love so
and was fain to slake her thirst for blazed in her heart that she attained
martyrdom by giving to the poor all to see an Angel run her through with
the alms she could, and by other a fiery spear, and Christ Himself take
godly exercises, though still ever be her by the hand, and to hear Him
wailing with tears that the highest say: “ Henceforth thou shalt love
prize had been snatched from her. Mine honour as a wife indeed.” At
[In the twelfth year of her age,] her His inspiration she took the extremely
mother died, and she besought the difficult vow to do always that which
most blessed Virgin to be a mother should seem to her to be most perfect.
She wrote much, full of heavenly wis~ and after her death, and was num
dom, whereby the minds of the faithful bered by Gregory XV. among the
are enkindled to long for the Father Saints.
land above.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Sixth Lesson. Lessons from Matth. xxv. 1, with

the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 45 5.)
EARNEST as were the ensamples
of graces which she had shown, At Lauds, Hymn as at First
and grievous as was the state of her Vespers. A Commemoration is made
body, afflicted by disease, she still of the Ottaz/e of St Edward.
burnt with the desire of tormenting
it. She tortured it with sackcloth, MARTYROLOGY.
chains of spikes, handfuls of nettles,
and heavy scourging. She rolled her Upon the 16th day of October, were
self sometimes among thorns, and was born into the better life—
used to cry to God: “Lord! to suffer In Africa, two hundred and seventy
—or to die.” As long as she re holy martyrs, all crowned alike.
mained exiled from the heavenly There also the holy martyrs Mar
Fountain of eternal life, her life was tinian and Saturian, and two of their
to her a lingering death. She was brethren. They were slaves of a cer
eminent for the gift of prophecy, and tain Vandal, and were brought to be
God did indeed so pour forth His lieve in Christ by the holy Virgin
bounties upon her, that she often Maxima, who was their fellow-slave.
cried to Him in entreaty not to bless In the persecution under the Arian
her so as to make her forget her sins. king, Genseric, on account of their
It was worn out rather by the fever of steadfastness in the Catholic faith,
her love than by the wasting of disease they were first beaten to the very
that she sank upon her deathbed at bone with knotty cudgels, but for as
Alva. She foretold the day of her much as they were so treated of a
own death, received the Sacraments long while, and were always found
of the Church, and exhorted her dis sound and well the next day, they
ciples to peace, love, and strictness in were banished. In their banishment
observing the Rule, and then her soul, they turned many barbarians to be
like a pure dove, winged its flight to lieve in Christ, and obtained from the
rest with God, on the 15th day of Roman Pontiff a priest and other
October in the year 1582, New Style,1 ministers to baptize them; wherefore
being then 67 years of age. At her at last they were dragged to death
death she had a vision of Christ JESUS through thorny places in the woods,
surrounded by Angels. A dead tree being fastened by the feet behind
hard by the cell instantly broke into chariots. Maxima overcame in many
foliage. Her body is untouched by contendings, but God set her at
corruption even unto this day, and liberty, and she became the mother
lieth in a sort of perfumed oil, re of many virgins in a monastery, and
garded with godly reverence. She fell asleep in an holy death.
was famous for miracles both before Likewise the holy martyrs Saturn
1 She died in the year and at the day in which the Kalendar was changed, about 9 PM.
on the evening of the 4th Oct., as we generally reckon, but the First Vespers of the next day,
counted the 15th, being passed, that day is the one to which her death belongs according to
the Church reckoning.
inus, Nereus, and three hundred and had arisen from the dead, what said
sixty-five others. ' He unto Peter? “He saith to him
At Cologne, under the Emperor . . . Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou
Julian the Apostate, the holy martyr Me? He saith unto Him: Yea, Lord,
Eliphius. Thou knowest that I love Thee. He
Likewise, [in the seventh century,] saith unto him: Feed My sheep.”
the holy martyr Berchar, Abbat [of (John xxi. 16.) And this He said,
Montier-en-Der.] not only that we might know how
In the country of Bourges, [in the well Peter loved Him, but also that
eighth century,] holy Ambrose, Bishop He might reveal to us what tender
of Cahors. ness He hath toward His sheep.
At Maintz, [in the year 787,] the Therefore, if any man will please
holy Confessor Lullus, Bishop [of that Him, let him have a care of His
see.] sheep, let him seek the common
At Treves, holy Florence, Bishop good, let him look unto the salvation
[of that see.] of his brethren.
At Arbon, in Switzerland, [in the
seventh century,] the holy Abbat Gall, Fifth Lesson.
a disciple of blessed Columbanus.
HERE is no work dearer to God
At Second Vespers, Hymn as at than this, and therefore it is that
First Vespers, and a Commemoration He saith in another place, “Simon,
is made of the Octa'I/e of St Edward. Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to
have you, that he may sift you as
OCTOBER 16. wheat; but I have prayed for thee,
that thy faith fail not.” (Luke xxii.
§ourt6 9a witBt’n tfle Octave of 31, 32.) What return therefore seek
t Gbmarb. eth He of Peter for that tender care
which He hath of him? Even that
Semi-double. he should have the like care of others ;
for He saith: “And when thou art
All at on the Feast, except that
converted, strengthen thy brethren.”
the Antiohons are not doubled, and
Neither is there anything else which
the following.
so showeth who is a faithful lover Of
Christ, as that one should have a care
FIRST NOCTURN. of his brethren, and be at pains for
their salvation.
the Season.
Sixth Lesson.
SECOND NOCTURN. ET all monks hear this. They
have taken their stand upon the
Fourth Lesson. high places of the mountains, and have
The Lesson is taken from the Sermons crucified themselves unto the world,
of St John Chrysostom, Patriarch that they may do their best to help
[of Constantinople] them that are set over the Churches,
and to lessen their cares by prayer,
H EAR what an evidence of good it by peace-making, and by love ; know
is that God judged him worthy ing that unless they, by the grace of
of that great position. When Christ God, in all ways help them who are
placed amid so many dangers, and them when ye are sick or when ye
succour to the best of their power are in those tribulations whereof there
them that have the care of so much be so many in this world, for when life
business, although they dwell afar off, is drawing to an end, the old are full
their own provision is perished from of complaints and have no pleasures;
them, and their wisdom shipwrecked amid all the tribulations wherewith
against the rock. mankind is fretted, men seek nothing
but good days, and they desire long
life, which they cannot have here.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Seventh Lesson. Ninth Lesson.

The Lesson is taken from the Holy WHAT is the life of a man, even
Gospel according to Luke (xii. 35.) such a life as is called a long
one here? Listen not to me, but with
T that time: JESUS said unto me. For He saith unto us, “Come,
His disciples: Let your loins ye children, hearken unto me, I will
be girded about, and your lights teach you the fear of the LORD."
burning. And so on. Behold, what it is he is fain to teach,
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of and for what the fear of the Lord is
Hippo.] good. He saith, “What man is he
that desireth life, that loveth to see
To depart from evil, do good, and good days?” We all answer, “We
hope for an eternal reward, these three desire it.” Let us hear what followeth :
good things are mentioned in the Acts “ Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy
of the Apostles, where it is written lips from speaking guile.” Say now,
that1 “Paul taught them concerning (I will let each answer me,) “I will.”
chastity, and justice, and the hope of If thou dost this, thou mayest safely
eternal life.” The words, “Let your look for life and good days; seek
loins be girded about,” have to do peace and pursue it, and then thou
with chastity; “and your lights bum mayest look up unto the Lord and
ing,” with justice; and “which is the say, “I have done that which Thou
hope of eternal life,” 2 with looking for hast commanded, give me that which
the coming of the Lord. Therefore Thou hast promised."
“depart from evil,” this is chastity,
this is to have the loins girded about; MARTYROLOGY.
“do good,” this is justice, this is to
hold the burning lamp; “seek peace On the morrow we keep the feast
and pursue it,” this is to look for the of the holy widow Iadwiga, Grand
world to come. Princess of Poland, who fell asleep in
the Lord upon the 15th day of this
present month of October.
Eighth Lesson.
Upon the same 17th day of October,
E have these precepts and prom were born into the better life—
ises; why seek we good days At Antioch, the holy martyr Heron,
upon earth, where we cannot find a disciple of blessed Ignatius, after
them? For I know that ye seek whom he was made Bishop of that
1 The only passage in the Acts of the Apostles which at all resembles these words seems to be
xxiv. 25: “ He reasoned of justice, and chastity, and of judgment to come."
9 It does not appear whence these words are taken.
city. He followed in all godliness in and with all her heart to take up her
the steps of his master, and for the Cross and follow Thee, teach us, for
love of Christ laid down his life for her sake and after her ensample, to
the sheep committed to his care. hold light the perishing pleasures of
Upon the same day, [in the persecu this present world, and cleaving ever
tion under the Emperor Diocletian,] unto Thy Cross to rest in the end
the holy martyrs Victor, Alexander, more than conquerors over all things
and Marian. that would hurt us. Who livest and
In Persia, [in the fifth century,] the reignest with God the Father, in the
holy martyr Mamelta. She was turned unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
to the faith from the worshipping of world without end. Amen.
idols by a warning from an angel, was
stoned by the Gentiles, and drowned At First Vespers a Commemoration
in the depths of a lake. is made of the Octave of St Edward.
At Constantinople, the holy monk
Andrew of Crete. He was often beaten MATTINS.
under the Emperor Constantine Cop
FIRST NOCTURN.
ronymus for his honouring of holy
images, and at length, after one of Lessons from Scripture attording to
his feet had been cut ofl", he gave the Season.
up the ghost.
At Orange, in Gaul, [in the sixth SECOND NOCTURN.
century,] holy Florentine, Bishop [of
that see,] who was famous for many Fourth Lesson.
graces, and fell asleep in the Lord. IADWIGA, a Princess, in whom the
At Capua, [in the same sixth cen splendour of her family was out
tury,] holy Victor, Bishop [of that see,] shone by the radiant innocency of her
famous for his learning and holiness. life, was the daughter of Bertold and
Vespers are of the following. Agnes, Marquess and Marchioness of
Moravia,1 and sister to Gertrude, wife
of Andrew, King of Hungary, and
OCTOBER I 7. mother of the holy Elizabeth of
Thuringia. From her earliest child
St liauhiiga, [QEIHHD iflrinczss hood she was a very grave child, and
of iBuIanhJ mourn. had already done with childish things
when, at twelve years of age, she was
Semi-double. given in marriage by her father and
All from the Common Oflite for mother to Henry, Grand Prince of
an Holy Woman neither Virgin nor Poland.2 'In marriage she kept the
Martyr, (p. 464,) except the following. bed in all holiness undefiled, and
brought up in the fear of God the
children that were therein begogten
Prayer throughout the Ofiice. of her. [After the birth of her sixth
O GOD, Who didst teach Thy child,] she was fain to give herself
blessed hand-maid Iadwiga to more continually to God, and induced
turn away from the glory of the world, her husband to agree to a mutual vow
1 Alban Butler says this is a mere mistake of copyists for Meran. ‘
2 He was Duke of Silesia at the time of the marriage, and only became Grand Prince of
Poland in 1233.
of separation of bed-fellowship. After October, in the year 1243.] She

his death [in 1238,] by the inspiration was famous for miracles. One while,
of God, Whom she besought in un being called on, she restored to life
ceasing prayer, she clad herself for a boy who had fallen into the water,
godliness’ sake in the habit of a Cis been dashed against the wheels of a
tercian nun in the monastery [which mill, and wholly crushed. This and
had been finished] at Trebnitz [in the like being duly proved, Clement
1219.]1 She continued absorbed in lV. numbered her name among those
God. She remained engaged in the of the Saints, and allowed her Feast
Divine Office and hearing Masses day to be kept in Poland, in which
from sunrise till noon, and trod country, being Patroness, she hath
mightily under foot the old enemy most honour, upon the 15th of Octo
of man. ber; which permission was given to
Fifth Lesson. the whole Church by Innocent XI. for
the 17th day of the same month.
HE could not bear to hear talk of
worldly things, unless they had
THIRD NOCTURN.
to do with the things of God or the
saving of souls. She was very wise Lessons from Matth. xiii. 44, with
in business, not doing too much, nor the Hamil)l of St Gregory, (p. 467.)
unseasonably, and withal courteous
and gentlev toward all men. She got At Lauds a Commemoration is
a great victory over herself by mal made of St Edward.
treating her flesh with fasting, watch
ing, and rough clothing. She was MARTYROLOGY.
an ensample of the higher Christian
graces and of a godly nun, by the Upon the 18th day of October, were
wisdom of her counsels, and the born into the better life—
straightforwardness and peacefulness The blessed Evangelist Luke, who
of her mind. It was her use to rank suffered many things for Christ’s
herself after all others, and cheerfully Name’s sake, and died in Bithynia,
to undertake lower offices than those of full of the Holy Ghost. His bones
the other nuns. She ministered to the were first brought to Constantinople,
poor even upon her knees, and washed and thence to Padua.
and kissed the feet of lepers, having At Antioch, holy Asclepiades, Patri
such command over herself as not to arch [of that see,] who was one of
recoil from their sores oozing with the noble multitude of martyrs who
matter. suffered gloriously under Macrinus.
In the country of Beauvais, the holy
Sixth Lesson.
martyr Justus, who, while he was yet
ER long-sufl'ering and endurance a lad, was slain under the President
were very marvellous, especially Rictiovarus in the persecution under
when her son Henry, Duke of Silesia, the Emperor Diocletian.
to whom she bore a mother’s love, was At Neo-Caesarea, in Pontus, the
killed by the Tartars [in 1241.] His holy martyr Athenodonis, Bishop [of
death drew from her rather thanks that see.] He was brother of holy
giving to God than tears for him. Gregory the Wonder-worker, was
[She died upon the 15th day of famous for his teaching, and was
1 It was begun in 1203. The Saint never took monastic vows.
F EAST- DAYS IN OCTOBER. 66t
crowned with martyrdom in the per Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
secution under the Emperor Aurelian. one God, world without end. Amen.
On the bank of the Euphrates, in
Mesopotamia, [at the end of the fourth MATTINS.
century,] the holy hermit Julian.
At Rome, the holy Confessor Paul FIRST NOCTURN.
of the Cross, founder of the Congrega Lessons from Ezek. i. 1, (p. 363.)
tion styled the Congregation of the
Cross and Passion of our Lord Jesus
SECOND NOCTURN.
Christ. He was famous for his mar
vellous innocency and devotion to pen Fourth Lesson.
ance, and kindled with an exceeding
The Lesson is taken from the Book on
love toward Christ crucified. Pope
Ecclesiastical Writers, written by St
Pius IX. enrolled his name among
those of the Saints, and appointed
Jerome, Priest [at Bethlehem]
for his festival the 28th day of April. LUKE was a physician of Antioch,
At Rome also, [in the third cen who, as appeareth from his writ
tury,] holy Tryphonia, widow of Decius ings, knew the Greek language. He
Caesar. She is buried in the Cata was a follower of the Apostle Paul,
combs beside holy Hippolytus. and his fellow-traveller in all his
wanderings. He wrote a Gospel,
Vespers are of St Luke, without any whereof the same Paul saith: “We
Commemoration of St [adwiga or of have sent with him the brother, whose
the Oetar/e of St Edward. praise is in the Gospel throughout all
the Churches” (2 Cor. viii. 18.) Of
him, he writeth unto the Colossians,
OCTOBER 18.
(iv. 14): “Luke, the beloved physi
cian, greeteth you.” And again, unto
5t ilultt, iEitaugzlist. Timothy, (II. iv. I I): “Only Luke is
Douhle of the Second Class. with me.” He also published another
excellent book intituled “ The Acts of
All from the Common Ofiiee for the Apostles,” wherein the history is
Apostles, (p. 346,) except thefollowing. brought down to Paul’s two - years
sojourn at Rome, that is to say, until
Prayer throughout the Ofiee. the fourth year of Nero, from which
we gather that it was at Rome that
O LORD, we beseech Thee, that the said book was composed.
there may plead for us Thine
holy Evangelist Luke, who, for Thy
Fifth Lesson.
Name’s sake, bore about always in
his body the death of the Cross.1 HE silence of Luke is one of the
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy reasons why we reckon among
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Apocryphal books “The Acts of Paul
1 Cf. 2 Cor. iv. 10. The meaning in the text is obscure. What became of the Evangelist
after the martyrdom of the holy Apostles Peter and Paul is quite uncertain. (See Alban Butler.)
The phrases used in the Martyrology would seem to imply a denial of the statement of St
Hippolytus that he was crucified at Elasa in the Peloponnesus. Perhaps the collect means to
say that though it is not true that he suflered such a martyrdom physically, yet he suffered
a life-long martyrdom in intention and in endurance of hardships, making true of him what St
Paul says of himself in 2 Cor. iv. 10. The fact of his having no eve is perhaps also an
indication that he was not regarded as a martyr.,
VOL. IV. Z 2
and Thekla,” and the whole story MARTYROLOGY.

about the baptism of Leo. For why Upon the 19th day of October, were
should the fellow - traveller of the born into the better life-—
Apostle, who knew other things, be At Arenas, in Spain, the holy Con
ignorant only of this? At the same fessor Peter of Alcantara, of the Order
time there is against these documents of Friars Minor, whose name Clement
the statement of Tertullian, almost a ’IX. enrolled among those of the saints
contemporary writer, that the Apostle on account of his wonderful spirit of
John convicted a certain Priest in penance and his many miracles.
Asia, who was a great admirer of the At Rome, under the Emperor Mark
Apostle Paul, of having written them, Antonine, the holy martyrs Ptolemy
and that the said Priest owned that and Lucius. Of these it is recorded
he had been induced to compose them by Justin Martyr that Ptolemy brought
through his admiration'for Paul, and a lewd woman to believe in Christ,
that he was deposed in consequence. and taught her to honour chastity,
There are some persons who suspect for the which cause he was accused
that when Paul in his Epistles useth by an unclean man before Urbicius
the phrase, “According to my Gos the Prefect. He suffered a long and
pel” (Rom. ii. 16, 2 Tim. ii. 8,) he foul imprisonment, and at length
meaneth the Gospel written by Luke. made a public confession of Christ’s
teaching, and was sentenced to death.
Szlxt/z Lesson. Lucius blamed the sentence and
OWBEIT, Luke learned his Gos openly avowed himself also to be a
pel not from the Apostle Paul Christian, for the which cause he was
only, who had not companied with sent to death likewise, and with them
the Lord in the flesh, but also from was sent a third under the same con
other Apostles, as himself declareth demnation.
at the beginning of his work, where At Antioch, the holy martyrs Ber
he saith: “They delivered them unto onicus, the Virgin Pelagia, and forty
us, which from the beginning were nine others.
eye-witnesses and ministers of the In Egypt, in the persecution under
word,” (i. 2.) According to what he the Emperor Maximin, the holy soldier
had heard, therefore, did he write his Varus. He used to visit seven holy
Gospel. As to the “Acts of the monks that were kept in prison, and
Apostles,” he composed them from to minister to them, and when one
his own personal knowledge. He _of them died he chose to be sub
was never married. He lived eighty stituted in his place, and along with
four years. He is buried at Con the others he suffered great cruelties,
stantinople, whither his bones were and gained the palm of martyrdom.
brought from Achaia in the twentieth At Evreux, [at the end of the
year of Constantine, together with the seventh century,] the holy Confessor
reliques of the Apostle Andrew. Aquilinus, Bishop [of that see.]
In the country of Orleans, [toward
the end of the sixth century,] deceased
THIRD NOCTURN.
holy Veran, Bishop [of Cavaillon.]
Lessons from Luke x. I, with the At Salerno, [in the fifth century,]
Homily qf St Gregory, (p. 365.) holy Eusterius, Bishop [of that see.]
At Laud: no Commemoration is In Ireland, [at the end of the sixth
made of tile Octave of St Edward. century,] the holy Confessor Ethbin,
[sometime] Abbat [of Taurac in and thereby brought many to turn

Brittany.] away from sin to true repentance.
At Oxford, in England, [in the He conceived a great desire to bring
eighth century,] the holy Virgin back the observance of the Rule of
Frideswide, [Patroness of that city. St Francis to the uttermost straitness
She was daughter of the Prince of of old times, and to that end, sup—
that territory, and founded at Oxford ported by God’s help, and armed with
a. nunnery in honour of St Mary and the approval of the Apostolic See, he
all the saints, the direction of which founded [in the year 1555] a new
was committed to her care.] stern and poor house near Pedraso,
from which the harder way of life,
At Second Vespers a Commemoration therein happily begun, spread mar
is made of the following. Prayerfrom vellously through divers Provinces of
Lauds. Spain even to the Indies. He was
an helper to holy Theresa, with whom
OCTOBER 1 9. he was like-minded, in bringing about
the Reformation of the Carmelites.
$1; 192m of dltfinmra, She was taught of God that no one
Qtunfessur. should ask anything in the name of
Peter without being heard, and was
Douhle. used to ask him to pray for her, and
to call him a Saint while as he was
All from the Common Ofice for a
yet alive.
Confessor not a Bishop, (1). 415,) ex
cept the following. F17th Lesson.
HE humbly excused himself from
MATTINS.
accepting the courtesies of
FIRST NOCTURN. princes, by whom his advice was
sought as that of an oracle, and de
Lessons from Scripture according to clined to become the Confessor of the
the Season. Emperor Charles V. He was a very
carefiil keeper to poverty, and con
SECOND NOCTURN. tented himself with a single tunic than
Fourth Lesson. which none was worse. Purity he
carried to such a point that when he
PETER was born at Alcantara, [a was lying sick of his last illness, he
small town in the Province of would not allow the brother who
Estramadura,] in Spain, [in the year ministered to him to touch him, how
of our Lord 1499.] His father, lightly soever. He brought his body
[Alphonso Garavito, was a lawyer into bondage by unceasing watching,
and Governor of the town,] and his fasting, scourging, cold, nakedness,
mother [was] of good extraction. and all manner of hardships, having
The holiness of his life was fore made it a promise never to allow it
shadowed from his earliest years. In any rest in this world. The love of
the sixteenth year of his age he God and his neighbour, which was
entered the Order of Friars Minor, shed abroad in his heart, somewhiles
wherein he showed himself a pattern burnt so that he was fain to run from
to all. He undertook the work of his cell into the open air to cool
preaching in obedience to his Superiors, himself.
664 THE PROPER OFFICE or THE SAINTS.
Sixth Lesson. LAUDS.
IT was marvellous how his thoughts Prayer throughout the Ofice.

became altogether rapt in God,
O GOD, Who hast been pleased to
so that somewhiles it befell that he
set before us in Thy blessed
neither ate nor drank for the space
Confessor Peter a wondrous ensample
of several days. He was oftentimes
of penance and of a mind unfathom
seen to rise into the air, shining
ably rapt in Thee, let, we beseech
with an unearthly glory. He passed
Thee, the same Thy servant pray
dry-shod over torrents. When his
for us, and him do Thou accept, that
brethren were in the last state of
we may so die unto earthly things,
need, he fed them with food from
as to take lively hold on heavenly
heaven. A staff which he fixed in
things. Through our Lord JESUS
the earth grew presently into a
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and
green fig-tree. Once while he was
travelling by night in the midst of
an heavy snow-storm, and took ref
withoutyend. Amen.
uge in a ruined and roofless house,
then the falling snow made a A Commemoration is made of tile
roof over him lest he should be Oela'ue of St Edward. '
overwhelmed. Holy Theresa beareth
witness that he had the gift of MARTYROLOGY.
prophecy and of the discerning of
spirits. At length, in the 63rd year The morrow is the Octave of the
of his own age, [and of salvation holy Confessor Edward.
1562,] at the hour which he had 1Upon the same 20th day of Co
himself foretold, [upon the 18th day tober, were born into the better life—
of October,] he passed away to At Avia, near Aquila, in the Abruzzi,
be for ever with the Lord, cheered [in the third century,] the blessed
in ‘his last moments by a wonder? martyr Maximus the Levite. From
ful ,vision and by the presence of his desire to suffer he showed himself
Saints. At the instant of his death, when the persecutors sought for him,
blessed Theresa, then afar off, saw when he was interrogated he answered
him carried to heaven. He ap with steadfastness, was tortured upon
peared to her afterwards, and said: the rack, then cudgelled, and at last
“0 what happy penance, to have thrown down from an high place, and
won for me such glory!” After so slain.
his death he became famous for At Agen, in Gaul, the holy martyr
very many miracles, and Clement Caprasius. He had escaped from the
IX. inscribed his name among those fury of the persecution, and was lying
of the Saints. hid in a cave, when he heard how
the blessed Virgin Faith was suffering
for Christ’s sake. Then he was stirred
THIRD NOCTURN.
up to bear sufi'ering likewise, and he
Lessons from Luke xii. 32, wit/'2 prayed the Lord that if He judged
Ike Homily of the Venerable Bede, him also to be worthy of the glory of
(e 428-) I martyrdom He would cause a spring
1 In the original, the Martyrology upon this day begins with the notice of St John of Kenty.
but as his Feast is kept in England, not upon October 20, but upon October 22, the notice
is here transferred accordingly.
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of clear water to break forth from the S EC ON D NOCTURN.
rock of the cave, which thing when
the Lord granted, Caprasius went (. Fourth Lesson.
back confidently to the field of battle, The Lesson is taken from the Sermons
and gained the crown of martyrdom of St Bernard, Abbat, [of Clair
by a noble contention. ' vaux,] (2nd on St Victor.)
At Antioch, the holy Augustal- Pre
fect Artemius, who had been distin =DEARLY beloved brethren, rejoice
guished for the highest military service ' in the Lord, Who amid the
under the Emperor Constantine the unceasing gifts of His fatherly love,
Great, but when he rebuked the Em hath bestowed upon the world a man,
peror Julian the Apostate for his by whose ensample many may be
cruelty toward the Christians, Julian saved; again I-say, rejoice, because
commanded him to be cudgelled, tor God hath set him in the midst, and
tured, and beheaded. drawn him nigh unto Himself, that by
At Cologne, the holy Virgins Martha his pleading .many more may be saved.
and Saula, and others, all martyrs. He was seen on earth, to be a model ;
At Minden, [in the third century,] he hath been raised to heaven, to be
the holy martyr Bishop Felician. a help. Here he teacheth us how we
At Paris [is commemorated the may have life, there he calleth us unto
translation of the reliques of] the holy glory. He hath stirred us up unto
martyrs George the Deacon and the work, and he is a mean unto the
Aurelius, [of whom mention is made kingdom. He is a good bedesman
upon the 27th day of July.] > who hath now nothing left to ask for
In Portugal, suffered [in the seventh himself, and so can give us all the
century,] the holy Virgin and martyr earnestness of his entreaties and the
‘Irene. fruit of his petitions. He hath no
At Rheims, deceased, [about the year [need any more, and therefore 'what
_6oo,] the holy Confessor Sindulph. can he ask for himself?
Vespers are of the following, from Fifth Lesson.

THIS is the day of his glorious
transit, the day of the gladness
OCTOBER 20. of his heart, let us rejoice and be glad
Octave of fit Gbwarb. in it. He hath entered in into the
.strength of the Lord; for now he is
Double. ‘more able to save. This. day did
All as on the Feast, except the fol [Edward] lay down the body, and
lowing. enter lightly, because unencumbered,
The First Vespers as regards the into the holy places ; being made like
Octave of St Edward begin with the unto them, in the glory of the saints;
Chapter. having looked down upon the world
A Commemoration is made of St and triumphed over the prince of the
Peter of Alcdntara. Prayer from his 'world, he went up as a conqueror
‘Oflice. above the world, and received from
the hand of the Lord a crown of vic
FIRST NOCTURN.
tory. He went up with vast furnish
Lessonsfrom Scripture according to ing of good works, illustrious for con
the Season. quest, and glorious for miracles. The
old soldier hath entered into the com Homily by St Fulgentius, Bishop
fort and peace which he hath earned, [of Ruspa.] (0n the Confessors.)
and is set down to rest ; without care,
If we consider these words of the
as regards himself, but careful for us.
Lord only according to the letter, we
0 what holiness, revered even by
could find in them no spiritual profit,
Angels, aflecting deeply though di
for what good is it to the saving or
versely both the good and the bad,
the soul if a man should tie up his
the good to flee unto it, and the
bodily loins, or light a candle ? There
bad to flee from it; neither would
fore by the loins we must understand
it be easy for me to say whether
the lust of the flesh, and by the light,
holiness is more surely pointed at
Christian faith and love. When there
by the desire of the one or by the
fore the Lord commandeth us to have
dread of the other.
our loins girded about, beyond doubt
He biddeth us to restrain the lusts of
Sixth Lesson. the flesh; when He saith that we
should have our lights burning, He
VETERAN, who hast now ex
commandeth us to give forth the light
changed the stern toil of the
of the true faith, and to glow with
Christian warfare for the blessed rest
of Angels, look down upon thine un works of holy love.
warlike and unskilful comrades, who
are uttering thy praises in the midst Ezlghth Lesson.
of hostile swords and spiritual wicked
LET us compare with the words of
ness. 0 [Edward,] how godly, how
the Prophets what we have taken
sweet, how gracious is it, while we
from the Gospel, for it is the same
are in this place of affliction and the
God who hath established both Testa
body of this death, to sing of thee,
ments, both are the gift of one Lord,
to honour thee, to entreat thee. Thy
and albeit the mysteries of these two
name and thy memorial are a rich
Testaments differ according to their
honey-comb in the lips of prisoners.
epochs, the doctrine of man’s salva
Honey and‘ milk are under their tion whereby we are forbidden to sin,
tongue who rejoice when they are and commanded to work good works,
mindful of thee; ah, then, thou
is the same in both. By Isaiah the
strong champion, thou kind patron,
Lord saith these words unto all, “ Put
thou faithful advocate, arise to help
away the evil of your doings from be
us, that we may rejoice in freedom,
fore Mine eyes ; cease to do evil, learn
and that thou mayest boast of the to do well.” (i. 16.) And what is it to
fulness of thy victory. have our loins girded about, but to
cease to do evil? What is it to have
THIRD NOCTURN. our lights burning, but to learn to
do welli>
Seventh Lesson.
[Vinth Lesson.
Gospel according to Luke (xii. 35.) THE loins of the faithful are girded
about when they repress their
AT that time: JESUS said unto His evil lusts, when they keep down their
disciples: Let your loins be sinful thoughts, when the will with
girded about, and your lights burning. standeth lechery, when they deny
And so on. their lewd motions, when they spurn
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unclean indulgence, when they rise of the blessed Justus, Bishop of

above avarice and robbery, when they Lyons.
leave their neighbour unhurt, when At Laon, holy Cilinia, mother of the
they conquer pride, when they over blessed Remy, Bishop of Rheims.
come envy. The lights Of the faithful
burn, when they keep the rule of the Vespers are of the following.
true faith, when they abide steadily
in the bosom of our Mother the
Church, when they reck little of OCTOBER 2 I.
earthly things and desire greatly
heavenly things, when they are care St arsula, anti lJzr Qtum:
ful to keep peace, when they have a pantuns, Birgitta am: fiat:
pure love one toward another, when
in honour they prefer one another, tyrs.
when they go forward in lowliness Greater Douhle.
and meekness of heart, when will
ingly and cheerfully they work works All from the Common Ofice, (p.
of mercy, and when in all their good 4 5I,) except the following. At 60th
works they seek not to please men Vespers and at Lauds, Antiphon,
but to please God. “Trim your lamps, &c.,” and Prayer,
“Grant unto us, &c.” ([5. 458.)
MARTYROLOGY. At First Vespers a Commemoration

is made of the Octave of St Edward,
Upon the zrst day of October, and then of St [{ilarion from the Com
were born into the better life— mon Ofiice for a Confessor not a
At Cologne, the holy Ursula and Bishop, (p. 415.) Prayer, “0 Lord,
her Companions, who, for their stead we beseech Thee, &c.,” (p. 429.)
fastness in Christianity and chastity,
were massacred by the Huns, and so
FIRST NOCTURN.
closed their earthly life by martyrdom.
. Very many of their bodies are buried Lessons from I Cor. vii. 25, (p.
at Cologne. 452-)
In Cyprus, the holy Abbat Hilarion,
of whom holy Jerome hath written the SECOND NOCTURN.
life, full of graces and wonders.
Fourth Lesson.
At Ostia, the holy martyr Asterius,
a Priest who suffered under the Em BOUT the middle of the fifth
peror Alexander, as is written in the century, when Attila, chief of
acts of the passion of the blessed the Huns, had been defeated at
Pope Kallistus. Chalons in his first invasion of Gaul,
At Nicomedia, the holy martyrs he returned into Pannonia, and before
Dasius, Zoticus, Caius, and twelve crossing the Rhine attacked the noble
others, soldiers, who were diversly city of Cologne, and from hatred to
tormented, and then drowned in the the Catholic religion, which greatly
sea, [under the Emperor Diocletian.] flourished therein, he gave it up to
At Maronia, in Syria, near Antioch, sack and slaughter. The savages,
[in the fourth century,] the holy monk burning with lust, cruelly assaulted
Malchus. the young virgins who were abiding
At Lyons, holy Viator, the servant there on their journey from Britain,
among whom the most famous by to this day, everywhere adorned with
name is the virgin Ursula, who ex shrines of the martyrs, while the
horted her companions to endure all greater part of their relics are en
torments, and rather to suffer the closed within the hollow walls of the
most cruel death than to submit to Choir or lie under the pavement. In
the loss' of their virginity. a chapel adjoining are countless heads
of the virgins marked in part by traces
Fifth Lesson. of their martyrdom, and in part cov
ered with hair matted with blood.
THIS noble band of virgins there Unto these sacred pledges [of a
fore, while they steadily resisted blessed eternity] the faithful in past
the Huns, were by them for some part times made devout pilgrimages.
slain with the sword, for some part
pierced with arrows, and for some
THIRD NOCTURN.
part felled with bludgeons, and Ursula,
bending as a glorious victim over the Seventh Lesson.
piles of her slaughtered companions,
as over heaps of heavenly pearls, red The Lesson is taken from the Holy
with the bloodshed for faith and chas Gospel according to Matth. (xxv. I.)
tity, led triumphantly into heaven T that time: JESUS spake unto
the army crowned with these double His disciples of this parable:
crowns. After the horde of bar The kingdom of heaven shall be
barians were departed, they that sur likened unto the _virgins which took
vived of the dwellers at Cologne their lamps and went forth to meet
gathered together the bodies of the the bridegroom and the bride. And
virgins and the other citizens that SO OH.
had sufi'ered martyrdom, and buried
them with all honour. ' Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of
Hippo] (93rd on the Words of the
Sixth Lesson. Lord.)
PON the field stained with their The lamps of the wise virgins burnt
blood, wherein the bodies of the with oil from within, with security
martyrs had been laid to rest, was of conscience, with inward glory, with
built a Church, which, in the middle love in the heart. And the lamps of
of the seventh century, was already the foolish virgins also at one time
called that of the Holy Virgins, and burnt. With what then did they
there from reverence for them no burn? With the praises of men.
other human body was thenceforth But when they arose—that is to say,
allowed to be buried. To this Church, when they shall have arisen in the
in the ninth century, was attached a resurrection of the dead—they begin
monastery wherein, in the beginning to trim their lamps—that is to say, to
of the tenth century, the nuns that make themselves ready to render unto
were flying for fear of the Hungarians God an account of their works.
found refuge, and this place hath (1_'f Nine Lessons are required of the
ever been abundantly endowed and Feast this Lesson is divided here.)
devoutly frequented by the chief citi
zens of that illustrious city. The But there will be no one to give
Church hath oftentimes been restored, praise there; every man will be
but the walls are still to be seen even taken up with his own business; no
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man will think of any but of himself; JESUS Christ, and made wonderful
and so there will be no one to sell head-way in faith and love. He went
oil, and the lamps will be gone out. oftentimes to Church, was careful in
Therefore is it written, that the foolish fasting and prayer, and set no price
virgins turned unto the wise, saying: upon the pleasures and lusts of the
“Give us of your oil, for our lamps world. When the name of Antony
are gone out.” For they would seek became famous in Egypt, Hilarion
to make their lamps shine with that made a journey into the desert on
wherewith they had shone before, purpose to see him. There he dwelt
even oil given by others, and to with him two months, to the end
walk in the praises of others. that he might learn all his way of
life, and then returned home. After
the death of his father and mother,
Eighth Lesson.
he gave all that he had to the
“ ND the door was shut.” And poor. Before he had completed the
what signifieth this that was fifteenth year of his age, he went
said unto them, “I know you not "P into the desert, and built there a
Doth not He Who knoweth all things little house, scarcely big enough to
know them P Why therefore is it said hold him, and wherein he was used
unto them, “I know you not.” “I re to sleep on the ground. The piece of
ject you. I condemn you in my con sackcloth wherewith alone he clad
duct. I know you not, my conduct himself he never washed and never
knoweth no fault.” This is a great changed, saying that hair-cloth was
thing. He knoweth no fault, and He a thing not worth the trouble of clean
judgeth faults. He knoweth no fault liness. He took great interest in
in His own doing; He judgeth it by reading and meditating on the Holy
His reprobation. Thus is it said, “I Scriptures. His food was a few figs
know you not.” And the five wise and some porridge of vegetables, and
virgins went in with the bridegroom this he ate not before set of sun. His
to the marriage. My brethren, how self-control and lowliness were beyond
many soever ye be in the name of belief. By these and other arms he
Christ, be ye the five wise ones, but overcame divers and fearful attacks of
not five human beings. Be ye the the devil, and drave out countless evil
five wise virgins, as having the wisdom spirits from the bodies of men in
of that number. For the hour will many parts of the world. He had
come. It will come when we know built many monasteries, and was fam
not, it will come at midnight-watch. ous for miracles, when, in the eight
Thus endeth the Gospel: “Watch, ieth year of his age, he fell sick.
therefore, for ye know neither the When he was gasping for his last
day nor the hour.” breath, he said: “Go out—what art
thou afraid of? Go out, my soul !—
wherefore shrinkest thou? Thou hast
Ninth Lesson. (Of St [{ilarion.) served Christ hard on seventy years—
and art thou afraid of death?” And
ILARION was born of heathens
so with these words he gave up the
at Tabatha in Palestine, [about
the year of our Lord 291.] He was Ghost.
sent to study at Alexandria, where he At Lauds a Commemoration is made
bore a fair name for life and wit. of St [filariom All from the Com
There he embraced the religion of mon Ofiite. Prayer as before.
67o THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SAINTS.
MARTYROLOGY. the time of the Emperor Mark

On the morrow we keep the Feast Antonine.
of the Holy Confessor John of Kenty, At Rouen, holy Melanius, Bishop
in Poland, glorious for graces and [of that see,] who was ordained by
miracles, whose name the Supreme holy Pope Stephen 1., and sent thither
Pontifl' Clement XIII. enrolled among to preach the Gospel.
those of the Saints, [and of whom In Tuscany, [towards the end of
mention is made upon the 24th day the ninth century,] the holy Irishman
of December.] Donatus, [Bishop of Fiesole.]
Upon the same 22nd day of Oct At Verona, [in the sixth century,]
ober, were born into the better the holy Confessor Verecundus, Bishop
life— [of that see.]
At Jerusalem, the blessed Bishop At Jerusalem, the holy Mary Salome,
Mark, a man of great eminence and concerning whom it is written in the
learning, who was the first Gentile Gospel that she was careful about the
to be entrusted with the government burying of the Lord.
of the Church of Jerusalem, and At Second Vespers a Commemora
who in no long time gained the tion is made of St john of Kenty.
palm of martyrdom under the Prayer from his Ofi‘ice.
Emperor Antonine.
At Adrianople, in Thrace, the holy
martyrs Philip, Bishop [of Heraclea,] FOURTH SUNDAY IN OCTOBER.
the Priest Severus, Eusebius, and
Hermes, who, under the Emperor fiatrunagz of the 3612552I|
Julian the Apostate, were imprisoned Hirgin wary.
and flogged, and then burnt. _
Likewise, the holy martyrs the Greater Douhle.
Bishop Alexander, the soldier Hera
clius, and their Companions. At the beginning of the Martyr
At Fermo, in the March of Ancona, ology, on the preceding Saturday, is
[in the third century,] the holy Bishop read—
and martyr Philip. The morrow is the Feast of the
At Huesca, in Spain, [in the ninth Patronage of the Blessed Virgin
century,] the holy sisters Nunilo and Mary.
Alodia, two Virgins who were pun
ished with death by the Saracens for Allfrom the Common Oflice for her
their confession of the faith, and so Festivals, (p. 436.)
sufi'ered martyrdom. At First and Second Vespers and
At Cologne, holy Cordula, one at Lauds a Commemoration is made
of the Companions of holy Ursula, of the Sunday. The Ninth Lesson at
who had hidden herself in terror Mattins is from the Homily of the
at the sight of the sufferings and Sunday.
slaughter of the others, but re
pented thereof, and on the next In the Antiphon, “O holy Mary,”
day showed herself openly, and re at First Vespers, and the Seventh
ceived the crown of martyrdom, the Responsory, is said, “ May all that are
last of them all. keeping feast in honour of thine holy
At Hierapolis, in Phrygia, holy patronage, feel the might of thine
Abercius, who was illustrious in assistance.”
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OCTOBER 22. Thou who didst naught deny

To those who sought thine aid,
.St 30bit of ikmtg, (Euro Thy native land from harm defend,
Her bounds from hostile raid!
frssur.
Praise to the Father, Son,
Double. And Holy Ghost be given,
And by Thy servant’s prayers be won
All from the Common Ofice for For us the joys of heaven! Amen.
a Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 415,)
FIRST NOCTURN.
MATTINS. Lessons from Scripture according to

IYymnJ the Season.
O GLORY and high boast
SECOND NOCTURN.
Of Poland’s ancient race l
True father of thy fatherland! Fourth Lesson.
True minister of grace.
THIS John was the son of godly
'Twas thine the law of God
and respectable parents named
To preach and to obey;
Oh, pray that we obedient be;
Stanislaus and Anne, and was born
Nor from its precepts stray! [in the year of our LORD 1397,] in
the town of Kenty, a place in the
To th’ Apostolic shrines dioecese of Crakow in Poland, from
A pilgrim oft wast thou; which he took the Latin name of
Oh guide aright, through this dark night, Cantius. By his gentleness, inno
Our pilgrimage below!
cency, and seriousness he gave great
Thou to Jerusalem hopes even from his childhood. He
Didst go for love, and there studied Philosophy and Theology in
The traces of thy Lord adore, the University of Crakow, wherein he
And wash with many a tear. rose step by step to be a Professor
and teacher of those sciences wherein
O sacred wounds of Christ!
Deep in our hearts remain!
he lectured many years, not only en
May we through you the promise true lightening the minds of his hearers,
Of life eternal gain! but stirring up in them all godliness,
instructing them by ensample as well
Thy flesh with fastings torn, as by word. Having taken Priests'
With cruel scourgings rent, orders, he ceased not to busy himself
’Twas thine to live, 0 blessed Saint,
with letters, but added thereto the
A spotless penitent.
striving after Christian perfection.
Oh, may we follow thee, He grieved exceedingly that God
With chaste and sinless soul! should be offended on all hands,
And by the Spirit's might, the storms and offered up to Him, day by day,
That vex our hearts, control! not without many tears, the Unbloody
The poor in winter's snow Sacrifice for a propitiation for himself
Thy raiment oft received; and for his people. He was for some
Them that were hungered and athirst years a faithful Parish Priest at Ilkusi,
Thy father's heart relieved. but after a while gave it up for fear of
1 The translation of the first five verses is by the late Rev. E. Caswall ; that of the last five is
adapted from the same author’s version for First Vespers.
the danger of souls, and accepted the naked, not with bought raiment
call of the University to take up again only, but by stripping himself of
his Professorship. his own garments and shoes, him
self meanwhile letting down his own
Fzfth Lesson. cloak to trail upon the ground, lest
HAT time was left him over from any should see that he returned home
his work, he gave up partly to barefoot.
the profit of his neighbour, more Sixth Lesson.
especially in preaching, and partly
HE slept very little, and that upon
in prayer, wherein he is said some
the ground; his clothing was
times to have had heavenly visions
enough only to clothe his nakedness,
and messages. The sufferings of
and his food to keep him alive. He
Christ took such hold upon him, that
kept his virgin purity guarded like a
he sometimes passed whole nights
lily among thorns by rough hair-cloth,
without sleep in thinking thereon,
scourging, and fasting. For about
and that he might more keenly
thirty-five years before his death he
realize them, he made a pilgrimage
never tasted flesh-meat. At length,
to Jerusalem. There he was seized
when he was full of days and good
with such a passionate longing to be
works, he felt that death was near,
a martyr, that he preached Christ
and made himself ready to meet it by
crucified even to the Turks. He
a long and careful preparation, and to
went four times to Rome to the
be the freer, he gave to the poor
thresholds of the Apostles, on foot,
everything that was left in his house.
and laden with a wallet, partly to
Strengthened by the Sacraments of
do honour to the Apostolic See, for
the Church, and “having a desire
which he had a great reverence, and
to depart, and to be with Christ,”
partly (to use his own expression) that
he took flight to heaven upon the
he might clear 05' the pains of his own
24th day of December, [in the year of
purgatory by use of the Pardons for
our Lord 1473.] He was famous for
sin which are there daily offered. In
miracles both before and after his
one of these journeys he was set upon
death. His body was carried into
by highway robbers, who plundered
the University Church of St Anne,
him, and having asked him if he had
hard by his dwelling, and there hon
any more, whereto he answered, Nay,
ourably buried. The popular rever
left him and fled. Then he remem
ence and the crowds around his
bered that he had some gold pieces
sepulchre grew greater day by day,
sewn up in his clothes. So he ran
till he hath come to be held in honour
after the robbers with shouts, and
as one of the chiefest holy defenders
offered them these also, but they
of Poland and ‘ Lithuania. At the
were so amazed at the simplicity
glory of more wonders, Pope Clement
and charity of the holy man, that
XIII., upon the 16th day of July, in
they gave him back even that which
the year 1767, with solemn pomp,
they had already taken. To hinder
enrolled his name among those of
scandal-mongering, he wrote up upon
the Saints.
'the walls, after the ensample of
holy Austin, certain texts, to be an
THIRD NOCTURN.
unceasing warning to himself and
Vothers. He gave his own bread Lessons from Luke xii. 35, with
to the hungry, and clothed the the Homily of_St Gregory, (1). 422.)
FEAST- DAYS IN. OCTOBER. 673
LAUDS. whose venerable image was taken by
[{ymn.l barbarians and carried off into Africa,
where it was treated with mocking
SAINT of sweetest majesty! and insults, and then was cast away
What a potent voice is thine! into a lion’s den. It was bought
At thy prayer diseases fly,
back for money by the bare-footed
Fading health revives again.
Friars of the Order of the Most Holy
Oft with wasting fever wan, Trinity, and brought to Spain, where
Lingering at their latest breath, it is distinguished everywhere for
Dying men by thee are drawn signs and wonders, and is worshipped 2
From the very jaws of death.
and honoured with great earnestness
Oft the stores of golden grain, by the people under the Most Holy
Hurried down the swollen flood, Name of Jesus of Nazareth.
At thy prayer return again, Upon the same 23rd day of October,
Guided by the hand of God! were born into the better life—
Such, 0 happy Saint in light, At Ossuna, near Cadiz, in Spain,
Such thy help in hour of needI the holy martyrs Servandus and Ger
Ob, then from the heavenly height manus. Under the Imperial Vicar
Hearken now and intercede. Viator, in the persecution under the
Everlasting Three in One! Emperor Diocletian, they sufi'ered
Everlasting One in Three! stripes, a foul imprisonment, hunger
Grant us through Thy Saint the boon and thirst, and a long and toilsome
Of a blest eternity. Amen. journey, which they were forced to
make loaded with irons, and in the
Prayer throughout the Ofice. end finished the course of their mar
RANT, we beseech Thee, O tyrdom by being beheaded. Ger
Almighty God, that we may so manus is buried at Merida and Ser
follow after the ensample of Thy vandus at Seville.
blessed Confessor John in learning At Antioch, in Syria, the holy
ever more and more the knowledge Priest Theodore. In the persecution
which maketh Thy Saints, and in under the Emperor Julian, the impious
showing mercy to our neighbour, that apostate, he was arrested and racked,
Thou for the same Thy servant’s sake and after many and terrible sufi'erings,
mayest forgive us our trespasses. wherein he was partly burnt by the
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy putting of lamps to his sides, he was
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with beheaded, and so finished his martyr
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, dom, still steadfast in the confession
one God, world without end. Amen. of Christ.
At Granada, in Spain, is com—
memorated the blessed martyr Peter
MARTYROLOGY.
Paschal, Bishop of Jaen, of the Order
On the morrow we keep the solemn of the Blessed Mary of Ransom for
feast of Our Most Holy Redeemer, the Redemption of Captives, who
9 Adoratur. The Roman Martyrology contains nothing whatever regarding this image, and
the above is accordingly extracted from the Trinitarian Martyrology. Athough this feast, as
indicated, is unknown to the Roman Service Books properly so called, the Office is found in the
appendix to some editions of the Missal and Breviary, and the dioecese of Rome is one of those
places where it has been inserted in the local kalendar. It was introduced into England in
1843, but the translator has failed to ascertain what is the local connection, nor has he succeeded
in finding any account of this image in any book which he has been able to consult.
suffered upon the 6th day of Dec FIRST VESPERS.

ember, [in the year I 300.]
Upon the same 23rd day of October, First Antiphon. The LORD shall
were also born into the better life— send the rod of His strength out of
At Constantinople, [in the year 878,] Zion, and He shall reign for ever and
the holy Archbishop Ignatius, who ever.
suffered much at the hands of the Ps. cix. The LORD said, &c., (15.
Caesar Bardas, because he rebuked I76Q
him for having put away his wife, and
was sent into exile, but was restored Second Antz'phon. The LORD sent
by Nicholas 1., Pope of Rome, and in redemption unto His people; He
the end fell asleep in peace. hath commanded His covenant for
At Bordeaux, [in the fifth century,] ever.
the holy Confessor Severinus, Bishop
Ps. cx. I will praise Thee, &c.,
of Cologne, [and afterward of Bor
deaux.] (e 177-)
At Rouen, [in the seventh century,] Third Antz'phon. 1The LORD is
holy Romanus, Bishop [of that see.] my goodness, and my fortress, my
At Salerno, [in the fifth century,] strength, and my Deliverer.
holy Verus, Bishop [of that see.]
In the country of Amiens, [in the Ps. CXV. I believed, &c., (p.
eighth century,] the holy Priest 185.)
Domitius. ‘ Fourth Antiphon. With the LORD
At Poitiers, the holy Confessor there is mercy, and with Him is plen
Benedict. teous redemption.
At Willach, in Pannonia, the holy Ps. cxxix. Out of the depths, &c.,
Confessor John of Capistrano, of the
(p. 192.)
Order of Friars Minor, illustrious for
the holiness of his life and for his zeal Fifth Antz'phon. In whatsoever
for the propagation of the Catholic day I call upon Thee, answer me:
faith, who by his prayers and miracles Thou wilt strengthen my soul ex
procured the defeat of a vast army of ceedingly.
Turks, and delivered the fortress of
Belgrade from beleaguerment. We Ps. cxxxvii. I will praise Thee
keep his feast upon the 28th day of &c., (e 197-)
March.
Chapter and Prayer from Lauds.
Vesper: are of the following.
IEfi/mn.2
OCTOBER 2 3.
REATOR of the starry pole,
Saviour of all who live,
feast of our {Host itinlg And light of every faithful soul,
3321122111“. 1550, these prayers receive.
Greater Douhle. Who sooner than our foe malign

Should triumph, from above
All a: on Sundays, except the fol Didst come, to be the medicine
lowing. Of a sick world, in love;
1 Ps. cxliii. 2. 2 Translation by Cardinal Newman.

FEAST- DAYS IN OCTOBER. 67 5
And the deep wounds to cleanse and cure Our hearts and hands by night, 0 Lord,
Of a whole race, didst go, We lift them in our need;
Pure Victim, from a Virgin pure, As holy Psalmists give the word,
The bitter Cross unto. And holy Paul the deed.
Who hast a Name, and hast a Power, Look down, Eternal Holiness,
The height and depth to sway, And wash the sins away
And Angels bow, and devils cower, Of those, who, rising to confess,
In transport or dismay; Outstrip the lingering day.
Thou too shalt be our Judge at length; JESU, the Virgin-born, to Thee
Lord, in Thy grace bestow Eternal praise be given,
Thy weapons of celestial strength, With Father, Spirit, One and Three
And snatch us from the foe. Here as it is in heaven. Amen.
Honour and glory, power and praise, FIRST NOCTURN.

To Father, and to Son,
And Holy Ghost, be paid always,
First Antilohon. I cried unto the
The Eternal Three in one. Amen. LORD with my voice, and He heard -
me out of His holy hill.
Verse. 1 Lord, Thou hast redeemed Ps. iii. LORD, how are they in~
us by Thy Blood. creased, &c., (p. 5.)
Answer. And hast made us unto
our God a kingdom. Second Antiphon. O LORD our
Ruler, how excellent is Thy Name in
A ntiohon at the Song of the Blessed all the earth!
Virgin. 2But My salvation shall be Ps. viii. beginning with the words,
for ever, and My righteousness from “For Thy glory is exalted, &c.,”
generation to generation. Alleluia.
(e- 7-)
A Commemoration is made of St Third Antithon. The LORD is in
john of Kenty. His holy temple: the LORD’s throne
is in heaven.
At Compline, Prime, Terce, Sext,
and None, the last verse of the Hymn Ps. x. In the LORD, &c., (p. 9.)
is altered in honour of the Incarna
Verse. 4 Redeem me, O Lord, and
tion.
be merciful unto me.
MATTINS. Answer. In the congregations will
I bless Thee, O LORD.
Invitatory. Where in heaven JESUS
reigns, Angels bow before Him. * First Lesson.
Come ye also, sons of earth, come ye
and adore Him. The Lesson is taken from the Book of
the Prophet Isaiah (Ii. 1.)
Hymn!" EARKEN to Me, ye that follow
after righteousness, and seek
WHO madest all and dost control,
the LORD! Look unto the rock
Lord, with Thy touch divine,
Cast out the slumbers of the soul,
whence ye are hewn, and to the hole
The rest that is not Thine. of the pit whence ye are digged.
1 Apoc. v. 9, IO. ‘1 Isa. Ii. 6, 8.
3 Translation by Cardinal Newman. ‘ Ps. xxv. n, 12.
676 THE PROPER OFFICE OF. THE SAINTS.
Look unto Abraham your father, and Third Lesson.

unto Sarah that bare you; for I
AWAKE, awake, put on strength,
called him alone, and blessed him,
0 arm of .the LORD! Awake,
and increased him. Therefore the
as in the ancient days, in the genera
LORD shall comfort Zion; He also
tions of old. Art thou not it that
will comfort all her waste places : and
hath cut the Insolent one, that hath
He will make her wilderness a place
wounded the dragon? Art thou not
of delights, and her desert like the
it which hath dried the sea, the waters
garden of the LORD. Joy and glad
of the great deep? that hath made
ness shall be found therein, thanks
the depths of the sea a way for the
giving, and the voice of praise.
ransomed to pass over? And now
Hearken unto Me, My people, and
the redeemed of the LORD shall re
give ear unto Me, 0 My nation; for
turn, and come with singing unto
a law shall proceed from Me, and I
Zion; and everlasting joy shall be
will make My judgment to rest for a
upon their head; they shall obtain
. light of the people. My Righteous
gladness and joy; sorrow and mourn
One is near, My Saviour is gone
ing shall flee away. I, even I, am
forth, and Mine arms shall judge the
He That comforteth you. Who art
people: the isles shall wait upon Me,
thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of
and on Mine arm shall they trust.
a man that shall die, and of the son
of man which shall wither as grass?
First Responsory. And forgettest the LORD thy Maker,
I saw the Lord sitting, &c., (p. That hath stretched forth the heavens,
286.) and laid the foundations of the earth ;
Seeond Lesson. and hast feared continually every day
before the face of the fury of the op
LIFT up your eyes to the heavens, pressor, who made himself as though
and look upon the earth ,be he were ready to destroy? Where is
neath ; for the heavens shall vanish now the fury of the oppressor? He
away like smoke, and the earth shall shall quickly come that shall open,
wax old like a garment, and they and he shall not kill unto utter de
that dwell therein shall perish in like struction, neither shall his bread fail.
manner: but My salvation shall be But I am the LORD thy God.
for ever, and My righteousness shall
not pass away. Hearken unto Me, ye
that know righteousness, My people Thz'rd Responsory.
in whose heart is My law: fear ye
1 O God, Which satest in the throne
not the reproach of men, neither be
judging right, be Thou a refuge for
ye afraid of their revilings. For the
the poor, a refuge in times of trouble.
worm shall eat them up like a gar
For Thou alone beholdest mischief
ment, and the moth shall eat them
like wool; but My salvation shall be and spite.
for ever, and My righteousness from Verse. The poor leaveth himself
unto Thee; Thou wilt be the helper
generation to generation.
of the fatherless.
Answer. For Thou alone beholdest
Second Responsory. mischief and spite.
Look down, 0 Lord, &c., (p. 286.) Verse. Glory be to the Father,
1 Ps.ix .“5; x. 14.
FEAST-DAYS 1N OCTOBER. 677
and to the Son, and to the Holy reaching this dignity, we are daily
Ghost. offered the grace of our Saviour, for
Answer. For Thou alone beholdest as in the first Adam all men are
mischief and spite. fallen, so in the Second Adam can all
men he raised up again. Our restOr
SECOND NOCTURN. ation from the consequences of Adam’s
fall is sheer mercy of God, and nothing
First Antiphon. 1We have drunk else; we should not have loved Him
in Thy loving-kindness, O God, in the unless He had first loved us, (I John
midst of Thy temple. iv. 19,) and scattered the darkness
Ps. xix. The LORD hear thee, &c., of our ignorance by the light of His
truth.
(p. 18.)
Fourth Responsory.
Second Antiohon. 2 Thou art Thy
self my King, Who commandest de The Lord is at my right hand, I
liverances for Jacob. shall never be moved. Therefore
my heart is glad, and my tongue
&c., (p. 46.) rejoiceth.
Verse. The LORD is the portion of
Third Antiphon. 3 Ofi'er unto God mine inheritance, and of my cup.
the sacrifice of praise, and pay thy Answer. Therefore my heart is
vows unto the Most High. glad, and my tongue rejoiceth.
Ps. xlv. God is our Refuge, &c.,
(e 97-) Fifth Lesson.
Verse. 4Remember us, 0 LORD, FOR His great love then wherewith
with the favour that Thou showest He hath loved us, (Eph. ii. 4,)
unto Thy people. God reneweth His likeness in us.
Answer. 0 visit us with Thy And, moreover, in order that He may
salvation. find in us the reflection of His good—
ness, He giveth us that whereby to
Fourth Lesson. work along with Himself, (Who
worketh all in all,) lighting, as it
were, candles in our dark minds, and
of Pope St Leo [the Great,] (is!
kindling in us the fire of His love,
on the December Fast, and aims
to make us love not Himself only,
git/ing.)
but likewise, in Him, whatsoever He
DEARLY beloved brethren, if we loveth. For if among men that
study attentively the history of friendship is well founded which is
the creation of our race, we shall find founded upon like ways of living, and
that man was made in the image of like ways of living do produce some
God, that his ways also might be an love one toward another even among
imitation of the ways of his Maker. the reprobate, how much should we
This is the natural, real, and highest yearn and strive not to do anything
dignity to which we are capable of that' is out of harmony with God’s
attaining, that the goodness of the ways? The Prophet saith (Ps. xxix.
Divine nature should have a reflection 6), “ For there is terror in His anger,
in us, as in a glass. As a mean of and in His favour is life.” And it is
1 P5. xlvii. so. 2 Ps. xliii. 5. 3 Ps. xlix. I4. 4 Ps. cv. 4.
678 THE PROPER OFFICE OF'THE SAINTS.
only by copying His will that we can THIRD NOCTURN.

attain to be made partakers of His
First Antzlohon. 3 But as for me, I
nature. (2 Pet. i. 4.)
have called upon God, and the LORD
shall save me.
Fifth Responsorjy.
1 With the Lord there is mercy, and Ps. 1x. Hear my cry, &c., (p. 1 I 3.)
with Him is plenteous redemption. Seeond Antiphon. He only is my
Verse. He saveth such as be of God and my Saviour; my salvation,
a contrite spirit. and my refuge for ever.
Answer. And with Him is plen
teous redemption. Ps. lxxiv. Unto Thee, O God, &c.,
(e- 129-)
' Sixth Lesson. Third Antiohon. Behold, O God
WHEN the Lord saith (Luke x. our shield! and look upon the face
:7): “Thou shalt love the of Thine Anointed.
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and
Ps. lxxxiii. How lovely are Thy
with all thy soul, and with all thy
tabernacles, &c., (p. 142.)
strength, and with all thy mind, and
thy neighbour as thyself "—let the Verse. 4Thou hast declared Thy
faithful soul learn from her Maker strength among the people.
and Master His own unfailing love, Answer. Thou hast with Thine
and unite her will entirely with the arm redeemed Thy people.
will of Him in Whose dealings there
is never any the least departure either Seventh Lesson.
from the uprightness of justice or
from the tenderness of mercy. How The Lesson is taken from the Holy
ever great be a man’s toils, or how Gospel according to John (iii. 13.)
ever many his troubles, he hath T that time: JESUS said unto
always a good reason for bearing Nicodemus: No man hath as
them patiently, if he understand that cended up to heaven, but He That
his trials are sent to him either to came down from heaven, even the
correct or to prove him. Son of Man, Which is in heaven.
And so on.
Sixth Resoonsory.
2They remembered that God is Hippo] (Tract on john iii.)
their strength, and the High God is
their Redeemer. No man hath ascended up to
Verse. And He fed them accord heaven, but He That came down from
ing to the integrity of His heart. heaven. For He came down; and
Answer. And the High God is died; and, by His death, delivered
their Redeemer. us from death. Death slew Him,
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and He slew death. And ye know,
and to the Son, and to the Holy my brethren, how that it was through
Ghost. the devil’s envy that death entered
Answer. And there was very great into the world. “ For God made not
gladness among the people. death,” saith the Scripture, “neither
1 Ps. cxxix. 7. 2 Ps. lxxvii. 35. 3 Ps. liv. 17. ‘ Ps. lxxvi. 15, 16.
hath He pleasure in the destruction the bite Of the serpent, life-giving the
Of the living, for He created all things death Of the Lord.1 The serpent is
that they might have their being.” looked upon that the serpent may be
(Wisd. i. 13, 14.) But what is there vanquished. What signifieth this?
said? “Nevertheless through envy A death is looked upon that death
Of the devil came death into the may be vanquished. But whose death
world.” (ii. 24.) Man was not driven is it that is looked upon? Life’s
to come to the death which the devil_ death. For is not Christ the Life?
Offered, for the devil had no power to And yet Christ died.
drive him; but he had great skill in
cajoling him. If thou hadst not as
sented, the devil could have done Eighth Responsory.
nothing tO thee; it was thine own 2 One Seraph cried unto another—
consent, 0 man, which brought thee Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD God
to death. Of dying creatures are Of hosts: the whole earth is full of
born dying creatures, and of them His glory.
that once could not die are made Verse. 3There are Three That
beings that must die. From Adam bear record in heaven, the Father,
all men are born to die; but JESUS, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and
the Son of God, the Word of God, these Three are One.
by Whom all things were made, the Answer. Holy, Holy, Holy, is the
Only-begotten Son, co-equal to the LORD God of hosts :—
Father, was made so that He could Verse. Glory be to the Father,
die, for “the Word was made Flesh, and to the Son, and to the Holy
and dwelt among us.” If then He Ghost.
accepted death, and crucified death Answer. The whole earth is full
upon His cross, dying creatures are Of His glory.
freed from death. The which thing
also, the Lord hath us to wit, was
Ninth Lesson.
in a figure wrought among them of
old time. AND now, brethren, if we would
be healed of sin, let us look
Seventh Responsory. upon Christ crucified: for He saith,
that, “as Moses lifted up the ser
Blessed is the people, &c., (p. 288.) pent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of Man be lifted up, that
Eighth Lesson. whosoever believeth in Him should
not perish, but have eternal life.”
“AND,” saith He, “as Moses lifted Even as they who looked upon
up the serpent in the wilder the serpent which Moses lifted 'up
ness, even so must the Son of Man in the wilderness were healed Of the
be lifted up." What was figured by bite of the serpent, even so they
that serpent which was lifted up? who by faith look unto Christ cruci
The death of the Lord upon the cross. fied are healed of the bite Of sin.
For as by the serpent came death, But they of Old time were delivered
by the image of the serpent was from death to receive life temporal,
represented death. Death-giving is whereas here He saith that they have
1 There is an untranslatable pun upon morsus (a bite) and mars (death).
2 Isa. vi. 3. 3 I John v. 7.
eternal life. This is the diflerence What wondrous pity Thee o'ercasne
between the shadow and the sub To make our guilty load Thine own,
stance; the shadow gave temporal And, sinless, suffer death and shame,
For our transgressions to atone!
life, the substance giveth eternal life.
0 still may pity Thee compel
The [{ymn, “We praise Thee, O To heal the wounds of which we die;
God, &c.,” is said. And take us in Thy light to dwell
Who for Thy blissful Presence sigh.
LAUDS. Be Thou our Guide, be Thou our goal,

Be Thou our pathway to the skies,
First Antiohon. 1Sing unto the Our joy when sorrow fills the soul,
LORD, * for He hath done excellent In death our everlasting prize.
things; make this known in all the
earth. Verse. 4 LORD, Thou hast been
Second Antiphon. Behold, God is our refuge—
my salvation, I will not be afraid, Answer. In all generations.
* for He is become my salvation. Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias.
Alleluia. 5L0, this is our God; * we have
Third Antiohon. With joy shall waited for Him, and He will save
ye draw water out of the wells of us; we have waited for Him, we will
the Saviour, * and ye shall say: be glad and rejoice in His salvation.
Praise the LORD, and call upon His Alleluia.
Name.
Fourth Antiphon. 2Now is come
Prayer throughout the Ofiice.
salvation, and strength, and the king
dom of our God, and the power of O GOD, Who hast appointed Thine
His Christ. Only-begotten Son Redeemer of
Fiflh A ntzphon. Cry out and shout, the world, and through His overcom
thou inhabitant of Zion, * for great is ing of death hast mercifully renewed
the Holy One of Israel in the midst us unto life, grant that we, being
of thee. mindful of such benefits, may cleave
unto Thee with an everlasting love,
and worthily partake of the fruits of
Chapter. (Tob. iii. 13.)
Thy redemption. Through the Same
BLESSED be Thy Name, 0 God our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
of our fathers, for although liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
Thou hast been angry, yet wilt unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
Thou show mercy, and in the time world without end. Amen.
of tribulation Thou forgivest the
sins of such as call upon Thee. PRIME.
Antiohon. Sing unto the Lord, &c.,

Alymn.3 (First A ntiphon at Laudr.)
THOU pure light of souls that love! In the Short Responsory is said,
True joy of every human breast!
Sower of life's immortal seed! Verse. Thou That hast redeemed
Our Maker, and Redeemer blest! the world.
1 Isa. xii. 5, 2, 3, 4,46.P l 2 Apoc. xii. 10. 3 Translation by the late Rev. E. Caswall.
s. xxxrx. 1. 5 Isa. xxv. 9.
MARTYROLOGY. redeemed us to God by Thy blood

On the morrow, we keep the feast out of every kindred, and tongue, and
of the holy Archangel Raphael. people, and nation, and hast made us
Upon the same 24th day of October, a kingdom unto our God.
At Venosa, in 'Apulia, the holy TERCE.
martyrs Felix, Bishop [of Tubzoca or
Thibira,] in Africa; the Priests Audac Antzphon. Behold, God, &c., (Sec
ond A ntz'phon at Lauds.)
tus and Januarius ; and the Readers
Fortunatus and Septimus.| In the time Chafiz‘erfram Lauds.
of the Emperor Diocletian they long
sufi'ered bonds and imprisonment in Short Responsory.
Africa and Sicily under the Procurator
Magdellian, and, forasmuch as Felix re Redeem me, O Lord, and be merci
fused to give up the holy books as com ful unto me.
manded by the edict of the Emperor, Answer. Redeem me, O Lord, and
they were at last slain with the sword. be merciful unto me.
In the city of Nagran, in Yemen, Verse. In the congregation will I
[in the sixth century,] under the Jewish bless Thee, O LORD.
tyrant Dunaan, in the time of the Answer. Be merciful unto me.
Emperor Justin, the holy martyrs Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
Aretas and his three hundred and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
forty Companions. Answer. Redeem me, O Lord, and
After them was burnt a Christian be merciful unto me.
woman ; and her son, aged five years, Verse. Remember us, 0 Lord, with
could neither be cajoled nor threatened the favour that Thou showest unto
into ceasing to confess Christ, but Thy people.
cast himself into the fire wherein his Answer. 0 visit us with Thy sal
mother was being burnt. vation.
At Cologne, [in the fifth century,] SEXT.
the holy martyr Evergistus, Bishop
[of that see.] Antz'phon. With joy shall ye draw,
At Constantinople, [in the year &c., (Third A ntz'phon at Lauds.)
447,] the holy Archbishop Proclus.
In Brittany, [in the year 575,] holy Chapter. (I Cor. i. 30.)
Magloire, Bishop [of Dol,] whose body
lieth at Paris. OF Him are ye in Christ JESUS,
In the monastery of Vertou, [in the Who of God is made unto us
year 601,] the holy Abbat Martin. wisdom, and righteousness, and sanc
In Campania, holy Mark the Her tification, and redemption.
mit, whose illustrious works are re
corded by holy Gregory. Short Responsmy.
Remember us, 0 LORD, with the
Chapter at the end. (Apoc. iv. 1 1,
favour that Thou showest unto Thy
v. 9.)
people.
THOU art worthy, O Lord our God, Answer. Remember us, 0 LORD,
to receive glory and honour and with the favour that Thou showest
power, for Thou wast slain, and hast unto Thy people.
Verse. 0 visit us with Thy sal FIRST VESPERS.

vation.
Answer. That Thou showest unto A ntz'phons, Chapter, and Prayer
Thy people. from Lauds.
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Last Psalm.
Answer. Remember us, 0 LORD,
with the favour that Thou showest Ps. cxvi. O praise the LORD, &c.,
unto Thy people. (p. 186.)
Verse. Thou, O Lord, hast re jhlymn.1
deemed us by Thy Blood.
Answer. And hast made us a THEE, O Christ, the Father's splendour,
kingdom unto our God. Life and virtue of the heart,
In the presence of the angels,
Sing we now with tuneful art:
NONE. Meetly in alternate chorus
Antzphon. Cry out and shout, &c., Bearing our responsive part.
(Fifth Antiphon at Lands.)
Thus we praise with veneration
Chapter as at the end of Prime. All the armies of the sky;
Chiefly him, the blest Physician,
Short Responsory. Sent with healing from on high:
Raphael, who in princely virtue
Thou hast declared Thy strength Bade the haunting demon fly.
among the people.
Answer. Thou hast declared Thy By whose watchful care, repelling,
strength among the people. King of everlasting grace!
Verse. Thou hast with Thine arm Every ghostly adversary,
All things evil, all things base,
redeemed Thy people.
Grant us of Thine only goodness
Answer. Thy strength among the
In Thy paradise a place.
people.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and Laud and honour to the Father;
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Laud and honour to the Son;
Answer. Thou hast declared Thy Laud and honour to the Spirit;
strength among the people. Ever Three, and ever One:
Verse. LORD, Thou hast been our Consubstantial, Co-eternal,
refuge— While unending ages run. Amen.
Answer. In all generations.
Verse. An Angel stood at the Altar
Vespers of the following. of the Temple.
OCTOBER 24. in his hand.
St Bapbazl, the @rthangzl. A ntéfihon at the Song of the Blessed

Virgin. I am the Angel Raphael,
Greater Double. who stand before the Lord; but bless
All as on Sundays, except the ye God, and tell of all His wondrous
fillowing. works.
1 The original is an adaptation of the original form (" Tibi Christe splendor Patris”) of the
Hymn for Michaelmas Day, “ Te splendor et virtus Patris," and the translation is accordingly
an adaptation of the translation of that Hymn by the late Dr Neale.
The following Commemoration is First Lesson.

made of the preceding. ,
A ntiphon. Thy kingdom is an ever Tobias (xii. 1,) as onp. 232.
lasting kingdom, and Thy dominion
endureth through all generations. First Resoonsory.
Verse. Thou, O Lord, hast re
deemed us by Thy blood. At that time the prayers of them
Answer. And hast made us a twain were heard in the presence of
kingdom unto our God. the glory of the Most High God,
and holy Raphael, the Angel of the
Prayerfrom the preceding Ofiice. Lord, was sent to heal the twain
of them, whose prayers had been
MATTINS. uttered at one time in the presence
of the Lord.
Invitatory. The Lord, He is the
Verse. Tobias and Sara were in
King of the Archangels, * 0 come,
tribulation, and began to pray with
let us worship Him.
tears.
.Hymn as at First Vespers. Answer. And holy Raphael, the
'Angel of the Lord, was sent to heal
FIRST NOCTURN.
the twain of them, whose prayers had
been uttered at one time in the pres
First Antiphon. When Tobias went ence of the Lord.
in, he found a young man with his
loins girded, and as it were ready to Second Lesson.
set forth, and knowing not that it was
an Angel, he saluted him. 50 the father and the son, p. 233,
down to “ temptation should try thee,”
Ps. viii. O LORD, our Ruler, &c., in the Third Lesson. -
(15- 7-)
Second Antiphon. The Angel Second Reyonsory.
Raphael hid himself, and said; I
am Azarias, the son of Ananias the When Tobias went forth he found
Great. a very well-favoured young man stand
ing with his loins girded, and as it
Ps. x. In the LORD put I my trust, were ready to set forth, and he sal
&c., (p. 9.) uted him and said: Whence art thou,
0 good young man?
Third Antiohon. I will bring thy
Verse. And he knew not that it
son safely into the land of the Medes,
was an Angel of the Lord, and saluted
and bring him back safely unto thee
him, and said:
again. Alleluia.
Answer. Whence art thou, 0 good
Ps. xiv. LORD, who shall abide, young man ?
&c., (p. 10.)
Third Lesson.
Verse. There was given unto the
Angel much incense. ND now the Lord sent me to heal
Answer. That he should offer it thee, and to deliver Sara, thy
upon the golden altar, which is before son’s wife, from a devil; for I am the
the presence of the Lord. Angel Raphael, one of the seven,
which stand before the Lord. And Ps. xviii. The heavens declare,
when they heard it, they were &c., (p. 17.)
troubled, and quaked, and fell upon
Second Antzphon. Tell me, I pray
their faces on the ground. And the
thee, brother A'zarias, to what use is
Angel said unto them: Peace be
that which thou hast bidden me keep
unto you, fear not. In that I was
of the fish.
with you, I was with you by the
will of God, bless Him and praise Ps. xxiii. The earth is the LORD’S,
Him. Unto you indeed I seem to &c., (p. 46.)
eat and drink, but my meat is a
meat which is not seen, and my Third Antqohon. The gall is a
drink a drink which man cannot be healing to the eyes, but the virtue
hold. It is time therefore for me to of the heart and the liver putteth
return unto Him that sent me, but the power of the devil to flight.
bless ye God, and tell of all His mar Ps. xxxiii. I will bless the LORD,
vellous works. And when he had so &c., (p. 78.)
said, he was taken away from their
sight, and they beheld him no more.
Verse. And the smoke of the
Then they cast themselves down upon incense ascended up before the
their faces, by the space of three Lord—
hours, and blessed God; and they Answer. Out of the Angel’s hand.
arose, and told of all His marvellous
works. Fourth Lesson.
Third Resoonsory. The Lesson is taken from the Sermons

of St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo]
The Angel went in unto Tobias (Serm. i. in Dom. 15, B. Tob.
and saluted him and said: Joy be 226th for the Season.)
ever with thee, be of good courage,
for it is at hand that God should BLESSED Tobit,1 who knew how
heal thee. to break his bread to the hun
Verse. And Tobias answered and gry, maketh ready a swift recompense
said: What joy shall I have while I for him, who toiled for him for hire.
sit in darkness, and see not the light We have listened patiently to the
of heaven P reading, which is just over, and we
Answer. Be of good courage, for have marvelled at the discourse of
it is at hand that God should heal the father and son, and now they
thee. 'are admonished by the Angel, whom
Verse. Glory be to the Father, they had deemed a dweller of earth;
and to the Son, and to the Holy but whose service was the service of
Ghost. the Divine Glory. For it was to this
Answer. Be of good courage, for end that he was sufi'ered to fall into
it is at hand that God should heal the affliction of blindness, even that
thee. he might have an Angel to his physi
cian, who was kindled with the very
SECOND NOCTURN.
light of God, and uttered the words,
First Antiphon. And the Angel “Prayer is good with fasting and
said, Take the fish by the gill, and almsgiving.” The prayer of the just
draw him out of the water. is the key of heaven ; the supplication
1 ‘ ‘ Tobis. "
goeth up, and the mercy of God am His minister to heal. Ye know
cometh down. Though the earth be not who is the hireling whose ser
deep, and the heavens high, yet God vices ye have earned. Ye feared not
heareth the voice of him who hath to bury the dead of the captivity. O
a good conscience. If it be a groan Tobit, thy works are gone up before
only, it is articulate enough for Him; the Lord, inasmuch as thou didst
a tear is sufiicient for His eyes; He leave thy dinner to give burial to the
heareth weeping sooner thanv words.
dead. It was I who offered up before
The prayer of the presumptuous He the Lord as a fat sacrifice thy care for
is wont to reject. The father and the their honourable burial; and it is I
son were of One mind; albeit twain, that have been sent forth to do the
they had but one thought. “My commands of the Heavenly Judge.
son,” saith he, “let us send away Thou didst bury the dead, without
that man with an addition to his fear for the sting of death; the very
wages such as he pleaseth, for he voiceless dead, whom thou didst bury,
hath done us great good by his cried aloud for thee. The blindness
work.” And they began to ask him of thine eyes was a trial, whereby
if he would take payment of his thy patience should earn a brighter
wages. “Brother,” saith he, “take crown from the heavenly places. I
that is thine, and go thy way safely; am Raphael, one of the seven Angels,
take thy wages, for thou hast shown who stand in the presence of the
much kindness unto me, and unto my glory of God; I have no need of
son. Take, as I said, half of the wages from man; I am rich enough,
substance that thou and my son have in that I am near to the Majesty on
brought unto me, for the thanks that high. He That hath sent me is rich.
we owe thee cannot be measured.” What He hath granted freely, He
hath commanded me to grant freely.
Neither do ye owe me any thanks,
Fourth Responsory. for ye have received nothing from
Tobias asked the Angel: Of what me of my own strength. Bless God,
house, or of what tribe, art thou? and give praise to Him, and glorify
And he answered and said: I am Him, for He hath shown good upon,
Azarias, the son of Ananias the Great you.”
Verse. Dost thou seek for a tribe
F Responsory.
or family, or an hired man to go with
thy son? But be not careful over Tobias went out to wash his feet,
much. and behold a great fish went out, and
Answer. I am Azarias, the son of would have devoured him; and he
Ananias the Great. was sore afraid, and cried out with
a loud voice, and said: O sir, he
Fifth Lesson. assaileth me. And the Angel said
unto him: Take him by his gill,
THE Angel, who had been sent to and draw him unto thee; open this
work mercy for nothing, rejoic fish, and take his heart, and his liver,
eth at the thought of wages. “ Tobit, and his gall, and put them up safely
or Tobias,” saith he, “why take need by thee, for they are useful and need
less thought to pay me? Keep what ful for drugs.
your heavenly Father hath given you. Verse. And Tobias drew the fish
He is the fountain of health, and I unto the dry ground, and it began to
VOL. 1v. 2 A
686 THE PROPER OFFICE'OF THE SAINTS.
gasp at his feet, and the Angel said Sixth Responsory.

unto him—
The Angel Raphael said unto To
Answer. Open this fish, and take
bias: When thou enterest into thine
his heart, and his liver, and his gall,
house, straightway worship the Lord
and put them safely by thee, for they
thy God; and when thou hast given
are useful and needful for drugs.
thanks unto Him, draw near unto thy
father and kiss him, and forthwith
Sixth Lesson. smear upon his eyes some of the gall
of the fish which thou carriest with
WHEN the glory of the heavenly thee; for know that his eyes will
mystery was made known by straightway be opened, and thy father
the voice of the Archangel Raphael, shall see the light of heaven, and
Tobit and Tobias were thunderstruck, shall behold thee, and be glad.
and fell upon the ground, their weak Verse. Take with thee some of the
voices utterly silenced at the hearing gall of the fish, for it will be needful.
of that strange voice. Why are ye Answer. And forthwith smear
afraid, O father Tobit, and son To upon his eyes some of the gall of
bias ? is it because ye have taken one the fish which thou carriest with
of the dwellers of heaven into your thee; for know that his eyes will
pay, and hired him as though he were straightway be opened, and thy father
one of the labourers of earth? The shall see the light of heaven, and
Angel hid his name from you; he shall behold thee, and be glad.
said not, I am the Angel Raphael, Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
but, I am Azarias, the son of Ana to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
nias the Great. In the first name Answer. And forthwith smear
that he gave thee he hid his high upon his eyes some of the gall of
estate, lest he should scare him that the fish which thou carriest with
hired him. For if he had said, I thee; for know that his eyes will
am an Angel, he would not have straightway be opened, and thy
become the paid servant of Tobias. father shall see the light of heaven,
He kept back his noble name that and shall behold thee, and be glad.
the greatness of his nobility might
shine out at the last. Behold,
dearly beloved brethren, how great THIRD NOCTURN.
is the merit of almsgiving. Alms First Antz'phon. Here is Sara the
giving hath earned an Angel for daughter of Raguel, who shall be
a servant, until he accomplished, as given unto thee to wife, and all her
a hireling, his day. Ye behold of substance with her.
how great profit it is to bury the
dead, even an oblation which the Ps. xcv. O sing unto the LORD,
Angel Raphael maketh to ascend &c., (p. 148.)
up before the heavenly Majesty. Ye Second Antiphon. She hath had
behold how that alms deliver from seven husbands, who were all
death, and purge away sins, and strangled by an evil spirit; I am
open the eyes, and force from thee afraid‘lestthe like should befall me.
the darkness of sin. Tobias is led
on his journey, and Sara, sorrow Ps. xcvi. The LORD reigneth, &c.,
fully bereaved of so many husbands, (e- 149-)
is joined in wedlock by an Angel. Third Army/ton-- Spend three days
in prayer with thy wife, that thou Eighth Lesson.

mayest obtain the blessing of sons,
in the seed of Abraham. THE impotent man’s soul knew not
Him Who was to heal her, but
Ps. cii. Bless the LORD, O my although he had as yet no eyes in his
soul, &c., (p. 160.) heart wherewith to recognize the
Verse. The Angel Raphael took hidden God, he had bodily eyes in
hold on the evil spirit. his flesh, which could see bodily
Answer. And drove him away into things, and therefore he did that
the desert of Upper Egypt. which could be seen that he might
be healed by that Power, which he
saw not. He betook him to that
Seventh Lesson. place where “lay a great multitude
The Lesson is taken from the Holy of impotent folk, of blind, halt, with
Gospel according to John (v. r.) ered, [waiting for the moving of the
water. For an Angel went down at
T that time: There was a feast Of
a certain season into the pool and
the Jews, and JESUS went up to
troubled the water: whosoever then
Jerusalem. And so on.
first after the troubling of the water
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of stepped in, was made whole of what
Hippo] (Tract 17 on john v.) soever disease he had.”]
It is no wonder that God should
work wonders, the wonder would be Eighth Responsory.
if men worked them. We should It is time for me to return unto
rather rejoice, than wonder, that our Him That sent me, saith the Angel
Lord and Saviour JESUS Christ was Raphael, but bless ye the Lord, and
made Man; and that being God tell of all His marvellous works.
among men, He wrought the things Verse. Confess Him before all
of God, for it availeth more to our living, for He hath had mercy upon
salvation that He was made Man, you.
than that He did such and such Answer. Bless ye the Lord, and
things as Man; and it profiteth tell of all His marvellous works.
more that He healed sick souls, Verse. Glory be to the Father,
than that He healed the diseases Of and to the Son, and to the Holy
bodies, which were to die after all. Ghost.
Answer. Bless ye the Lord, and
Seventh Responsory. tell of all His marvellous works.
The Angel Raphael said: Bless ye
the God of heaven, and confess Him Ninth Lesson.
before all living, for He hath had THE Lord was the physician both
mercy upon you. of souls and of bodies; He it
Verse. Bless Him, and praise Him,
was Who was come to heal the soul
and tell of all His marvellous works,— Of every one whosoever believeth on
Answer. For He hath had mercy Him; but, out of all those sick folk,
upon you. He chose to heal but one, for the sig
nification of unity. If we look at it
Eighth Blessing. with our little minds, and with only
He whose feast-day, &c. human comprehension and thought,
He doth not appear to have done Angel of health, may Raphael lighten o’er
much, considering what He was able us,
To every sick-bed speed his healing flight,
to do; and as a display of mercy,
In times of doubt direct the way before us,
but little. There were so many lying And through life's mazes guide our steps
sick there, and he healed but one, aright.
although it required but a single
word from Him to make them all The Virgin harbinger of peace supernal,
arise. Mother of Light, with all the Angelic
train,
The [it/mn, “We praise Thee, O Heaven‘s glittering host, court of the King
God,” &c., is said. Eternal,
All saints be with us, till that bliss we
gain.
LAUDS.
First A ntiohon. The Angel Raphael Be this by Thy thrice holy Godhead granted,
was sent * unto Tobias and Sara to Father, and Son, and Spirit ever blest,
Whose glory by the Angel host is chanted,
heal them. Whose Name by all the universe confest.
Seeond A ntzlohon. The Angel went Amen.
in * unto Tobias, and said: Joy be
ever with thee. Verse. Before the Angels will I
Third Antiphon. Be of good sing praise unto Thee, O my God.
courage, Tobias, * for it is nigh at Answer. I will worship toward
hand that God shall heal thee.
Thy holy temple, and praise Thy
Fourth Antiphon. Bless ye the
Name.
God of Heaven, and confess Him
before all living, for He hath had Antiohon at the Song of Zacharias.
mercy upon you. I am the Angel Raphael, who stand
Fifth Antiphon. Peace be unto before the Lord; but bless ye God,
you, * fear not, bless ye God, and and tell of all His marvellous works.
give praise to Him. Alleluia.
I Chapter. (Tobit xii. 12.) Prayer throughout the Ofiee.

WHEN thou didst pray with tears, O GOD, Who didst give Thy
and didst bury the dead, and blessed Archangel Raphael unto
didst leave thy dinner, and didst hide Thy servant Tobias to be his fellow
the dead in thine house through the wayfarer, grant unto us, Thy servants,
day, and bury them in the night, I that the same may ever keep and
offered up thy prayer before the Lord. shield us, help and defend us.
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
ltlymn.1 Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
Thee, in the unity of the Holy
CHRIST! of the holy Angels light and Ghost, one God, world without end.
gladness, Amen.
Maker and Saviour of the human race,
0 may we reach the world unknown to PRIME.
sadness,
The blessed mansions where they see Thy Antiohon. The Angel Raphael,
face ! &c., (First Antiphon at Lauds.)
1 Translation by the Rev. W. ]. Copeland.
MARTYROLOGY. a Deacon, who were sent into that

island, in the time of the Emperor
On the morrow we keep the feast Diocletian, by holy Pope Cains, and
of holy John Of Beverley, Archbishop were put to death by the President
Of York, in England, illustrious for Barbarus.
his life and miracles, of whom men At Constantinople, the holy martyrs
tion is made upon the 7th day of Martyrius the Sub-Deacon and Martian
May. the Singer, who were slain by the
Upon the same 2 5th day of October, heretics under the Emperor Con
were born into the better life— stantius.
At Rome, the holy martyrs Chrys At Rome, the holy Confessor Pope
anthus and Daria his wife, who, after Boniface I.
bearing many sufferings under the At Perigueux, in Gaul, holy Fronto,
Prefect Celerinus on account Of their who was ordained Bishop by the
confession Of Christ, were commanded Blessed Apostle Peter, and in com
by the Emperor N umerian to be cast pany with the Priest George turned
into the sand-pit upon the Salarian a great multitude of that people to
Way, and there buried alive under Christ, and fell asleep in peace,
earth and stones. famous for miracles.
Likewise at, Rome, forty-six holy At Brescia, [in the fifth century,]
martyrs, who were all baptized tO holy Gaudentius, Bishop [of that
gether by Pope Denys, and presently city,] eminent for his learning and
beheaded by order of the Emperor holiness.
Claudius, and buried on the Salarian At Mende, [in the sixth century,]
Way, where also are laid one hundred, holy Hilary, Bishop.
twenty, and one other martyrs, among
whom are the four soldiers Of Christ Chapter at the end. (Tob. xii. 6.)
—Theodosius, Lucius, Mark, and
T is time for me to return unto
Peter.
Him That sent me: but bless ye
At Soissons, in Gaul, the holy
God, and tell Of all His marvellous
martyrs Crispin and Crispinian. These
works.
were noble Romans who, in the per
TERCE.
secution under the Emperor Diocletian,
after being put to hideous torments A ntiphon. The Angel, &c., (Second
under the President Rictiovarus, were A ntiphon at Lauds.)
slain with the sword, and so gained Chapter from Lauds.
the crown Of martyrdom. Their
bodies were afterwards brought to Short Responsory as on p. 599.
Rome, and honourably buried in the
Church of St Lawrence, Bread-and SEXT.
Harn.1 Antiohon. Be Of good courage,
At Florence, the holy soldier Minias, &c., (Third Antiohon at Lands.)
who contended nobly for Christ’s faith
in the persecution under the Emperor Chapter. (TOb. xii. 14.)
Decius, and was crowned with a glori
ous crown Of martyrdom. ND now the Lord sent me to
At Torres, in Sardinia, the holy heal thee, and to deliver Sara,
martyrs Protus a Priest, and Januarius thy son’s wife, from a devil. For
1 So the text of the Roman Martyrology; the church is San Lorenzo in Panisperna.
I am the Angel Raphael, one of SECOND NOCTURN.

the seven, which stand before the
Fourth Lesson. (From Bede’s blistory,
Lord.
v. 2, 6, and Har¢.sfield’s History,
Short Responsory as on p. 600. Eighth Century.)
WHEN John was still a lad, he
NONE. displayed a wonderful quick
ness for godliness and good learning,
Antiphon. Peace be unto you, &c.,
and was sent to be brought up under
(Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.)
Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury,
Chapter from the end of Prime. by whose instructions he so profited .
that he went a long way ahead of all
Short Responsory as on 600.
his fellows. Then he himself also had
famous hearers, whom he taught in
SECOND VESPERS. manifold knowledge, and pressed them
All as the First, except the last to godliness by his words, but also
Psalm, which is Ps. cxxxvii., “I will more fixed them to imitate him by
praise Thee, &c.,” (p. 197,) and the noble example of his own life.

Fifth L'esson.
Virgin. O Thou Prince most glorious,
Raphael the Archangel, remember us, AFTER the death of Bishop Eata,
and here and everywhere alway en John took the rule of the church
treat for us the countenance of the of Hexham, in which office he worked
Son of God. for the salvation of others without
neglecting his own. On the other
side of the river Tyne over against
following. Prayer from his Ofiice.
his church, there was a quiet house
Then of the Holy Martyrs Chrys
surrounded with a wood and a valley,
anthus and Daria, from the Common and there the man of God was often
Ofiice, (p. 182,) with the Prayerfrom
wont to abide when the occasion
the succeeding Lauds.
offered, and more especially in Lent,
that he might give himself to prayer
and reading in company with a few
OCTOBER 25. of his disciples, and might refresh his
spirit by resting a little while from
Sét Elubn of, lfizimleg, grit]. the troubling of others.
bishop [of Early] Qtunftssur.
Sixth Lesson.
Douhle.
WHEN Bosa was dead, John was
All from the Common Ofiice, (p.
called to the church of York,
the duties of which office he dis
charged with great praise and wonder
MATTINS. of all men. He held the See for three
FIRST NOCTURN.
and thirty years. When he became
too old for his ministry he betook
Lessons from Scripture according to himself to his Minster at Beverley,
the Season. and there afterwards died, and was
l ' FEAST-DAYS IN OCTOBER. 691
buried in St Peter’s porch, in the LAUDS.

year of our salvation 721. For the
sake of this holy man’s memory so Prayer throughout the Ofiiee. ( Tahen
much honour was paid to the church from the York Missal.)
of Beverley, that there was hardly GOD, Who hast hallowed this
any place in England whither the day by the. feast of Thy blessed
people more resorted, or which was Confessor and Bishop John, grant
more favoured by the grants of unto Thy Church the grace to rejoice
princes. worthily in his solemnity, that we may
THIRD NOCTURN. be holpen at the throne of Thy mercy
by his ensample and for his sake.
Lessons from Matth. xxiv. 42, with
the Homily of St Hilary, (15. 411.)
The last Lesson is omitted, or read
along with the Eighth, to leave room
for the following.
A Commemoration is made of SS.
Ninth Lesson. (For the Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, from the
Chrysanthus and Daria.) Common Ofiiee, (p. 392), and the
HRYSANTHUS and Daria were following.
an husband and wife, of noble Prayer.
birth, but glorious rather for their
faith, which the wife learnt from the ORD, we beseech Thee, that the
husband. They brought to Christ a prayers of Thy blessed martyrs
great number of persons at Rome, she Chrysanthus and Daria may succour
women, and he men. Therefore the us, and they whom they honour, may
Praefect Celerinus caused them to be make us feel the kindly power of their
taken, and gave them over to Claudius help. Through our Lord JESUS
the Tribune, who bade Chrysanthus Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
to be tormented by the soldiers, all reigneth with Thee, in the unity of '
bound as he was, but all his bonds the Holy Ghost, one God, world
brake, and so likewise the shackles without end. Amen.
wherein his feet were afterwards
fastened. Then was Chrysanthus
MARTYROLOGY.
sewn up in an ox’ hide and set in
the full heat of the sun, and there Upon the 26th day of October, was
after chained hand and foot and cast born into the better life—
into a dark prison, but the chains At Rome, the holy martyr, Pope
dropped off from him, and the place Evaristus, who dyed the Church of
was filled with light. Meanwhile God with his blood under the Emperor
Daria was haled to a brothel, but Hadrian.
God kept her from insult, a lion In Africa, the holy martyrs Rogatian
guarding her, and herself always rapt the Priest and Felicissimus, who were
in prayer. Lastly they were both of crowned with a glorious martyrdom in
them led to a sand-pit upon the Sala the persecution under the Emperors
rian Way, where they were thrown Valerian and Gallienus. Holy Cyprian
alive into an hole, and buried in writeth of them in his epistle unto the
stones, and so were not divided in Confessors.
winning the victory of Martyrdom. At Nicomedia, [in the persecution
under the Emperor Decius,] the holy Thz'rd Lesson.

martyrs Lucian, Florius, and their
EVARISTUS was by birth a Greek
Companions.
Jew, and held the Popedom in
On the same day, holy Quod-Vult
the reign of the Emperor Trajan. He
Deus, Bishop of Carthage, whom the
it was who divided among the Priests
Arian king Genseriq embarked along
the titles of the Churches in the city
with his clergy in unseaworthy ships
of Rome, and commanded that seven
without oars or sails, but beyond all
Deacons should attend the Bishop
hope he arrived at Naples and there
when he was executing his office of
died in exile as a Confessor.
Gospel preaching. He it was who
At Narbonne, the holy Confessor
commanded, in accordance with the
Rusticus, Bishop [of that see,] who
tradition of the Apostles, that mar
enlightened the times of the Emperors
riages should be celebrated openly,
Valentinian and Leo.
and that a Priest should be asked
At Salerno, [in the seventh century,] to invoke a blessing thereon. He
holy Gaudiosus, Bishop [of that see.]
ruled the Church for nine years and
At Pavia, [in the year 1229,] holy three months. He held four Ordina
Fulke, Bishop [of that see.] tions in the month of December,
At Hildesheim, in Saxony, the holy
wherein he ordained seventeen Priests,
Confessor Bernward, Bishop [of that
two Deacons, and fifteen Bishops.
see,] whose name Celestine III. num
Having finished his testimony, he was
bered with those of the Saints.
buried upon the Vatican, hard by the
Also [at Policastro, in the sixth grave of the Prince of the Apostles,
century,] the holy Sub-deacon Quad
upon the 26th day of October, [in the
ragesimus, who raised a dead man to
year of our Lord I 12.]
life, [as is related by the blessed Pope
Gregory.]
MARTYROLOGY.
At Vespers a Commemoration is
made of the following, from the The morrow is the eve of the holy
Common Ofiiee, (p. 380,) with the Apostles Simon and Jude.
Prayer, “Mercifully consider,” &c., Upon the same 27th day of October,
(15- 375-) were born into the better life—
At Avila, in Spain, the holy martyrs
OCTOBER 26. Vincent, Sabina, and Christeta, who
were first racked until all their joints
EU]: iBnlg Martyr, iBnpz were loosened, then stones were put
upon their heads which were beaten
ZEfiaristus. with heavy logs of wood, until their
brains were burst, and so they finished
Simple.
their testimony under the [Emperor
All from the Simple Ofite for One Diocletian and the] President Dacian.
Martyr, (p. 380), except the following. At Thil-Chateau, [in Burgundy, in
Prayer throughout, “Mercifully con the third century,] the holy martyr
sider, &c.,” (p. 375.) Florence.
ln Cappadocia, the holy martyrs
MATTINS.
Capitolina and Erotheis her hand
maiden, who sufi'ered under the Em
First and Second Lemonsfrom Sen} peror Diocletian.
ture according to the Season. In Ethiopia, holy Frumentius, first
Bishop of that country, who was first The vine and his branches are of
a captive there, then was ordained one and the same nature. There
Bishop by holy Athanasius, and spread fore, seeing that He was God, of
the Gospel in that country. which nature we are not, He was
Likewise in Ethiopia, the holy made man, to the end that He might
King Elesbaan, who, after he had have in Himself this vine, that is, the
overcome the enemies of Christ in manhood, whereof we men can be
the time of the Emperor Justin, made branches.
sent his kingly crown to Jerusalem,
and made himself a monk in fulfil Eighth Lesson.
ment of a vow, and so lived until he
passed away hence to be ever with HY saith He: “I am the true
the Lord. vine ” ? As touching this word
“true,” hath He not here regard to
Vespers are of the Week-day. that other parable of a vine, the like
figure whereto He doth here apply
OCTOBER 27. to Himself? (Jer. ii. 21.) Here is
He called a vine, not plainly, but in
parable, as also He is called else
this: of the jIzast of the holy where a sheep, (Isa. liii. 7, Acts viii.
gpnsflus Simon anti 3511112. 32,) a lamb, (John i. 36,) a lion,
(Apoc. v. 5,) a rock, (I Cor. x. 4,)
The Ofiice of the Eve begins with a corner-stone, (Eph. ii. 20,) and
Mattins. other things of the like kind. But
All of the Week-day, except the these things are in themselves that
following. which they seem to be, albeit He is
called by their names, not plainly, but
Seventh Lesson.
in a parable, and herein are they
The Lesson is taken from the Holy different from that vine, whereof in
Gospel according to John (xv. I.) this place He taketh on Him the
name. For when He saith: “I am
T that time: JESUS said unto the true vine,” doth He not make
His disciples: I am the true distinction between Himself, and that
vine, and My Father is the husband which indeed seemed to be a vine,
man. And so on. but to which it is said: “How art
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of thou turned into the degenerate plant
Hippo] (Tract 80, on john.) of a strange vine unto Me?” (Jer. ii.
21.) For by what title shall that
Dearly beloved brethren, this pass plant be' called other than a false
age of the Gospel, wherein the Lord vine, whereto they looked that she
saith that He is the vine, and that His should bring forth grapes, and she
disciples are the branches, is to be brought forth thorns?1
taken in that sense wherein it is also
said, that He is the Head of the
Ninth Lesson.
Church, (Eph. v. 23,) and that we
are the members of Him (30) Who is E saith: “I am the true vine,
the Mediator between God and men, and My Father is the hus
the man Christ JESUS (I Tim. ii. 5.) bandman.” Is the vine one with the
1 LXX.
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husbandman? These words then are Canaanite and Thaddeus, who also is
to be taken in that sense wherein He called Jude. Simon preached the
also saith: “My Father is greater Gospel in Egypt, and Thaddeus in
than I.” (John xiv. 28.) In this Mesopotamia, afterward they both
sense is He the vine, and the Father came into Persia, and when they
is the husbandman. But again, in had brought into the obedience of
regard to those words: “I and the Christ a countless multitude of that
Father are one,” and again: “and people, they finished their course by
My Father is the husbandman,” we martyrdom.
understand _that They are not the At Rome, the holy Virgin Cyrilla,
vine and the husbandman, after the daughter of holy Tryphonia. She was
manner of a vine, and the husband killed for Christ’s sake, under the
man that from without doth care for Emperor Claudius.
and keep it, but after the manner of Likewise at Rome, in the persecu
a vine and Him That from within tion under the Emperor Valerian, the
doth make it to bring forth fruit. holy martyrs the Virgin Anastasia the
For “neither is he that planteth elder and Cyril. Anastasia was
anything, neither he that watereth: thrown into chains under the Prefect
but God that giveth the increase.” Probus, buffeted, and tormented with
(I Cor. iii. 7.) But Christ is God, fire and stripes, and, forasmuch as
for “the Word was God.” (John i. she remained unshaken in confessing
1.) Therefore He and the Father Christ, her breasts were cut Off, her
are one: and, albeit “the Word nails torn out, her teeth broken, and
was made flesh,” (John i. 14,) her hands and feet, and lastly her
which, before, He was not, He head, cut off; and gloriously pre
ceased not to be still That Which pared by all these sufferings she
He was. passed away as a bride adorned for
her husband. As for Cyril, when
At hauds, Long Preees, kneeling. Anastasia asked for a drink of
water, he gave it to her, and for
Prayer throughout. this he was rewarded by suffering
death as a martyr.
0 ALMIGHTY God, grant, we At Como, under the Emperor
beseech Thee, that as we are Maximian, the holy martyr Faithful.
preventing Thine Apostles Simon and At Maintz, the holy martyr Fer
Jude, 'their glorious birth-day, so rutius.
the same may prevent Thy Majesty At Meaux, [toward the end of the
to win Thy good things for us. seventh century,] the holy Confessor
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Faro, Bishop [of that see.]
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth At Naples, holy Gaudiosus, Bishop
with Thee, in the unity of the [of Abitina,] in Africa, who came to
Holy Ghost, one God, world with Campagna on account of the persecu
out end. Amen. tion by the Vandals, and died an holy
death in a monastery in the city above
named.
MARTYROLOGY.
At Vercelli, [at the beginning of
Upon the 28th day of October, the fifth century,] holy Honoratus,
were born into the better life— Bishop [of that see.]
The blessed Apostles Simon the Vespers of the Feast.
OCTOBER 28. God into lasciviousness, and denying

the only Sovereign and our Lord
El]: Zhulg Epistles Simon JESUS Christ.
anti 35mm.
Second Lesson.
Douhle of the Second Class.
I WILL therefore put you in re
All from the Common Ofice for membrance, though ye once knew
Apostles, (p. 346,) except the fol this, how that JESUS, having saved
lowing. the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that be
Prayer throughout the Oflice. lieved not: and the Angels which
kept not their first estate, but left
O GOD, Who didst use Thine holy
their own habitation, He hath re
Apostles Simon and Jude to
served in everlasting chains under
make known unto us Thy Name,
darkness unto the judgment of the
grant unto us so to profit by their
great day. Even as Sodom and
doctrine as to do honour to their
Gomorrha, and the cities about them,
everlasting glory, and so to honour
in like manner giving themselves over
that glory as to gain profit to our
to unclearmess and going after strange
selves. Through our Lord JESUS
flesh, are set forth for an example,
suffering the vengeance of eternal
reigneth with Thee, in the unity
fire. Likewise also, these defile the
flesh, despise dominion, and speak
without end. Amen.
evil of dignities.
MATTINS.
Third Lesson.
FIRST NOCTURN.
YET Michael the Archangel, when,
First Lesson. contending with the devil, he
Here beginneth the Catholic Epistle disputed about the body of Moses,
of the Blessed Apostle Jude (1.) durst not bring against him the judg
ment of his blasphemy, but said: The
UDE, the servant of JESUS Christ, Lord rebuke thee. But these speak
and brother of James, to them evil of those things which they know
that are beloved in God the Father not: but what they know naturally,
and preserved in JESUS Christ, and as brute beasts, in those things they
called. Mercy unto you, and peace, corrupt themselves. Woe unto them,
and love be multiplied. Beloved, for they have gone the way of Cain,
when I gave all diligence to write and run greedily after the error of
unto you of your common salvation, Balaam for reward, and perished in
it was needful for me to write unto the gainsaying of Korah. These are
you, and to exhort you that you should spots in your feasts of charity, when
earnestly contend for the faith which they feast with you without fear,
was once delivered unto the Saints. feeding themselves; clouds they are
For there are certain men crept in without water, carried about of winds ;
unawares, (who were before of old trees which wither, without fruit, twice
ordained to this condemnation,) un dead, plucked up by the roots ; raging
godly men, turning the grace of our waves of the sea, foaming out their
own shame ; wandering stars, to whom Father in My Name, He may give

is reserved the blackness of darkness it you.” And here He saith:
for ever. “These things I command you, that
ye love one another.” And by this it
SECOND NOCTURN. is that we must understand what fruit
from us it is, whereof He saith: “I
Fourth Lesson. have chosen, that ye should
SIMON the Canaanite, called also go, and bring forth fruit, and that
Zelotes, went through Egypt your fruit should remain,” and so the
preaching the Gospel, whileas the words added—“That whatsoever ye
like was done in Mesopotamia by shall ask of the Father in My Name,
Thaddaeus, called also in the Gospel He may give it you.” He will
Judas the brother of James, and the give unto us when we love one
writer of one of the Catholic Epistles. another, since this [mutual love] is
They met together afterwards in itself the gift of Him Who hath
Persia, where they begat countless chosen us when as yet we were
children in JESUS Christ, spread the fruitless, since it hath not been we
faith far and wide in those lands, who have chosen Him, [but He Who
amid raging heathens, and glorified hath chosen us,] and ordained us,
together by their teaching and mir that we should go, and bring forth
acles, and, in the end, by a glorious fruit, that is to say, should love
martyrdom, the most holy name of one another.
JESUS Christ.
Fifth and Sixth Lessons, the Fourth Eighth Lesson.
and Fifth of the Common, (pp. 352, LOVE, then, is the fruit which we
353-) should bring forth, and the
THIRD NOCTURN. Apostle Paul telleth us (I Tim. i. 5)
that this love is love “out of a pure
Seventh Lesson.
heart, and of a good conscience, and
The Lesson is taken from the Holy of faith unfeigned.” This is the love
Gospel according to John (xv. 17.) wherewith we love our neighbour, the
love wherewith we love God,—for
AT that time: JESUS said uhto His we do not really love our neighbour
disciples: These things I com unless we love God. For if any man
mand you, that ye love one another. love God, he loveth his neighbour as
If the .world hate you, ye know that himself,“ since he that loveth not God
it hated Me before it hated you. And loveth not himself. For on these two
so on. commandments hangeth all the law
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of and the Prophets. Love, then, is the
Hippo.] (87th Tract on john.) fruit which we should bring forth.
And concerning this fruit, the Lord
In the reading from the Gospel, the giveth us this commandment : “ These
last before this, the Lord had said: things ” (saith He) “I command you,
“Ye have not chosen Me, but I have that ye love one another.” Hence
chosen you, and ordained you, that also the Apostle Paul (Gal. v. 22)
ye should go, and bring forth fruit, when he is about praising up the
and that your fruit should remain: fruits of the Spirit as opposed to the
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the works of the flesh, saith first of all:
“The fruit of the Spirit is love.” At Bergamo, the holy Virgin and
And from that as the beginning he martyr Eusebia.
draweth out a string of other fruits, At Jerusalem, the blessed Nar
as thence begotten and thereto bound, cissus, Bishop [of that see,] praise
namely, “joy, peace, long-suffering, worthy for his holiness, his long
gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, suffering, and his faith, who at the
temperance, chastity. " age Of one hundred and sixteen years
passed away to be ever with the
Lord.
Ninth Lesson.
At Autun, the holy Confessor the
WHO is really joyful that loveth Bishop John.
not the cause of his joy? Who At Cassiope, in the island of
can really be at one with another, Corfu, holy Donatus, of whom writeth
unless he loveth that other? Who blessed Pope Gregory.
is cheerful under long toil for a good At Vienne, [in the sixth century,]
work, unless he loveth the aim ? Who deceased the blessed Theodore, Abbat
is kind, unless he love the object of [of the monastery founded by him in
his tenderness? Who is good, unless honour of the Blessed Virgin, but
by the persuasion of love? Who is commonly called after himself]
truly faithful, unless by the faith which
worketh by love? Who is gentle to
any use, unless love move him ? Who OCTOBER 29.
turneth away from baseness unless he
MARTYROLOGY.
love honour? Well, then, doth the
Good Master so often command us Upon the 30th day of October, were
to love, as though that command born into the better life—
ment were all-sufficient, for love is In Africa, two hundred and twenty
that gift without which all other holy martyrs.
good things avail nothing, and At Tangiers, in Morocco, [in the
which cannot be without having third century,] the holy centurion
every other good gift which maketh Marcellus, who accomplished martyr
a good man good. dom by being beheaded under Agri
colaus, Vicar to the Prefect of the
MARTYROLOGY.
Pretorium.
At Alexandria, thirteen holy mar
Upon the morrow, were born into tyrs, who suffered under the Emperor
the better life— Decius, along with Julian, Eunus, and
In Lucania, the holy martyrs Macarius.
Hyacinth, Quintus, Felician, and At Alexandria also, the holy
Lucius. ' martyr Eutropia, who visited the
At Sidon, in Phoenicia, the holy martyrs, and, being most cruelly
Priest Zenobius, who, during the tormented along with them, gave
raging of the last of the persecutions, up the ghost.
exhorted others unto martyrdom, and At Cagliari, in Sardinia, the holy
was himself found worthy of the martyr Saturninus, who was beheaded
same. under the President Barbarus, in the
Upon the same day, the holy persecution under the Emperor Dio
Bishops Maximilian the martyr, and cletian.
Valentine the Confessor. At Apamea, in Phrygia, under the
same Emperor Diocletian, the holy daughter; for as much as it was im

martyr Maximus. possible to make them swerve from
At Leon, in Spain, the holy martyrs their faith in Christ, they were be
Claudius, Lupercus, and Victorius, headed by order of the Emperor
sons of the holy centurion Marcellus, Valerian upon the 25th day of August.
who were beheaded under the Presi Their bodies were buried by blessed
dent Diogenian, in the persecution Pope Stephen; then, upon the 3Ist
under the Emperors Diocletian and day of October, were laid in a more
Maximian. honourable place upon the Appian
At fEgaea, in Cilicia, under the Way by blessed Xystus. Gregory V.
President Lysias and the Emperor moved them to the Deaconry of St
Diocletian, the holy martyrs Zenobius, Mary the New, along with those of
Bishop [of that see,] and Zenobia his the holy martyrs Symphronius, the
stster. Tribune Olympius, Exuperia his wife,
At Altino, the holy martyr Theo and Theodulus his son, who had all
nestus, Bishop [of Philippi, in Mace been converted by the said Sym
donia,] who was slain by the Arians. phronius, and baptized by the said
At Paris, the holy martyr Lucan. holy Stephen, and crowned with
At Antioch, [in the third century,] martyrdom. The bodies of these
holy Serapion, Patriarch [of that see,] Saints were found in the church afore
eminent for his learning. said in the time of the Supreme
At Capua, the holy Confessor Pontifi' Gregory XIII., and honour
Germanus, Bishop [of that see,] ably reburied under the altar there
a man of great holiness, whose upon the 8th day of December.
soul, at the hour of his death, holy Upon the same day, were born into
Benedict saw carried heavenward by the better life-—
Angels. The holy martyrs Ampliatus, Urban,
At Potenza, in Lucania, [in the year and Narcissus, of whom mention is
1119,] holy Gerard, Bishop [of that made by holy Paul, writing unto the
see.] Romans, and who were slain by the
At Palma, in Majorca, [in the year Jews and Gentiles for Christ’s Gospel’s
1617,] the holy Confessor Alphonsus sake.
Rodriguez, temporal coadjutor in the At St-Quentin, in Gaul, holy
Society of Jesus, eminent for his low Quentin, a Roman citizen of sena
liness and his love of mortification, torial rank, who suffered martyrdom
whose name Leo XII. numbered with under the Emperor Maximian. His
tnose of the Blessed, and Leo XIII. body was shown by the revelation of
With those of the Saints. an Angel after fifty-five years, and was
found incorrupt.
At Constantinople, the‘ holy Arch
OCTOBER 30. bishop Stachys, who was ordained by
MARTYROLOGY.
the blessed Apostle Andrew as the
first Bishop of that city.
The morrow is the Eve of All the At Milan, [in the seventh century,]
Saints. the holy Confessor Antoninus, Bishop
Upon the same 3 lst day of October, [of that see.]
are commemorated— At Ratisbon, [in the tenth cen
At Rome, the blessed Deacon tury,] holy Wolfgang, Bishop [of that
Nemesius, and the Virgin Lucilla his see.]
OCTOBER 3 r. day of November, in honour Of all
the Saints.
Shalluindfi’m. Upon the same 1st day of Nov
ember, were born into the better life—
(Eve of tfie Sitast of 3?? t$e At Terracina, in Campania, [in the
éaints. reign of the Emperor Diocletian,] the
holy- Deacon Caesarius, who suffered
The Oflice commences with Mattins. many days in prison, and was after
All of the Week-day except the jbl‘ wards put into a sack, along with the
holy Priest Julian, and cast into the
lowing.
sea.
MATTINS. At Dijon, the holy Priest Benignus,
Lessons from Luke vi. 17, with the who was sent into Gaul to preach the
Homily of St Amhrose, (p. 395.) The Gospel by blessed Polycarp, under the
Responsories are of the Week-day. Emperor Marcus Aurelius. He was
put to many most grievous torments
At Lauds, Long Preces, kneeling. by the judge Terence, who com
manded at last that his neck should
Prayer throughout the Ofi‘ice. be struck with an iron bar and a
lance thrust through his body.
POUR forth abundantly upon us of Upon the same day, the holy
Thy mercy, O Lord our God, handmaiden Mary, who was accused
and grant us grace to follow in their of Christianity, under the Emperor
joy in their holy testifying all Thy Hadrian. She was grievously lashed,
blessed servants the Eve of whose racked, and torn with hooks, and so
glorious and solemn Commemoration suffered martyrdom.
we are keeping. Through our Lord At Damascus, suffered the holy
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth martyrs Caesarius, Dacius, and five
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity Others.
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world In Persia, under King Sapor, the
without end. Amen. holy martyrs John the Bishop and
James the Priest.
MARTYROLOGY. At Tarsus, under the Emperor
Maximian, holy Cyrenia and Juliana.
The morrow is the Feast Of All the [At Clermont,] in Auvergne, holy
Saints. This famous feast was insti Austremonius, the first Bishop of that
tuted to be held every year through
see.
out the whole city Of Rome, in honour At Paris, [in the fifth century,]
Of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother deceased the holy Marcellus, Bishop
of God, and Of all the holy martyrs,
[of that see.]
by Pope Boniface IV., after he had At Bayeux, in the time Of Childc
consecrated to Christian worship the bert, King of the Franks, holy Vigor,
temple called the Pantheon or Temple
Bishop [of that see.]
of all the gods. And the same festival At Tivoli, the holy Monk Sever
was afterwards being kept in divers
inus.
ways in divers churches, when Gre In the Gatinais, [in the fourth cen
gory IV. decreed that it should be tury,] the holy Confessor Maturin.
solemnly Observed for ever throughout
the universal Church upon the first Vespers are of the Feast.
FEAST DAYS IN NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER I .
all=2tzallotn=maa
my feast of fill the Saints.
Double of the First Class.
All as on Sundays, except the fist Salt of nations! Twelve Foundations!

lowing. Twelve Apostles—see them all!
Trumps of Thunder, and the wonder
FIRST VESPERS. Of the Gentiles, Holy Paul—
Loving Peter, and still sweeter,
Antzjohons, Chapter, and Prayer Friend of JESUS—Blessed John—
from Lauds. Full of gladness—no more sadness
Clouds the face Christ shines upon!
Fifth Psalm. Ps. cxvi. O praise
the LORD, &c., (p. 186.) High Procession! Great Confession!
Hear the loud triumphal tones—
Martyrs bleeding—Stephen leading
Hymn.1 With his crown of precious stones.
Warriors glorious and victorious,
LAMB most holy ! King most lowly!
Tried companions of their Lord,
Golden chalice at Thy side,
Fall before Him and adore Him,
Blood is flowing red and glowing
He, the Lamb, is their reward!
For the Church Thy Holy Bride.
Church bells ringing, mortals singing, Virgins holy, matrons lowly,
Hail Thee on Thine altar Throne; Gleaning in His fields of wheat—
Angels pouring songs adoring Widows prayerful—mothers careful,
At Thy Feet, and Thine alone! Children playing near His Feet,—
Doctors, teachers, herrnits, preachers,
Mary-Mother, knows no other Pouring out their oil and wine;
Joy but that of loving Thee, Meet before Thee to adore Thee,
In her sweetness and completeness, Lamb of God, 0 Christ Divine!
Pearl of light and purity.
Saint of Preachers! Guide of Teachers! How they love Thee! and above Thee
John the Baptist, great and true, Cloudless is the sapphire blue,
Hear him calling to the falling, And below Thee they who know Thee
“JESUS Christ hath died for you!" Sing their anthems loud and true,—
Ever flowing, red and glowing
Prophets kneeling—He revealing Is the Blood-stream from Thy side,—
All the things they prophesied— Feeding, laving, cheering, saving,
Kings adoring—He outpouring Holy Church, Thy chosen Bride. Amen.
Riches more than all their pride!
Verse. Be glad in the LORD, and
Listening sages of past ages
Who in ways of darkness trod, rejoice, ye righteous.
See them thronging—all their longing Answer. And shout for joy, all ye
Centres in the Lamb of God! that are upright in heart.
1 The translator has failed to find any version of the Placare, Christe, which appears to him
to be worthy either of the occasion or of the office, and he has therefore ventured to represent
it by the above Hymn in which the ideas of the Placare are reflected from the medium of
Van Eyck’s “ Adoration of the Lamb." It is signed, “ Elizabeth Harcourt Mitchell."
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A ntiohon at the Song of the Blessed First Lesson.
Virgin. 0 ye Angels, ye Archangels,
The Lesson is taken from the Apoca
ye Thrones and Dominions, ye Princi
lypse of the Blessed Apostle John
palities and Powers, ye mighty ones
(iv. 2.)
of the heavens, ye Cherubim and
Seraphim, *—0 ye Patriarchs and ND, behold, a throne was set in
Prophets, ye holy Teachers of the heaven, and One sat on the
Law,— 0 ye Apostles,— 0 all ye throne. And He That sat was to look
Martyrs of Christ, ye holy Confessors, upon like a jasper and a sardine
ye Virgins of the Lord, ye Hermits,— stone; and there was a rainbow
0 all ye holy children of God,—-make round about the throne, in sight like
intercession for us. unto an emerald; and round about
the throne were four-and-twenty seats ;
and upon the seats I saw four-and
MATTINS.
twenty elders sitting, clothed in white
lnw'tatory. 0 come, let us worship raiment; and they had on their heads
the Lord, the King of kings, for * He crowns of gold. And out of the
is Himself the Crown of all the Saints. throne proceeded lightnings, and
voices and thunderings; and there
Hymn as at Vespers. were seven lamps of fire burning be
fore the throne, which are the seven
FIRST NOCTURN. spirits of God. And before the throne
there was a sea of glass like unto
First Antzphon. The LORD know
crystal; and in the midst of the
eth the way of the righteous, * who in
throne, and round about the throne,
His Law do meditate clay and night.
were four living creatures full of eyes
Ps. i. Blessed is the man, &c., before and behind. And the first
(A 4-) living creature was like a lion, and
the second living creature like a calf,
Second Antiphon. The LORD hath and the third living creature had the
set apart for Himself them that are face as a man, and the fourth living
holy, * and when they called, He hath creature was like a flying eagle. And
heard them. the four living creatures had each of
them six wings about him; and they
Ps. iv. When I called, &c., (p.
206.)
are full of eyes about and within.
And they rest not day and night,
Third Antiohon. How excellent saying: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God
is Thy Name, 0 Lord, Who hast Almighty, Which was, and is, and is
crowned Thy Saints with glory and to come.
honour, * and madest them to have
dominion over the works of Thy First Responsory.
hands. I saw the Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and the
Ps. viii. O LORD, our Ruler, &c.,
whole earth was full of His glory,
(P- 7-) and His train filled the temple.
Verse. Be glad in the LORD, and Verse. Above it stood the Sera
rejoice, ye righteous. phim: each one had six wings.
Answer. And shout for joy, all ye Answer. And His train filled the
that are upright in heart. temple.
Second Lesson. Third Lesson.

AND I saw, in the Right Hand of AND they sung a new song say
Him That sat on the throne, ing: 0 Lord, Thou art worthy
a book, written within and on the to take the book and to open the
back side, sealed with seven seals. seals thereof, for Thou wast slain,
And I saw a strong Angel proclaim and hast redeemed us to God by
ing with a loud voice: Who is worthy Thy Blood out of every kindred and
to open the book, and to loose the tongue and people and nation: and
seals thereof? And no man in heaven, hast made us unto our God a king
nor in earth, neither under the earth, dom and priests; and we shall reign
was able to open the book, neither on the earth. And I beheld, and I
to look thereon. And I wept much, heard the voice of many Angels round
because no man was found worthy about the throne, and the living
to open the book, neither to look creatures, and the elders; and the
thereon. And one of the elders saith number of them was thousands of
unto me: Weep not; behold, the thousands, saying with a loud voice:
Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root Worthy is the Lamb That was slain
of David, hath prevailed to open the to receive power, and riches, and
book, and to loose the seven seals wisdom, and strength, and honour,
thereof. And I beheld, and, 10, in and glory, and blessing. And every
the midst of the throne and of the creature which is in heaven, and on
four living creatures, and in the midst the earth, and under the earth, and
of the elders, stood a Lamb, as it had such as are in the sea, and all that
been slain, having seven Horns, and are in them—all of them I heard say
seven Eyes, Which are the seven ing: Blessing, and honour, and glory,
Spirits of God, sent forth into all the and power be unto Him That sitteth
earth. And He came and took the upon the throne, and unto the Lamb,
book out of the Right Hand of Him for ever and ever. And the four liv
That sat upon the throne. And when ing creatures said: Amen. And the
He had opened the book, the four four-and-twenty elders fell down and
living creatures and four-and-twenty worshipped Him That liveth for ever
elders fell down before the Lamb, and ever.
having every one of them harps, and
golden vials full of odours, which are Third Responsoiy.
the prayers of the saints.
unto Thee, and will worship toward
Seeona’ Responsory.
Thy holy temple. And I will praise
Blessed art thou, 0 Virgin Mary, Thy Name, 0 Lord;
Mother of God, that didst believe the Verse. For Thy lovingkindness
Lord. There hath been a perform and for Thy truth; for Thou hast
ance in thee of those things which glorified Thine holy Name on us.
were told thee. Lo, thou hast been Answer. And I will praise Thy
exalted above the choirs of Angels. Name, 0 Lord.
Pray for us unto the Lord our God. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Verse. Hail, Mary, full of grace, and to the Son, and to the Holy
the Lord is with thee. Ghost.
Answer. Pray for us unto the Answer. And I will praise Thy
Lord our God. Name, 0 Lord.
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SECOND NOCTURN. battle, so the grander grew the

fig—htg'sdnd the triumph of martyr
First Antip/zon. They that work dom waxed the more incisive by
righteousness, * O Lord, even they, the multiplicity of sufl'ering, and the
shall abide in Thy tabernacle, and heavier the torment the heavier the
dwell in Thy holy Hill. prizi. And it is our Mother, the
Ps. xiv. LORD, who shall abide, Catholic Church, spread far and wide
&c., (p. 10.) throughout all this planet, it is she
that hath learnt, in Christ JESUS her
Second Antiplzon. This is the gen Head, not to fear shame, nor cross,
eration of them that seek the Lord, nor death, but hath waxed lealer and
* that seek the face of the God of lealer, and, not by fighting, but by
Jacob. enduring, hath breathed into all that
noble band who have come up to the
Ps. xxiii. The earth is the LORD’s,
bitter starting-post the hope of c0n~
&c., (p. 46.)
quest and glory which hath warmed
Tlzird Antip/zon. Be glad in the them manfully to accept the race.
LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous, *
and shout for joy, all ye that are
Fourl/z Responsory.
upright in heart.
Ps. xxxi. Blessed are they, &c., The Fore-runner of the Lord cometh,
to whom He Himself bare witness,
(2’- 77-) saying: Among them that are born of
Verse. Let the righteous rejoice women there hath not risen a greater
before God. than John the Baptist.
Answer. Yea, let them exceed Verse. lA Prophet? Yea, and
ingly rejoice. much more_than a Prophet. This is
he of whom the Saviour saith :
Fourt/z Lesson. Answer. Among them that are
born of women there hath not risen
The Lesson is taken from the Ser~ a greater than John the Baptist.
mons of the Venerable Bede,
Priest [at Jarrow.] (1811: upon
the Saints.) Fift/z Lesson.
EARLY beloved brethren: This OF a verity thou art blessed, O my

day we keep, with one great Mother the Church ! The blaze
cry of joy, a Feast in memory of all of God’s mercy beateth full upon thee;
God’s holy children; His children, thine adornment is the glorious blood
whose presence is a gladness to omtorious Martyrs, and thy raiment
heaven; His children, whose prayers the virgin whitgpgggmoi untarnished
are a blessing to earth ; His children, orthodoxy. Thy garlands lack neither
whose victories are the crown of the ros'e‘s'hor lilies. And now, dearly
Holy Church ; His chosen, whose beloved brethren, let each one of us
testif in is the more lorious in strive to gain the goodly crown of one
honour, as the agony in which it sort or the other, either the glistening
was_given was the stemerfiin inten whiteness of purity, or the red dye
sityL for as the dreader grew the of suffering. In the army in heaven
1 Luke vii. 26.
peace and~war have both chaplets of Answer. I will render unto you
their own, to crown Christ’s soldiers a reward of your labours.
withal. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Fifth Responsory. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
These are they who while yet Answer. I will render unto you
they lived in the flesh, planted the a reward of your labours.
Church in their own blood; 1they
drank of the Lord’s cup, and became
THIRD NOCTURN.
the friends of God.
Verse. Their sound is gone out First Antiphon. 0 fear the LORD,
through all the earth, and their all ye His Saints, * for there is no
words to the ends of the world. want to them that fear Him. Behold,
Answer. They drank of the Lord’s the eyes of the LORD are upon the
cup, and became the friends of God. righteous, and His ears are open unto
their cry.
Sixth Lesson. Ps. xxxiii. Iwill bless the LORD,
OREOVER, to this also hath &c., (p. 78.)
the unutterable and boundless Second Antzphon. O Lord, Thou
goodness of God seen, that He spread hast been a shelter for Thy Saints,
eth not the time of working and * a strong tower from the enemy.
wrestling, neither maketh it long, nor Thou hast given the heritage to those
everlasting, and, as it were, but for that fear Thy Name, and they shall
a moment, so that in this short and abide in Thy tabernacle for ever.
scanty life there is wrestling and
working, but the crown and the prize Ps. lx. Hear my cry, 0 God, &c.,
is in a life which is eternal. So the (11 H3-)
work is soon over, but the wage is
Third Antiphon. Ye that love the
paid for ever. And when the night LORD, rejoice in the LORD, * and
of this world is over, the Saints are
give thanks at the remembrance of
to see the clearness of the essential
His holiness.
light, and to receive a blessedness
outweighing the pangs of any tor Ps. xcvi. The LORD reigneth, &c.,
ment, as testifieth the Apostle Paul, (e 149.)
where he saith: “ The sufi’erings of
Verse. The righteous live for ever
this present time are not worthy to
more.
be compared with the glory which
Answer. Their reward also is
shall be revealed in us.” (Rom.
with the Lord.
viii. 18.)
Seventh Lesson.
Sixth Responsory.
0 ye My Saints, who, being in
the flesh, didst have striving—I will
1.)
render unto you a reward of your
labours.2 T that time: JESUS, seeing the
Verse. 3Come, ye blessed of My multitudes, went up into a
Father, inherit the kingdom! mountain, and, when He was set,
1 Cf. Matth. xx. 22, 23. '2 Wisd. x. :7. 3 Matth. xxv. 34.
I.»r
His disciples came unto Him. And The higher and greater righteousness,
so on. then, is that whereof the Prophet
saith: “Thy righteousness is like the
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of mountains of God.” (Ps. xxxv. 7.)
Hippo.] (Bk. i. on the Lord’s Sermon.) Thus is that Teacher, Who alone can
If it be asked what is signified by give such teaching, mystically repre
the mountain, the said mountain may sented as teaching upon a mountain.
well be understood to figure the higher “And when He was set.” The
and greater commandments of right attitude of sitting while teaching
eousness, since those that have been appertaineth to the majesty of His
given to the Jews are the lesser. The instruction.
one God, in an excellent order of “ His disciples came unto Him "—
times, gave, by His holy Prophets nearer in the body, to hear those
and servants, His lesser command precepts, by the fulfilment of which
ments unto the people whom it still they should be nearer in spirit.
behoved to be bound by fear, but by “And He opened His Mouth, and
His Son He gave the greater unto taught them, saying:” These words
the people whom it now beseemed to “And He opened His Mouth,” appear
set free by love. But whether it be redundant to the sense. It may pos
the lesser to the lesser, or the greater sibly be that this more pompous intro
to the greater, all are alike the gift of duction is adopted on account of the
Him Who alone knoweth what is in exceptional length of the discourse to
each epoch the seasonable medicine follow. But it may also be that these
of mankind. words are not really redundant, but
the pointed declaration that He now
Se'Z/enth Responsory. opened His Own Mouth, Who, under
the Old Law, had been used to open
1Let your loins be girded about, the mouths of the Prophets.
and your lights burning, and ye your
selves like unto men that wait for
Eighth Reyonsory.
their lord, when he will return from
the wedding. At midnight there was a cry made:
Verse. 2Watch therefore, for ye Behold! the Bridegroom cometh! go
know not what hour your Lord doth ye out to meet him!
come. Verse. Trim your lamps, 0 ye
Answer. And ye yourselves like wise virgins.
unto men that wait for their lord, when Answer. Behold! the Bridegroom
he will return from the wedding. cometh! go ye out to meet Him!
Eighth Lesson. to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. Behold! the Bridegroom
EITHER is it marvel that the cometh! go ye out to meet Him !
greater commandments be given
touching the kingdom of heaven, and
[Vinth Lesson.
the lesser touching a commonwealth
upon earth, since both are alike the AND, now, what saith He?
gifts of that one God Who is the “ Blessed are the poor in spirit,
Maker alike of heaven and of earth. for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.”
1 Luke xii. 35, 36. 2 Matth. xxiv. 42.
we have read where it is written Fiflh Antiphon. The praise of all

concerning the lusting after temporal His Saints, * even of the children of
things: “ The wandering of the desire Israel, a people near unto Him: this
is vanity and presumption of spirit.” honour have all His Saints.
(Eccl. vi. 9.) Presumption of spirit
signifieth rashness and pride. We
are used to say of proud people that Chapter. (Apoc. vii. 2.)
they are men of high spirit, and we
EHOLD, I, John, saw another
say well, since “spirit” is only one of
Angel ascending from the East,
the Latin names for wind. (It is so
having the seal of the living God ; and
used, for instance, in Ps. cxlviii. 8,
he cried with a loud voice to the four
“Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind”)
Angels, to whom it was given to hurt
Who hath not heard the proud spoken
the earth and the sea, saying: Hurt
of as “puffed up,” as if they were
not the earth, neither the sea, nor the
blown out with wind? Hence, alas,
trees, till we have sealed the servants
the Apostle saith: “ Knowledge pufi'eth
of our God in their foreheads.
up, but charity edifieth.” (1 Cor. viii.
I.) By the “poor in spirit,” who are
here called blessed, are rightly to be tilymn.1
understood such as are lowly and fear
God, that is, have not got minds puffed SPOUSE of CHRIST, in arms contending
up with windy vanity. O'er each clime beneath the sun,
Blend with prayers for help ascending
The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O Notes of praise for triumphs won.
As the Church to-day rejoices,
All her saints in one to join,
LAUDS.
50 from earth let all our voices
First Antzlohon. I beheld, and, lo, Rise in melody divine.
a great multitude, which no man could
number, * of all nations, [and kindreds, Mary leads the sacred story.
Mary, with her heavenly Child,
and people, and tongues,] stood before
Sharer with Him now in glory
the throne.
Maid and Mother undefiled.
Second Antiphon. And all the
Angels stood round about the throne, Angels next, in due gradation
* [and about the Elders, and the four Of their nine-fold ministry,
living creatures,] and fell before the Hymn the FATHER ofcreation,‘
throne on their faces, and worshipped Maker of the stars on high.
God.
Third Antiphon. Thou, O Lord John, the herald-voice sonorous,
God, hast redeemed by Thy Blood, *‘ More than prophet owned to be,
out of every kindred, and tongue, and Patriarchs and Seers in chorus,
Swell the angelic harmony.
people, and nation, and hast made us
a kingdom unto our God.
Near to CHRIST the Apostles seated,
Fourth Antiphon. Bless the Lord, Trampling on the powers of hell,
all ye His chosen, * keep holiday, and By the promise now completed
extol Him. Judge the tribes of Israel.
1 The same difficulty arises with this hymn as with the last, but the Sponsa Christi, of which
the above is a translation by Mr W. Palmer, so coincides with it in sense that it may fairly
be taken as a paraphrase.
They who nobly died believing, reigneth with Thee, in the unity Of
Martyrs purpled in their gore, the Holy Ghost, one God, world with
Crowns of life by death receiving,
out end. Amen.
Rest in joy for evermore.
Priests and Levites, Gospel preachers, PRIME.

And Confessors numberless,
Prelates meek and holy teachers, Antiphon. I beheld, &c., (First
Bear the palm of righteousness. Antiphon at Lauds.)
Virgin souls by high profession

To the Lamb devoted here, MARTYROLOGY.
Strewing flowers in gay procession
On the morrow is made the Com
At the marriage-feast appear.
memoration of all the faithful de
All are blest together, praising parted.1
God’s eternal Majesty, Upon the same 2nd day of Nov
Thrice repeated anthems raising ember, were born into the better
To the all-holy Trinity. life— _
Holy Victorinus, Bishop of Poitiers,
So may we, with hearts devoted,
who, after publishing many writings,
Serve our God in holiness;
as witnesseth holy Jerome, was
So may we, by God promoted,
Share that Heaven which they possess. crowned with martyrdom in the per
Amen. secution under the Emperor Dio
cletian.
Verse. Let the Saints be joyful in At Triest, blessed Justus, who, in
glory— the same persecution, was martyred
Answer. Let them sing aloud upon under the President Manatius.
their beds. At Sébaste, under the Emperor
Licinius, the holy martyrs Carterius,
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Agapius,
The glorious company of the Apostles and their Companions.
praise Thee. * The goodly fellowship In Persia, the holy martyrs Acin
of the Prophets praise Thee. The dynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpi
white-robed army of Martyrs praise dephorus, and Anempodistus, with
Thee. All Thy Saints and Elect with many others their Companions.
one voice do acknowledge Thee, O In Africa, the holy martyrs Publius,
Blessed Trinity, One God! Victor, Hermes, and Papias.
At Tarsus, in Cilicia, under the
Emperor Julian the Apostate, the holy
Prayer throughout the Ojice.
Virgin and martyr Eustochium, who,
O ALMIGHTY and everlasting after grievous torments, gave up her
God, Who again allowest us soul in prayer to God.
reverently to keep in one Festival the At Laodicea, in Syria, [in the year
worthy memory of all Thy Saints, be 334] holy Theodotus, Bishop [of that
pleased, we beseech Thee, to grant see,] who excelled not in word only,
unto that great cloud of bedesmen the but in deed and in power.
outpouring of Thy mercy whereof we At Vienne, [in the seventh century,]
are afain. Through our Lord JESUS holy George, Bishop [of that see.]
Christ Thy'Son, Who liveth and In the monastery of San Moritz, in
1 This notice is transferred to the next day if November I be a Saturday.
Switzerland, [in the sixth century,] the Short Responsory.

holy Abbat Ambrose.
At Cyrus, in Syria, the holy Con Let the righteous rejoice before
fessor Marcian, [fourth century.] God.
Answer. Let the righteous rejoice
before God.
Chapter at the end. (Apoc. vii. 1 2.)
Verse. Yea, let them exceedingly
BLESSING, and glory, and wisdom, rejoice.
and thanksgiving, and honour, Answer. Before God.
and power, and might, be unto our Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
God, for ever and ever. Amen. to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. Let the righteous rejoice
before God.
TERCE.
Verse. The righteous live for ever
Antiphon. And all the Angels, &c., more.
(Second A ntiphon at Lands.) Answer. Their reward also is with
the Lord.
Chapterfrom Lands.
NONE.
Short Responsory.
Antz'phon. The praise of all His
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, Saints, &c., (Fifth Antiohon at
ye righteous. Lands.)
Answer. Be glad in the LORD,
and rejoice, ye righteous. Chapter as at the end of Prime.
Verse. And shout for joy, all ye
that are upright in heart. Short Responsory.
Answer. And rejoice, ye righteous.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and The righteous live for evermore.
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Answer. The righteous live for
Answer. Be glad in the LORD, evermore.
and rejoice, ye righteous. Verse. Their reward also is with
Verse. Let the righteous rejoice the Lord.
before God. Answer. For evermore.
Answer. Yea, let them exceed Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
ingly rejoice. to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. The righteous live for
SEXT. evermore.
Verse. Let the Saints be joyful in
Antiohon. Thou, O Lord God, &c., glory—
(Third A ntiphon at Lands.) Answer. Let them sing aloud
upon their beds.
Chapter. (Apoc. vii. 9.)
AFTER this I beheld, and, lo, a SECOND VESPERS.
great multitude, which no man
could number, of all nations, and As the First, exeept the _fbllowing.
kindreds, and people, and tongues,
stood before the throne, and before Last Psalm.
the Lamb, clothed with white robes
and palms in their hands. Ps. cxv. I believed, &c., (p. 1-8 5.)
Verse. Let the Saints be joyful in 0 WITH what a passion of wel

glory__ come doth the land above re
Answer. Let them sing aloud ceive them that are coming home
upon their beds. from the battle, and go forth to
meet them that bear the spoils of
A ntzlfihon at the Song of the Blessed
Virgin. 0 how glorious is that king the down-trodden foe! The men
dom wherein all the Saints do rejoice
who walk in the procession of vic
tory are mingled with women, who
with Christ! * They are clothed with
white robes, and follow the Lamb have conquered world and weak
ness together, and there also are
whithersoever He goeth.
damsels and lads who have under
As soon as “Thanks be to God” stood more than the antients, be
has heen answered to “Bless we the cause they have kept the precepts
Lord,” the Vespers of the Dead begin of the Eternal. But besides these
at once with the words “I will walk there is another great host, who
before the Lord, &c.” The Anti will have entry into the everlasting
phons are douhled throughout them, Palace, even they who have kept
the Psalm, “Praise the LORD, O my pure the unity of the faith in the
soul,” is omitted, and the only Prayer bond of peace, and the unshaken
said is “O God, Who art Thyself at observance of the commandments
once the Maker and the Redeemer of given us from heaven.
all Thy faithful ones, &c.”
MB. Should the Feast of All
Fg'fth Lesson.
Saints have fallen on a Saturday,
All Souls’ Day is transferred from COME now, therefore, my breth
the Sunday to the Monday, and con ren, and let us enter upon the
seouently the Vespers of the Dead are way; let us turn our faces home
said on Sunday evening. ward and heavenward, toward that
land wherein our names are written
NOVEMBER 2. down and we are citizens elect. '
We are no more strangers and
Saw» Qag witllin tBe Octave foreigners, but fellow-citizens with
the Saints, and of the household of
of 3?? gain“. God, (Eph. ii. 19,) yea, heirs of
All as on the Feast Day, exeept God, and joint-heirs with Christ.
that the Antiphons are not doubled, (Rom. viii. I7.) Bravery can open,
and the following. and lealty keep wide the entry for
us into that city. Let us think
FIRST NOCTURN. then for awhile what is the brilliant
happiness of that city—that is to
Lessons from Serzpture attordz'ng to say, as well as we can, for what
the Season.
it really is, no words can utter.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Fourth Lesson. Sixth Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Sermons ONCERNING that city it is
of the Venerable Bede, Priest [at written in a certain place :
Jarrow.] (18th on the Saints.) “ Sorrow and mourning shall flee
away.”1 What can be more blessed lastingly sure and fixed, wherein the
than that life wherein poverty will soul resteth by good will, at home
not threaten, nor sickness weaken? there, as carnal owners rest at home
There, there will be no hurts and no in sure earthly possessions; and on
angering. There, there will be no the income from that land they live,
envying; there, will burn no covet as earthly owners from the income Of
ousness; no ambition of honour nor earthly possessions; this is the home
seeking of power will give trouble, and the abiding-place of the Saints.
there. There, the devil will be no And the meek heirs are they who when
more an object of fear; there, no evil they be evil-entreated, suffer it, and
spirits lie in wait; the dread of hell are “not overcome of evil, but over
will be gone, there. There, there come evil with good.” (Rom. xii. 21.)
will be no death either for the body
or for the soul, but life glorious in
Eighth Lesson.
the gift of immortality.
“ BLESSED are they that mourn,
THIRD NOCTURN. for they shall be comforted.”
This mourning is sorrow for the things
Seventh Lesson. once loved and now lost. By turning
The Lesson is taken from the Holy to God, they lose things in this world
Gospel according to Matthew (v. I.) which they once loved. But now their
true joy is no longer in those things
T that time: JESUS, seeing the wherein they joyed aforetime, and by
multitudes, went up into a the growing love of the eternal things
mountain, and, when He was set, His this their carnal mourning is abund
disciples came unto Him. And so on. antly comforted. They are comforted
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of by the Holy Ghost Who chiefly for
Hippo.] (Bk. i. on the Lord’s Sermon.) this very reason hath His title of “the
Comforter.” They lose things tem
“Blessed are the poor in spirit.” poral, but they gain the enjoyment of
lf blessedness is to attain unto the things eternal.
highest wisdom, it must needs be
that it begin by the being poor in Ninth Lesson.
spirit. “The fear of the LORD is the
beginning of wisdom,” (Ps. cx. 10,) “ BLESSED are they that do hunger
even as, on the other hand, it is and thirst after righteousness,
written that “pride is the beginning for they shall be filled.” They of
ofall sin.” (Ecclus. x. 15.) The proud whom He speaketh here are they who
covet and love earthly kingdoms. have a love for whatever is good, be
“Blessed are the meek, for they cause it is good. And such as these
shall inherit the earth.” The earth shall have their hunger satisfied with
which they shall inherit I believe to that meat whereof the Lord Himself
be that earth whereof it is written in said: “My meat is to do the will of
the cxli. Psalm, “Thou art my refuge, Him that sent Me, and to finish His
and my portion in the land of the work,” (John iv. 34,) and their thirst
living.” (6) And the heritage of the slaked with that water which the same
meek in this land is an heritage ever Lord Himself shall give them, whereof
1 Aufugiet ibi dolor, et tristitia, et gemitus. Apparentlyla quotation from memory. Isa. li.
II and xxxv. 10 are identical with each other, and Apoc. xx]. 4 is somewhat like them.
FEAST-DAYS. IN NOVEMBER. 711
whosoever drinketh shall never thirst, Emperor Maximian, were for Christ’s
but the water that He shall have given faith’s sake cast into the Tiber weighted
him, shall be in him a well of water with stones, but by the will of God
springing up into everlasting life. (1 4.) were thence delivered by an Angel,
“Blessed are the merciful, for they and received the crown of martyrdom
shall obtain mercy.” He calleth them by being beheaded. -
blessed which succour the needy, for, At the monastery of Clairvaux, [in
with the measure wherewith they have the year 1148,] holy Maleachlan,
meted, shall it be measured unto them Archbishop of Armagh, in Ireland,
withal, and they shall not be left un who in his time shone with many
succoured in their own need. graces, and whose life hath been
written by the holy Abbat Bernard.
At the end 19" Lauds, as soon as On the same day, [in the year 727,]
“Thanks be to God” has heen an holy Hubert, Bishop of Tongres.
swered to “Bless we the Lord,” the At Vienne, [in the sixth century,]
Dirge hegins at onee with the words holy Domnus, Bishop [of that see.]
“ Unto the Eternal King.” The An‘ Likewise [in the year 755,] holy
tiphons are doubled throughout, three Pirmin, Bishop of Meaux.
Naeturns are said, the last Responsory At Urgel, in Spain, holy Hermen
is, “Deliver me, O Lord,” the Psalm gaudus, Bishop [of that see.]
“Out of the depths ” is omitted, and At Rome, holy Sylvia, the mother of
the only Prayer is “ O God, Who art holy Pope Gregory.
Thyself at once the Maker, &c.”
Should Nor/emher 2 he a Sunday,
the Dirge is said on Monday.
NOVEMBER 3.
MARTYROLOGY. .St Winefrid Uirgin amt

On the morrow we keep in England martyr.
the feast of the holy Virgin and martyr
Douhle.
Winefrid.
Upon the same 3rd day of Novem All from the Common Ofiiee, (p.
ber, were also born into the better 451,) except the following.
life—
Holy Quartus, the disciple of the Prayer throughout the Ofiee. (From
Apostles. her ancient Ofiiee.)
At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the
holy martyrs Germanus, Theophilus, ALMIGHTY and everlasting
Caesarius, and Vitalis, who bore a God, Who hast given unto
noble testimony in the persecution blessed Winefrid the reward of her
under the Emperor Decius. virginity, grant unto us, we beseech
At Saragossa, countless holy mar Thee, with the help of her prayers, to
tyrs, who wondrously laid down their make little of the enticements of this
lives for Christ’s sake under Dacian, world, and to attain as she hath, unto
President of Spain, [in the year 304.] a mansion of glory that fadeth not
At Viterbo, the holy martyrs Valen away. Through our Lord JESUS
tine the Priest and Hilary the Deacon, Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
who, in the persecution under the reigneth with Thee, in. the unity of
the Holy Ghost, one God, world belonging to Agricola, to whom, in

without end. Amen. sufi'ering martyrdom, [in the year 304,]
he became an equal and a companion.
A Commemoration of the Octa'z/e of Upon Vitalis the persecutors exer
All Saints is made at both Vespers and cised every kind of torment, until
Lauds.
there was no place in his body without
FIRST NOCTURN. some wound. He bore all steadfastly,
and gave up his soul in prayer to God.
Lessons from Scrzioture according
While they were nailing Agricola with
to the Season.
many nails to a cross they thereby
killed him. Holy Ambrose was pres
SECOND NOCTURN. ent at the translation of their bodies,
Fourth Lesson. (From Robert of and saith that he gathered together
Shrewsoury. ) the nails of this martyr, his victorious
blood, and the wood of his cross, and
HE maiden Winefrid was born buried them under the holy altar.
in the west parts of Greater On the same day, the holy martyrs
Britain, and with the approval of her Philologus and Patrobas, disciples of
parents consecrated her virginity to the holy Apostle Paul. .[According
God. Caradoc, son of King Alan, to the Greek tradition Patrobas was
was ready to die of love for her, and Bishop of Puzzuoli and then of
at last suddenly assaulted her, with a Naples, and Philologus of Sinope, in
view to gratifying his lust. As she Paphlagonia.]
strove to escape be seized her, and, At Autun, the holy martyr Proculus.
in consequence of her struggles, at In the Vexin, the holy martyr Clarus,
length murdered her. This holy vir a Priest.
gin and martyr suffered about the year At Ephesus, under the Emperor
of salvation 660. Aurelian, the holy martyr Porphyry.
The Fifth and Sixth Lessons will At Myra, in Lycia, under the Presi
he the Fourth and Fifth respectively dent Libanius, the holy martyrs Nican
from the Common (1). 4 54.) der, Bishop [of that see,] and Hermas,
a Priest.
Upon the same day, the holy
THIRD NOCTURN.
Pierius, a Priest of Alexandria, pro
Lessons from Matth. xxv. I, with foundly learned in the Scriptures of
the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 455.) God, unblemished in life, and for
Christian philosophy’s sake stripped
nearly of all things, and unattached.
MARTYROLOGY.
He taught the people of Alexandria
Upon the 4th day of November, admirably while Theonas ruled that
were born into the better life— Church in the time of the Princes
At Milan, [in the year 1584,] holy Carus and Diocletian, and published
Charles Borromeo, Cardinal Arch divers treatises. After the persecu
bishop of that city, eminent for holi tion was over he spent the rest of
ness and famous for miracles, whose his life at Rome, and there fell asleep
name Paul V. enrolled among those in peace, [at the beginning of the
of the Saints. fourth century.]
At Bologna, the holy martyrs Vitalis At Rodez, in Gaul, [in the year
and Agricola. Vitalis was a slave 440,] the blessed Amantius, Bish0p
[of that see,] whose life remains glori make us to love Thee more. Through
ous on account of his holiness and our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
miracles. liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the
In Bithynia, [in the year 846,] the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
holy Abbat Joannicius. world without end. Amen.
At Albe-Royale, in Hungary, [in
the year 1031,] the blessed Confessor
preceding, from the Common Ofiiee,
Emeric, son of holy Stephen, King of
with the Prayer from her own Ofiee.
Hungary.
Then of the Oeta‘ve of All Saints.
In the monastery of Cerfroi, in
Then of the Holy Martyrs Vitalis
the country of Meaux, [in the year
and Agricola. Antigfihon and Verse
1212,] holy Felix cle Valois, Founder
and Answer from the Common Ofiiee,
of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity
for the Redemption of Captives, whose (o-382»
feast is kept by decree of Innocent XI. Prayer.
upon the 20th day of this same month GRANT, we beseech Thee, 0 Al
of November, but by us upon the 26th mighty God, that we who keep
day of the same. the solemn memorial of Thy blessed
At Treves, [in the year 780,] the Martyrs Vitalis and Agricola, may
holy Virgin Modesta. find succour with Thee in their prayers
Vespers are of the following, from on our behalf. Through our Lord
the Chapter inclusive. JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
NOVEMBER 4. without end. Amen.
$t QL'lJatIefi, [(Earhinal] grdy MATTINS.
bishop [of mam] Qtum FIRST NOCTURN.

fzssur. Lessons from Serz'pture actordz'ng to
Douhle. the Season.
All from the Common Ofiiee for a SECOND NOCTURN.
the following. Fourth Lesson.
CHARLES, of the noble family of
FIRST VESPERS. Borromeo, was born [on the 2nd
These, as regards St Charles, hegin day of October, in the year of our
with the Chapter. Lord 1538,] at [the Castle of Arona,
fourteen miles from] Milan. In fore
token of his holy life, God caused a
Prayer throughout the Ofiioe.
bright light to shine by night over
LORD, give unto Thy Church for the chamber where his mother lay
an unsleeping warder Thine holy in travail. As soon as his age would
Confessor Bishop Charles ; upon earth allow him, he received the tonsure.
his carefulness did make him glorious When he was twelve years old, he
as a shepherd, there where he is may was made Abbat [of the rich Bene
his prayerfulness make him effectual dictine Abbey of St Gratinian and St
as a bedesman, pleading with Thee to Felin,] but reminded his father that
the revenues thereof were not to be sold for forty thousand crowns, and
used as mere family property. His gave the whole sum to the poor in
father, to whom the administration one day. Twenty thousand crowns
of these revenues fell during his being left him as a legacy [by Vir
son’s non-age, still gave them forth ginia, widow of Count Frederick
with over to him, and whatever was Borromeo,] he gave the whole to
left over, he gave to the poor. While the poor. The incomes of the
he was young he studied letters at benefices wherewith he had been
Pavia. He kept his purity thoroughly, loaded by his uncle, he spent upon
so that he scared away the unclean the needs of the poor, except what
women, of whom many were set upon he used for himself. When the
him, to overthrow his self -control. plague grievously raged in Milan, he
In the twenty-third year of his age, gave up to the sick poor the furni
his uncle Pius IV. made him a ture of his own house, even to his
Cardinal, in which dignity he was a own bedding, and thenceforward slept
burning and shining light of godli upon the boards. He constantly
ness and all graces before the whole visited the sick, cheered them by his
of the Sacred College. About forty fatherly kindness, and wonderfully
days afterwards the same Pope created comforted them, ministering to them
him Archbishop of Milan. As such with his own hands the Sacraments
it was his great desire to order the 0f the Church. At the same time
Church committed to his charge in he drew near to plead for them with
accordance with the requirements of God in lowly entreaty, and ordered a
the most holy Council of Trent, which public Procession wherein he walked
was in great part by his labours himself carrying a Cross, with a rope
brought to a conclusion. To raise halter round his neck, and his bare
up the degraded lives of the people, feet bleeding from the stones, and
he oftentimes held Synods, but him fain to turn away the Divine anger
self set an example of deep godli by offering himself as a scapegoat
ness. He worked earnestly to purge for the sins of his people. He was
the parts about the Alps and borders a stout defender of the freedom of
of Switzerland of heresy, and brought the Church. But in the Church he
many of the heretics to the Christian was an earnest reformer of discipline,
faith. and once, when he was engaged in
prayer, [the paid agent of] some con
Fifth Lesson.
spirators took a shot at him with a
CHARITY was the brightest mark blunderbuss, but, though the ball
of his life. His principality of struck him, the power of God kept
Oria, [in the kingdom of Naples,] he him unharmed.1
1 The Latinity of this passage is very quaint. “A seditiosis, dum orationi insisteret, tormenti
bellici laxata rota, igneo globulo percussus, Divina virtute, &c." The ball struck upon his
rochet, near the middle vertebrae of the back, and, leaving a mark upon the rochet, fell down
to his feet. Some small _shot pierced his clothes, but stopped at his skin, and his cassock was
pierced with small shot in several places. When the part that was struck was examined, a
light bruise was disoovered, with a small swelling on the skin, which mark continued even
after his death. The would-be murderer was a Priest, named La Farina. St Charles would
take no measures against his enemies, but they ultimately fell into the bands of public justice.
La Farina and another were hung, two beheaded, and one condemned to the galleys. For
this last the Saint procured mitigation and ultimate pardon, and made every effort to save the
lives of the others, for whose relations he provided. The religious Order (the Humiliati) from
which the attempt proceeded, and of which three of the executed felons were Provosts, was
abolished by the Pope St Pius V. (Alban Butler.)

E was remarkable for his abstin Lessons from Matth. xxv. 14, with
ence. He very often fasted the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 406.)
upon nothing but bread and water, The last is omitted, or read as one with
and sometimes nothing but lupines. the Eighth, to leave room for the
He tamed his body by depriving
himself Of sleep, by very rough [Vinth Lesson. (For the Holy
haircloth, and by constant scourg Martyrs.)
ing. He was an earnest practiser of
VITALIS was a slave, and Agricola
lowliness and meekness. However
his owner. They were arrested
much he was taken up with busi
at Bologna in the persecution under
ness, he never gave himself relaxa
Diocletian and Maximian, for preach
tion from prayer and from preaching
ing JESUS Christ. Vitalis, the more
the word of God. He built many
he was implored and threatened to
Churches, convents, and schools.
change his mind so much the more
He wrote much matter, useful more
proclaimed himself a worshipper and
especially for the good of Bishops.
servant of Christ, and after bravely
The publication of the “Parish
bearing a course Of divers tortures,
Priests’ Catechism” was due to his
gave up his soul in prayer to God.
care. In October, 1584, he with
The execution of Agricola had been
drew himself, for the purpose of
put off, in the hope that the agonies
making a retreat, to [what is called]
Of his servant might scare him into
the “Sacro Monte” of Varallo, an
denying Christ; but the sight only
hill whereon [many sacred subjects
hardened him. He was therefore
and especially] the incidents of the
crucified, and so became sharer and
Lord’s sufferings are represented in
fellow with his slave Vitalis in the
life-size groups of coloured figures.1
glory of testification. Their bodies
[On Oct. 24] he was taken ill of were laid in the Jews’ burying-place,
a [tertian] ague, [but concealed it,]
where they were found by St Ambrose,
and lived there for some days a life
who removed them to an hallowed
of torture by voluntary suffering, but
and honourable sepulchre.
of sweetness by thoughts of Christ’s
woes. After his return to Milan, At Lauds a Commemoration is made
[which he reached in a litter upon of the Octave.
All Souls’ Day,] his sickness became Then of the Holy Martyrs.
hopeless, and early in the night be
Antifihon. The very hairs of your
tween the [3rd and] 4th days of
head are all numbered. Fear not,
November, in the 47th year of his
therefore; ye are of more value than
own age, and in that of our Lord
1584, covered with ashes and sack
many sparrows.
Cloth, and with his eyes fixed upon Verse. Let the righteous rejoice
before God.
the image of Christ crucified, be
Answer. Yea, let them exceedingly
exchanged earth for heaven. He
rejoice.
was famous for miracles, and Pope
Paul V. numbered him among the Prayer as at the Commemoration at
Saints. Vespers.
1 It is very curious and is much visited from curiosity as well as devotion. The chapels in
which St Charles prayed most in his last retreat are those of the Agony in the Garden and
of our Lord in the Sepulchre.
MARTYROLOGY. NOVEMBER 5.
Upon the 5th day of November are fiiftg @ag mitllin tBe Octave of
commemorated the holy Zacharias, 3?? fiat'nta.
Priest and Prophet, father of the
blessed Baptist John, and holy Eliza All as on the Feast, except that the
beth, mother of the same most holy Antiphons are not douhled, and the
Forerunner. following.
Upon the same day, were born into
the better life— FIRST NOCTURN.
At Terracina, in Campania, the Lessons from Scrioture according to
holy martyrs Felix, a Priest, and the Season.
Eusebius, a Monk. This Eusebius
buried the holy martyrs Julian and SECOND NOCTURN.
Caesarius, and turned many to be
lieve in Christ who were baptised Fourth Lesson.
by the holy Priest Felix. He and The Lesson is taken from the Ser
Felix were therefore tried together mons of the Venerable Bede, Priest
and both led before the seat of the [at Jarrow.] (18th on the Saints.)
judge, where neither was overcome,
but were committed to prison to THEREFORE, may it be our
gether, and the same night, since delight to go on unto this prize
they refused to sacrifice, they were of good living. Freely and cheerfully
beheaded. let us strive in the race, running under
At Emesa, in Phoenicia, the holy the eyes of God and of Christ. We
martyrs Galation, and Epistemis, his have already taken a station above
wife. In the persecution under floating and earthly things, and let
Decius they were heavily flogged, us allow no love for things fleeting
and their hands, feet, and tongues to hamper our running. If the last
mutilated, whereafter they were be day shall find us lithe and speedful
headed, and so finished their testi in the race of good living, we shall
mony. never have to complain that our
Also under the Emperor Maximin, Master is a scanty rewarder of our
the holy martyrs Domninus, Theoti works.
mus, Philotheus, Silvanus, and their Fifth Lesson.
Companions.
HE That giveth a red crown for
At Milan, the holy Confessor
suffering under persecution, the
Magnus, Bishop [of that see, in the
same giveth a white crown to them
year 529.]
At Brescia, holy Dominator, Bishop that under peace, prevail in battles of
righteousness. Neither Abraham, nor
[of that see.]
Isaac, nor Jacob, were slain, and
At Treves, [about the year 500,]
holy Fibitius, who from being Abbat nevertheless in honour for faith and
righteousness, they have gained the
was made Bishop of that city.
first place among the Patriarchs, and
At Orleans, in Gaul, the holy Con
it is to sit down with them in the
fessor Laetus, a Priest, [in the year
kingdom of God that are gathered
534-] the faithful, the righteous, and the
At Second Vespers, a Commemora praiseworthy. We must remember
tion of the Octa've. that it is God’s will, and not our
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own will, that we must do, for he “Blessed are they which do hunger
that doeth His will abideth for ever, and thirst after righteousness.” Here
even as He abideth for ever. there is that earnest striving, where
with the mind doth struggle to tear
Sixth Lesson. herself away from those things whose
deathful sweetness would make her
WHEREFORE, dearly beloved fain to cling unto them. Here is
brethren, with mind clear, faith hungering and thirsting after right
firm, courage true, love thorough, let eousness, and there is sore need of
us be ready to do whatever God firmness, for what it is a joy to have,
willeth, keeping stoutly all the com it must be a grief to lose. But the
mandments of the Lord, having inno fifth head is the declaration that
cency in simplicity, peaceableness in “Blessed are the merciful,” and in
love, modesty in lowliness, in minis these words a door of comfort and
tering diligence, in helping them that reward is opened unto the toiling.
toil watchfulness, in succouring the Entangled in such straits a man can
poor mercifulness, in standing up for be of no use to himself, unless One
the truth firmness, in keeping of dis That is stronger than he help him;
cipline sternness, lest we be found and if he be helped of the Stronger,
wanting in any good work. These it is but just that he in turn should
are the steps which the Saints who help such as is weaker than himself.
have already gone home have left And so, “Blessed are the merciful,
marked for us, that we may be able for,” in their turn, “they shall obtain
to keep in their footprints, and so to mercy” from God.
follow them into their joy.
Eighth Lesson.
THIRD NOCTURN.
“ BLESSED are the pure in heart.”
Seventh Lesson. This sixth benediction is pro
The Lesson is taken from the Holy nounced upon those hearts which by.
Gospel according to Matthew (v. I.) pure, clear consciousness of good
works are able to look to that Highest
T that time: Seeing the multi Good, Which only the clear, calm
tudes, JESUS went up into a mind can perceive. Lastly cometh
mountain; and when He was set, His in the seventh place that “Blessed
disciples came unto Him. And so on. are the peacemakers,”-—that is to say,
blessed are they who cultivate wisdom,
which is the contemplation of the
Hippo.] (Bk. i. on the Lord’s Sermon,
Ch. 3 and 4.) True, since it is the fruit of this
contemplation of the True to produce
[F irst, “Blessed are the poor in profound and utter internal peace in
spirit.” Secondly, “Blessed are the man, and to catch the reflection of
meek.” Thirdly, “Blessed are they the Divine,-—this being the idea which
that mourn.”] They that are blessed is expressed in the words: “Blessed
under this third head, having know are the peacemakers, for they shall
ledge, do mourn that they possess not be called the children of God.” The
yet the Highest Good, which posses eighth phrase is a return to the first,
sion belongeth unto the end of their since it showeth lowliness of spirit in
course. But in the fourth place, its aspect of ,completion and crown-,
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71‘8 THE PROPER OFFICE OF-THE SAINTS.
ing; and thence the kingdom of' for the Catholic faith’s sake had a
heaven is the reward mentioned in nail driven into his head, and so re
both places. “Blessed are the poor ceived the crown of martyrdom.
in spirit, for their’s is the kingdom In Phrygia, holy Atticus.
of heaven.” “ Blessed are they which At Berg, [beforethe middle of the
are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, eighth century,] holy Winock, Abbat
for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.” [of Wormhoult,] famous for graces
and miracles, who ministered for a
long time to the brethren subject
[Vinth Lesson.
unto him.
[PAUL] saith: “Who shall separate At Fondi, in Latium, [in the sixth
us from the love of Christ? century,] the holy Monk Felix.
Shall tribulation, or distress, or per At Limoges, in Aquitaine, [in the
secution, or famine, or nakedness, or sixth century,] the holy Confessor
peril, 0r sword?” There are there Leonard, a disciple of blessed Bishop
fore seven things which bring to per Remy. He was noble by birth, but
fection, for the eighth is the glorifica chose the life of an hermit, and is
tion and manifestation of that which famous for his holiness and miracles,
is perfected, that from this head others but his power hath been most chiefly
again may begin, and be finished. shown in the freeing of prisoners.
It seemeth to me also that these
heads and sayings have some con
NOVEMBER 6.
nection with the seven gifts of the
Holy Ghost whereof' Isaiah speaketh. Sin!) @ag witllin tfie Octave of
But there is a difference of order, for
there the highest is taken first, but 11?? Saints.
here the lowest; there the wisdom All as on the Feast, except that the
of God, but here the fear of God, Antiohons are not doubled, and the
but the beginning of wisdom is the following.
fear of the Lord.
FIRST NOCTURN.
MARTYROLOGY. Lessons from Serzlotnre according to
the Season.
Upon the 6th day of November,
were born into the better life——
SECOND NOCTURN
At Thinissa, in Africa, [in the
fourth century,] the holy martyr Fourth Lesson.
Felix, who had made his con
fession and was reserved for they The Lesson is taken from the Sermons
of St Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux,]
torture, when on the next day he
(2ndfor All Saints’ Day.)
was found dead in prison, as is told
by holy Augustine in his exposition DEARLY beloved brethren, since
of P5. cxxvii. made to the people' we keep on this day the mem
upon his' festival. f ory of all the Saints, that memory
At Antioch, ten holy martyrs .who so joyous and so worthy of all our
are recorded to have suffered at the thoughts, it seemeth to me worth the
hands of the Saracens. ' while, the Holy Ghost helping me, to
At Barcelona, the‘ holy martyr address to your kind indulgence some
Severus, Bishop [of that see,] who remarks upon that happiness which
FEAST-DAYS IN. NOVEMBER. 719‘
they are all enjoying in blessed rest there actually, where we are only in
fulness, and that final consummation desire; they in very presence, we
they are awaiting. It is a faithful only in thought.
saying, and worthy of all acceptation,
that if we thus solemnly honour them, THIRD NOCTURN.
we should follow the ensample of their
conversation ; if we proclaim them so Seventh Lesson.
blessed, we should strive our best to The Lesson is taken from the Holy
reach the same blessedness ; if we are
Gospel according to Matthew (v. I.)
well pleased to hear them praised, we
should be bettered by their prayers. T that time: Seeing the multi
tudes, JESUS went up into a
mountain, and when He was set, His
Fzfth Lesson.
disciples came unto Him. And so on.
HAT is it to the Saints that we
_ Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of
should praise them? What to
them that we should glorify them?
Hippo.] (Bk. i. on the Lord’s Sermon.
What is this our Feast to them?
Ch. 4.)
What are honours on earth to .them Wherefore, if we reckon up the
whom, according as the Son hath Beatitudes' as ascending steps, the
faithfully promised, His Father is first is the fear of God; the second,
honouring? What are our eulogies godliness; the third, knowledge; the
to them? They are full. Verily, fourth, firmness; the fifth, counsel;
dearly beloved brethren, of our goods the sixth, understanding; the seventh,
the Saints have no need, and our wisdom. The fear of God pertaineth
devotion toward them doth nothing unto the lowly, as it is said : “ Blessed
for them. Our honouring their mem are the poor in spirit, for their’s is the
ory hath to do with ourselves and not kingdom of heaven,”—that is, it is for
with them. Would ye know what it them that are not puffed up, for them
hath to do with us? In me 1 con that are not proud, as also saith the
fess that at their remembrance I feel Apostle: “Be not highminded, but
kindled a vehement longing, yea, a fear,” (Rom. xi. 20,)—that is, “Be
three-fold longing. not pulled up.” Godliness pertaineth
unto the meek; for he that seeketh
Sz'xth Lesson. after a godly sort, honoureth the Holy
Scripture, and when he findeth therein
IT is a common saying that, “Out that which he doth not yet understand,
of sight, out of mind.”1 The he blameth not the Scripture, nor
memory is a kind of sight, and to gainstandeth. And this is to be
think of the Saints, is to call them up meek. Therefore is it said here:
before the mind’s eye. Such is our “ Blessed are the meek, for they shall
portion in the land of the living, but inherit the earth.”
it is not a little portion, if love, (as it
ought to do,) be joined with remem
Eighth Lesson.
brance; it is in such sense that we
must say that “ our conversation is in KNOWLEDGE pertaineth unto
heaven.” (Phil. iii. 20.) Very differ them that mourn, who have
ently to what is theirs. For they are already learnt from the Scriptures
1 Quod non videt oculus, cor non dolet.
amid what ills they are entangled, the same reward, although diversely
even in those things which once in named, and that reward is the king
their ignorance they afi‘ected as being dom of heaven.
good and useful. Of such is it said:
“Blessed are ye that weep now.”
MARTYROLOGY.
(Luke vi. 21.) Firmness pertaineth
unto such as hunger and thirst after Upon the 7th day of November,
righteousness. These are they who were born into the better life—
toil bravely, animated by the longing At Padua, holy Prosdocimus, the
for that joy which is caused by real first Bishop of that see, who was or
blessedness, and striving therefore to dained Bishop by the blessed Apostle
wean their love away from so-called Peter, and sent to preach the Word of
joys whose origin is merely earthly God in that city, where he shone with
and fleshly. Of them is it said: many graces and wonders, and died a
“Blessed are they which do hunger blessed death. 7
and thirst after righteousness.” Coun At Perugia, [in the year 547,] the
sel pertaineth unto the merciful, for holy martyr Herculanus, Bishop [of
our only way of escape from the that see.]
horrors of our own guilt’s punishment On the same day the holy martyr
is that we should forgive even as we Amaranth, who was buried in the
hope to be ourselves forgiven, and city of Albi when the course of
should help others as much as we his faithful contending was over,
can, even as we would fain be holpen but he is alive for evermore in
in that wherein we can ourselves do glory.
nothing. And of such as so do, it is At Melitina, in Armenia, the holy
said: “Blessed are the merciful, for martyrs Hiero, Nicander, Hesychius,
they shall obtain mercy ” from God. and thirty others, who were crowned
under the President Lysias, in the
persecution under the Emperor
Ninth Lesson.
' Diocletian.
NDERSTANDING pertaineth At Amphipolis, in Macedonia, the
unto the pure in heart, for holy martyrs Auctus, Taurion, and
these are they whose clear eye can Thessalonica.
see that which the fieshly eye hath At Ancyra, under the Emperor
not seen, neither the ear heard, Julian the Apostate, the holy martyrs
neither hath it entered into the heart Melasippus, Anthony, and Carina.
of man to conceive; and therefore of At Cologne, [in the year 1225,]
them it is said: “Blessed are the holy Engelbert, Bishop [of that
pure in heart, for they shall see God.” see], who was contented to suffer
Wisdom pertaineth unto the peace martyrdom in defence of the free
makers, even unto them in whom all dom of the Church and of the
things are well ordered, and passion obedience due to the Church of
no longer maketh insurrection against Rome.
reason, but all things are subject unto At Alexandria, [about the year
human common sense, even as the 313,] blessed Achillas, Bishop [of
same again is made subject unto God. that see,] eminent for his learning,
And of such is it said: “Blessed are faith, conversation, and life.
the peacemakers.” But for all these In Willebrord,
Friesland, [in[first]
the year 738,]
holy Bishopv of
forms of blessedness there is one and
Utrecht, who was ordained Bishop and if he be in admiration of the

by blessed Pope Sergius, and preached Saints, let his own admirable life re
the Gospel in Friesland and Denmark, flect the holiness of theirs. If we
whose feast we keep upon the 29th love the good and leal because they
day of this present month. are good and leal, let us not forget
At Metz, [about the year 400,] the that we can be what they are, by
holy Confessor Rufus, Bishop [of that doing as they did. '
see.]
At Strasburg, [about the year 693,]
F Lesson.
holy Florence, Bishop [of that see, and
Founder and Abbat of Haslach and T ought not to be hard for us to
of St Thomas] copy others, when we see what
they of old time did without any
ensamples before them, so that in
NOVEMBER 7. them who copied not others, but set
ensample for others to copy, and in
éeventfi @ag m’tBt'n tfie Octave us who copy them, and in them which
of are éat'nts. take ensample by us, Christ may be
glorified in His holy Church. Thus
All as on the Feast, except that
from the very beginning of the world
the Antiphons are not doubled, and
there have been the harmless Abel
the jbllowing. who was slain, Enoch who walked
with God, and was seen no more, for
FIRST NOCTURN.
God took him, Noah who was found
Lessons from Scripture according to righteous, Abraham who was tried
the Season. and found faithful, Moses who was
the meekest of men, Joshua who was
SECOND NOCTURN. chaste, David who was gentle, Elijah
who was accepted, Daniel who was
Fourth Lesson. holy, and the three Children who
were victorious.
[Patriarch of Constantinople] (0n Sixth Lesson.
the Martyrs.)
THE Apostles, the disciples of
E that wondereth with reverential Christ, are held the teachers
love at the mighty deeds of the of believers. Confessors taught of
holy, he that hath oftentimes on his them fight right manfully, the noble
tongue praises for the glory of the martyrs triumph, and the Christian
righteous, let such an one copy their army armed with the armour of God,
holy lives and their righteousness ; for ever prevaileth in warfare against the
if any take pleasure in the work of a devil. All these have been men of
Saint, he ought to take pleasure in like lealty, divers warfarings, and
serving God as that Saint served Him. glorious victories. And thou, 0
If he praiseth the Saint, he ought to Christian, art but a carpet-knight,
imitate him, and if he is not ready to if thou thinkest to conquer without
imitate him, he ought not to praise a fight, to triumph without a struggle.
him. Let him that praiseth another Nerve thyself, strive manfully, hit hard
make himself worthy of a like praise, in the press. Consider thine engage
ment, look to thy state, know thine Eighth Lesson.

arm, even the engagement which thou
hast taken, the state wherein thou art ERCY is proclaimed unto the
come, and the arm wherewith thou merciful, as unto them who
have taken the true and best counsel
hast enrolled thyself a soldier.
how to obtain from Him That is
Mightier than they what they that
THIRD NOCTURN. are weaker than they obtain from
Seventh Lesson. them. “Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy ” from
The Lesson is taken from the Holy God. Unto the pure in heart it per
Gospel according to Matthew (v. taineth to see God, for their eye is
I.) clear to take in the things eternal.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for
T that time: Seeing the multi
they shall see God.” To the peace
tudes, JESUS went up into a
mountain, and when He was set, makers it is given to be in the like
His disciples came unto Him. And ness and image of God, for these
so on. are the perfectly wise, created anew
in the image of God, by the regenera
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of tion of the new man. “ Blessed are
Hippo] (Bk. i., on the Lord’s Ser the peacemakers, for they shall be
mon. ) called the children of God.” The
foregoing are forms of blessedness
At the first step in blessedness is
which we believe can be thoroughly
set forth, as was behoven, the king
dom of heaven, the realisation of the attained in this life. The Apostles,
perfect and highest wisdom of the for instance, did, we believe, attain
them. As for that entire change into
reasonable soul. Thus is it said:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the likeness of Angels, which is pro
their’s is the kingdom of heaven,”— mised us when this life is done,-—n0
as though it were said: “ The fear of words can set it forth.
the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”
Then unto the meek is given an in Ninth Lesson.
heritance, as the legacy of a father
to dutiful children. “Blessed are “ BLESSED are they which are
the meek, for they shall inherit the persecuted for righteousness’
earth.” Thirdly, there is comfort for sake, for their’s is the kingdom of
such as mourn, knowing what they heaven.” In this eighth word, which
have lost, and what encompasseth returneth back again to the fountain
them. “ Blessed are they that mourn head and setteth forth the perfect
[now],1 for they shall be comforted.” crown of human blessedness, is con
‘ Fourthly, the hungry and thirsty are tained perchance a [mystic] con
promised that they shall be filled,va nection with the fact that it was upon
refreshment for the strugglers for the eighth day that the old Law com
life, and for the weary. “Blessed manded that circumcision should be
are they which do hunger and thirst performed, and that it was upon the
after righteousness, for they shall day- next after the Sabbath (being
be filled.” the seventh day),that the 'Lord rose
l The introduction of this word "now," not in St Matthew, shoWs a confusion with
Luke vi. 21. .A
“FEAST-DAYS IN ,NOVEMBER; 7'2'3
again, the day whereon He so rose commanded that they should be cast
being thus the eighth day, [had a into the river. 7 ,
week. contained more than seven Likewise at Rome, 'upon the
days,] and the first day [as a matter Lavican Way, the holy martyrs called
of fact.] There is perchance also a the “Crowned” brethren, Severus,
connection with the fact that we ob Severian, Carpophorus, and Victorinus,
serve eight days [being from. the who under the aforesaid Emperor
Lord’s Day whereon He rose to the Diocletian were flogged to death with
Lord’s Day in White both inclusive,] scourges loaded with lead. Their
in honour of the creation of the new names were afterwards revealed by
man. And yet again there is per the Lord after divers years, but as
chance a connection with the number they were unknown at the time it
contained in [the name ofl the Feast was ordained that on the anniversary
of Pentecost, [which is, being inter of their deaths they should be com
preted, “the Feast of the Fiftieth memorated,~ along with the five above
Day.”] For this number of fifty days mentioned, under the title of the
is reckoned [from that of the offering Four‘ that were Crowned, and the
of the Sheaf of the Passover] by said custom hathv still gone on in
counting [seven weeks, that is to say,] the Church ever since their names
seven multiplied by seven, which is have been known.
“forty-nine, and thereto adding one, At Rome, [in the year 618,]. the
which joined with seven maketh holy Pope Deusdedit, whose grace was
eight, and so making full fifty. And such that by his kiss he made a leper
thus borne backward to our fountain clean.
head, the day whereon the Holy At Bremen, [aboutvthe year 789,]
Ghost was sent down, we are borne holy Willehad, first Bishop of that
unto the kingdom of heaven, and in see. He spread the Gospel in
herit the earth, and are comforted, Friesland and Saxony along with
and are filled, and obtain mercy, and holy Boniface, whose disciple he
are made pure, and are set at peace. was. > _ '
And when we have thus been per At Soissons, in Gaul, [in the year
fected within, we bear for truth’s and 1118,] [holy Godfrey, Bishop of
righteousness’ sake any troubles that Amiens, a man of great holiness.
may come upon us from without. At Verdun, the holy Confessor
Maurus, Bishop [of that see.]
At Tours, [in the fourth century,]
MARTYROLOGY.
the holy priest Clarus, whose epitaph
To-morrow is the Octave of All was written by holy Paulinus.
'Saints. Vespers are double, and eraetly the
Upon the same 8th day of Novem same as the First Vespers of the Feast,
ber, were born into the better life- with the following Commemoration of
At Rome, upon the Lavican Way, the holy “ Crowned ” Martyrs.
upon the third milestone from the city,
the holy martyrs Claudius, Nicostratus, Antiohon. For their’s is the king
Symphorian, Castorius, and Simplicius, dom, &c., (p. 382.)
they were first cast into prison, then Verse. Let the Saints be joyful in
heavily lashed with loaded scourges, glory.
and astheir faith in Christ could not Answer. . Let them sing aloud
be shaken the Emperor Diocletian upon their beds. '
724 THE PROPER OFFICE'OF THE SAINTS.
Prayer. any in haste to make his voyage

homeward, but longed for a fair
GRANT, we beseech Thee, 0 Al wind, that he might the sooner
mighty God, that we who know embrace his loved ones?
Thy glorious witnesses to have been
in their testifying leal toward Thee, Fifth Lesson.
may feel, now that they are with
Thee, that they are in their. prayers E reckon Paradise to be our
pitiful “towards us. Through our home; already we begin to
Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who have the Patriarchs for our kinsmen.
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the Why should we not make haste and
unity of,the Holy Ghost, one God, run, to see our home, and to greet
world without end. Amen. our kinsfolk? There are a great
many of those we love waiting for us
there -—father, and mother, and
NOVEMBER 8. brothers, and children, there in great
company they await us, they who
Octave of tfie §¢ast of 11?? we are sure now never to die any
gain“. more, but not yet sure of us. 0,
Double. when we come to see them and to
embrace them, what gladness will it a
All as on the Feast, except the fol be both for us and for them! 0,
lowing. what will be the brightness of life
FIRST NOCTURN.
in that heavenly kingdom where
there is no more fear of death,
Lessons from Scripture according to but the certainty _of living everlast
the Season. ' ingly! 0, what consummated, 0,
what enduring happiness?
SECOND NOCTURN.
Fourth Lesson. Sixth Lesson.
The Lesson is taken from the Book THERE is the glorious company
“upon Death," written by the holy of the Apostles, there is the
Martyr Cyprian, Bishop [of Car jubilant fellowship of the Prophets,
thage.] ' there is the countless army of Martyrs
crowned for victory in strife and in
'DEARLY beloved brethren, we suffering. There triumph the virgins
should keep well in our mind who by noble self-control have tamed
and thoughts that we are living here the desires of the flesh and of the
meanwhile as strangers and pilgrims. body. There are repaid with mercy
Let us hail that day which 'will see the merciful, who by feeding and
us each at home in one of the many gifting the needy, have wrought
mansions, which will see us,,delivered righteousness, have kept the com
hence, and disentangled from the mandments of the Lord, and have
nets‘ and snares of things temporal, exchanged heritages upon earth for
and put us back into the Garden .treasures in heaven. Thitherward,
of Eden, and into the kingdom dearly beloved brethren, let us eagerly
of heaven. Is there any in .a far .run, with such as these soon to be,
country but is quick to.make his unto Christ soon to come, let us be
way to his Fatherland? Was ever fain.
THIRD NOCTURN. sake not calmly only but gladly.

There are a great many heretics
Seventh Lesson. who mislead souls under the name
The Lesson is taken from the Holy of Christians, and they sufi‘er such
Gospel according to Matthew (v. I.) things plentifully, but they are cut
out from the reward, for it is not
T that time: Seeing the multi said only “Blessed are they which
tudes, JESUS went up into a are persecuted,” but “Blessed are
mountain, and when He was set,
they which are persecuted for right
His disciples came unto Him. And
eousness’ sake." Where there is not
so on. sound faith there cannot be righteous
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of ness, for “the just shall live by faith.“
Hippo.] (Bk. i. on Me Lord’: Ser (Heb. x. 38.) Neither let schismatics
man.) promise themselves any of that re
ward, for as righteousness cannot
“Blessed are ye," saith the Lord,
exist where there is no faith, so
“when men shall revile you, and per
-neither can it exist where there is
secute you, and shall say all manner
no love. And schismatics have no
of evil against you falsely, for My
love, for “love worketh no ill to his
sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding
neighbour,” (Rom. xiii. 10,) and if
glad: for great is your reward in
they had it, they would not tear
heaven.” If any be seeking under
the Body of Christ, which is the
the name of a Christian the pleasures
Church.
of this world and the possession of
temporal goods, let him bethink him
that our blessedness is inward, even Nint/z Lemon. (For tlze Holy
as the mouth of the Prophet saith Martyrs.)
concerning the soul of the Church:
“The King’s daughter is all glorious IN the persecution under Diocletian
within.” (Ps. xliv. 15.) Without, she four brothers named Severus,
is reviled, and persecution and evil Severian, Carpophorus, and Victor
report are her promised portion. And inus, boldly refused to worship the
yet for these very things, great is her gods, and were lashed with whips
reward in heaven, as indeed is felt in loaded with lead until they gave up
the hearts of the sufl'erers, at least their lives for Christ’s Name’s sake
of such as are able already to say: under the strokes. Their bodies were
“But we glory in tribulations also; thrown out to be eaten by the dogs,
knowing that tribulation worketh but as they remained untouched after
patience; and patience, experience; a long while, the Christians took them
and experience, hope; and hope away, and buried them in a sand-pit
maketh not ashamed; because the upon the Lavican Way at the third
love of God is shed abroad in our milestone from the City, hard by the
hearts by the Holy Ghost, Which is grave of the holy martyrs Claudius,
given unto us.” (Rom. v. 3-5.) Nicostratus, Symphorian, Castorius,
and Simplicius, who had suffered
under the same Emperor, because
Eight/1 Lesson. being excellent sculptors they could
TO suffer such things is not in nowise be brought to make figures
itself fruitful; what is fruitful, of idols, and when they were brought
is to bear them for Christ’s Name’s to the image of the Sun to do rever
VOL. IV. 2 B 2
ence to it, they had said they would manfully, then he was taken out and
never worship the works of men’s stretched upon the rack and torn with
hands. For this reason they were hooks until his inner parts were seen,
thrown into prison, and when after and lastly he was thrown into the
many days they were still found of fire. Holy Gregory of Nyssa hath
the same mind, they were first lashed told his praises in a noble dis
with scourges armed with hooks, and course.
then soldered up alive in leaden coffins At Tyana, in Cappadocia, under the
and thrown into the river. There is Emperor Diocletian, the holy martyr
in the City of Rome a Church called Orestes.
that of the Four Holy Crowned. At Thessalonica, under the Em
Their actual names were long un peror Maximian, the holy martyr
known, but afterwards made mani Alexander.
fest by God. In this Church are At Bourges, the holy Confessor
honourably buried the bodies of Ursinus, who was ordained at Rome
these four, and also those of the by the successors of the Apostles, and
other five; and a Festival is held, sent to that city as the first Bishop
in their honour upon the 8th day, of thereof.
November. At Naples, in Campania, holy
Agrippinus, Bishop [of that see,]
At Lauds a Commemoration is made famous for miracles.
of the Holy Martyrs. At Constantinople, the holy Virgins
Antzphon. Even the very hairs, Eustolia of Rome, and Sopatra,
&c., (p. 392.) daughter of the Emperor Maurice.
Verse. Be glad in the LORD and At Beyrout, in Syria, is made
rejoice, ye righteous. commemoration of an image of
Answer. And shout for joy, all ye the Saviour which was crucified by
that are upright in heart. the Jews, [about the year 765,]
and so much Blood flowed there
Prayer as at Vespers. from, that the Churches both of the
East and West have plentifully re
MARTYROLOGY.
ceived thereof.
On the morrow is kept the feast of Vespers are of the following.

the Dedication of the Cathedral Church
of the Saviour at Rome, [in the year
324-] NOVEMBER 9.
Upon the same 9th day of Nov
ember, were born into the better Extrication of the Qtatbehtal
life— @Iijurdj of the waist finlg
At Amasea, in Pontus, the holy
soldier Theodore. In the time of
Safiiour, at {tome}
the Emperor Maximian he was heavily Greater Double.
flogged and cast into prison for his
profession of the Christian faith, in All from the Common Ofiz'ce jbr the
prison the Lord appeared unto him, Dedication of a Church, (o. 472,) ex
and bade him be steadfast and do cefit the following. -
1 Commonly called St John Lateran (San Giovanni Laterano.) It is the Cathedral of Rome,
and therefore “ Mother and Mistress of every Church in the City and in the world."
FIRST VESPERS. written thereon, which are the names

of the twelve tribes of the children of
A Commemoration is made of the Israel. On the East three gates; on
Octave of All Saints, from the Sword
the North three gates; on the South
Vespers of the Feast.
three gates; and on the West three
Then of the Holy Martyr Theodore.
gates. And the wall of the city had
Antz'phon and Verse and A nswer from
twelve foundations, and in them the
the Common.
names of the twelve Apostles- of the
Lamb. And he that talked with me
Prayer.
had a golden reed to measure the
0 GOD, Who encompassest and city, and the gates thereof, and the
shieldest us by the glorious wall thereof.
confession of Thy blessed Martyr
Theodore, grant unto us to profit by Third Lesson.
his ensample and to be holpen by
his prayers. Through our Lord JESUS AND the city lieth four-square, and
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and_ the length is as large as the
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of breadth; and he measured the city
the Holy Ghost, one God, world with with the golden reed, twelve thousand
out end. Amen. furlongs: the length, and the height,
and the breadth of it are equal. And
he measured the wall thereof, an
MATTINS. hundred and forty and four cubits,
FIRST NOCTURN. according to the measure of a man,
that is, of the Angel. And the build
First Lesson. ing of the wall of it was of jasper:
The Lesson is taken from the Book and the city was pure gold, like unto
clear glass.
of the Apocalypse of the Blessed
Apostle John (xi. 9.)
SECOND NOCTURN. ' '
ND there came unto me one of
the seven Angels which had Fourth Lesson.
the seven vials full of the seven last
HE Rites whereof the Church of
plagues, and talked with me, saying:
Rome maketh use for the hal
Come hither, I will show thee the
lowing of Churches and Altars were
Bride, the Lamb’s Wife. And he
first instituted by the blessed Pope
carried me away in the spirit to a
Sylvester. From the very time of
great and high mountain, and showed
the Apostles there had been places
me that city, the holy Jerusalem,
set apart for God, where assemblies
descending out of heaven from God,
took place upon the first day of every
having the glory of God: and her
week, and where the Christians were
light was like unto a stone most
used to pray, to hear the word of
precious, even like a jasper stone,
God, and to receive the Eucharist,
clear as crystal.
which places were by some called
Oratories and by others Churches.
Second Lesson.
But these places were not dedicated
AND had a wall great and high, with so solemn a form, nor did they
and had twelve gates: and at set up therein an Altar for a pillar,
the gates twelve Angels, and names and pour chrism thereon, (Gen. xxviii.
18,) for a figure of our Lord JESUS drave them, upon a wooden altar
Christ, Who is Himself our Altar, our made like an empty box. When
Victim, and our Priest. peace was given to the Church, holy
Silvester took this box, and to do
honour to the Prince of the Apostles,
Fifth Lesson.
who is said to have offered sacrifice
BUT when the Emperor Constan thereon, and to the other Popes who
tine had by the Sacrament of thereon had been used to execute the
Baptism received health both of body mystery even unto that time, set it in
and soul, then first in a law by him the first Church, even the Lateran,
published was it allowed to the Christ and ordained that no one but the
ians throughout the whole world to Bishop of Rome should celebrate the
build Churches, to the which holy Liturgy thereon for all time coming.
building he exhorted them by his The original Lateran Cathedral, cast
example as well as by his decree. down and destroyed by fires, pillage,
He dedicated in his own Lateran and earthquakes, and renewed by the
Palace a Church to the Saviour, and constant care of the Popes, was at
built hard by it a Cathedral in the last rebuilt afresh, and solemnly con
name of St John the Baptist, upon secrated by Pope Benedict XIII., a
the place where he had been bap Friar Preacher, upon the 28th day of
tized by holy Silvester and cleansed April, in the year I726, the memory
from his leprosy. This Cathedral of which Festival he ordained to be
was hallowed by the said Pope upon kept upon this day. In the year
the 9th day of November. It is this 1884 Leo XIII. took in hand a work
consecration, the memory whereof is which had received the sanction of
still celebrated upon this day, the his predecessor Pius IX. The great
first whereon the public consecration sanctuary, the walls of which were
of a Church ever took place in Rome, giving way with age, was lengthened
and the image of the Saviour was and widened, a task of immense
seen by the Roman people painted labour. The ancient mosaic had
upon the wall. been renewed previously in several
places ; it was now restored according
to the original design, and transferred
Sixth Lesson. to the new apse, the embellishment
HE Blessed Silvester afterwards of which was carried out with great
decreed, when he was conse magnificence. The transept was re
crating the Altar of the Prince of the decorated, and its ceiling and wood
Apostles, that Altars were thence work repaired. A sacristy, a resid
forward to be made of stone ence for the canons, and a portico
only, but notwithstanding this the connecting with the baptistery of
Lateran Cathedral hath the altar Constantine, were added to the exist
made of wood. This is not sur ing buildings.
prising. From St Peter to Silvester
the Popes had not been able, by THIRD NOCTURN.
reason of persecutions, to abide
fixedly in one place, and they cele Lessons from Luke xix. I, with the
brated the Holy Liturgy in cellars, Homily of St Ambrose, (p. 476.) The
in burying-places, in the houses last is omitted or read as one with the
of godly persons, or wherever need Eighth, to make room for the
1Vinth Lesson. (For the Holy Martyr torments, and were crowned with mar
Theodore. ) tyrdom.
At Antioch, the holy martyrs De
HIS Theodore was a Christian metrius, Bishop [of that see,] the
soldier, who was arrested in
Deacon Anian, Eustosius, and twenty
the reign of the Emperor Maximian Others.
for having set fire to a temple of
At Ravenna, [in the year 142,] holy
idols. The Commander of the Legion
Probus, Bishop [of that see,] famous
offered him pardon if he would profess
for miracles.
repentance and curse the Christian
At Orleans, [in the fifth century,]
faith, but, as he refused to swerve as
the holy Confessor Monitor, Bishop
regarding the confession of his belief,
[of that see.]
he was cast into prison. There he In England, holy Justus, Bishop
was tormented with iron claws. As
[0f Rochester, afterwards translated
they were tearing the flesh off his ribs,
to Canterbury,] who was sent into
he sang joyfully [the 33rd Psalm]: “I
that island by the blessed Pope
will bless the LORD at all times.”
Gregory, along with Augustine, Mel
Thereafter he was thrown upon an
litus, and others to preach the
heap of burning wood, and there,
gospel, and there slept in the Lord,
still praying and praising God, he
famous for holiness, [in the year
gave up his soul to Christ, upon
627.]
the 9th day of November, [in the
At Melun is commemorated the
year of salvation 304.] The Lady
holy Confessor Leo.
Eusebia wrapped his body in a At Iconium, in Lycaonia, the holy
winding-sheet, and buried it on her
Women Tryphenna and Tryphosa, who
own farm.
advanced much in Christian training
At Lauds a Commemoration is made by the preaching of blessed Paul and
of the Holy Martyr. Antiphon and the example of Thecla.
Verse and Answer from the Common In the island of Paros, the holy
Ofiee. Prayer as at Vespers. Virgin Theoctistis.
At Second Vespers a Commemora

MARTYROLOGY. tion is made of the following. Prayer
Upon the 10th day of November, from his Lauds.
were born into the better life— Then of the Holy Martyrs Ttyphon,
At Naples, in Campania, [in the Respicius, and Nympha. Antifihon and
year 1608,] holy Andrew Avellino, Verse and Answer from the Common
Clerk Regular, very eminent for his Ofiiee for Many Martyrs.
holiness and his zeal for setting
forward the salvation of his neigh Prayer.
bours. He was famous for miracles,
and Clement XI. enrolled his name GRANT us earnestness, O Lord,
among those of the saints. in keeping the feast of Thine
The holy martyrs Tryphon, Respi holy witnesses Tryphon, Respicius,
cius, and the Virgin Nympha. and Nympha, and make us to
In the country of Agde, the holy feel that their prayers gain us the
martyrs Tiberius, Modestus, and gift of Thy protection. Through
Florence, who, in the time of the our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son,
Emperor Diocletian, underwent divers Who liveth and reigneth with
73O THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SAINTS.
Thee, in the unity of'the Holy childhood he gave no dark signs of

Ghost, one God, world without end. the holiness of his after life. When
Amen. as a lad he was away from home
at school, he so passed the slippery
Then of SI jurlus, Bis/lop and paths of that age, as ever keeping
Confessor, from the Common Ofiiee, before his eyes, amid the pursuit
(p. 399,) and the following. of earthly knowledge, the true be
ginning of wisdom, which is the fear
Prayer. of the Lord. (Prov. ix. 10.) He
was exceedingly comely, but withal
GRACIOUSLY hear, 0 Lord, we
careful in purity, and thereby escaped
beseech Thee, the prayers which
oftentimes the shameless proposals of
we offer Thee in the solemn com
women, and somewhiles even resisted
memoration of Thy blessed Con
open violence. He had already be
fessor :and Bishop Justus, and for
come a clerk when he went to Naples
the sake of him who so nobly
to study law. There he was ordained
served Thee, forgive us all our tres
Priest, and also took his degree in
passes. Through our Lord JESUS
Jurisprudence. He undertook cases
only in the Church Courts, and for cer
tain private persons, according to the
rules of the Sacred Canons. 1Once
without end. Amen.
in pleading a cause, in a matter indeed
which was of no weight, a lie escaped
NOVEMBER I 0.
him. Almost forthwith thereafter, in
reading the Holy Scriptures, he came
5t gnhrzin gbzllinu, upon the words: “The mouth that
lieth killeth the soul ” (Wisd. i. 1 1)—
Qliunfessur. and so great was the grief and re
Double. morse which he felt for his sin that
he made up his mind to leave that
All from the Common Ofiiee for a way of life. He therefore gave up
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 415,) ex~ his law business, and set himself al
cept the following. together to mind the worship of God
and the execution of his holy minis
FIRST NOCTURN. try. The eminent pattern which he
gave of all the graces proper to a
Lessons from Smlnlure according to Churchman moved the Archbishop of
the Season. Naples to commit to him the care of
a certain nunnery in that city. The
SECOND NOCTURN. holy man’s zeal [for removing all ob
stacles to the recollection of these
Fourth Lesson.
spouses of Christ, in which consisteth
ANCELOT AVELLINO, who the very essence of their state and
afterwards took the name of virtue,] stirred up the malice and rage
Andrew, was born at Castro Nuovo, of certain wicked men in the city,
a small town in Lucania, [in the [whom he had forbid being admitted
kingdom of Naples, in the year of to the grate to speak to any of the
our Lord 1520.] From his earliest nuns.] He once narrowly escaped
1 The rest of this Lesson is almost word for word the same as Alban Butler.
FEAST-DAYS IN NOVEMBER; 73I
death, with which they threatened out of his body and showed them the
him; and another time received three way in the deepest of the darkness.
wounds in his face from a bully. He was a wonderful instance of self
These injuries he bore with thorough control, long-suffering, lowliness, and
meekness. Out of an earnest desire hatred of self. He bore with still
of more readily attaining to a per ness the murder of his nephew, held
fect disengagement of his heart from in the passion of his kinsfolk to take
all earthly things, he humbly sought revenge, and even asked pity for the
and [in 1556] obtained to be ad assassins. from the judges.
mitted into the Order of Regular
Clerks, [called Theatins,] and on
this occasion, out of the love he Sixth Lesson.
bore to the Cross, he entreated that H E spread in many places the Insti
his name might be changed from tute of Regular Clerks, and
Lancelot to Andrew. founded their houses at Milan and
Piacenza. The holy Cardinal Charles
Borromeo, and the Cardinal Paul of
Fifth Lesson.
Arezzo, being himself a Regular Clerk,
HE entered manfully and cheerily men by both of whom he was well
upon the harder life, set to liked, used his help in their care for
work to better himself therein, and souls. Toward the Virgin Mother of
to that end made two very grim vows, God he was constant in an extra
the first, perpetually to fight against ordinary love and reverence. He
his own will, the second, always to won the conversation of Angels, whom
advance to the utmost of his power he said he used to hear singing when
in Christian perfection. Of the dis he was praising God. He set an
cipline of his Order he was a stern ensample of the .highest graces, even
defender, and when he was set over to the gift of prophecy, whereby he
others the observance thereof was saw into men’s hearts and knew things
his great care. Whatever time the afar off or even yet to come. Full
duties of his work and his institute of years and worn out with work, he
left him, he gave to prayer and was beginning the Liturgy, when,
the salvation of souls. His godli having repeated thrice the words, “I
ness and wisdom in hearing of con will go unto the Altar of God,” he
fessions were beautiful. He went was felled by a stroke of apoplexy,
many times through the farthest and, duly fortified by the Sacra
lanes and suburbs of Naples, bring ments, in the arms of his friends,
ing Gospel ministry with great gain most peacefully gave up his soul
of souls. The greatness of his love to God, [upon the 10th day of
toward his neighbour God was November, in the year 1608.] The
pleased to crown even by signs and crowds which flock to his grave in
wonders. One stormy night he was the Church of St Paul at Naples are
coming home from hearing a sick still as great as they were when his
man’s confession, when the rain and body was first laid there. He was
wind put out the light which was famous for signs and wonders both
carried before him, but he and they during his life and after his death,
that were with him not only came and Pope Clement XI. solemnly
dry through the thickest of the rain, enrolled his name among those of
but there came also a strange light the Saints.
THIRD NOCTURN. prayers the like grace, so that we,

Lesson from Luke xii. 35, with the seeking ever that which is more per
Homily of St Gregory, (1). 422.) The fect, may happily attain the crown of
last Lesson is omitted or read as one Thine everlasting glory. Through
with the Eighth to make room for the our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
JVinth Lesson. (For the holy Martyrs
Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha.)
IN the reign of the Emperor Decius
Holy Martyrs. Prayer as at Vespers.
one Tryphon strove by preaching
the faith of JESUS Christ to bring all Then of St justus, from the Com
men to worship Him. For this cause mon Ofiice, (p. 408,) with Prayer as at
he was taken by the servants of Vespers.
Decius. He was first tormented upon
the rack, and flesh stripped from him MARTYROLOGY.
with iron claws; then red-hot nails Upon the nth day of November,
were driven into his insteps, he was were born into the better life—
beaten with cudgels and scarified At Tours, in Gaul, [in the year 397,]
with lighted torches. The sight of the blessed Confessor Martin, Bishop
the courage wherewith he bore all, of that see. His life was remarkable
brought the Praefect Respicius to be for extraordinary miracles; he raised
lieve in the Lord Christ, and he forth three persons from the dead.
with declared himself a Christian. At Cotyaeus, in Phrygia, the
He also was divers ways tormented, glorious passion of the holy Egyptian
and then led along with Tryphon be soldier Mennas. During the per
fore the statue of Jupiter. When secution under Diocletian be cast
Tryphon prayed, the statue fell down. away his military belt, and served the
Then were both Tryphon and Res King of Heaven in secret in the
picius savagely lashed with whips desert; then he went forth, and freely
loaded with lead, until they grasped declared himself to be a Christian.
the crown of a most glorious testi He was first examined with horrid
mony, upon the IOth day of November. tortures, then as he was kneeling in
Upon the same day a certain maiden prayer, giving thanks to our Lord
named Nympha, having openly con JESUS Christ, he was beheaded, [in
fessed that JESUS Christ is very God, the year 305.] After his death he
added the palm of martyrdom to the was famous for many miracles.
crown of virginity. At Ravenna, the holy martyrs
Valentine, Felician, and Victorine,
LAUDS. who were crowned in the persecution
under the Emperor Diocletian.
Prayer.
In Mesopotamia, in the persecution
0 GOD, Who didst make Thy under the same Diocletian and
blessed Confessor Andrew to Eleusius the President, the holy
settle in his heart to go up wondrously martyr Athenodorus. He was tor
toward Thee by a stern vow daily to mented with fire and other torments,
advance to the utmost of his power and then condemned to be beheaded ;
in godliness, grant unto us for the but the executioner fell to the earth,
same Thy servant’s sake and at his and no other dared to smite him with
the sword, and as he prayed he fell FIRST NOCTURN.
asleep in the Lord.
First Antinhon. While Martin is
At Lyons, the holy Bishop Veran,
yet a Catechumen, he hath clad Me
whose life was illustrious for his faith
in this garment.
and other graces.
Second Antiohon. Martin confessed
In the monastery of Grotta-Ferrata,
the faith of the Holy Trinity, and re
near Frascati, [in the year 1054,]
the holy Abbat [of Grotta-Ferrata,] ceived the grace of baptism.
Bartholomew, a companion of blessed
Third Antiphon. Not in the
shelter of a buckler, nor of an
Nilus, and the writer of his life.
helmet, but with the sign of the
In the province of Samnium, the
blessed hermit, Mennas, whose graces
Cross will I pierce the hosts of
and miracles are recorded by holy the enemy.
Pope Gregory. Lessons from 1 Tim. iii. 1, (p. 400.)
Vespers are of the following, from
the Chapter inclusive. First Responsory.
This is that Martin whom God
NOVEMBER I I . chose to be an High Priest unto
Himself, he upon whom the Lord was
Martinmas Bag. pleased to bestow favour like as upon
His Apostles, so that he prevailed
5t Qilartt'n, @isflop [of Contra] gloriously in the power of the Divine
Confessor. Trinity three times to raise the dead
Double. to life.
Verse. Martin confessed the faith
All from the Common Ofice for a of the Holy Trinity.
Bishop and Confirssor, ( p. 399,) except Answer. So that he prevailed
the following. gloriously in the power of the Divine
Trinity three times to raise the dead
FIRST VESPERS.
to life.
These as regards St Martin begin
from the Chapter. Antiphon at the Second Responsory.
Song of the Blessed Virgin, and
Lord, if I be still needful to Thy
Prayer from Lauds. Where the
people, I refuse not to work for them.
Vespers are all of St Martin, the
Thy will be done.
Antiphons are taken from Lauds.
Verse. With eyes and hands lifted
A Commemoration is made of St up to heaven, he never let his mighty
Andrew Ar/ellino. Prayer from his spirit slacken in prayer.
Ofiice. Answer. Thy will be done.
Then of the Holy Martyr Mennas.
Prayer, “Grant, we beseech Thee, Third Responsory.
&c.,” (p. 375.) Oh how blessed a man was Bishop
Martin; he neither feared to die, nor
MATTINS.
refused to live.
Inw'tatory. For the testimony of Verse. Lord, if I be still needful
blessed Martin, * let us praise our to Thy people, I refuse not to work
God. for them. Thy will be done.
Answer. He neither feared to die, was offering up the mysteries, a ball

nor refused to live. of fire appeared above his head.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and Answer. He never let his mighty
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. spirit slacken in prayer.
Answer. He neither feared to die,
nor refused to live. Fzfth Lesson,
AT eighteen years of age he was
SECOND NOCTURN.
baptized. He gave up there
First Antiphon. I trust in the upon the life of a soldier, and betook
Lord that at thy prayers my daughter himself to Hilary, Bishop of Poictiers,
shall be healed. by whom he was placed in the order
Second Antiphon. When Tetradius of Acolytes. Being afterwards made
knew the power of God, he attained Bishop of Tours, he built a monas
unto the grace of baptism. tery wherein he lived in holiness
Third Antzphon. Not to be told for a while in company of four-score
is this man’s glory, by whom so many monks. At the last he fell sick of a
wonderful works have been set forth grievous fever at Cande, a village in
before us. his direcese, and besought God in
constant prayer to set him free from
Fourth Lesson. the prison of this dying body. His dis
ciples heard him and said: “Father,
ARTIN was born at Sabaria in why wilt thou go away from us ? unto
Pannonia. When he was ten whom wilt thou bequeath us in our
years old he went to the Church, in sorrow P ” Their words moved Martin,
the spite of his [heathen] father and and he said: “Lord, if I be still
mother, and by his own will was needful to Thy people, I refuse not to
numbered among the Catechumens. work.”
At fifteen years of age he joined the
army, and served as a soldier first Fifth Responsory.
under Constantius and then under
Julian. Once at the gate of Amiens Blessed Martin knew of his own
a poor man asked him for an alms death of a long time before it came
for Christ’s name’s sake, and since to pass, and he said unto the brethren
he had nothing to his hand but his that the dissolution of his body was
arms and his clothes, he gave him nigh at hand, for he deemed himself
half of his cloak. In the night fol to be already breaking up.
lowing Christ appeared to him clad Verse. His bodily strength gave
in the half of his cloak, and saying way all of a sudden, and he called
[to the angels who bare Him com his disciples together, and said unto
pany :] “ While Martin is yet a Cate them-—
chumen, he hath clad Me in this Answer. That the dissolution of
garment.” his body was nigh at hand, for he
deemed himself to be already break
ing up.
Fourth Responsory.
Sixth Lesson.
With eyes and hands lifted up to
heaven, he never let his mighty spirit WHEN his disciples saw him, in
slacken in prayer. the height of the fever, lying
Verse. While as blessed Martin upon his back and praying, they en
treated him to turn over and take a Second Antiphon. 0 Martin, thou
little rest upon his side while the Priest of God, the heavens are open
violence of his sickness would allow unto thee, yea, and the kingdom of
him. But Martin answered them: My Father!
“ Sufi'er me to look heavenward rather
Ps. xiv. LORD, who shall abide,
than earthward, that my spirit may
&c., (p. to.)
see the way whereby it is so soon
going to the Lord.” At the moment Third Antz'phon. 0 Martin, thou
of death he saw the enemy of man Priest of God, thou worthy shepherd,
kind, and cried out: “What are you pray God on our behalf.
come here for, you bloody brute?
Ps. xx. The king shall joy, &c.,
You murderer, you’ll find nothing in
me.” With these words on his lips, (t- 19)
he gave up his soul to God, being Verse. Thou art a Priest for ever—
aged eighty years.1 He was received Answer. After the order of Mel
by a company of Angels, who were chisedek. '
heard praising God by many persons,
especially by holy Severinus, Bishop Seventh Lesson.
of Cologne. The Lesson is taken from the Holy
Gospel according to Luke (xi. 3 3.)
Sixth Responsory.
AT that time: JESUS said unto His
His disciples said unto blessed disciples: No man, when he
Martin: Father, why wilt thou go hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a
away from us, and with whom wilt' secret place, neither under a bushel,
thou leave us orphans? - For raven but on a candlestick, that they which
ing wolves will break in upon thy come in may see the light. And
flock. so on.
Verse. We know that thou wouldest
fain be with Christ, but, sooner or Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop
later, thy reward is sure. Rather, [of Milan.] (Bk. vii. Comment. on
then, have pity upon us, whom thou Luke xi.)
art leaving. In that which goeth before, Christ
Answer. For ravening wolves will hath set the Church before the syna
break in upon thy flock. gogue, and He exhorteth us rather to
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and trust in the Church. The candle is
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. faith, even as it is written: “Thy
Answer. For ravening wolves will word is a lamp unto my feet, and a
break in upon thy flock. ' light unto my path.” (Ps. cxviii. 105.)
Our faith is the word of God. The
THIRD NOCTURN. word of God is light. Faith is the
candle. It is written concerning the
First Antiohon. The Lord JESUS Word of God, that “That was the
Christ said not that He would come true Light, Which lighteth every man
clothed in purple or adorned with a that cometh into this world.” (John
crown. i. 9.) But a candle cannot shine,
Ps. x. In the LORD put I my unless it be lighted from some other
trust, &c., (p. 9.) fire.
A.D. 397? 400?
Seventh Responsory. of all mountains, even upon Christ.

Her the darkness and tempests of
Blessed indeed was this man, at the
earth cannot hide, but she blazeth
time of whose passing the Saints sang
with the glory of the Eternal Sun,
in company, a band of Angels shouted
and maketh to fall upon us the light
aloud for joy, and an army of all the
of spiritual grace.
Powers of heaven came out to meet
him, singing praises.
Verse. His strength is a stay to Eighth Responsory.
the Church, his manifestation a glory Martin was carried joyfully into
to the Priests of God; Michael and Abraham’s bosom. Martin, who was
his Angels took him away. poor here and of small estimation,
Answer. And an army of all the entereth rich into heaven, and the
Powers of heaven came out to meet songs of heaven are raised in his
him, singing praises. honour.
Verse. Bishop Martin, that jewel
Eighth Lesson. of Priests, goeth away from time,
liveth in Christ.
LSO it is written : “ What woman, Answer. Entereth rich into heaven,
having ten pieces of silver, if and the songs of heaven are raised in
she lose one piece, doth not light a
his honour.
candle, and sweep the house, and seek
diligently till she find it?" (Luke to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
xv. 8.) And here the candle lighted
Answer. Entereth rich into heaven,
to find the lost piece is the strength
and the songs of heaven are raised in
in our understandings and affections.
his honour.
Let no man therefore seek faith under
the law. For the law is by measure,
but grace without measure; the law
Ninth Lesson. (For the Holy Martyr
overshadoweth, but grace enlighteneth. Mennas.)
And therefore let no man shut up his M ENN AS was a Christian Egyptian
faith within the measure of the law, soldier who had withdrawn him
but give it unto the Church, the self into a desert place to do penance,
Church, wherein shineth the seven but one day, during the persecution
fold grace of the Spirit, and whereon under the Emperors Diocletian and
the Divine glory of the Great High Maximian, upon the said Emperors’
Priest doth strike from heaven, lest birthday, when the people were gath
the shadow of the law should rest any ered together at a great show, stood
more at all upon her. Under the forth in the theatre, and reviled with
old law there was the sevenfold lamp a loud voice the idolatries of the
which the Priest of the Jews lighted Gentiles. Thereupon he was arrested,
every morning and every evening, and being bound at Cotyasus, the chief
and this was as it were a candle put city of Phrygia, under the authority
under a bushel. That Jerusalem which of the President Pyrrhus, was first
is upon earth, that Jerusalem which savagely lashed with thongs, then
killed the Prophets, lieth hid, as it racked, then scarified with fire ap
were, in a dark place in the valley plied to his naked body, then had
of tears. But that Jerusalem which his wounds lacerated by rubbing with
is in heaven, whereof by faith we are hair-cloth, then dragged through thorns
soldiers, is a city set upon the highest and iron spikes with hands and feet
tied, then lashed again with whips ing of Thy blessed Confessor Bishop
loaded with lead, and lastly slain with Martin may avail us for a succour
the sword, and thrown into a fire. against all things that rise up to harm
The Christians saved his body thence us. Through our Lord JESUS Christ
and buried it, and it hath in after times Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
been carried to Constantinople. with Thee, in the unity of the Holy
Amen.
LAUDS.
First Antzlohon. His disciples said
Mennar.
* unto Blessed Martin: Father, why
wilt thou go away from us? or with MARTYROLOGY.
whom wilt thou leave us orphans?
For ravening wolves will break in Upon the 12th day of November,
upon thy flock. were born into the better life—
Second Antiohon. Lord, if I be The holy martyr, Pope Martin.
still needful to Thy people, I refuse He got together a synod at Rome,
not * to work. Thy will be done. wherein he condemned the heretics
Third Antzlohon. Not to be told is Sergius, Paul, and Pyrrhus. Where
this man’s glory; * whom work did fore the heretic Emperor Constans
not and death could not conquer; caused him to be kidnapped and
who neither feared to die, nor refused brought to Constantinople, whence
to live. he was banished into the Crimea,
Fourth Antiphon. With eyes and where he died, [in the year 655,]
hands lifted up to heaven, * he never worn out by his sufferings for the
let his mighty spirit slacken in prayer. Catholic faith’s sake. He was famous
Alleluia. for miracles. His body was after
Fifth Antiphon. Martin is called ward brought to Rome and buried
joyfully into Abraham’s bosom. * in the Church of SS. Sylvester and
Martin, who was poor here and of Martin.
small estimation, entereth rich into In Asia, the holy martyrs and
heaven, and the songs of heaven are Bishops Aurelius and Publius.
raised in his honour. In the country of Sens, [in
Antz'phon at the Song of Zacharias. the year 726,] the holy martyr
0 how blessed a man is he! His Paternus.
soul hath entered into possession in At Ghent, the holy martyr Livin,
Paradise. * There the Angels cry Bishop [in Ireland, Apostle of West
aloud for joy, there the Archangels Flanders, martyred at Esche, in Bel
make glad, there the whole company gium, in the seventh century.]
of the Saints do shout, there the In Poland, the holy martyred Her
army of the Virgins do call others mits Benedict, John, Matthew, Isaac,
to follow, [sayingz] Make thine ever and Christinus.
lasting abode with us. At Vitepsk, in Poland, the holy
martyr Jehoshaphat, Archbishop of
Prayer throughout the Ofiioe. Polotsk, Monk of the Order of St Basil,
who was cruelly murdered by schis
GOD, Which seest that we matics, [in the year 1623,] out of
stand by no strength of our their hatred for Catholic unity and
own, mercifully grant that the plead truth, and whose name Pope Pius
IX. enrolled among those of the holy NOVEMBER I 2.

martyrs. We keep his feast upon
the 28th day of this present month ' on ihulg martyr 150112
of November.
At Avignon, holy Rufus, the first
{Martin
Bishop of that see. Semi-douhle.
At Cologne, [in the year 663,]
holy Cunibert, Bishop [of that see.] All from the Common Ofice for a
At Tarragona, in Spain, the Martyr, (p. 366,) except the following.
blessed Priest fEmilian, who was Prayer throughout the Ofiice, “ O God,
famous for countless miracles, and Who year by year, &c.,” (p. 375.)
whose wonderful life hath been
written by Braulio, the holy Bishop MATTINS.
of Zaragoza.
At Constantinople, the holy Abbat FIRST NOCTURN.
Nilus, who had been Prefect of the
Lessons from Scrzjfitnre according to
city, but became a Monk, and was
the Season.
famous for teaching and holiness in
the time of the Emperor Theodosius
the younger. SECOND NOCTURN.
Likewise at Constantinople, holy Fourth Lesson.

Theodore, of the monastery which is
called the Studium; who contended ARTIN was born at Todi in
mightily for the Catholic faith against Tuscany. At the beginning
the Iconoclasts, and became famous of his Popedom, [in the year 649,] he
throughout the whole Catholic Church, was careful to send an embassage
[A.D. 759-826.] with letters to Paul, Patriarch of
At Alcala, in Spain, [in the year Constantinople, to call upon him to
1463,] the holy Confessor Diego, of return to the truth of the Catholic
the Order of Friars Minor, eminent faith from the blasphemous heresy [of
for his lowliness, whose name Sixtus the Monothelites.] But Paul, being
V. enrolled among those of the Saints, backed up by the heretic Emperor
and whose feast is kept upon the Constans, had become so rabid, that
morrow after. he sent away the messengers of the
Apostolic See into divers places in
At Second Vespers, Antiphon at the islands. This crime moved the
the Song of the Blessed Virgin. 0 Pope to gather together at Rome a
how blessed a Bishop was he! * council of one - hundred - and - five
All his bowels yearned on the King Bishops, by whom Paul was con
Christ, and he had no dread for demned.
the power of the Empire! 0 how
holy a soul was his, which passed Fzfth Lesson.
not away by the sword of the per
secutor, and yet lost not the palm HEREUPON Constans sent
of martyrdom. Olympius into Italy as Exarch,
straitly commanding him either to
A Commemoration is made of the slay Pope Martin, or else to bring
following. All from the Common. him into his Imperial presence.
Prayer, “0 God, Who year by year, Olympius therefore came to Rome
&c.,” (p. 375.) and bade a lictor to kill the Pope
FEAST-DAYS IN NOVEMBER. 7 39
while as he was celebrating the Liturgy MARTYROLOGY.
solemnly in the Cathedral Church of
St Mary-at-the-Manger. But when Upon the morrow we keep the feast
the lictor went thither, he was struck of the holy Confessor Diego, of the
with blindness. Order of Friars Minor, who was born
into the better life upon this present
day.
Sixth Lesson.
Upon the same I 3th day of Nov
FROM that time forth many evils ember, were born into the better
befell the Emperor Constans; life—
but he repented not. He sent the At Ravenna, the holy martyrs
Exarch Theodore Calliopas to Rome, Valentine, Solutor, and Victor, who
with command to lay hands on the suffered in the persecution under
Pope. By him Martin was treacher Diocletian.
ously taken [on the 17th day of June, At Aix, in Provence, [in the year
653,] and [forthwith carried to the 304,] that illustrious martyr the blessed
island of Naxos. On the 17th of Mitrius.
September in 655 he was] brought to At Caesarea, in Palestine, [in the
Constantinople, [where he was kept year 308,] in the persecution under
in prison] till he was sent to the the Emperor Galerius Maximian, the
Crimea [on the 15th of May, 645.] holy martyrs Antonine, Zebinas, Ger
There his sufferings for the Catholic man, and the Virgin Ennatha. En~
faith utterly broke him down, and he natha was flogged and then burnt,
left this life for a better, upon the and the men were beheaded because
12th day of November,1 [in the same they openly rebuked the President
year 65 5.] He was famous for Firmilian for his wickedness in offer
miracles. His body was afterwards ing sacrifice to the gods.
brought back to Rome and buried in In Africa, [in the year 437,] the
the Church dedicated under the names holy martyrs Arcadius, Paschasius,
of St Silvester and St Martin [of Probus, and Eutychian. These were
Tours] He ruled the Church for all Spaniards who, during the per
six years, one month, and twenty-six secution under the Vandals, could
days. He held two ordinations in no wise be brought to turn aside
the month of December, wherein he unto the Arian misbelief. For this
made eleven Priests, five Deacons, cause the Arian king Genseric first
and thirty-three Bishops for divers proscribed them, then banished them,
places. afterwards tormented them with terrible
sufferings, and lastly put them to death
THIRD NOCTURN. in divers ways. Then also became
glorious the faithfulness of the little
Lessons from Luke xiv. 26, with the lad, Paulillus, the brother of holy
Homily of St Gregory, (p. 373.) Paschasius and Eutychian, and as
he would not give up the Catholic
faith, he was cudgelled for a long
Eighth Responsory.
time and condemned \to the lowest
O Lord, Thou hast prevented him, bondage.
&c. At Rome, holy Pope Nicholas the
1 He died on Sept. 16. Nov. 12 is the day of the translation of his reliques to Rome. (Alban
Butler. )
Great, eminent for his Apostolic FIRST VESPERS.

vigour. [He reigned from April 28,
858 to November 13, 867. He was These, as regards St Diego, begin
with the Chapter.
the 107th Pope]
At Tours, [in the year 444,] holy A Commemoration is made of St
Brice, Bishop of that see, a disciple Martin.
of the blessed Bishop Martin.
MATTINS.
At Toledo, [in the year 658,] holy
Eugene, Bishop [of that see.] FIRST NOCTURN.
In Auvergne, [in the year 527,]
holy Quintian, Bishop [of Rodez and Lessons from Scripture according to
of Clermont.] the Season.
At Cremona, [in the year 1197,]
the holy Confessor Homobuono, who SECOND NOCTURN.
was famous for miracles, and whose Fourth Lesson.

name Innocent III. enrolled among
those of the Saints. DIEGO was a Spaniard, and was
born at the little town of San
Vespers are of the following, from Nicola~del-Porto, in the dioecese of
the Chapter inclusive. Seville. From his childhood he learnt
the more holy life under a godly
Priest, [who lived hermit] in a lonely
NOVEMBER 1 3. Church, and so served his apprentice
ship. Afterwards, being fain to be
more utterly God’s only, he professed
5t Mega) @unfzssur. himself as a lay brother under the
Rule of St Francis in the convent of
Semi-double.
the Friars Minor, called Observant,
All from the Common Ofifee for a of Arrizafa. There he cheerfully bore
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 41 5,) except the yoke of the lowliest obedience and
the following. the strictest observance. He was much
given to contemplation, and a wonder
ful light from God shone in him, so
that, though he was untaught, he
O ALMIGHTY and everlasting could speak touching heavenly things
God, Who in Thy wonderful strangely and as it were supernatur
ordinance dost choose the weak things ally.
of the world to bring to nought the Fifth Lesson.
things that are strong, mercifully
grant unto us Thine unworthy serv IN the Canary Islands, where he
ants, at the kindly prayers of Thy was warden of the brethren of his
blessed Confessor Diego, worthily to Order, he underwent much, earnestly
attain unto everlasting glory in willing to be a martyr, and by his
heaven. Through our Lord JESUS word and ensample brought many
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and unbelievers to Christ. He came to
reigneth with Thee, in the unity Rome in the year of the Jubilee,
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world [being that of our Lord 1450,] in the
without end. Amen. reign of Pope Nicolas V., and there
1 Alban Butler says the name is a Spanish form of James, but it is Latinised Didacus.
'FEAST-DAYS IN NOVEMBER. 741
was set to tend the sick in the Con of London, who was famous for many
vent of Ara Cceli, which work he did miracles, and of whom mention is
with such love, that although the made upon the last day of April.
city was plagued with a famine, the Upon the same 14th day of Nov
sufferers (whose sores he would some ember, were bom into the 'better
times cleanse even with his tongue) life—
scarcely lacked anything needful. He At Heraclea, in Thrace, the holy
was a burning and shining light of martyrs Clementine, Theodotus, and
faith, and had the gift of healing, Philomenus.
taking the oil from the lamp which At Alexandria, the holy martyr
burned before the image of the most Serapion, whom the persecutors under
blessed Mother of God, to whom he the Emperor Decius most cruelly tor
was earnestly devoted, and anointing mented until they dislocated all his
the sick therewith, whereupon many joints, and then cast him down head—
were marvellously cured. long from the top of his own house,
and so made him a martyr for
Sixth Lesson. Christ.
At Troyes, in Gaul, under the
E was at Alcala when he under Emperor Aurelian, the holy martyr
stood that the end of his life Venerandus.
was at hand. Clothed in a ragged Likewise in Gaul, the holy Virgin
cast-away habit, he fixed his eyes Veneranda, who received the crown
upon the Cross, and said with extra of martyrdom under the Emperor
ordinary earnestness: Antonine and Asclepiades the Presi
“ ‘Sweet the nails, and sweet the iron, dent.
Sweet the Weight That hung on thee,’ At Gangra, in Paphlagonia, the
holy martyr Hypatius, Bishop [of
thou that wast chosen to up-bear the that see,] who was stoned to death
Lord, the King of heaven,” and so he by the Novatian heretics on his
gave up his soul to God, upon the way back from the great Council
12th day of November, in the year of Nice.
of our Lord 1463. To satisfy the At Algiers, in Africa, [in the year
godly wishes of the multitude, his
1240,] the blessed Serapion, the first
body was kept unburied for not a
martyr of the Order of Blessed Mary
few months, and lay in a right sweet
of Ransom for the Redemption of the
savour, as though the corruptible had Captive Faithful and the Preaching
already put on incorruption. He was
of the Christian Faith. He won his
famous for many and great miracles,
crown by being fastened to a cross
and Pope Sixtus V. enrolled him in and cut limb from limb.
the number of the Saints. At Emesa, many holy Women, who,
for Christ’s faith’s sake, were most
THIRD NOCTURN. cruelly tortured and murdered under
Lessons from Luke xii. 32, with the savage Arab chief Mady.
the Homily of the Venerable Bede, At Bologna, the holy Confessor
Jucundus, Bishop [of that see.]
(t- 428‘)
In Ireland, [in the year 1181,]
MARTYROLOGY. holy Lorcan Ua Tuathail, Archbishop
On the morrow we keep in England of Dublin.
the feast of holy Erconwald, Bishop Vespers of the following.
742 THE PROPER OFFICE OF- .THE. SAINTS.
- NOVEMBER 14. Fifth Lesson.
Eranslattmt at St Errunhialh. _ONE of these monasteries he kept

for himself and other men given
iBtslJup [of harming] Qtrm; to the contemplation of the things of
fessor. ' ' ' ' God. It stood by the river Thames,
in the place called the isle of Chertsey,
Double. and religion flourished there until the
All from the Common Ofiice, ( p; coming of the Danes, who destroyed
399,) except the following. the whole place, and burnt the church,
the monks, and the Abbat. The
Prayer throughout. (Taken from i
other monastery Erconwald gave to
the SalisouryMissal.) ' his sister ZEdilberga; it was at Bark
ing; therein she dwelt, a devoted
O ALMIGHTY and everlasting
mother and nurse in God unto her
God, Who dost this day make
nuns. She was worthy of her brother,
us glad on the feast of Thy blessed
both as regarded her own life and
Confessor and Bishop Erconwald, we her rule of those that were under her.
humbly beseech Thy mercyf'that as
we do honour his memory by a solemn
Sixth Lesson.
office, his fatherly prayers may help
us to the attaining 'of eternal life. IN after years, when the fame of
Through our 'Lord JESUS Christ Thy his graces was spread about on
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with all sides, Theodore, Archbishop of
Thee, in 'the unity of the Holy Ghost, Canterbury, appointed Erconwald to
one God, world without end. Amen. the vacant .See of London, in which
ministry he left undone nothing which
At First Vespers a Commemoration appertaineth to the praise of a perfect
of St Diego. ' ‘ shepherd of souls. He was buried
in London, in St Paul’s Cathedral,
f FIRST, NOCTURN. and his bones were moved into a
Lessons from Scripture accordingto more honourable sepulchre upon the
theSeason. ” ' ‘ r4th~day of November, in the year of
salvation n40.~
SECOND NOCTURN.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Fourth Lesson; (From Bede, flist.
iv. 6. , Malm. de Pont. xi.) Lessons from Matth. xxiv. 42, with
ERCONWALD was born of Ofi'a, the Homily of St Hilary, (p. 41 I.)
Kingof the East Angles, and
MARTYROLOGY.
be shed‘ light upon“ the nobility of his
birth by the profession of the Christian On the morrow we keep the feast
faith, and‘by the noble example of of the holy Virgin Gertrude, of whom
his graces. vAbout the thirtieth year mention is made upon the 17th day
after the coming of Augustine, this of this present month of November.
saintly- man, besides other holy works, Upon the same 15th day of
founded two monasteries out of his November, were born into the better
own heritage, which» was very abund life—
ant, and established in them an excel The holy martyr Eugene, Arch
lent way of life. bishop of Toledo, a Disciple of blessed
Denys, the Areopagite. He finished FIRST VESPERS. I

his testimony in the country of Paris,
These, as regards St Gertrude, (Begin
and received from the Lord a blessed
crown of sufl'ering, [in the year 95.] with the Chapter.
His body was afterwards brought to
Prayer throughout the ‘ Ofice.
Toledo.
At Nola, in Campania, the holy O GOD, Who didst make unto Thy
martyr Felix, Bishop [of that see,] self a pleasant dwelling-place in
who was famous for miracles from the heart of Thy blessed hand-maiden
the fifteenth year of his age upward; Gertrude, be Thou entreated for the
and gained the battle of martyrdom same Thy servant’s sake, and by her
under the President Marcian, along prayers, to purge away in Thy mercy
with thirty others. all defilement from our hearts, and to
At Edessa, in Syria, under the grant us one day to rejoice with her
Emperor Diocletian and Antonine in Thy presence. Through our Lord
the President, the holy martyrs Gurias JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
and Samonas. and reigneth with Thee, in the unity
There likewise, under the Emperor of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
Licinius and the President Lysanias, without end. Amen.
the holy Deacon Abibus, who was
torn with hooks and cast into the fire.
Erconwald from the Common Oflce,
In Africa, the holy martyrs
(p. 410,) with the Prayer from his
Secundus, Fidentian, and Varicus.
In Brittany, [in the sixth century,] own Ofice.
holy Machutus, [St Maclou or St MATTINS.
Malo, first] Bishop [of the ancient
FIRST NOCTURN.
See of Aleth, in Brittany,] who was
marked by miracles even from his Lessons from Scripture according to
youth upward. _ the Season.
At Verona, [about the year 800,]
the holy Confessor Luperius, Bishop SEOND NOCTURN.
[of that see.]
Fourth Lesson.
In Austria, [in the year 1136,]
holy Leopold, [Margrave of Austria,] ERTRUDE was born of a noble
Marquess of that country, whose family at Eisleben, in Saxony,
name Innocent VIII. enrolled with [about the year of our Lord 1264.]
those of the Saints. At five years of age she offered her
Vespers of the following, from the virginity and herself to JESUS Christ,
in the Benedictine nunnery at Rodals
Chapter inclusive.
dorf. From that time forth she was
utterly estranged from earthly things,
NOVEMBER 1 5. ever striving for things higher, and
began to lead a kind of heavenly life.
.St @zrtrtmz, virgin. To learning in human letters she
added' knowledge of the things of
Double. God. In the th0ugh’t thereof she
All from‘the Common Oflice for a iearnestlydesired, and soon reached,
Virgin not a Martyr, (p. 451,) except the perfection of a Christian soul. Of
the following. Christ,,and of the things in His life,
she spoke oftentimes with movings of The Virgin Mother of God she ever
spirit. The glory of God was the one sought with deep reverence as a
end of all her thoughts, and to that mother and warden whom she had
her every longing and her every act received from JESUS Himself, and
were given. Though God had crowned from her she had many benefits.
her with so many and so noble gifts Toward the most Divine Sacrament
both of nature and of grace, her belief of the Eucharist, and the sufi'erings
regarding herself was so humble that 0f the Lord, her soul was moved
she was used to number as among the with love and gratitude, so that she
greatest of the wonders of His good~ sometimes wept abundantly. She
ness that He had always in His mercy helped with daily gifts and prayers
borne with one who was so utterly the souls of the just condemned to
unworthy. the purifying fire. She wrote much
for the fostering of godliness. She
F1ft}: Lesson.
was glorified also by revelations from
IN the thirtieth year of her age she God, and by the gift of prophecy.
was elected Abbess of Rodals Her last illness was rather the wast
dorf, where she had professed herself ing of a home-sickness to be with
in the religious life, and afterwards of God than a decay of the flesh, and
Heldelfs. This office she bore for she left this life [to live the undying
forty years in love, wisdom, and zeal life in Him, upon the 17th day of Nov—
for strict observance, so that the ember,] in the year of our Lord 1292.1
house seemed like an ideal ensample God made her bright with miracles both
of a sisterhood of perfect nuns. To during her life and after her death.
each one she was a mother and a
teacher, and yet would be as the THIRD NOCTURN.
least of all, being in sooth in all
lowliness among them as she that Lessons from Matthew xxv. I, with
served. That she might be more the Homib/ of St Gregory, (p. 4 5 5.)
utterly God’s only, she tormented her
body with sleeplessness, hunger, and MARTYROLOGY.
other afflictions, but withal ever true
to herself, stood forth a pattern of in Upon the 16th day of November,
nocency, gentleness, and long-suffer were born into the better life—
ing. The salvation of her neighbours At Canterbury, in England, the holy
was her constant earnest endeavour, Confessor Edmund Rich, Archbishop
and her godly toil bore abundant fruit. of that see, who was driven into exile
The love of God oftentimes threw her [at Pontigny] for his defence of the
into trances, and she was given the rights of his Church, and died a holy
grace of the deepest contemplation, death near Provins, [in Champagne,
even to union of spirit with God. in the year 1242,] and whose name
Innocent IV. enrolled among those of
the Saints.
Sixth Lesson.
In Africa, the holy martyrs Rufinus,
HRIST Himself, to show what Mark, Valerius, and their Companions.
such a bride was to Him, re On the same day, the holy martyrs
vealed that He had in the heart of Elpidius, Marcellus, Eustochius, and
Gertrude a pleasant dwelling-place. their Companions. Elpidius was of
1 The Petits Bollandistes give I334.
the Senatorial Order, and steadfastly illustrious life of Thy blessed Con
confessed the Christian faith in the fessor and Bishop Edmund, and glad
presence of the Emperor Julian the dened her by his glorious and wond
Apostate. He and his Companions rous works, mercifully grant unto Thy
were first tied to unbroken horses, and servants, that they may be bettered
so dragged about, but afterwards cast in following after his ensample, and
into the fire, and so achieved a glorious shielded by his protection against all
martyrdom, [in the fourth century.] things that may rise up against us.
At Lyons, the holy Confessor Euch Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
erius, Bishop of that see, a man of Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
wonderful faith and teaching. He Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
was of the noblest of the Senatorial one God, world without end. Amen.
Order, and adopted the life and dress
of a monk. For a long while he shut A Commemoration is made of St
himself up in a cave, where he served Gertrude from the Common Ofiiee, with
Prayer from her Ofliee.
Christ in fastings and prayers. He
was called through the revelation of
an angel to occupy the See of Lyons, FIRST NOCTURN.
and was therein solemnly placed. [He
died about the year 450.] Lessons from Scripture according
At Padua, holy Fidentius, Bishop to the Season.
[of that see, in the year 168.]
On the same day, [in the year 759,] SECOND NOCTURN.
the holy Othmar, Abbat [of St Gall,
Fourth Lesson. (From Harps-field’s
in Switzerland]
History, Thirteenth Cent.)
Vespers are of the firllowing, from
EDMUND Rich was born at Abing
don, and sent to the University
of Oxford, where he excelled his
NOVEMBER 16. fellows both in grace and learning.
Thence he went to Paris, where he
5t QEhmtmh any, grrbhisljnp completed his studies, and became
Doctor of Divinity with great dis
[of Qtanttrhurgj Confessor. tinction. He returned home and
Douhle. taught at Oxford, working meanwhile
as a missionary in the country round
All from the Common Ofiee, (p. about, and at last was forced by the
399,) exeept the following. common wish of all men, and against
his own wishes and protests, to take
FIRST VESPERS. the supreme dignity of Archbishop
These, as regards St Edmund, begin of Canterbury.
with the Chapter.
Fifth Lesson.
Prayer throughout the Ofiiee. (Tahen
HE slept very little, and that, not
from the Salisoury Missal.)
in a bed, but either sitting or
GOD, Who in the abundance of reclining, and for thirty-six years, only
Thy goodness towards Thy when overpowered by the weakness of
Church hast made her bright by the nature; with such watching he joined
746 THE PROPER OFFICE OF ‘THE SAINTS.
extreme scantiness 'of food, and spent bishop of that see, who was famous
all the rest of his time in prayer, read for teaching and holiness, and who
ing, and good works. He would came to be called the Wonder-worker,
neither touch money nor look at it, on account of the great signs and
unless it were perchance what his wonders which he worked to the great
hands were putting into those of the glory of the churches, whose feast we
poor. He was very diligent in hear keep upon the 27th day of this present
ing confessions, and preached very month of November.
often, neither was it his eloquence In Palestine, the holy martyrs 39‘.
only but his holy character which Alpheeus. and Zacchaeus, who were
moved his hearers. put to death after suffering many
torments, in the first year of the per
Sixth Lesson. secution under the Emperor Dio
cletian. 1 wit.
HE lines of Edmund fell in a At Cordova, the holy brother and
time when the troubles of State sister Acisclus and Victoria, both Pro
and Church were alike great, and martyrs, who in the same persecu
hardly to be believed. When he had tion by Diocletian aforesaid, were
exhausted his persuasion in vain upon most cruelly tortured by command
the king, and found that his presence of the President Dion, and earned
and
rather embittered than softened the crowns of glory from the hand of
worl
evil state of things, he went to France the Lord.
men
that he might live at Pontigny alone At Alexandria, holy Denys, Bishop
with God. There he fell grievously [of that see,] a man of great learning, may
sick, and when he had earnestly re~ and glorious on account of his many ligh1
ceived the Sacraments of the Church confessions and his divers sufferings Chri
to prepare himself for death, he happily and torments, who at length fell reigi
fell asleep in the Lord at Soissons in asleep in the Lord, full of days but the j
the year 1242.. Four years after still a Confessor, in the time of the out 1
wards Pope Innocent IV. enrolled his Emperors Valerian and Gallienus, [in
name among those of the Saints. the year 265.] Erin
_ At Orleans, [in the year 453,] holy with
Anian, Bishop [of that see,] the pre
THIRD NOCTURN.
ciOusness of whose death, in the sight
The Lessons from Matth. xxv. 14, of the Lord, is attested by many
with the Homily of St Gregory, (p. miracles.
406.) At Tours, [in the year 595,] holy lhe 1
Gregory, Bishop [of that see.]
MARTYROLOGY. At Florence, the holy Confessor
Upon the 17th day of November, Eugene, a Deacon of blessed Zenobius,
were born into the better'life— Bishop of that see.
In England, holy Hew, Bishop of In Germany, [in the year 1334,]
Lincoln. He was a Charter House the holy Virgin Gertrude, of the
Monk, who was called to rule the Order of St Benedict, eminent for her
gift of revelations, whose feast we and
Church of Lincoln, was famous for
have kept upon the 15th day of this the (
many miracles, and died an holy
death, [in the year 1200.] present month. his fl
At Neo-Caesarea, in Pontus, [about Vespers of the following, from the Hem
the year 270,] holy Gregory, Arch Chapter inclusive. by tl
uPOn
' -' FEAST-DAYS .INl NOVEMBER. 747
NOVEMBER 17. afterwards, .with the consent of the
Canons, made him Bishop of Lincoln.
.St 392m, Bishop [of iinmlnj But the man of God recoiled from
such an election, and would not take
@L'unfessur. the See until he had been elected
Douhle. again, and that time freely.
All from the Common Ofiice, ([5.

399,) except the following. Fifth Lesson.
H IS first care after taking possession
FIRST VESPERS. of his See was to call around
him men of knowledge and wisdom,
These, as regards St Hew, hegin with whose counsel he manfully dis
with the Chapter. charged the duties of a shepherd of
souls. He would not have any to
Prayer throughout the Ofiice. (Tahen take charge of any of the flock, how
from the Salishurj/ Missal.) ever they might be distinguished for
industry or culture, unless they had
GOD, Who didst excellently en the ornament of a. quiet and modest
noble Thy blessed Confessor spirit. He opposed by church cen
and Bishop Hew with eminent good sures the king’s officers who practised
works, and famous signs and wonders, cruelties upon the people, in regard to
mercifully grant that his ensample the forest laws. ' '
may quicken us, and his graces en
lighten us. Through our Lord JESUS Sixth Lesson. I
reigneth with Thee in the unity of IGHT often had he to contend
the Holy Ghost, one God, world with with King Richard, who strove
out end. Amen. to scrape money together from all
quarters, and calmly disregarded his
A Commemoration is made of St threats. He caused the body of
Edmund Rich from the Common Oflice,
Rosamond, leman of Henry II., to
with Prayer from his own Ofiice.
be taken out of the grave and buried
outside the church, in an unhallowed
FIRST NOCTURN. place. He toiled much, and not
without success, to re-establish peace
between the Kings of England and
the Season. 7
France, and was returned from that
work into England, when he fell sick
SECOND NOCTURN.
in London, and having received the
Fourth Lesson. (From Adam.) Sacraments of the Church, died a
holy death in the Lord, in the year
H EW was born at Burgundy, where 1200. All the noblemen of England
he first became a regular monk, attended his funeral at Lincoln, and
and then changed into the Order of the Kings of England and Scotland.
the Charter House, where he excelled
his fellows in godliness and obedience.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Henry 11., King of England, moved
by the fame of his holiness, prevailed ' Lessons from Matth. xxiv. 42, with
upon him to come into England, and the Homily of St flilary, (p. 41 r.)
MARTYROLOGY. off his belt, for which cause a large

stone was tied to his right hand, and
Upon the 18th day of November he was thrown into the river.
is kept the feast of the Dedication of On the same day, [in the fifth cen
the two Cathedral Churches of St tury,] the holy martyrs Oriculus and
Peter and of St Paul at Rome. The his Companions, who suffered for the
Church of St Peter, after being rebuilt Catholic faith in the persecution under
on a larger scale, was solemnly c0n~ the Vandals.
secrated by Urban VIII. upon the At Maintz, holy Maximus, Bishop of
18th day of November [in the year that see, who suffered many things
1626.] The Church of St Paul had from the Arians in the time of the
been almost entirely destroyed by a Emperor Constantius, and died a
lamentable fire, and was rebuilt in a Confessor.
more splendid manner, and conse At Tours, [in the year 942,] blessed
crated anew by Pius IX. upon the Odo, Abbat of Cluny.
10th day of December; but he trans At Antioch, [about the year 782,]
ferred the yearly feast of the Dedica the holy monk Thomas, in whose
tion thereof to the same day as that honour the Antiochenes keep a solemn
of the Church of St Peter. feast-day every year on account of
Upon the same 18th day of Nov a plague which was stayed by his
ember, were born into the better prayers. ‘
life— At Lucca, in Tuscany, is commem
At Antioch, the holy martyr Ro~ orated the finding, [in the year 800,]
manus. In the time of the Emperor of the body of the holy Confessor
Galerius, when the Prefect Asclepiades Finnan, Bishop [of that see, a son of
was assailing the Church and seeking Ultach, King of Ulster.]
utterly to overthrow it, Romanus ex~
horted the other Christians to gainsay Vespers are of the following.
him. For this cause he was put to
horrid torments, and his tongue was
cut out; but thereafter he still uttered NOVEMBER 1 8.
the praise of God. Then he was
strangled in prison, and so was Education at the Qtatbrhral
crowned by a famous martyrdom.
Before him there sufi'ered also the Churches of the iBuIg $1105:
little lad Barula, who was asked by tles 19m: am: iBauI, [at
Romanus whether it were better to
worship one God or many gods,
3801112.]
and answered that we ought to Greater Double.
believe in the one God whom the
Christians worship; for the saying of Allfrom the Common Ofice for the
the which thing he was first flogged Dedication of a Church, (o. 472,) ex
and then beheaded. cept the following.
Likewise at Antioch, [about the
year 304,] the holy martyr Hesychius. FIRST VES PERS.
He was a soldier, but when he heard
the command that whosoever would A Commemoration is made of St
not sacrifice to idols should cast away Hew of Lincoln. Prayer from his
his military belt, he straightway took Ofice.
MATTINS. wise enter into it anything that defil
eth, neither whatsoever worketh abom
FIRST NOCTURN.
ination, or _maketh a lie, but they
First Lesson. which are written in the Lamb’s Book
The Lesson is taken from the Book of Life.
of the Apocalypse of the Blessed SECOND NOCTURN.
Apostle John (xxi. 18.)
Fourth Lesson.
AND the building of the wall of it
was of jasper; and the city was AMONG the hallowed places which
pure gold, like unto clear glass. And have from of old time been held
the foundations of the wall of the city in honour among Christians, the most
were garnished with all manner of famous and sought after were those
precious stones. The first foundation where the bodies of the Saints were
was jasper; the second, sapphire; the buried, or where there was some trace
third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an or token of the Martyrs. Among
emerald ; the fifth, sardonyx ; the these spots so hallowed hath been
sixth, sardius ; the seventh, chrysolite ; ever among the most noteworthy that
the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; place on the Vatican Hill which is
the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, called the Confession1 of St Peter.
a jacinth ; the twelfth, an amethyst. Thither Christians do come from all
parts of the earth as unto the rock2
of faith and the foundation-stone of
Second Lesson. the Church, and surround with godly
ND the twelve gates were twelve reverence and love the spot hallowed
pearls; every several gate was by the grave of the Prince of the
of one pearl, and the street of the Apostles.
city was pure gold, as it were trans Fiflh Lesson.
parent glass. And I saw no temple
therein: for the Lord God Almighty THITHER came the Emperor Con
and the Lamb are the Temple of it. stantine the Great upon the
And the city had no need of the sun, eighth day after his Baptism, and,
neither of the moon, to shine in it; taking ofi” his crown, cast himself
for the glory of God did lighten it, down upon the ground, and wept
and the Lamb is the light thereof. abundantly. Then presently he took
a spade and pick-axe, and began to
break up the earth, whereof he carried
Third Lesson.
away twelve baskets-full in honour of
ND the nations shall walk in the the twelve Apostles, and built a
light of it ; and the kings of the Church upon that spot, appointed for
earth do bring their glory and honour the Cathedral Church of the Prince
into it. And the gates of it shall not of the Apostles. This Church was
be shut at all by day; for there shall hallowed by holy Pope Silvester upon
be no night there. And they shall the 18th day of November, in like
bring the glory and honour of the manner as he had hallowed the
nations into it. There shall in no Church of the Lateran upon the 9th
1 1.e., where his grave still seems silently to remind men of who he was and what he
taught. So in Welsh, Merthyr Dyfan, &c.
2 Petra—the usual play on “ Kephas."
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750 THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE'SAINTS.
day of the same month. In this MARTYROLOGY.

Church did the Pope set up an altar Upon the 19th day of November,
of stone, and pour ointment thereon, were born into the better life—
and ordain that from thenceforth no At Marburg, in Germany, [in the
altars should be set up, save of stone. year 1231,] the holy Widow Eliza
The same Emperor Constantine like beth, [Landgravine of Hesse and
wise built a very stately Church upon Thuringia,] of the third Order of
the road to Ostia, in honour of the St Francis, daughter of Andrew 11.,
holy Apostle Paul, which Church also King of Hungary, busied without
was hallowed by the blessed Silvester. ceasing in works of mercy and
These Churches the Emperor enriched famous for miracles.
by grants of much land, and adorned On the same day, the holy martyr,
with exceedingly rich gifts. Pope Pontian, who was exiled to
Sardinia along with the Priest Hip
Sixth Lesson. polytus, under the Emperor Alexander,
THE Church of St Peter upon the and was there cudgelled to death.
Vatican fell in course of time His body was brought to Rome by
to ruins, and having been rebuilt from blessed Pope Fabian, and buried in
the foundations, enlarged and gar the cemetery of Kallistus.
nished, by the zeal of many Popes, At Samaria, the holy Prophet
was solemnly consecrated anew by Obadiah.
Urban VIII., upon the same day, in At Rome, upon the Appian Way,
the year 1628. The Church of St the holy martyr Maximus, a Priest,
Paul upon the road to Ostia was almost who suffered in the persecution under
entirely consumed by fire in the year the Emperor Valerian, and was buried
1823, but was rebuilt in a more hard by holy Pope Xystus.
splendid form, and, as it were, raised At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the
from the dead, by the unwearied zeal holy martyr Barlaam. He was an
of four successive Popes. In the year unlettered peasant, but filled with the
1854 Pius IX. seized the happy occa wisdom of Christ, and by the stead
sion when the doctrine concerning the fastness of his faith conquered the
Immaculate Conception of the Virgin tyrant [Diocletian] and his fire.
Mary, which he had just set forth, Holy Basil the Great preached a
had drawn together to Rome a great famous sermon upon his feast-day.
multitude of Cardinals and Bishops In the city of Ecija, blessed Crispin,
from all quarters of the Catholic Bishop [of that see,] who was be
world, solemnly to dedicate this new headed, and so won the glory of
Church in their presence upon the martyrdom.
10th day of December in the year At Vienne, in Gaul, [in the second
aforesaid; but he decreed that the century,] the holy martyrs Severinus,
yearly Feast in honour of that dedi Exuperius, and Felician; after many
cation should be kept upon this day, years had passed they themselves
being the same as that of the Dedi revealed where their bodies were
cation of the Church of St Peter. lying; the which, being so found,
were honourably taken up by the
Bishop, clergy, and people of that
THIRD NOCTURN.
city, and buried again with due rev
Lessons from Luke xix. I, with the erence.
Homily of St Gregory, (p. 48 3.) Upon the same day, holy Faustus, a
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Deacon of Alexandria, who was first SECOND NOCTURN.

sent into exile along with holy Denys
in the persecution under the Emperor Fourth Lesson.
Valerian, and afterwards in his old ELIZABETH, daughter of Andrew
age was beheaded in the persecution IL, King of Hungary, [was born
under the Emperor Diocletian. in the year 1207.] She began to
In Isauria, under the Emperor fear God even from a little child, and
Diocletian and the Tribune Aquilinus, grew in grace as she grew in years.
the holy martyrs Azas and a hundred [In her fourteenth year] she was
and fifty Companions, all soldiers. married to Lewis, Landgrave of Hesse
At Second Vespers a Commemora and Thuringia, and thenceforth gave
tion is made of the following. Prayer herself up to the things of her hus
from her Ofiice. Then of the Holy band, with as much zeal as to the
Martyr Pope Pontian. Prayer, things of God. She rose in the night
“Mercifully consider,” &c., (p. 375.) to make long prayers. She Con
secrated herself to works of mercy.
She waited continually on widows and
NOVEMBER 1 9. orphans, the sick and the needy.
When a sore famine came [in the
year 1225,] she provided corn
St (Elizabeth. [iLanhgrafiim bountifully from her own house.
at 392552 anti @LburingiaJ She founded an house Of refuge
mihuin. for lepers, and would even kiss
their hands and feet. She built
Double. also a great hospital for the sufi'er
ing and starving poor.
All from the Common Ofiice for an
Holy Woman neither Martyr nor Vir
gin, (p. 464,) except the following. Fifth Lesson.
HER husband died [on his way
Prayer throughout the Ofice. to the Holy War, on the 1 1th
day of September, 1227.] Then
ENLIGHTEN, O God of mercy,
Elizabeth, more utterly to be God’s
the hearts of Thy faithful people,
only, laid aside all the garments Of
and by the glorious prayers of Thy
earthly state, clad herself in mean
blessed handmaid Elizabeth, make
raiment, and entered the Third Order
us to set little store by the good
of St Francis, wherein she was a
things of this world, and to rejoice
burning and shining light of long
ever in Thy heavenly comfort.
suffering and lowliness. [Her brother
in-law] stripped her [and her three
little children] of all their goods, and
turned them out of their own house.
She was deserted by all, and assailed
with insults, gibes, and calumnies,
MATTINS. but she bore it all with patience,
FIRST NOCTURN.
yea, even rejoicing that she suffered
such things for God’s sake. She
Lessons from Scripture according to gave herself to the meanest services
the Season. toward the poor and sick, and
752... THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE SAINTS.
sought for them the needfuls of in the month of December, wherein

life, while she lived herself only on he made six Priests, five Deacons,
potherbs and vegetables. and six Bishops for divers places.
A t Lauds a Commemoration is made
Sixth Lesson. of the holy Martyr.
N these and many other holy works
she prayerfully passed the rest of MARTYROLOGY.
her life, till [in the twenty-fourth year
Upon the 20th day of November,
of her age,] the end of her earthly
pilgrimage came, as she had already
In England, the holy martyr
foretold to her servants. With her
Edmund, King of the East Angles.
eyes fixed on heaven, absorbed in the
At Messina, in Sicily, the holy
thought of God, by Him wondrously
martyrs Ampelus and Caius.
comforted, and strengthened by the
At Turin, the holy martyrs Octavius,
Sacraments, she fell asleep in the
Solutor, and Adventor, soldiers of the
Lord, [upon the I 9th day of November,
Theban legion, who contended glori
in the year of salvation I 231.] Forth
ously under the Emperor Maximian,
with many miracles were wrought at
and were crowned with martyrdom.
her grave, which being known and
At Caesarea, in Palestine, the holy
duly proved, Gregory IX. numbered
martyr Agapius, who was con
her name among those of the Saints.
demned to the wild beasts under
the Emperor Galerius Maximian;
THIRD NOCTURN. but as they did not hurt him, he
Lessons from Matth. xiii. 44, with was sunk in the .sea with stones
the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 467.) tied to his feet.
The last is omitted, or joined with the In Persia, the holy martyrs the
Eighth, to leave room for the Bishop Nerses and his Companions.
At Dorostorum, in Mysia, holy
Dasius, Bishop [of that see,] who
Ninth Lesson. (For the Holy
was beheaded under the President
Martyr Pofie Pontian.)
Bassus, because he would not join
PONTIAN was a Roman, who ruled in the uncleanliness of the Feast of
the Church in the reign of the Saturn.
Emperor Alexander. This Emperor At Nice, in Bithynia, in the per
banished him into the Island of Sar secution under Maximinus, the holy
dinia, along with the Priest Hip martyrs Eustace, ' Thespesius, and
polytus, on account of their profession Anatolius.
of the Christian faith. There be en At Heraclea, in Thrace, the holy
dured many hardships because of his martyrs Bassus, Denys, Agapitus,
belief in Christ, and departed this life and forty others.
upon the 19th day of November, [in At Constantinople, holy Gregory of
the year of our Lord 235.] His body Decapolis, who suffered many things
was brought to Rome by Pope Fabian for honouring the holy images.
and his clergy, and buried in the At Milan, [in the fifth century,]
cemetery of Kallistus, upon the Appian holy Benignus, Bishop [of that see,]
Way. He sat in the seat of Peter who, in the midst of all the troubles
four years, four months, and twenty caused by the incoming of the bar
five days. He'held two Ordinations barians, ministered in all steadfastness
FEAS'T-DAYS IN NOVEMBER. .753
and godliness unto the Church com SECOND NOCTURN.
mitted to his care.
At Chalons, [in the sixth century,] Fourth Lesson. (From Asserius’
holy Sylvester, Bishop [of that see,] Annals.)
who passed away to be ever with the DMUND was born of the noble
Lord, full of days and graces, in the race of the old Saxons; he was
forty-second year of his priesthood. a Christian worshipper from his early
At Verona, [likewise in the sixth youth, and was chosen King of the
century,] the holy Confessor Simplicius, East Angles by the voice of all his
Bishop [of that see.] fellow-countrymen. It is not in us
to say how good he was toward his
Vespers of the following.
subjects, and how stern toward .evil
doers. He went straight along the
NOVEMBER 20. King’s highway, neither turning aside
to the right hand by puffing himself
up with his own good deeds, nor
.St QEtlmunh, fixing of the East to the left hand by yielding to the
fingles, martyr. weakness of man’s frailty.
Greater Double.
Fifth Lesson.
All from the Common Ofice fivr
One Martyr, (p. 366,) excqot the WHEN Hinguar, Duke of the
firllowing. heathens of the north, came
into East Anglia, and the country
folk could not withstand the spoilers,
Prayer throughout. (Taken from the he took King Edmund out of his
Salisbury Missal.) kingly town of Hoxton, and when he
O GOD of unspeakable mercy, Who had set him before him, he com
didst give power unto the most manded him to forswear the Christian
blessed King Edmund to prevail over faith. When he would not, they
the enemy by dying for Thy name’s bound him to a certain tree and most
sake, mercifully grant unto this Thy direfully hided him with many stripes,
family, with the help of his prayers, but neither the keenness of the torture
worthily to quench all the fiery darts nor the threats of the tormentors
of the wicked one. Through our Lord could change his will.
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
reigneth with Thee in the unity of Sixth Lesson.
without end. Amen. WHEN the savages saw it, they
became as it were mad, and
At First Vespers a Commemoration pierced the King’s whole body with
is made of St Elizabeth. Prayer arrows, making breach upon breach.
from her Ofiice. He was still alive when they haled
him away from the bloody stock, and
FIRST NOCTURN. a headsman struck off his head at one
blow. Holy Edmund offered himself
Lessons from Rom. viii. 12, (p. up to God as a burnt offering of a
383,) with Responsories from the sweet savour upon the 20th day of
Common of One Martyr. November, and crowned with martyr
dom the dying of the Lord JESUS, come to set a man at variance against
which he had so eminently borne in his father, and the daughter against
his body. ’ her mother, and the daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law.” And
THIRD NOCTURN. having thus warned any against set
ting natural afi'ection before religious
Seventh Lesson. belief, He saith now, “ He that loveth
The Lesson is taken from the Holy father or mother more than Me is not
Gospel according to Matthew (x. worthy of Me.” In the Song of
34-) Songs, it is written: “ He established
His love upon me,” (ii. 4,) and this
order is in all things needful, love
His disciples, Think not that
God, and after Him, father, and
I am come to send peace on earth:
mother, and children.
I came not to send peace, but a
sword. And so on.
Ninth Lesson.
IT is a very noble order. He
Bethlehem.] (Bk. i. on Matth. x.)
sendeth them forth to preach;
He had said above (27,) “What He teacheth them not to fear dangers,
Itell you in darkness, that speak ye but to place their feelings below their
in light, and what ye hear in the ear, faith; before He had cut of? gold
that preach ye upon the housetops.” from them, He had forbidden them
And now He telleth what will follow to carry even brass in their purses (9.)
such preaching. The faith of Christ The state of the Apostles was hard,
set the whole world at variance, the whence were they to live or eat?
believers and the unbelievers dwelt But the sternness 'of His command
in one house, but it was a good thing ments is softened by the hope of His
that war should be made to break a promises, “ He that receiveth you, re
bad peace. This is as we read in ceiveth Me, and he that receiveth Me,
Genesis that evil men journeyed from receiveth Him that sent Me." So
the East and were fain to build a that every believer, when he receiveth
tower whose top should reach unto an Apostle, may feel that he is re
heaven, and God came down and ceiving Christ.
divided their tongues.
MARTYROLOGY.
Ezlg'hth Lesson.
The morrow is the Feast of the
“ OR I am come to set a man at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin
variance against his father.” Mary, Mother of God, in the Temple
This place is almost the same as that at Jerusalem.
in Micah (vii. 5, 6,) and we should Upon the same zlst day of Nov
take notice, whenever a place is ember, were born into the better life—
brought forward out of the Old Testa Holy Rufus, touching whom the holy
ment, whether it be the sense only or Apostle Paul writeth unto the Romans.
the words that be the same. At Rome, the holy martyrs Celsus
“He that loveth father or mother and Clement.
more than Me is not worthy of Me.” At Ostia, the holy martyrs Deme
He had said before, “I came not to trius and Honorius.
send peace, but a sword, for I am At Rheims, [in the year 1 192,] the
holy martyr Albert, Bishop of Liege, Prayer throughout the Ofiice.
who was slain for defending the
freedom of the Church. O GOD, Who wast pleased that the
In Spain, the holy martyrs Honorius, blessed Mary always a Virgin,
Eutychius, and Stephen. being herself the dwelling-place of the
In Pamphylia, under the President Holy Ghost, should, as on this day,
Aetius, in the persecution under the be presented in Thine earthly Temple,
Emperor Aurelian, the holy martyr grant, we beseech Thee, that by her
Heliodorus, by whom his very tor prayers we may worthily be presented
turers were converted to the faith: in the heavenly Temple of Thy glory.
for the which cause they were drowned Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
in the sea. Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
At Rome, holy Pope Gelasius, Thee, in the unity of the Holy
famous for his teaching and holiness. Ghost, one God, world without end.
At Verona, the holy Confessor Amen.
Maurus, Bishop [of that see.] MATTINS.
At the monastery of Bobbio, de
ceased the holy Abbat Columbanus, FIRST NOCTURN.
the founder of many monasteries,
and the Father of many monks, who Lessons from Prov. viii. 12, as in
the Common.
fell asleep in a good old age, bright
with many graces.
SECOND NOCTURN.
At Second Vesfiers a Commemoration
is made of the following. Antiphons, Fourth Lesson.
&c., and Prayer as oelow.
“ Upon the Orthodox Faith,” written
NOVEMBER 2 I . by St John of Damascus. (Bh. iv.
chap. 15.)
iBrzsentatiun of the Blazers
OACHIM took to wife that most
virgin wary. eminent and praiseworthy woman,
Anne. And even as the antient
Greater Double.
Hannah, being stricken with barren
All from the Common Oflce for ness, by prayer and promise became
Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, (p. 436,) the mother of Samuel, so likewise
except the following. this woman also through prayer and
promise received from God the Mother
VESPERS.
of God, that in fruitfulness she might
not be behind any of the famous
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed matrons. And thus “grace” (for
Virgin. O Blessed Mary, Mother of such is the signification of the name
God, Virgin for ever, temple of the of Anne) is mother of the “Lady”
Lord, sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, (for such is the signification of the
thou, without any ensample before name of Mary.1) And indeed she
thee, didst make thyself well-pleasing became the Lady of every creature,
in the sight of our Lord JESUS Christ. since she hath been mother of the
Alleluia. Creator. She first saw the light in
1 This is opposed to other passages in the Breviary. See Sunday after Sept. 8.
Joachim’s house, hard by the Pool missing a moment, her fasting taking
of Bethesda, at Jerusalem, and was two days together. And when she
carried to the Temple. There planted was fain to eat, she took not dainties,
in the Lord, the dew of His Spirit but whatsoever food came first to
made her to flourish in the courts of hand that would keep body and soul
her God, and like a green olive she together. She would not sleep till
became a tree, so that all the doves need was, and even then, while her
of grace came and lodged in her body rested, her soul watched, for
branches. And so she raised her she often talked in her sleep, either
mind utterly above the lust of life repeating things that she had read,
and the lust of the flesh, and kept or going on with what she was doing
her soul virgin in her virgin body, as before sleep interrupted her, or re
became her that was to receive God hearsing things executed, or talking
into her womb. of things projected.
The Lesson is taken from the Book Lessons from Luke xi. 27, with the
“Upon Virgins,” written by St Homily ofthe Venerahle Bede, (p. 446.)
Ambrose, Bishop [of Milan] (ii.) In the Verse of the Seventh Resfon
SUCH was Mary that her single life sory is said, “Keeping this Feast of
offereth an ensample to all. If thine holy Presentation.”
then the doer displease us not, let us
applaud the deed ; if any other woman MARTYROLOGY.
seek like reward, let her follow after
like works. In the one Virgin how Upon the 22nd day of November,
many glorious examples do shine forth. were born into the better life—
Her’s was the hidden treasure of mod At Rome, the holy Virgin and mar~
esty, her’s the high standard of faith, tyr Cecily. She brought her husband
her’s the self-sacrifice of earnestness, Valerian and his brother Tiburtius to '
her’s to be the pattern of maidenhood believe in Christ, and nerved them to
at home, of kinswomanhood in minis suffer martyrdom. After their martyr
try, of motherhood in the Temple. 0 dom, Almachius, Prefect of the city
to how many virgins hath she been under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius
helpful, how many hath she taken Severus Alexander, caused her to be
in her arms and presented unto the arrested, and, after she had overcome
Lord, saying: Here is one who, [like fire, gloriously to finish her sufferings
me,] hath kept stainlessly clean the with the sword.
wedding-chamber, the marriage-bed At Colossae, in Phrygia, the holy
of my Son! martyrs Philemon and Apphia, the
disciples of the holy Apostle Paul,
Sirth Lesson. [unto whom he addressed an Epistle.]
During the reign of the Emperor Nero,
WHY should I go on to speak of the Gentiles broke into the Church
the scantiness of her eating, upon the feast day of Diana. The rest
or of the multiplicity of her work? of the faithful escaped, but these were
how her labour seemed above human taken, and by command of the Presi
capacity, and her refreshment insuffici dent Artocles they were flogged, buried
ent for human strength, her toil never up to the middle, and stoned to death.
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Likewise, at Rome, the holy martyr Ps. xviii. The heavens declare, &c.,
Maurus, who came from Africa to (15- 17-)
visit the graves of the Apostles, and
suffered under the Emperor Numerian, Third Antiphon. Cecily brought
and the Prefect of the city, Celerinus. under her body with haircloth, and
At Antioch, in Pisidia, in the per besought God with loud crying.
secution under the Emperor Diocletian, Ps. xxiii. The earth is the LORD’S,
the holy martyrs Mark and Stephen. &c., (p. 46.)
At Autun, [in the sixth century,]
the holy Confessor Pragmatius, Bishop Lessons from I Cor. vii. 2 5, as in
[of that see.] the Common.
SECOND VESPERS. First Resfionsory.

A ntiohon at the Song of the Blessed The musicians played, and the
Virgin as at First Vespers. maiden Cecily sang in her heart unto
A Commemoration is made of the the Lord alone, saying: Lord, let my
following. heart and my body he undefiled, that
Antiphon. Valerian ! there is a I be not ashamed.
secret which I wish to tell thee. I Verse. She fasted and prayed for
have an Angel of God for a lover, and two days and three days together,
committing the cause of her fear unto
he is very jealous to keep my body.
the Lord.
Prayerfrom Lauds. Answer. Lord, let my heart and
my body he undefiled, that I be not
ashamed.
NOVEMBER 22.
St (trendy, Hirgin anti Second Resfionsory.

martyr. O Blessed Cecily, thou didst con
vert the two brethren, but thou didst
Double. overcome Almachius the judge; thou
All from the Common Ofice for a didst point out Urban the Bishop, by
Virgin and Martyr, (p. 451,) except this, that his face was as the face of
the following. an Angel.
Verse. Busy like a bee, thou didst
MATTINS. serve the Lord.
Answer. Thou didst point out
FIRST NOCTURN. Urban the Bishop, by this, that his
First A ntio/zon. The Maiden Cecily face was as the face of an Angel.
overcame Almachius, and called Tibur
tius and Valerian to crowns. Third Responsory.
Ps. viii. O LORD, our Ruler, &c.,
The glorious maiden carried the
(e- 7-) Gospel of Christ always in her breast,
Second A ntiphon. She spread forth and meditated therein day and night,
her hands and prayed unto the Lord, talking with God and praying.
that He would deliver her from her Verse. She spread forth her hands
enemies. and prayed unto the Lord, and her
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heart was enkindled with fire from he would believe in Christ, if he could
heaven. see the Angel. Cecily answered him
Answer. Talking with God and that that could not be unless he were
praying. first baptized, and for the sake of see
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and ing the Angel he was willing. So
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. she bade him go unto Pope Urban,
Answer. Talking with God and who was hiding in the sepulchre of
praying. the Martyrs on the Appian Way on
account of the persecution. And he
SECOND NOCTURN. went unto him and was baptized.
First Antz'phzm. O Lord JESUS

Christ, Who hast said of abstaining Fourth Responsory.
from marriage, “He that is able to Cecily brought her body under with
receive it, let him receive it,” accept haircloth, and besought God with loud
now the fruits from this seed, which crying, and called Tiburtius and Vale
Thou didst sow in the heart of Cecily. rian to crowns.
Ps. xliv. My heart is overflowing, Verse. This is one of the wise
&c., (p. 96.) virgins, one chosen out of the number
of the prudent.
Second Antzlthon. Blessed Cecily Answer. And called Tiburtius and
said unto Tiburtius: To-day I call Valerian to crowns.
thee my brother, for the love of God
hath made thee to cast away idols.
Fzfth Lesson.
THENCE he came back to Cecily,
(A 97-) and found her praying, and the
Third Antiphon. Lord, let my Angel with her, shining from the glory
heart and my body be undefiled, that of God. As soon as he had recovered
I be not ashamed. from the shock of wonder and fear,
Ps. xlvii. Great is the LORD, &c., he brought his brother Tiburtius, and
Cecily taught him Christ, and he was
(p. 98.) baptized by the same Pope Urban,
Fourth Lesson. and he also was vouchsafed to see
the Angel whom his brother had
ECILY was a Roman maiden of
seen. A little while after, both of
noble birth, trained up from her
them bravely suffered martyrdom
earliest years in the teaching of the
under the Praefect Almachius, who Shi
Christian faith, and who by vow con
then caused Cecily to be taken, and ing
secrated her virginity to God. She
asked of her, first of all, where
was afterwards given in marriage,
was the property of Tiburtius and
against her will, to Valerian. On the
Valerian P Thl
first night she said to him: Valerian !
I am under the wardship of an Angel, Bu:
who keepeth me always a maiden. Fifth Resfionsory.
Therefore do nothing unto me, lest He found Cecily praying in her
the anger of God should be aroused chamber, and standing by her the like
She
against thee. Valerian was moved at Angel of the Lord. And when
Est 1
her words, and dared not to touch Valerian saw him, he feared with a
her. Also he added even this, that great fear.
Kim
Verse. The Angel of the Lord Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
descended from heaven, and a light to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
shone in all the house. Answer. Busy like a bee, Thine
Answer. And when Valerian saw handmaiden Cecily served Thee.
him, he feared with a great fear.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Sixth Lesson.
First Antiohon. Christ, the Son of
TO him the Virgin answered that God, Who hath chosen unto Himself
all their goods had been given such an handmaiden, Him we believe
to the poor. Thereupon he was filled to be the true God.
with fury, and commanded her to be
taken home, and burnt in the bath. Ps. xcv. O sing unto the LORD,
She was in that place a day and a &c., (p. 148.)
night, but the fire had not harmed Seeond Antiohon. We that have
her. Then was sent the executioner, known His Holy Name can by no
who gave her three strokes of the axe, means deny Him.
and, as he could not cut oil" her head,
left her half-dead. Three days there Ps.xcvi. The LORD reigneth, &c.,
after, upon the 22nd day of November, (a 149-)
in the reign of the Emperor Alexander
Third Antiohon. Then Valerian
Severus, she winged her flight for
went his way, and found the holy
heaven, glorified with the two palms
Urban, by the sign which had been
of virginity and martyrdom. Her
given him.
body was buried in the cemetery of
Kallistus by the aforenamed Pope Ps. xcvii. O sing unto the LORD,
Urban, who also consecrated a Church &c., (p. 157.)
in her name in her own house. Her
reliques were brought into the city by Seventh Lesson.
Pope Paschal I., along with those of
Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus, and The Lesson is taken from the Holy
all laid together in the said Church Gospel according to Matthew (xxv.
of St Cecily. r.)
T that time: JESUS spake unto
Sz'xth Responsory.
His disciples this parable: The
O Lord JESUS Christ, the Good kingdom of heaven shall be likened
Shepherd, Who hast said of abstain unto ten virgins, who took their lamps
ing from marriage, “He that is able and went forth to meet the Bridegroom
to receive it, let him receive it,” accept and the Bride. And so on.
now the fruits from this seed, which
Thou didst sow in the heart of Cecily.
Patriarch [of Constantinople.] (Hom.
Busy like a bee, Thine handmaiden
79 on Alatth.)
Cecily served Thee.
Verse. For her husband, who was Wherefore doth the Lord set forth
like a raging lion when she took him, this parable under the figure of virgins,
she sent unto Thee meek as the meek and not make it of acceptation for all
est of lambs. men? He had spoken great things
Answer. Busy like a bee, Thine touching virginity, saying : “There be
handmaiden Cecily served Thee. eunuchs, which have made themselves
eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s its owner will but have his portion
sake. He that is able to receive it, let without among the fornicators, among
him receive it.” (Matth. xix. 12.) He whom Christ doth justly place the
knew also that virginity is a thing heartless and pitiless celibate. The
which is held in great honour among fornicator is entangled in lust after
men, being indeed a thing higher bodies, the other in lust after money.
than nature, as is plain from this, that The lust for bodies and the lust for
under the Old Testament even the money are two very different things,
Patriarchs and Saints did not practise whereof the fleshly is by far the
it, and that under the New Testa keener and the stubborner appetite.
ment it is not enjoined by any com They that strive with the weaker
mandment of necessity; for the Lord enemy are therefore much less excus
did not make it binding, but left it able if they fall. Wherefore the Lord
open to the free choice of the faithful. hath called such virgins “foolish,” for
Whence also Paul saith: “Concerning having first won the stern battle, and
virgins I have no commandment of then been destroyed in the light one.
the Lord; yet I give my judgment,
as one that hath obtained mercy of
Eighth Responsory.
the Lord to be faithful. I suppose
therefore that this is good for the Cecily hath sent me unto you, that
present distress, that it is good for a ye may show me the holy Bishop, for
man so to be. But and if thou unto him I have a secret message to
marry, thou hast not sinned, and if a deliver.
virgin marry, she hath not sinned.” Verse. Then Valerian went his
(1 Cor. vii. 25, 26, 28.) way, and found the holy Urban by
the sign which had been given him.
Seventh Responsory. Answer. For unto him I have a
secret message to deliver.
Blessed Cecily said unto Tiburtius: Verse. Glory be to the Father,
To-day I call thee my brother, for the and to the Son, and to the Holy
love of God hath made thee to cast Ghost.
away idols. Answer. For unto him I have a
Verse. For even as the love of secret message to deliver.
God hath made thy brother to be my
husband, so the same hath made thee
Ninth Lesson.
to be my brother, [and]
Answer. To cast away idols. Y the “lamps” spoken of in this
parable, the Lord signifieth the
Eighth Lesson. actual gift of virginity and holy con
tinency, and by the “oil” gentleness,
VIRGINITY then, being a thing almsgiving, and helpfulness toward the
in itself so great and so much needy.
esteemed among many, lest any man “While the Bridegroom tarried,
having attained unto it, and kept it they all slumbered and slept.”
undefiled, should think that he hath His disciples hoped that His king
done all, and so leave the rest undone, dom was to come forthwith. To call
the Lord putteth forth this parable, them away from this hope, to lead
in order to show that if virginity, them away from this thought, He
though it have all else, lack mercy, showeth them the time of waiting for
the Bridegroom to be no very short and Martyr Cecily, grant unto us, we
one. beseech Thee, not only devoutly to
“They all slumbered and slept.” observe the same, but also to follow
He calleth death a sleep. after the pattern of her godly con
“And at midnight there was a cry versation. Through our Lord JESUS
made, Behold, the Bridegroom com Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and reign
eth, go ye out to meet Him.” eth with Thee, in the unity of the
This “at midnight” is either a Holy Ghost, one God, world without
continuation of the parable [and so end. Amen.
signifieth the awaking of the dead,]
or else meaneth that the again-rising At Prime, Terce, Sext, and None,
to come will actually take place in the the Antiphons are the First, Second,
night. Of the “cry ” Paul also mak Third, and Fifth from Lands, respect
eth mention, where he saith: “The ively.
Lord Himself shall descend from MARTYROLOGY.
heaven with a shout, with the voice
of the Archangel, and with the trump Upon the 23rd day of November,
of God.” (1 Thess. iv. 16.) were born into the better life—
The holy Pope Clement, he was the
LAUDS. third, after the blessed Apostle Peter,
First Antiphon. The musicians who held the Papacy. In the perse
played, and Cecily sang unto the cution under the Emperor Trajan he
Lord, * saying: Let my heart be un was sent to the Crimea, where he was
defiled, that I be not ashamed. sunk in the sea with an anchor tied
Second Antiphon. Valerian found to his neck, and so received the crown
Cecily praying in her chamber, * and of martyrdom. In the time of Pope
with her the Angel. Nicholas I. his body was brought to
Third Antiphon. Busy like a bee, Rome and honourably buried in the
* O Lord, did Thine handmaiden church which had already been built
Cecily serve Thee. in his name.
Fourth Antiphon. I bless Thee, Likewise, at Rome, the holy martyr
O Father of my Lord JESUS Christ, * Felicity,1 mother of seven sons, who
that through Thy Son the fire is gone were all likewise martyrs. After they
out round about me. had suffered, the Emperor Mark
Fifth Antiphon. I have asked the Antonine commanded her also to be
Lord for three days, * that I may beheaded for Christ’s sake.
consecrate my house as a Church. At Merida, in Spain, the holy
Virgin and martyr Lucretia, who suf
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. fered martyrdom under the President
As dawn was fading into day, Cecily Dacian, in the persecution under the
cried and said: Arise, O soldiers of Emperor Diocletian.
Christ, cast away the works of dark At Cyzicus, on the Hellespont, the
ness, and put on the armour of light. holy martyr Sisinius, who was slain
with the sword, after suffering many
Prayer throughout the Office. torments, during the same persecution.
0 GOD, Who year by year dost At Iconium, in Lycaonia, holy
gladden Thy people by the Amphilochius, Bishop [of that see,]
solemn feast of Thy blessed Virgin the fellow of holy Basil and Gregory
1 See July 10.
of Nazianzus, in the desert and in the A Commemoration is made of St

Episcopate. He went through many Ceez'ly.
contendings for the Catholic faith’s
Antiphon. The glorious maiden
sake, but fell asleep at length in peace,
carried the Gospel of Christ always
famous for holiness and teaching.
in her breast, and rested neither day
At Girgenti, in Sicily, [at the end
nor night from talking with God and
of the sixth century,] deceased holy
praying.
Gregory, Bishop [of that see.]
In the country of Hesbaye, [in the Verse. Grace is poured into thy
seventh century,] the holy Confessor lips.
Trudo, the Priest. Answer. Therefore God hath
At Mantua, blessed John Boni, of blessed thee for ever.
the Order of Hermits of Saint Austin,
Prayerfrom her Ofiee.
whose illustrious life hath been written
by holy Antonine. Then of the Holy Martyr Felicity.
Antiphon. The kingdom of heaven
VESPERS.
is like unto a merchantman seeking
The Ojiee is of St Cecily till the goodly pearls, who, when he had
Chapter, with Antiphons from Lands; found one pearl of great price, gave
from the Chapter, inelusz'r/e, of the all that he had and bought it.
following.
Verse. In thy comeliness and thy
beauty.
NOVEMBER 2 3. Answer. Go forward, fare pros
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fiartgr. Prayer.
Douhle. GRANT, we beseech Thee, 0 Al

mighty God, that in calling to
All from the Common Ofiiee for mind the awful victory of Thy blessed
One Martyr, (p. 366,) exeept the Martyr Felicity, we may find shelter
following. both for her sake and in her prayers.
FIRST VESPERS.
As regards St Clement, these usually Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
hegzn with the Chapter, but if from one God, world without end. Amen.
the beginning, the A ntz'phons are taken
from Lauds. MATTINS.
Antiphon at the Song of the Blessed FIRST NOCTURN.

Virgin. Let us all pray our Lord
JESUS Christ to open a spring for Lessons from Acts xx. 17, (p. 367.)
those that own His Name.
First Responsory.
Prayer throughout the Ofiiee. “O
God, Who year by year, &c." (p. 375,) While Holy Clement was at prayer,
but ending, “may copy that manly there appeared unto him the Lamb
strength which he showed under his of God, with the river of the water of
sufferings. Through our Lord, &c.” life proceeding from under His Feet,
even that river, the streams whereof of the blessed Peter, and is the same
make glad the city of God. concerning whom Paul saith, writing
Verse. And I looked, and, lo, a to the Philippians: “And I entreat
Lamb stood on the mount— thee also, true yokefellow, help those
Answer. With the river of the women which laboured with me in
water of life proceeding from under the Gospel, with Clement also, and
His Feet, even that river, the streams with other my fellow-labourers, whose
whereof make glad the city of God. names are written in the book of life.”
(iv. 3.) [He succeeded Cletus as
Second Responsory. Bishop of Rome.] He it was who
divided the seven quarters of the
They all said with one voice: Holy
city among seven scribes, one to
Clement, pray for us, that we may
each, whose duty it was to search
be made worthy of the promises of
out most carefully, and record in
Christ.
writing the sufferings and acts of the
Verse. For no worthiness of mine
Martyrs. He himself also wrote
own hath the Lord sent me unto you,
much, and that most orthodox and
to become a partaker in your crowns.
healthy, whereby he clearly explained
the Christian Religion.
worthy of the promises of Christ.
Third Responsory. Fifth Lesson.

Lord, Thou hast given unto Thy HIS teaching and the holiness of
Martyr Clement a tabernacle in the his life brdught many to be
sea, after the fashion of a temple of lieve in Christ, and he was therefore
marble, builded by the hands of exiled by the Emperor Trajan to
Angels. And Thou givest a way Kherson, in the Crimea, where he
thither unto the people on the land, found two thousand Christians, who
that they may tell of Thy marvellous had been condemned by the same
works. Trajan. There they all worked in
Verse. Lord, Thou didst give unto the marble quarries. During their
Thy Saints a way in the sea, and a labour they suffered for want of water,
path through the mighty waters. ' and Clement prayed, and then went
Answer. And Thou gavest a way up an hill hard by, on the top where
thither unto the people on the land, of he saw a Lamb standing, touching
that they may tell of Thy marvellous with its right foot a flowing spring
works. of sweet waters. Therewith they all
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and quenched their thirst, and by this
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. miracle many unbelievers were brought
Answer. And Thou gavest a way to believe in Christ, and began to
thither unto the people on the land, honour the holiness of Clement.
that they may tell of Thy marvellous
works. Sixth Lesson.
SECOND NOCTURN. THESE things moved Trajan to
send a messenger to the
Fourth Lesson. Crimea, who tied an anchor about
CLEMENT, the son of Faustinus, Clement’s neck, and cast him into
was a Roman, from the quarter of the deep of the sea. After it had been
the Ccelian Mount. He was a disciple done, while the Christians were pray
ing on the shore, the sea went back bringing them forth for God by her
three miles, and when they followed exhortation, as she had brought them
it, they found a grotto of marble, forth for the world by her body. And
in form like a temple, and therein shall I not call this woman a Martyr?
a stone cofiin wherein was laid the Nay, more than Martyr. The seven
body of the Martyr, and, hard by, whom she trusted to God were seven
the anchor wherewith he had been children sent before her to death.
sunk. Then were the country people She suffered first and triumphed last.
moved to receive the faith of Christ.
The body of Clement was afterwards
LAUDS
brought to Rome, in the time of Pope
Nicholas 1., and buried in his own First Antifihon. While holy
Church. A Church was also built in Clement was at prayer, * there ap
the Crimea, in the place where God peared unto him the Lamb of God.
had made the water to break forth. Second Antiphon. For no worthi
Clement lived as Pope nine years, six ness of mine own hath the Lord
months, and six days. He held two sent me unto you, * to become a par
Ordinations in the month of December, taker in your crowns.
wherein he made ten Priests, two Third Antiphon. And I looked,
Deacons, and fifteen Bishops for and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount,
divers places. * with the river of the water of life
proceeding from under His Feet.
THIRD NOCTURN. Fourth Antiphon. With the river
of the water of life proceeding from
Lessons from Matth. 'xxiv. 42, with under His Feet, * even that river,
the Homily of St [Jilarjg (p. 41 I.) the streams whereof make glad the
The last is omitted, or read as one city of God.
with the Eighth, in order to make Fifth Antiohon. All the Gentiles
room for the that were round about believed * in
the Lord Christ.
[Vinth Lesson. (For the Holy Martyr Antillhon at the Song of Zaeharias.
Felicity.) As he began to move toward the sea,
the people cried out with a loud voice :
O Lord JESUS Christ, deliver him!
mons of Pope St Gregory [the
And Clement wept, and said: Father,
Great.] (3rd Ham. on the Gospels.)
receive my spirit !
THAT blessed woman Felicity,
whose Birth-feast we are keep A Commemoration is made of St
ing to-day, had as much dread of Felieity.
leaving her seven sons living after
Antiphon. Give her of the fruit of
her in the flesh, as have carnal
her hands, and let her own works
minded mothers of seeing them
praise her in the gates.
go dead before them. When she
was taken in the strong pains of Verse. Grace is poured into thy
persecution, she braced up the hearts lips.
of her children by bidding them cleave Answer. Therefore God hath
to the Fatherland above, and became blessed thee for ever.
their mother for the spiritual, as she
had aforetime been for the fleshly life, Prayer as at First Ve¢ers.
The Antiohons at Prime, Terce, Lord, worn out by many toils for
Sext, and None, are the First, Seeond, the sake of religion and of the Church
Third, and Fifth from Lauds res committed to his care.
pectir/ely. At Blaye, [in the fourth century,]
the holy Priest Romanus, the praise
MARTYROLOGY. of whose holiness is proclaimed by
On the morrow we keep the Feast the glory of his miracles.
of the holy Confessor John of the ln Auvergne, [in the sixth century,]
Cross, of whom mention is made holy Portian, Abbat [of Mirande,]
upon the 14th day of December. who was famous for miracles, under
Upon the same 24th day of King Theodoric.
November, were born into the better
life— SECOND VESPERS.
The holy martyr Chrysogonus, who Antiphons from Lauds.
long endured bonds and imprison
ment for his steadfast confession of At the Chapter begins the Ofiice of
Christ, but was at length brought to St john of the Cross.
Aquileia by command of Diocletian,
and was there beheaded, whereafter NOVEMBER 24.
his body was cast into the sea, and
so he finished his testimony. 5t Shibn of the (Erase,
At Rome, the holy martyr Cresc
entian, of whom record is made in
@Cunfzssnr.
the history of the last sufferings of Double.
the blessed Pope Marcellus.
At Amelia, in Umbria, the holy
a Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 415,)
Virgin and martyr Firmina; in the
persecution under the Emperor Dio
cletian she was put to divers tor
FIRST VESPERS.
ments, but was at length hung up
and burnt with lamps, until she gave As regards St john, these begin with
up the ghost. the Chapter.
At Corinth, under the Emperor
Julian the Apostate and the President Prayer throughout the Ofice.
Sallust, the holy martyr Alexander,
GOD, Who didst work in Thine
who fought for Christ’s faith even
holy Confessor John that he
unto death.
utterly denied himself, and in great
At Cordova, the holy Virgins and
love took up his Cross and excellently
martyrs Flora and Mary, who were
followed Thee, grant that we may so
long imprisoned, and then slain with
take ensample by him as finally to
the sword, in the persecution under
attain as he hath, unto Thine ever
the Arabs.
lasting glory. Through our Lord
At Perugia, the holy martyr
Felicissimus.
At Milan, holy Protasius, Bishop
[of that see,] who defended the cause
without end. Amen.
of Athanasius before the Emperor
Constans in the Council of Sardica, A Commemoration is made of St
and passed away to be ever with the Clement.
Antiphon. Lord, Thou hast given of the Mother of God took him up,
unto Thy Martyr Clement a taber and saved him from all hurt. So
nacle in the sea, after the fashion of burning was his desire to suffer that
a temple of marble, builded by the when he was nine years old he gave
hands of Angels. And Thou givest up any softer bed, and used to lie on
away thither unto the people on the potsherds. In his youth he devoted
land, that they may tell of Thy mar himself as a servant in the hospital
vellous works. for the sick poor at Medina del
Verse. The righteous shall flourish Campo, and embraced with eager
like a palm-tree. charity the meanest offices there, his
Answer. He shall grow like a readiness likewise exciting others to
cedar in Lebanon. imitate him. [In 1563] he obeyed
the call to higher things, and entered
Prayer from his Ofi‘ice. the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Then of the holy Martyr Chryso of Mount Carmel, wherein, by com
gonus. Antiphon and Verse and mand of his Superiors, he received
Answer from the Common Ofiice firr Priest’s Orders. By their leave and
One .Martyr. . his own strong desire for the sternest
discipline and the strictest life, he
Prayer. adopted the primitive Rule. Full of
the memory of what our Lord suffered,
GIVE ear, 0 Lord, unto our prayers,
he declared war against himself as his
and grant that we who acknow
own worst enemy, and carried it on by
ledge ourselves guilty through our
depriving himself of sleep and food,
own iniquity, may be delivered at
by iron chains, by whips, and by every
the petition of Thy blessed Martyr
kind of self-torture. And in a little
Chrysogonus. Through our Lord
while he had crucified the flesh, with
the affections and lusts thereof. He
was indeed worthy that holy Theresa
should say of him that he was one
without end. Amen.
of the purest and holiest souls by
whom God was then enlightening His
MATTINS. Church.
FIRST NOCTURN. Fifth Lesson.
Lessons from Scripture according to THE strange hardness of his life,
the Season. and the might of his graces,
joined to the unceasing concentration
SECOND NOCTURN. of his mind on God, had the effect
of oftentimes subjecting him to daily
Fourth Lesson.
and extraordinary trances. So burn
OHN of the Cross was born of ing was his love of God that the fire
godly parents at Fontibere, [near sometimes could not be kept bound
Avila,] in Spain, [in the year of our within, and brake forth, so that his
Lord 1542.] It began soon to appear face shone. The salvation of his
that he was foreordained to be an neighbours was one of his dearest
acceptable servant unto the Virgin longings, and he was unwearied in
Mother of God. At five years of preaching the Word of God, and in
age he fell into a well, but the hand administering the Sacraments. As
strong in so many good works, and his prayer, [he was sent] to Ubeda,
glowing with zeal to make discipline [where for three months the Prior
harder, he was given by God to be imprisoned and cruelly ill-used him
an helpmeet to holy Theresa, and he during his last sickness] To crown
aided her to set up again the primitive his love of suffering, he bore uncom
observance among the brethren of the plainingly five open sores in his leg,
Order of Mount Carmel, as she had running with water. [At last, upon
already done among the sisters. In the 14th day of December,] in the
doing God’s work, he and God’s hand year I591, being the day, and at the
maid together went through toils that hour foretold by himself, after having
cannot be numbered. No discomforts in godly and holy wise received the
or dangers held him back from going Sacraments of the Church, hugging
throughout all Spain to visit all and [the image of] that crucified Saviour
each of the convents which the care of Whom his heart and his mouth
of that holy Virgin had founded, and had been used to be full, he uttered
in them, and in very many others the words: “Into Thy hands I com
erected by her means for spreading mend my spirit,” and fell asleep in
the renewed observance, he strength the Lord. As his soul passed away
ened it by his word and ensample. it was received into a glorious cloud
He is indeed worthy to be reckoned of fire. His body yielded a right
second only to the holy Theresa as sweet savour, and is still uncorrupt
a professor and founder of the Order where it lieth, held in great honour,
of bare-footed Carmelites. at Segovia. He was famous for very
many miracles‘both before and since
his death, and Pope Benedict XIII.
Sixth Lesson. numbered his name among those of
HE remained throughout all his life the Saints.
a clean maid, and when some
shameless women tried to beguile his THIRD NOCTURN.
modesty, he not only foiled them, but Lessons from Luke xii. 35, with the
gained them for Christ. In the judg Homily ofSt Gregory, (fi. 422.) The
ment of the Apostolic See he was as last is omitted or read as one with the
much taught of God as was holy Eighth, to leave room for the
Theresa, for explaining God’s hidden
mysteries, and he wrote books of Ninth Lesson. (For the Holy Martyr
mystical theology filled with heavenly Chrysogonus. )
wisdom. Christ once asked him what
reward he would have for so much CHRYSOGONUS was imprisoned
work; whereto he answered: “Lord, at Rome in the reign of the
that I may suffer, and be disesteemed Emperor Diocletian. There he lived
for Thy sake.” He was very famous for the space of two years upon the
for his power over devils, whom he alms of the holy Anastasia. She was
oftentimes scared out of men’s bodies, suffering much persecution from her
for discerning of spirits, for the gift of husband Publius for Christ’s Name’s
prophecy, and for eminent miracles. sake, and was used to write to
He was extraordinarily lowly, and Chrysogonus to ask for the help of
oftentimes entreated of the Lord that his prayers, and he in return com
he might die in some place where forted her by his epistles. Presently
he was unknown. In accordance with the Emperor wrote to Rome com
manding the rest of the Christians against the schismatics and Novatian
who were in prison there to be put heretics. At length, as is attested by
to death, and Chrysogonus to be sent holy Pope Cornelius, he was crowned
to himself at Aquileia. When he was with an eminent martyrdom in the per
brought thither, he said unto him: I secution under the Emperor Decius.
have sent for thee, O Chrysogonus, At Antioch, the holy martyr Eras
that I may increase thine honours, if mus.
only thou wilt bring thy mind to wor At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the holy
ship the gods. Thereto Chrysogonus martyr Mercury. He was a soldier,
answered: With my mind and with who, by the help of his Guardian
my prayers I worship Him Who is Angel, overcame the barbarians and
God indeed, but such gods as are the cruelty of the Emperor Decius,
nothing but images of devils, them and passed away to heaven crowned
I hate and curse. Then was the with a martyrdom adorned by victory
Emperor kindled to fury at this an over many torments.
swer, and commanded Chrysogonus In the province of Emilia, the holy
to be beheaded at Aquae Gradatae Virgin Jucunda.
upon the 24th day of November.
His body was cast into the sea, but Vespers are of the following, from
found a little while afterwards washed the Chapter inclusive.
up upon the shore, and the Priest
Zo'i'lus took it and buried it in his NOVEMBER 2 5.
own house.
At Lands a Commemoration is made 5t iltatharinz, virgin anti
of the Holy Martyr. Prayer as hefore. Martyr.
MARTYROLOGY. Double.
Upon the 25th day of November, All from the Common Ofiice for a
were born into the better life— Virgin and Martyr, (p. 451,) except
At Alexandria, the holy Virgin and the following.
martyr Katharine. On account of her
confession of the Christian faith, she Prayer throughout the Ofiice.
was cast into prison under the Emperor
Maximinus. She was long flogged O GOD, Who didst give the Law
with loaded scourges, and at length unto Moses upon the top of
beheaded. Her body was in wondrous Mount Sinai, and there didst cause
wise carried by angels1 to Mount the body of Thy blessed Virgin and
Sinai, where it is devoutly honoured Martyr Katharine to be marvellously
by the pilgrimages of multitudes of laid by Thine holy Angels, grant unto
Christians. us, we beseech Thee, for her sake and
At Rome, the holy martyr Moses, at her prayers, that we may finally
a Priest, who was among those whom attain unto that mountain which is
holy Cyprian oftentimes comforted by Christ. Who liveth and reigneth with
his letters while they were kept in Thee, in the unity of the Holy
prison. He contended manfully not Ghost, one God, world without end.
only against the Gentiles, but also Amen.
1 _Alban Butler says that by this are to be understood monks, as wearers of the "angelic"
habit.
MATTINS. and so cast into prison, and neither
meat nor drink given to her for the
FIRST NOCTURN.
space of eleven days.
the Season. Sixth Lesson.
T that time Maximin’s wife and

SECOND NOCTURN. ‘
Porphyry the Captain of his
Fourth Lesson. host, went to the prison to see the
damsel, and at her preaching believed
HIS Katharine was a noble maiden in JESUS Christ, and were afterwards
of Alexandria, who from her crowned with martyrdom. Then was
earliest years joined the study of the Katharine brought out of ward, and a
liberal arts with fervent faith, and in wheel was set, wherein were fastened
a short while came to such an height many and sharp blades, so that her
of holiness and learning, that when virgin body might thereby be most
she was eighteen years of age she direfully cut and torn in pieces, but
prevailed over the chiefest wits. in a little while, as Katharine prayed,
When she saw many diversely tor this machine was broken in pieces, at
mented and haled to death by com the which marvel many believed in
mand of Maximin, because they pro Christ. But Maximin was hardened
fessed the Christian religion, she in his godlessness and cruelty, and
went boldly unto him and rebuked commanded to behead Katharine.
him for his savage cruelty, bringing She bravely offered her neck to the
forward likewise most sage reasons stroke and passed away hence to re
why the faith of Christ should be ceive the twain crowns of maidenhood
needful for salvation. and martyrdom, upon the 2 5th day of
November. Her body was marvel
Fifth Lesson. lously laid by Angels upon Mount
Sinai in Arabia.
AXIMIN marvelled at her wis
dom, and bade keep her, while
he gathered together the most learned THIRD NOCTURN.
men from all quarters and offered

Lessons from Matth. xxv. I, with
them great rewards if they would
the Homily of St Gregory, (1). 455.)
confute Katharine and bring her from
believing in Christ to worship idols.
But the event fell contrariwise, for MARTYROLOGY. ‘
many of the philosophers who had
come to dispute with her were over Upon the 26th day of November,
come by the force and skill of her were born into the better life—
reasoning, so that the love of Christ At Fabriano, in the March of
JESUS was kindled in them, and they Ancona, the blessed Abbat Silvester,
were content even to die for His sake. founder of the Congregation of Monks
Then did Maximin strive to beguile of the Order of St Benedict, who are
Katharine with fair words and prom called Silvestrians.
ises, and when he found it was lost At Alexandria, the holy martyr
pains, he caused her to be hided, Peter, Pope of that city, a man en
and bruised with lead-laden whips, riched with all graces, who was be
headed by order of the Emperor NOVEMBER 26.

Galerius Maximian.
Likewise at Alexandria, in the same St Silisester, gbhat.
persecution, the holy martyrs Faustus
a Priest, Didius, and Ammonius, Douhle.
along with whom are commemorated All from the Common Ofioe, (p.
the Egyptian Bishops Phileas, Hesy 41 5,) exoept the following.
chius, Pachomius, and Theodore, and
six hundred and sixty Others, who
FIRST VESPERS.
were raised to heaven by the sword
of the persecutor. These, as regards St Silt/ester, begin
At Nicomedia, the holy Priest Mar with the Chapter.
cellus, who in the time of the Emperor
Constantius was thrown over a cliff Prayer throughout the Ofiee.
by the Arians, and so died a martyr.
At Padua, [in the year 1149,] the O GOD of Mercies, Who wast
holy martyr Bellinus, Bishop [of that pleased to call the blessed Ab
see.] bat Silvester into the desert as he
At Rome, [at the end of the fourth bethought him of this world’s vanity
century,] the holy Confessor Pope at the mouth of an open grave, and
Siricius, very famous for his teaching, to honour him by a life shining with
godliness, and zeal for the faith. He worthy acts, we humbly beseech Thee
condemned divers heretics and re that we, after his ensample, may
stored the discipline of the Church by lightly esteem things earthly, and
healthy enactments. may at length attain unto everlast
At Autun, [in the third century,] ing joy in Thy presence. Through
holy Amator, Bishop [of that see.] our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son,
At Constance, [in the tenth cen Who liveth and reigneth with Thee,
tury,] holy Conrad, Bishop [of that in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
see.] one God, world without end. Amen.
In the country of Rheims, [in the A Commemoration is made of S!
seventh century,] the holy Confessor Katharine. Prayer from her Ofiioe.
Basolus. Then of the Holy Martyr Peter, Pope
At Adrianople, in Paphlagonia, the of Alexandria, from the Common
holy hermit Stylian, who was famous Ofiioe, (p. 366,) with the Prayer,
for miracles. “Mercifully consider, &c.,” (p. 375.)
In Armenia, [in the tenth century,]
the holy monk N icon.
FIRST NOCTURN.
At Rome, [in the year 1751,] the
holy Confessor Leonard of Porto Lessons from Scripture according to
Maurizio, of the Order of Friars the Season.
Minor of the stricter observance, who
was famous for his zeal for the salva SECOND NOCTURN.
tion of souls and his holy journeys
throughout Italy, and whose name the Fourth Lesson.
Supreme Pontifi‘ Pius IX. enrolled THIS Silvester was born of a noble
among those of the Saints. family at Ossimo, in Picenum,
Vespers if the following, fiom the and in his childhood was a wonderful
Chapter inclusik/e. example both in regard to letters and
FEAST-DAYS IN NOVEMBER. 77I
good living. When he grew older his by night upon the gates of his
father sent him to Bologna to study monastery, but the man of God so
the law, but God warned him to give overcame the assault of the enemy
himself to divinity, and he thereby that his monks were the more con
incurred the wrath of his father, which firmed in their Institute and recog
he bore with complacency for ten full nised the holiness of their father.
years. On account of his eminent He shone with the spirit of prophecy
graces he was elected an honorary and other gifts. These things he
canon of the Cathedral of Ossimo, in always preserved by the deepest low
the which dignity he ministered to the liness, whereby he so stirred up
people by his prayers, his example, against him the ill-will of the devil
and his sermons. that that evil spirit cast him headlong
down the stairs of his oratory, and
went near to slay him, but he was
F Lesson.
restored to soundness by the helpful
T the funeral of a certain noble gift of the Virgin. This help he re
man he perceived in an open membered with an unceasing and
grave the disfigured corpse of a kins singular love toward her until the
man of his own who had been very last breath of his life, the which
comely in his lifetime, and he said to breath he resigned to God, famous
himself, “I am what he was, and for holiness and miracles, aged almost
what he is I shall be.” Straightway ninety years, upon the 26th day of
after the funeral he read the words November, in the year of salvation
of the Lord, “If any man will come 1267. The Supreme Pontiff Leo
after Me let him deny himself and XIII. extended his Office and Mass
take up his cross and follow Me ” to the whole Church.
(Matth. xvi. 24.) Thereupon he
withdrew into the desert to seek after THIRD NOCTURN.
greater perfection, and then gave
himself up to watching, praying, and Lessons from Matth. xix. 27, with
fasting, very often taking no food but the Homily of St jerome, (p. 355.)
uncooked herbs. In order, however, The last is omitted to make room
to cut himself off the more from men, for the
he moved from one place to another,
and at length came to Mount Fano, [Vinth Lesson (for St Peter.)
which is hard by Fabriano, but was HIS Peter succeeded that eminent
itself then absolutely uninhabited. Saint, Theonas, as Pope of
Then he built a church in honour of Alexandria, [in the year of our Lord
the holy Father Benedict, and founded 300,] and the glory of his holiness
the congregation of Silvestrians, with and teaching hath enlightened not
a rule and dress which were revealed Egypt only, but the whole Church
to him in a vision by the holy of God. The wondrous patience
Patriarch himself. wherewith he bore the roughness of
the times in the persecution under
Maximian Galerius caused many
Sixth Lesson.
greatly to increase in Christian
ATAN envied him, strove to graces. He was the first who cut
trouble his monks by divers off Arius, then a Deacon of Alex
terrors, and made an hostile attack andria, from the Communion of the
faithful, on account of his leaning styled the Dismembered, a famous

to the Meletian schism. He was martyr. In the time of the Emperor
condemned to death by Maximian, Theodosius the younger, to please
and was in prison when there came King Isdegerd, he denied Christ,
to him the two Priests Achilles and wherefore his mother and his wife
Alexander to plead for Arius, but held aloof from him. Then he be
Peter told them that JESUS had thought himself, and went to the
appeared to him in the night clad King and confessed Christ, and the
in a rent garment, and when he King in wrath commanded him to be
asked what was thereby signified, cut limb from limb, and his head to
had said unto him: “Arius hath be cut off. At that time countless
torn My vesture, which is the other martyrs suffered there also.
Church.” Also, he foretold to them At Sebaste, in Armenia, the holy
that they should be Popes of Alex martyrs Hirenarchus, the Priest
andria after him, and strictly com Acacius, and seven women: it was
manded them never to receive Arius the constancy of these women which
into Communion, because he knew moved Hirenarchus to turn to Christ,
him to be dead in the sight of God. and he was beheaded along with
That this was a true prophecy the Acacius, under Diocletian the Em
event did shortly prove. At length, peror and Maximus the President.
in the twelfth year of his Popedom, At the river Cea, in Galicia, the
upon the 26th day of November, [in holy martyrs Facundus and Primi
the year of salvation 311,] his head tivus, who suffered under the President
was cut off, and he went hence to Atticus.
receive the crown of his testimony. At Aquileia, [in the fourth century,]
holy Valerian, Bishop [of that see.]
At Lands is made a Commemoration At Riez, in Gaul, [in the fifth cen
of St Peter. Prayer as at First tury,] the holy Confessor Maximus,
Vespers. Bishop of that see, famous for signs
and wonders. From his childhood
MARTYROLOGY. he was endued with every grace, and
On the morrow we keep the Feast was father of the monastery of Lerins,
of the holy Confessor Gregory, Arch and afterward Bishop of the church
bishop of Neo-Casarea, in Pontus, who of Riez.
was famous for teaching and holiness, At Salzburg, [in the eighth cen
and who came to be called the tury,] the holy Confessor Farrell, an
Wonder-worker, on account of the Irishman, Bishop [of that see,] and
great signs and wonders which he Apostle of Carinthia, whose name the
worked to the great glory of the Supreme Pontiff Gregory IX. enrolled
churches. Mention hath been made among those of the Saints.
of him upon the 17th day of this In India, toward the borders of
present month of November. Persia, holy Barlaam and Josaphat,
Upon the same 27th day of whose wonderful acts were written by
November, were born into the better holy John of Damascus.
life— At Paris, [in the sixth century,] de
At Antioch, the holy martyrs ceased the holy Monk and Solitary
Basileus, Patriarch [of that see,] Severinus.
Auxilius, and Saturninus. Vespers are of the following, from
In Persia, the holy martyr James, the Chapter inclusive.
NOVEMBER 27. that stood in the way of the building
of a Church. Moreover, he dried up
St QErtgurg “ tlJz manure a marsh, which was a cause of strife
between brothers. Also, when the
marker,“ firthhtshup [of River Lycus overflowed and wasted
fitwéliézsatza, in 180mm,] the fields, he set his walking-stick on
Qtunftssur. the bank, (which stick forthwith grew
into a green tree,) and confined the
Double. stream within its bed, so that it never
more passed that place again.
All from the Common Ofice for a
Fifth Lesson.
the following.
E oftentimes cast out devils either
from heathen idols or from the
seech Thee, &c.,” (p. 408.)
bodies of men, and did many other
marvellous things, whereby he drew
FIRST VESPERS. countless numbers to believe in JESUS
These, as regards St Gregory, begin Christ. Also he had the spirit of
with the Chapter. I prophecy, and foretold things to come.
When he was at the point of death,
A Commemoration is made of St he asked how many unbelievers were
Silvester. Prayer from his Oflice. left in the city of Neo-Caesarea P and
when they answered “Seventeen,” he
MATTINS. gave God thanks, and said: “Just
FIRST NOCTURN.
so many were the faithful when I took
the Bishoprick.” He wrote a great
Lessons from Scripture according to deal, whereby, as well as by his won
the Season. ders, he hath enlightened the Church
of God.
SECOND NOCTURN.
Sixth Lesson from the Sermons of
Fourth Lesson. St Maximus, (p. 404.)
GREGORY, Archbishop of Neo
THIRD NOCTURN.
Ceesarea, in Pontus, is famous
indeed for his holiness and doctrine, Seventh Lesson.
but much more so on account of the
signs and wonders which he wrought,
Gospel according to Mark (xi. 22.)
the number and character of which
were so extraordinary that they have AT that time: JESUS answered His
gotten him the name of “Thauma disciples and said unto them:
tourgos,’7 [which is, being interpreted Have faith in God. Amen I say
from the Creek, “the Wonder unto you, That whosoever shall say
worker.”] Holy Basil compareth him unto this mountain, Be thou removed,
with Moses, with the Prophets, and and be thou cast into the sea; and
with the Apostles, and testifieth that shall not doubt in his heart, but shall
by his prayers he moved a mountain believe that these things which he
1 The Latin preserves the Greek word Thaumatourgos, whichI however, by the Greeks
themselves, is not restricted to this Saint. The date of his death is uncertain, but probably
about A.D. 270.
saith shall come to pass; he shall to obtain of the Lord, by the force Bishops
have whatsoever he saith. And of his faith, that even a mountain On acc01
so on. should be removed, and be cast into Catholic
the sea. secution
Homily by the Venerable Bede,
[Vinth Lesson. sen'c, the
Priest [at Jarrow.] (Bk. iii. Com with whit
ment. on Mark. xi.) MYSTICALLY however by a
finished t
mountain is sometimes signi
The heathen, who have written At the
fied the devil, on account of the pride
blasphemies against the Church, are Bishops
whereby he lifteth himself up against
used to cast in our teeth that we have Eustace,
God, and would fain be like unto the
not full faith in God, since we have Most High. And when holy teachers, Felix, H
never been able to move mountains. were con
strong in faith, do preach the Word,
Such should be answered that we do this mountain is removed, and cast finished 1
not possess records of everything that into the sea, that is to say, the unclean At Cor
hath come to pass in the Church, any spirit is removed out of the hearts of Stephen
more than, the Scripture being wit such as are foreordained unto eternal Andrew, J
ness, we possess records of all the life, and sent free to exercise the wild three hun
doings of our Lord Christ Himself. rage of his tyranny in the riotous and who for ti
(John xx. 3o; xxi. 25.) Mountains embittered minds of the unfaithful. under thr
may have been removed and cast into ronymus
the sea, in case of need; a like case, ments, an
MARTYROLOGY.
indeed, as we read, was that which the Cathi
came to pass at the prayers of the On the morrow we keep the Feast of their 1
Blessed Father Gregory, Archbishop of the holy martyr Jehoshaphat, Arch At Rm
of N eo-Caesarea, in Pontus, that right bishop of Polotsk, Monk of the Order “1., who
worthy and mighty man, when a of St Basil, who was cruelly murdered his holine
mountain was moved from one place by schismatics at Vitebsk in Poland, At Na
on land to another place on land, as out of their hatred for Catholic unity hOIY Con
the dwellers in the city had need. and truth, whose name Pope Pius IX. the Orde
enrolled among those of the holy for the 51.
martyrs, and of whom mention hath hi5 ApoS
Eighth Lesson.
been made upon the 12th day of this embassag
REGORY was wishful to build a present month of November. Christené
Church in a meet place, but the Upon the same 28th day of Nov supreme
site was too narrow, being wedged in ember, were bom into the better life— rolled an
between a mountain on the one side At Rome, the holy Rufus, with all
and a precipice going down into the his house, whom Diocletian made mar VFJfier
sea on the other. He came therefore tyrs unto Christ. 7119 Chap,
by night to the place, kneeling down, At Corinth, holy Sosthenes, the
and reminding the Lord of His pro disciple of the blessed Apostle Paul,
mise, and calling upon Him to remove of whom the same Apostle doth make
the mountain. And in the morning, mention in writing unto the Corinth 5t 32
when he came thither again, he found ians. He was the chief man of the
that the mountain had been removed synagogue when he turned to Christ, Std]
back, and as much room left for the and eminently hallowed the first-fruits
builders of the Church as they needed. of his faith by being sharply beaten
fiat
This man therefore would have been in the presence of Gallio the Pro
able, and any other man of like grace consul. All f,
would have been able, if need were, In Africa, the holy martyrs the One Ma
[outing_
Bishops Papinian and Mansuetus. Prayer throughout the Ofice.
On account of their defence of the
STIR up in Thy Church, 0 Lord,
Catholic faith, during the Vandal per
we beseech Thee, that spirit
secution under the Arian King Gen
wherewith Thy blessed martyr and
seric, their whole bodies were seared
with white hot iron plates, and so they
Bishop Jehoshaphat was filled when
he laid down his life for the sheep,
finished their glorious contending.
that, with the help of his prayers, we
At the same time, the other holy
also may be so moved and strength
Bishops Valerian, Urban, Crescens,
ened by the same spirit, that we be
Eustace, Cresconius, Crescentian,
not afraid even to lay down our lives
Felix, Hortulanus, and Florentian
for the brethren. Through our Lord
were condemned to exile, and there
finished their earthly days.
At Constantinople, the holy martyrs
of the same Holy Ghost, one God,
Stephen the younger, Basil, Peter,
Andrew, and their Companions, even
three hundred and thirty-nine monks, First Vespers as regards St jehosh
who for the honouring of holy images aphat begin with the Chapter.
under the Emperor Constantine Cop
ronymus were put to divers cruel tor A Commemoration is made of St
ments, and sealed their confession of Gregory the Wonder-worker. Prayer,
the Catholic truth by the outpouring “Grant, we beseech Thee, &c.,” (p.
of their blood. 408.)
At Rome, the blessed Pope Gregory FIRST NOCTURN.
III., who passed to heaven famous for
his holiness and worthy deeds. Lessons from Scripture according
At Naples, [in the year 1476,] the to the Season.
holy Confessor James of Picenum, of
the Order of Friars Minor, famous SECOND NOCTURN.
for the sharp self-denial of his life, for
his Apostolic preaching, and for the Fourth Lesson.
embassages which he undertook for EHOSHAPHAT KUNCEWICZ
Christendom’s sake, whose name the was born of noble and Catholic
Supreme Pontiff Benedict XIII. en parents, at Wlodzimierz, in Wolyn.
rolled among those of the saints. While he was still a little child, he
Vesfiers are of the following, from heard his mother speak of the suffer
the Chapter inclusive. ings of Christ, and a dart came from
the side of the image of JESUS Cruci
fied and wounded his heart. He was
NOVEMBER 2 8. enkindled with the love of God, and
so gave himself up to prayer and
£t Ethnsbapljat iltuntzinisg, other good works that he was a
Embhisbup nf iBuIntslt, wonder to the lads who were more
advanced than himself. When he
Martyr. was twenty years of age, he entered
Double. the monastery of the [most Holy
All from the Common Ofice for Trinity served by the] Order of St
One Martyr, (p. 366,) except the fol Basil, [at Wilno,] and under the
lowing. profession of that Rule went wonder
776 THE PROPER oFFic'E OF THE SAINTS.
fullyforward in perfection, according have worked for the union of the
to the counsels of the Gospel. He Greek Church with the Latin. To
went barefoot even in the greatest these things, to the restoring of the
cold of winter. He never touched splendour of the house of God, to
meat, and wine only through obed building dwellings for holy virgins,
ience, and he troubled his body with and to the helping of other godly
the roughest haircloth until the end works, he gave the whole of his own
of his life. He kept absolutely un income. His generosity to the poor
sullied the flower of his virginity, was such that once when he found
which even from his youth he had nothing else to hand to relieve the
hallowed by vow to the Virgin Mother wants of a certain poor widow he
of God. The fame of his graces and ordered his Episcopal Pallium or
teaching soon became so spread Omophorion to be put in pawn.
abroad that, although he was among
the younger, he was set over the
monastery of Byten or Zyrowice. He Sixth Lesson.
was soon afterward made Archi THE increase thus gained for the
mandrite of Wilno, and at last, con Catholic faith so stirred up the
trary to his own will but through the anger of wicked men, that they made
insistence of the Catholics, was ap a conspiracy to seek after Christ’s
pointed Archbishop of Polotsk. servant and put him to death. He
himself, in preaching to the people,
said that he knew that his death was
Fifth Lesson.
at hand. When he was at Vitebsk
AS Archbishop he laid aside nothing for a pastoral visitation, his enemies
Th1
of his former way of living, ex broke into the Archiepiscopal Palace,
cept to lay to heart the_interests of and smote and slew them that they
divine worship, and of the salvation met. Then this man, full of meek
of the sheep committed to his care. ness, came forth of his own accord
He was the steadfast champion of to meet them that sought him, and She
Catholic unity and truth, and toiled said unto them, as a friend unto givr
with all his strength to bring the friends: “My little children, why do so
schismatics and heretics into com ye slay them of my household? If
munion with the see of Blessed Peter. ye have aught against me, behold, I
He never ceased, by his preaching am here.” Then they ran upon him, Pat
and by writings filled with god struck him, pierced him with weapons, on
liness and teaching, to defend the killed him with an axe, and threw
Supreme Pontiff, and the fullness of his body into the river. It was the
of t
his power, against the shameless 12th day of November, in the year
Ofi‘it
calumnies and the errors of wicked of salvation 1623, and of his own
and
men. He saved the episcopal juris _age the forty-third. His body gave
givi
diction and the goods of the Church, forth a marvellous light, and was
of I
which had been usurped by laymen. raised up out of the bed of the river.
Sher
It is hardly to be believed how many The first to profit by the blood of the
heretics he recalled into the bosom martyr were his own murderers,
nearly all of whom, when they were
Thi
of our Holy Mother the Church.
The declarations of the Papacy itself condemned to death, abjured their
attest at large that Jehoshaphat was schism, and died repentant of their one
one of the most famous of those who sin. This great Prelate shone with his
not
FEAST-DAYS IN, NOVEMBER. 777
many miracles after his death. The watch over the sheep. Christ then
Supreme Pontifi' Urban VIII. decreed having given us the duty of a good
to him the honours given to the shepherd, warneth us against two
Blessed. Pius IX., upon the 29th day enemies; first, the thief that cometh
of June, in the year 1867, when the not but to kill and to steal, and,
solemn Feast of the Princes of the secondly, the hireling that standeth
Apostles was being kept, at the end by, and defendeth not them that are
of eighteen centuries, in the Vatican committed to his charge.
Basilica, in the presence of the Col
lege of Cardinals, and of nearly five
Eighth Lesson.
hundred Patriarchs, Metropolitans,
and Bishops of all rites, who were EZECHIEL hath said of old time,
come together from all parts of the (xxxiv. 2): “Woe be to the
earth, solemnly enrolled the name of shepherds of Israel ! do they not feed
this champion of the unity of the themselves? Should not the shep
Church, the first among the orientals, herds feed the flocks?“ But they
among those of the saints. The did the contrary, a great wickedness
Supreme Pontifi' Leo XIII. extended and the root of many evils. “ There
his Office and Mass to the universal fore,” he saith, “they brought not
Church. back that which was gone astray:
neither did they search for that which
THIRD NOCTURN. was lost: neither did they bind up
that which was broken, nor strengthen
Seventh Lesson. that which was sick; for they fed
The Lesson is taken from the Holy themselves, and not the flock.” And
Gospel according to John (x. I I.) Paul hath the same in other words,
where he saith, (Phil. ii. 21): “ All
T that time: Jesus said unto seek their own, not the things which
the Pharisees: lam the Good are JESUS Christ’s.”
Shepherd. The Good Shepherd
giveth His life for the sheep. And
[Vinth Lesson.
so on.
Homily by St John Chrysostom, HRIST showeth Himself very
Patriarch [of Constantinople] (59th different from either the thief
or the hireling; whereas the thief
on john.)
cometh to destroy, He came that
Dearlybeloved brethren, the Bishops they might have life, and that they
of the Church hold a great office, an might have it more abundantly. The
office that needeth much that wisdom hireling fleeth, but He layeth down
and strength whereof Christ hath His life for the sheep, that the sheep
given us an example. We must learn perish not. When then the Jews
of Him to lay down our lives for the went about to kill Him, He ceased
sheep and never to leave them; and not to teach: He gave not up them
to fight bravely against the wolf. that believed in Him, but stood stead
This is the difference between the fast and died. Wherefore He hath
true shepherd and the hireling. The good title often to say, “I am the
one leaveth the sheep and seeketh Good Shepherd.” It was but a little
his own safety, but the other recketh while and He showed us how He
not of his own safety, so as he may could lay down His life for the sheep.
And if it appeareth not as yet how hundred and seventy-five others, his
they have life, and have it more Companions.
abundantly, (but it shall appear, in At Ancyra, the holy martyr Phil
the world which is to come,) we may omen, who, under the President Felix,
well be persuaded of the truth of the in the persecution under the Emperor
second promise, who have seen the Aurelian, was tried with fire, and
fulfilment of the first. then had nails driven into his hands
and feet, and at last into his head,
and so finished his testimony.
MARTYROLOGY.
At Veroli, the holy martyrs Blaise
The morrow is the Eve of the holy and Demetrius.
Apostle Andrew. At Todi, [in the fourth century,]
On the same day we keep the Feast the holy Virgin llluminata.
of the holy Confessor Willibrord, Vespers are of the following, from
Archbishop of Utrecht, in Friesland, the Chapter inclusive.
who was ordained Bishop by blessed
Pope Sergius, and preached the
Gospel in Friesland and Denmark. NOVEMBER 29.
Mention is made of him upon the
7th day of this present month of @he of St Quintin. 5t
November.
Upon the same 29th day of Nov
Millihruth, grtbhistjop of
ember, were born into- the better Etrttljt, (trunfzssur.
life-—
At Rome, upon the Salarian Way, Double.
under the Emperor Maximian, the All from the Common Ofiiee for a
holy martyrs Saturninus the Elder, Bishop and Confessor, (p. 399,) exo¢t
and Sisinius the Deacon. They suf the following.
fered long in prison, and the Prefect
of the city then commanded them to
FIRST VESPERS.
be stretched upon the rack, and drawn
with thongs, to be flogged with cud These as regards St Willibrord begin
gels and loaded scourges, then tor with the Chapter.
mented with fire, and at last to be
taken down from the rack and Prayer throughout the Ofiiee.
beheaded.
At Toulouse, the holy martyr Sat O GOD, Who wast pleased to send
urninus, Bishop [of that see,] who, in forth Thy blessed Confessor and
the time of the Emperor Decius, was Bishop Willibrord to preach among
tried by the pagans in the capitol of the Gentiles the glory of Thy Name,
the same city, and cast down the grant unto us, we beseech Thee, for
steps from the summit thereof, so his sake and at his prayers, that we
that his head was broken, and his may by Thy mercy be able to fulfil
brain scattered, and his whole body whatsoever Thou commandest us to
mangled, and he gave up his worthy do. Through our Lord JESUS Christ
soul to Christ. Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
Likewise, under Decius the Em with Thee, in the unity of the Holy
peror and Aquilinus the President, Ghost, one God, world without end.
the holy martyrs Paramon and three Amen.
A Commemoration is made of St Fifth Lesson.
jehoshaphat. Prayer from his Ofiee.
N the thirty-third year of his age
Then of the Holy Martyr Saturni
he was ordained Priest, and was
nus, from the Common Ofliee jbr One
sent by Egbert to convert the pagans
Martyr, (p. 366,) and the following.
of Friesland, along with eleven com
panions of his own country folk
Prayer.
eminent for learning and holiness of
0 GOD, by Whose mercy we keep life, among whom are named holy
the birth-day of Thy blessed Swigbert, Adelbert, and Werenfrid.
martyr Saturninus, grant us also suc He landed at Utrecht, and was wel
cour for his sake. Through our Lord comed, along with his companions, by
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth Pepin Heristal, who had brought
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity Southern Friesland under his power,
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world and who mightily helped the preach
without end. Amen. ing of the Gospel, so that in a short
while many were turned from the wor
FIRST NOCTURN. shipping of idols unto the Christian
faith. That he might with the more
Lessons from Scripture ateording to profit sow the seed of the Word of
the Season. God, Willibrord, at the desire of all
his colleagues, was sent by Pepin to
SECOND NOCTURN. Rome to receive the Order of Bishop
Fourth Lesson. from Pope Sergius. Sergius received
him with honour, made him an Arch
lLLIBRORD was born in North bishop, changed his name to Clement,
umberland, being the son of and clad him in the Pallium.
a godly Englishman named Wilgis.
Before he was seven years of age he
Sixth Lesson.
was taken to the monastery of Ripon,
and given in charge to blessed Wilfrid, lLLIBRORD, thus raised and
the Founder and Ruler thereof, to be confirmed by anointing and
kept and trained up in learning and blessing, returned to Friesland as soon
holy letters. There, in a short while, as he could, and established his see
he wonderfully stepped forward, not at Utrecht. He proclaimed the Word
in knowledge only, but also in graces, of God with much fruit in Friesland,
and led the life of a monk until the Holland, Zealand, and Flanders, and
twentieth year of his age. Then he even unto the uttermost tribes of those
had a desire for a harder life, and, countries, brake their idols, destroyed
with the leave of his Abbat and their temples and shrines, dedicated
brethren, went into Ireland to the many temples to Christ, and estab
holy men Egbert and Wigbert,- who lished Bishops, Priests, and other
both had withdrawn thither for the ministers of the Church, eminent for
love of our Fatherland which is in knowledge and grace. He founded
heaven. In their holy companionship also several monasteries, among which
and conversation, and amid the most the principal is that for monks at
excellent teachers of godliness and Echternach, in Luxembourg, the gov
sacred learning, did this future teacher ernment whereof he himself took, and
of many nations pass twelve years, and held until his death. He established
himself gain learning and character. another for Virgins at Susteren on the
Meuse, in the Duchy of Juliers. At saith: “Why wait ye on me? I am

length, full of days and works, he not the Lamb. Behold the Lamb of
passed away, to be ever with Christ, God!” This was He of Whom he
upon the 7th day of November, in the had already said above (29): “Be
year of salvation 738, and of his own hold the Lamb of God ! " And what
age the eighty-first. He is mentioned use to us is the Lamb of God? “ Be
in the Roman Martyrology upon the hold the Lamb of God,” saith John,
day of his death. He was buried in “Which taketh away the sin of the
the monastery of Echtemach. He world.”
was famous for miracles, both during “And the two disciples heard him
his life and after his death; and his speak, and they followed JESUS.” Let
Apostolic labours were taken up by us see what followed. “John stood,
many other Englishmen, among whom and two of his disciples ; and looking
were eminent holy Willihad, Marcel on JESUS as He walked, he saith:
linus, and Lebwin, who are commem Behold the Lamb of God! And the
orated in the Roman Martyrology. two disciples heard him speak, and
they followed JESUS.” They followed
THIRD NOCTURN. Him, not yet to cleave unto Him, for
Lessons from Matth. xxv. 14, with it is manifest that they clave unto
the Homily of St Gregory, (p. 406.) Him only after that He had called
them out of the ship. (Matth. iv. 18.)
The Last Lesson is omitted or read “One of the two which heard John
along with the Eighth, to leave room speak, and followed Him, was Andrew,
for the Simon Peter’s brother." And we
Ninth Blessing. know how it is written in the Gospel
May the Gospel’s glorious word of Matthew: “JESUS walking by the
Cleansing to our souls afi'ord. sea of Galilee, saw two brethren,
Simon called Peter, and Andrew his
Ninth Lesson. (For the Eve of brother, casting a net into the sea,
St Andrew.) for they were fishers. And He saith
unto them: Follow Me, and I will
The Lesson is taken from the Holy make you fishers of men. And they
Gospel according to John (i. 35.) straightway left their nets and followed
AT that time: John stood, and two Him.” From that time, therefore,
of his disciples ; and looking on was it that they clave unto Him con
JESUS as He walked, he saith: Be tinuously. “ Then JESUS turned, and
hold the Lamb of God! And so on. saw them following, and saith unto
them: What seek ye? They said
Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of unto Him: Rabbi, (which is to say,
Hippo] (7th Traot on john.) being interpreted, Master,) where
Since John was the friend of the dwellest Thou ? ” So they follow Him
Bridegroom, (iii. 29,) he sought not now, not as to cleave unto Him for
his own glory, but bare witness to the ever, but as to know where He dwelt,
truth. Would he that his disciples and to obey that which is written:
should remain with him rather than “If thou see a man of understanding,
that they should follow the Lord? go to him early in the morning, and
Nay, he showed his disciples Whom. let thy foot wear the steps of his
they should follow. They thought doors.” (Ecclus. vi. 36.)
that he himself was the Lamb ; but he; “He saith unto them: Come and
see. They came and saw where He down from the cross, and then a great
dwelt, and abode with Him that day.” light from heaven shone round about
0 what a blessed day! 0 what a him, and when it faded away he gave
blessed night! “for it was about the up the ghost.
tenth hour.” Who shall tell what At Rome, the holy martyrs Castulus
they heard from the Lord ? 0 let us and Euprepis. .
also build an house in our hearts, At Constantinople, the holy Virgin
where He may come, and teach us, and martyr Maura.
and talk with us! Likewise, the holy Virgin and martyr
At Lauds a Commemoration is made Justina.
of the Eve. Antiphon and Verse and At Saintes, [in the sixth century,]
Answer of the Week-day, and the holy Trojan, Bishop [of that see,] a
following. man of great holiness, who, albeit he
be buried in the earth, yet showeth by
Prayer.
many works of power that he is alive
RANT, we beseech Thee, O in heaven.
Almighty God, that Thy blessed At Rome, [in the fifth century,] the
Apostle Andrew, on the Eve of whose holy Confessor Constantius, who man
Feast we now are, may entreat for us fully withstood the Pelagians, and bore
the healthful succour of Thy mercy, much at their hands, the which con
that we, being delivered from all tendings have gained him a place
guiltiness, may likewise be delivered among the holy Confessors.
from all dangers. In Palestine, [in the sixth century,]
Then of St Saturninus. Prayer as the holy Confessor Zosimus, who was
befiire. eminent for holiness and miracles in
Note that if the Feast of St Andrew the time of the Emperor Justin.
falls on Monday, the Eve is kept upon Vespers are of the following.
the Saturday, in which case it is com
memorated in the Ofiice of St jehosha NOVEMBER 30.
phat in the same way as here given in
that of St l/Villihrord, and its Prayer just of St Qnhretn, gimme.
has the usual termination, “Through
our Lord, 810.” Douhle of the Second Class.
All from the Common Ofice for
MARTYROLOG Y.
Apostles, (p. 346,) except what is
Upon the 30th day of November, otherwise given here.
At Patrae, in the Peloponnesus, the FIRST VESPERS.
holy Apostle Andrew. He preached Antiphons, Chapter and Prayer
the Gospel of Christ in Thrace and from Lauds.
Scythia. He was arrested by the
Proconsul A'igeas, and first impris Antzlohon at the Song of the Blessed
oned, then heavily flogged, and, lastly, Virgin. 1One of the two which fol
crucified. He remained alive upon lowed the Lord was Andrew, * Simon
the cross through the second day, and Peter’s brother. Alleluia.
taught the people. He besought the A Commemoration is made of St
Lord not to suffer him to be taken VVillihrord.
1 John i. 40.
VOL. IV.
MATTINS. Verse. For they were fishers, and then f:

He saith unto them hearing
FIRST NOCTURN. I say:
Answer. Follow Me, and I will
First Antiphon. 1The Lord saw make you fishers of men. verily,
Peter and Andrew, * and He called earth, a
them. Seeond Lesson. of the
Second Antiphon. Follow Me, and lsraél i
I will make you fishers of men, * saith OR with the heart man believeth will pr<
the Lord. unto righteousness, and with the
that an
Third Antiphon. And they left mouth confession is made unto salva
nation
their nets, * and followed the Lord tion. For the Scripture saith: 5Who is very
their Saviour. soever believeth on Him shall not be
01' then
ashamed. For there is no difference
made I!
First Lesson. between the Jew and the Greek; for
not aft
the same Lord over all is rich unto
The Lesson is taken from the Epistle saith; .
all that call upon Him. For whoso
of the Blessed Apostle Paul to the forth It
ever shall call upon the name of the
Romans (x. 4.) and g3;
Lord shall be saved. 6How then
HRIST is the end of the law for shall they call on Him in Whom they
righteousness to every one that have not believed? And how shall
believeth. 'For Moses describeth the they believe in Him of Whom they
have not heard? And how shall Andr
righteousness which is of the law,
friend (
that the man which doeth these they hear without a preacher? And
and wl
things shall live thereby? But the how shall they preach, except they
be sent? As it is written: 7How said: (
righteousness which is of faith
Welcomi
speaketh on this wise:3 Say not in beautiful are the feet of them that
preach the Gospel of peace, and bring That h
thine heart, Who shall ascend into
heaven? that is, to bring Christ glad tidings of good things!
down from above: or, Who shall
descend into the deep? that is, to Second Responsory.
bring up Christ again from the dead.
As soon as the blessed Andrew
But what saith the Scripture? The
heard the voice of the Lord calling
word is nigh thee, even in thy
him, he left his nets, by the exercise
mouth, and in thy heart: that is,
and use whereof he lived, and followed
the ivord of faith which we preach:
Him Who giveth life everlasting.
that if thou shalt confess with thy
Verse. This is that disciple who
mouth the Lord JESUS, and shalt
for the love of Christ hung upon the
believe in thine heart that God hath
cross, and suffered for the law of his
raised Him- from the dead, thou shalt
God.
be saved.
Answer. And followed Him Who
First Responsory. giveth life everlasting.
4The Lord, walking by the Sea of

Third Lesson.
Galilee, saw Peter and Andrew cast
ing their nets into the sea, and He BUT they have not all obeyed the
called them saying: Follow Me, and Gospel. For Isaias saith: 8Lord,
I will‘ make you fishers of men. who hath believed our report? So
1 Matth. iv. 18-20. 2 Lev. xviii. 5. 3 Deul. xxx. xx, 12, I4. 4 Matth. iv. 18 1
5 Isa. xlix. 23. 6 Joel ii. 32. 7 Isa. lii. 7. 8 Isa. liii. 1. ' 9‘
then faith cometh by hearing, and the Lord as a sweet savour, * which
hearing by the word of Christ. But He loved exceedingly.
I say: Have they not heard? Yes Third Antiohon. The blessed
verily, their sound went into all the Andrew hung alive upon the cross
earth, and their words unto the ends for two days * for Christ’s Name’s
of the world.1 But I say: Did not sake, and, all the while, he taught
Israel know? First Moses saith: 2I the people.
will provoke you to jealousy by them
that are-no people: and by a foolish Fourth Lesson.
nation Iwill anger you. But Isaias
is very bold, and saith ; 3 I was found THE Apostle Andrew was born at
of them that sought Me not: Iwas Bethsaida, a town of Galilee,
made manifest unto them that asked and was the brother of Peter. He
not after Me. But to Israel He was a disciple of John the Baptist,
saith: All day long I have stretched and heard him say of Christ, “ Behold
forth My hands unto a disobedient the Lamb of God," (John i. 35-37, 40,)
and gainsaying people. whereupon he immediately followed
JESUS, bringing his brother also with
him. Some while after, they were
Third Responsory. both fishing in the Sea of Galilee, and
Andrew the good teacher, the the Lord Christ, going by, called them
friend of God, was led to the cross, both, before any other of the Apostles,
and when he saw it afar off, he in the words, “ Follow Me, and I will
said: God bless thee, O cross,—be make you fishers of men.” They
welcome to the follower of Him made no delay, but left their nets, and
That hung on thee, even my Master followed Him. (Matth. iv. 18-20.)
Christ. After the death and Resurrection of
Verse. God bless thee, 0 cross, Christ, Andrew was allotted Scythia
—-thou art hallowed by the Body of as the province of his preaching, and,
Christ; His Members make thee after labouring there, he went through
goodly as with pearls. Epirus and Thrace, where he turned
Answer. Be welcome to the fol vast multitudes to Christ by his teach
lower of Him That hung on thee, ing and miracles. Finally he went to
even my Master Christ. Patras in Achaia, and there also he
Verse. Glory be to the Father, brought many to the knowledge of
and to the Son, and to the Holy Gospel truth. tEgeas the Pro-consul
Ghost. resisted the preaching of the Gospel,
Answer. Be welcome to the fol and the Apostle freely rebuked him,
lower of Him That hung on thee, bidding him know that while he held
even my Master Christ. himself a judge of his fellow men, he
was himself hindered by devils from
knowing Christ our God, the Judge
SECOND NOCTURN. of all.
First Antiohon. Whom the Lord
Fourth Responsory.
called to be His Apostle, * when he
was by the sea, him also He counted The man of God was led to be
worthy to be His martyr. Alleluia. crucified, and the people cried with a
Second Antiohon. Andrew was to loud voice, saying: The innocent
1 Ps. xviii. 5. 7 Deut. xxxii. 21. 3 Isa. lxv. 1, 2.
blood of this just person is condemned stretched forth his hands to heaven
without a cause. and prayed, saying: Precious cross,
Verse. And when they led him out be my salvation,—
to crucify him, all the people ran to Answer. That, as by thee He re
gether and cried, saying: deemed me, so by thee also He may
Answer. The innocent blood of. take me unto Himself.
this just person is condemned without
a cause. Sixth Lesson.
Fifth Lesson.
SOME short while after, he was
THEN lEgeas, being angry, an brought before the judgment-seat,
swered him, “Boast no more of where he extolled the mystery of the
this thy Christ. He spake words even cross, and rebuked ZEgeas for his un
such as thine, but they availed Him godliness. Then [Egeas could bear
not, and He was crucified by the Jews.” with him no longer, but commanded
Whereto Andrew boldly answered that him to be crucified, in imitation of
Christ had given Himself up to die for Christ. Andrew, then, was led to the
man’s salvation; but the Pro-consul place of martyrdom, and, as soon as
blasphemously interrupted him, and he came in sight of the cross, he cried
bade him look to himself, and sacri out, “0 precious cross, which the
fice to the gods. Then said Andrew, Members of my Lord have made so
“We have an altar, whereon day by goodly, how long have I desired thee !
day I offer up to God, the Almighty, how warmly have I loved thee! how
the One, and the True, not the flesh constantly have I sought thee! And,
of bulls nor the blood of goats, but a now that thou art come to me, how is
Lamb without spot: and when all they my soul drawn to thee! Welcome
that believe have eaten of the Flesh me from among men, and join me
Thereof, the Lamb That was slain again to my Master, that as by thee
abideth whole and liveth.” Then He redeemed me, so by thee also He
[Egeas being filled with wrath, bound may take me unto Himself." So he
the Apostle in prison. Now, the was fastened to the cross, whereon he
people would have delivered him, but hung living for two days, during which
he himself calmed the multitude, and time, he ceased not to preach the faith
earnestly besought them not to take of Christ, and, finally, passed into the
away from him the crown of martyr Presence of Him the likeness of 'Whose
dom, for which he longed and which death he had loved so well. All the
was now drawing near. above particulars of his last sufierings
were written by the Priests and
Deacons of Achaia, who bear witness
Fifth Responsory.
to them of their own knowledge.
O precious cross, which the Mem Under the Emperor Constantine the
bers of- my Lord have made so fair bones of the Apostle were first taken
and goodly, welcome me from among to Constantinople, whence they were
men, and join me again to my Master, afterwards 1brought to Amalfi. In
that, as by thee He redeemed me, so the Pontificate of Pope Pius II.
by thee also He may take me unto his head was carried to Rome,
Himself. where it is kept in the Basilica
Verse. The blessed Andrew of St Peter.
1 By the Crusaders, A.D. 1210.
Sirth Responsory. Homily by Pope St Gregory [the
Great.] (5th on the Gospels.)
1All day long I have stretched forth
my hands upon the cross unto a diso Dearly beloved brethren, ye hear
bedient and gainsaying people, which how that Peter and Andrew, having
walketh in a way that is not good, but once heard the Lord call them, left
after their own sins. their nets, and followed their Saviour.
Verse. 2 The LORD God to Whom As yet they had seen none of His
vengeance belongeth, the God to miracles, as yet they had received no
Whom vengeance belongeth, hath promise of their exceeding and eternal
shown Himself: lift up Thyself, Thou reward; nevertheless, at one word of
Judge of the earth, render a reward to the Lord they forgot all these things
the proud. which they seemed to have. We have
Answer. Which walketh in a way seen many of His miracles; we have
that is not good, but after their own received many of His gracious chasten
sins. ings ; many times hath He warned us
Verse. Glory be to the Father, of the wrath to come—and yet Christ
and to the Son, and to the Holy calleth and we do not follow. '
Ghost.
Answer. Which walketh in a way Seventh Responsory.
that is not good, but after their own
sins. The holy Andrew lifted up his eyes
to heaven, and prayed, and cried with
THIRD NOCTURN. a loud voice, and said: Thou art my
First A ntiohon. Suffer not Thy ser God, Whom I have seen; sufi'er not
vant, O Lord, to be parted from Thee : the unjust judge to take me down
* the hour is come to lay my body in from the cross; for now I know what
the earth, and for Thee to bid me the power of Thy holy Cross is.
come unto Thyself. Verse. Thou art Christ my Master,
Second A ntiohon. But Andrew be Whom I have loved, Whom I have
sought the people * not to hinder his known, Whom I have confessed: in
passion. this thing hear me.
Third Antzlbhon. Welcome me from Answer. For now I know what the
among men and join me again to my power of Thy holy Cross is.
Master; * that, as by thee He re
deemed me, so by thee also He may Eighth Lesson.
take me unto Himself. E who calleth us to be converted
is now enthroned in heaven; He
Seventh Lesson. hath broken3 the necks of the Gentiles
to the yoke of the faith, He hath laid
low the glory of the world, and the
Gospel according to Matthew (iv.
wrecks thereof, falling ever more and
18.) more to decay, do preach unto us that
T that time: JESUS walking by the coming of that day when He is to
the Sea of Galilee, saw two be revealed as our Judge is drawing
brethren, Simon called Peter, and nigh: and yet, so stubborn is our mind,
Andrew his brother, casting a net into that we will not yet freely abandon
the sea. And so on. that which, will we, nill we, we lose
1 Isa. lxv. 2. 2 Ps. xciii. I. 3 Or " bent "—subdidit.
day by day. Dearly beloved brethren, LAUDS.

what shall we answer at His Judgment~
First Antz'phon. God bless thee,
seat, we whom no lessons can persuade,
precious cross, * be welcome to the
and no stripes can break of the love of
follower of Him That hung on thee,
this present world ?
even my Master Christ.
Second Arztzlohon. The blessed
Ezlghlh Responsory.
Andrew prayed and said: * O Lord,
When Andrew saw the cross he King of everlasting glory, receive me
cried, saying: How wonderful art hanging on this gallows. '
thou, 0 cross! 0 cross, how love Third Antz'phon. Andrew was the
able art thou! O cross, thy bright servant of Christ, * a worthy Apostle
beams enlighten the darkness of the of God, the brother of Peter, and
whole world! Welcome a follower likened ‘to Christ and to Peter in
of JESUS, that, as by thee He died his death. . I
to redeem me, so by thee also He Fourth Am‘zlohon. Christ’s dear
may take me unto Himself. handmaid Maximilla took the body
Verse. 0 precious cross, which the * of the Apostle and buried it with
Members of my Lord have made so spices in an honourable place.
fair and goodly,— Fifth Antiphon. O Lord, Thou
Answer. Welcome a follower of hast caused them that persecuted the
JESUS, that, as by thee He died to just to be swallowed up in hell, * but
redeem me, so by thee also He may to the just Thou hast Thyself shown
take me unto Himself. the way on the tree of the cross.
Chapler. (Rom. x. 10.)
Answer. Welcome a follower of
JESUS, that, as by thee He died to RETHREN, with the heart man
redeem me, so by thee also He may believeth unto righteousness, and
‘take me unto Himself. with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation. For the Scripture
1Vz'nth Lesson. saith: Whosoever believeth on Him,
SOME one perchance will ask in shall not be ashamed.
his heart, what Peter or Andrew Anlz'p/zon at lhe Song of Zacharias.
had to lose by obeying the call of the Spare unto us this just man, release
Lord? Dearly beloved brethren, we unto us this holy one : * slay not the
must consider here rather the inten friend of God, who is just, courteous,
tion than the loss incurred by this and godly.
obedience. He that keepeth nothing
for himself, giveth up much; he that
sacrificeth his all, sacrificeth what is Prayer throughout the Ofiee.
to him a great deal. _ Beyond doubt, O LORD, we humbly beseech Thy
we cling to whatever we have, and Majesty, that even as Thou didst
what we have least, that we desire give Thy blessed Apostle Andrew to
most. Peter and Andrew therefore Thy Church to be a teacher and a
gave up much when they gave up even ruler on earth, so, now that he is with
the desire of possessing anything. Thee, he may continually make inter
The flymn, “We praise Thee, O cession for us. Through our Lord
God, &c.,” is said. JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity for his worthy acts and his godly and
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world pious conduct of affairs during the most
without end. Amen. troublous times of the Church.
At Brescia, holy Ursicinus, Bishop
PRIME. [of that see.]
At Noyon, [in, probably, the year
Antiohon. God bless thee, &c., 659,] holy Eloy, Bishop [of that see,]
(First Antihhon at Lauds.) whose marvellous life is commended
by the number of signs wrought
MARTYROLOGY. through him.
On the morrow we keep the Feast At Verdun, [in the year 591,] holy
of the holy Confessor Felix de Valois, Ageric, Bishop [of that see.]
of whom mention is made upon the On the same day, holy Natalia, the
4th day of November. wife of the blessed martyr Hadrian;
Upon the same 1st day of Decem she ministered for a long time to the
ber, were born into the better life— holy martyrs who were kept in prison
The Prophet Nahum, who sleepeth at Nicomedia under the Emperor
in Begabar. Diocletian, and after their battle was
At Rome, [about the year 283,] the over went to Constantinople, where
holy martyrs the Priest Diodorus, and she fell asleep in peace.
the Deacon Marianus with many others,
who gained the glory of martyrdom by Chapter at the end. (Rom. x. 16.)
command of the Emperor Numerian. OR Isaias saith: Lord, who hath
There likewise the holy martyrs believed our report? So then
Lucius, Rogatus, Cassian, and Candida. faith cometh by hearing, and hearing
On the same day, the holy martyr by the word of Christ. But I say:
Ansanus, who confessed Christ at Have they not heard? Yes verily,
Rome, under the Emperor Diocletian, their sound went into all the earth,
and was cast into prison; then was and their words unto the ends of the
brought to Sienna, in Tuscany, where
world.
he was beheaded, and so finished the
TERCE.
course of his testimony, [about the
year 304.] Antiphon. The blessed Andrew,
At Ameria, in Umbria, under the &c., (Second Antzlzfihon at Lauds.)
same Diocletian, the holy martyr
Olympias; he was a man of consular Chapter from Lauds.
rank, who had been converted by
blessed Firmina, and died upon the SEXT.
rack, [about the year 284.] A ntiphon. Andrew was the servant,
At Arbela, in Persia, the holy martyr &c., (Third Antiphon at Lauds.)
Ananias.
At Narni, the holy martyr Proculus,
Chapter. (Rom. x. 12.)
Bishop [of that see,] who, after many
good works, was beheaded by order .OR there is no difference between
of Totila, King of the Goths. the Jew and the Greek: for the
At the city of Casala, the holy martyr same Lord over all is rich unto all that
Evasius, Bishop [of that see.] call upon Him. For whosoever shall
At Milan, holy Castritian, Bishop call upon the name of the Lord shall
[of that see,] who gained great praise be saved.
NONE. bondage of sin, and bring us home

unto our very fatherland, which is in
Antiphon. O Lord, Thou hast heaven. Through our Lord JESUS
caused, &c., (Fifth Antiphon at Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
Lauds.) reigneth with Thee, in the unity
Chapter as at the end of Prime. of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
without end. Amen.
SECOND VESPERS.
FIRST NOCTURN.
A ntiohons, Chapter, and Prayer
from Lauds. Lessons from Scripture according to
the Season.
A ntzphon at the Song of the Blessed
Virgin. When the blessed Andrew SECOND NOCTURN.
came to the place where the cross
was made ready, he cried and said: Fourth Lesson.
O precious cross, * Of a long time
HEW de Valois, who afterwards
have I desired thee, and, now that
took the name of Felix, was
thou art made ready for me, my
born [in the year 1127] of the same
soul is drawn to thee, and I come
family of the de Valois which in
to thee in peace and gladness; thou
after times became Kingly. From
also oughtest to welcome me with
his earliest childhood he gave tokens,
joy, for I am the disciple of Him
especially by his pity toward the poor,
Who hung on thee.
of the holiness of his coming life.
A Commemoration is made of the When he was still a little lad he dis
following. tributed money to the poor with his
Prayerfrom his Ofiite. own hand, with the seriousness of an
old man. When he was a little bigger
he used to send them dishes from the
table, and took especial delight in
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. treating poor children with the most
toothsome of the sweetmeats. As a
DECEMBER I. boy he took clothes off his own back
more than once, to cover the naked.
St fizlix ht Haluis, Qlfunftssur. He begged and obtained from his
uncle Theobald, Earl of Champagne
Double. and Blois, the life of a felon condemned
All from the Common Ofice for a to death, foretelling to him that this
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 4! 5,) blackguard cut-throat would yet be
except the following. come a man of most holy life—which
did indeed come to pass as he had
Prayer throughout the Ofiice. said.
Fifth Lesson.
O GOD, Who by a sign from heaven
didst call Thy blessed Confessor AFTER 3. praiseworthy boyhood, he
Felix out of the desert to become a began to think of withdrawing
redeemer of bondsmen, grant, we be. from the world in order to be alone
seech Thee, unto his prayers, that with heavenly thoughts. But he first
Thy grace may deliver us from the wished to take orders, to the end that
FEAST-DAYS IN DECEMBER. T 789
he might clear himself of all expecta brethren lay all asleep, and by the
tion of succeeding to the crown, to Providence of God woke not to say
which, in consequence of the Salic Mattins. But Felix was watching, as
Law, he was somewhat near. He be his custom was, and came betimes
came a Priest, and said his first Mass into the Choir. ,There he found the
with deep devotion. Then, in a little Blessed Virgin in the midst of the
while, he withdrew himself into the Choir, clad in raiment marked with
wilderness, where he lived in extreme the Cross of his Order, the Cross of -
abstinence, fed by heavenly grace. red and blue ; and with her a company
Thither, by the inspiration of God, of the heavenly host in like garments.
came the holy Doctor John de la Mata And Felix was mingled among them.
of Paris, and found him, and they led And the Mother of God began to sing,
an holy life together for several years, and they all sang with her and praised
until they were both warned of an God ; and Felix sang with them ; and
Angel to go to Rome and seek a special so they finished the Office. So now
Rule of life from the Pope. Pope that he seemed to have been already
Innocent III. while he was solemnly called away from glorifying God on
celebrating the Liturgy [on the 28th earth, to glorify Him in heaven, an
day of January, 1 198,] received in a \Angel told Felix that the hour of his
vision the revelation of the Order and death was at hand. When therefore
Institute for the redemption of bonds he had exhorted his children to be
men, and he forthwith clad Felix and tender to the poor and to slaves, he
John in white garments marked with gave up his soul to God [upon the 4th
a cross of red and blue, made after day of November] in the year of
the likeness of the raiment wherein the .Christ 1212, in the time of the same
Angel had appeared. This Pope also Pope Innocent III., being four-score
willed that the new Order should bear, and-five years old, and full of good
as well as the habit of three colours, works.
the name of the Most Holy Trinity.
THIRD NOCTURN.
Sirth Lesson. Lessons from Luke xii. 32, with the

Homily of the Venerable Bede, (p.
WHEN they had received the con 428.)
firmation of their rule from MARTYROLOGY.
Pope Innocent, John and Felix en
larged the first house of their Order, Upon the 2nd day of December,
which they had built a little while were born into the better life—
before at Cerfroi, in the ditecese At Rome, [about the year 363,]
of Meaux, in France. There Felix the holy Virgin and martyr Bibiana,
wonderfully devoted himself to the who under. the prdfane Emperor
promotion of Regular Observance and Julian was for Christ’s sake flogged
of the Institute for the redemption to death with scourges loaded with
of bondsmen, and thence he busily lead. '
spread the same by sending forth There likewise, the holy martyrs the
his disciples into other provinces. Priest Eusebius, the Deacon Marcellus,
Here it was that he received an ex Hippolytus, Maximus, Adria, Paulina,
traordinary favour from the blessed ,Neo, Mary, Martana, and 'Aurelia,
Maiden-Mother. On the night of the who suffered martyrdom under the
Nativity of the Mother of God, the judge Secundian, in the persecution
VOL. IV. 2 D 2
under the Emperor Valerian, [in the ana, didst join the palm of a glorious
year 256.] martyrdom, grant us, we beseech Thee,
Likewise at Rome, [at the end of at her pleading, that our hearts and
the 2nd century,] the holy martyr Pon minds being joined to Thee by Thy
tian and four others. love, we may escape all dangers which
In Africa, the holy martyrs Severus, do presently beset us, and finally
Securus, Januarius, and Victorinus, attain unto Thine everlasting joy.
who were there crowned with martyr Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy
dom, [about the year of Christ 300.] Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
At Aquileia, [about the year 409,] Thee, in the unity of the Holy
the holy Confessor Chromatius, Bishop Ghost, one God, world without end.
[of that see.] Amen.
At Imola, [in the year 4 50,] holy MATTINS.
Peter, Bishop of Ravenna, styled
Chrysologus, [or him of the golden FIRST NOCTURN.
words,] famous for his teaching and Lessons from Sen'pture, aoeording to
holiness, whose feast we keep upon the the Season.
4th day of this present month.
At Verona, [in the sixth century,] SECOND NOCTURN.
the holy Confessor Lupus, Bishop [of
that see.] Fourth Lesson.
At Edessa, [about the year 468,] BIBIANA was a Roman maiden,
holy Nonnus, Bishop [first of that see, distinguished on account of the
and afterwards of Heliopolis in Syria,] nobility of her family, but now far
through whose prayers Pelagia the more distinguished for her confession
penitent was converted to Christ. of Christ. In the reign of the foul
At .Troas, in Phrygia, holy Bishop tyrant, Julian the Apostate, her father
Silvanus, famous for miracles. Flavian, although he was an ex-Prae
At Brescia, holy Bishop Evasius. feet, was branded as a slave and ban
At Setond Vespers a Commemora ished to Acquapendente, not far from
tion is made of the following. Rome, where he soon died a martyr
Prayer from her afiee. for his faith. His wife, Dafrosa, and
his two daughters, Bibiana and Des
metria, were first imprisoned in their
'DECEMBER 2. own house, with the idea of starving
them to death; but the mother was
@5132 590113 Hirgin anti martyr afterwards taken outside the city and
Bibiana. beheaded. Bibiana and her sister
Demetria, after the death of their
Semi-double. holy parents, were stripped of all
Allfrom the Common Ofiioe for One they had in the world. Apronianus,
Virgin and Martyr, (p. 451,) exoept Praetor of the city, who hankered
what is otherwise given here. after their property, continued to per
secute them, but although they were
destitute of all human support, God,
Prayer throughout the Ofiiee. Who giveth bread to the hungry,
O GOD, the Giver of all good gifts, fed them, and kept them in health,
Who unto the lily of pure maiden life, and strength, to- the wonder of
hood in the hand of Thy servant Bibi their enemies.
FEAST—DAYS IN. DECEMBER. 79I
Fifth Lesson. night beside the graves of her mother

and sister, near the Licinian Palace.
PRONIANUS then attacked them, This is the place where there is still a
to make them worship the gods church, dedicated in the name of St
of the Gentiles, and promised them Bibiana. When this church was being
the restoration of their property, the restored by Urban VI I I., the bodies of
favour of the Emperor, and a great these three holy women, Bibiana, De
marriage .for each of them, if they metria, and Dafrosa, were found, and
would give way, and, on the other were re-buried under the High Altar.
hand, imprisonment, stripes, and
death. But neither promises nor
threats availed, for they remained THIRD NOCTURN.
firm in the faith, being resolved Lessons from Matth. xiii. 44, with
rather, to die than to pollute them the Homily of St Gregory, (1;. 467.)
selves by doing according to the
deeds of the heathen; and, as for
MARTYROLOGY.
the iniquity of the Prmtor, they
loathed it continually. At length Upon the 3rd day of December is
the strength of Demetria gave way, commemorated the birth into the
and she fell down suddenly, and died better life—
in the Lord, before the eyes of her In the island of San-Chan, in the
sister Bibiana. Then Bibiana was Canton River, in China, holy Francis
put into the hands of an artful woman Xavier of the Society of Jesus, Apostle
named Rufina, to seduce her if pos of the Indies, illustrious for the con
sible; but she had known the law of version of the Gentiles, for gifts and
Christ from her childhood, and kept the miracles, who died, [in the year 1 5 52,]
lily of her purity undefiled, triumph full of good works and labours, upon
ing over the efforts of that vile per this present 2nd day of December, but
son, and disappointing the lust of the his feast is kept upon the morrow by
Praetor. order of Alexander VII.
Sixth Lesson. In Judea, the holy prophet Zephan
iah, [in the seventh century B.C.' He
HEN, when Rufina saw that her is the ninth of the twelve minor
false words availed not, she took prophets]
to blows, and scourged Bibiana daily, Upon the same 3rd day of Decem
but the saint was not staggered in her ber, were born into the better life—
holy resolution. At last the Praetor, At Rome, the holy martyrs the Tri
mad with bafi‘led lust, when he found bune Claudius, his wife Hilaria, their
his labour was thrown away, ordered sons Jason and Marus, and seventy
his lictors to strip her naked, hang soldiers. The Emperor Numerian
her up by the hands to a pillar, and commanded a great stone to be tied
flog her to death with whips weighted to Claudius and that he should be
with lead.1 When all was over, her cast into the river; the soldiers and
sacred body was thrown out for the the sons of Claudius he also caused
dogs to eat. It lay two days in the to be put to death. The blessed
Forum Tauri, but the animals would Hilaria buried the bodies of her sons,
not touch it; and, at last, a Priest, and was praying at their grave soon
named John, took it, and buried it by after, when she was seized by the
1 In the year 363
heathen, and departed hence to be ever At Milan, [about the year 318,] the
with the Lord, [about the year 257.] holy Confessor Mirocles, Bishop [of
At Tangier, in Morocco, [in the that see,] of whom mention is made
year 398,] the holy martyr Cassian. by holy Ambrose.
He had of a long time discharged In England, holy Brian, first Bishop
the office of a public clerk when the of Dorchester, [he was a Priest of
thought came to him from heaven Rome about the year 650, whose feast
that it was an accursed thing to we keep upon the 5th day of this
serve for the slaughter of Christians ; present month of December.]
he resigned his office therefore, and At Chur, in Switzerland, holy Lucius,
under the public profession of a Christ King of the Britons [of Morganweg,]
ian he earned the victory of martyrdom, who was the first British prince to
[in the year 398.] receive the faith of Christ, in the
Likewise in Africa, the holy martyrs time of Pope Eleutherius, [about the
Claudius, Crispin, Magina, John, and year 182.]
Stephen. ‘ At Sienna, in Tuscany, the holy
In Hungary, the holy martyr Hermit Galgan, [of the order of St
Agricola. Benedict. He lived on a mountain
At Nicomedia, ‘the holy martyrs called Siepi, and died in the year
Ambicus, Victor, and Julius. 1181.]
QLDB abuttinnai 92mins.
N OTE.—None ofthese Ser'z/iees are ever binding upon persons bound to recite
the Ofiiee, except that for the Dead on All Souls’ Day, and the Litany (without
the Penitential Psalms) on St Mark’s Day, and the three Rogation Days.1
QED: iLittlz 09%: of the alt-lessen Utrgin wary.

This Ofiiee is added to the Chureh ORDINARY.
Ofiiee every day, except (1) those on
whieh [Vine Lessons are read, and VESPERS.
(2) Saturdays upon whieh her Ofiiee Make haste, &c., as usual, eontinu
is said as a Simple; upon all which ing the same as on a Semi-double Feast
days it is omitted from the First of the Blessed Virgin, till the end of
Vespers inelusi'z/e. When it is said the fit/inn.
in Choir, Mattins and Lauds are
said before the Mattins and Lauds Verse. Grace is poured into thy
of the Day, and the Vespers before lips.
Vespers. Prime is saidjust before the Answer. Therefore God hath
Martyrology is read. Teree, Sext, blessed thee for ever.
None, and Compline are said after
the Teree, Sext, None, and Compline A ntiphon at the Song of the Blessed
of the day, respectively. Out of Virgin. Blessed Mother and in
Choir it is said whenever the reeiter violate Maiden! * glorious Queen of
chooses. the world! Plead for us with the
Lord !
If it is said afiart from the Church
Ofiiee, the Angeli: Salutation is said Then .
inaudibly before eaeh Ofiice, exeept
Lauds. None of the Antiphons are Kyrie eleison.
ever doubled. Answer. Christe eleison.
The Ofiiee 'z/aries aeeording as it be Kyrie eleison.
(1) Ordinary, (2) In Advent, (3) Be Verse. 0 Lord, hear my prayer.
tween Christmas and Candlemas, and Answer. And let my cry come unto
(4) In Paschal-time. Thee.
1 Nevertheless, in some Churches the custom exists, and in some there are foundations for
saying the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin, or the Office of the Dead every day or on
certain clays, irrespective of what the Church Office may be, and such has also been the
practice of some Saints.
794 THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
Let us pray. COMPLINE.
Grant, we beseech Thee, &c., (as Turn us, &c., as in the Church
in the full Ofiiee, p. 449, with the Ofiiee, but the Psalms, (whieh are said
short ending, Through Christ our without any A ntiohon,) are
Lord.)
Then the following Commemoration Psalm CXXVI I l.
of the Saints.
[Intituled “ A Song of Degrees."]
Antzlohon. 0 all ye holy children
MANY a time have they warred
of God, be pleased to pray for our
against me from my youth—
salvation and the salvation of all men.
* may Israel now say:—
Verse. Be glad in the LORD, and Many a time have they warred
rejoice, ye righteous. against me from my youth: * yet
Answer. And shout for joy, all ye they have not prevailed against me.
that are upright in heart. 1 The ploughers ploughed upon my
back : * they made long their furrows.
Let us pray. The LORD is righteous, He hath
broken the necks of the wicked. *
BE Thou, O Lord, the Shield of Let them all be confounded and
Thy people, and cover with turned back that hate Zion.
Thine everlasting Arm those who Let them be as the grass upon the
trust in the help of Thine Apostles house-tops, * which withereth before
Peter and Paul, and the others Thine it is plucked up:
Apostles. Wherewith the mower filleth not his
We pray Thee, O Lord, that all hand, * not he that bindeth sheaves
Thine holy children may in all places his bosom.
succour us, and that as we call to Neither do they that go by say:
mind their worthy acts, so we may The blessing of the LORD be upon
feel the comfort of their friendship. you! * we bless you in the name of
Grant Thou also peace in our days, the LORD!
and keep Thy Church ever clean
purged of all iniquity. Psalm CXXIX.
Order Thou also our footsteps, our
deeds, and our wills, and the foot [Intituled “A Song of Degrees." The
meaning of this title is not certain. The
steps, the deeds, and the wills of all Psalms so called may perhaps, like the
Thy servants, in the straight path “ Graduals" of the Roman Liturgy, be “ step
that leadeth unto salvation in Thee. songs," intended to be sung during proces
sions, Liturgical or of pilgrims]
Reward with eternal life all them
who do us good. OUT of the depths have I cried
And grant eternal rest unto all the unto Thee, O LORD! * Lord,
faithful departed. hear my voice.
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Let Thine ears be attentive * t0 the
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth voice of my supplication.
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark in
Ghost, one God, world without end. iquities, * O LORD, who shall stand P
Amen. But there is forgiveness with Thee :
1 1.e., "They furrowed my back with stripes as the ground is furrowed with the
plough. " Gesenius.
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* because of Thy law, I wait for Thee, Chapter. (Ecclus. xxiv. 24.)
O LORD!
My soul waiteth on His word: * I AM the mother of fair love, and
my soul hopeth in the Lord. fear, and knowledge, and holy
From the morning watch even until hope.
night * let Israel hope in the LORD: Answer. Thanks be to God.
For with the LORD there is mercy, Verse. Pray for us, 0 holy IMother
of God.
* and with Him is plenteous redemp
tion. Answer. That we may be made
And He shall redeem Israel, * from worthy of the promises of Christ.
all his iniquities. Antiphon. We take refuge under
Glory be to the Father, and to the Thy protection.
Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
As it was in the beginning, is now, Song of Simeon. Lord, now lettest
and ever shall be, world without end. Thou Thy servant, &c., (p. 209.)
Amen.
AntzQbhon. We take refuge under
Psalm CXXX. Thy protection, 0 holy Mother of
[Intituled “A Song of Degrees," to which God! Despise not our supplications
the Hebrew and the Vulgate, but not the in our need, but deliver us alway from
Targum or the LXX., add “of David."] all dangers, 0 Virgin, glorious and
LORD, mine heart is not haughty, * blessed!
nor mine eyes lofty:
Kyrie eleison.
Neither do I exercise myself in
Answer. Christe eleison.
great matters, * or in wonderful
Kyrie eleison.
things that are above me.
If I have not thought lowly of my
self— * (but lifted up my soul)—
unto Thee.
Even as a child that is weaned
from his mother: * so be my soul
Let us pray.
rewarded.
Let Israél hope in the LORD, * LORD, we pray Thee, that the
from henceforth and for ever. glorious intercession of Mary,
blessed, and glorious, and everlast
trr'ymn.l ingly Virgin, may shield us and bring
us on toward eternal life. Through
REMEMBER, 0 Creator Lord, our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, \Vho
That in the Virgin’s sacred womb
Thou wast conceived, and of her flesh
Didst our mortality assume. unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
Mother of grace, 0 Mary blest,
To thee, sweet fount of love, we fly;
Shield us through life, and take us hence MATTINS.
To thy dear bosom when we die.
O LORD, open Thou my lips, &c.,
0 JESU, born of Virgin bright, as in the full Ofiice, only with this
Immortal glory be to Thee;
Praise to the Father infinite, Invitatory. Hail, Mary, full of
And Holy Ghost eternally. Amen. grace. * The Lord is with Thee!
Only one Noeturn is, said. On breast Him Whom the heavens can
Mondays and Thursdays, it is the not contain. "
Firstfrom the full Ofiiee; on Tuesdays Verse. Blessed art thou among
and Fridays, the Second; and, on women, and blessed is the fruit of thy
Wednesdays and Saturdays, the Third. womb.
Then: ' Answer. For thou hast borne in
Verse. Grace is poured into thy thy breast Him Whom the heavens
lips. cannot contain.
Answer. Therefore God hath
blesSed thee for ever. Second Blessing.
Our Father, &c., And lead us not With the Lord Who sprang of thee,
into temptation. . Maid of maidens, plead for me.
Seoond Lesson.
- Absolution.
By the prayers of the Blessed Mary, AND so was I established in Zion,
always a Virgin, and by the prayers and likewise in the Holy City
of all His Saints, and for her sake was I given to rest, and in Jerusalem
and for their sakes, may the Lord was my power. And I took root
lead us unto the kingdom of heaven. among the honourable people, even
Answer. Amen. in the portion of my God, as His own
inheritance, and mine abiding was in
First Blessing. the full assembly of the Saints.
Bless us, Mary, Maiden mild, upon us.
Bless us, JESUS, Mary’s Child. Answer. Thanks be to God.
First Lesson.
Second Responsory.
Blessed art thou, 0 Virgin Mary,
of Ecclesiasticus (xxiv. 11.)
who hast carried the Lord, the Maker
WITH all these I sought rest, but of the world. Thou hast borne Him
I shall abide in the inheritance Who created thee, and thou abidest a
of the Lord. So the Creator of all virgin for ever.
things gave me a commandment, and Verse. Hail, Mary, full of grace.
said unto me, even He that made me The Lord is with thee.
rested in my tabernacle, and said Answer. Thou hast borne Him
unto me, Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, Who created thee, and thou abidest a
and thine inheritance in Israel, and virgin for ever.
strike thou thy roots amid My chosen
people. Third Blessing.
upon us. He to \Vhom His mother prays,
A nswer. Thanks be to God. Grant us blessing all our days.
First Responsory. Third Lesson.

0 how holy and how spotless is thy WAS exalted like a cedar in
virginity! I am too dull to praise Lebanon, and as a cypress-tree
thee; for thou hast borne in thy upon Mount Zion. I was exalted like
THE LITTLE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 797
a palm-tree in ‘ Kadesh, and as a rose Fifth Antiphon. Fair and comely
plant in Jericho, as a fair olive-tree in art thou, 0 daughter of Jerusalem, *
the plains, and grew up as a plane terrible as a fenced camp set in battle
tree beside the water in the broad array.
ways. I gave a sweet smell like
cinnamon and aromatic balm; I Chapter. (Cant. vi. 8.)
yielded a pleasant odour like the best
myrrh. THE daughters of Zion saw] her,
and called her blessed; the
queens also, and they praised her.
upon us.
Answer. Thanks be to God. [fl/mn. O glorious Virgin, &c., (p.
448-)
Third Responsory. Verse. Blessed art thou among
O holy Virgin Mary, happy indeed women.
Answer. And blessed is the Fruit
art thou, and right worthy of all
of thy womb.
praise, for out of thee rose the Sun
of righteousness, even Christ our Antiohon at the Song of Zacharias.
God. O Blessed Mary, * Mother of God,
Verse. Pray for the people, plead Virgin for ever, temple of the Lord,
for the clergy, make intercession for sanctuary of the Holy Ghost, thou,
all women vowed to God. Let all without any ensample before thee,
that are making this holy memorial didst make thyself well-pleasing in
of thee feel the might of thine assist the sight of our Lord JESUS Christ
ance. —pray for the people, plead for the
Answer. For out of thee rose the clergy, make intercession for all
Sun of righteousness, even Christ our women vowed to God.
God.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, Then:
and to the Son, and to the Holy Kyrie eleison.
Ghost. Answer. Christe eleison.
Answer. Even Christ our God. Kyrie eleison.
LAUDS.
unto Thee.
First Antiphon. Mary hath been
taken to heaven ; * the Angels rejoice; Let us pray.
they praise and bless the Lord. O GOD, Who didst will that Thy
Second Antiphon. The Virgin Mary Word should, by the message
hath been taken into the chamber on of an Angel, take flesh in the womb
high, * where the King of kings sit of the Blessed Virgin Mary, grant
teth on a throne amid the stars. unto us, we beseech Thee, that all we
Third Antiphon. We run after who do believe her to be in very deed
thee, on the scent of thy perfumes— the Mother of God, may be holpen by
* the virgins love thee heartily. her prayers in Thy sight. Through
Fourth Antiohon. Blessed of the the same Christ our Lord.
Lord art thou, 0 daughter, * for by
thee we have been given to eat of the Then the Commemoration of the
fruit [of the tree] of Life. Saints, as at Vespers.
PRIME. Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of

Thy people: * Thou hast covered all
Make haste, &c., as in the Church their sins.1
Ofiice. Thou hast taken away all Thy
[{ymn as at Compline. wrath: * Thou hast turned Thyself
from the fierceness of Thine anger.
Antiphon. Mary is taken, &c., Turn us, 0 God of our salvation,
(First Antiphon at Laua's.) * and cause Thine anger towards us
to cease. ‘
Psalm LIII. Wilt Thou be angry with us for
ever? * wilt Thou draw out Thine
[The superscription of this Psalm, after anger to all generations?
some words which are probably a musical
direction, proceeds “[A Psalm] of David, 0 God, Thou shalt again quicken
when the Ziphim came and said to Saul, Doth us: * and Thy people shall rejoice
not David hide himself with us?" This was in Thee.
during the same period of his life in the South
in which he composed Ps. lxii. The Ziphim, Show us Thy mercy, O LORD! *
or peasantry of the neighbourhood of Ziph, and grant us Thy salvation.
betrayed him twice to Saul, and both times, I will hear what the LORD God will
especially the first, he was in imminent peril.
1 Kings (Sam.) xxiii. 19-29, xxvi.] speak in me: * for He will speak
peace unto His people,
SAVE me, O God, in Thy Name, And to His saints, * and unto them
* and judge me in Thy that are changed in heart.
power. Surely His salvation is nigh them
Hear my prayer, 0 God: * give that fear Him, * that glory may dwell
ear to the words of my mouth. in our land.
For strangers are risen up against Mercy and truth have met together:
me, and oppressors seek after my * righteousness and peace have kissed
soul: * and have not set God before each other.
them.1 Truth hath sprung out of the earth :
‘ Behold God is mine Helper: * and * and righteousness hath looked down
the Lord upholdeth my soul. from heaven.
Reward Thou evil unto mine en Yea, the LORD shall give that which
emies: * and cut them off in Thy is good: * and our land shall yield
truth. , her increase.
I will freely sacrifice unto Thee: Righteousness shall go before Him:
* and praise Thy Name, 0 LORD, for * and shall set His footsteps in the
it is good. way.
For Thou hast delivered me out of
all trouble: * and mine eye hath seen Psalm CXVI.
[his desire upon] mine enemies. PRAISE the LORD, all ye
nations: * praise Him, all ye
Psalm LXXXIV. people.
For His merciful kindness is great
[Intituled “A Psalm of the sons of Korah,”
with the usual (now uncertain) superscription.] toward us: * and the truth of the
LORD endureth for ever.
0RD, Thou hast been favourable
[Here the Hebrew appends “Alleluia,”
unto Thy land: * Thou hast which the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to
brought back the captivity of Jacob. the next Psalm.]
1 SLH.
After the repetition of the A ntiphon What shall be given unto thee, or
the Ofiice proceeds thus . what shall be done unto thee, * thou
false tongue ?
Chapter. (Cant. vi. 9.) Sharp arrows of the mighty, * with
hot burning coals.
H0 is she that cometh forth like Woe is me! that my sojourn is
the rising dawn, fair as the long: I dwell with the dwellers of
moon, clear as the sun, terrible as a Kedar.1 * My soul hath long dwelt
fenced camp set in battle array? as an exile
Answer. Thanks be to God. With them that hate peace. I was
Verse. Holy Virgin, my praise by peaceable: * when I spoke unto
thee accepted be. them, they fought against me without
Answer.‘ Give me strength against a cause.
thine enemies.
Kyrie eleison. Psalm CXX.
And so on, as at Compline, but with [Also a Song of Degrees.]
the I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the
Prayer.
hills, * from whence cometh mine
O GOD, Who wast pleased to help.
choose for Thy dwelling-place Mine help cometh from the LORD,
the maiden palace of Blessed Mary, * Who made heaven and earth.
grant, we beseech Thee, that her pro He will not suffer thy feet to be
tection may shield us, and make us moved: * He That keepeth thee will
glad in her commemoration. Who not slumber.
livest and reignest with God the Behold, He That keepeth Israe'l
Father, in the unity of the Holy shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Ghost, one God, world without end. The LORD is thy keeper: the
Amen. LORD is thy shade * upon thy
right hand,
TERCE.
The sun, shall not smite thee by
Make haste, &c., as in the Church day, * nor the moon by night.
Oflce. The LORD shall keep thee from
all evil: * the Lord shall keep thy
Hymn as at Compline.
soul.
Antzphon. The Virgin Mary, &c., The LORD shall keep thy coming in
(Second A ntiphon at Lauds.) and thy going out, * from this time
forth and for evermore.
Psalm CXIX.
[This is the first of the “ Songs of Degrees," Psalm CXXI.
or “ Gradual Psalms." See note to P5. cxxix.,
[Intituled “ A Song of Degrees, of David.”]
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IN my distress I cried unto the I WAS glad when they said unto
LORD, * and He heard me. me: * Let us go into the house
Deliver my soul, 0 LORD, from of the LORD.
lying lips, * and from a deceitful Our feet have been wont to stand *
tongue. within thy gates, 0 Jerusalem!
1 Properly “ Black-skin." This was the name of a son of Ishmae'l, and of an Arabian tribe
sprung from him.
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Jerusalem is builded as a city * SEXT.

that is compact together: Make haste, &c., as in the Churoh
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes Ofiiee.
of the LORD, * the testimony of Is
raél, to give thanks unto the name of Hymn as at Compline.
the LORD. Antiphon. We run after thee, &c.,
For there are set thrones for judg (Third Antiphon at Lauds.)
ment, * the thrones for the house of
David. Psalm CXXII.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : * [Intituled “ A Song of Degrees.”]
they shall prosper that love thee.
UNTO Thee lift I up mine eyes,
Peace be within thy walls, * and
* 0 Thou That dwellest in the
prosperity within thy palaces.
heavens!
For my brethren and companions’
Behold, as the eyes of servants *
sakes, * I will now say—Peace be
look unto the hand of their masters,
within thee!
As the eyes of a maiden unto the
Because of the house of the
hand of her mistress: * so our eyes
LORD our God, * I will seek
look unto the LORD our God, until
thy good.
that He have mercy on us.
Have mercy upon us, 0 LORD, have
Chapter. (Ecclus. xxiv. 15.) mercy upon us: * for we are exceed
ingly filled with contempt.
AND so I was established in Zion,
Our soul is exceedingly filled * with
and likewise in the holy city
the scorning of those that are at ease,
was I given to rest, and in Jerusalem
and with the contempt of the proud.
was my power.
Psalm CXXI I I.
Verse. Grace is poured into thy
lips. [Intituled “A Song of Degrees," to which
the Hebrew and the Targum add “ of David,"
Answer. Therefore God hath but this ascription of authorship does not
blessed thee for ever. occur in the Vulgate or the LXX.]
Kyrie eleison. F it had not been the LORD Who
was on our side—now may Israel
And so on.
say— * if it had not been the LORD
Prayer. Who was on our side,
When men rose up against us: *
0 GOD, Who, by the fruitful vir then they had swallowed us up quick,
of ti
ginity of the Blessed Mary, When their wrath was kindled
hast given unto mankind the re against us: * then the waters had
wards of everlasting life; grant, overwhelmed us,
we beseech Thee, that we may The stream had gone over our soul :
continually feel the might of her * then the overwhelming waters had
intercession through whom we have gone over our soul.
worthily received the Author of our Blessed be the LORD, * Who hath
life, our Lord JESUS Christ, Thy not given us as a prey to their teeth.
the
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Our soul is escaped as a bird * out
we 1,
Thee, in the unity of the Holy of the snare of the fowlers :
Ghost, one God, world without end. The snare is broken, * and we are the 1
Amen. help
escaped.
raiser
Our help is in the name of the sins. Through the Same our Lord
LORD, * Who made heaven and earth. JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
Psalm CXXIV. of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
without end. Amen.
[Intituled “ A Song of Degrees."]
HEY that trust in the LORD shall NONE.
be as Mount Zion: * he that
Make haste, &c., as in the Church
dwelleth in Jerusalem shall never be
Oflice.
moved.
The mountains are round about Hymn as at Compline.
Jerusalem, * and the LORD is round Antiohon. Fair and comely, &c.,
about His people, from henceforth, (Fifth Antiphon at Lauds.)
and for ever.
For the Lord will not suffer the Psalm CXXV.
rod of the wicked to rest upon the lot [Intituled " A Song of Degrees."]
of the righteous: * lest the righteous
put forth their hands into iniquity. WHEN the LORD turned again the
Do good, 0 LORD, to the good, * captivity of Zion, * we were like
and to them that are upright in their them that come again from sickness.
hearts. Then was our mouth filled with
As for such as turn aside unto their laughter, * and our tongue with
crooked ways, the LORD shall lead singing.
them forth with the workers of iniquity: Then said they among the heathen:
* peace be upon Israel! * The LORD hath done great things
for them.
Chapter. (Ecclus. xxiv. 16.) The LORD hath done great things
for us: * whereof we are glad.
AND I took root among the honour Turn again our captivity, O LORD,
able people, even in the portion * as the streams in the south.
of my God, as His own inheritance, They that sow in tears * shall reap
and mine abiding was in the full in joy.
assembly of the Saints. They go forth weeping, * sowing
Answer. Thanks be to God. their seed ;
Verse. Blessed art thou among They shall doubtless come again
women. with rejoicing, * bringing their sheaves
Answer. And blessed is the Fruit with them.
of thy womb.
Kyrie eleison. Psalm CXXVI.
[Intituled "A Song of Degrees, of Solo
And so on as at the other Hours. mon." The LXX. omits the ascription to
Solomon.]
Prayer. XCEPT the LORD build the
OST merciful God, grant, we 1 house, * they labour in vain
beseech Thee, a succour unto that build it:
the frailty of our nature, that as Except the LORD keep the city, *
we keep ever alive the memory of the watchman waketh but in vain.
the holy Mother of God, so by the It is vain for you to rise up early, *
help of her intercession we may be rise up when ye are rested, ye that eat
raised up from the bondage of our the bread of sorrow:
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For He giveth His beloved sleep. Yea, mayest thou see thy children’s
Lo, children are an heritage of the children, * and peace upon Israel.
LORD, * the fruit of the womb is His
reward. Chapter. (Ecclus. xxiv. 19.)
As arrows are in the hand of a IN the broad ways I gave a sweet
mighty man, * so are the children of smell like cinnamon and aromatic
the out-cast. balm; I yielded a pleasant odour like
Happy is the man that hath his the best myrrh.
desire satisfied with them : * he shall Answer. Thanks be to God.
not be ashamed when he speaketh with Verse. After thy delivery thou still
his enemies in the gate. remainest a Virgin undefiled.
Psalm CXXVII.
for us.
[Intituled “ A Song of Degrees."] Kyrie eleison.
BLESSED is every one that feareth
And so on as at the other Hours.
the LORD, * that walketh in His
ways.
Prayer.
For thou shalt eat the labour of
thine hands: * happy shalt thou be 0 LORD, we beseech Thee, for
and it shall be well with thee. give the transgressions of Thy
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine servants, and, forasmuch as by our
* on the sides of thine house: own deeds we cannot please Thee,
Thy children like olive plants * may we find safety through the prayers
round about thy table. of the Mother of Thy Son and our
Behold, that thus shall the man be Lord. Through the Same our Lord
blessed * that feareth the LORD. JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth
The LORD bless thee out of Zion: and reigneth with Thee, in the unity
* and mayest thou see the good of of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
Jerusalem all the days of thy life. without end. Amen.
QED: QBtIite for tbs ihzatl.

This Oflice is said upon the first The Service hegins ahsolutely with
day of the Month upon which [Vine the First Antiphon, as follows.
Lessons are not read. When it is
First Antiohon. I will walk before
said in Choir, Vespers are said after
the Lord * in the land of the living.
the Vespers of the day, and the Dirge
after Lauds the next morning, unless
Psalm CXIV.
the custom of the particular Church
he otherwise. Out of Choir it is said [The Vulgate and the LXX. prefix “Alleluia."]
whenever the reciter chooses. I AM well pleased, because the
LORD hath heard * the voice of
my supplication :
VESPERS.
Because He hath inclined His ear
The Antiphons are doubled three unto me, * therefore will I call upon
Nocturns are to be said in the Dirge. Him all my days.
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The sorrows of death compassed me: Third Antzlzfihon. The LORD shall
* and the straits of hell found me: keep thee from all evil, * the Lord
Sorrow and trouble did I find. * Then shall keep thy soul.
called I upon the name of the LORD :
O LORD, deliver my soul. * Gra Psalm CXX.
cious is the LORD, and righteous : yea,
our God is merciful. [Also a Song of DegreeS.]
The LORD preserveth the simple: * I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the
I was brought low and He helped me. hills, * from whence cometh mine
Return unto thy rest, 0 my soul: help.
* for the LORD hath dealt bountifully Mine help cometh from the LORD,
with thee. * Who made heaven and earth.
For He hath delivered my soul from He will not suffer thy feet to be
death, * mine eyes from tears, and moved: * He That keepeth thee
my feet from falling. will not slumber.
I will walk before the LORD * in Behold, He That keepeth Israel
the land of the living. shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD
At the end of this and all the other
is thy shade * upon thy right hand.
Psalms and Cantz'eles throughout the
The sun shall not smite thee by
whole Ofiiee of the Dead, “ Glory be to
day, * nor the moon by night.
the Father, &c.,” is not said, but in
The LORD shall keep thee from all
stead,
evil : * the Lord shall keep thy soul.
O Lord, grant them eternal rest, The LORD shall keep thy coming
and let the everlasting light shine in and thy going out, * from this
upon them ! time forth and for evermore.
Second Antiphon. Woe is me! O Fourth Antiphon. If Thou, LORD,
Lord, * that my sojourn is long. shouldest mark iniquities, * O Lord,
who shall stand!
Psalm CXlX.
[This is the first of the " Songs of Degrees,” Psalm CXXIX.
or “Gradual Psalms." See note to Ps. cxxix.,
below.] [Intituled “A Song of Degrees.” The
IN my distress I cried unto the meaning of this title is not certain. The
Psalms so called may perhaps, like the
LORD, * and He heard me. “ Graduals " of the Roman Liturgy, be “step~
Deliver my soul, 0 LORD, from lying songs," intended to be sung during proces
sions, Liturgical or of pilgrims.]
lips, * and from a deceitful tongue.
What shall be given unto thee, or OUT of the depths have I cried
what shall be done unto thee, * thou unto Thee, O LORD! * Lord,
false tongue ? hear my voice.
Sharp arrows of the mighty, * with Let Thine ears be attentive * to
hot burning coals. the voice of my supplication.
Woe is me! that my sojourn is If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark
long : I dwell with the dwellers of iniquities, * O Lord, who shall stand?
Kedar. * My soul hath long dwelt But there is forgiveness with Thee:
as an exile * because of Thy Law, I wait for
With them that hate peace. I was Thee, O LORD!
peaceable : * when I spoke unto them, My soul waiteth on His word: *
they fought against me without a cause. my soul hopeth in the Lord.
804 THE ,ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
From the morning watch even until After the Fifth Antiphon, the Ser
night * let Israel hope in the LORD: Wiee proceeds directly, thus :—
For with the LORD there is mercy,
Verse. 11 heard a voice from
* and with Him is plenteous re
heaven, saying unto me:
demption.
Answer. Blessed are the dead
And He shall redeem Israél, *
which die in the Lord.
from all his iniquities.
Antzlohon. All that the Father
Fifth Antifihon. O Lord, forsake giveth Me shall come to Me; * and
not * the works of Thine own hands. him that cometh to Me I will in no
wise cast out.2
Psalm CXXXVII.
The Song of the Blessed Virgin.
[Intituled “ Of David,” to which the LXX.
adds " of Haggai and Zechariah," the mean After the Antiohon, all kneel down,
ing apparently being that it was his com and the Lord’s Prayer is said silently,
position, but that they made some special except the words “ Our Father,” and
regulation as to its use.]
the termination,
I WILL praise Thee, O Lord, with And lead us not into temptation.
my whole heart : * because Thou Answer. But deliver us from
hast heard the words of my mouth. evil.
unto Thee. * I will worship toward Then is said, exeept on All Souls’
Thine holy temple, and praise Thy Day, and the day of death or burial of
Name. the person or persons fir whom the
For Thy loving-kindness, and for Ofite is being said,
Thy truth : * for Thou hast magnified
Thine holy Name above every name. Psalm CXLV.
In whatsoever dayl call upon Thee, [To this Psalm is prefixed “Alleluia.”
answer me: * Thou wilt strengthen The Vulgate and the LXX. connect it with
my soul exceedingly. _ the names of Haggai and Zechariah.]
Let all the kings of the earth praise PRAISE the LORD, O my soul;
Thee, O LORD, * for they have heard while I live will I praise the
all the words of Thy mouth. LORD: * I will sing praises unto my
Yea, let them sing of the ways of God while I have being.
the LORD: * that great is the glory Put not your trust in princes, * in
of the LORD. the son of man, in whom is no help.
For the LORD is high, yet hath His breath goeth forth, and he re
He respect unto the lowly: * but the turneth to his earth: * in that very
proud He knoweth from afar. day their thoughts perish.
Though I walk in the midst of Happy is he that hath the God
trouble Thou wilt revive me: * Thou of Jacob for his help, his hope is
shalt stretch forth Thine hand against in the LORD his God: * Who made
the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy heaven and earth, the sea, and all
right hand shall save me. that therein is:
The LORD will give recompense Who keepeth truth for ever.
on my behalf: * Thy mercy, O LORD, Who executeth judgment for the
endureth for ever: forsake not the oppressed: * Who giveth food to
works of Thine own hands. the hungry.
1 Apoc. xiv. 13. 9 John vi. 37.
The LORD looseth the prisoners: * making of our entreaties unto our
the LORD openeth the eyes of the Great Fatherl a mean whereby they
blind : may have that forgiveness which they
The LORD raiseth them that are have ever hoped for. Who livest
bowed down: * the LORD loveth the and reignest with God the Father, in
righteous : the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
The LORD preserveth the strangers ; God, world without end. Amen.
He defendeth the fatherless and
widow: * but the way of the wicked 2. For all the Faithful Departed, at
He will turn aside. other times than All Souls’ Day.
The LORD shall reign for ever!
GOD, Who in the ranks of the
even thy God, 0 Zion, * unto all
Apostolic Priesthood hast caused
generations !
some of Thy servants to stand in
At the end is said, O Lord, grant high places, some as Bishops, and
them eternal rest, and let the ever some as Priests, grant, we beseech
lasting light shine upon them! Thee, that they may be joined unto
such company in everlasting blessed
Verse. From the gates of the
grave.
ness.
Answer. Deliver their souls, O 0 GOD, \Vho forgivest iniquity,
Lord l and wouldest that all men
Verse. May they rest in peace. should be saved, we beseech Thee to
Answer. Amen. grant in the tenderness of Thy mercy
Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD. that all the members of our congre
Answer. And let my cry come gation, all our kinsfolk, and all who
unto Thee. have done us good, who have departed
from this world, and for whom the
Let us pray.
Blessed Mary and all Thine holy ones
Then follow one or more of the do plead with Thee, may be joined
Prayers hereafter given, and then: unto the company of the same in
Verse. 0 Lord, grant them eternal everlasting blessedness.
rest. O GOD, Who art Thyself at once
Answer. And let the everlasting the Maker and the Redeemer of
light shine upon them. all Thy faithful ones, grant unto the
Verse. May they rest in peace. souls of Thy servants and handmaids
Answer. Amen. remission of all their sins, making of
Thus absolutely ends the Ofiice. our entreaties unto our Great Father
a mean whereby they may have that
DIFFERENT PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD. forgiveness which they have ever
hoped for. Who livest and reignest
1. On All Souls’ Day, for all the for ever and ever. Amen.
Faithful Departed.
O GOD, Who art Thyself at once 3. 0n the Day of Burial.
the Maker and the Redeemer LORD, we pray Thee to absolve the
of all Thy faithful ones, grant unto soul of Thy servant (or, Thine
the souls of Thy servants and hand handmaid) 1V. (here express the name)
maids remission of all their sins, who hath died unto the world, that
1 Piis.
he (or, she) may live unto Thee. name) to stand before Thee in the
And whereinsoever while he (or, she) high place of a Bishop (or Priest),
walked among men he (or, she) grant, we beseech Thee, that he may
hath transgressed through the weak be joined unto the company of such
ness of the flesh, do Thou in the in everlasting blessedness. Through
exceeding tenderness of Thy mercy our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who
forgive and put away. Through our liveth and reigneth with Thee in the
Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, \Vho unity of the Holy Ghost, one God,
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the world without end. Amen.
If the deceased were a Cardinal, his
dignity is expressed in the Prayer,
thus: “the high place of a Cardinal
4. At the Year’s-Mind.
Bishop,” or “of a Cardinal Priest.”
LORD God, Who art the Great
Pardoner, grant rest and re 7. For deceased Parents.
freshment, peace and blessing, light
and glory, unto the souls of Thy GOD, Who hast commanded us
men-servants and Thy maid-servants, to honour our father and mother,
(or, the soul of Thy servant, or, of look in the pitifulness of Thy mercy
Thine handmaid,) whose Year’s-Mind upon the souls of my father and
we are keeping. Through our Lord mother, (or, the soul of my father, or,
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth the soul of my mother,) and forgive
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity them their trespasses, (or, him his
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world trespasses, or, her her trespasses,)
without end. Amen. and grant unto me the joy of seeing
them (or, him, or, her,) again in the
5. For a deceased Pope. glorious light of everlasting life.
O GOD, by Whose inscrutable ap Son, Who liveth and reigneth with
pointment Thy servant 1V. Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost,
(here express his name) was called to One God, world without end. _ Amen.
a place in the line of the Chief
Bishops; O God, Who didst thereby The ahowe Prayer is altered to suit
lay upon him the duty of being Lieut circumstances, as where several child
enant on earth for Thine Only-be ren join in prayer for a parent, or a
gotten Son; 0 God, grant unto him company of persons for the fiarents of
now, we beseech Thee, a place all, “ our ” and “us,” instead of“ my ”
among Thine holy Bishops, who are and “ me.”
entered into everlasting blessedness.
Through the Same our Lord JESUS 8. For deceased Brethren, Comrades,
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and Friends, Kinsfitlh, or Benefactors, is
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of said the Prayer, “0 God, Who for~
the Holy Ghost, one God, world givest iniquity, &c.,” (under 2,) with
without end. Amen. the necessary alterations.
6. For a deceased Priest or Bishop. 9. For a Man.

GOD, Who ‘in the ranks of the LORD, incline Thine ear unto
Apostolic Priesthood hast caused the prayers whereby we humbly
Thy servant N. (here express his call upon Thee to show mercy unto
the soul of Thy servant 1V. (here ex FIRST NOCTURN.
press the name) which it hath pleased
First Antiohon. Make my way
Thee to call out of this world, that it
may please Thee also to set him in a
straight before Thy face, * O Lord
place of peace and light, and give my God.
him a part with Thy Saints. Through Psalm
[Intituled “A Psalm of David," with a
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the musical (P) superscription.]
world without end. Amen. GIVE ear unto my words, 0 LORD,
* consider my supplication.
If the deceased were a Cardinal
Deacon, is said “Thy servant the
* my King and my God!
Cardinal Deacon 1V.”
LORD, in the morning Thou shalt
10. For a Woman.
hear my voice:
ORD, we beseech Thee in the In the morning will I stand before
tenderness of Thy great mercy, Thee and look up. * For Thou art
to have pity upon the soul of Thine not a God that hath pleasure in
handmaid 1V. (here express her name), wickedness :
purge her from all defilements whereby Neither shall the evil dwell with
in this dying body she hath been be Thee, * nor the unrighteous stand in
fouled, and give her inheritance in Thy sight: ‘
everlasting salvation. Through our Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Lord JESUS Christ, Thy Son, Who * Thou shalt destroy all them that
liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the speak leasing:
unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, The LORD abhorreth the bloody
world without end. Amen. and deceitful man. * But as for me,
in the multitude of Thy mercy
THE DIRGE. I will come into Thine house: * I
will worship toward Thine holy temple
When three Nocturns are said (as
in Thy fear.
is always the case on All Souls’ Day)
Lead me, O LORD, in Thy right
the Antzjohons throughout the Ofiice
eousness, * because of mine enemies;
are doubled, and the Ofiice commences
make my way straight before Thy
with Ps. xciv., and an Invitatory.
Otherwise it begins with the First face.
For there is no faithfulness in their
Antiphon. if one Nocturn he said,
mouth: * their inward part is very
the First is said on Mondays and
wickedness.
Thursdays, the Second on Tuesdays
Their throat is an open sepulchre;
and Fridays, and the Third on Wed
they flatter with their tongue. * Judge
nesdays and Saturdays.
Thou them, 0 God!
Inz/itatory. Unto the [Eternal] Let them fall by their own counsels ;
King all live.1 * 0 come, let us cast them out in the multitude of their
worship Him! transgressions, * for they have rebelled
0 Lord, grant them eternal rest, against Thee, O Lord!
and let the everlasting light shine And let all those that put their
upon them! trust in Thee, rejoice: * let them
1 Luke xx. 38.
ever shout for joy, because Thou Psalm VII.

dwellest in them:
[Intituled “An Hymn of David, which he
Let them also that love Thy Name sang unto the LORD concerning the words of
be joyful in Thee. * For Thou wilt Cush the Benjamite." This Cush is supposed
bless the righteous. to be the same as Shimei, whose cursing of
David is narrated in 2 Kings (Sam.) xvi. 7, 8,
O LORD, Thou hast compassed us or else a nickname for Saul.]
* with Thy favour as with a shield.
O LORD my God, in Thee do I
Second Antiphon. Return, 0 LORD, take refuge: * save me from
deliver my soul: * O save me for Thy all them that persecute me, and de
mercy’s sakel liver me.
Lest he tear my soul like a lion,
Psalm VI. * while there is none to deliver, or to
[Intituled “A Psalm of David." The title save.
also contains directions, probably musical, 0 LORD my God, if I have done
the meaning of which is now uncertain.] this, * if there be iniquity in mine
LORD, rebuke me not in Thine hands;
anger: * neither chasten me in If I have requited with evil them
Thine hot displeasure. that requited me [with good], * may
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I then flee empty before mine
I am weak: * O LORD, heal me, for enemies.
my bones are shaken. Let the enemy persecute my soul,
My soul also is sore vexed: * but and take it, yea, let him tread down
Thou, O LORD, how long? my life upon the earth, * and lay mine
Return, 0 LORD, deliver my soul: honour in the dust.1
* O save me for Thy mercy’s sake. Arise, O LORD, in Thine anger: *
For in death there is no one that and lift up Thyself against the borders
remembereth Thee: * and in the of mine enemies.
grave who shall give Thee thanks? And awake for me, O Lord my
I am weary with my groaning, God, according to the decree that
every night I wash my bed: * I water Thou hast made: * so shall the con
my couch with my tears. gregation of the people compass Thee
Mine eye is grown dim because of about.
grief: * I am waxen old because of For their sakes, therefore, return
all mine enemies. Thou on high: * the LORD judgeth
Depart from me, all ye workers of the peoples.
iniquity: * for the LORD hath heard Judge me, O LORD, according to
the voice of my weeping. my righteousness, * and according to
The LORD hath heard my supplica mine integrity that is in me.
tion: * the LORD hath received my 0 let the wickedness of the wicked
prayer. come to an end, and establish the just ;
Let all mine enemies be ashamed * God trieth the hearts and reins.
and sore vexed: * let them return Mine help is righteous, coming
and be ashamed suddenly. from the Lord, * Who saveth the
upright in heart.
Third Antiphon. Lest he tear my God is a righteous judge, strong
soul like a lion, * while there is none and patient: * is He not provoked
to deliver, or to save. every day?
1 SLH.
If ye turn not, He will whet His First Responsory.

sword: * He hath bent His bow and
I believe that my Redeemer liv
made it ready.
eth, and that I shall stand up from
And hath fitted thereon the instru
the earth at the latter day, and
ments of death, * He‘hath ordained
in my flesh shall I see God my
His arrows against the persecutors.
Saviour.
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity:
Verse. Whom I shall see for my
* he hath conceived mischief, and
self, and mine eyes shall behold, and
brought forth falsehood.
not another.
He made a pit and digged it: *
Answer. And in my flesh shall I
and is fallen into the ditch which he
see God my Saviour.
made.
His mischief shall return upon his
own head: * and his iniquity shall Second Lesson.2
come down upon his own pate.
I will praise the LORD according MY soul is weary of my life; I will
to His righteousness: * and will sing leave my complaint upon my
praise to the name of the LORD Most self; I will speak in the bitterness of
High. my soul. I will say unto God: Do
not condemn me ; show me wherefore
Verse. From the gates of the grave Thou judgest me thus. Doth it seem
Answer. Deliver their souls, O good unto Thee that Thou shouldest
Lord. maltreat me, that Thou shouldest 0p
press the work of Thine hands, and
The Lord’s Prayer is then said si
help the counsel of the wicked? Hast
lently, and then is begun immediately
Thou eyes of flesh? or seest Thou as
the man seeth? Are Thy days as the
Fin! Lesson) days of man? Are Thy years as
the times of men, that Thou inquir
0RD! let me alone; for my days
est after mine iniquity, and searchest
are vanity. What is man, that
after my sin? Yet Thou knowest
Thou shouldest magnify him? or that
that I have done no wrong, but
Thou shouldest set Thine heart upon
that there is none that can deliver
him? Thou visitest him very early,
out of Thine hand.
and triest him suddenly. How long
wilt Thou not depart from me, nor let
me alone, till I swallow down my Second Reyomory.
spittle? I have sinned; what shall I
do unto Thee, 0 Thou Preserver of Thou Who didst call up Lazarus
men? Why hast Thou set me as a from the grave after that he had
mark against Thee, so that I am a begun to stink !--do Thou, O Lord,
burden to myself? Why dost Thou grant them rest and a place of for
not pardon my transgression, and take giveness.
away mine iniquity? Behold! now Verse. Thou Who shalt come to
shall I sleep in the dust, and if Thou judge the quick and dead, and the
shalt seek me in the morning, I shall world by fire-— _
not be. Answer. Do Thou, O Lord,
grant them rest and a place of
The Responsory is begun direelly. forgiveness.
1 Job vii. 16. 1 Job x. I.
TIzz'rd Lesson. He leadeth me in the paths of

righteousness, * for His Name’s sake.
HINE hands have made me and Yea, though I walk through the
fashioned me together round valley of the shadow of death, I will
about; and dost Thou so suddenly
fear no evil: * for Thou art with me:
destroy me? Remember, I beseech Thy rod and Thy staff * they com
Thee, that Thou hast made me as the
fort me.
clay, and that Thou wilt bring me Thou preparest a table before me,
into the dust again. Hast Thou not
* in the presence of mine enemies:
poured me out as milk, and curdled
Thou anointest mine head with oil :
me like cheese? Thou hast clothed
* and mine overflowing cup, 0 how
me with skin and flesh; and hast
goodly is it!
fenced me with bones and sinews. Surely Thy mercy shall follow me
Thou hast granted me life and favour,
* all the days of my life:
and Thy visitation hath preserved my
And I will dwell in the house of the
spirit. LORD * for ever.
Tlzz'ra' Resfionsory. Second Aneiplmn. Lord, remember
Lord, when Thou comest to judge not the sins of my youth, * nor my
the earth, where shall I hide myself transgressions.
from the face of Thy wrath? For I
have sinned greatly in my life. Psalm XXIV. -
Verse. I dread my sins, I blush [Intituled “Of David." This Psalm is
before Thee-— A B C Darian.] -
I see the Great Tribunal set!
U NTO Thee, O LORD, do I lift up
In fear and terror I implore Thee,
my soul : * O my God, I trust in
Forgive when soul and Judge are
Thee, let me not be ashamed.
met !
Neither let mine enemies triumph
Answer. For I have sinned greatly
over me : * for none that wait on Thee
in my life.
shall be ashamed:
Verse. 0 Lord, grant them eternal
Let them be ashamed that trans
rest, and let the everlasting light shine
gress * without cause.
upon them.
Show me Thy ways, 0 LORD, * and
Answer. For Ihave sinned greatly
teach me Thy paths.
in my life.
Lead me in Thy truth and teach
me; * for Thou art the God of my
SECOND NOCTURN. salvation: and on Thee do I wait all
the day.
First Antip/zon. He maketh me to
Remember, 0 LORD, Thy tender
lie down * in green pastures.
mercies, * and Thy loving-kindnesses,
which have been ever of old.
Psalm XXII. Remember not the sins of my youth,
* nor my transgressions :
[Intituled a “ Psalm of David.”]
According to Thy mercy remember
THE LORD is my Shepherd, I shall Thou me, * for Thy goodness’ sake,
not want. * He maketh me to 0 LORD. .
lie down in green pastures: Good and upright is the LORD ;
He leadeth me beside the still * therefore will He teach sinners
waters. * He restOreth my soul: the way. '
The meek will He guide in judg The LORD is the defence of my life :
ment: * the meek will He teach His * of whom shall I be afraid?
way. When the evil-doers come upon me,
All the paths of the LORD are * to eat up my flesh,
mercy and truth, * unto such as keep Mine enemies that trouble me, *
His covenant and His testimonies. they stumble and fall.
For Thy N ame’s sake, O LORD, par Though an host should encamp
don mine iniquity; * for it is great. against me, * mine heart shall not
What man is he that feareth the fear.
LORD? * him shall He teach in the Though war should rise against me,
way that He shall choose. * in this will I be confident.
His soul shall dwell at ease: * and One thing have I desired of the
his seed shall inherit the earth. LORD, that will I seek after, * that I
The LORD is a strong rock unto may dwell in the house of the LORD
them that fear Him: * and His cove all the days Of my life,
nant shall be made known to them. To behold the beauty of the LORD,
Mine eyes are ever toward the * and to visit His temple.
LORD: * for He shall pluck my feet For He hath hidden me in His
out of the net. pavilion: * in the secret of His taber
Turn Thee unto me, and have nacle hath He hidden me in the day
mercy upon me, * for I am desolate of trouble.
and afflicted. He hath set me up upon a rock: *
The troubles of mine heart are en and now hath He lifted up mine head
larged: * 0 bring me out of my above mine enemies.
distresses. I will offer in His tabernacle the
Look upon mine affliction and my sacrifice of joy: * I will sing, yea, I
pain: * and forgive all my sins. will sing praises unto the LORD.
Consider mine enemies, for they are Hear, O LORD, when I cry with
many: * and they hate me with cruel my voice: * have mercy on me and
hatred. answer me.
0 keep my soul, and deliver me: My heart said unto Thee, My face
* let me not be ashamed, for I put my hath sought Thee: * Thy face, LORD,
trust in' Thee. will I seek.
The undefiled and the upright cleave Hide not Thy face far from me: *
to me: * for I wait on Thee. turn not away in anger from Thy
Redeem Israel, 0 God, * out of all servant.
his troubles ! Be Thou 'mine Helper, * neither
Tlu'rd Antzlzfi/zon. I believe that I leave me, nor forsake me, O God of
shall yet see the goodness of the my salvation.
LORD * in the land of the living. When my father and my mother
forsake me, * then the LORD taketh
Psalm XXVI. me up.
Teach me Thy way, 0 LORD: *
[Intituled “Of David." 'The Vulgate and
the LXX. add "before his anointing." See and lead me in a plain path, because
2 Kings (Sam. ii. 4. Monday, fifth week of mine enemies.
after Pentecost.
Deliver me not over unto the will of
THE LORD is my light and my mine enemies: * for false witnesses
salvation : * whom shall I are risen up against me, and iniquity
fear? hath belied itself.
812 ,THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES.
I believe that I shall yet see the ,cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow,
goodness of the LORD * in the land and continueth not. And dost Thou
of the living. think it worthy to open Thine eyes
Wait on the LORD, be of good upon such an one, and to bring him
courage: * and thine heart shall be into judgment with Thee? Who can
strengthened, wait, I say, on the bring a clean thing out of unclean
LORD. seed? Is it not Thou Who alone
art? The days of man are short, the
Verse. May the LORD set them
number of his months is with Thee:
with princes.
Thou hast appointed his bounds that
Answer. Even with the princes of he cannot pass. Turn from him for a
His peeple. little while, that he may rest, till he
shall accomplish, as an hireling, his
Fourth Lesson. 1
day.
NSWER Thou me: how many Fifth Responsory.
are mine iniquities and sins?
Make me to know my transgressions Woe is me, O Lord! for I have
and offences. Wherefore hidest Thou sinned greatly in my life. I am
Thy face, and boldest me for Thine smitten: what shall I do? Whither
enemy? Dost Thou show forth Thy shall I flee but unto Thee, O my God ?
power against a leaf driven to and fro Have mercy upon me, when Thou
by the wind? And wilt Thou pursue comest at the latter day.
the dry stubble? For Thou writest Verse. My soul is sore vexed, but
bitter things against me, and art fain Thou, O LORD, help me.
to consume me with the iniquities of Answer. Have mercy upon me,
my youth. Thou puttest my feet in when Thou comest at the latter day.
the stocks, and Iookest narrowly unto
all my paths, and observest my foot Sixth Lesson.
steps, and as a rotten thing I am to
be consumed, and as a garment that THAT Thou wouldest hide me
is moth-eaten. in the grave, that Thou wouldest
keep me secret, until Thy wrath be
past; that Thou wouldest appoint me
Fourth Responsory.
a set time, and remember me. If a
Remember, 0 God, that my life is man die, shall he live again? All the
wind. The eye of him that hath seen days wherein I now toil, I am waiting
me shall see me no more. till my change come. Thou shalt call,
Verse. Out of the depths have I and I will answer Thee. Thou wilt
cried unto Thee, O LORD I Lord, stretch forth Thy right hand unto the
hear my voice. work of Thine hands. Thou dost in
Answer. The eye of him that hath deed number my steps, but be Thou
seen me shall see me no more. merciful unto my sins.
Fifth Lesson.2 Sixth Responsary.

‘ .AN that is born of a woman is Hold not my sins in remembrance,
of few days and full of trouble. O Lord, when Thou comest to judge
He cometh forth like a flower, and is the world by fire. ‘
1 Job xiii. 22. 3 Job xiv. 1.
Verse. Make my way straight be In the beginning of the book it

fore Thy face, 0 Lord my God. is written of me that I should fulfil
Answer. When Thou comest to Thy will: * O my God, I delight
judge the world by fire. to do it, yea, Thy law is within
Verse. 0 Lord, grant them eternal mine heart.
rest, and let the everlasting light shine I have preached Thy righteousness
upon them. in the great congregation: * lo, I
Answer. When Thou comest to have not refrained my lips : O LORD,
judge the world by fire. Thou knowest.
I have not hidden Thy righteous
THIRD NOCTURN. ness within my heart: * I have
declared Thy faithfulness and Thy
First Antiohon. Be pleased, O salvation.
LORD, to deliver me: * O LORD, I have not concealed Thy loving
look upon me to help me. kindness, and Thy truth * from the
great congregation.
Psalm XXXIX. Withhold not Thou Thy tender
[Intituled “A Psalm of David" and with
mercies from me, O LORD : * let Thy
the same (now) uncertain superscription as loving-kindness and Thy truth con
Ps. xii.] tinually preserve me.
I WAITED patiently for the LORD, For countless evils have compassed
* and He inclined unto me, me about: * mine iniquities have
And heard my cry: * He brought taken hold upon me, and I am not
me up also out of an horrible pit, and able to look up.
out of the miry clay. They are more in number than the
And set my feet upon a rock; * hairs of mine head: * and mine heart
and ordered my goings. faileth me.
And He hath put a new song in Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver
my mouth, * even praise unto our me: * O LORD, look upon me to
God. help me.
Many shall see it, and fear, * and Let them be ashamed and con
shall trust in the LORD. founded together that seek after my
Blessed is that man whose trust soul, * to destroy it.
is the Name of the LORD: * and Let them be driven backward,
who respecteth not pride and lying and put to shame, * that wish me
vanities. evil.
Many, O LORD my God, are Thy Let them quickly bear their shame,
wonderful works which Thou hast * that say unto me: Aha, Aha.
done: * and in Thy thoughts there Let all those that seek Thee rejoice
is none like unto Thee. and be glad in Thee: * and let such
If I would declare and speak of as love Thy salvation say continually:
them, * they are more than can be The LORD he magnified.
numbered. But I am poor and needy: * the
Sacrifice and offering Thou hast not Lord thinketh upon me.
desired; * but mine ears hast Thou Thou art my help and my deliverer:
opened. * make no tarrying, O God.
Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast Second Antzjbhon. LORD, heal my
Thou not required: * then said I 2 Lo, soul; * for I have sinned against
I come. Thee.
VOL. IV. 2E
Psalm XL. Blessed be the LORD God of Israel

[Intituled “A Psalm of David,” with some from everlasting, and to everlasting. *
other words, of meaning now uncertain, as in Amen, Amen.
some other Psalms.]
Third A ntzlohon. My soul thirsteth
LESSED is he that considereth for the living God; * when shall I
the poor and needy: * the LORD come and appear before God?
will deliver him in time of trouble.
The LORD preserve him, and
quicken him, and make him to be Psalm XLI.
blessed upon the earth: * and de [This Psalm has a superscription, the
liver him not unto the will of his meaning of which is not now certain, but
which seems in part to imply that it was a.
enemies ! didactic poem written to be sung by the choir
The LORD strengthen him upon his of the Korahites, a family of Levites and
singers in the time of David.]
bed of suffering! * Thou hast made
all his bed in his sickness. AS the hart panteth after the water
As for me, I said: LORD, be merci brooks: * so panteth my soul
ful unto me: * heal my soul, for I after Thee, O God!
have sinned against Thee. My soul is athirst for God, for the
Mine enemies speak evil of me: * mighty God, for the living God: *
When shall he die, and his name when shall I come and appear before
perish? God ?
If he came to see me he spake My tears have been my meat day
vanity: * his heart gathereth iniquity and night, * while they daily say unto
to itself. me: Where is thy God?
He went out, * and told it. When I remember these things, I
All they that hate me whispered pour out my soul in me: * for I will
together against me: * against me go unto the place of the wondrous
did they devise mine hurt. Tabernacle, even unto the house of
They plotted together to do me God.
evil: * Now that he lieth, surely he With the voice of joy and praise, *
will rise up no more. the noise of a multitude that keep
Yea, mine own familiar friend in holiday.
whom I trusted, * who did eat of Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul,
my bread, hath lifted up his heel * and why art thou disquieted in me P
against me.1 Hope thou in God, for I shall yet
But Thou, O LORD, be merciful praise Him, * the Health of my count
unto me, and raise me up: * and I enance and my God.
will requite them. My soul is cast down within me: *
By this I know that Thou delightest therefore will I remember Thee from
in me: * because mine enemy cannot the land of Jordan, and from the
triumph over me. mountains of Hermon,2 from the Little
But as for me, Thou upholdest me, Hill.3
because of mine innocence: * and Deep calleth unto deep, * at the
settest me before Thy face for ever. noise of Thy waterspouts.
1 Quoted by our Lord. John xiii. 18.
9 A chain of mountains in the north-east of Palestine, stretching down on the eastern side
of Jordan.
3 Or rather, the hill Mizar (viz. the Little), proper name of a mountain on the eastern ridge
of Lebanon. May it not be that the _ Korahites
_ were among the Levitical families which had
cities in the north and north-east districts?
All Thy waves and Thy billows * Seventh Responsory.

are gone over me.
Forasmuch as I sin daily, and re
The LORD hath commanded [the
pent not, the fear of death troubleth
praise of] His loving~kindness in the
me. O God, have mercy upon me,
day-time, * and in the night His song.
and save me, for in hell there is no
Mine shall it be to pray unto the
redemption.
God of my life. * I will say unto God:
Verse. Save me, O God, by Thy
Thou art my refuge.
Name, and judge me in Thy strength.
Why hast Thou forgotten me? *
Answer. 0 God, have mercy upon
and why go I mourning, while the
me, and save me, for in hell there is
enemy oppresseth me?
no redemption.
While my bones are broken, * they
that trouble me, even mine enemies,
reproach me ; Eighth Lesson.2
While they say daily unto me: MY flesh is consumed, my bone
Where is thy God? * Why art thou cleaveth unto my skin, and
cast down, 0 my soul, and why art there remaineth not round my teeth
thou disquieted within me? save the skin of my lips. Have pity
' Hope thou in God, for I shall yet upon me, have pity upon me, at least
praise Him : * the health of my count ye that are my friends, for the hand
enance and my God. of the Lord hath touched me. Why
do ye persecute me as God, and glut
Verse. 0 deliver not unto beasts
yourselves upon my flesh? O that
the souls of them that praise Thee!
my words were now written! 0 that
Answer. And forget not the souls
they were inscribed in a book with an
of Thy poor for ever.
iron pen, or cut in lead, or graven
with a chisel upon the flinty rock!
Seventh Lesson. 1 For I know that my Redeemer liveth,
and that I shall stand up from the
MY breath will wax feebler, and earth at the latter day, and in my
my days fewer, and there is flesh shall I see God; Whom I shall
nothing before me but the grave. I see for myself, and mine eyes shall be
have not sinned; yet my mind re hold, and not another. This is mine
maineth in affliction. Deliver me, O hope that is laid up in my bosom.
Lord, and set me beside Thee; and
let any man’s hand fight against me.
Eighth Responsory.
My days are past, my purposes are
broken off, and are but vexation to O Lord, judge me not according to
my spirit. They change the night my wtfiks; for I have done nothing
into day, and again, after the darkness that can be counted in respect of
I hope for light. If I wait, the grave Thee. I beseech Thy Majesty there
is mine house; I have made my bed fore, that Thou wouldest blot out my
in the darkness. I have said to cor transgressions, O God.
ruption: Thou art my father—t0 the Verse. Lord, wash me thoroughly
worm: Thou art my mother, and my from mine iniquity and cleanse me
sister. Where therefore is now my from my sin.
hope? As for my patience, who shall Answer. Blot out my transgres
consider it ? sions, O God.
1 Job xvii. 1. 9 Job xix. 20.
1Vinth Lesson. 1 Ninth Responsory when only one

Nocturn has been said.
WHEREFORE hast Thou brought
me forth out of the womb? O Deliver me from the ways of hell,
that I had perished, and no eye had 0 Lord, Who didst break the gates
seen me! I should have been as of brass in sunder, and didst descend
though I had not been—I should into hell, and give them light, that
have been carried from the womb to they that sat in affliction and dark
the grave. Are not my days few? ness might behold Thee.
Let me alone then, that I may com Verse. Crying and saying, Thou
fort myself a little in my sorrow, hast come, 0 our Redeemer——
before I go whence I shall not re Answer. That they that sat in
turn, even to the land of darkness affliction and darkness might behold
and the shadow of death, a land of Thee.
cheerlessness and darkness, where the Verse. 0 Lord, grant them eternal
night of death dwelleth, without any rest, and let the everlasting light shine
order, but shapelessness and dreadful upon them!
ness of darkness for ever. Answer. That they that sat in
affliction and darkness might behold
Thee. .
Ninth Responsory when three Nocturns
have been said. Lauds begin at once with the
Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal First Antiphon. The bones which
death in that awful day when the Thou hast broken * may rejoice.
heavens and the earth shall be
shaken,2 and Thou shalt come to judge Psalm L.
the world by fire. [This Psalm has a musical (P) superscrip
Verse. Quaking and dread take tion, and the title then proceeds, “A Psalm
hold upon me, when I look for the of David, when Nathan the Prophet came
unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba."
coming of the trial and the wrath to The whole history is in 2 Kings (Sam.) xi.
come. xii. (Saturday, 5th week after Pentecost, and
Answer. When the heavens and 6th Sunday. )]
the earth shall be shaken. HAVE mercy upon me, O God, *
Verse. That day is a day of after Thy great mercy :
wrath, of wasteness and desola And according to the multitude of
tion, a great day and exceeding Thy tender mercies * blot out my
bitter.3 transgressions.
Answer. When Thou sha come Wash me thoroughly from mine
to judge the world by fire. iniquity: * and cleanse me from my
Verse. 0 Lord, grant them eternal sm.
rest, and let the everlasting light For I acknowledge my trans
shine upon them! gression: * and my sin is ever
Answer. Deliver me, O Lord, before me.
from eternal death in that awful Against Thee, Thee only, have I
day, when the heavens and the sinned, and done evil in Thy sight:
earth shall be shaken, and Thou * that Thou mightest be justified when
shalt come to judge the world Thou speakest, and be clear when
by fire. Thou art judged.
1 Job x. 18. 2 Haggai ii. 6. 3 Zeph._i. 15.
For behold, I was shapen in in Second Antzphon. Lord, hear *

iquity: * and in sin did my mother my prayer; unto Thee shall all flesh
conceive me. come.
For behold Thou desirest truth: * Psalm LXIV.
the hidden secrets of Thy wisdom
[Intituled “A Psalm. A Song of David,"
Thou hast made manifest unto me. with a musical (?) superscription. The Vul
Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I gate adds that its use was prescribed by
shall be clean: * wash me, and I Jeremiah and Ezekiel to the exiles when they
began to return from the Captivity]
shall be whiter than snow.
Make me to hear joy and glad RAISE becometh Thee, O God,
ness: * that the bones which Thou in Zion: * and unto Thee shall
hast broken may rejoice. the vow be performed in Jerusalem.
Hide Thy face from my sins: * Hear my prayer: * unto Thee shall
and blot out all mine iniquities. all flesh come.
Create in me a clean heart, 0 Iniquities prevail against us : * but
God : * and renew a right Spirit with as for our transgressions, Thou shalt
in me. purge them away.
Cast me not away from Thy pres Blessed is the man whom Thou
ence : * and take not Thine holy Spirit choosest, and causest to come near
from me. unto Thee: * he shall dwell in Thy
Restore unto me the joy of Thy courts :
salvation: * and uphold me with We shall be satisfied with the good
Thy free spirit. ness of Thine house: * Thy temple
Then will I teach transgressors is holy, terrible in righteousness.
Thy ways: * and sinners shall be Answer us, 0 God of our salvation:
converted unto Thee. * Thou that art the confidence of
Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, all the ends of the earth, and of the
O God, Thou God of my salvation: uttermost parts of the sea!
* and my tongue shall sing aloud 1 of Thou that by Thy strength settest
Thy righteousness. fast the mountains, being girded with
O LORD open Thou my lips, * power: * Thou that stirrest up the
and my mouth shall show forth Thy depth of the sea, and the noise of
praise. his waves!
For Thou desirest not sacrifice, The heathen shall be troubled.
else would I give it: * Thou de They that dwell in the uttermost parts
lightest not in burnt-offering. shall be afraid at Thy tokens : * Thou
The sacrifice of God is a broken makest the outgoings of the morning
spirit: * a broken and a contrite and evening to rejoice.
heart, 0 God, Thou wilt not despise. Thou visitest the earth and waterest
Do good in Thy good pleasure it : * Thou greatly enrichest it:
unto Zion: * to build the walls of The river of God is full of water:
Jerusalem. Thou makest ready their corn, * for
Then shalt Thou be pleased with Thou hast so prepared it.
the sacrifices of righteousness, with Drench her furrows, increase the
burnt-offering and whole burnt-offer fruits thereof: * the springing there
ing: * then shall they offer bullocks of shall rejoice at her showers.
upon Thine altar. Thou crownest the year with Thy
1 So the Hebrew, the LXX., and all the versions, including Doway, but the Latin text has
the curious mistake of exultahit for exaltahit.
goodness: * and Thy fields teem destroy it, shall go into the lower parts
with fruitfulness. of the earth: * they shall fall by the
The green places of the wilderness sword, they shall be a portion for foxes.
wax fruitful: * and the little hills are But the King shall rejoice in God:
girded with joy. every one that sweareth by him shall
The pastures are clothed with glory: * for the mouth of them that
flocks; the valleys also overflow with speak lies shall be stopped.
corn: * they shout for joy, yea, they
sing. Psalm LXVI.
Third Antzlfihon. Thy right hand [Besides a musical superscription, the
* upholdeth me. Hebrew and the Targum give no title, ex
cept “A Psalm, a Psalm.” But the Vulgate
and the LXX. ascribe the authorship to
Psalm LXII. David.]
[Intituled “A Psalm of David, when he GOD be merciful unto us, and bless
was in the wilderness of Judah." This was us: * cause His face to shine
one of the most perilous periods of David’s
life, when he was flying from the pursuit of upon us, and be merciful unto us.1
Saul, and hiding in different forests and wilder That Thy way may be known upon
nesses in the south of Palestine. He was earth: * Thy saving health among
betrayed again and again, and had the most
hairbreadth escapes. The history will be all nations.
found in 1 Kings (Sam.) xxii. and xxiii.] Let the people praise Thee, O God:
O GOD, Thou art my God, * early * let all the people praise Thee.
will I seek Thee: 0 let the nations be glad and sing
My soul thirsteth for Thee, * my for joy: * for Thou judgest the
flesh longeth for Thee, people righteously, and governest the
In a dry and desert land, without nations upon earth.2
water. * So have I appeared before Let the people praise Thee, O God,
Thee in the Sanctuary, to see Thy let all the people praise Thee. * The
power and Thy glory. earth hath yielded her increase ;
Because Thy loving-kindness is Let God, even our own God, bless
better than life, * my lips shall praise us; let God bless us: * and let all
Thee. the ends of the earth fear Him.
Thus will I bless Thee while I live: Fourth Antiohon. From the gates
* and will lift up mine hands in Thy of the grave * deliver my soul, 0
name. Lord.
My soul shall be satisfied as with
marrow and fatness ; * and my mouth THE SONG or HEZEKIAH, KING OF
shall praise Thee with joyful lips. JUDAH. (Isa. xxxviii. IO.)
When I remember Thee upon my
[Intituled " The writing of HezekiahI King
bed, I meditate upon Thee in the of Judah, when he had been sick, and was
night watches: * because Thou hast recovered of his sickness." The history will
been mine help: be found in 4 (2) Kings xx. (11th Sunday
after Pentecost.)]
And in the shadow of Thy wings
will I rejoice. My soul followeth I SAID, In the midst of my days,
hard after Thee: * Thy right hand * I shall go to the gates of the
upholdeth me. grave:
But those that seek my soul to I looked for the rest of my years. *
1 SLH. The repetition of the words “be merciful unto us," is peculiar to the Latin.
9 SLH.
I said, I shall not see the LORD my Psalm CXLVI II.

God 1 in the land of the living:
[To this Psalm is prefixed “Alleluia.” The
I shall behold man no more, * with LXX. connects it with the Prophets Haggai
the dwellers in the land of rest. and Zechariah. See Thursday and Friday in
Mine age is departed, and is rolled the fifth week of November.]
up from me, * as a shepherd’s tent: PRAISE ye the LORD from the
My life is cut ofl as by a weaver: heavens: * praise Him in the
my web was scarce begun when He heights.
cut me off: * from day even to night Praise ye Him, all His Angels:
wilt Thou make an end of me. * praise ye Him, all His hosts.
I thought I might live till morning: Praise ye Him, sun and moon: *
* as a lion, so doth He break all my praise Him, all ye stars and light.
bones: Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens :
From day even to night wilt Thou * and all the waters that be above
make an end of me. * Like a swal the heavens. Let them praise the
low’s fledgling so did I twitter, I did Name of the LORD!
coo as a dove: For He spake, and they were
Mine eyes fail, * with looking up made2: * He commanded and they
ward. were created.
O LORD, I am seized, undertake He hath established them for ever
for me. * \Vhat shall I say, or what and ever; * He hath made a decree
will He answer me, seeing that He which shall not pass.
Himself hath done it? Praise the LORD from the earth,
I will call to remembrance before * ye dragons, and all deeps :—
Thee all my years * in the bitterness Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind,
of my soul. * fulfilling His word :~
0 Lord, if by these things men Mountains, and all hills, * fruitful
live, and in such things is the life of trees, and all cedars :—
my spirit, so mayest Thou chasten me, Beasts, and all cattle, * creeping
and make me to live. * Behold, things, and flying fowl :—
mine anguish is [turned] into peace : Kings of the earth, and all people ; *
But Thou hast delivered my soul princes, and all judges of the earth :—
from destruction: * Thou hast cast Young men, and maidens, old men,
all my sins behind Thy back. and children : let them praise the
For the grave cannot praise Thee, Name of the LORD—* for His Name
death cannot celebrate Thee: * they alone is exalted !
that go down into the pit cannot hope His glory is above heaven and
for Thy truth. earth. * He also exalteth the horn
The living, the living, he shall of His people,
praise Thee, as I do this day: * the The praise of all His Saints, * even
father to the children shall make of the children of Israel, a people near
known Thy truth. unto Him.
0 LORD, save me: * and we will
sing our songs all the days of our life Psalm CXLIX.
in the house of the LORD. SING unto the LORD a new song:
Fz'flh Antz'phon. Let everything * His praise in the congregation
that hath breath * praise the LORD. of Saints.
1 “ My God " is not inthe Hebrew, but the Divine Name is repeated.
2 Taken from Ps. xxxii. 9.
Let Israel rejoice in'Him That Afler the Fifth Antz'phon the ser
made him: * and let the children of vice praeeeds directly thus:
Zion be joyful in their King. Answer. I heard a voice from
Let them praise His Name in heaven saying unto me:
the dance: * let them sing praises Verse. Blessed are the dead which
unto Him with the timbrel and die in the Lord.
harp.
For the LORD taketh pleasure in Antzlfihon. 1 I am the resurrection
His people: * He also will exalt and the life: * he that believeth in
the meek unto salvation. Me though he were dead, yet shall he
Let the Saints be joyful in glory: live: and whosoever liveth and be
* let them sing aloud upon their lieveth in Me shall never die.
beds: The Song of Zacharias.
Let the high praises of God be in After the repetz'tz'an 0f the A ntzjfihon,
their mouth; * and a two-edged all kneel down, and the service ends
sword in their hands; as at Vespers, except that, z_'f Ps. cxlv.
To execute vengeance upon the have been said at Vespers, now is said
heathen, * and punishments upon the instead,
people;
Psalm CXXIX.
To bind their kings with chains,
* and their nobles with fetters of [Intituled “A Song of Degrees." The
iron; Psalms so called may perhaps, like the
To execute upon them the judg “ Graduals ” of the Roman Liturgy, be “ step
ment written: * this honour have songs," intended to be sung during proces
sions, Liturgical or of pilgrims.]
all His Saints.
OUT of the depths have I cried
unto Thee, O LORD! * Lord,
Psalm CL.
hear my voice.
RAISE the Lord in His sanctuary! Let Thine ears be attentive * to
* praise Him in the firmament the voice of my supplication.
of His power! If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark in
Praise Him in His mighty acts! iquities, * O Lord, who shall stand?
* praise Him according to His ex But there is forgiveness with Thee:
cellent greatness! * because of Thy law, I wait for
Praise Him with the sound of the Thee, O LORD!
trumpet! * praise Him with the My soul waiteth on His word:
psaltery and harp! * my soul hopeth in the Lord.
Praise Him with the timbrel and From the morning watch even until
dance! * praise Him with stringed night * let Israel hope in the LORD:
instruments and organs! For with the LORD there is mercy,
Praise Him upon the loud cymbals, * and with Him is plenteous re
praise Him upon the high-sounding demption.
cymbals! * Let everything that hath And He shall redeem Israel, * from
breath praise the LORD ! all his iniquities.
1 John xi. 25, 26.
THE GRADUAL PSALMS. 821
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The Gradual Psalms are said every Let us pray.
Wednesday in Lent, unless a Feast of
ORD, we beseech Thee to loosen
Nine Lessons is being kept. They are
the souls Of Thy men-servants
not said in Holy I/Veeh. In Choir
and of Thy maid-servants, even the
they are said before the Mattins of
souls of all Thy faithful children from
the day; out qf Choir, whenever
all bonds soever wherewith their trans~
convenient.
gressions have bound them, and grant
N0 Antiphon is said with these unto them to live and breathe again
Psalms. among all Thy Saints and elect, in
a glorious resurrection. Through
At the end of the first five, the Christ our Lord.
bfymn “Glory be to the Father, &c.,”
Answer. Amen.
is not said.
Then are said the next five, and at
Ps. cxix. In my distress, &c., (p. the end of each the Hymn, “ Glory be
186.) to the Father, &c.”
P5. cxx. I will lift up mine eyes,
&c., (p. 186.) Ps. cxxiv. They that trust in the
P5. cxxi. I was glad, &c., (p. LORD, &c., (p. 189.)
188.) P5. cxxv. When the 'LORD turned,
P5. cxxii. Unto Thee lift I up, &c., &c., (p. 190.)
(e- 189-) P5. cxxvi. Except the LORD build,
Ps. cxxiii. If it had not been the &c., (p. 190.)
LORD, &c., (p. 189.) P5. cxxvii. Blessed is every one,
&c., (p. 191.)
O Lord, grant them eternal rest, P5. cxxviii. Many a time, &c., (p.
and let the everlasting light shine upon 191.)
them.
Then all kneel.
Then all kneel, and the Lord’s
Kyrie eleison.
Prayer is said inaudihly, except the
Christe eleison.
words “Our Father ” and the ter
Kyrie eleison.
mination—
Our Father (the Lord’s Prayer is
And lead us not into temptation. continued inaudihly till the termina
Answer. But deliver us from tian) And lead us not into tempta
evil. tion.
Verse. From the gates of the Answer. But deliver us from
grave. evil.
Answer. Deliver their souls, O Verse. Remember Thy congrega
Lord! tion.
Verse. May they rest in peace. Answer. Which Thou hast pur
Answer. Amen. chased of old.
Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD. Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD.
Answer. And let my cry come Answer. And let my cry come
unto Thee. unto Thee.
VOL. IV. 2E2
Let us pray. Then all kneel.

O GOD, Whose property is ever to Kyrie eleison.
have mercy and to forgive, re Christe eleison.
ceive our humble petitions, and grant Kyrie eleison.
that we and all Thy servants who are Our Father (the Lord’s Prayer is
bound by the chain of sin, may, by continued inaudibly till the termina
the tenderness of Thy pity, mercifully tion) And lead us not into tempation.
be absolved. Through Christ our Answer. But deliver us from
Lord. evil.
Answer. Amen. Verse. 0 Thou my God, save Thy
servants.
Then are said the next five, and at Answer. That trust in Thee.
the end of each the Hymn, “ Glory be Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD.
to the Father, &c.” Answer. And let my cry come
Ps. cxxix. Out of the depths, &c., unto Thee.
(e 192-) Let us pray.
Ps. cxxx. LORD, my heart is not
haughty, &c., (p. 192.) TRETCH forth, 0 Lord, over all
Ps. cxxxi. LORD, remember David, Thy men-servants and Thy maid
M. (e 193-) servants the right arm of Thy help
Ps. cxxxii. Behold, how good, &c., from heaven, that they may seek Thee
(e- 194-) with all their heart, and what they
Ps. cxxxiii. Behold, now, bless ye, ask worthily may obtain effectually.
&c., (p. 207.) Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
{the &nmr QBmttmttal ifisalms anb the ilttann.

These are said kneeling every Fri Ps. xxxi. Blessed are they, &c.,
day in Lent when the Ofiice is of the (e 77-)
Week-day, except Good Friday, and Ps. xxxvii. O LORD, rebuke me
the Litany alone (without the Seq/en not, &c., (p. 83.)
Psalms) on St Mark’s Day, April 25 Ps. 1. Have mercy upon me, &c.,
—and on the three Rogation Days. (1% 87-)
In Lent they are said in Choir after Ps. ci. Hear my prayer, &c., (p.
Lauds (immediately after V. Bless we 159-)
the Lord. R. Thanks be to God.) Ps. cxxix. Out of the depths, &c.,
Out of Choir, when convenient. (e 192.)
Ps. cxlii. Hear my prayer, &c.,
Glory be to the Father, &c., is said
after each Psalm.
(e 153-)
Antiohon. 1 Remember not, Lord,
A ntiphon. Remember not.
our offences, nor the offences of our
Ps. vi. 0 LORD, rebuke me not, forefathers ; neither take Thou venge
&c., (p. 5.) ance of our sins.
1 Tobias iii. 3.
THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS AND THE LITANY. >823
THE LITANY. Holy Vincent, \

Kyrie eleison_ Holy Fabian and Sebastian,
Christe eleison. HOIY 101m and Paul,
Kyrie eleisom Holy Cosmas and Damian,
O Christ, hear us_ Holy Gervase and Protase,
Graciously hear us, 0 Christ. 0 an yle hOlY Martyrs:
O God the Father, of ‘ HOIY Sllvesmr,
heaven, Q 0; Holy Gregory,
0 God the Son, Redeemer § § HOIY Ambrose,
of the world, a, § Holy Austin,
0 God the Holy Ghost, s§ Holy Jerome,
0 Holy Trinity, One God, m Holy Martin,
Holy Mary, Holy Nicholas,
Holy Mother of God, 0 all ye holy Bishops and
Holy Michael,
Virgin of virgins, 0 all ye holy
confessorsi Teachers, k
Holy Gabriel, Holy Anthony, Q,

Holy Raphael, Holy Benedict, S
0 all ye holy Angels and Arch- HOIY Bernard, Q,
angels, Holy Dominick,
0 all ye holy Orders of blessed HOIY FTanClS,
spirits, 0 all ye holy Priests and
Holy John the Baptist, LeViteS,
Holy Joseph, 0 all ye holy Monks and
0 all ye holy Patriarchs and Hermits,
Prophets, Holy Mary Magdalen,
Holy Peter, Holy Agatha,
Holy Paul, Holy Lucy,
Holy Andrew, Holy Agnes,
Holy James, \ Holy Cec11y,
Holy John, Q Holy Katharine,
Holy Thomas, gx Holy Anastasia, .
Holy James, Q: 0 all ye holy Virgins and Wi-J
Holy Philip, _ dows,
Holy Bartholomew, 0 all ye holy men and women,
Holy Matthew, children of God,
Holy Simon, Make intercession for us.
Holy Thaddeus, Be merciful,
Holy Matthias, 5pm us, 0 Lord.
Holy Barnabas, Be merciful,
Holy Luke, Graciously hear us, 0 Lord.
Holy Mark, From all evil, b;
0 all ye holy Apostles and From all sin, :
Evangelism, From Thy wrath, g.
Lord,
0 all ye holy Disciples of the death,
From sudden and unprovided "st
0 all ye holy Innocents, From the snares of the devil, g

Holy Stephen, ) From the spirit of unclean- \1
Holy Lawrence, ness, O
From lightning and tempest, That it may please Thee to

From the scourge of earth strengthen and preserve us in
quake, Thy holy Service,
From pestilence, famine, and That Thou wouldest raise up
war, our minds to heavenly desires, T
&eseeelz
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us.
From everlasting death, That Thou wouldest reward
Through the mystery of Thine with eternal good all them who
holy Incarnation, do good to us,
Through Thy coming, Lord
O
deliver
us. That Thou wouldest deliver our
Through Thy Birth, souls, and the souls of our breth
Through Thy Baptism and ren, kinsfolk, and benefactors,
holy Fasting, from eternal damnation,
Through Thy Cross and Suffer That it may please Thee to
ing, give and preserve to our use the
Through Thy Death and fruits of the earth,
Burial, That it may please Thee to
Through Thine holy Rising grant eternal rest unto all the
again, faithful departed,
Through Thy wonderful As That it may please Thee gra
cension, ciously to hear us,
Through the coming of the Son of God,
Holy Ghost, the Comforter, 0 Lamb of God, That takest away
In the day ofjudgment, ) the sins of the world,
We sinners, Spare ur, O Lord.
D0 beseech Tflee to hear us. 0 Lamb of God, That takest away
That Thou wouldest spare the sins of the world,
us, Graez'ously hear us, 0 Lord.
That Thou wouldest pardon 0 Lamb of God, That takest away
us, the sins of the world,
That it may please Thee to Have mercy upon us.
bring us unto true repentance, 0 Christ, hear us,
That it may please Thee to hWe
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Tesus.
eee elz
Graez‘ausly hear us, 0 Christ.
rule and preserve Thy holy
Church, Kyrie eleison.
That it may please Thee to
C/zrz'ste eleison.
preserve our Apostolic Lord, and Kyrie eleison.
Our Father, (the Lord’s Prayer
all orders of the Church in holy
is continued inaudibly till the ter
religion,
mination,)
And lead us not into tempta
bring down the enemies of Thy
tion.
holy Church,
But deliver us from evil.
give peace and true concord
unto all Christian Kings and Psalm LXIX.
Princes,
give peace and unity to all M meAKE haste, O God, to deliver
: * make haste to help me,
Christian nations, O LORD.
THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS AND THE LITANY. 825
Let them be ashamed and con them who do good to us for Thy
founded, * that seek after my Name’s sake. Amen.
souL Verse. Let us pray for the faithful
Let them be turned backward and departed.
put to confusion, "‘ that desire my Answer. 0 Lord, grant them eter
hurt. ' nal rest, and let the everlasting light
Let them be turned back with shine upon them.
shame, * that say unto me: Aha, Verse. May they rest in peace.
aha. Answer. Amen.
Let all those that seek Thee be Verse. Let us pray for our absent
joyful and glad in Thee, * and brethren.
let such as love Thy salvation Answer. 0 Thou my God, save
say continually: Let the Lord be Thy servants that trust in Thee.
magnified. Verse. 70 Lord, send them help
But I am poor and needy: * help from the sanctuary.
me, O God. Answer. And strengthen them out
Thou art my help and deliverer: * of Zion.
O LORD, make no tarrying. Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 Lord.
Answer. And let my cry come unto
Glory be to the Father, &c.
Thee.
As it was in the beginning, &c.
Let us pray.
Verse. 1 0 Thou, my God, save
Thy servants, O GOD, Whose property is ever to
Answer. That trust in Thee. have mercy and to forgive, re
Verse. 2 Lord, be Thou unto us a ceive our humble petitions, and grant
strong tower that we and all Thy servants who are
Answer. From the enemy. bound by the chain of sin may, by the
Verse. 3 Let the enemy prevail no tenderness of Thy pity, mercifully be
thing against us. absolved.
Answer. Nor the son of wicked
ness afilict us.
O LORD, we beseech Thee graci
Verse. 4 Deal not Thou with us
ously to hear our humble peti
after our sins.
tions, and spare all those who confess
Answer. Nor reward us according
their sins unto Thee, granting us in
to our iniquities.
Thy goodness pardon and peace.
Verse. Let us pray for our Bishop.
(Here the name of the reigning Pope
is inserted.)5 BE graciously pleased, O Lord, to
Answer. 6 The Lord preserve show forth upon us Thine un
him, and quicken him, and make speakable mercy, ridding us from all
him to be blessed upon the earth, sin, and therewithal delivering us from
and deliver him. not unto the will all pains which for the same we do
of his enemies. justly deserve.
Verse. Let us pray for them who
have done good to us. O GOD, Whom sin doth justly move
Answer. May it please Thee, O to anger, and repentance turn
Lord, to reward with eternal life all again mercifully to forgive the same,
1 Ps. lxxxv. 2. 2 Ps. 1x. 4. 3 Ps. lxxxviii. 23. 4 Ps. cii. 10.
5 Pontifex. This being the Roman Breviary. 5 Ps. x1. 3. " Ps. xix. 3.
look down now graciously upon the Father a mean whereby they may
supplications of Thy people praying have that forgiveness which they have
before Thee, and turn away the ever longed for.
scourges of Thy wrath, which for
our sins we do most rightfully PREVENT us, O Lord, we beseech
deserve. Thee, in all our doings, with Thy
gracious inspiration, and further us
O ALMIGHTY and everlasting with Thy continual help, that every
God, have pity upon Thy servant prayer and work of ours may begin
our Bishop N., (here name the Pope) from Thee, and by Thee be duly
and order his goings according to ended.
Thy mercy in the paths of eternal sal
O ALMIGHTY and everlasting
vation, that by the gift of Thy grace
God, Who art Lord both of the
he may ever seek such things as
please Thee, and with all his strength living and of the dead, and hast
mercy upon all whom Thou fore-know
fulfil the same.
est shall by faith and work be Thine,
we most humbly beseech on behalf of
0 GOD, from Whom all holy desires,
all for whom we have a mind to pray,
all good counsels, and all just whether they be yet entangled in the
works do proceed; give unto Thy flesh in this present world, or whether
servants that peace which the world
they be already rid of the body, and
cannot give, that both our hearts may entered into that world which for us
be set to obey Thy commandments, is still to come, that all Thy holy
and also that by Thee we being de children may pray for them, and that.
fended from the fear of our enemies,
the pitifulness of Thy mercy may
may pass our time in rest and quiet grant unto them the forgiveness of
ness. all their trespasses. Through our
0RD, burn our reins and our liveth and reigneth with Thee, in
hearts with the fire of Thy Holy the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
Spirit, that we may serve Thee with God, world without end.
chaste bodies and pure minds. Answer. Amen.
Verse. May the almighty and mer
0 GOD, Who art Thyself at once ciful Lord graciously hear us.
the Maker and the Redeemer Answer. Amen.
of all Thy faithful ones, grant unto fine. And may the souls of the
the souls of Thy servants and hand faithful, through the mercy of God,
maids remission of all their sins, mak rest in peace.
ing of our entreaties unto our Great Answer. Amen.
GRACE BEFORE AND AFTER MEA'I‘. U.) N \1
Quit: before anti after meat.

Before dinner, he who blesses the Verse. 2 May all Thy works praise
meal says: Thee, O LORD!
Answer. And let Thy Saints bless
Verse. Bless ye—
Thee l
A nswer. Bless ye.
Then he says . &c.
1 The eyes of all— Answer. As it was, &c.
We give Thee thanks, 0 Almighty
And the rest continue: God, for all Thy mercies. Who livest
Wait upon Thee, O Lord, and Thou and reignest for ever and ever.
givest them their meat in due season. Answer. Amen.
Thou openest Thine hand, and fillest
all things living with plenteousness. Then is said alternately either P5.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, &c. 1., “Have mercy upon me, &c.,” (p.
Answer. As it was, &c. 87,) or Ps. cxvi., “ O praise the LORD,
Kyrie eleison. &c.,” (p. 186.) Then .
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison. Verse. Glory be to the Father, &c.
Our Father, (inaudihly till the last A nswer. As it was, &c.
words,)
Kyrie eleison.
And lead us not into temptation.
Christe eleison.
Answer. But deliver us from evil. Kyrie eleison.
Our Father, (inaudihly till the last
Let us pray. words,)
BLESS us, 0 Lord, and these Thy And lead us not into temptation.
gifts, which we are about to Answer. But deliver us from
receive from Thy bounty. Through evil.
Christ our Lord. Verse. 3He hath dispersed, he
Answer. Amen. hath given to the poor—
Answer. His righteousness en
Reader. Sir, be pleased to give the
dureth for ever.
blessing.
Verse. 41 will bless the LORD at
The Blessing. all times-—
May the King of eternal glory make Answer. His praise shall continu
us to be partakers at His table in ally be in my mouth.
heaven. Verse. My soul shall make her
Answer. Amen. boast in the LORD—
Answer. The humble shall hear
At the end of dinner, the Reader thereof and be glad.
concludes, saying . Verse. 0 magnify the LORD with
But Thou, O Lord, have mercy me—
upon us. Answer. And let us exalt His
A nswer. Thanks be to God. Name together.
1 Ps. cxliv. 15, 16. 9 Ps. cxliv. 10. 3 Ps. cxi. 9. 4 Ps. xxxiii. 2-4.
Verse. 1Blessed be the Name of praise the LORD that seek Him : their
the LORD !— heart shall live for ever.
Answer. From this time forth and
for evermore ! Blessing.
May it please Thee, O Lord, to
reward with eternal life all them May the King of eternal glory
who do good to us for Thy Name’s bring us to sup with Him in
sake. eternal life.
Answer. Amen.
Verse. Bless we the Lord. At the end .
Answer. Thanks be to God. Verse. 2 He hath made a memorial
Verse. May the souls of the faith of His wonderful works.
ful, through the mercy of God, rest in Answer. The LORD is gracious
peace. and full of compassion: He hath
Answer. Amen. given meat unto them that fear
Him.
The Lord’s Prayer is again said,
inaudibly throughout, and then: Verse. Glory be to the Father,
&c.
God grant us His peace. Answer. As it was, &c.
Answer. Amen. 3God is blessed in all His gifts,
At suffer the form is the same, ex and holy in all His works.
cept the following . Answer. Amen.
Text at the beginning (Ps. xxi. And Ps. cxvi. is always said, with
48-) the rest as above.
The poor shall eat— Note. On a Fast-Day, the single
And be satisfied, and they shall meal allowed is supper.
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These Prayers are said immediately our home again in peace, and health,
after starting. If one person say them and gladness.
by himself, the Singular Number is
Kyrie eleison.
used.
Christe eleison.
Antiohon. May the Lord, the Al Kyrie eleison.
mighty and Merciful, lead us— Our Father (inaudibly till the last
Song of Zacharias. Blessed be the words)
Lord, &c., (p. 28.) And lead us not into temptation.
Antiphon. May the Lord, the Al Answer. But deliver us from
mighty and Merciful, lead us into the evil.
way of peace and prosperity, and Verse. 4 0 Thou my God, save
may the angel Raphael be with us Thy servants,
in the way, that we may come to Answer. That trust in Thee.
1 Ps. cxii. 2. ? Ps. ex. 4. 3 Cf. Ps. cxliv. I7. ‘ Ps. lxxxv. 2.
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Verse. 1 O Lord, send us help from now, and, in the end, unto the haven
the sanctuary. of eternal salvation.
Answer. And strengthen us out of
Zion. O GOD, Who didst call Thy serv
Verse. 2 Lord, be Thou unto us a ant Abraham out of Ur of the
strong tower, Chaldees, and didst keep him from
Answer. From the enemy. evil through all the ways of his pil
Verse. 3 Let the enemy prevail no grimage, we beseech Thee, that it
thing against us, may please Thee to keep us Thy
Answer. Nor the son of wicked servants. Be Thou unto us, 0 Lord,
ness afflict us. an help when we go forward, a com
Verse. 4 Blessed be the Lord fort by the way, a shadow from the
daily. heat, a covering from the rain and the
Answer. The God of our salvation cold, a chariot in weariness, a refuge
maketh aur way prosperous. in trouble, a staff in slippery paths,
Verse. 5Show us Thy ways, 0 an haven in shipwreck. Do Thou
LORD. lead us, that we may happily come
Answer. And teach us Thy paths. thither where we would be, and there
Verse. 60 that our ways were after come again safe unto our own
directed, home.
Answer. To keep Thy statutes.
RACIOUSLY hear our supplica
Verse. 7 The crooked shall be
tions, 0 Lord, we beseech Thee,
made straight.
and order the goings of Thy servants
Answer. And the rough places
in the safe path that leadeth unto
plain. I
salvation in Thee, that amidst all the
Verse. 8 God hath given His
manifold changes of this life’s pil
Angels charge over thee.
grimage, Thy shield may never cease
Answer. To keep thee in all thy
from us. '
ways.
Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 LORD. GRANT, we beseech Thee, 0 Al
Answer. And let my cry come mighty God, that Thy family
unto Thee. may fare onward in the path of sal
vation, and by giving heed to the
Let us pray. preaching of the blessed Fore-runner
John, may safely attain unto Him
GOD, Who madest the children
Whom John preached, even our Lord
of Israel to walk with dry feet
through the midst of the sea, and Who
didst open unto the three wise men,
by the guiding of a star, the way that
without end. Amen.
led unto Thee, grant us good speed,
and quietness, that Thine holy Angel Verse. Let us go on in peace.
may be with us, and that we may Answer. In the name of the Lord.
happily come thither whither we would, Amen. ~
1 Ps. xix. 3. 2 Ps. 1x. 4. 3 Ps. lxxxviii. 23. 4 Ps. lxvii. 20.
5 Ps. xxiv. 4. 6 Ps. cxviii. 5. 7 Isa. XI. 4. 8 Ps. xc. 7.
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Antiphan (to he douhled when the I had rather be a menial in the
Ofiiee is doubled.) Remember not, house of my God, * than to dwell in
Lord, our offences, * nor the offences the tents of wickedness.
of our forefathers, neither take Thou For God loveth mercy and truth : *
vengeance of our sins. the LORD will give grace and glory.
No good thing will He withhold
Psalm LXXXI II. from them that walk uprightly. * O
LORD of hosts, blessed is the man
[Intituled “A Psalm of the sons of Korah.” that trusteth in Thee!
It has the same superscription as Ps. lxx.,
referring possibly to the vintage. It reads as
if it were a pilgrim-song referring to the going Glory be to the Father, and to the
up of all the males of Israel to Jerusalem to Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
observe the Feast of Tabernacles, when har As it was in the beginning, is now,
vest and vintage were over.]
HOW lovely are Thy tabernacles, Amen.
O LORD of Hosts! * my soul
longeth and fainteth for the courts of Psalm LXXXIV.
the LORD:
Mine heart and my flesh * rejoice [Intituled “A Psalm of the sons of Korah,"
with the usual (now uncertain) superscription.]
for the living God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found an ORD, Thou hast been favourable
house, * and the dove a nest for her unto Thy land: * Thou hast
self, where she may lay her young, brought back the captivity of Jacob.
Even Thine altars, O LORD ofhosts, Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of
* my King and my God ! Thy people: * Thou hast covered all
Blessed are they that dwell in Thine their sins.1
house, 0 Lord; * they will be ever Thou hast taken away all Thy
praising Thee.1 wrath: * Thou hast turned Thyself
Blessed is the man whose strength from the fierceness of Thine anger.
is from Thee; * who hath settled in Turn us, 0 God of our salvation, *
his heart to go up [to Thy sanctuary,] and cause Thine anger towards us to
through the vale of tears,2 to the place cease.
which he hath appointed. Wilt Thou be angry with us for
He That hath given the Law will ever? * wilt Thou draw out Thine
give His blessing ; they shall go from anger to all generations?
strength to strength: * they appear 0 God, Thou shalt again quicken
before the God of gods in Zion. us : * and Thy people shall rejoice in
O LORD God of hosts, hear _my Thee.
prayer: * give ear,_0 God of Jacob ! 1 Show us Thy mercy, O Lord! *
Behold, O God, our shield: * and and grant us Thy salvation.
look upon the face of Thine Anointed. I will hear what the LORD God
For a day in Thy courts is better * will speak in me: * for He will
than a thousand. speak peace unto His people,
1 SLH.
2 Hebrew, “ of Baca," probably the proper name of a place, but, literally, “ weeping."
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And to His saints, * and unto them O Lord: * and shall glorify Thy
that are changed in heart. name.
Surely His salvation is nigh them For Thou art great and doest won~
that fear Him, * that glory may dwell drous things: * Thou art God alone.
in our land. Teach me Thy way, 0 LORD, and
Mercy and truth have met together: I will walk in Thy truth: * let mine
* righteousness and peace have kissed heart be glad, that it may fear Thy
each other. name.
Truth hath sprung out of the earth: I will praise Thee, O Lord my God,
* and righteousness hath looked down with all mine heart, * and I will glorify
from heaven. Thy name for evermore.
Yea, the LORD shall give that which For great is Thy mercy toward me:
is good : * and our land shall yield * and Thou hast delivered my soul
her increase. from the lowest hell.
Righteousness shall go before Him: 0 God, the wicked are risen against
* and shall set His footsteps in the me, and the assemblies of violent men
way. have sought after my soul, * and have
not set Thee before them.
Glory be to the Father, and to the But Thou, O Lord, art a God full
Son, and to the Holy Ghost. of compassion and gracious, * long
As it was in the beginning, is now, sufi'ering, and plenteous in mercy and
and ever shall be, world without end. truth.
Amen. 0 look upon me, and have mercy
Psalm LXXXV. upon me: * give Thy strength unto
Thy servant, and save the son of
[Intituled “ A Prayer of David.”] Thine handmaid!
BOW down Thine ear, 0 LORD, Show me a token for good, that
and hear me: * for I am poor they which hate me may see it and be
and needy. ashamed: * because Thou, O LORD,
Preserve my soul, for I am holy: * hast holpen me, and comforted me.
0 Thou my God, save Thy servant Glory be to the Father, and to the
that trusteth in Thee. Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I As it was in the beginning, is now,
cry unto Thee all the day long : * re and ever shall be, world without end.
joice the soul of Thy servant, for unto Amen.
Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
For Thou, Lord, art good and ready Psalm CXV.
to forgive, * and plenteous in mercy [In the Hebrew this Psalm is a continua
to all them that call upon Thee. tion of the last. The Vulgate and the LXX.
Give ear, 0 LORD, unto my prayer: prefix " Alleluia."]
* and attend to the voice of my sup BELIEVED, therefore have I
plication. spoken : * but I was greatly
In the day of my trouble I called afiiicted.
upon Thee, * for Thou hast heard me. I said in my haste: * All men are
Among the gods there is none like liars.
unto Thee, O Lord: * neither are there What shall I render unto the LORD
any works like unto Thy works. * for all His benefits toward me?
All nations whom Thou hast made I will take the cup of salvation, *
shall come and worship before Thee, and call upon the name of the LORD.
I will pay my vows unto the LORD Glory be to the Father, and to the
in the presence of all His people. * Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is As it was in the beginning, is now,
the death of His Saints. and ever shall be, world without end.
0 LORD, truly I am Thy servant: Amen.
* I am Thy servant, and the son of
Thine handmaid: Antiphon. Remember not, Lord,
Thou hast loosed my bonds. * I our offences, nor the offences of our
will offer to Thee the sacrifice of forefathers, neither take Thou ven
thanksgiving, and will call upon the geance of our sins.
name of the LORD.
Kyrie eleison.
I will pay my vows unto the LORD,
Christe eleison.
in the presence of all His people: *
Kyrie eleison.
in the courts of the LORD’S house, in
Our Father (the Lord’s Prayer is
the midst of thee, 0 Jerusalem!
continued z'naua'z'ély till tlze termina
[Here the Hebrew appends “Alleluia,” tion,)
which the Vulgate and the LXX. prefix to
the next Psalm.] Verse. And lead us not into
temptation.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Answer. But deliver us from evil.
Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Verse. As for me, I said: Lord,
As it was in the beginning, is now, be merciful unto me.
and ever shall be, world without end. Answer. Heal my soul, for I have
Amen. sinned against Thee.
Psalm CXXIX. Verse. Turn again, 0 Lord, for a
little,
[Intituled “A Song of Degrees." The
Answer. And be entreated for Thy
Psalms so called may perhaps, like the servant’s sake.
“ Graduals" of the Roman Liturgy, be “ step Verse. 0 Lord, let Thy mercy
songs," intended to be sung during proces
sions, Liturgical or of pilgrims.] lighten upon us.
Answer. As our trust is in Thee.
OUT of the depths have I cried Verse. Let Thy priests be clothed
unto Thee, O LORD! * Lord, with righteousness.
hear my voice. Answer. And let Thy Saints shout
Let Thine ears be attentive * to for joy.
the voice of my supplication. Verse. Lord, cleanse Thou me
If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark in from secret faults.
iquities, * O Lord, who shall stand? Answer. Keep back Thy servant
But there is forgiveness with Thee : also from the sins of others.
* because of Thy law, I wait for Thee, Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 Lord.
O LORD! Answer. And let my cry come
My soul waiteth on His word: * unto Thee.
my soul hopeth in the Lord.
From the morning watch even until Let us pray.
night * let Israel hope in the LORD:
For with the LORD there is mercy, BOW down Thy Fatherly ears
* and with Him is plenteous redemp unto our supplications, 0 most
tion. merciful God, and enlighten our hearts
And He shall redeem Israel, * from by the grace of Thine Holy Spirit,
all his iniquities. that we may worthily take part in
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Thy service, and may love Thee with Father upon the Altar of the Cross
an everlasting love. as a pure and spotless Victim for us
0 God, unto Whom all hearts lie sinful wretches, Who hast given us
open, all desires known, and from Thy Flesh to eat and Thy Blood to
Whom no secrets are hid, cleanse drink, and hast set this mystery in
the thoughts of our hearts by the the power of the Holy Ghost, saying,
inspiration of Thine Holy Spirit, that “Do this as oft as ye do it, in re
we may perfectly love Thee, and membrance of Me.” I entreat Thee
worthily magnify Thine Holy Name. by the same Thy Blood the great
Lord, burn our reins and our hearts price of our salvation, I entreat
with the fire of Thine Holy Spirit, Thee by that wondrous and unspeak
that we may serve Thee with chaste able love wherewith it hath pleased
bodies and pure minds. Thee so to love us unworthy wretches
Lord, we beseech Thee, that the as to wash us from our sins in Thine
Comforter which proceedeth from Own Blood, teach me, Thine un
Thee may enlighten our minds, and worthy servant, whom for no deserts of
lead us into all truth, even as Thy mine, but by the mere goodness of Thy
Son hath promised unto us. mercy, Thou hast been pleased among
Lord, we beseech Thee, that Thine other gifts even to call unto Thine
Holy Spirit may dwell in us in much Altar, teach me, I beseech Thee, by
power, mercifully cleansing our hearts Thine Holy Spirit how to deal with
and shielding us from all things this mystery, with the reverence,
hurtful. honour, earnestness, and fear which
O God, Who didst teach the hearts are behoven and meet. Make me
of Thy faithful people by sending to by Thy grace always to believe,
them the light of Thine Holy Spirit, understand, feel, hold, say, and
grant unto us by the same Spirit to think concerning this mystery that
have a right judgment in all things, which is pleasing unto Thee and ex
and evermore to rejoice in His holy pedient for mine own soul. Let Thy
comfort. good Spirit enter into mine heart to
Lord, we beseech Thee to cleanse sound there without noise, and to
our consciences by the power of Thine speak all truth without words. These
holy visitation, that when our Lord things are very deep, and they are
jESUS Christ, Thy Son, cometh, He covered with an holy veil. For Thy
may find in us a dwelling-place made great mercy’s sake, grant that I
ready unto Himself. Who liveth may take part at Mass with a clean
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity heart and a pure mind. Free my
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world heart from unclean, shameful, vain,
without end. Amen. and harmful thoughts. Defend me
with the kindly and faithful keeping
of Thy blessed Angels and their
Prayer.1
mighty watch, that the enemies of
0 GREAT High Priest and true all good may be confounded and go
Bishop, JESUS Christ, Who away. By the power of this great
didst ofi‘er Thyself up to God the mystery, and by the hand of Thine
1 In the original this prayer is divided according to the days of the week; as there are
some passages in it which are suitable only for Priests, and which have therefore been here
necessarily omitted, it is not here so divided, but the intention clearly is that it should not
all be used at one time.
holy Angel, take away from me and worthy. O, my God, I entreat Thee
from all Thy servants the hard spirit by this Thine Almighty power to
of pride and vain-glory, envy and grant unto me, a sinner, that I may
blasphemy, fornication and unclean receive this Sacrament with fear and
ness, doubt and suspicion. Con trembling, with purity of heart and
founded be they that assail us, and with weeping, with spiritual gladness
may they that would fain destroy and heavenly joy. Let my soul feel
us perish. the sweetness of Thy blessed pres
0 King of virgins, lover of chastity ence, and that Thine Holy Angels
and purity, by the heavenly dew of keep guard round me.
Thy blessing quench in my body the For I, O Lord, sinner though I be,
fire of unlawful lusts, that my body am going to draw near unto Thine
and soul may remain pure. Kill in Altar in memory of Thy worshipful
my members all unlawful prickings of passion, to receive there the Sacra
the flesh and uprisings of lust, and ment which Thou hast instituted
grant unto me, along with Thine other in remembrance of Thyself for our
gifts which truly please Thee, true salvation. O God, most high, do
and everlasting chastity according to Thou receive that remembrance on
my State, that I may be able to offer behalf of Thine holy Church, and on
up unto Thee the sacrifice of praise behalf of Thy people whom Thou
with a pure body and a clean heart. hast bought with Thine own Blood.
0, what searching of heart, what Be pleased, O Lord, to have regard
shedding of tears, what reverence, and unto the sorrows of peoples, the
what awe, what purity of body and straits of nations, the cries of prison
soul are called for by God’s heavenly ers, the woes of orphans, the needs
sacrifice when Thy Flesh is eaten of wanderers, the helplessness of the
indeed and Thy Blood is drunk in weak, the hopelessness of the sick, the
deed, where the things of the highest failure of the old, the hopes of young
are brought down _to the things of the men, the desires of young women, the
lowest, and the things of God to the grief of widows.
things of earth, where the holy Angels For Thou, O Lord, hast mercy
are present, where Thou Thyself art upon all, and hatest nothing that
wondrously and unspeakably set forth, Thou hast made—remember of what
Thyself at once the sacrifice and the we are made. Thou art our Father,
Priest. Thou art our God, be not wrathful
Who can worthily deal with this, exceedingly, neither shut up the multi
unless Thou, O God Almighty, should tude of Thy tender mercies from us.
~Thyself make him worthy. Lord, I It is not with any hope in any right
know, I know indeed, and I confess it eousness of our own that we lay our
before Thy Fatherly goodness, that prayers before Thee, but with hope in
on account of my great sins and my the multitude of Thy tender mercies.
countless failings I am not worthy Take away our iniquities from us, and
to draw near to this great mystery, in Thy mercy kindle in us the fire
but I also know, I believe indeed of Thine Holy Spirit, take away the
with all my heart, and I confess with stony heart out of our flesh, and give
my mouth, that Thou Who alone art an heart afresh, an heart to love
able to bring a clean thing out of an Thee, to seek Thee, to rejoice in
unclean, and to make sinners right Thee, to follow Thee, and to enjoy
eous and holy, art able to make me Thee. We beseech Thy mercy, O
PREPARATION FOR COMMUNION. 835
Lord, to be pleased to look in favour mystery of Thy Body and Thy Blood,
upon Thy people when they do ser wherein Thy Church is every day
vice unto Thine Holy Name, and in given to eat and to drink, is purified
order that no one may ask in vain, and sanctified, and is made partaker
and no request be refused, do Thou of the one Divine Nature of the Most
Thyself inspire us with such prayers High, give me Thine Own Holy
as it may please Thee to hear and to might, and endue me therewith, that
grant. I may be able to draw near Thine
Holy Lord and Father, we entreat Altar with a good conscience, and
Thee also for the spirits of the faith so this heavenly Sacrament may be
ful departed; unto them may this salvation and life for me. For Thou
great mystery of godliness be health, hast said with Thine Own Holy and
wholeness, gladness, and rest. O Blessed mouth, “The bread which I
Lord, my God, may they have this will give is My Flesh for the life of
day a great and full banquet of Thee the world”; “I am the Living Bread,
the Living Bread, Who didst come which came down from heaven”; “If
down from heaven, and givest life any man eat of this Bread he shall
unto the world, of Thine Holy and live for ever.” 0 Bread of Sweetness,
Blessed Flesh, the Flesh of Thee, the cure my heart’s palate that I may be
Lamb without spot, Who takest away able to taste how sweet Thy love is.
the sins of the world, which Thou Cure it of every disease that I may
didst take from the holy and glorious not feel anything sweet like Thy
womb of the blessed Virgin Mary, sweetness. 0 White Bread, that art
and which was conceived by the Holy able to content every man’s delight
Ghost, and of that river of mercy and to yield every taste; Thou that
which the soldier’s spear drew out of always feedest us and yet never art
Thy Sacred Side, that they may be consumed, let my heart feed on Thee,
thereby strengthened, filled, rested, and let the taste of Thy sweetness fill
and comforted, and may sing unto the innermost depths of my soul.
Thy praise and glory. I beseech The Angels feed on Thee to fulness;
Thy mercy, O Lord, that the fulness let him that is a stranger and pilgrim
of Thy blessing, and the sanctification here feed on Thee to the best of his
of Thy Godhead, may come down little power, that that provision for
upon the bread which is to be offered his journey may strengthen him, and
unto Thee. so he faint not by the way. 0 Thou
Let there also come down thereon Holy Bread, Thou Living Bread, Thou
the invisible and incomprehensible Pure Bread, Who comest down from
Majesty of Thine Holy Spirit, as of Heaven and givest life unto the world,
Old time He came down upon the come into my heart and purify me
offerings of the fathers, and let Him from every defilement, whether of
turn our offerings into Thy Flesh flesh or of spirit; enter into my soul,
and Blood, and teach me, un heal me and cleanse me, within and
worthy communicant that I am, to without ; be Thou the constant shield
deal with this great mystery with and safety both of my soul and of my
purity of heart, with earnestness body. Drive all my enemies away
even to tears, with reverence, and from me, let them fade away far
with awe. from the presence of Thy power.
I beseech Thee also, 0 Lord, by So mayest Thou enable me, under
this very mystery itself, this holy Thy protection, both without and
within, to go straight forward until all in all. For then wilt Thou fill
I come to Thy kingdom, where we me with Thyself, with such a won
shall not see Thee any more in drous fulness, that I shall never
mysteries as we see Thee now, but hunger nor thirst again for ever.
face to face, when Thou shalt have Who, with the same God the Father
given up the kingdom unto God, and Holy Ghost, livest and reignest
even the Father, and shalt be God for ever and ever. Amen.
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Antiphon. Let us sing the song of 0 ye light and darkness, bless ye
the three holy children, * the song the Lord: * O ye lightnings and
which the three children sang when clouds, bless ye the Lord.
they blessed the Lord in the midst 0 let the earth bless the Lord:
of the burning fiery furnace. * let her praise and exalt Him above
all for ever!
THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY 0 ye mountains and hills, bless ye
CHILDREN. (Daniel iii. 57.) the Lord: * 0 all ye green things
upon the earth, bless ye the Lord.
0 ALL ye works of the Lord, bless 0 ye wells, bless ye the Lord: * 0
ye the Lord: * praise Him, and ye seas and floods, bless ye the Lord.
exalt Him above all for ever. 0 ye whales, and all that move in
0 ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the waters, bless ye the Lord: * 0
the Lord: * O ye heavens, bless ye all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the
the Lord. Lord.
0 all ye waters that be above the 0 all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye
heavens, bless ye the Lord: * 0 all the Lord: * 0 ye children of men,
ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the bless ye the Lord.
Lord. 0 let Israél bless the Lord: * let
0 ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the him praise and exalt Him above all
Lord: * 0 ye stars of heaven, bless for ever!
ye the Lord. 0 ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye
0 ye showers and dew, bless ye the the Lord: * 0 ye servants of the
Lord: * 0 ye winds of God, bless ye Lord, bless ye the Lord.
the Lord. 0 ye spirits and souls of the right
0 ye fire and heat, bless ye the eous, bless ye the Lord: * 0 ye holy
Lord: * 0 ye winter and summer, and humble men of heart, bless ye
bless ye the Lord. the Lord.
0 ye dews and rime, bless ye the 0 Ananias, Azarias, and Misaél,
Lord: * 0 ye frost and cold, bless ye bless ye the Lord: * praise and exalt
the Lord. Him above all for ever.
0 ye ice and snow, bless ye the 1 Bless we the Father, and the Son,
Lord: * 0 ye nights and days, bless and the Holy Ghost: * let us praise
ye the Lord. and exalt Him above all for ever.
1 This verse isl of course, a later addition; more than two verses are omitted, and the
last given is one of those omitted at the beginning.
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Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the our trespasses, as we forgive them that
firmament of heaven: * and to be trespass against us.
praised, and glorified, and exalted Verse. And lead us not into tempt
above all for ever. ation.
Psalm CL.
Verse. May all Thy works praise
Thee, O Lord.
RAISE the Lord in His sanctuary ! Answer. And let Thy Saints bless
* praise Him in the firmament Thee.
of His power! Verse. Let the Saints be joyful in
Praise Him in His mighty acts! glory.
* praise Him according to His ex Answer. Let them sing aloud upon
cellent greatness! their beds.
Praise Him with the sound of the Verse. Not unto us, 0 Lord, not
trumpet! * praise Him with the unto us.
psaltery and harp! Answer. But unto Thy Name give
Praise Him with the timbrel and glory.
dance! * praise Him with stringed Verse. Hear my prayer, 0 Lord.
instruments and organs! Answer. And let my cry come
Praise Him upon the loud cymbals, unto Thee.
praise Him upon the high-sounding
cymbals ! * Let everything that hath Let us pray.
breath praise the LORD !
Glory be to the Father, and to GOD, Who didst lessen the
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. flames of fire for the three
As it was in the beginning, is now, children, mercifully grant that we
and ever shall be, world without end. Thy children may not be touched
Amen. by any flames of sin.
Grant, 0 Lord, we beseech Thee,
Antzlfilzon. Let us sing the song of that Thy grace may forward us in all
the three holy children, the song which our actions by Thine inspiration, and
the three children sang when they follow it by Thine help, that this and
blessed the Lord in the midst of the every prayer and work of ours may
burning fiery furnace. begin from Thee, and by Thee be
Kyrie eleison. duly ended.
Christe eleison. Grant, 0 Lord, that we may have
Kyrie eleison. the strength to extinguish the flames
Our Father, (inaudibly) Who art in of sin, Thou Who didst grant the
heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy blessed Lawrence to be more than
kingdom come. Thy will be done on conqueror amid his fiery torments.
earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this Through Christ our Lord.
day our daily bread. And forgive us Answer. Amen.
Bzhutious &fitt 60mmtmion.
FROM ST Tnouas AQL'IXAS.1 FROM ST BOXAVESTL'k-Ll
I GIVE Thee thanks, 0 holy S\\‘EETEST Lord JESiIs Christ,

Lord, Father almighty, eternal pierce, I beseech Thee, the in
God, that Thou hast vouchsafed, most marrow of my soul with the
for no merit of mine own, but tender and life-giving wound of Thy
of the mere condescension of Thy love, with true, and calm, and holy
mercy, to satisfy me a sinner and apostolical charity, so that my whole
Thine unworthy servant with the soul may ever languish and faint for
precious Body and Blood of Thy love of Thee, and for desire of Thee
Son our Lord JESUS Christ. Ialone. May it long for Thee and
implore Thee, let not this holy pine for Thee in the courts of Thine
communion be to me an increase house; may it desire to be dissolved
of guilt unto my punishment, but and to be with Thee. Grant that my
an availing plea unto pardon and soul may hunger for Thee, Thou
forgiveness. Let it be to me the Bread of angels, Thou refreshment
armour of faith and the shield of of holy souls, our daily supelsubstan—
good will. Grant that it may work tial Bread, having all manner of
the eninction of my vices, the sweetness and savour, and all most
rooting out of concupiscence and thrilling delights. May mine heart
lust, and the increase within me ever hunger for Thee and feed on
of charity and patience, of humility Thee, on whom angels long to look;
and obedience. Let it be my strong and may mine inmost soul be filled
defence against the snares of all minewith the sweetness of the taste of
enemies, visible and invisible; the Thee. May it ever thirst for Thee,
stilling and the calm of all mine Thou \Vell of life, Thou Fountain of
impulses, carnal and spiritual; mine wisdom and knowledge, Thou Source
indissoluble union with Thee the one of everlasting light, Thou torrent of
and true God, and a blessed con~ pleasures, Thou fatness and abund
summation at my last end. And I ance of the house of God: may it
beseech Thee that Thou wouldst ever yearn towards Thee, seek Thee,
vouchsafe to bring me, sinner as I find Thee, tend towards Thee, attain
am, to that inefl'able banquet where ( to Thee, meditate ever on Thee,
Thou, with the Son and the Holy speak of Thee, and work all things
Ghost, art to Thy Saints true and to the praise and glory of Thy Name,
unfailing Light, fulness of content, with humility and discretion, with love
joy for evermore, gladness without and delight, with ready care and glad
alloy, consummate and everlasting afi'ection, with perseverance even unto
bliss. Through the same our Lord the end; and do Thou be alone and
JESUS Christ Thy Son, \Vho liveth evermore mine hope, my whole trust,
and reigneth with Thee, in the my riches. my delight, my gladness
unity of the same Holy Ghost, one and my joy, my rest and my calm
God, world without end. Amen. repose, my peace and my sweet
1 Translation by Rev. T. A. Pope, adopted by Lord Bute in A Fan ofPrayrs. 1896.
DEVOTIONS AFTER COMMUNION. 839
content, my fragrance and my sweet O loving Pelican! O JESU, Lord!
ness, my food and my refreshment, Unclean I am, but cleanse me in Thy blood ;
my refuge and mine help, my wisdom, Of which a single drop for sinners spilt
Is ransom for a world’s entire guilt.
my portion, mine own possession and
my treasure, in whom my mind and JESU! Whom for the present veil’d I see,
mine heart are fixed and rooted firmly What I so thirst for, oh, vouchsafe to me:
and immovably for evermore. Amen. That I may see Thy countenance unfolding.
And may be blest Thy glory in beholding.
0 Shepherd of the Faithful, O JESU, gracious

be,
RHYME or ST THOMAS AQUINAs.1
Increase the faith of all who put their faith
O GODHEAD hid, devoutly I adore Thee, in Thee.
Who truly art within the forms before
me;
To Thee my heart I bow with bended knee,
As failing quite in contemplating Thee. A PRAYER TO BE RECITED BEFORE
AN IMAGE OR REPRESENTATION
Sight, touch, and taste in Thee are each
OF CHRIST CRUCIFIED.
deceived;
The ear alone most safely is believed: EHOLD, O kind and most sweet
I believe all the Son of God has spoken,
JESUS, I cast myself on my
Than Truth's own word there is no truer
knees in Thy sight, and with the
token.
most fervent desire of my soul, I
God only on the Cross lay bid from view; pray and beseech Thee that Thou
But here lies hid at once the manhood too: wouldst impress upon my heart lively
And I, in both professing my belief, sentiments of faith, hope, and charity,
Make the same prayer as the repentant with true repentance for my sins, and
thief.
a firm desire of amendment, while
Thy wounds as Thomas saw, I do not see; with deep afl‘ection and grief of soul
Yet Thee confess my Lord and God to be: I ponder within myself and mentally
Make me believe Thee ever more and more; contemplate Thy five most precious
In Thee my hope, in Thee my love to store. wounds; having before my eyes that
which David spake in prophecy:
0 thou Memorial of our Lord‘s own dying!
“They pierced My hands and My
0 Bread that Living art and vivifying!
Make ever Thou my soul on Thee to live; feet; they have numbered all My
Ever a taste of heavenly sweetness give. bones.”
1 Translation by Rev. Edward Caswall.
@he 1mm fiDfl'I'IZEB.
Pope Leo XIII. permits that upon memorated at both Vespers and Lands,
all days whatsoever upon which the and have its Homily for the Ninth
Psalms of the Week-day are to be said Lesson. Preces are said at Compline
at Mattins, either by reason of the and Prime, and the Common Com
Week-day itself or of a Simfile Ofiice, memorations at Vespers and Lauds,
with certain exceptions, there may be except the Commemoration of that
substituted for the Ofiice of the day which may be the subject of the
one of the following Votive Ofiices. Votive Oflice. That is to say, the
The accepted days are Ash Wed Commemoration of the Blessed Virgin
nesday, Passion-tide, and the 17th is omitted if the Qflice be of the
to the 24th of December, both in Immaculate Conception, that of St
clusive. Easter and Whitsun weeks foseph if the Ojice be of him, and
are also excepted, because the Ofice that of SS. Peter and Paul if the
is already Semi-double, and of the Ofice be of the Apostles.
Octave of the Feast of the preceding In England the use of two of these
Sunday. Ojices --namely, that of the Most Holy
The Ofiice itself is Semi-double, and Sacrament for Thursdays and that of
its relations to the Ofiice of a Week the Immaculate Conception for Satur
day, or of a Simple Feast, or a days, is obligatory upon all persons
Semi-double or Double Ofiice on the bound to the recitation of the Divine
preceding or succeeding day, are Oflce, upon all days permitted by the
arranged in the same way as if it Pope, except (1) those in Advent and
were a Semi-double Festival; thus, a Lent; (2) Eves; (3) Ember Satur
Simple Ojice would be commemorated day; and (4) days to which the Sun
at First Vesfiers and Lauds, and have day Ofice may be transferred according
the [Vinth Lesson, if it had a Lesson to the Pie, iv. 5.1 0n those days on
or Lessons of its own; and a Greater which the use of the Votive Ofice is
Week-day would be commemorated at permitted by the Pope, but is not made
Lauds, and the Ninth Lesson would obligatory in England, its use is
be of its Homily, while in Advent optional, as is that of the other Votive
and Lent the Week-day would be com Ofiices on other days.
1 When these two Votive Ofi‘ices were introduced by the late Pope Pius IX., and when
they seem to have been made obligatory in England, these days were excepted from the Papal
permission. The edition of the English Offices now before the writer (Tournay, 1896) excepts
only Advent and Lent, but the Catholic Directory shows that Eves also are .excepted, and
the exceptions would therefore seem to have remained the same as before. Owing to the
multiplication of Festal Offices it is very improbable that the contingencies (3) (4) would
ever occur
ALL HOLY ANGELS. 841
Laud and honour to the Father;

Office in {Junuur uf WI ZBuIg Laud and honour to the Son;
gngEIS, fur filtmhagfl. Laud and honour to the Spirit;
Ever Three, and ever One:
Semi-douhle. Consubstantial, Co-eternal,
While unending ages run. Amen.
All as on Sundays except the fol
lowing. FIRST NOCTURN.
At Vespers on Sunday evening is First Antiohon. Great things are

inserted the following Commemoration. spoken of Michael * the Archangel,
who waxed valiant in fight, and won
Antzfhon. 1Are they not all min
istering spirits, sent forth to minister the victory.
for them who shall be heirs of salva Ps. viii. 0 LORD, our Lord, &c.,
tion. (e- 7-)
Verse. 2Before the Angels will I
SecondAntiphon. The Angel Gabriel
spake unto Mary, * and said: Behold
thou shalt conceive in thy womb and
Thine holy Temple, and praise Thy
bring forth a Son, and shall call His
Name.
Name Jesus.
Prayer from Lauds.
Ps. x. In the LORD put I my trust,
&c., (p. 9.)
MATTINS.
Third Antiohon. 4The Angel
Invitatoey. The Lord, He is the Raphael said: Bless ye the God of
King of the Angels. * 0 come, let Heaven, * and confess Him before all
us worship Him. living, for He hath had mercy upon
you.
157ymn.B Ps. xiv. LORD, who shall abide,
THEE, O Christ, the Father's Splendour, &c., (,0. IO.)
Life and virtue of the heart,
Verse. 5An Angel stood at the
In the presence of the Angels
Sing we now with tuneful art: Altar of the Temple.
Meetly in alternate chorus Answer. Having a golden censer in
Bearing our responsive part. his hand.
Thus we praise with veneration Lessons from Scripture according

All the armies of the sky: to the Season, with the following
Chiefiy him, the warrior Primate Responsories.
Of celestial chivalry:
Michael, who in princely virtue First Responsory.
Cast Abaddon from on high.
A multitude of Angels came with
By whose watchful care, repelling, the Archangel Michael, into whose
King of everlasting grace! wardship God hath permitted the souls
Every ghostly adversary,
All things evil, all things base;
of the Saints, that he may lead them
Grant us of Thine only goodness into the garden of gladness.
In Thy paradise a place. Verse. Lord, do Thou send forth
1 Heb. i. 14. ‘—’ Ps. cxxxvii. 2.
3 I-Iymn by St Rabanus Maurus altered almost beyond recognition ; translated by Dr Neale.
_4 Tob. xii. 6. ° Apoc. viii. 3.
842 THE VOTIVE OFFICES.
Thine Holy Spirit from heaven, the Third Antiphon. Let us praise the
Spirit of wisdom and understanding. Lord, * Whom the Angels do praise,
Answer. That he may lead them unto Whom Cherubim and Seraphim
into the garden of gladness. d0 cry, “Holy, Holy, Holy.”
Verse. The smoke of the incense
Seeond Responsory. ascended up before the Lord.
Then the Angel of the Lord
answered and said: O Lord of Hosts,
Fourth Lesson.
how long wilt Thou not have mercy
on Jerusalem, and on the cities of The Lesson is taken from the Sermons
Juda, against which Thou hast had of Pope St Gregory the Great.
indignation— (34th on the Gospels.)
Verse. These three score and ten
INCE we have run over and inter
years P
preted the names of the different
Answer. How long wilt Thou not
Orders of Angels, it remaineth that
have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the
we should shortly take up the indica
cities of Juda, against which Thou
tion of their different offices. The
hast had indignation?
term Power is given to those spirits
through whom most often signs and
Third Responsory. wonders are worked. The term
1 When ye see the Gentiles, be not Might is applied to those spirits
afraid of' them, but in your hearts unto whose order more might hath
worship and fear the Lord; for His been granted than unto the others, so
Angel is 'with you. that it is to their jurisdiction that the
Verse. An Angel stood at the Altar powers of the enemy are brought into
of the Temple, having a golden censer subjection, and by their might that
in his hand. they are so chained up that they can
Answer. For His Angel is with not tempt men’s hearts so much as
you. they fain would.
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Fourth Responsory.
Answer. For His Angel is with
3 All the Angels stood round about
you. the Throne, and about the Elders, and
SECOND NOCTURN. the four living creatures, and fell be
fore the Throne on their faces and
First A ntzlthon. The smoke of the
worshipped God.
incense ascended up * before _the Lord,
Verse. 4Worship the Lord, all ye
His Angels!
Ps. xviii. The heavens declare, &c., Answer. And fell before the Throne
(e- 17') on their faces and worshipped God.
Second A ntzlohon. 2 The Angel of the
Lord * encampeth round about them Fifth Lesson.
that fear Him, and delivereth them.
THE Principalities are so called
Ps. xxiii. The earth is the LORD’S, because they are appointed as
&c., (p. 46.) princes over the other good Angels,
1 Cf. Baruch, vi. 3-6. 9 Ps. xxxiii. 8. 5 Apoc. vii. n. ‘ Ps. xcvi. 7.
command their troops whenever there ness to their Maker, burn with a love
is anything to be done, and direct beyond all compare. Their name
them how to perform their ministry signifieth burners or kindlers. Their
for God. The Dominions bear this fire is their love, and the more pene
name because they are highly exalted, trating is their view of the glory of the
even above the power of the princi Divine Being so much more intense
palities. To be a prince is to be ex is their love thereof wherewith they
alted among equals, but to dominate glow.
is to rule over subjects as a Lord.
Sixth Responsory.
The Thrones are those hosts over
whom the Almighty God presideth to Before the Angels will I sing praise
exercisejudgment, whence the Psalmist unto Thee, and will worship before
saith, (ix. 5,) “Thou satest on the‘ Thine holy Temple, and will praise
throne judging right.” Thy Name, 0 Lord.
Verse. For Thy loving-kindness,
Fifth Responsory. and for Thy truth; for Thou hast
glorified Thine holy Name in us.
1 An Angel stood at the Altar of the Answer. And I will praise Thy
Temple, having a golden censer in his Name, 0 Lord.
hand; and there was given unto him Verse. Glory be to the Father,
much incense, and the smoke of the and to the Son, and to the Holy
incense ascended up before the Lord, Ghost.
out of the angel’s hand. Answer. And I will praise Thy
Verse. Before the Angels will I sing Name, 0 Lord.
praise unto Thee ; I will worship
toward Thine holy Temple, and praise
THIRD NOCTURN.
Thy Name, 0 Lord.
Answer. And the smoke of the in First Antiphon. 3The Lord sent
cense ascended up before the Lord, His Angel, * which cut off all the
out of the Angel’s hand. mighty men of valour, and the leaders
and captains in the camp of the King
Sirth Lesson. of Assyria.
HE Cherubim are said to repre Ps. xcv. O sing unto the LORD,
‘ sentififiéjl'ilié'é'. 61'. kfibwledge. &c., (p. 148.)
for this reason that these Second Antiohon. Worship the
sublime hogsotlsmaurelsmowcalled, because Lord, * all ye His Angels! Zion
the..near¢r_th¢1sazsseqtl the glory of, heard, and was glad.
God so much the more perfect is the
Ps. xcvi. The LORD reigneth, &c.,
knowioogoahh wrath they-are filled?
The word Seraphim is the title (t- 149-)
given to those hosts of holy spirits, Third Antithon. Bless the Lord,
who, on account of their peculiar near * all ye His Angels, that excel in
1 Cf. Apoc. viii. 3, 4.
2 St Gregory seems to have accepted the opinion that Chrwb is a variant of spelling for
Qrwb, and therefore means one who draws near. The derivation of the word is now considered
very uncertain. but the traditional belief certainly is that the Cherubim are the representatives
of contemplation, of knowledge as distinguished from love,—that is, of the intellectual as
opposed to the emotional, or the understanding as opposed to the heart, represented by the
Seraphim, whose name is undeniably derived from saraph, to burn.
3 2 Par. Chron. xxxii. 21.
strength, that do His commandments, Seventh Responsory.

to hearken unto the voice of His word.
The Angel of the Lord came down
Ps. cii. Bless the LORD, &c., into the'furnaCe,
amid—ibis, fellows, regatriei-‘wnrrmnah
and smote the flame
(p. 160.)
of the fire out of the furnace, 'so that
the, fire touched _them not atwall,
neither hurt them.
Verse. Blessed be their God, Who
sent His Angel and delivered His
I Name.
servants that trusted in Him.
Seventh Lesson. Answer. 50 that the fire touched
The Lesson is taken from the Holy them not at all, neither hurt them.
Gospel according to John (i. 47.)
Eighth Lesson.
T that time: JESUS saw Nathanael
coming to Him, and saith of WHEN they ascend upward to
him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in gaze they search into that
whom is no guile. And so on. truth wherewith they are sated by
Homily by St Bernard, Abbat [of longing, and by satiety are made to
Clairvaux.] (11th on Ps. xc.) long the more; when they descend
downward they work mercy upon us
What are the goings of the holy by keeping us in all our ways. For
Angels P Surely those goings whereof “are they not all ministering spirits
the Only-Begotten Son hath told us sent forth to minister for them who
when He saith: “ Hereafter ye shall shall be heirs of salvation?” (Heb.
see heaven open, and the Angels of i. 14.) Surely they are not our lords
God ascending and descending upon but our ministers, and herein they are
the Son of Man.” Their goings, even as the Son of Man, who came
therefore, are by way of ascent and not to be ministered unto but to
descent: they ascend for their own minister, (Matth. xx. 28,) and Who
sakes, and they descend, or to speak was among His disciples as he that
more truly, they condescend for our serveth. (Luke xxii. 27.) The fruit
sakes. Thus do these blessed spirits of the goings of the holy Angels is,
ascend upward by gazing upon God, as toucheth themselves, their own
and they descend downward by pity blessedness and the conforming obedi
for thee, that they may keep thee in ence inspired by their love; but as
all thy ways. They ascend upward toucheth us, we receive through them
to the vision of Him, and they descend the keeping of all our ways under the
downward at the intimation of His care of God’s grace, for He hath given
will; for “ He hath given His Angels His Angels charge over thee, to keep
charge over thee, to keep thee in all thee in all thy needs.
thy ways ” : but when they so descend
downward they do not thereby lose Ezlghth Responsory.
the beatific vision of His glory, for
we know that in heaven the Angels 1Lord, Thou didst send Thine
do always behold the face of the Angel in the time of Hezekiah, King
Father. (Matth. xviii. IO.) of Juda, and didst slay in the host
1 2 Mac. xv. 22-24.
of Sennacherib an hundred fourscore For when the heart is unburdened and
and five thousand; wherefore now light, it is easier for it to rise to seek
also, 0 Lord of heaven, send Thy and love the truth.
good Angel before us, for a fear and
dread of the might of Thine arm. The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O
Verse. That those be stricken with God,” is said.
teiror that-"Eoniémms‘p'herhy
against Thine holy people. LAUDS.
795%?"'Wh'ersfsfs..mv_aLSQLQ First Antzlbhon. 0 ye Angels of
_L0._sl._rotlieavsnrssndfhy good Angel the Lord, * bless ye the Lord alway.
before _us, for “aufear and dread of the Second Antiohon. God hath given
mightpf Thine arm.
Verse. “iGlOry be to the Father, His Angels charge over thee, * to keep
thee in all thy ways.
and to the Son, and to the Holy Third Antiohon. In heaven their
Ghost. Angels do alway behold the face of
Answer. Wherefore now also, 0 My Father * which is in heaven.
Lord of heaven, send Thy good Angel Fourth Antiphon. Praise ye God
before us for a fear and dread of the * all His Angels,—praise ye Him all
might of Thine arm. His hosts !
Fifth Antiphon. 0 ye Angels and
1f the Ninth Lesson is not of the Archangels, * 0 ye Thrones and
Homily of a Week-day or that of Dominions, 0 ye Principalities and
a Simple, it is as follows. Powers, 0 ye Mighty Ones of
heaven, praise ye the Lord from
IN the meantime God hath given
the heavens!
His Angels charge over thee,
not to take thee out of thy ways, but
to keep thee in thy ways, and so by Chapter. (Exod. xxiii. 20.)
their ways to make thy ways His BEHOLD I send Mine Angel before
ways ; for, if thou wouldst know how, thee, to keep thee in the way,
He would have thee also descend and and to bring thee into the place which
condescend, thine own needs com I have prepared. Beware of him,
pelling and admonishing thee to that and obey his voice.
which the Angel doth from the purer
motive of love, to condescend by show
ing pity toward thy neighbour, and Hymn. 1
again to ascend along with the Angels
HRIST! of the holy Angels light and
by lifting up thy desires and striving gladness,
with all thine heart’s longing after Maker and Saviour of the human race,
the supreme and eternal truth. Thus 0 may we reach the world unknown to sad
are we exhorted to lift up hearts and ness,
hands together; thus do we hear it The blessed mansions where they see Thy
said every day, “ Lift up your hearts ” ; Face!
thus are we rebuked for our slothful
Angel of peace, may Michael to our dwelling
ness ; and thus is it said unto us : “ 0
Down from high Heaven in mighty calm
ye sons of men, how long will ye be ness come,
dull of heart? why will ye love vanity Breathing serenest peace, wild war dispelling
and seek after leasing?” (Ps. iv. 3.) With all her sorrows to the infernal gloom.
1 Translation by the Rev. W. J. Copeland.
VOL. IV.
846 THE VO'l‘IVE OFFICES.
Angel of might, may Gabriel swift descending, PRIME.

Far from our gates our ancient foes repel,
And his own triumphs o’er the world defend Antiphon. O ye Angels of the
ing, Lord, &c., (First Antiphon at Lauds.)
In temples dear to Heaven return and
dwell. Chapter at the end. (Apoc. xii. 7.)
Angel of health, may Raphael lighten o'er us, THERE was a great war in heaven,
To every sick-bed speed his healing flight, Michael and his angels fought
In times of doubt direct the way before us, against the dragon, and the dragon
And through life’s mazes guide our steps fought and his angels: and prevailed
aright. not; neither was their place found.
any more in heaven.
The Virgin, harbinger of peace supemal,
Mother of Light, with all the Angelic train,
Heaven's glittering host, court of the King TERCE.
Eternal, Antiphon. God hath given, &c.,
All Saints be with us, till that bliss we
(Second Antiphon at Lands.)
gain.
Chapter from Lauds.
Be this by Thy thrice holy Godhead granted,
Father, and Son, and Spirit ever blest ;
Short Resjbonsory.
Whose glory by the Angel host is chanted,
Whose Name by all the universe confest. An Angel stood at the Altar of the
Amen. Temple.
Answer. An Angel stood at the
Altar of the Temple.
Verse. Having a golden censer in
his hand. '
Answer. At the Altar of the Temple.
Name.
Antiphon at the Song of Zacharias. to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
1 The Angel that talked with me came Answer. An Angel stood at the
again, and waked me as a man that Altar of the Temple.
is wakened out of his sleep. Verse. And the smoke of the in
cense ascended up before the Lord__
Prayer throughout.
GOD, Who hast ordained and SEXT.
constituted the services of Antiohon. In heaven, &c., (Third
angels and men in a wonderful order, Antiohon at Lauds.)
mercifully grant that as Thine holy
angels alway do Thee service in
Chapter. (Apoc. v. ll.)
heaven, so, by Thine appointment,
they may suffer and defend us on I HEARD the voice of many Angels
earth. Through our Lord JESUS round about the throne, and the
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and living creatures, and the elders; and
reigneth with Thee, in the unity the number of them was thousands of
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world thousands, saying with a loud voice :
without end. Amen. Salvation unto our God
1 Zac. iv. 1.
ALL THE HOLY APOSTLES. 847
Short Responsory. Antzlohon at the Song of the Blessed
Virgin. Holy Angels who stand ever
The smoke of the incense ascended
before God in heaven, shield us in
up before the Lord.
he battle, that we perish not in the
Answer. The smoke of the incense
awful judgment.
ascended up before the Lord.
Verse. Out of the Angel’s hand.
Answer. Before the Lord.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, was: in Shonuur of all
and to the Son, and to the Holy the Shulg $pnstles, fur
Ghost.
Answer. The smoke of the incense Eueshags.
ascended up before the Lord.
Verse. Before the angels will I Semi-double.
The Ofliee is the Common Ofiice for
Apostles, (f. 346,) with the following
dzfierenees.
Name.
The Common Commemoration of
NONE. SS. Peter and Paul is omitted.
Antzlohon. 0 ye angels and arch
angels, &c. (Fzfih Antiphon at Prayer throughout.
Lands.)
0 GOD, Who didst will that Thy
Chapter as at the end of Prime. blessed Apostles should be the
means whereby Thou hast brought us
Short Responsory. to know Thy Name, grant unto us
the grace to celebrate unto our profit
Before the angels will I sing praise
their everlasting glory. Through our
unto Thee, O my God.
Answer. Before the angels will I
Verse.. I will worship toward Thine
holy Temple, and praise Thy Name.
Answer. 0 my God. The Lessons of the First Noeturn
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and are from Scripture according to the
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Season.
Answer. Before the angels will I 0
sing praise unto Thee, O my God. SECOND NOCTURN.
Verse. Worship God.
Answer. All ye his angels. Fourth Lesson.

SECOND VESPERS.
of St Austin, Bishop [of Hippo.]
Antifihons, Chapter, Verse and An (43rd on the Saints.)
swer, and Prayerfrom Lauds.
THEY are the light of the world,
Psalms of Sunday, except the last, because they were the means
which is Ps. cxxxvii., I will praise whereby the Lord was first pleased
Thee, &c., (p. 197.) to give unto this world the light of
Hymn from Mattins. faith and true knowledge, and to
deliver the nations and peoples from Sixth Lesson.

the darkness of ignorance and sin.
THEY therefore are our princes,
They are the salt of the earth, for
princes made most perfect in
they were the means whereby they
love for God, and filled with love for
that dwell upon the earth have
their neighbour. Whence they were
tasted the savour of life eternal,
able to overcome the onset of the
that they might be preserved from
world and to conquer that bloody age,
the looseness of the flesh and the
because they loved nothing in any
corruption of sin and weakness.
thing except the will of God. Even
They are they of whom John saith
so, brethren, let us love to do the will
in his revelation (xxi. 14, 19) that
of God in all things, to love our
the wall of the heavenly city had
Maker in Himself, and the things
twelve foundations, garnished with
which He has made for their Maker’s
all manner of precious stones, and
sake, and so shall our love be well
in them the names of the twelve
ordered. “ For God is love ” (1 John
Apostles of the Lamb, for their
iv. 8,) and he that loveth with this
preaching was the mean whereby
love loveth God; and if we thus love,
God was pleased to lay the found
God Himself loveth us, and the Holy
ations of the Church, whence also
Apostles that are to judge us love us,
Paul saith (Eph. ii. 19): “Ye are
and pray for us, that at Christ’s gen
no more strangers and foreigners,
eral judgment we may be crowned
but fellow-citizens with the Saints,
along with them for ever.
and of the household of God, and
are built upon the foundation of
the Apostles and Prophets, JESUS THIRD NOCTURN.
Christ Himself being the chief Seventh Lesson.
corner-stone.”
Gospel according to Matth. (xix.
Fzft/z Lesson. 27.)
DEARLY beloved brethren, when T that time: Peter said unto
we call these things to mind, JESUS: Behold, we have for
let us strive to put in practice what saken all and followed Thee; what
these great leaders havetaught and shall we have, therefore? And so on.
commanded us. Let us learn by
tlLeiL example to egéeTif‘fig'finy the, Poitiers.] (Comment. on Matth. xx.)
righespf the world, to love not the
pleasuresbf this life, to_ desire the It is written that Peter answered
kingdom of heaven, to put Christ and said unto the Lord, “Behold,
before all things, and to 'obey His we have forsaken all and followed
cQmtnandmsnts 1.13-4.1! things, to 10W Thee; what shall we have, there
the povertywofwthings present, to fore? and JESUS said unto them:
pile up riches by grace, to choose Amen, I say unto you, that ye
the treasure of wisdom, to seek which have followed Me, in the
the gladness regeneration when the Son of Man
noMman, butof to
the love
spirit, allto men,
envy
shall sit in the throne of His glory,
even our friends in God, and our ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones
enemies for God, for this only is judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
love in truth. And everyone that hath forsaken
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houses, or brethren, or sisters, or save by faith, to regenerate by

father, or mother, or wife, or child water, to conquer by the cross, to
ren, or land for My Name’s sake, make children of adoption by the
shall receive an hundredfold, and Gospel, to quicken the dead by resur
shall inherit everlasting life ; but many rection? When the Apostles heard
that are first shall be last, and the these things they believed them forth
last shall be first." There are many with, and they profess that they
reasons which forbid us to place upon have left all things, and this their
these words of the Gospel a literal obedience the Lord doth forthwith
interpretation. reward, while He solveth all the diffi
culty of the question above by say
ing, “Ye which have followed Me,
Ezlghth Lesson.
in the regeneration when the Son
WE are admonished by the intro of Man shall sit in the throne of
duction of some things which, His glory, ye also shall sit upon
according to human sense, are self twelve thrones, judging the twelve
contradictory, to seek for an heavenly tribes of Israel.” This is that re
sense. The Apostles say that they generation which the Apostles have
have forsaken all things, and yet that, obtained, which the law could not
so far from forsaking Christ, they give, and which, by seating them
have actually followed Him. Christ upon twelve thrones to judge the
had said (i. iv.): “It is easier for a twelve tribes of Israel, has made
camel to go through the eye of a them sharers in the glory of the
needle than for a rich man to enter twelve patriarchs.
into the kingdom of God,” and “When
His disciples heard it they were ex
ceedingly amazed, saying, Who then @t'fitz in Shamans at St 35052111],
can be saved?” Why should they
be exceedingly amazed? saying, “Who
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then can be saved,” seeing that they gin Mary, anti iBatrtm cf
themselves had forsaken all things;
and what they had done, others could
the Qliatljulit Qtburti].
do. It is written also, “But JESUS Semi-double.
beheld them, and said unto them:
With men this is impossible, but with All from the Common Ofiz'ee for a
God all things are possible.” How Feast of a Confessor not a Bishop,
can it be said that with men this is except the following.
impossible, when it was the very
thing which the Apostles themselves FIRST VESPERS.
boasted of having done, and which
Antzlfihons, Chapter, and Prayer
the Lord Himself acknowledged that
from Lands.
they had done?
IYymn.1
Ninth Lesson. OSEPH! to thee by hosts on high
And choirs of Christians, laud be
LL this discourse is to be in paid !—
terpreted spiritually. What is Saintly of life,—by purest tie
more possible with God than to Joined unto her, the glorious Maid.
1 Hymn of the sixteenth century; translation by the Rev. Dr Littledale.
When thou didst doubt thy wife’s repute, of David, which is called Bethlehem,
And mark her great with Sacred Load, to be enrolled with Mary.
The angel taught thee that her Fruit Seeond Antzzolwn. The shepherds
Came from the Holy Ghost of God.
came with haste, * and found Mary
and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a
To clasp the Son, thy Lord, was thine,—
To share His flight to Egypt's shore,—
manger.
\Vith tears, to seek in Salem’s Shrine Third Antzlohon. Behold, the Angel
Him lost,—with joy, to find once more. of the Lord appeared to Joseph * in
a dream, saying: Arise, and take the
Death brings to other saints their rest; young Child and His Mother, and flee
Through toil they win the victor’s place ;— into Egypt.
Thou happier, like the angels blest, Verse. 31 will give praise unto
Alive, hast seen God Face to face. Thy Name—
Answer. For Thou hast been mine
Spare us, 0 Trinity Most High!
Helper and Defender.
Grant that, with Joseph, we may gain
Thy starry realm, and ceaselessly
There raise to Thee our thankful strain. The Lessons are taken from Scrip
Amen. ture aceording to the Season, with the
following Responsories.
Verse. 1 He made him lord of His
house.
Answer. And ruler of all His sub First Responsory.
stance.
Antiphon at the Songr of the Blessed 4 The people cried to Pharaoh 5 for
bread: and he answered them: Go
Virgin. 2 When as Mary, the Mother
unto Joseph.
of JESUS, was espoused to Joseph,
Verse. 6 The saving of our lives is
before they came together, she
in thy hand; only let us find grace
was found with child of the Holy
in thy sight, and we will gladly be
Ghost.
Pharaoh’s servants.
The Common Conmzemoration of St Answer. And he answered them:
joseph is omitted. Go unto Joseph.
MATTINS. Setond Resfionsory.

lnw'tatory. In worshipful remem
7 God hath made me as a father to
brance of our blessed Defender Joseph,
Pharaoh, and lord of all his house.
* let us praise our God.
He hath made me great, to save much
lr’ymn as at First Vespers. people alive.
Verse. 8 Come unto me, and I will
give you all the good of the land of
FIRST NOCTURN.
Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the
First Antiphon. Joseph went up land.
from Galilee, * out of the city of Answer. He hath made me great,
Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city to save much people alive.
1 Ps. civ. 2:. 2 Matth. i. 18. 3 Ecclus. Ii. 1, 2. 4 Gen. xli. 55.
5 Rex, “the king,” according to Gesenius, a simple translation of the Egyptian word; but
the translator has thought it best to give the foreign word, as it stands in the Hebrew and in
the Vulgate.
6 Gen. xlvii. 25. 7 Gen. xlv. 8; 1. 20. 5 Gen. xlv. 18.
Third Responsory. to a man whose name was Joseph.

He calleth him a man not because
1Now shall I die happy, since I he was a husband, but by a title
have seen thy face, and do leave thee
of excellency; or rather because, as
behind me. I am not disappointed of
another Evangelist hath it, he was
seeing thee. The Lord hath showed
not simply a man, but was rightly
me also thy seed.
called her husband, as he was neces
Verse. 2He That hath fed me
sarily supposed so to be. He was
from my youth up, bless the lads, and
thus called her husband because he
let my name be named on them.
must needs have been so supposed to
Answer. The Lord hath showed
be, as also he was deemed meet not
me also thy seed.
in deed to be, but to be called, the
father of the Saviour, since he was
supposed so to be, as saith this same
Answer. The Lord hath showed
Evangelist: “And JESUS Himself be
me also thy seed.
gan to be about thirty years of age,
being (as was supposed) the son of
SECOND NOCTURN.
Joseph.”
First Antiphon. Joseph arose, and
Fourth Responsory.
took the young Child and His Mother
by night, and departed into Egypt; 4Thou hast given me the shield of
and was there until the death of Thy salvation, and Thy right hand
Herod. hath holden me up. My buckler,
Second Antifihon. When Herod and the horn of my salvation, and
was dead, an Angel of the Lord my refuge.
appeared in a dream to Joseph in Verse. 5I am thy shield and thy
Egypt, saying: Arise, and take the exceeding great reward.
young Child and His Mother, and Answer. My buckler, and the
go into the land of Israel: for they horn of my salvation, and my re
are dead which sought the young fuge.
Child’s life.
Fifth Lesson.
Third Antiphon. Joseph took the
young Child and His Mother, and WE cannot doubt but that a good
came into the land of Israel. and faithful man was Joseph,
Verse. 3 Look down from heaven, unto whom was espoused the Mother
and behold, and visit this vine— of the Saviour. He was a faithful
Answer. And protect that [Thy and wise servant whom the Lord
right hand hath planted] set up for the comfort of His own
Mother, the fosterage of His own
Fourth Lesson. flesh, and then a faithful helper
Whom His own great counsel formed
upon earth. In addition thereto it
of St Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux.] is said that he was of the house of
(and upon Luke i. 26.)
David. He was indeed of the house
MARY was espoused to Joseph, or, of David. This man Joseph was
as it would be better to express indeed of kingly race, noble by birth,
it in the very words of the Evangelist, but nobler in heart, he was indeed
1 Cf. Gen. xlvi. 30; xlviii. u. 9 Gen. xlviii. 15, r6.
3 Ps. lxxix. 15, 16. ‘ Ps. xvii. 36, 3. ° Gen. xv. I.
a son of David, and no unworthy one who was so. Both, therefore,
descendant of David his father. He were of the house of David, but in
was indeed a son of David, not in her was fulfilled that which the Lord
the flesh only, but by loyalty and had sworn in truth unto David,
holiness and earnestness. One of (Ps. cxxxi. 11,) saying, “Of the fruit
whom the Lord might have given of thy body will I set upon My
testimony, and said, “I have found throne,” while Joseph stood by the
David the son of Jesse a man after conscious witness of the fulfilment
mine own heart, which shall fulfil all of the promise.
My will ” (Acts xiii. 22.) A man
who could say, like David, “The Sixth Responsory.
hidden secrets of Thy wisdom Thou
5Though an host should encamp
hast made manifest unto me “ (Ps.
against me, my heart shall not fear.
l. 7.) A man who was made “a
Though war should rise against me,
minister according to the dispensa
in this will I be confident.
tion of God . . . to fulfil the word
Verse. 6My praise shall be con
of God, even the mystery which hath
tinually of Thee, for Thou art my
been hid for ages and for genera
strong refuge.
tions, but now is made manifest to
Answer. Though war should rise
His saints” (Col. i. 26.)
against me, in this will I be confi
dent.
Fifth Responsory. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
1He shall set his children under to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
her2 shelter, and shall lodge under Answer. Though war should rise
her branches: by her shall he be against me, in this will I be confi
covered from heat, and in her glory dent.
shall he dwell. THIRD NOCTURN.
Verse. 3Trust in Him,4 ye con
First Antiphon. When Joseph
gregation of the people, pour out
heard that Archelaus did reign in
your heart before Him.
Judea in the room of his father Herod,
Answer. And in her glory shall
he was afraid to go thither.
he dwell. Setond Antzlflhon. Joseph being
warned of God in a dream turned
Sixth Lesson.
aside into the parts of Galilee, and
UNTO Joseph it was given not he came and dwelt in a city called
only to see and to hear that Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled
which many prophets and kings had which was spoken by the prophets:
desired to see and had not seen, He shall be called a Nazarene.
and to hear and had not heard, (Luke Third Antiphon. The Father and
x. 24,) but even to carry this, to lead Mother of JESUS marvelled at those
it, to embrace it, to kiss it, to feed it, things which were spoken of Him,
and to keep it. We must, however, and Simeon blessed them.
believe that Mary as well as Joseph Verse. 71 called upon the Lord,
was of the house and lineage of the Father of my Lord
David, since if she had not so been Answer. That He would not leave
she would not have been espoused to me in the days of my trouble.
1 Ecclus. xiv. 26, 27. 2 I.e., Wisdom's. 3 Ps. lxi. 9. 4 I.e., in God—see context.
-" Ps. xxvi. 3. 5 Ps. lxx. 6, 7. 7 Ecclus. li. 14.
Seventh Lesson. Seventh Responsory.

The Lesson is taken from the Holy 1Joseph, thou son of David, fear
Gospel according to Luke (iii. 21.) not to take unto thee Mary thy wife ;
AT that time: When all the people for That Which is conceived in her
were baptized, it came to pass, is of the Holy Ghost: and she shall
that JESUS also being baptized and bring forth a Son ; and thou shalt call
praying, the heaven was opened. His Name JESUS.
And so on. Verse. For He shall save His
people from their sins.
Homily by St Augustine, Bishop Answer. And thou shalt call His
[of Hippo] (Against Faustus, xxiii. Name JESUS.
7. 8-)
From heaven, over the Jordan, Eighth Lesson.
“The Holy Ghost descended in a AD it been useless for us to be
bodily shape like a dove upon Him, lieve this, the aforenamed
and a voice came from heaven which Apostle would not have been so
said, Thou art My beloved Son, in careful to remind Timothy to (2 Tim.
Thee I am well pleased." Thus also ii. 8) “remember that JESUS Christ
upon the high mountain, “Behold a of the seed of David was raised from
bright cloud overshadowed Him, and the dead according to my gospel.”
behold a voice out of the cloud which The question now ariseth before the
said, This is My beloved Son, in reader of the Holy Gospel, where
whom I am well pleased; hear ye fore since he doth us to wit that
Him” (Matth. xvii. 5.) And He Christ was born of the Virgin without
over Whom these voices sounded any coition with Joseph, this Christ
from heaven was the Son of God is, nevertheless, called the Son of
before ever they were uttered, for David, although the pedigree for
He was He “Who albeit in the David given by the Evangelist
womb of the Virgin He took upon Matthew is not that of Mary but
Him the form of a servant, and that of Joseph. The first reason is
was made in the likeness of men,” that in order of sex the husband is
was the same “Who, being in the named before the wife, and that he
form of God, thought it not robbery is not the less called husband because
to be equal with God” (Phil. ii. 7, 6.) he knew her not, since this same
Whence also the same Apostle Paul Matthew when he saith (i. 20) that
saith plainly in another place, (Gal. That Which was conceived in her was
iv. 4, 5,) that, “When the fulness of the Holy Ghost, expressly giveth
of the time was come, God sent forth to Joseph (19) the title of “her
His Son, made of a woman, made husband.” .
under the law, to redeem them that
were under the law, that we might Eighth Resfionsory.
receive the adoption of sons.” He
is the Son of God who is the 2Arise, and take the young Child,
Lord of David, as touching His and His Mother, and flee into Egypt;
Godhead, and is yet as touching and be thou there until I bring thee
His flesh the Son of David begotten word.
of David’s seed. Verse. That it might be fulfilled
1 Matth. i. 20, 21. 2 Matth. ii. 13, 15.
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which was spoken of the Lord by city of Nazareth, unto Judea, unto
the Prophets, saying: Out of Egypt the city of David, which is called
have I called my Son. Bethlehem.
Answer. And be thou there until Fourth A ntiphon. 4 And they came
I bring thee word. with haste, * and found Mary and
Verse. Glory be to the Father, Joseph, and the Babe lying in a
and to the Son, and to the Holy manger.
Ghost. Fifth Antiphon. 5And JESUS Him
Answer. And be thou there until self began to be about thirty years
I bring thee word. of age, being (as was supposed) the
Son of Joseph.
[Vinth Lesson.
Chapter. (Gen. xlix. 26.)
HIS one and the same Matthew
therefore saith that Joseph was THE blessings of thy father have
the husband of Mary, that the Mother been strengthened by the bless
of Christ was a virgin, that Christ ings of his progenitors, until the
was of the seed of David, and that Desire of the everlasting hills come;
Joseph was in the pedigree of Christ let them be on the head of Joseph,
from David. The only conclusion is and on the crown of him that was a
that Mary herself was of the lineage Nazarite6 from his brethren.
of David, and that she was called
the wife of Joseph in order of enum 156mm.7
eration of sex, and on account of OY of the Saints! who didst uphold
their union of soul, and that Joseph Our life’s sure Hope, the world's one
is included in the pedigree as her hus Stay,—
band, lest it might otherwise seem as Joseph! as now thy praise is told,
if he were parted from a wife to whom Hearken to us in love to-day.
he was bound by oneness of heart.
The great Creator made it thine
The bfymn, “We praise Thee, O To be the spouse of purest Maid,
God, &c.,” is said. And father of the Word Divine
In name—salvation's work to aid.
LAUDS. Thou seest with joy in manger lie

The Saviour sung by seers of yore,
First A ntz'phon. 1 And Jacob begat And Him, the Son of God Most High,
Joseph, * the husband of Mary, of In lowliness thou didst adore.
whom was born JESUS, Who is called
Christ. The King of kings, the Lord of all,
Second Antzlfihon. 2The Angel The God Whom heaven in awe attends,
Gabriel * was sent from God, unto Whose nod makes trembling demons fall,
a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To thee in meek submission bends.
to a Virgin espoused to a man whose
To God Most High, the Three in One,
name was Joseph. Be praise, Who gave such grace to thee,
Third Antiphon. 3 And Joseph also He make us win what thou hast won,
went up * from Galilee, out of the The joys of life eternally. Amen.
1 Matth. i. 16. 9 Luke i. 26, 27. 3 Luke ii. 4. ‘ Luke ii. 16. 5 Luke iii. 23.
6 “Separate,” i.e., as sold away from them. Perhaps allusion is also made to the previous
estrangement.
7 Hymn of the sixteenth century or later; translation by the Rev. Dr Littledale.
Verse. 1Thou hast given me the Verse. And ruler of all His sub
shield of Thy salvation. stance.
Answer. And Thy right hand hath Answer. Lord of His house.
holden me up. Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Antz'phon at the Song of Zacharias. and to the Son, and to the Holy
2Joseph, thou son of David, fear not Ghost.
to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for Answer. He made him lord of
That Which is conceived in her is of His house.
the Holy Ghost. Verse. I will give praise unto Thy
Name—
Prayer throughout the Ofliee. Answer. For Thou hast been mine
Helper and Defender.
O GOD, Who in Thine unspeak
able foreknowledge didst choose
SEXT.
Thy blessed servant Joseph to be the
husband of Thine Own most holy Antzphon. And Joseph also, &c.,
Mother; mercifully grant that now (Third A ntz'phon at Lauds.)
that he is in heaven with Thee, we
who on earth do reverence him for Chapter. (Gen. xlix. 25.)
our defender, may worthily be holpen
by the succour of his prayers to HE God of thy father shall
Thee on our behalf; Who livest and help thee, and the Almighty
reignest with God the Father, in shall bless thee with blessings of
the unity of the Holy Ghost, one heaven above.
God, world without end. Amen.
The Common Commemoration of St Short Regionsory.
joseph is omitted. I will give praise unto Thy Name.
Answer. I will give praise unto
PRIME.
Thy Name.
Antiphon. And Jacob, &c., (First Verse. For thou hast been mine
Antiphon at Lands.) Helper and Defender.
Answer. Praise unto Thy Name.
Chapter at the end. (Gen. xlix. 22.) Verse. Glory be to the Father,
OSEPH is a fruitful bough, a and to the Son, and to the Holy
fruitful bough and comely to look Ghost. '
upon, whose branches run over the Answer. I will give praise unto
wall. Thy Name.
Verse. The righteous shall grow as
TERCE.
the lily.
Antz'phon. The Angel Gabriel, &c., Answer. Yea, he shall flourish for
(Seeond A ntzlnhon at Lauds.) ever in the presence of the Lord.
Chapter from Lands.
NONE.
Short Responsory.
Antzlfihon. And JESUS Himself,
He made him lord of His house. &c., (Fz_'fth Antzphon at Laudr.)
Answer. He made him 10rd of
His house. Chapter as at the end of Prime.
1 Ps. xvii. 36. 2 Matth. i. 20.
Short Resfianswy. after the order of Melchisedec, hath

offered bread and wine.
The righteous shall grow as the Second Antiphon. He hath made
lily. His wonderful works to be re
Answer. The righteous shall grow membered; * the LORD is [gracious
as the lily. and] full of compassion. He hath
Verse. Yea, he shall flourish for given meat unto them that fear Him.
ever in the presence of the Lord. Third Anliphon. I will take the
Answer. As the lily. cup of salvation, * and ofi'er the
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Answer. The righteous shall grow Ps. cxv. I believed, therefore have
as the lily. I spoken, &c., (p. 185.)
Verse. 1 Planted in the house of Fourth Antz'phon. Let the child
the LORD. ren of the Church be like olive-plants
Answer. In the courts of the house * round about the table of the Lord.
of our God.
Ps. cxxvii. Blessed is every one,
SECOND VESPERS. &c., (p. 191.)
All as at First Vespers, except the

Fifth Antz'phon. The Lord, That
maketh peace in the borders of the
fallowing: Church', * filleth her with the finest
Verse. 2I sat under His shadow in of the wheat.
Whom I delighted. LORD, O
Answer. And His fruit was sweet Ps. cxlvii. Praise the
Jerusalem, &c., (p. 203.)
to my taste.
Virgin. 3Son, why hast Thou thus Hymns"
dealt with us? Behold, Thy father OF the glorious Body telling,
and I have sought Thee sorrowing. O my tongue, Its mystery sing;
And the Blood, all price excelling,
Which for this world's ransoming
In a noble womb once dwelling
491m: in 3901mm of the finest He shed forth, the Gentiles’ King.
ahulg satrammt at the gltar, Given for us, for us descending
fur flhutshags. Of a Virgin to proceed,
Man with man in converse blending
Semi-dauble. Scattered He the Gospel seed:
Till His sojourn drew to ending
All as on Sundays exeept the fizl Which He closed in wondrous deed.
lowing.
At the Last Great Supper seated,
FIRST VESPERS. Circled by His brethren's band,
Chapter and Prayerfrom Lauds. All the Law required, completed,
In the Feast its statutes planned,
First Antiphon. 4 Christ the Lord, To the twelve Himself He meted
being made an High Priest for ever * For their Food, with His own Hand.
1 Ps. xci. I4. 2 Cant. ii. 3. 3 Luke ii. 48. ‘ Heb. vi. 20; Gen. xiv. 18.
St Thomas Aquinas; translation by the late Dr Neale, (two words altered,
1‘ Hymn by
“noble” for “generous,” as a translation of “generosi” in the Ist, and “for” for “ in"
in the 4th.)
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Word made Flesh, by word He maketh [SQ/Inn.3
Very bread His Flesh to he;
Man for wine Christ’s Blood partaketh; LET old things pass away;
And if senses fail to see, Let all be fresh and bright;
Faith alone the true heart waketh And welcome we with hearts renewed
To behold the Mystery. This Feast of new delight.
Therefore, we, before It bending, Upon this hallowed eve,

This great Sacrament adore: Christ with His brethren ate,
Types and shadows have their ending Obedient to the olden Law,
In the new rite evermore: The Pasch before Him set.
Faith, our outward sense amending,
Maketh good defects before. Which done,—-Himself entire,
The True Incarnate God,
Honour, laud, and praise addressing Alike on each, alike on all,
To the Father and the Son, His sacred Hands bestowed.
Might ascribe we, virtue, blessing,
And eternal benison: He gave His Flesh; He gave
Holy Ghost, from Both progressing, His Precious Blood; and said:
Equal laud to Thee be done. Amen. “Receive and drink ye all of This
For your salvation shed."
Verse. 1 Thou didst send them
from heaven— Thus did the Lord appoint
Answer. Bread able to content This Sacrifice sublime,
every man’s delight. 0 And made His Priests the ministers
Through all the bounds of time.
Vz'rgin. 2 O Lord, how kindly is Thy Farewell to types! henceforth
Spirit! * even Thine, Whose sus We feed on Angels’ Food;
tenance declared Thy sweetness unto The slave—O, wonder l—eats the Flesh
Thy children when Thou didst send Of his Incarnate God !
them from heaven bread tempering
O Blessed Three in One!
itself to every man’s liking, 0 Thou, Visit our hearts, we pray,
Who hast filled the hungry with good And lead us on through Thine own paths
things, and the rich, that are proud To Thy eternal day. Amen.
in the imagination of their hearts,
Thou hast sent empty away.
FIRST NOCTURN.
At Compline and every other Ofiiee
the last verse of the Hymn is altered First A ntzphon. The Lord brought
in honour of the Incarnation, except forth His fruit in the season of His
ing only the three [{ymns proper to death, * even that fruit whereof if
the Feast. any man eat, he shall live for ever.4
MATTINS. Ps. i. Blessed is the man, &c.,
Inoitatory. 0 come, and let us

(e- 4-)
worship Christ, Second Antzlohon. His faithful ones
Of all the nations Lord, * which are increased by the fruit of
Who doth, to them that feed on His corn and His wine * do lay
Him, them down in peace and sleep in
The Bread of Life afford. Christ.
1 Wisd. xvi. 20. 2 Wisd. xii. r ; xvi. 21.
3 Hymn by St Thomas Aquinas ; translation by the Rev. E. Caswall. 4 John v1. 5t.
Ps. iv. When I called, &c., ([5. Third Responsory.

206.)
7Elijah looked, and, behold, there
Third Antiphon. 1 Us, being many, was a cake baken on the coals at his
hath the Lord made one body, * for head, and he arose, and did eat and
we are all partakers of that one drink; and went in the strength of
cup, which is not the communion that meat [forty days and forty nights]
of the blood of bulls, but of God unto the mount of God.
Himself. Verse. 81f any man eat of this
Bread, he shall live for ever.
Ps. xv. Preserve me, O Lord, &c., Answer. And went in the strength
(p. 12.) of that meat [forty days and forty
Verse. 2 He gave them of the nights] unto the mount of God.
bread of heaven— Verse. Glory be to the Father,
Answer. Man did eat Angels’ and to the Son, and to the Holy
bread. Ghost.
Answer. And went in the strength
The Lessons are taken from Scrip of that meat [forty days and forty
ture awarding to the Season, with the nights] unto the mount of God.
following Responsories.
SECOND NOCTURN.
First Responsory. 0
First Antiohon. The Lord re

3 The whole assembly of the child member our offering, * and accept
ren of Israel shall kill the lamb our burnt-sacrifice.
toward the evening of the Passover.
And they shall eat the flesh, and un Ps. xix. The LORD hear thee, &c.,
leavened bread. (p. 18.)
Verse. 4 Even Christ our Passover
Second Antzlohon. The Lord pre
is sacrificed for us; therefore let us
pareth His Table before us * in the
keep the feast with the unleavened
presence of our enemies.
bread of sincerity and truth.
Answer. And they shall eat the Ps. xxii. The LORD is my Shep
flesh, and unleavened bread. herd, &c., (,0. 47.)
Third Antiphon. Let them that
Seeond Responsory. keep holiday around the table of the
5Ye shall eat flesh, and shall be Lord * make the voice of joy and
filled with bread. * This is the bread praise to be heard [in the house of
which the LORD hath given you to God.]
eat. Ps. xli. As the hart pa'nteth, &c.,
Verse. 6 Moses gave you not that
Bread from heaven, but My Father (t- 95-)
giveth you the true Bread from Verse. 9 He fed them with the finest
heaven. of the wheat—
Answer. This is the bread which Answer. And with honey out of
the LORD hath given you to eat. the Rock did He satisfy them.
1 I Cor. x. 17; Heb. ix. 13, I4. 2 Ps. lxxvii. 24, 25. 3 Exod. xii. 6, 8.
4 I Cor. v. 7, 8. 5 Exod. xvi. 12, I5. 5 John vi. 32.
7 3(1) Kings xix. 6, 8. 9 John vi. 5!. 9 Ps. lxxx. r7.
Fourth Lesson. THE teaching of the blessed Paul
seemeth of itself enough in
(In Septemher and October.)
struction for you concerning those
The Lesson is taken from the Book Divine Mysteries, whereof, if ye be
upon the Sacraments, written by made worthy, ye become therein, so
St Ambrose,1 Bishop [of Milan.] to speak, of one Body and of one
(Bk. iv. ch. 4.) Blood with Christ. Paul saith that
our Lord JESUS Christ, “the same
HO invented the Sacraments but
night in which He was betrayed, took
the Lord JESUS? The Sacra
bread; and, when He had given
ments came down from heaven, for
thanks, He brake it, and gave it unto
all counsel is from heaven. Never
His disciples, saying: Take, eat;
theless, it was a great and wonderful
this is My Body. . . . After the same
work of God when He rained down
manner also He took the cup,” and
manna upon His people, and the
gave thanks, “and said : "—Take this
people laboured not, and yet were fed.
and drink it; this is My Blood.
Perchance, thou sayest: Here, it is
Since therefore it is He Who hath
my bread which is used. But that
definitely stated and said, touching
bread is bread only till the Sacra
that Bread: “This is My Body”—
mental words are spoken; at the
who will dare any longer to doubt
Consecration, instead of bread, there
that It is so? And since it is He
cometh to be the Body of Christ.
again that hath absolutely affirmed
This therefore let -us establish. How
and said, touching that cup: “This
cometh it that that which was bread
is My Blood "—who is he that will
becometh the Body of Christ?
doubt any longer, or say that It is
Through the Consecration. And in
not His Blood.
what words, and in Whose language
doth the Consecration take place?
In those of the Lord JESUS. All Fourth Responsory.
the other things which are said [in “As they were eating, JESUS took
the Liturgy], the ascription of praise bread, and blest it, and brake it, and
to God [in the Preface], the prayer gave it to the disciples, and said:
for the people, for kings, and for Take, eat; this is My Body.
others which formeth the first part Verse. ‘1 The men of my tabernacle
[of the Canon, these are put in the said: O that we had of his flesh!
mouth of the Priest.] But when that we cannot be satisfied.
point is reached when this worshipful Answer. Take, eat; this is My
Sacrament is to be censecrated, then Body.
the Priest useth no more his own
Fifth Lesson.
words, but Christ’s.
(In September and October.)
(In Nov/ember.) [The Book upon the Sacraments, by
St Ambrose—continued.]
mons of the Blessed Patriarch of IT is the word of Christ, therefore,
Jerusalem, Cyril.2 (Catechetical which doth the needful work in
Lectures, 4.) this Sacrament. And what is the
1 Pseudo-Ambrose.
'-‘ Elected AD. 350. Suffered much persecution from the Arians, and died March :8, 386.
3 Matth. xxvi. 26. 4 Job xxxi. 31.
word of Christ? It is the word of with weaker faith that they are in
Him at Whose bidding all things deed His Body and His Blood?
were made. The Lord commanded, Under the appearance of bread He
and the heavens were created; the giveth unto us His Body, and, under
Lord commanded, and the earth was the appearance of wine, His Blood:
formed; the Lord commanded, and and when thou shalt come to receive,
the seas were made; the Lord com it is on the Body and Blood of Christ
manded, and all creatures sprang into that thou wilt feed, being made a
being. Thou seest, then, how mightily partaker of His Body and of His
working a word is the word of Christ. Blood. Thus indeed it is that we
If then the word of Christ hath such become Christ-bearers,1 namely, by
power that it can make that to be carrying about Christ in our bodies,
which hath never been, wherein doth when we receive His Body and Blood
it appear greater that it maketh one into our own frames. Thus, as the
thing to be changed into Another? blessed Peter hath it, we are “par
There was once no heaven; there takers of the Divine nature.” (2 Pet.
was once no sea; there was once no i. 4.)
earth. But hear him who saith :— Fifth Responsory.
“He spake, and it was done; He
commanded, and it stood fast.” (Ps. 2 JESUS took the cup, after supper,
xxxii. 9.) If, then, I am to answer saying: This cup is the New Testa
thee, I tell thee that before the Con ment in My Blood._ This do in re
secration it is not the Body of Christ, membrance of Me.
but after the Consecration it is the Verse. My soul hath them a still in
Body of Christ, for Himself “hath remembrance, and is humbled in me.
spoken, and it is done ; He hath com Answer. This do in remembrance
manded, and it standeth fast.” of Me.
Sixth Lesson.
(In November.)
(In September and Oetoher.)
[The fourth Catechetical Lecture, by
the Blessed Cyril—continued] [The Book upon the Sacraments, by
St Ambrose—continued]
AT the beginning of His ministry,
at Cana in Galilee, the Lord AND now I come back to my text.
turned water into wine, a thing which It is indeed a great and wor
hath some qualities in common with shipful fact that manna was rained
blood; and shall we deem Him less down upon the Jews; but, think thou,
worthy that we should believe Him, which was the more great and wor
when He turneth wine into Blood? shipful, the manna from heaven, or
When He was bidden to that marriage the Body of Christ—the Body of that
wherein twain were made one flesh, Same Christ by Whom the heavens
He did the beginning of His miracles were made? And, again; the fathers
to the amazement of all men; and “did eat manna, and are dead; he
shall we less surely hold that He hath that eateth of this Bread,” (John vi.
given us His Body and Blood to be 58,) It is unto him “the remission
our meat and drink, or'take them of sins,” (Matth. xxvi. 28,) and “he
! Christiferi. 2 Luke xxii. 20, :9.
3 Viz., the affliction and the misery, the wormwood and the gall. See context in
Lam. iii. 20.
shall never die.” (John xi. 26.) Sixth Responsory.

1Therefore it is not idly that, when
2I am that Bread of life. Your
thou art a-receiving, thou sayest:—
fathers did eat manna in the wilder
“Amen”-_testifying in thine heart
ness, and are dead. This is the
that That Which thou art taking is
Bread Which cometh down from
the Body of Christ. The Priest saith
heaven, that a man may eat thereof,
unto thee :—“The Body of Christ!” and not die.
—and thou answerest :-—“ Amen "—
Verse. I am the living Bread
that is to say :—“ It is true.” What
Which came down from heaven; if
then thy tongue confesseth, let thine
any man eat of this Bread, he shall
heart hold to.
live for ever.
(In November.) Answer. This is the Bread Which
cometh down from heaven, that a
[The fourth Catechetical Lecture, by man may eat thereof, and not die.
the Blessed Cyril—continued. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
HRIST once said, in conversing to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
with the Jews: “Except ye Answer. This is the Bread Which
eat the Flesh of the Son of Man, and cometh down from heaven, that a
drink His Blood, ye have no life in man may eat thereof, and not die.
you.” (John vi. 53.) But they took
not spiritually that which He said, THIRD NOCTURN.
and “from that time many of His
First Antiphon. I‘ will go unto the
disciples went back, and walked no
Altar of God ; * I will feed on Christ,
more with Him.” (66.) They thought
Which is the Renewer of my youth.
that He had bidden them to eat flesh.
The Old Testament also had Shew Ps. xlii. Judge me, O God, &c.,
bread, but this Old Testament bread (e. 105-)
was now to have an end. The bread Second Antzphon. The Lord hath
of the New Testament is “the Bread fed us * with the finest of the wheat,
Which cometh down from heaven ” and with honey out of the Rock 3 hath
(50), the cup of the New Testament, He satisfied us.
the Cup of Salvation, that Bread and
that Cup Which hallow both souls Ps. lxxx. Sing aloud unto God, &c.,
and bodies. Wherefore I will have (p. 140.)
thee to understand that the Bread Third Antzphon. It is at Thine
and Wine whereunto thou art to come, Altar, O Lord, * that we do feed on
are not mere common bread or mere Christ, for Whom our heart and our
common wine; for they are the Body flesh crieth out.
and the Blood of Christ. Even if thy
senses do indeed deny this fact, yet Ps. lxxxiii. l-Iow lovely are Thy
let faith make thee right sure of it. tabernacles, &c., (p. 142.)
Judge not the Thing by the taste Verse. 4Thou bringest forth food
thereof, but let faith assure thee be out of the earth!
yond all doubt thou art partaking of Answer. And wine that maketh
the Body and Blood of Christ. glad the heart of man.
1 The next words relate to the form of words used in administering the Holy Communion
where and when the writer lived. The translator believes it to be the same still in use in
Abyssinia.
2 John vi. 48-51. 3 I Cor. x. 4. 4 Ps. ciii. 14, 15.
Seventh Lesson. a man take two pieces of wax and

melt them, and pour the one into the
(In September and Octooer.) other, they necessarily mingle; so
The Lesson is taken from the Holy also, he that receiveth the Body and
Gospel according to John (vi. 56.) Blood of the Lord doth become so
joined with the Lord that he is to
AT that time: JESUS said unto the be found in Christ and Christ in him.
multitudes of the Jews: My Another comparison thou wilt find in
Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood Matthew. The Lord there saith:
is drink indeed. And so on. “The kingdom of heaven is like unto
Homily by St Hilary, Bishop [of leaven which a woman took, and hid
Poitiers.]1 (Bk. viii. on the Trinity.) in three measures of meal, [till the
whole was leavened,]” (xiii. 33,) be
When we speak concerning the cause, as Paul saith, “a little leaven
things of God, we must not speak leaveneth the whole lump.” (Gal. v.
after the manner of men, nor after 9.) So also doth a little of this
the manner of the world. Let us Blessing draw the whole man unto
read those things which are written, Itself, and fill him with Its grace:
and understand those things which and thus doth Christ dwell in us, and
we read; and then let us act as we in Christ.
having a perfect faith. We shall
speak but folly and godlessness if we
speak concerning the natural truth of Seventh Responsory.
Christ in us, and have not learnt at 3He that eateth My Flesh and
Christ’s School how we should speak. drinketh My Blood, dwelleth in Me,
He Himself saith :—“My Flesh is and I in him.
meat indeed, and My Blood is drink Verse. 4What nation is there so
indeed. He that eateth My Flesh great, who hath gods so nigh unto
and drinketh My Blood, dwelleth in them, as the LORD our God is to us ?
Me, and I in him.” There is here Answer. Dwelleth in Me, and I in
no room left for doubt as to What him. '
is His Flesh and what is His Blood.2
Eighth Lesson.
(In 1V01/elnher.) (In September and October.)
The Lesson is taken from the Holy [The Homily on the Trinity, by St
Gospel according to John (vi. 56.) H ilary—eontinued. ]
AT that time: JESUS said unto the FOR now we know by the declar
multitudes of the Jews: My ation of the Lord Himself and
Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood by [the teaching of] our Faith, the
is drink indeed. And so on. reality of His Flesh and Blood. And
when we eat the One and drink the
Homily by St Cyril, Pope [of Alex
Other, They work effectually in us to
andria] (Boo/z iv. on john, ch. 17.)
make us dwell in Him and He in us.
“ He that eateth My Flesh and Is not this a reality? Surely it be
drinketh My Blood,” saith the Lord, falleth not them to find it true, who
“dwelleth in Me, and I in him.” If deny that Christ JESUS is Very God.
1 Jan. 14. '-’ De veritate carnis et sanguinis non relictus est ambigendi locus.
3 John vi. 57. ¢ Deut. iv. 7.
He is in us by means of His Flesh, that eateth Me, even he shall live

and we are in Him when that which by Me.
we are is with Him in God. That we Verse. '2With the bread of life
dwell in Him through that Sacrament and understanding hath the Lord
wherein His Flesh and Blood are fed him.
given unto us, He Himself doth Answer. So he that eateth Me,
testify, where He saith :—“Yet a even he shall live by Me.
little while, and the world seeth Me Verse. Glory be to the Father,
no more; but ye see Me; because I and to the Son, and to the Holy
live ye shall live also. [At that day Ghost.
ye shall know that] I am in My Answer. So he that eateth Me,
Father, and ye in Me, and I in you.” even he shall live by Me.
(John xiv. 19, 20.)
Ninth Lesson.
(In 1Vo'z/emher.)
(In Septemher and Oetober.)
[The Homily on John, by St Cyril—
continued] [The Homily on the Trinity, by St
Hilary—continued]
AS for ourselves, if we would win
life everlasting ; if we would that UT that this union in us is a
the Giver of immortality should dwell real one, He testifieth thus :——
in us, let us run freely to receive “He that eateth My Flesh and drink
this Blessing, and let us beware that eth My Blood, dwelleth in Me, and I
the devil succeed not in laying a in him.” For no one dwelleth in
stumbling-block in our way, in the Him in whom He doth not dwell,
shape of a mistaken reverence. Thou since he which receiveth [the Body of
rightly sayest, and we know well, how Christ] hath but received that Flesh
that it is written: “Whosoever shall of [the same nature as] his own,
eat this Bread and drink this Cup of which Christ hath taken into Him
the Lord unworthily . . . eateth and self. The mystery 'of this perfect
drinketh damnation to himself.” (I union He had taught before, when
Cor. xi. 27, 29.) I therefore examine He said :-—“As the living Father
myself and find myself unworthy. hath sent Me, and 1 live by the
And I ask thee, who citest these Father, so, he that eateth Me, even
words to me, who shall ever be found he shall live by Me." He therefore
worthy? When wilt thou be such an liveth by the Father, and, as He
one as may be worthy to be offered liveth by the Father, so shall we
to Christ? If by sin thou art un live by Him.
worthy, and thou ceasest not to sin,
(for, as the Psalmist hath it,-—“\Vho (In Nor/ember.)
can understand his errors P”—Ps. xviii. [The Homily on John, by St Cyril—
I 3,) then shalt thou for ever lack this —contz'nued. ]
means of life and sanctification.
HEREFORE,'I counsel thee to
betake thee to godly thoughts,
Ezlghth Responsory. and to live carefully and holily, and so
1As the living Father hath sent to receive that Blessing—a Blessing
Me, and I live by the Father, so he which, believe me, doth banish, not
1 John vi. 58. ‘3 Ecclus. xv. 3.
death only, but all diseases likewise. was betrayed, took bread, and, when
For when Christ dwelleth in us, He He had given thanks, He brake it,
stilleth the law of death in our and said: Take, eat; this is My
members, which warreth against the Body, Which shall be given for you:
law of our mind, (Rom. vii. 23,) He this do in remembrance of Me.
giveth strength to godliness, He
turneth to calm the turbulent surg l’afjlmn.6
ing of our mind, He cureth them
which are sick, He raiseth up them HE Word of God proceeding forth,
which are fallen, and, like the Good Yet leaving not the Father’s side,
Shepherd, Which giveth His life for And going to His work on earth,
Had reached at length life's eventide.
the sheep, He prevaileth that the
sheep perish not. By a disciple to be given
To rivals for His Blood athirst;
The bfymn, “We praise Thee, O Himself, the very Bread of heaven,
God, &c.,” is sazh'. He gave to His disciples first.
He gave Himself in either kind;

LAUDS.
His Precious Flesh; His Precious Blood;
First Antiphon. 1Wisdom hath Of flesh and blood is man combined,
builded her house, * she hath mingled And He of man would be the Food.
her wine, she hath also furnished her
In Birth, man’s Fellow-man was He;
table. His Meat, while sitting at the Board;
Second Antiphon. 2Thou feddest He died, his Ransomer to be;
Thine Own people * with Angels’ He reigns, to be his Great Reward.
food, and didst send them bread from
heaven. 0 Saving Victim, slain to bless!
Third AntzQohon. Out of Christ Who openest heaven's bright gates to all
His bread shall be fat, * and He The attacks of many a foe oppress;
shall yield royal dainties.a Give strength in strife, and help in fall.
Fourth Antihhon. 4The Priests
To God, the Three in One, ascend
shall be holy; * for the offerings [of All thanks and praise for evermore;
the LORD] made by fire, and the He grant the life that shall not end,
bread of their God, they do offer, Upon the heavenly country's shore.
[therefore they shall be holy.] Amen.
Fifth Antzlfihon. 5To him that
overcometh will I give of the hidden Verse. He maketh peace in thy
manna, * and will give him a new borders.
name. Answer. And filleth thee with
the finest of the wheat.
Chapter. (I Cor. xi. 23.)
Antzfihon at the Song of Zacharias.
RETHREN, I have received of 71 am the living Bread Which came
the Lord that which also I down from heaven: * if any man
delivered unto you, that the Lord eat of this Bread he shall live for
JESUS, the same night in which He ever.
1 Prov. ix. 1, 2. Q Wisd. xvi. 3o.

3 Adapted from Jacob's blessing on Asher. Gen. xlix. 20. 4 Lev. xxi. 6. 5 Apoc. ii. 17.
6 Hymn by St Thomas Aquinas ; translation extracted from the “ Hymnal Noted.”
7 John vi. 5:.
Prayer throughout the Ojice. Verse. He fed them with the finest
of the wheat.
GOD, Who under a wonderful
Answer. And with honey out of
Sacrament hast left unto us
the rock did He satisfy them.
whereby to show forth thy Suffering
Death, grant unto us, we beseech
Thee, so reverently to handle the SEXT.
Sacred Mysteries of Thy Body and Antiphon. Out of Christ, &c.

Thy Blood that we may alway feel (Third Antiphon at Lauds.)
within ourselves the fruit of Thy
Redeeming Work. Who livest and
Chapter. (I Cor. xi. 26.)
reignest with God the Father, in the
unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, FOR as often as ye eat this Bread,
world without end. Amen. and drink this Cup, ye do show
the Lord’s death till He come.
PRIME.
Short Responsory.
A ntz'phon. Wisdom, &c. ( First
A ntzlzfihon at Lauds.) He fed them with the finest of the
The Psalms are as on Feast Days. wheat.
Answer. He fed them with the
In the Short Responsory, instead of
finest of the wheat.
“Thou That sittest, &c.,” is said,
Verse. And with honey out of the
Verse. Thou That wast born of rock did He satisfy them.
the Virgin Mary. Answer. The finest of the wheat.
Chapter at the end. (I Cor. xi. 27.) to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. He fed them with the
HOSOEVER shall eat this
finest of the wheat.
Bread, or drink this Cup of
Verse. Thou bringest forth food
the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty
out of the earth.
of the Body and Blood of the Lord.
Answer. And wine that maketh
glad the heart of man.
TERCE.
Antiphon. Thou feddest, &c. NONE.

(Seeond Antiphon at Lauds.)
Antiohon. To him that over
Chapter from Lauds. cometh, &c. (Fifth Antiphon at
Lands.)
Short Responsory.
He gave them of the bread of
heaven—— Short Responsory.
Answer. He gave them of the
bread of heaven—— Thou bringest forth food out of the
Verse. Man did eat Angels’ bread. earth.
Answer. The bread of heaven. Answer. Thou bringest forth food
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and out of the earth.
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Verse. And wine that maketh glad
Answer. He gave them of the the heart of man.
bread of heaven. Answer. Out of the earth.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and Third Antiphon. O LORD, pre

to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. serve me * from the evil man.
Answer. Thou bringest forth food
Ps. cxxxix. Deliver me, &c., (p.
out of the earth.
198.)
Verse. He maketh peace in thy
borders. Fourth Antithon. Keep me from
Answer. And filleth thee with the the snare * which they have laid for
finest of the wheat. me, and the gins of the workers of
iniquity.
SECOND VESPERS. Ps. cxl. LORD, I cry unto Thee,
&c., (p. 199.)
All as the First, except the fol
lowing. Fifth Antiohon. I looked * on my
right hand and beheld, but there was
Antzlthon at the Song of the Blessed no man that would know me.
Virgin. Holy exceedingly is the
Supper of the Lord, * wherein we Ps. cxli. I cried unto the LORD,
do feed on Christ, do show His &c., (p. 200.)
death till He come,1 do get grace Chapter from Lands.
abundantly to our souls, and do take
pledge of the glory which shall here Hymn.3
after be revealed in us.2 BLOOD is the price of heaven ;
All sin that price exceeds;
0 come to be forgiven,
@fitz in ihtmuur of the He bleeds,
iBassiun of our ZLurh Blesus My Saviour bleeds!
Bleeds !
QIIJtist, fut ,ifrihags. Under the olive boughs,
Semi-double. Falling like ruby beads,
The Blood drops from His Brows,
All as on Sundays, exeept the He bleeds,
following. My Saviour bleeds !
FIRST VESPERS. Bleeds!
First Antiphon. I will take the While the fierce scourges fall,
cup of salvation, * and call upon the The Precious Blood still pleads;
In front of Pilate’s hall
Name of the LORD.
He bleeds,
Ps. cxv. I believed, &c., (p. 185.) My Saviour bleeds!
Bleeds !
Seeond Antiphon. With them that
hate peace * I was peaceable. When Beneath the thorny crown
I spoke unto them they fought against The crimson fountain speeds;
me without a cause. See how it trickles down,
He bleeds,
Ps. cxix. In my distress, &c., My Saviour bleeds!
(p. 186.) Bleeds !
1 I Cor. xi. 26. 2 Rom. viii. 18.
3 The two beautiful and popular Hymns by the late Dr Faber which are here inserted
at Vespers and Mattins are not translations of the Hymns rllarentes oeuli and Aspire,
infami, but, whether the ideas were suggested by the Latin or whether it be _an accidental
coincidence, they agree with the sense of the Latin _so closely, that they might fairly be
called Paraphrases or imitations, and this con51deration induces the Translator to insert
them. Absolute translations have been executed by the late Rev. E. Caswall and the
Rev. Dr Wallace. See Appendix.
THE PASSION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 867
Bearing the fatal wood At Compline the last verse of the
His band of Saints He leads, Hymn is said thus .
Marking the way with Blood,
He bleeds, Lord JESU, slain for us, to Thee
My Saviour bleeds! Eternal praise be given,
Bleeds! With Father, Spirit, One and Three,
On Calvary His shame
With Blood still intercedes;
MATTINS.
His open Wounds proclaim—
He bleeds, Invitatory. Christ our King Who
My Saviour bleeds! was crucified, * Him—O come l—let ,
Bleeds!
us worship.
He hangs upon the tree, Hymn. 3
Hangs there for my misdeeds;
He sheds His Blood for me; O COME and mourn with me awhile!
He bleeds, See, Mary calls us to her side;
My Saviour bleeds! 0 come, and let us mourn with her;
Bleeds! JESUS, our Love, is crucified!
Ah me! His Soul is fled; Have we no tears to shed for Him,

Yet still for my great needs While soldiers scoff and Jews deride?
He bleeds when He is dead; Ah! look how patiently He hangs;
He bleeds, JESUS, our Love, is crucified!
My Saviour bleeds!
Bleeds ! How fast His Hands, His Feet are nailed;
His blessed Tongue with thirst is tied;
His Blood is flowing still; His failing Eyes are dim with Blood;
My thirsty soul It feeds; JEsUs, our Love, is crucified!
He lets me drink my fill;
His Mother cannot reach His Face;
He bleeds,
She stands in helplessness beside;
My Saviour bleeds!
Her heart is martyred with her Son’s;
Bleeds !
JESUS, our Love, is crucified!
0 sweet! 0 precious Blood!

Seven times He spoke, seven words of love,
What love, what love it breeds!
And all three hours His silence cried
Ransom, Reward, and Food,
For mercy on the souls of men:
He bleeds,
JESUS, our Love, is crucified!
My Saviour bleeds!
Bleeds ! Death came, and JEsus meekly bowed;
His failing Eyes He strove to guide
Verse. 1 He was offered up because With mindful love to Mary’s face;
He willed it. JESUS, our Love, is crucified!
Answer. And with His stripes we
are healed. 0 break, 0 break, hard heart of mine!
Thy weak self-love and guilty pride
A ntzlohon at the Song of the Blessed His Pilate and His Judas were;
Jesus, our Love, is crucified!
Virgin. 2 0 all ye that pass by !
behold, and see if there be any sorrow Come, take thy stand beneath the Cross,
like unto my sorrow. And let the Blood from out that Side
Fall gently on thee, drop by drop:
Prayer as at Lands. JESUS, our Love, is crucified!
1 Isa. liii. 7, 5. 2 Lam. i. 12. 3 By Dr Faber as before ; two verses are omitted,
A broken heart, a fount of tears, Second Responsory.

Ask, and it will not be denied;
A broken heart love's cradle is; I brought thee forth out of Egypt ;
JESUS, our Love, is crucified! behind thee I caused Pharaoh to
drown in the Red Sea, and before
0 love of GOD! 0 sin of man!
In this dread act your strength is tried; thee I went in the pillar of the cloud.
And victory remains with love; And thou didst betray Me unto the
For He, our Love, is crucified! chief Priests, and lead Me unto the
judgment-hall of Pilate.
FIRST NOCTURN. Verse. 0 My people, what have
First Antinhon. The kings of the I done unto thee? and wherein
earth set themselves, * and the rulers have I wearied thee. Testify against
take counsel together against the Me.
LORD and against His Anointed. Answer. And thou didst betray
Me unto the chief Priests, and lead
Ps. ii. Why do the heathen, &c., Me unto the judgment-hall of Pilate.
(t- 4-)
Second Antiphon. They be in Third Responsory.
creased * that trouble me ; many are
they that rise up against me. I scourged Egypt in her first-born
for thy sake, and thou when thou
hadst scourged Me, didst deliver Me
[to be crucified,] Me Who as a lamb
Third Antiphon. They part * my before his shearer was dumb, and
garments among them; and cast lots opened not My Mouth.3
upon my vesture. Verse. 0 My people, what have
Ps. xxi. My God, my God, &c., I done unto thee? and wherein have
<11 48) I wearied thee? Testify against
Me.
Verse. He was offered up because
Answer. And thou, when thou
He willed it.
hadst scourged Me, didst deliver Me
Answer. And with His stripes we
[to be crucified]. Me Who as a
are healed.
lamb before his shearer was dumb,
The Lessons are taken from Scrip and opened not My mouth.
ture aeeordz'ng to the Season, with the Verse. Glory be to the Father,
following Responsories. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Ghost.
First Responsory. Answer. Me Who as a lamb
1I had planted thee a noble vine, before his shearer was dumb, and
saith the Lord, and thou hast brought opened not My Mouth.
forth unto Me grapes exceeding bitter,
for thou hast made ready a Cross for SECOND NOCTURN.
thy Saviour.
First Antiphon. Mine enemies *
Verse. 2 0 My people, what have
speak evil of me? \Vhen shall he die,
I done unto thee? and wherein have
and his name perish?
I wearied thee? Testify against Me.
Answer. For thou hast made Ps. x]. Blessed is he that con
ready a Cross for thy Saviour. sidereth, &c., (p. 94.)
1 Cf. Jer. ii. at. ‘-’ Micah vi. 3. 3 ~Isa. liii. 7.
Second Antiphon. Strangers are (Is. liii. 7.) He uttered n0 mur

risen up * against me, and oppressors mur against the Father, Who had
seek after my soul. sent Him, against mankind for
whom He was paying what He
Ps. liii. Save me, O God, by Thy
had never taken, nor even against
Name, &c., (p. 36.)
His own people who were repay
Third Antiohon. Mine enemies ing Him so much evil for so much
tread me down * all the day long ; all good.
their thoughts are against me for Fourth Responsory.
evil.
I smote the kings of Canaan for
Ps. lv. Be merciful unto me, &c., thy sake, and gave thee a kingly
(p. 1 10.) sceptre, and thou didst put on My
Head a crown of thorns, and smite
Verse. 1 God spared not His Own
Me upon the Head with a reed.
Son.
Verse. Q My people, what have I
Answer. But delivered Him up
done unto thee? and wherein have I
for us all.
wearied thee? Testify against Me.
Answer. And thou didst put on
Fourth Lesson. My Head a crown of thorns, and
The Lesson is taken from the Ser smite Me upon the Head with a reed.
‘ mons of St Bernard, Abbat [of
Clairvaux.] (For Wednesday in Fifth Lesson.
Holy Week, on the Passion of the
Lord.) ND if thou wilt look well how
He did it, thou wilt see how
RETHREN, it is well to contem that He is not only meek but even
plate these things, in especial lowly of heart. “In His humiliation
in the Passion of the Lord, namely, His judgment was taken away."
what He did? how He did it? and (Acts viii. 33.) And He answered never
why He did it? In what He did we a word to all the blasphemies, an to
see a model of patience, in the way all the false witness that was brgight
in which He did it, a model of low against Him. “He hath no form
liness, and in the reason why He did not comeliness. and when we shall >
it, a model of love. His patience was seTHim there is no beauty that we
singular. The ploughers ploughed should desire Him. He is despi¥d
upon His back; they made long their and rejectedmoilruen; a man of
furrows. (Ps. cxxviii. 3.) He was sorrows and acquainted with grief;
stretched upon the Cross in such and He hid as it were His face from
wise that one might have told all us ; He was de5pised and we esteemed
His Bones. (Ps. xxi. 18.) That Him not. Surely He hath home our
tower of strength which keepeth griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet
Israel was broken through upon every we did esteem Him stricken, smitten
side, for they pierced His Hands and of God, and afliicted.” (Isa. liii. 3, 4.)
His Feet. He was brought as a O the depth and the height, 0 the
sheep to the slaughter. But as a lowliness and the loftiness, despised
lamb before his shearers is dumb, and rejected of men, but the glory
so He opened not His mouth. of Angels, than Him there is none
1 Rom. viii. 32.
87o THE VOTIVE OFFICES.
loftier and none lowlier. He was righteous man will one die.“ But
smeared with spitting, sodden with Thou didst suffer the just for the un
reproaches, condemned to a death just. Thou didst die for our sins.
of shame, numbered with the trans 0 Thou Who didst come to justify
gressors. And hath this very lowli sinners freely to make slaves into
ness carried to such a measure, yea brethren, bondsmen into co-heirs, and
beyond all measure, no merit in itself? exiles into kings.
As His patience was singular so was
His lowliness wonderful. There is
Sixth Responsory.
nothing like either of them.
I lifted thee up with a strong hand,
Fiflh Resfionsory. and thou didst lift Me up upon the
gibbet of the Cross, and thereon I
I led thee through the wilderness stretched forth My hands unto an
for forty years, and gave thee manna unbelieving and gainsaying people.1
to eat, and thou didst buffet Me and Verse. 0 My people, what have I
scourge Me. done unto thee? and wherein have I
Verse. 0 My people, what have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.
done unto thee? and wherein have I Answer. And thou didst lift Me
wearied thee ? Testify against Me. up upon the gibbet of the Cross, and
Answer. And thou didst bufi'et thereon I stretched forth My hands
Me and scourge Me. unto an unbelieving and gainsaying
people.
Sixth Lesson. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
UT what He did, and how He Answer. And thereon I stretched
did it, are alike gloriously set forth My hands unto an unbelieving
forth by the reason why He did it, and gainsaying people.
namely, His love. God for His great
love wherewith He loved us (Eph.
ii. 4) spared not His Own Son THIRD NOCTURN.
(Rom. viii. 32.) Neither did the Son
spare Himself, great indeed was that First Antiphon. As for the sons
love, passing all comprehension and of men, * their teeth are spears and
all measure, and rising above all arrows, and their tongue a sharp
things. “Greater love,” saith He, sword.
(John xv. 13,) “hath no man than Ps. lvi. Be merciful unto me, &c.,
this, that a man lay down his life for
(p. 110.)
his friends.” But Thou Thyself, O
Lord, Thou Thyself hadst greater Second Antzlohon. They bend their
love than this, for Thou didst lay bow, * even bitter words, that they
down Thy life for Thine enemies. may shoot in secret at the perfect.
\Vhen we were enemies we were re
Ps. lxiii. Hear my voice, 0 God,
conciled by Thy death to the Father
&c., (f. 114.)
and to Thee. (Rom. v. IO.) What
other love then hath there ever been Third Antzphon. I am as a man
or can there ever be to be likened that hath no strength, * lying nerve
unto this love? “Scarcely for a less among the dead.
1 Rom. x. 21.
Ps. lxxxvii. O LORD God of my Seventh Responsory.

salvation, &c., (p. 145.)
I gave thee to drink out of the
Verse. He became obedient unto rock the waters of salvation, and thou
death. didst give Me gall and vinegar to
Answer. Even the death of the drink.
Cross. Verse. 0 My people, what have
Seventh Lesson. I done unto thee? and wherein have
I wearied thee? Testify against Me.
The Lesson is taken from the Holy Answer. And thou didst give Me
Gospel according to John (xix. 28.) gall and vinegar to drink.
AT that time: JESUS, knowing that
all things were now accom Eighth Lesson (xxxvi.)
plished, that the Scripture might
be fulfilled, saith: I thirst. And “WHEN JESUS therefore had re
so on. ceived the vinegar, He said:
It is finished. And He bowed His
Homily by St Cyril, Pope of Alex Head and gave up the ghost.”
andria. (Bk. xii. Comment. on john.)
“It is finished.” Jewish outrage
The brutality of the Jews had against God was finished; the power
already outraged Christ to the full; to inflict torture was finished. What
cruelty had nothing left to desire; had the Jews left unattempted, or
and now at the last moment the Most cruelty left undone? Did any pain
Holy Flesh of Christ suffereth a pain or insult remain uninflicted? Rightly
springing naturally from Itself. That did He say: “It is finished.” B_ut
Flesh, fevered by many and divers He was come to be the Lord of the
tortures, felt thirst. Great pain hath dead as well as of the quick, and the
the property of producing strong hour was now callingLHim to g9 and
thirst, since by some natural law preach to the impristmed spirits in
which I cannot explain, it drieth up the netherworld; He accepted even
as by heat the liquids of the body and death—for our sakes and bore in His
as it were setteth on fire the inward Own Flesh that suffering common to
parts. As therefore Christ had willed all our nature, albeit that as God
to undergo other sufferings, so was He He is naturally life in Himself, in
pleased to undergo this. He asked order that He might plunder hell,
therefore to drink, but they were so and being become as the Scripture
utterly destitute of humanity that in (1 Cor. xv. 20) hath it (Apoc. i. 5),
stead of giving Him a drink which “The first fruits of them that
should be refreshing and pleasant slept, and the first begotten of the
they brought Him one which was dead,” might gift our nature with
harmful and bitter, and so turned into return to life.
wickedness what was a seeming act
of kindness; to give to Him that
Eighth Responsory.
asked of them was a seeming act of
kindness, but the Scriptures cannot I opened the Red Sea before thee,
lie wherein (Ps. lxviii. 22) Christ is and thou didst open with a spear the
made to say, “They gave me also Side of thy Saviour, Who redeemed
gall for my meat, and in my thirst the world by His Blood.
they gave me vinegar to drink.” Verse. 0 My people! what have I
done unto thee? and wherein have I was dumb, and opened not my
\vearied thee? Testify against Me. mouth.
Answer. And thou didst open Third Antiohon. aThey pierced
with a spear the Side of thy Saviour, my hands and my feet; * they have
Who redeemed the World by His told all my bones.
Blood. Fourth Antiohon. 41 looked for
Verse. Glory be to the Father, comforters and I found none; * they
and to the Son, and to the Holy gave me also gall for meat, and in
Ghost. my thirst they gave me vinegar to
Answer. Who redeemed the world drink.
by His Blood. _ Fifth Antiphon. When JESUS had
received the vinegar, * He said: It is
Ninth Lesson. finished—and He bowed His Head,
and gave up the ghost.
“ E bowed His Head.” When
the strength of the body is Chapter. (Phil. ii. 5.)
gone and the soul which keepeth the
body together is also gone, the heads RETHREN, let this mind be in
of the dying fall, and it is to describe you, which was also in Christ
this that the Evangelist useth these JESUS, Who, being in the form of
words; so also the words gave up God, thought it not robbery to be
the ghost are an expression which equal with God; but emptied Him
we often use of them that depart and self, and took upon Him the form
die; nevertheless to me it seemeth of a servant, and was found in the
that the Evangelist useth these words likeness of men. He humbled Him
He gave up the ghost in something self and became obedient unto death,
more than their ordinary sense of even the death of the Cross.
mere death, because the Lord gave
up His soul into the Hands of God Ilynm. 5
the Father with a commendation, 'ERWHELMED in depth of woe,
saying, “Father, into Thine hands I Upon the tree of scorn
commend my Spirit,” the which is Hangs the Redeemer of mankind
the foundation and spring of our With racking anguish torn.
main hope.
See how the nails those Hands
The b'ymn, “We praise Thee, O And Feet so tender rend;
God, &c.,” is said. See down His Face, and Neck, and Breast
His Sacred Blood descend!
LAUDS. Hark! with what awful cry

His Spirit takes Its flight.
First Antiphon. 1 All the day long That cry, it pierced His Mother's heart.
have I been plagued, * and chastened And whelmed her soul in night.
every morning.
Earth bears, and to its base
Second Anni/ton. 2I gat me to
Rocks wildly to and fro;
the mountain of myrrh, * and to the Tombs burst: seas, rivers, mountains
hill of frankincense; I was brought quake;
as a lamb to the slaughter, and I The vail is rent in two.
1 Ps. lxxii. 14. 1 Cam. iv. 6; Isa. liii. 7. 3 Ps. xxi. r7, r8. ‘ Ps. Ixviii. 2!, 22.
-" Another hymn from the Proprium of the arch-diocese of Freiburg; translation by the late
Rev. E. Caswall.
The sun withdraws his light; Psalms as on Feast-Days.
The midday heavens grow pale;
The moon, the stars, the universe The last verse of the Hymn is said
Their Maker's death bewail. thus :
Shall man alone be mute? Lord JESUS, slain for us, to Thee,
Come, youth and hoary hairs, Eternal praise be given,
Come, rich and poor, come, all mankind, With Father, Spirit, One and Three,
And bathe those Feet in tears. Here as it is in heaven.
Come, fall before His Cross, So also at Teree, Sext, and None.
Who shed for us His Blood!
Who died, the Victim of pure love,
Chapter at the end. (Isa. liii. 8.)
To make us sons of God.
Jesu, all praise to Thee,

HO shall declare His genera
Our joy and endless rest: tion? For He was cut off out
Be Thou our Guide while pilgrims here, of the land of the living: for the
Our Crown amid the blest. Amen. transgression of my people did I
smite Him.
Verse. He was wounded for our
transgressions. Instead of Verse, “Thou that sit
Answer. He was bruised for our test, &c.,” is said:
iniquities. Verse. Thou That wast pleased to
Antz'phon at the Song of Zatharz'as. suffer for us.
But when they came to JESUS, and
TERCE.
saw that He was dead already, they
brake not His Legs, but one of the Antz'phon. I gat me, &c., (Second
soldiers with a spear pierced His A ntz'phon at Lauds.)
Side, and forthwith came thereout Chapter from Lauds.
Blood and Water.
Prayer throughout the Ofiiee. Short Responsory.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, He was offered up because He

Who didst send our Saviour to willed it.
take upon Him our flesh, and to en Answer. He was offered up be
dure the Cross, that all mankind cause He willed it.
should follow the example of His Verse. And with His stripes we
great humility, merelfully grant that are healed.
we who worship in memory of His Answer. Because He willed it.
Sufierings, may worthily both follow Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
the example of His Patience and also to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
be made partakers of His resurrec Answer. He was ofi'ered up be
tion. Through our Lord JESUS Christ, cause He willed it.
Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth Verse. God spared not His Own
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Son.
Ghost, one God, world without end. Answer. But delivered Him up
Amen. for us all.
PRIME SEXT.
Antzphon. All the day long, &c., Antz'phon. They pierced, &c.,
(First Antzlohon at Lauds.) (Third Antiphon at Lauds.)
Chapter. (Zech. xiii. 6.) Verse. He was wounded for our

transgressions.
HAT are these wounds in thine
Answer. He was bruised for our
hands ? Then he shall answer :
Those with which I was wounded in
iniquities.
the house of my friends. Antzlnhon at the Song of the Blessed
Virgin. 1Joseph took down the Body
Short Responsory. of JESUS, and wrapt It in linen, and.
laid It in a sepulchre that was hewn
God spared not His Own Son.
in stone. In that day there was a
Answer. God spared not His Own
great mourning, and the women sitting
Son.
over against the sepulchre, mourned,
Verse. But delivered Him up for
as one mourneth for the death of the
us all.
firstborn.
Answer. His Own Son.
Answer. God spared not His Own @flirz in 3901mm of the firm
Son. matulatz Qtnnceptiuu of the
Verse. He became obedient unto
death.
Mussel: virgin marg, for
Answer. Even the death of the 5aturhags.
Cross.
NONE. Semi-double.
Anlzlnhon. When JESUS, &c., (Fzflh All from the Common Ofiiee for
Antz'phon at Lands.) Feasts of the Blessed Virgin, (p. 436,)
Chafiter as at the end of Prime.
FIRST VESPERS.
Short Responsory.
He became obedient unto death. Antzlzfihons, Chapter, Verse and An
Answer. He became obedient unto swer, and Prayer from Lauds.
death. A ntzlnhon at the Song of the Blessed
Verse. Even the death of the
Virgin. All generations shall call me
Cross. blessed, * for He That is mighty hath
Answer. Unto death. done to me great things.
Answer. He became obedient unto COMPLINE.
death. The last verse of the Hymn is altered
Verse. He was wounded for our in honour of the Incarnation.
transgressions.
Answer. He was bruised for our
MATTINS.
iniquities.
Int/ilatory. Let us tell of the stain
SECOND VESPERS.
less Conception of the Virgin Mary:
All as the First, except the follow * let us worship Christ, her Son, and
ing. her Lord and ours.
1 Cf. Luke xxiii. 53; Matth. xxvii. 6o; Zech. xii. 10, u.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. 875
Hymn. ! not, Mary, for thou hast found grace
BLEST Guardian of all virgin souls! with God.
Portal of bliss to man forgiven! Verse. 4The Lord hath delivered
Pure Mother of Almighty God! thy soul from death, yea, the Lord
Thou hope of earth, and joy of Heaven! was thy stay.
Answer. Fear not, Mary, for thou
Fair Lily, found among the thorns!
hast found grace with God.
Most beauteous Dove with wings of gold!
Rod from whose tender root upsprang
That healing Flower long since foretold! Second Responsory.
Thou Tower, against the dragon proof! 5Come unto me, all ye that be
Thou Star, to storm-toss‘d voyagers dear! desirous of me, and I will declare
Our course lies o’er a treacherous deep; what God hath done for my soul.
Thine be the light by which we steer.
Verse. 6 As the Lord liveth, by me
Scatter the mists that round us hang, He hath fulfilled His mercy.
Keep far the fatal shoals away; Answer. And I will declare what
And while through darkling waves we sweep, God hath done for my soul.
Open a path to life and day.
0 JESU, born of Virgin bright! Third Responsory.

Immortal glory be to Thee;
Praise to the Father infinite,
7 My beloved is white like snow in
And Holy Ghost eternally. Amen. Lebanon, her lips drop as the honey»
comb. Honey and milk are under
FIRST NOCTURN.
her tongue.
Verse. Come from Lebanon, My
First Antiphon. O Lord, how ex Spouse, thou shalt be crowned with
cellent is Thy Name * in all the a crown of grace.
earth, Who hast made Thee a worthy Answer. Honey and milk are
tabernacle in the Virgin Mary. under her tongue.
Second Antiphon. The Lord hath Verse. Glory be to the Father,
set * His tabernacle in the sun. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Third A ntiphon. Even in her Con Ghost.
ception * did Mary receive a blessing Answer. Honey and milk are
from the Lord, and mercy from the under her tongue.
God of her salvation.
Verse. 2It is Almighty God That SECOND NOCTURN.
girdeth me with strength.
Answer. And maketh my way First Antzphon. Grace is poured
perfect. into her Conception, * and she is
fairer than the daughters of men.
Lessons from Scripture according
Second A ntiphon. God hath holpen
to the Season, with the following
her right early, * the Most High hath
Responsories.
hallowed His tabernacle.
Third Antiphon. Glorious things
First Responsory. are spoken of thee, 0 City of God;
5 By one man sin entered into the * the Lord hath laid thy foundation
world, in whom all have sinned. Fear in the holy mountains.
1 Translation by the Rev. E. Caswall. 9 Ps. xvii. 33. 3 Rom. v. 12; Luke i. 30.
4 Cf. Ps. lv. 13; xvii. 21. 5 Ecclus. xxiv. 26; Ps. lxv. 16.
‘ Judith xiii. 18. 7 Cant. v. 10; iv. 11, 8.
Verse. 1 By this I know that Thou gin, nay, as far as circumstances de

favourest me. manded, they as much as declared
Answer. Because mine enemy can her free from the original stain.
not triumph over me.
Fourth Responsory.
Fourth Lesson. 21 came out of the mouth of the
The Lesson is taken from the Dog Most High, the first-begotten before
matic Bull of Pope Pius IX. every creature. I made the unfad
ing light to arise in the heavens.
IT is known to all men, with what When there were no depths I was
care this doctrine of the sinless conceived.
ness of the conception of the Mother Verse. For the Lord hath created
of God hath been handed down, set me in righteousness, and hath held
forth, and defended by the most dis mine hand, and hath kept me.
tinguished Religious Orders, Theo Answer. When there were no
logians, Universities, and Doctors depths I was conceived.
skilled in the things of God. All
men know likewise how carefully Fifth Lesson.
Christian Bishops, even in their
public teaching, have professed the IN truth, this doctrine upon the
doctrine that through the merits of Conception of the most Blessed
Christ our Lord and Saviour, fore Virgin is day by day more earnestly
known by God, the Holy Virgin set forth by the graver thought of the
Mary, Mother of God, was delivered Church, by her teaching, by her care,
from ever being the victim of original by her learning, and by her wisdom.
sin, but, on the contrary, had the It is explained, taught, confirmed, and
fruits of redemption applied to her wonderfully spread among all peoples
at the very moment of her Concep and nations of the Catholic world.
tion, and was therefore redeemed in The Church hath received it from
a nobler way than others. But the the Fathers, as a part of the original
weightiest fact of all is that the most faith, attested strongly by the most
holy Council of Trent, when, in ac ancient and venerable monuments of
cordance with the Holy Scriptures, as both the Eastern and Western
interpreted by the holy Fathers and Churches. Indeed, the Fathers and
the approved Councils, it decreed that Ecclesiastical writers, learned in Holy
all men are conceived in sin, expressly Scripture, are marked by no more
added that it did not mean thereby earnest feature than that in all their
to say that the blessed and stainless books and Scriptural Commentaries,
Mary, Mother of God, did not form written for the confirmation of doc
an exception to the mile. From this trine, and the edification of the faith
declaration of the Fathers of Trent it ful, they do all in divers ways preach
can clearly be drawn that there is and teach the excelling holiness of
nothing in the Bible, nothing in tradi this Virgin, her dignity, her freedom
tion, and nothing in the Fathers which from any stain of sin, and the glory
can rightly be adduced against this of her victory over the dark enemy
prerogative of the most Blessed Vir of our race.
1 Ps. xl. 12. 9 1.e., Wisdom. Ecclus. xxiv. 5, 6; Prov. viii. 24.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. 877
Fifth Responsory. Sixth Responsory.
1 No defiled thing can fall into her; 2There appeared a great wonder
she is the brightness of the everlast in heaven: a Woman clothed with
ing light, and the unspotted mirror of the sun, and the moon under her
the power of God. feet, and upon her head a crown of
Verse. For she is more beautiful twelve stars.
than the sun, and being compared Verse. 3The Lord hath clothed her
with the light, she is found before it. with the garments of salvation, and
Answer. She is the brightness of hath covered her with the robe of
the everlasting light, and the unspotted righteousness, yea, as a bride He
mirror of the power of God. hath adorned her with jewels.
Sixth Lesson. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
LL Commentators on the Book of
Genesis remark that passage
where God at the very time of the
Fall speaketh of the Atonement, to
THIRD NOCTURN.
the confusion of the lying serpent,
and the comfortable hope of man, First Antiohon. Holiness and
and saith, “ I will put enmity between beauty are in her Conception: * de
thee and the woman, and between thy clare her glory among all people.
seed and her seed,” and all the Second Antiohon. Rejoice ye all in
ancients teach that by this passage the LORD: * and give thanks at the
is meant the most merciful Saviour remembrance of His holiness.
of mankind, namely, our Lord JESUS Third Antiphon. The LORD hath
Christ, the Only-begotten Son of God, made known His salvation: * the
and His most blessed Mother the glory of His Mother hath He openly
Virgin Mary, as if the enmity which showed in the sight of the heathen.
both He and she felt against the Verse. 41 will extol Thee, O Lord,
devil was, in a sense, of a kind for Thou hast lifted me up.
common to them Both. Christ took Answer. And hast not made my
our nature upon Him, and is become foes to rejoice over me.
the Mediator between God and man,
(I Tim. ii. 5,) blotting out the hand Seventh Lesson.
writing that was against us, nailing
it to His Cross, (Col. ii. 14,) and the
Gospel according to Luke (i. 26.)
most holy Virgin, by that subtle, close,
and abiding tie which bindeth mother T that time: The Angel Gabriel
to Child, feeleth along with Him His was sent from God, unto a
truceless enmity to the serpent, and city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to
He, through His merits, hath granted a Virgin espoused to a man whose
to her that moment of victory wherein name was Joseph, of the house of
her stainless foot bruised the serpent’s David, and the Virgin’s name was
head. Mary. And so on.
1 \Visd. vii. 25, 26, 29. 2 Apoc. xii. I.
3 Cf. Isa. lxi. IO. 4 Ps. xxix. 2.
VOL. IV.
Homily by St Sophronius, Patriarch God—exceeding grace. Thou hast

[of Jerusalem] (0n the Annuncia found grace with God—all desirable
tion.) grace. Thou hast found grace with
Blessed indeed art thou among God—greater grace than any other.
women, for thou hast turned the Thou hast found grace with God
curse of Eve into a blessing; thou -—unfailing grace. Thou hast found
hast even brought a blessing upon grace with God—saving grace. Thou
Adam, when he lay smitten by the hast found grace with God—immove
first sentence of death. Blessed in able grace. Thou hast found grace
deed art thou among women, for thou with God—invincible grace. Thou
art the mean whereby the Father’s hast found grace with God—-everlast
blessing hath come upon man, and ing grace. Before thee there have
delivered him from the old curse. been others, many others, made won
Blessed indeed art thou among derful in holiness, but to none hath
women, for by thee thy fathers have it been given, as to thee, to be full
found salvation; the salutation of the of grace; to none hath it been
Angel telleth thee that thou art given, as to thee, to attain to such
about to bear them a Deliverer. divine riches; to none, as to thee,
Blessed indeed art thou among to be prevented by purifying grace;
women, for thou, not knowing a to none, as to thee, to shine from the
man, conceivest a Son through day-spring with light from heaven; to
Whom the whole earth shall be none, as to thee, to be exalted above
blessed, and bring forth thorns and all things before created.
thistles no more. Blessed indeed art
thou among women, for thou re Eighth Responsory.
mainest thyself no more than a My soul doth magnify the Lord;
woman, and yet art made Mother for He That is mighty hath done to
of God. If That holy Thing Which me great things, and holy is His
shall be born of thee be truly God name.
made Man, then art thou truly Verse. For, behold, from hence
Mother of God, for God is made forth all generations shall call me
thine Offspring. blessed.
Answer. For He That is mighty
Seventh Responsory. hath done to me great things, and
1A garden enclosed is my sister, holy is His name.
my spouse, a garden enclosed, a foun Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
tain sealed. 0 Mary, thy perfumes to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
are a garden of delights. Answer. For He That is mighty
Verse. Open to me, my sister, my hath done to me great things, and
love, my dove, my undefiled. holy is His name.
Answer. 0 Mary, thy perfumes
are a garden of delights. [Vinth Lesson.
AND justly; for none hath ever
Ezghth Lesson. drawn so near to God as thou
“ FEAR not, Mary, for thou hast hast; none hath ever been gifted by
found grace with God "—abid God with good gifts as thou hast ; none
ing grace. Thou hast found grace with hath ever received of God’s grace as
1 Cant. iv. r2, v. 2.
IM MACU LATE CONCEPTION or THE BLESSED VIRGIN. 879
thou hast. Thou art mightier than Chapter. (Prov. viii. 22.)
all things which are called mighty
among men ; thou hast received more THE Lord possessed me in the
than the goodness of God hath con beginning of His ways, before
ferred on any other. It is indeed His works of old. I was ordained
because God made His home in thee from everlasting, from the beginning,
that thou thus aboundest. There or ever the earth was. When there
hath never been any save thee that were no depths I was conceived.
hath comprehended the Incompre Verse. Maiden Mother of God,
hensible; none save thee that hath thy stainless conception—
enjoyed His presence so much; none Answer. Was a message of joy to
that He hath made so ready therefor ; the whole world.
none on whom the uncreated light
Antilohon at the Songr of Zacharias.
hath shone so clearly; and therefore
The Lord God said unto the serpent:
none who hath, like thee, sheltered
I will put enmity between thee and
the Lord God, the Maker and Lord
the woman, * and between thy seed
of all, conceived Him in thy womb,
and her seed; she shall bruise thy
and brought Him into the world, to
head.
redeem men lying under the Father’s
sentence, and to offer to them ever Prayer.
lasting salvation. Wherefore, 0 Lady, GOD, Who didst cause that a
I have already cried unto thee with the virgin should be conceived with
Angel, and I will still cry—“Hail, out sin, to the end that she might
thou that art full of grace, the Lord be made a meet dwelling-place for
is with thee! Blessed art thou among Thy dear Son; 0 God, Who through
women 1” the precious death of the Same Thy
The Hymn, “We praise Thee, O Son foreseen by Thee, didst keep her
God, &c.,” is said. clean from all stain, hear us, we
beseech Thee, and grant that by her
LAUDS. prayers, we also who are presently
defiled, may finally be made pure,
First A ntiphon. 1 Thou art all fair,
and so with her attain unto Thee.
0 Mary, ‘1‘ there is no spot of original
Through the Same our Lord JESUS
sin in thee.
Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and
Second Antiohon. 2 Thy raiment *
is white as snow, and thy countenance
as the sun.
without end. Amen.
Third Antifihon. 3Thou art the
exaltation of Jerusalem, * thou art
PRIME.
the great glory of Israel, thou art
the great rejoicing of our nation. Antiphon. Thou art all fair, &c.,
Fourth Antiphon. 3 0 Virgin Mary, (First Antiphon at Lauds.)
‘1' blessed art thou of the Most High
God, above all the women upon the In the Short Responsory, instead of
earth. “Thou That art to come into the
Fifth Antiohon. 4Draw us, * world,” is said .
Maiden undefiled, we will run after Verse. Thou That wast born of
thee in the odour of thy perfumes. the Virgin Mary.
1 Cf. Cant. iv. 7. 2 Cf. Matth. xvii. 2. 1 Judith xv. to; xiii. 23. 1 Cf. Cant. i. 3, 4.
880 THE 'VOTIVE OFFICES.
Chapter at the end. (Apoc. xii. I.) Verse. Because mine enemy shall
not triumph over me.
THERE appeared a great wonder
Answer. Thou favourest me.
in heaven: a Woman clothed
with the sun, and the moon under her
feet, and upon her head a crown of
Answer. By this I know that
twelve stars.
Thou favourest me.
TERC E. Verse. I will extol Thee, O Lord,
Antiphon. Thy raiment, &c., for Thou hast lifted me up.
(Seeond Antiphon at Lands.) Answer. And hast not made my
foes to rejoice over me.
Chapterfrom Lands.
NONE.
Short Responsory.
Antiphon. Draw us, &c., (Fifth
It is Almighty God That girdeth
Antiphon at Lands.)
me with strength.
Answer. It is Almighty God That Chapter as at the end of Prime.
girdeth me with strength.
Verse. And maketh my way perfect. Short Responsory.
Answer. That girdeth me with I will extol Thee, O Lord, for
strength. Thou hast lifted me up.
Verse. Glory be to the Father, and Answer. I will extol Thee, O
to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Lord, for Thou hast lifted me up.
Answer. It is Almighty God That Verse. And hast not made my
girdeth me with strength. foes to rejoice over me.
Verse. By this I know that Thou Answer. Thou hast lifted me up.
favourest me. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
Answer. Because mine enemy to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
shall not triumph over me. Answer. I will extol Thee, O
Lord, for Thou hast lifted me up.
SEXT. Verse. Maiden Mother of God,
Antiphon. Thou art the exaltation thy stainless conception,
of Jerusalem, &c., (Third Antzfhon at Answer. Was a message of joy
Lands.) to the whole world.
Chapter. (Ezek. xliv. 2.) SECOND VESPERS.

THIS gate shall be shut, it shall not All as the First, except the fol~
be opened, and no man shall lowing.
enter in by it; because the Lord, the Antzphon at the Song of the Blessed
God of Israel, hath entered in by
Virgin. O holy Mary, be thou an
it, therefore it shall be shut for the help to the helpless, a strength to
Prince; the Prince, He shall sit in it.
the fearful, a comfort to the sorrow
ful; pray for the people, plead for
Short Responsorjl.
the clergy, make intercession for all
By this I know that Thou favourest women vowed to God; may all that
me. keep the memory of thine holy and
Answer. By this I know that stainless conception, feel the might
T-hou favourest me. of thine assistance.
(neutral flppmm'r.
NOTE—The Ofiices contained in this Appendix are said in certain dioceses only;
full directions are g‘zk/en in the diocesan Ordo Recitandz' for the year.
SEPTEMBER 4. this, among other things, to his dis

ciples: “ I would much rather that ye
@ranslatiun uf £t Qtufljhzrt, took my bones with you and went
iBislJup [of ZLinhisfameJ hence, and abode wherever God might
provide a place for you, than that ye
anh Qtunfzszur. should by any means give in to in
Greater Double in the Diocese of iquity and bow your necks under the
Hex/tam. yoke of the schismatics.” And so,
when Eardolf, Bishop of Lindisfarne,
All from the Common Ofice, (p.
heard that Halfdene, King of the
Danes, had broken into the province
of the Northumbrians with his army,
Prayer throughout. and foresaw what a slaughter there
GRANT, we beseech Thee, 0 Al would be of his Church, he bethought
mighty God, that we who honour him to take to flight along with his
the translation-day of Thy blessed people. So the incorrupt body of
Confessor and Bishop Cuthbert, may their father Cuthbert was put in a
ever be holpen by his prayers to gain shrine along with reliques of other
the blessings of Thy fatherly love. holy children of God, and seven breth
Through our Lord JESUS Christ Thy ren, told off to that work, carried it
Son, Who liveth and reigneth with about through nearly all Northumber
Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, land, with no certain resting-place,
one God, world without end. Amen. and nothing to trust in but the leader
ship and protection of the Shepherd
SECOND NOCTURN. of their souls.
Fourth Lesson. (From Sz'meon’s iii:

tory of the Church of Durham.) Fzflh Lesson.
HEN our most blessed father HEN they had gone through
Cuthbert was about to pass out nearly all the province and
of this life, in his fatherly care he said were quite worn out, they determined
882 GENERAL APPENDIX.
to seek a resting-place in Ireland for in Durham. They all gave thanks

the holy body. They brought a ship to Christ, and forthwith the shrine,
therefore and embarked the vener which the whole multitude had not
able body therein at the mouth of been able to move, was carried
the river Derwent, and when the by a very few to the place which
wind was favourable they hoisted the had been pointed out from heaven,
sails and set forth toward Ireland. and there they made a little church
However, the wind changed suddenly of boughs of trees, wherein they
and blew contrary, the sea rose, left it for a while. Next it was
and the ship was tossed to and fro laid in what is called the White
among the waves. They turned the Church till the great church should
helm therefore, and brought the ship be builded. Last of all, in the
again to the shore, where their com third year from the laying of the
rades were still standing, the wind foundations, the church was solemnly
still blowing landward. They fell hallowed by Aldun, and the sacred
at the feet of the saint to ask for body of our father Cuthbert was
giveness for their folly, and after carried with all honour to the place
wards carried the hallowed shrine made ready for it, upon the 4th
to the monastery in his own town day of September, in the three hun
of Creca. When the Bishop’s dred and ninth year since the holy
See had been restored again at father passed away.
Cuneacester, they carried thither
the body of the holy father; and
THIRD NOCTURN.
there it rested for an hundred and
thirteen years. Lessons from Matth. xxiv. 42, with
the Homily of St Hilary, ( p. 41 I.)
Sixth Lesson.
HEN Bishop Aldun received a SEPTEMBER 29.
warning from heaven that he
should flee with what speed he In the Dioceses of Menewia and
might from the fury of the pirates, Newport, the Feast of St Michael is
he carried the uncorrupted body of heft as a Double 0f the First Class
Father Cuthbert from Cuneacester with an Octave.
to Hripun. When peace was re
stored, again the venerable body OCTOBER 1.
was being carried back to where
it was before, but when they had @Bt'rb @ag mitBin tBe Octave of
reached the place called Wrdelaw,
hard by Durham, on the east, the fit Ql’licBaet’ ant lit? litigate.
cart, in which the coffin was,
stuck, and could not be moved for Semi-double.
wards. Then the Bishop commanded
All as on the Feast except the fol
them to fast, watch and pray for
lowing.
three days, till they should receive
some sign from heaven; and it was FIRST NOCTURN.
revealed to a certain monk called
Eadmer that a resting-place must Lessons from Scripture according to
be got ready for the holy body the Season.
WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. 883
SECOND NOCTURN. thou, then, that the offence come not

by thee P Be not worldly. Therefore
Lessons as in the Votive Ofice ofA ll I say this world is offensive, and in it
Angels, (p. 842.) it must needs be that offences come.
Be thou not therefore worldly but
THIRD NOCTURN. heavenly, and then shalt thou have
no offence come by thee. “ But woe
Seventh Lesson.
to that man by whom the offence
The Lesson is taken from the Holy cometh.”
Gospel according to Matthew (xviii.
Ninth Lesson, of St Remy, who is
I.)
also commemorated at Lauds.
T that time: came the disciples
unto JESUS, saying : \Vho is the
greatest in the kingdom of heaven? OCTOBER 5.
And so on.
éeventl} @ag mitBin tile Octave of
Patriarch [of Constantinople]
fit Qllicfiaet’ an!) 111’? linget’s.
(Various on .Matth. xviii.) All as on the Feast, except the fol
“Woe unto the world because of lowing.
the offences!” By the world here
spoken of we are not to understand FIRST NOCTURN.
the world in the sense of heaven and Lessons from Scripture according to
earth, but the earth only—the world, the Season.
in short, in the same sense in which
the Lord said, (John xviii. 36,) “My
kingdom is not of this world.” And SECOND NOCTURN.
again, (xv. 19,) “If ye were of the
Fourth Lesson.
world, the world would love his own:
but because ye are not of the world, The Lesson is taken from the Sermon
but I have chosen you out of the of Pope St Gregory [the Great.]
world, therefore the world hated you.”
Woe, therefore, unto the world, that T is said that that ancient and
is to say, unto the earth, “because venerable Father Denys, the
of offences: for it must needs be Areopagite, stated that from the ranks
that offences come,” not because of the lesser angels some are sent forth
offences must needs come in them either visibly or invisibly to minister—
selves, but because they must needs that is to say, that either angels or
come in the world. archangels come to succour men. As
for the higher ranks, they never leave
the holy place, because those things
Eighth Lesson.
which excel have no usage of an outer
LOOK ye, what we say is a delicate ministry, and this opinion may not
point; if it must needs be that improperly be conceived to be sup
offences come, that man by whom the ported by the words of Daniel (vii.
offence cometh is not to be blamed 10,) “ Thousand thousands ministered
therefore, but we say that the offence unto Him, and ten thousand times ten
cometh not save in this world. Wilt thousand stood before Him.”

TO minister unto Him is one thing, Seventh Lesson.
and to stand before Him is
another ; those who go forth as mess The Lesson is taken from the Holy
engers to us ministered to God, but Gospel according to Matth. (xviii.
they who stand before Him are they 1.)
who are so interpenetrated with the T that time: came the disciples
glad contemplation of Him that they unto JESUS, saying: Who is the
are never sent for to do any outside greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
work. But this we hold to be sure And so on.
even concerning those ranks who are
sent forth, that even while they come Homily by St Bernard, Abbat [of
to us and fulfil an outward ministry, Clairvaux.] (2nd on the Feast of St
they nevertheless never cease to contem .Viehael.)
plate; and in this sense they continue
Brethren, ye have heard the thunder
to stand before Him and at the same
of the Gospel rolling in awful warning
time are sent forth, for, although an
against whoso shall offend one of these
angelic spirit hath limits, the Supreme
little ones. No one can cajole the
Spirit, which is God Himself, hath no
truth, no one can wheedle Him, no
limits, and thus the angels who are
one can beguile Him. He saith
sent forth also at the same time stand
plainly, “Woe to that man by whom
before Him, for whenever they come
the offence cometh.” The man that
they are still before Him.
hath not charity must needs perish,
even though he shall have given his
Sixth Lesson. body to be burned, (I Cor. xiii. 3,)
T must also be known that some and this, brethren, I say to the end
times the orders of blessed spirits that ye may be careful to stand fast,
are called by the names of those and to abound even more and more
orders which are nearest to their in that love and oneness of heart and
own ; but for this reason they are not peace one with another wherein now
to be all designated in the same ye stand. “ For what is our hope or
way, that each particular order ought joy or crown of rejoicing?” (I Thess.
to be called by the name of that ii. 19.) Are they not even your unity
special quality which has been be and oneness of heart?
stowed upon it in special fulness. I
have said that by the word seraphim Eighth Lesson.
is signified burners, and yet all of
them burn together with love for their BY this shall all men, yea, and the
Maker. I have said that the cherubim holy angels also, know that
enjoy fulness of knowledge, and never ye are Christ’s disciples, if ye have
theless is there anything unknown to love one to another, (John xiii. 35.)
any of them who together see God How shall the angels love us for
\Vho is the source of knowledge? Christ’s sake if by our want of love
The special names, therefore, of the one t0ward another they know that
particular ranks indicate a special we are not His disciples? How shall
outpouring in each respective rank they love us for our own sakes—that
of a gift which in general all have is to say, on account of such resem
received. blance as our spiritual nature hath t0
OCTAVE OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. 885
theirs—if they find that we ourselves holy angels have, not only in them
do not love those who are the sharers selves but also in their God, let us
of our human nature, or how shall the speak of the grace and love which
angels love us for their own sakes, they show toward us. And that they
because we should one day repeople should show such grace and love
their heavenly home if (which God toward us, we may well believe, “even
forbid) we have not that bond of love as the Son of man,” Who is the Maker
by which alone it is possible that we and the King of Angels, “came not
should be united and built up together to be ministered unto, but to minister
with them ? and to give His life a ransom for
many,” (Matth. xx. 28.)
[Vinth Lesson, of St Placid and
his Cornfianions, who are also com
memorated at Lauds. Fifth Lesson.
ND therefore we cannot wonder
OCTOBER 6. that for their love of the Great
Minister the holy angels should be
Octave of fit Qilt'cBael’ anb even glad to minister unto us, for they
love us because Christ hath loved us.
.Rt’t flngds. Thus I speak, brethren, that ye may
feel a freer confidence in the blessed
Douhle.
angels, and be henceforward more
All as on the Feast, except the fol ready to call on them to help you
lowing. in all your needs; but beyond this
that ye may be careful ever to walk
FIRST NOCTURN. more worthily as in their presence,
ever more and more to win their
Lessons from Scripture according to favour, to secure their goodwill, and
the Season. to gain their loving-kindness.
SECOND NOCTURN. Sixth Lesson.

Fourth Lesson. E must be careful not to do such
The Lesson is taken from the Sermons things as offend them, and to
of St Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux.] occupy ourselves chiefly in such things
(2nd on the Feast of St Michael.) as we know to be well-pleasing unto
them. There are a great many things
O-DAY we make Commemoration which are well-pleasing unto them and
0f the Angels, and on account which it is a delight to them to find
of the solemn nature of the Feast, in us. Among such things are sober
ye will have it as due to you that ness, chastity, voluntary poverty, and
I preach. lt is true that we believe groanings and prayers oftentimes
and hold with undoubting faith that raised to heaven, with tears and
these beings are blessed in the pres heart’s devotion. But over all these
ence and sight of God, and rejoice things the angels of peace demand
for ever in the good things of the from us unity and peace. Why
Lord. Nevertheless, although it would should they not delight in those
be far beyond any powers of ours to things which constitute an earthly
tell of the love and glory which the shadow of their own heavenly home,
VOL. IV. 2G2
and to see therein a new Jerusalem the number of the angels of God,”
descended out of heaven from God (Dent. xxxii. 8; LXX.)1 But this is
and finding a place upon earth? not spoken of angels in general, but
of those angels who are the most
excellent and the most exalted, for
THIRD NOCTURN. when He saith that “in heaven their
Seventh Lesson. angels do always behold the face of
My Father,” He pointeth to that which
The Lesson is taken from the Holy is their highest trust and their chiefest
Gospel according to Matthew (xviii. honour.
1.) Ninth Lesson.
T that time: came the disciples HOU seest by what arguments
unto JESUS, saying: Who is the the Lord calleth upon us to
greatest in the kingdom of heaven? be lowly in our own conceit, and to
And so on. have a care of our weaker brethren.
Homily by St John Chrysostom, “JESUS called a little child unto Him,
Patriarch [of Constantinople] (60th and set him in the midst of them, and
on Matthew.) said, Amen, I say unto you, Except
ye be converted, and become as little
“Take heed that ye despise not one children, ye shall not enter into the
of these little ones.” By little ones kingdom of heaven. Whosoever
we are not here to understand only therefore shall humble himself as
those who are little in age and stature, this little child, the same is greatest
but also those who are little in the in the kingdom of heaven, and whoso
esteem of many, such as the poor, the shall receive one such little child in
unknown, and others of the like sort, My Name receiveth Me. But whoso
whom many despise, but who in truth shall ofi‘end one of these little ones
are not little ones, because they are which believe in Me, it were better
the friends of Him Who made all, and for him that a millstone were hanged
whom He Himself hath made much about his neck, and that he were
more honourable in our sight by tell drowned in the depth of the sea.
ing us “that in heaven their angels Woe unto the world because of
do always behold the face of My offences! for it must needs be that
Father, Which is in heaven.” offences come; but woe to that
man by whom the offence cometh!
Eighth Lesson. Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot
offend thee, cut them OB", and cast
ENCE it is clear that all the them from thee: it is better for thee
Saints have angels to minister to enter into life halt or maimed,
unto them. Paul saith, (I Cor. xi. 10,) rather than having two hands or two
“For this cause ought the woman to feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
have a veil on her head because of And if thine eye ofi'end thee, pluck
the angels;” and Moses saith that it out, and cast it from thee: it is
“when the Most High divided to the better for thee to enter into life with
nations their inheritance, when he one eye, rather than having two eyes
separated the sons of Adam, he set to be cast into hell fire. Take heed
the bounds of the people according to that ye despise not one of these little
1 The Hebrew and Latin have, according to the number of the children of Israel.
OCTAVE OF ST PETER OF ALCANTARA. 887
ones; for I sayunto you, That in heaven [From the Octavarium.]

their angels do always behold the face
of My Father Which is in heaven.” SECOND NOCTURN.
Vespers of St Brunofrom the Chapter Fourth Lesson.

inclusive, with Commemorations ofPope
St Mark, and of SS. Sergius, Sec. The Lesson is taken from the Sermon
of St Bernard, Abbat [of Clairvaux.]
(2nd on St Victor.)
OCTOBER 1 9. DEARLY beloved brethren, rejoice
in the Lord, Who amid the
In the Diocese of Shrewshury, the
continual gifts of His Fatherly good
Feast of St Peter of Alcantara, Co
ness hath granted unto the world a
titular of the Cathedral, is kept as a
man by following whose example
Douhle of the First Class with an
many might find salvation; again
Octave.
I say rejoice. He who stood in the
The Lessons of the First Noc midst of us is now drawn near to
turn are from Ecclus. xxxi. 8, (p. God, but many more may be saved
426.) at his prayers. He was sent upon
earth for our example; raised to
OCTOBER 26. heaven for our protection; here he
teacheth us how to live, thence he
Octave of fit (Deter of calleth us unto glory. He hath
.Rt’cantara. stirred us up to work, and he inter
cedeth for us that we may gain the
Douhle. kingdom. He prayeth well, for he
asketh nothing for himself, but would
All from the Common Ofiice for a fain spend upon us all the love where
Confessor not a Bishop, (p. 415,) ex with he prayeth and all the fruit of
cept the Prayer which is as upon the his prayer. How indeed could he
Feast Day and the following. seek anything for himself since he no
At First Vespers a Commemoration longer hath need of anything.
is made of St Evaristus.
Fifth Lesson.
MATTINS.
THIS is the day of his glorious
Lessons from Scrinture according to transmigration, the day of the
the Season. gladness of his heart. Let us rejoice
Lessons of the Second and Third and be glad in it. He is gone in the
Nocturn are taken from the Second strength of the Lord, (Ps. lxx. 15,)
place in the Common Oflice,1 the Ninth and let us rejoice, for he is now
Lesson heing omitted or read along stronger to plead for our salvation.
with the Eighth, in order to make On this day did [Peter] lay aside
room for the Lesson of St Evaristus, the body and enter nimbly and
who is also commemorated at Lands. quickly into the holy place; having
1 The meaning is not perfectly clear. If the Common Offices of the Breviary as usually
printed are referred to, the Second Nocturn would be from St Gregory on Job, p. 427, and
those of the Third Nocturn would be the same as upon the Feast ; but the Octavarium Romanum,
published for universal use, gives other instructions for the Octave of a Confessor not 9. Bishop
when taken from the Common Office, and prescribes the lessons which follow.
been made like unto the saints in THIRD NOCTURN.

glory. This is the day when, looking
down upon the world and having Seventh Lesson.
trampled down the prince of the The Lesson is taken from the Holy
world, he ascended up above the Gospel according to Luke (xii.
world as a conqueror indeed, and re 32-)
ceived from the hand of the Lord
the crown of victory. He went up T that time: JESUS said unto
with vast store of good works, illus His disciples: Fear not, little
trious for his triumphs and glorious flock, for it is your Father’s good
for his wondrous works, and now the pleasure to give you the kingdom.
soldier retired from this army is And so on.
gently resting in safety, safe as
Homily by St Peter Chrysologos,
regards himself, but anxious as re
Archbishop [of Ravenna.] (Sermon
gards us. 0 what holiness, which
29.)
even angels might honour, and which
may equally strike both good and Ye have heard this day how gently
bad alike, the good to draw them the Lord doth comfort the weak and
and the bad to set them to flight. tender firstlings of the Gospel flock.
Neither would it be easy to say He taketh away the anxiety which
which of them it is whose emotion had embittered their hope. He re
would be the higher testimony to moveth the doubts which had clouded
his sanctity. their view of the end, and he doth
away and cutteth off all fear when
Sixth Lesson. thus at the very beginning He
maketh promise of the kingdom unto
0 VETERAN warrior, thy toils in these little children. When a man
Christ’s army are over, and in is sure of the kingdom, is safe to
stead of them thou art gone to rest reign, how should he care for what
amid the joy of angels; look down he shall eat or for what he shall put
upon thy weak and unwarlike com on, or for the things whereafter re
rades who are praising thee in the lations with the world do seek, or
midst of hostile swords and spiritual for the lowly grass of the field which
wickedness. 0 [Peter] in this place to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into
of reflection and in the body of this the oven? He who, having once
death how gracious, how sweet, been lifted up to the things which
how lovely it is to sing of thee, to are highest, casteth himself down to
honour thee, and to pray to thee. the things which are low, and re
Thy name and thy memory are a duceth himself to the beggarly ele
dropping honeycomb in the mouths ments, is his own enemy.
of the bondsmen, honey and milk
are under the tongues of them who
Eighth Lesson.
delight to remember thee ; ah,
then, thou mighty champion, thou E must know who and what this
sweet patron, thou faithful advo Father is, and what kingdom
cate, arise to help us, that we may it is which it is His good pleasure
rejoice at our deliverance, and that to give unto His little flock. “he
thou mayest boast thee of the fulness that Father is thou dost thyself
of thy victory. every day profess whensoever thou
THE BLESSED THOMAS PERCY, MARTYR. 889
sayest, “Our Father Who art in NOVEMBER 1 4.
heaven.” What He is lieth before
thee in the sight of the. greatness 65b: ifiltsseh @humaz 35mg,
of His works, “Who hath measured
the waters in the hollow of His 321111 at fiurthumherlanh,
hand, and meted out heaven with {Hartgn
the span, and comprehended the
dust of the earth in a measure, Greater Douole.
and weighed the mountains in All from the Common Ofiiee for
scales, and the hills in a balance,” One Martyr, (p. 366,) exeept the
(Is. x1. 12.) And if thou wouldest jbllowz'ng.
know what kind of kingdom that is
the which He promiseth unto His Prayer throughout.
little flock, He hath Himself told
thee where He saith, “Suffer the POUR forth upon us, 0 Lord, we
little children to come unto Me, beseech Thee, the spirit of stead
and forbid them not; for of such fastness and might wherewith Thou
is the kingdom of God,” (Mark didst strengthen Thy blessed martyr
x. I4.) To be in heaven is won Thomas to cleave unto the Catholic
derful, and to live there is glory. faith. Fill us with the same spirit to
(Ninth Lesson.) He then that hath the end that we who rejoice upon
heaven, what hath he to do with earth at the memory of his con
earth? He that hath entered into tending and victory, may worthily
the things of God, what hath attain unto a partaking of his glory
he to do with the things of man? in heaven. Through our Lord JESUS
Nothing, unless his pleasure be to Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and
groan, his taste to toil, his desire to reigneth with Thee, in the unity of
be endangered, the horrors of death the Holy Ghost, one God, world
his delight, and the befalling of evil without end. Amen.
sweeter than the possession of good.
But now let us see (Luke xii. 33) FIRST NOCTURN.
what is the Father’s counsel to them
that will reign: “Sell that ye have,
Lessons from Romans viii. 12, as in
the Common Ofiite for Many Martyrs,
and give alms.” If ye believe that
ye shall live, and reign, and be (a 383-)
rich in that higher country where
SECOND NOCTURN.
ye are to be, whither ye are to
go, where ye are to reign, send on Fourth Lesson.
thither before you those things
which now are yours. Barter perish THOMAS PERCY, 7th Earl1 of
ing goods for mercy, and exchange Northumberland, was as illus
the things of man for the things of trious for the great qualities of his
God. mind as for the nobility of his blood.
He grieved deeply for the loss of
Ninth Lesson of St Evan‘stus who souls when he saw a vaster multitude
is also commemorated at Lauds. of men drawn every day into schism
1 He is commonly so called and reckoned, but his earldom was in reality a new creation of
May I, 1557. His uncle, the 6th earl, died without issue in I537, when all the honours of the
family became forfeited—his father, Sir Thomas Percy, having been already attainted and exe
cuted for Aske's conspiracy in the same year.
and heresy in the reign of Elizabeth, were often promised him if only he
Queen of England, and he was used would do as the heretics besought
oftentimes to say that to set up the him, but he would never consent to
Catholic faith again he would willingly such wickedness, and one while when
sacrifice his life. When, therefore, he was lying sick of a fever at Berwick
some of the leading Catholics re his chief fear was that that sickness
peatedly called upon him to help should deprive him of the crown of
them, he was at length with difficulty _ martyrdom.
induced to join them in their ill
informed attempt to restore the Sz'xth Lesson.
Catholic religion. Upon the 14th
day of November 1569 he entered H E was at York when the message
the city of Durham amid great pop was brought to him that the
ular rejoicings, banished thence the next day he was to die; after he
false prophets, cast out of the temple heard this sentence he passed the
the schismatical offices and the pro whole night in prayer to God, neither
fane tables, and in a short while saw eating nor drinking save that he
that the altars were rebuilt and the tasted five or six plums. When the
holy mysteries of religion celebrated hour of his death was come, he offered
throughout those parts. Whereupon himself like a lamb to the executioners
a great multitude renounced the schism who led him to the place of execu
and joyfully returned under obedience tion. He drew the sign of the Cross
to the Roman Pontifi'. upon his own forehead and upon the
steps, and ascended the scaffold with
a cheerful countenance; there he
Fifth Lesson.
turned to the people and said, “ Know
HEN he saw that he could not ye that I am in the faith of that
withstand the host which was Church which is knit and bound
coming against him, the blessed Earl together in one throughout the whole
took refuge in Scotland, but was there Christian world; as for this new
put into the hands of those who English Church I know it not."1
favoured the cause of Elizabeth. He Then he knelt down and finished his
was kept in close prison for more prayers and kissed the sign of the
than two years, during the which Cross which he had drawn upon the
time he strove constantly by watch steps, and he had just uttered the
ings and fastings to make himself words, “Lord receive my soul,” when
meet for a crown of glory, and some the executioner cut off his head. The
times would pass whole days upon people gathered up all the blood of
his knees in prayer. At length he this martyr of Christ with towels.
was put on board a ship as though Blessed Thomas suffered upon the
set at liberty, but the agents of 22nd day of August in the year 1572.
Elizabeth had already secretly bought Gregory XIII. sanctioned towards
him. The ship carried him to Eng him the honours given to the blessed,
land, and he was taken to York. His and Pope Leo XIII. by a solemn
own life and the favour of the Queen decree confirmed the same.
1 It does not appear clear whether these words are a variant upon those given by Mr De
Fonblanque in his ‘ Annals of the House of Percy,’ ii. 119. “ ‘ Remember,’ he said, when about
to lay his head upon the block, 'that I die in the Communion of the Catholic Church, and
that I am a Percy in life and in death.” The frontispiece to this volume is an interesting
portrait of the Blessed Thomas, from a full-length picture at Alnwick Castle.
THE BLESSED THOMAS PERCY, MARTYR. 891
THIRD NOCTURN. mother, the daughter-in-law against her

mother-in-law: a man’s enemies are
Seventh Lesson.
the men of his own house.” And we
The Lesson is taken from the Holy ought to remark the harmony where
Gospel according to Matth. (x. 34.) the Old Testament agreeth with the
New, whether the consonance be in
T that time: JESUS said unto His
sense only or in the actual words.
disciples: Think not that I am
“He that loveth father or mother
come to send peace on earth: I came
more than Me is not worthy of Me,
not to send peace, but a sword. And
and he that loveth son or daughter
so on. more than Me is not worthy of Me.”
Homily by St Jerome, Priest [at He had already said: “Think not
Bethlehem] that I am come to send peace on
earth: I came not to send peace, but
Above (ver. 27) He had said: “What
a sword; for I am come to set a man
I tell you in darkness, that speak ye
at variance against his father, and the
in light; and what ye hear in the ear, daughter against her mother, and the
that preach ye upon the house-tops.”
daughter-in-law against her mother-in
And now He doth us to wit what will law.” And lest any should think that
come of that preaching. The preach the natural duty of love towards men
ing of Christ’s faith divided the whole
should come before the natural duty
world: in one house there were both
of love towards God, He now saith
believers and unbelievers ; but the war
farther: “He that loveth father or
which was proclaimed was good, for
mother more than Me is not worthy
it broke a peace which was bad.
of Me, and he that loveth son or
Thus is it written in Genesis (xi.
daughter more than Me is not worthy
1-9) that when the whole earth was
of Me.” Thus is it written in the
of one language and of one speech,
Song of Songs (ii. 4): “He estab
wicked men as they journeyed from
lished His love upon me.” Thus
the East would fain have built a
doth it behove that all affections be
tower whose top might reach unto
properly established and set in due
heaven; and the Lord came down
order: after the love of God, the love
and there confounded their language,
of a father ; after the love ofa mother,
that they might not understand one
the love of children.
another’s speech, and so the Lord
scattered them abroad from thence
upon the face of all the earth. Ninth Lesson.
THE divers things are set in a
Ezlghth Lesson.
noble order. He sendeth forth
“ OR I am come to set a man to preach, and He teacheth that
at variance against his father, dangers are not to be feared, and
and the daughter against her mother, that the feelings are to be brought
and the daughter-in-law against her into subjection unto faith. Above
mother-in-law; and a man’s foes shall (ver. 9) He had laid down the hard
be they of his own household.” This life of the evangelist without gold, nor
is almost the same thing which is silver, nor brass in their purses.
written in the Prophet Micah (vii. 6) : Whence then are they to meet their
“ For the son dishonoureth the father, charges? whence to get the food
the daughter riseth up against her which is needful for the body? And
here He softeneth by the hope of SECOND NOCTURN.

His promises the hardness of His
commands. “ He that receiveth you,” Lessons from St Gregory, as on
saith He, “receiveth Me, and he the Otta'z/e of St Augustine, (vol. ii.
that receiveth Me receiveth Him that p. 933, or vol. iii. p. 599.)
sent Me;” and when a believer re
ceiveth an Apostle let him deem that THIRD NOCTURN.
he receiveth Christ.
Seventh Lesson.
NOVEMBER 16. The Lesson is taken from the Holy Gos

pel according to Matth. (xxv. 14.)
In the Diocese of Portsmouth, St
Edmund of Canterbury is a Double T that time: JESUS spake unto
of the First Class with an Octave. His disciples this parable: A
At both Vespers, and at Lands. man travelling into a far country
called his own servants, and delivered
Verse. 0 Holy Father Edmund unto them his goods. And so on.
pour out upon us in exile here
Answer. The love of our true Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop [of
country in heaven. Milan.] (On the Call of the Gentiles,
ii. 2.)
Antzlohon at the Songs of the Blessed
Vzrgz'n and of Zacharias. He loved Here there is given unto every one
righteousness and hated iniquity, and without any desert of his own that
therefore he died in exile. wherewith he may begin to deserve
something. Before any work hath
And so also during the Octa'z/e and been done, that is given wherewith
in the Sufrages of the Saints through man may earn some wages by work
out the year. ing. That so it is we know by the
testimony of the Gospel, where it is
The Lessons of the First Nooturn
said by a parable that the kingdom
arefrom Timothy iii. 1, &c., (p. 400.)
of heaven “is as a man travelling into
a far country who called his own
NOVEMBER 23. servants, and delivered unto them his
goods; and unto one he gave five
Octave of 5t Ebmunb of talents, to another two, and to another
Canterfiurg. one, to every man according to his
several ability”-—that is to say, accord
Double. ing to what each was capable of doing,
not according to what each had done ;
As on the Feast, except the fol
for to be able to work is not the same
lowing.
thing as working, and to be capable
Vespers are of the Octave from the of love is not the same thing as
Chapter, with Commemorations of the loving.
preceding and of St Felicity. Eighth Lesson.
FIRST NOCTURN.
SO all things are not restored that
are capable of restoration, nor
Lessons from Scripture according to is every man healed that is susceptible
the Season. of health ; to be reparable and curable
THE BLESSED CUTHBERT MAINE, MARTYR.
are the gifts of nature, but restoration SECOND NOCTURN.

and health are the gifts of grace.
Thus they unto whom the talents Fourth Lesson.
were confided in varying amounts UTHBERT MAINE was born
according to their several ability, did near Barnstaple in Devonshire.
not receive therein payment for any In his youth he was brought up
thing which they had done already, outside the Church, and became a
but the means of working for payment. heretical minister. After he had
passed several years at St John’s
Ninth Lesson of St Felicity, who is
College at Oxford, some friends—who
also commemorated at Lauds.
had before left Oxford in order to
avoid heresy, and among whom was
the Blessed Edmund Campion, that
NOVEMBER 29. afterward was a martyr—persuaded
him to yield himself to the Catholic
@5132 531255211 Qtutbhzrt mains, Church and to pass over to the
Martyr. seminary at Doway. There he de
voted himself to the study of theology,
Douhle. and took the degree of Bachelor; he
was ordained Priest, and in the year
1576 he was sent into England along
Feasts of One Martyr, (p. 366,) except
with the Blessed John Payne, who
the following.
also was afterward a martyr, by
William Allen, of illustrious memory,
Prayer throughout. the President of the College. Each
of them prepared himself for the
0 GOD, Who didst choose Thy establishing of souls by the health
blessed servant Cuthbert to be giving exercises of holy Ignatius.
the first among all the students of
our seminaries to run the path of
suffering for the saving of souls, Fifth Lesson.
mercifully grant unto us that we E went into Cornwall to see to
may be so enkindled with love of the salvation of souls left among
souls even as he was, that like him the heretics, and took up his abode
we may be ready to lay down our in the house of a most godly Catholic,
lives for others. Through our Lord named Francis Tregian, whose steward
JESUS Christ Thy Son, Who liveth he was supposed by outsiders to be.
and reigneth with Thee, in the unity But he had only worked for one year
of the Holy Ghost, one God, world when he fell into the hands of the
without end. Amen. heretics. The sheriff came with a
At First Vespers Commemoration body of armed men to the house of
of St Saturninzas. Master Tregian and broke into it.
Blessed Cuthbert was then in the
garden, whence he could easily have
MATTINS. escaped, but he came in and himself
FIRST NOCTURN.
opened to the sheriff the door of his
chamber. The sheriff and his com
Lessons from Scripture according to pany seized him and opened the breast
the Season. of his clothes, where they found hung
round his neck a waxen image of the the Lord after the example of the
Lamb of God; this they seized and Saviour, he was turned off the ladder,
called him a traitor and a rebel. He and when he had hung a little while
was brought to Launceston, where the rope was cut, his inner parts were
he was confined in a dark and foul taken out, and he was quartered.
prison, where he was not only most Thus did he give up his soul to the
cruelly loaded with fetters, but even Chief Shepherd, being the first martyr
chained to his bed, and where no among the Papal students. Gregory
one was allowed to come near him. the XIIIth first permitted the same
But when the adversary offered him honours to be paid to him as are given
his choice, either to swear that the to martyrs, and Leo XIII. confirmed
Queen was the head of the English the same.
Church, or to undergo execution at
the hands of the common hangman,
he kissed the Holy Bible and said THIRD NOCTURN.
that the Queen never had been, was

Seventh Lesson.
not, and never would be the head of
the English Church. The Lesson is taken from the Holy
Gospel according to Matthew (x.
Sixth Lesson. 34-)
T that time: Jesus said unto
FTER about three months Cuth
bert was convicted by a jury His disciples: Think not that
and condemned to death, ostensibly
I am come to send peace on earth:
for having in his possession a Papal I came not to send peace, but a
Bull, blessed beads, and waxen figures sword. And so on.
of the Lamb of God, but in reality Homily by St Hilary, Bishop [of
because he was a Catholic priest. He Poitiers.]
remained in prison until the arrival
of the royal warrant for his execu [“For I am come to set a man at
tion. Three days before his death variance against his father.”] \Vhat
a servant warned him to make variance is this? Among the fore
ready for the end. He thanked most commandments of the law we
him heartily for his information, read, “Honour thy father and thy
and thenceforth gave himself up mother,” (Ex. xx. 12); and the Lord
wholly to the consideration of things Himself also saith, “Peace I leave
heavenly. After midnight on the with you, My peace I give unto you,”
second night his cell became filled (John xiv. 27); but here it is said,
with light, so that the prisoners who “I came not to send peace, but a
were near it marvelled. He was sword. For I am come to set a
drawn on an hurdle to the place of man at variance against his father,
execution; when he arrived at the and the daughter against her mother,
gallows he knelt down and prayed and the daughter-in-law against her
for the help of God, and thereafter mother-in-law. And a man’s foes
went up the ladder, and when the shall be they of his own house
noose was round his neck was fain hold.” Therefore henceforth public
to speak to the people, but the justices authority will be set before the
hindered him. While he was com failure of natural duty, — every
mending his spirit into the hands of where hatred, everywhere war,—
THE BLESSED EDMUND CAMPION AND HIS COMPANIONS. 895
and the sword of the Lord cutting followeth after the Lord, in the
fiercely between the father and the mystery of the faith to live in new
son, between the mother and the ness of spirit.
daughter.
Commemorations are made of the
Eighth Lesson. Eve of St Andrew, unless the feast
of B. Cuthoert fall on a Sunday,
SWORD is the sharpest of all and of St Saturninus.
weapons, it is the symbol of the
power of law, of the sternness of
judgment, and 0f the punishment DECEMBER I.
of evil-doers. In the prophets the
preaching of the new gospel is often @3132 331255211 QEhmunh Qtam=
times likened unto the sword. We
remember that the Word of God is plan, anti the lBrizsts, his
the sword of the Spirit, (Eph. vi. 17,) QIumpaniuns, {Hangs at
and this sword is sent upon earth,
that is to say, the preaching of the
the Society at 325115.
Word of God entereth into the hearts Douole.
of men. And there is sore variance
in one house, and a man’s foes are All from the Common Ofice for
they of his own household, for through Many Martyrs, (p. 382), except the
the Word of God he will rejoice in following.
newness of spirit to remain separate
from others both within and without, Prayer throughout.
both in soul and in body.
0 LORD JESUS Christ, Who hast
honoured Thy blessed servants
The Ninth Lesson is sometimes of
Edmund, and Thy Priests, his Com
the Eve of St Andrew, (p. 780,) in
panions, with a likeness to Thine own
which case the following Lesson is
sufferings by betrayal and a death of
either omitted or read along with
shame, grant unto us for their sakes,
the Eighth.
and at their prayers, the grace stead
fastly to bear Thy Cross, and to attain
{Vinth Lesson. unto a crown of everlasting glory. Who
livest and reignestwith God the Father,
HE proceedeth then in the same
course of commandments and in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
of understanding; for after that He God, world without end. Amen.
had taught that all the things which
are dearest in this world must be FIRST NOCTURN.
left, He said, moreover, “And he
that taketh not his cross, and followeth
after Me, is not worthy of Me,” for the Season.
“they that are Christ’s have crucified
the flesh with the affections and lusts,” SECOND NOCTURN.
(Gal. v. 24,) and he is unworthy of Fourth Lesson.
Christ who taketh not up his Cross
whereon to suffer with Him, to die EDMUND CAMPION was born
with Him, to be buried with Him, in London, studied arts at the
and to rise again with Him, and so University of Oxford, and afterwards
896 GEN ERAL APPENDIX.
divinity at the English College at the persecution, when he was arrested

Doway, and lastly joined the Society at Lyford, along with the same
of Jesus at Rome. He was sent back blessed father, and taken to London.
to his native country by command of While they lay together concealed in
the Supreme Pontifi‘ Gregory XIII., the hiding-hole of the house at Lyford,
alongr with Robert Persons, of the before they were revealed by the
same Society, and there, by the ex traitor, they confessed to one another,
ample of his life, the power of his and each laid upon the other the same
teaching, and the skill of his acts, penance, that is to say, to call thrice
turned all men’s minds on him : those upon St John the Baptist, and to
of the Catholics, that they might hear repeat thrice the words of the Lord,
him and preserve him, and those of Thy will be done. During their
his enemies, that they might destroy journey, the blessed William Filby,
him. He fought the Catholic fight who had come to see them, was
not by his voice only, but by his united to them at Henley for chains
writings also; and while his famous and death. To make a mark of
pamphlet, entitled Ten Reasons, was them, their feet were fastened to
being printed at Stonor, he preached gether under their horses’ bellies,
the \Vord of God in the country and their hands tied behind their
round about. After he had laboured backs. Upon Edmund’s head was
for one year in the Lord’s vineyard fastened a placard as upon the head
in England, he was taken, along of a traitor, the which insult he
with the blessed Thomas Ford and bore patiently, after the example of
many others, in the house of a the Lord. Thus were they brought,
Catholic named Edward Yates, at amidst the insults of the people, to
Lyford, in the present diocese of the Tower of London, where they
Portsmouth; they having all been were most grievously entreated.
betrayed by a most wicked wretch
who had that day been present
when the blessed Edmund said Mass Sixth Lesson.
and preached. On his way to Lon INTO the same prison there were
don he passed a night at Abingdon, cast also other priests, so that
the birthplace of Holy Edlnund Rich, after they had passed some months
once Archbishop of Canterbury, and under punishment, while they were
many came from the University of interrogated concerning the authority
Oxford, not many miles distant, and of the Roman Pontiff, the places where
treated him with great reverence, all they had said Mass, and the persons
chained and guarded as he was. whom they had reconciled to the
Church, the blessed martyrs were
placed at the bar to the number of
Fzfth Lesson.
ten, and were unjustly condemned to
’ HOMAS FORD was a native of death for treason, ostensibly for hav
Devonshire, and the companion ing conspired against the Queen, but
of the blessed Edmund Campion, both in reality because they were Catholic
at the University of Oxford and at priests. These ten were all con
the English college at Doway. He demned to death together in the
had finished more than five years’ month of November 1581, but they
ministry, with no small profit to souls did not all suffer together. Edmund
in England, during the very height of Campion and two of his companions
THE BLESSED EDMUND CAMPION AND HIS COMPANIONS. 897
received the crown of a glorious death Nor was even this all, since they
upon the Ist day of December, and were wronged even in their fame
Thomas Ford and two others upon by the false accusation of treason,
the 28th day of the month of May whereas these most innocent mar
following, and the remaining four upon tyrs had done nothing but refused
the 30th day of the same month. to deny their faith in the Vicar
They were drawn to the place of of Christ upon earth. Gregory
execution upon an hurdle, and after XIII. first sanctioned the honours
they had hung for a little while, the paid to them, and Leo XIII. hath
rope was cut, and they were cast down confirmed the same.
in full life and feeling upon the ground,
where their hearts and other inner
THIRD NOCTURN.
parts were torn out, and their heads
and limbs cut off, to be afterwards Lessons from Luke xxi. 9, will: the
set up above the gates of the city. Homily g“ St Gregory, (p. 389.)
@otive Office of tfie (Passion of our Bert 3mm wrist.

(For Fridays.)
(See ante, p. 866, footnote.)
Translation by the Rev. E. Caswall of the hymn Mzerentes oenli, &c.,

(Hymns and Poems, p. 35) :
NO\V let us sit and weep, Hear it! ye people, hear!
And fill our hearts with woe; Our good and gracious God,
Pondering the shame, and torments deep, Silent beneath the lash severe,
Which God from wicked men did undergo. Stands with His sacred Shoulders drench’d
in Blood.
See! how the multitude, 0 scene for tears! but now

With swords and staves, draw nigh; The sinful race contrive
See! how they smite with buffets rude A torment new; deep in His Brow,
That Head divine of awful majesty: With all their force the jagged thorns they
drive.
How, bound with cruel cord. Then roughly dragged to death,

Christ to the scourge is given; Christ on the Cross is slain;
And ruflians lift their hands, unaw'd And as He dies, with parting Breath,
Against the King of kings and Lord of Into His Father's Hands gives back His
Heaven. Soul again.
To Him who so much bore,

To gain for sinners grace,
Be praiSe and glory evermore
From the whole universal race.
Translation by the Rev. E. Caswall of the hymn Aspire, infamz', &C_,

(Hymns and Poems, p. 36):—
EE! where in shame the God of glory Pale grows His Face, and fixed His languid
hangs, Eye;
All bathed in His own Blood: His wearied Head He bends;
See! how the nails pierce with a thousand And rich in merits, forth with one loud cry
pangs His Spirit sends.
Those Hands so good.
Oh heart more hard than iron ! not to weep
Th' All Holy, as a minister of ill, At this; thy sin it was
Betwixt two thieves they place; That wrought His death'; of all these tor
Oh, deed unjust! yet such the cruel will ments deep
Of Israel’s race. Thou art the cause.
Praise, honour, glory be through endless time

To th’ everlasting God;
Who washed away our deadly sins of crime
In His own Blood.
OFFICES PECULIAR TO IRELAND. 899
2Dfl't'tes peculiar tn jlrelann.
The Translator did not live to revise his translation of the following Offices. It differs
in some places from the fuller Irish Supplement which is now in use; but in the
circumstances it has seemed advisable to insert it as its Author left it, altering only
the rubrics indicating the rite of the Office, where the rite has been changed, and
making one or perhaps two other adjustments.
AUGUST 30. far removed from men and sur

rounded with woods, called Breuil,
St fiance, QInnfessor. upon his own family estate.
There Fiacre cleared away the
Double. trees and built a monastery in
All from the Common Ofiice, (75. honour of the most holy Virgin,
415,) except the following. wherein he received pilgrims and
strangers, having built himself a
Prayer throughout, “ O Lord, merci little house beside it.
fully hear, &c.,” (p. 424.)
Fiflh Lesson.
FIRST NOCTURN.
UT when the fame of his virtues
Lessons from Scrzloture according to spread abroad, sick folk were
the Season. brought to him from all quarters,
whom he healed only by laying his
SECOND NOCTURN. hand on them. He forbade any
woman to enter his place of prayer.
(From the Brem'ary of Aleaux.) He was illustrious for miracles,
Fourth Lesson. and died towards the end of
the seventh century. ‘ His body
[ACRE was' born of noble remained buried in his place of
parents in Ireland, where he prayer until the year 1234, when
was called Fefrach, and came with Peter, Bishop of Meaux, took it
some companions to St Faro at out of the grave and exposed it
Meaux, seeking to live a solitary for the veneration of the faith
life. The blessed Bishop heard ful ; from thence it p was carried
his prayer, and gave him a place to the Cathedral, in the year
900 OFFICES PECULIAR TO IRELAND.
1568, lest the Calvinists should Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of

wreak their rage upon it after Hippo] (Epistle 199.)
their manner.
“And what I say unto you, I
Sz'xt/z Lesson. say unto all, Watch.” Who are
these “all " whom He biddeth
EVERTHELESS the place to watch, but His own chosen
which had been hallowed by and loved ones, who belong unto
the footsteps and conversation of His Body, which is the Church?
this holy hermit hath not been He commandeth not them only
forsaken. Hildegar, Bishop of to watch who then heard Him
Meaux, in the ninth century, re speak, but them also who have
cordeth the praises of Fiacre in his been since them and before us,
book upon the life of St Faro, and and ourselves, and they that shall
so doth the poet Falconius, sub be after us, even unto His last
deacon of Meaux, in the eleventh coming. For He will not find
century, and they both testify all in this life when that day
that the province of Meaux is cometh, neither can it be said
illustrious and ennobled because of that those words are addressed to
the signs and miracles of Fiacre. the dead, “lest coming suddenly
Indeed, there is hardly any one He find you sleeping.”
who now worketh more miracles
in Gaul, hardly any other place
whither resort more pilgrims, who Eig/zt/z Lesson.
come thither for vow’s sake,
WHY then saith He, “I say
that is to say to his place of
unto all,” whereas these
prayer at Breuil [en Brie,] now
words concern them only who shall
called St Fiacre, [two leagues from
then be, unless it be that they
Meaux.] Many Churches and
concern all in some sense? A day
houses of prayer in all parts of
will come unto every one, wherein
France have been built in honour of
it will behove him to go forth
St Fiacre. In the year 1695, the
hence, such as he will have to
Grand Duke of Tuscany obtained
stand to receive judgment at that
a large piece of his body from
day, and this is why every Christ
James Benignus Bossuet, Bish0p of
ian must needs watch, lest the Lord
Meaux, and built a splendid Church
should come and find him un
in Florence, wherein St Fiacre is
prepared.
piously and reverently honoured.
THIRD NOCTURN. rVintlz Lesson. Of St Felix and tile

at/zer, éut if lranqferred, tlze fol
Seventh Lesson. lowing.
IF the last day'of thy life find
Gospel according to Mark (xiii.
thee unprepared, the day of
33-) the Lord’s coming will find thee
AT that time: Jesus said unto His unprepared. Verily it was plain
disciples: Take ye heed, watch enough to the Apostles that the
and pray, for_ye know not when the Lord was not to come in their
time is. And so on. times, while yet they were alive in
this flesh, and yet we know that SEPTEMBER 12.

they unceasingly watched and kept ,
that saying which He said unto all, $t @llfiy, afilfibflp [Hf ZEmIgJ
lest that day should come suddenly, gunfgggmjf
and find them unprepared.
Greater Double.
Prayer throughout, “ Grant, we be
SEPTEMBER 3_ seech Thee, &c.,” (p. 408.)
I ‘ . Lessons of the Third Nocturn, (p.
fit {Hatmsma ifiisbup [of 406.)
@UIITWI’J Qtonfessur.‘ SEPTEMBER 23.
Gm,” DOW), fit ZEunan, (gunman) iBisiJup
anti Qttmfessur.‘
seech Thee, &q," (11 403_) Greater Double.
Lessons of the Third Nocturn, (p. seech Thee, &c.,” (p. 408.)
4o 6. ) Lessons of the Third lVocturn, (p.
406.)
SEPTEMBER 9. SEPTEMBER 25.
£t QIiaran, ghhat? St Jinharr (Barry) iBislJup

Greater Double.
[of Gloria] Qtunfzssurf
Greater Double.
Prayer throughout, “0 Lord, we
beseech Thee, &c.,” (p. 429.)
seech Thee, &c.,” (p. 408.)
Lessons of the Third Nocturn, (p. Lessons of the Third Nocturn, (p.
355-) 406.)
1 Angus Macnisius, disciple of St Olean, disciple of St Patrick; first Bishop of Connor;
died in the year 506 or 5T3.
2 Called “Son of the Carpenter;" a disciple of St Finnan of Cluain-iraird; founder of
Clon-mac-nois; “he never looked upon a woman, and never told a lie;" he composed a lay
asking God for long life to serve Him in, but died at the age of thirty-three, in the year 548.
St Columba is said to have composed a poem in honour of him.
3 Patron of Munster ; he was converted by certain Britons, and had travelled to Rome, before
the arrival of St Patrick among the Irish; after his return he joined St Patrick, by whom he
was consecrated Bishop, and fixed his See at Emly; he received a gift of the Isle of Arran,
and founded a monastery there.
‘ Born in Raphoe in the year 626, being eighth in descent from Niall of the IX. Hostages;
became a monk and went to Iona, of which he became Abbat; during an embassy in Eng
land in 701, he was converted to the Roman view of the Paschal controversy, but failed to
convert his monks, left Iona, and returned to Ireland, where he was more successful in
spreading the Roman practice; he went back again to Iona, and died in 705. He is best
known by his ‘Life of St Columba,’ ‘ Travels in Palestine' (written from descriptions,) and
other works. Though the monastic Church of Raphoe, founded by St Columha, became a
Cathedral in or about the time of Adamnan, there does not seem much proof that he was the
first Bishop of it.
5 Properly called Lochan ; founded a monastery which was the origin of the city and see of
Cork, which latter he occupied for seventeen years ; flourished in the sixth century.
SECOND NOCTURN.
£tmmt| $un11ag of QBctuhzr.
Dedication Feast of all the Churches of (From the Benedictine Bre'z/iary.)
Ireland. Fourth Lesson.
Double of the First Class with an GALL was born of noble parents
Octave. in Ireland, and even when he
All from the Common Ofiice, (p. was young chose to live a life of
472-) poverty in the monastery of Benn
chor. He ever followed after low
[Vinth Lesson and Commemoration liness, and obedience, and perfect
of the Sunday. subjection. There he began to
gain a great reputation, not only
for his good life, but also for his
wit, and for his knowledge of the
OCTOBER 9.
Holy Scriptures. That he might
preach the Gospel, he followed Col
£t 332mg, fihhat.‘ umbanus the Abbat, first into Britain,
Greater Double. and then into Gaul, and at the
wish of King Sigebert he dwelt in
All from the Common Ofice, (p. the wilderness of Luxeuil, where he
415-) brought many to believe in Christ,
and moved many to become monks.
Prayer throughout, “0 Lord, we However, the Abbat Columbanus
beseech Thee,” (p. 429.) would not rest from rebuking the con
cubinage of King Theodoric, where
Third Nocturn from Matth. xix.
fore they were turned out of Luxeuil
27, with the Homily of St jerome,
at the wish of Queen Brunechild.
(15- 355-) They received permission from Theo
debert, King of the Austrasians, to
go into Germany, and settled first
OCTOBER I 6. on the Lake of Constance, and then
in the city of Bregenz, where they
$t 05a“, gfihat. reconsecrated the Church of St
Aurelia, but Gall raised against him
Greater Double.
self the hatred of the Gentiles by
All from the Common Ofiice, (p. his unceasing contentions against
415,) except the following. their crime of idolatry, and his de
struction of their temples and im
Prayer throughout, “0 Lord, we ages. Columbanus, therefore, found
beseech Thee, &c.,” (p. 429.) it needful to go hence also, and
he himself went into Italy to Agilulf,
King of the Lombards, leaving Gall
FIRST NOCTURN.
in Germany, sick of a fever, along
Lessons from Ecclus. xxxi. 8, (p. with the monks, Maynoald and Theo
426.) dore.
1 Born at Ciannaght in Derry, in the year 5r7; spent a great part of his life in Scotland,
where he is generally called Kenneth, and where he is very popular, as a friend and fellow
worker of St Columba ; he afterwards returned to Ireland, and there died, October xx, 598.
Fifth Lesson. drew him into his holy wilderness, and

there he was buried in his own place
GALL was now in the eighty-fifth of prayer by the hands of John, Bishop
year of his age, but as soon as of Constance, his old disciple, and of
he was well, he withdrew himself into his brethren, and there became famous
the wilderness along with his disciples for miracles.
before named, hallowed three days with
fasting, prayer, and tears, and founded
a monastery. Therein he taught to THIRD NOCTUR N.
many heathens the discipline of a Lessons from Matth. xix. 27, with
monk’s life, and the understanding the Homily of St jerome, (p. 35 5.)
of God’s written Word, and made
known the faith of JESUS Christ to the
people round about. He chastened
his body with hunger, cold, hair-cloth, OCTOBER 2 2.
and chains, but so secretly, that, while
he lived, his disciples never knew of .St Eunatus, Bishop [of
the brazen chain, and the hair shirt, insole] Qtunfzssnr.
which he used. He delivered from a
cruel devil Fridiburga, daughter of the Douhle.
Duke of Germany, and wife of King
Sigebert, but he broke up the rich All from the Common Ofiice, ( p.
gifts which the Duke gave him for 399-)
that cause, and gave all to the poor Prayer throughout, “ Grant, we be
at Arbon. He refused the Bishopric seech Thee, &c.,” (p. 408.)
of Constance, and the abbacy of
Luxeuil. He knew by a vision in Lessons of the First Nocturn from
Germany when Columbanus brought Scripture according to the Season; of
his life to a holy end in Italy. the Second from St Maximus; and
of the Third from Matth. xxv. 14,
with the Homily of St Gregory, (p.
Sixth Lesson.
406). All as in the Common.
HE turned many peoples from the
worship of idols. On Michael
mas Day, he preached the Gospel at
OCTOBER 27.
Arbon, after the Solemn Mass, and
then was taken again with fever, and
gave up the ghost in that city, in the
St @hran, (@ran.) Bishop [at
arms of his disciples, upon the x6th Stattzrg iISIHIIUJ Confessor?
day of October, in the year of our
Lord 624, the seventh of Pope Boni Double.
face V., and of his own age the Prayer throughout, “Grant, we be
ninety-fifth. They could not bury seech Thee, &c.,” (p. 408.)
him there, and therefore laid him,
with lighted tapers, upon a carriage Lessons of the Third Nocturn, ( p.
harnessed to unbroken horses, which 406.)
1 An Irishman, who was made Bishop of Fiesole, while on a pilgrimage to Rome in the year
816, and there lived and died.
2 Disciple and immediate successor of St Senan in Scattery Island; went to Iona with St
Columba, and there died and is buried.
OCTOBER 29. SECOND NOCTURN.
Fourth Lesson.
5t Qtulman, iBisbup [of Zkil:
1 ALEACHLAN was born in Ire
martmagbj trnnfzssurf land of parents who were noble
Greater Double. by race and by power, and by good
ness also. When he was a little boy,
All from the Common Ofite, (p. being trained up in godliness and
399-) good learning, because his lessons
hindered him from going to Church
Prayer throughout, “Grant, we be as often as he would, he was fain to
seech Thee, &c.,” (p. 408.) lift up his pure hands in every place.
He had learned as a lad to bear the
Lessons of the Third Noeturn from yoke of Christ, but although he was
Matth. xxv. I4, (n. 406,) with the
ordained Deacon very unwillingly, he
Homily of St Gregory.
girded up his loins to every good
work, especially the burying of the
dead poor. After no long while, he
NOVEMBER 3. was ordained Priest, and diligently
carried out the ministry which the
Bishop committed unto him. He
St malzatijlanf Etchhtshup unweariedly preached the Word of
[0f @rmaghJ Qttmfessur. God, put away the old superstitions,
and brought in the rites of the
Greater Double. Church. Filled with zeal for the
public worship of God, he went to
Malchus, Bishop of Lismore, to learn
399,) extent the following.
better from him as regarded these
rites, and Malchus sent him to learn
Prayer throughout the Ofiiee. from the King of Munster, who had
abdicated his throne to become a
LORD, we humbly beseech Thy hermit. This king’s sister, who was
Majesty to help us for the sake suffering in purgatory, he delivered
of Thy blessed Confessor and Bishop thence‘ by his prayers.
Maleachlan, whose ensample instruct
eth us. Through our Lord JESUS
Christ Thy Son, Who liveth and Fifth Lesson.
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of HE was called back from Lismore,
the Holy Ghost, one God, world with and finding that the monastery
out end. Amen. of Bennchor had been destroyed by
pirates, he restored it, and ruled it for
FIRST NOCTURN. a while in holiness and righteousness.
He was consecrated Bishop, and pre
Lessons from I Tim. iii. 1, as in the vailed so by toil, prayer, and watching
Common, (p. 400.) that he turned his people from their
1 Colman Macduagh, a Connaught-man, founder and first Bishop of the See called after him.
flourished about the end of the sixth or beginning of the seventh century.
2 Laliniled Mfllacm ; the name signifies “ tonsured in honour of Seachnall" (Secundinus)—
a disciple of St Patrick.
degraded instincts to live like Christ THIRD NOCTURN.

ians. Churches were built, clergy
Seuenth Lesson.
were ordained, the Sacraments were
solemnly celebrated. When he was The Lesson is taken from the Holy
ordained Primate of all Ireland he Gospel according to Matthew (xxv.
divided his Bishoprick into two parts ; 14.)
he left his own proper See and went
T that time: JESUS spake unto
to Down, where he formed his own
disciples into a community of regular
His disciples this parable: A
man travelling into a far country
Clergy, combining the strictest dis
called his own servants, and delivered
cipline of a monastery with the
unto them his goods. And so on.
ministry of the Church. He went
to Rome to ask for the use of the Homily by St Jerome, Priest [at
pallium from Pope Innocent 11., Bethlehem.] (Book iv. on .Matth.
who kindly welcomed him, but re xxv.)
fused his request to be allowed to
There can be little doubt that this
go and live in the monastery of
man travelling into a far country is
Clairvaux, and appointed him his
Christ, Who after His resurrection,
Legate for all Ireland.
being about to ascend as a Conqueror
to the Father, called His Apostles and
Sixth Lesson. delivered unto them the doctrine of
the Gospel, not more to one and less
FTER he returned home, he lived unto another, but as each was able to
as a perfect model to his flock, receive it, even as the Apostle also
and he took none of his income either hath said, that they should be fed on
from the Church or from worldly milk who cannot hear strong meat.
property. He had no house of his He also who with five talents had
own, but wandered unceasingly from gained five talents more, and he who
Church to Church; he served the with two talents had gained two
Gospel and lived by the Gospel. talents more, both entered into the
When he was forced to rest some like joy, not in consideration of what
times, he remained in holy places, sum it was which they had gained,
content to take part in the common but of what good will they had shown
table and in the common life. He to gain it.
was famous for every kind of miracle,
especially for the spirit of prophecy,
Eighth Lesson.
whereby he foretold the place and
day of his own death. He was on Y the difference between the five
his way to Rome a second time, and talents, and the two talents, and
had reached Clairvaux, when the fever the one talent, we may either under
took him. He was anointed with stand divers graces given unto this
holy oil, and received the Provision and that person, or by the five talents
for the last journey. He commended the five senses, by the two talents
himself to the prayers of the brethren, wit and work, and by the one talent
and the brethren to God, and died in understanding, which is the distinction
the fifty-fourth year of his age. He between man and the other animals.
was buried in the Church of St Mary, “Then he that had received the five
upon the 2nd day of November, in talents went”—having received earthly
the year of Christ 1148. senses, he doubled them by gaining a
knowledge of things heavenly; from look in mercy upon them who honour
the creature, he discerned the Creator ; the birthday of Thine happy martyr
from things bodily, things without and Bishop Livin, and grant unto
body; from things which are seen, them to live here in quietness and
things which are not seen; and from peace, and hereafter to behold Thy
things temporal, things eternal. And face in joy without end. Through the
likewise he which had received two same our Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son,
by learning what he might in the law, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee,
he also joined thereunto other two in in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one
the Gospel, having understood that God, world without end. Amen.
wit and work in this life, are figures
of something better in a blessed life FIRST NOCTURN.
which is to come.
Lessons from Scripture aceording to
Ninth Lesson. the Season.
THE time is very long between the
SECOND NOCTURN.
Ascension of our Saviour and
His second coming. If even the Fourth Lesson.
Apostles are to rise again, as they IVIN was born of a noble race in
that must give an account, and in
Ireland, and even as a child was
dread of the Judge, what ought we ' famous not for godliness only, but also
to do? And we must note well, that
for miracles. As a lad he had for his
whatever things we have at this
teacher Benignus the priest, and after
present, however great or manifold
his death he withdrew himself into a
they may seem, are very small and
solitary place along with three com
scanty in comparison with those things
rades, Foillan, Elias, and Killian, to
which are to come. “‘Enter thou
copy books, that he might gain thereby
into the joy of thy Lord,’ and receive
wherewith to support himself and to
that which eye hath not seen, nor ear
relieve the poor. Afterwards he left
heard, neither hath it entered into the
his wilderness and went to Augustin,
heart of man to conceive.” And what
who trained him for five years, raised
more can be given unto the faithful
him to the order of the Priesthood,
servant than to be with his Lord, and
and after a while consecrated him
to see his Lord’s joy?
Bishop, and sent him back to his
own country.
NOVEMBER 1 2.
Fifth Lesson.
it ZLihin, Bishop [of Dublin]
HE gained great praise in the office
martyr. of the Bishoprick, but he left
Douhle. his Archdeacon Sylvanus, a man of
great holiness, as his Vicar, and
All from the Common Qfliee, (p.
passed over with his comrades to
366,) except the following. Flanders, to preach the Gospel to the
unbelievers. He betook him to the
monastery of Ghent, which had lately
O GOD, Whose Son, by His most been founded by blessed Amandus,
precious Blood, hath hallowed and was tenderly welcomed by Flor
the sufferings of Thy blessed martyrs, ence, the Abbat, and his monks.
When he found that holy Bavo, who mother, and wife, and children, and
had been dead three years, was famous brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own
on account of great miracles, he said life also, he cannot be My disciple.
Mass at his grave for thirty days And so on.
running. Thence he went through
Flanders and Brabant preaching the Homily by Pope St Gregory [the
Gospel, and led countless numbers to Great.] (27th on the Gospels.)
Christ by his word, his example, and We are commanded to hate our
the signs which he wrought. neighbours, yea, and even to hate our
own selves. It is plain, therefore,
Sixth Lesson. that if we are to hate our neighbour
as we hate ourselves, we are to hate
ICKED men who saw that Livin him in love. Then do we well hate
was making the light of the our own soul, when we yield not to
Gospel to shine before so many, and the carnal lusts thereof, but check its
turning them away from their errors cravings and contend against its de
and vices, persecuted him in divers sires. That which is chastened to
ways. Some hided him with cudgels, bring it to better things is, as it
and others belaboured him with th'ongs were, hated in love. We ought to
loaded with lead. One in especial, hate our neighbours with discretion,
named Walbert, put a pair of iron loving in them what they are, and
pincers into his mouth, wrenched out hating what in them is a barrier
his tongue, and threw it to the dogs between us and God.
to eat, but it was forthwith restored
to him by a miracle. At length he
crowned his martyrdom after receiving Ezlghth Lesson.
many wounds, by having his head cut WHEN Paul was going up to
off at Esche in Flanders. There were Jerusalem, “there came down
murdered along with him Craphaild, from Judzea a certain prophet named
the hostess of the holy martyr, and Agabus, and when he was come . . .
her son Brixius, who was even then he took Paul’s girdle and bound his'
wearing the white garments of baptism, own hands and feet, and said, Thus
because they openly said that Livin saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the
was unjustly put to death. His dis Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that
ciples took up the bodies of Livin and owneth this girdle, and shall deliver
Brixius and buried them hard by in him into the hands of the Gentiles.”
the same grave, in the village of But what did that Apostle, who hated
Hautem, and near to them holy his own soul with a perfect hatred,
Craphaild. what did he say? “Then Paul
answered, . . . I am ready, not to be
THIRD NOCTURN. bound only, but also to die at Jeru
salem for the name of the Lord
Seventh Lesson. JESUS.” (Acts xxi. IO, II, 13.)
“ Neither count I my life dearer than
myself.” (Acts xx. 24.) Behold how
Gospel according to Luke (xiv. 26.)
he hated his soul in love, yea, loved
AT that time: Jesus said unto the it in hatred, being fain to deliver it
multitudes: If any man come up to death, for JESUS’ sake, that he
unto Me, and hate not his father, and might quicken it from the death of
sin. Let us take him as a model of Christ, Thy Son, \Vho liveth and
that hatred, wherewith we should hate reigneth with Thee in the unity
our neighbour. of the Holy Ghost, one God, world
without end. Amen.
Nz'nt/z Lesson.
FIRST NOCTURN.
IN this world we are bound to love
our enemies, but not to love those Lessons from Scripture according to
who stand between us and God, even the Season.
although they be very near unto us.
\Vhosoever setteth his desire upon SECOND NOCTURN.
the things eternal, ought in that matter
Fourt/z Lesson.
to have nothing to do with wife, or
children, or kinsfolk, or with his own TANISLAUS was born of the
self, that he may the better know Senatorial family of Kostka in
God, Who in his affair hath had Poland. The Name of JESUS graven
nothing to do with any but with him. by God on his mother’s breast while
It is a great danger lest fleshly trials he was yet in the womb, foreshadOw-ed
should weaken the steadfastness of the in what regiment he would enlist him.
mind and prevail against the sternness When he was a child he so loved
thereof. But we suffer from them virginity, that if he heard anything
without their injuring us, if we keep unseemly said at his father’s board,
them well under. We ought therefore he fainted with horror. He was sent
to love our neighbours, we ought to to school at Vienna in Austria, and
love all, whether they be near or far, was to his comrades not more an
but that love must never turn us from ensample than an object of venera
the love of God. tion. Afterwards it behoved him to
dwell in the house of a Lutheran, and
there his brother Paul urged him,
NOVEMBER I 3. even by ill usage, to live more freely,
but he contended with him by the
- 5t fitantslaus ikusfita, (Emu space of two years, protesting that he
fessnr. was born not for temporal but for
eternal aims. His one desire was for
Douole.
the things of heaven, he walked un
All from #12 Common Ofiee, (p. ceasingly with God, and in a child
415,) era?! the following. like love for the Mother of God,
whom he had tenderly called his
Prayer t/zroug/zout t/ze Ofiice. own mother.
GOD, Who amidst the other
Fg'ft/z Lesson.
wondrous gifts of Thy wisdom,
dost make Thy saints to be as the H E met the daily annoyance which
ancients, though yet they be striplings, he received from his brother
grant us the grace to imitate the en with repeated fasting, scourging, and
sample of Thy blessed servant Stanis torture of his innocent body, until he
laus, and so to redeem the time by fell into a serious illness. As this
working while it is day, that we may illness grew more dangerous, the devil
hasten to enter into that rest which attacked him under the form of a
is eternal. Through our Lord JESUS frightful dog, but he thrice put him
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to flight with the sign of the Cross, He was famous for many miracles
and as he could not obtain the Holy after his death, especially in his own
Communion in the house of hereticks, land of Poland. He appeared from
it was given to him by Angels. The heaven more than once to assist his
Most Blessed Mother gave him the countrymen against the Turks, and
Child JESUS to fondle in his arms, delivered some cities from the plague,
and commanded him to enter the and others from fires. Clement X.
Society; then he suddenly grew well. placed him among the chief patrons
But since the fear of his father for ' of the whole kingdom of Poland, and
bade his entering the Society in Ger Benedict XIII. carried out the decree
many, he fled on foot in the dress of Clement XI. by enrolling his name
of a pilgrim, begging his bread, and among those of the Saints.
determined not to stop until he gained
his wishes. God helped him on his
journey in more ways than one, and THIRD NOCTURN.
among the rest, his brother Paul’s
horses, as he was in pursuit of him, Seventh Lesson.
became unable to move. Stanislaus The Lesson is taken from the Holy
was again refreshed by Angels, with Gospel according to Matth. (xix.
the Bread of Angels, and after a 13‘) -
journey of 1200 miles, was at
length received into the Society AT that time: There were brought
of JESUS at Rome, by the holy unto JESUS little children, that
General Francis Borgia. - He should put His Hands on them.
And so on. '
Sixth Lesson. Homily by St Austin, Bishop [of

Hippo.] (On Psalm cxviii.)
THE gifts of the young novice
shone brightly in the training I am small and despised,—who
school of the religious life, especially is small without being despised?
his love toward' God, in Whom his These are Thy, wonderful testi
mind altogether lost itself till he monies, O Lord, which the soul of
became unconscious. His face was this little one doth‘ keep, and there
always flushed, and sometimes emit fore it is that he is despised and
ted rays of light, his tears. were is become small. For who is there
unceasing, and the heat of his chest that doth Thy commandments as
was so great, that even in the they ought to be done, that is to
midst of winter he would bathe it say, in faith, which worketh by the
with cold water to cool it. It was love of God, unless that same love
rather the fever of his love than be shed abroad in his heart by the
any other which called him away Holy Ghost? And this the same
upon the day hallowed by the despised little one doth confess, he
taking of the Virgin into heaven, saith, I opened my mouth, and panted,
surrounded by her band of holy for I longed for Thy commandments.
Virgins, to behold nearer at hand the For what did he long, but to do the
procession of her glory. He died in commandments of God? But they
the Novitiate on the Quirinal in the were mighty and he was weak, they
eighteenth year of that guileless life, were great and he was little, so that
which counted more works than days. he had not wherewith to do them.
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He opened his mouth, confessing against me. “Give me understand

that by himself he was not able to ing, and I shall live.” This little one
do them, and panted for power to asketh for understanding, without
do them. which he would not have been wiser
than the ancients. But he asked for
Ezlghth Lesson. it in trouble and anguish, that he
might thereby understand how trivial
I AM small and despised, yet do I
was all that they could do who vexed
not forget Thy precepts. He
' and persecuted him, and by whom he
was not like his enemies who have
saith that he was despised.
forgotten Thy words. It would seem
as though one who is young, yet hath
not forgotten the precepts of God, is NOVEMBER 14.
grieving for his enemies, who are
older than he is, but who have for $t ilaurmamt1 grtbhisljnp [of
gotten them. For what meaneth this, Eubltnj @unfzzsnr.
I am small, yet do I not forget, unless
it be, They are old, and have for Greater Double.
gotten? But this little one saith that All from the Common Ofice, (p.
he is despised, and therein is he made 399,) except the following.
as the ancients, because God hath
chosen the foolish things of the world Prayer throughout the Ofice.
to confound the wise, and God hath
chosen the weak things of the world O GOD, Who hast glorified Thy
to confound the things which are blessed Confessor and Bishop
mighty, and base things of the world, Lorcan with countless signs and
and things which are despised hath wonders, grant unto us for his sake,
God chosen. Yea, and things which and at his prayers, worthily to gain
are not, to bring to nought things the health both of our bodies and of
which are. (I Cor. i. 27, 28.) “So our souls. Through our Lord JESUS,
the last shall be first, and the first Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth
last.” (Matth. xx. 16.) with Thee, in the unity of the Holy
Ninth Lesson. Amen.
FIRST NOCTURN.
BUT this little one did not forget,
because he sought not any Lessonsfrom r Tim. iii. I, as in the
righteousness of his own, but God’s Common, (p. 400.)
righteousness, whereof he saith, Thy
righteousness is an everlasting right SECOND NOCTURN.
eousness, and for this cause his elders
Fourth Lesson.
persecuted him, that he might say
what followeth,—-Trouble and anguish ORCAN was born in a noble station
have taken hold on me, Thy com in Ireland, and trained up in
mandments are my delight; let them Christian living under Count Leo ; in
rage, let them persecute me as long the tenth year of his age he was
as I leave not the commandments of given as a hostage to the savage king
God. And those commandments will Dermod. By his command he was
make me love even them that rage carried off into a barren and fruitless
l Latinised Laurentius.
land, where he suffered much hardship Sixth Lesson.

and ill usage with a patience and
endurance above his years ; being set E foresaw his own death. He
free after two years, he left his earthly fell into a fever, while he
inheritance, and enlisted-in the divine was on his way to Normandy, to
warfare in the Church of Glendaloch. make peace between Henry, King
After the death of the Bishop, all were of England, and Roderick, King
agreed that Lorcan would worthily of Ireland. When he stood upon
fill the vacant See, but he himself the brow of the hill of Eu, and
protested that his strength was un saw the Church of St Mary, and
equal to the burden, and that his heard that it was of the institute
age was insufficient for the office of of regular Canons, he said, “This
a shepherd of souls. is my rest for ever, and here will
I dwell, for I have chosen it.” As
soon as he came to the Church,
Fifth Lesson.
he went to confession, and then
SOME while after, Gregory, Arch received the sacred Provision for
bish0p of Dublin, died, and the last journey. He entreated the
Lorcan, although very unwilling and Abbot Osbert and the Canons to
striving always to be excused, was receive him as a brother, where
chosen into his place, and consecrated to they joyfully assented, and he
by Gillies,1 Primate of all Ireland. received the last anointing, and
In order that he might form the flock presently afterwards his eternal
committed to him upon the model of crown: Pope Honorius the Third
the first Christians, and the clergy entered his name in the list of
upon that of the Rule of St Austin, the Saints.
he sent for some canons, of the con
gregation of Arouasia [near Arras] to THIRD NOCTURN.
come to Dublin, and shared with them
his house and his table. Wonderful Se'oenth Lesson.
were his courtesy and his kindness The Lesson is taken from the Holy
toward the poor, of whom he fed as Gospel according to Matthew (xxv.
many as a thousand, during a famine, 14.)
which lasted three years. So great
was his self-denial that it was not T that time: JESUS spake unto
more than thrice in the week that His disciples this parable: A
he gave a little bread and water to man travelling into a far country
his body, which he wore out, with called his servants, and delivered
hair-cloth, and scourging. He went unto them his goods. And so on.
to Rome and obtained much there
Homily by St Ambrose, Bishop [of
for the freedom of his Church, and
Milan.] (Bk. 2 on the Call of the
was appointed Papal Legate for the
Gentiles, cap. 2.)
whole of Ireland. He was famous for
the gift of prophecy, and the power Each receiveth without any deserts
of miracles. He often put devils to of his own, that wherewith he may
flight by his prayers. He restored to go on unto deserts. Each receiveth,
health them that were sick of divers without any labour, that wherewith
diseases, and raised the dead to life. he may labour and gain wages. That
1 Latinised Gelasius, a transformation of Giolla-Isu (servant of JESUS.)
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witness of the Evangelist, where he
saith, “But a man travelling into a fit Qtulumhanus, ghhat.
far country called his servants, and
delivered unto them his goods, and Greater Double.
unto one he 'gave five talents, to All from the Common Ofiice, (p.
another two, and to another one; 4r 5,) except the following.
to every man according to his sev
eral ability,” that is to say, accord Prayer throughout, “0 Lord, we
ing to his own natural capacity, not beseech Thee, &c.,” (p. 429.)
according to his deserts, for to be
able to work is one thing, and to FIRST NOCTURN.
work another; and to be able to
have charity is one thing, and to Lessons from Ecclus. xxxi. 8, (p.
have charity is another. 426.)
SECOND NOCTURN.
Eighth Lesson.
Fourth Lesson.
NOT every one that can be re
stored is restored, neither OLUMBANUS was an Irishman
every one that can be healed, by nation; while he was still in
healed, for to be in a state to be his mother’s womb she seemed to
restored, or to be healed, is_ nat herself in a vision to be bearing a
ure, but restoring and healing are bright sun, in token of his coming
grace. The number of talents was glory, whereof he himself gave tokens,
unequally divided according to that even from his birth. He was excel
limited amount of capacity, which lently skilled in earthly and heavenly
he that delivered unto them his learning, and among other monu
goods saw in them. And they re ments of his wit, he published an
ceived it not as a payment for any exposition of the Psalms, while he
thing that they had done, but as} was still very young. He triumphed
matter wherewith to work. over the world, the flesh, and the
devil,1 and entered the monastery of
Ninth Lesson. Bennchor, which at that time was in
the height of its fame, and therein
HE anxious care of two of the so advanced in this school of the
servants is honoured not only holier wisdom, that after a few
with glory and praise, but even by years of being a disciple, he be
an entrance into the everlasting joy came a teacher, and was called by
of their Lord, but the idle torpor and God to the task of preaching Gos
slovenly misconduct of the third is pel truth. He took with him
punished not only by words of blame twelve monks, out of that monastery,
and shame, but also by taking from and went over first into Britain,
him that which he had received at and then into Gaul. Sigebert, King
the beginning. He deserved to lose of the Austrasians, very kindly wel
his barren faith, who had not made comed him, and he built little huts,
it work by love. for himself and his comrades, in the
1 The printed text here inserts some words the literal meaning of which is so extraordinary
that they would appear to be a misprint, and I have therefore omitted them.--'I‘R.
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Vosges mountains. They lived there home in the same freedom which he
in the utmost sternness of life, and had given to them.
scantiness of all things, and God
often marvellously provided them
Sirth Lesson.
meat. But forasmuch as that wild
erness began to be beset by them UPON this, Theodoric, at the in
who came thither to get health stigation of Queen Brunechild,
from Columbanus, he withdrew him waxed very wroth, and sent men to
self on the greater feasts to a thrust him out of his monastery, but
cave deeper in the desert, and Columbanus, like a second Elisha,
which a bear gave up to him, caused a darkness to come over
and there lived upon the fruits of their eyes and minds, and so escaped
the trees of the wood, and upon them. However, he considered it
water, which like another Moses he best to give way to the king’s
drew from the rock, far from the anger, and so took ship for Ireland,
company of men and the trouble of after foretelling the destruction of
earthly things, exercising his mind the king and his posterity. A
upon the things of God. storm drove him back again upon
the coast of Gaul, and he betook
himself to Theodobert, King of
Fiflh Lesson.
Austrasia, who graciously welcomed
THE fame of his holiness shining him. He settled upon the Lake of
forth from his hiding-place, Constance, where he destroyed the
brought many from all quarters, temples of the idols, and contended
seeking to be his disciples, and on all sides against the false worship.
he founded the monastery of Lux He was expelled by the inhabitants,
euil, wherein he taught by his and went into Italy to Agilulf, King
example and precept three hundred of the Lombards. He built a mon
monks, who offered up to God the astery at Bobbio in the Cottian Alps.
sacrifice of the unceasing prayer. By his writings he contended success
That he might exercise them in fully against the-Arians. At length
obedience, he bade'them sometimes he was worn out by the great labours,
to get out of bed when they were ill, which during all his long exile he
and to thresh corn, and when they had borne for the glory of God, and
obeyed him they were restored to .went home to our very fatherland,
health for a reward of their labour. which is in heaven, upon the zlst
He himself by his prayers multiplied day of November in the year of
grain, sometimes in the barn, and Christ 615.
sometimes in his own hands. Mean
while, his holiness, teaching, and THIRD NOCTURN.
miracles, were a light to all Gaul.
Theodoric, King of Burgundy, whose Sewenth Lesson.
unclean passion he rebuked, diversely The Lesson is taken from the Holy
annoyed the man of God, and, ban
Gospel according to Matthew (xix.
ished him. When he was thrust out
27.)
of Luxeuil, the kinghad him taken
to Besangon, where being himself in T
that time: Peter said unto
chains, he broke the chains of the JESUS: Behold, we have for
others by a touch, and then returned _ saken all, and followed Thee; what
shall we have therefore? And NOVEMBER 2 7.

SO on.

:Et Jhtrrzll,1 Bishop [of £2115.
Clairvaux.] (Expos. of this Gospel.) hum] (Ennfessur.
I take it that these words are Double.
those concerning which the Church
All from the Common Ojiee, (p.
crieth, from the ends of the earth
unto her undying Bridegroom: “By
the words of Thy lips I have kept Prayer throughout the Ofliee, “ Grant,
me to strait paths,” (Ps. xvi. 4.) we beseech Thee, &c.,” (p. 408.)
These are the words which through
out all the earth have persuaded FIRST NOCTURN.
men to despise the world, and of
their own will to make themselves
the Season.
poor,-—these are the words which
have filled the cloisters with monks,
SECOND NOCTURN.
and the deserts with hermits,-
these are the words which have (From the Proper Oflees of the exempt
plundered Egypt, and robbed her of Church and Diocese of Passau.)
her goodliest vessels,—these are the
Fourth Lesson.
living and effectual words, converting
the soul, instinct with the happy ARRELL was born in Ireland of
desire for holiness, and the truth of a noble race, and from a little
the faithful promises. child, his good dispositions were the
wonder of all who knew him. He
seemed to care for nothing but to
Eighth Lesson.
study the Divine Scriptures, and to
THE world passeth away, and the do works of love and worship. He
lust thereof, and it is better to went into France to move men’s
pass away from it than to leave it to hearts with the love of Christ, and
pass away from us. Behold, we have stood high in the esteem of King
left all, and have followed Thee. He Pepin. But God would have him
rejoiced as a strong man to run a to be as a candle set on a candlestick,
race, and neither canst thou follow that all men might see his light; and
the runner if thou be weighted. It Pope Stephen the Second named him
is not a bad exchange to have left to the Bishoprick of Salzburg. In
all things for Him Who is above all this Office he set before his flock
things, for rather with Him shall so bright an ensample of wisdom
things be given unto us—and when and pastoral care, that all whom he
thou possessest Him, He alone will ruled looked upon him as the best of
be all—in all who for Him have left fathers.
all. And I say not all possessions Fifth Lesson.
but all desires, and them most
chiefly. AT a great expense he built the
cathedral of Salzburg from the
Ninth Lesson. Of St Chrysogonus, foundations, and brought thither, with
who is also eommemorated at Lands. great honour and edification of the
1 Latinised, Vergilius.
people, the reliques of holy Rupert, the committed to his care, with great
first of his predecessors. Concerning praise of godliness and great profit
the building of this church, we find a to souls, and sent into Carinthia
miracle mentioned, namely, that the that Bishop Modestus, so eminent
money for the payment of those who for holiness, he entered into the
were employed was placed in an open heavenly mansions, during the reign
vessel for each man to help himself, but of the Emperor Karl the Great.
that none of them was ever able to take His body is kept honourably in the
out of it more than was the just due of Church of Salzburg.
his labour.
AT length Farrell was worn out Lessons from Matth. xxv. 14, with
with unceasing toil and old the Homily of St Gregory, (p.
age, and having ruled the Church 406.)
916. THE MOST PURE HEART OF'THE'BLESSED VIRGIN.
QBffire of the West 13mm 25mm of the

&lzsszll Virgin.
Assigned, in the Roman Brem'ary, for SetondAntz'phon. And Mary said:

certain places, for the Sunday after My soul doth magnify the Lord, and
the Octave of the Assumption. my spirit hath rejoiced in God my
Saviour.
Greater Double. Third Antz'phon. For He hath
regarded the lowliness of His hand
maiden, for, behold, from henceforth,
436,) exeept the following.
all generations shall call me blessed.
FIRST VESPERS. Verse. 3 My soul failed—

A nswer. When the beloved spake.
Antz'phons, Chapter, and Prayer
from Lauds.
First Lesson.
Verse. Rejoice with all the heart,
0 daughter of Jerusalem. The Lesson is taken from the Song of
Answer. The King of Israel, even Songs (iv. I.)
the LORD, is in the midst of Thee.1 [ THE Bridegroom] 0 how beauti
A ntz'phon at the Song of the Blessed ful art thou, my love, how
Virgin. My heart rejoiceth in the beautiful art thou! Thine eyes are
LORD, and mine horn is exalted in like doves’ eyes, [glancing] out from
my God; because I rejoice in Thy [the loveliness] that lieth hid [behind
salvation.2 thy veil.] (3.) Thy lips are like a
fillet of crimson, and thy speech is
Commemoration of the Sunday. sweet. Like a piece of pomegranate,
so are thy cheeks, [shining red] out
MATT! NS.
from [the loveliness] that lieth hid
[behind thy veil.] Thy neck is like
ln'z/z'tatory. Hail Mary, full of grace, the tower of David, which is builded
* the Lord is with thee. with battlements, and a thousand
bucklers hang from it, all shields of
valiant men. (9.) Thou hast wounded
FIRST NOCTURN.
my heart, my sister, my spouse, thou
First Antifihon. Blessed art thou hast wounded my heart with one of
among women, and blessed is the thine eyes, with one of the hairs on
Fruit of thy womb. thy neck. (11.) Thy lips, O my
l Zeph. iii. :4, r5. 2 1 Kings (Sam.) ii. 1. 3 Cant. v. 6.
THE MOST PURE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. 917
spouse, are a rich honeycomb, honey forth to make me to walk upon mine
and milk are under thy t0ngue,—a high places.
garden inclosed, a fountain sealed.
Third Lesson. (v. 9.)
First Resfionsoijn1
[CHORUS of Danzsels.] \Vhat is
Teach me Thy way, 0 LORD, and thy beloved more than another
I will walk in Thy truth; let my heart beloved, O thou fairest among women,
be glad, that it may fear Thy name. what is thy beloved more than another
beloved, that thou dost so charge us P
Verse. Set me as a seal upon thine [The Bride] My beloved is white
heart, as a seal upon thine arm. and ruddy, one among thousands,
Answer. That it may fear Thy (16,) yea, he is altogether lovely.
name. This is my beloved, and this is my
Seeond Lesson. (v.) friend, 0 daughters of Jerusalem!
[Chorus of Damsels.] (vi. 1.)
[ THE Bridegroom.] I am come Whither is thy beloved gone, 0 thou
into my garden, my sister, my fairest among women? Whither is
spouse; I have gathered my myrrh thy beloved turned aside that we may
with my spice; I have eaten my seek him with thee? ‘
honeycomb with my honey. [The Bridegroom] (4.) Thou art
[The Bride] (2.) It is the voice beautiful, 0 my love, pleasant and
of my beloved that knocketh. ' comely as Jerusalem, terrible as a
[The Bn'degroom.] Open to me, fenced camp set in battle array. (8.)
my sister, my love, my dove, my My dove, my undefiled, is but one.
undefiled, for my head is filled with She is the only one of her mother,
dew, and my locks with the drops of the darling of her that bare her. The
the night. daughters saw her and cried out that
[The Bride] I rOse up to open to she was most blessed; the queens
my beloved; my hands dropped with praised her.
myrrh, and my fingers were steeped
in the best myrrh. I opened to my
Third Resjfionsory.3
beloved; but he had withdrawn him
self and was gone. My soul failed I have found grace in thy sight, my
when he spoke. Lord; for that thou hast comforted me,
and for that thou hast spoken to the
Seeond Responsory.2 heart of thine handmaid.
Verse. With my whole heart have
I will rejoice in the LORD, and I I sought Thee; 0 let me not wander
will joy in the God of my salvation; from Thy commandments.
the LORD God is my strength, and He Answer. For that thou hast com
will lead me forth, to make me to forted me, and for that thou hast
. walk upon mine high places. spoken to the heart of thine hand
Verse. His left hand is under mine maid.
head, and his right hand doth embrace Verse. Glory be to the Father,
me. and to the Son, and to the Holy
Answer. And He will lead me Ghost.
1 Ps. lxxxv. II; Cant. viii. 6. 2 Habakkuk iii. 18, 19; Cant. ii. 6.
3 Ruth ii. 13; P5. cxviii. IO. -
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Answer. For that thou hast com of one better than she who earned to
forted me, and for that thou hast become Mother of God, and who gave
spoken to the heart of thine hand God Himself an home in her heart
maid. and in her womb? And what better
treasure could there be than that love
SECOND NOCTURN.
for God wherewith the heart of the
First Antip/zon. Blessed art thou Virgin was burning.
that hast believed, for there shall be
a performance of those things which
Fourth Responsory.
were told thee from the Lord.
Seeond Antip/zon. He That is I love them that love me, and those
Mighty hath done to me great things, that seek me early shall find me.
and holy is His name. Riches and honour are with me, yea,
Third Antip/zon. He hath showed durable riches and righteousness.
strength with His arm, He hath scat Verse. That I may cause those
tered the proud in the imagination of that love me to inherit substance,
their heart. and I will fill their treasures.
Answer. Yea, durable riches and
Verse. Love is strong as death.1
righteousness.
Answer. Jealousy is cruel as the
grave.
Fiftlz Lesson.
Fourth Lesson.
OUT of the treasure of this heart,
as out of a furnace of the love
of St Bernardine of Sienna. (Is!
of God, the Blessed Virgin brought
on the Visitation.)
forth good words, that is, words of
WHAT dying creature, unless in burning tenderness; even as from a
deed he spoke as the oracles vessel full of the best wine, the best
of God,2 would dare with his polluted wine only can flow forth, or from a
lips to say anything either great or furnace that is in a white heat, nothing
small concerning her who is the true can be taken that is not aglow, even
Mother of God and man, her whom so out of the heart of the Mother of
the Father predestinated before all Christ could come forth no word that
worlds to be worthily a virgin for was not penetrated with the strongest
ever, her whom the Son elected to love of God, and that in the highest
be His Mother, her whom the Holy degree. We read of seven utterances
Ghost made ready to be the resting of Christ’s most blessed Mother, seven
place of all grace? No tongue of wonders of wisdom and of power.
man and no tongue of Angels is meet Unto the Angel she spake twice,
to utter those profound feelings which (Luke i. 34, 38,) unto Elizabeth twice
were generated in her maidenly heart also (40, 46, 56,) and likewise twice
and found expression from her holy unto her Son, (ii. 48, John ii. 3,) and
mouth. And what can be done by unto the servants at the marriage she
a wretch like me? The Lord hath spoke once (5.) These seven utter- '
said: A good man out of the good ances are as seven acts of love pro
treasure of his heart bringeth forth nounced in a wondrous degree and
that which is good (Luke vi. 45.) order, and are like seven flames
And among all mankind can we think kindling from her heart.
1 Cam. viii. 6. 2 Rom. iii. 2.
Fifth Responsory. life, and shall obtain salvation of the

LORD.
1I am the Mother of fair love, and Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy
hope. In me is all grace of the way
Answer. Whoso findeth me findeth
and of the truth. In me is all hope
life, and shall obtain salvation of the
of life and of strength.
LORD.
Verse. Come unto me, all ye that
be desirous of me, and fill yourselves THIRD NOCTURN.
with my fruits.
First Antiphon. Whence is this to
Answer. In me is all hope of life
me that the Mother of my Lord should
and of strength.
come to me?
Second Antz'phon. His mercy is on
Sixth Lesson. them that fear Him from generation
WHEN the earnest mind pondereth to generation.
upon these seven sayings, she Third Antiphon. He hath holpen
is fain to cry out with the Prophet— His servant Israel in remembrance of
“how sweet are thy words unto my His mercy.
taste ! "—that is, unto all my feelings.
Verse. I am my beloved’s.
(Ps. cxviii. 103.) Now this sweetness
Answer. And his desire is toward
which the earnest mind tasteth in the
me.3
words of the Blessed Virgin, is that
fire of earnest love for God [wherewith Seventh Lesson.
these words are aglow], and which
the soul doth sensibly recognise in
them. Let us therefore sort out these Gospel according to Luke (ii. 48.)
seven flames of love in the words of AT that time: The Mother of JESUS
the Blessed Virgin. The first is the . said unto Him: Son, why hast
flame of isolating love, the second is Thou thus dealt with us? Behold,
the flame of transforming love, the Thy father and I have sought Thee
third is the flame of communicating sorrowing. And so on.
love, the fourth is the flame of re
joicing love, the fifth is the flame of Homily by the Venerable Bede,
quieting love, the sixth is the flame Priest [at Jarrow.] (For the First
of compassionating love, the seventh Sunday after the Epiphany.)
is the flame of completing love.
The Evangelist saith—“ His Mother
kept all these sayings in her heart.”
Sixth Responsory.
Whatsoever the Maiden Mother knew
2Blessed is the man that beareth to have been said either of, or by the
me, that watcheth daily at my gates, Lord, she kept mOSt diligently in
and waiteth at the posts of my door. her heart, and carefully committed to
Whoso findeth me findeth life, and memory, so that whenever the time
shall obtain salvation of the LORD. should come to preach or write con
Verse. But he that sinneth against cerning His Incarnation, she might
me wrongeth his own soul. All they be able sufficiently to unfold how all
that hate me love death. things happened, to any who might
Answer. Whoso findeth me findeth ask of her. 0 my brethren, let us
1 Ecclus. xxiv. 24-26. 2 Prov. viii. 34-36. 3 Cant. vii. IO.
920 THE MOST PURE HEART~OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN.
copy the tender Mother of the Lord, Answer. And they that work in
and keep treasured in our hearts all me shall not sin.
the sayings and doings of our Lord Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
and Saviour. to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.
Answer. And they that work in
Seventh Responsory. me shall not sin.
Many waters cannot quench love, The Ninth Lesson is the Homily of
neither can the floods drown it. the Sunday.
Verse. If a man would give all the LAUDS.
substance of his house for love, it
would utterly be contemned. First Antzlohon. Draw me, * we will
Answer. , Neither can the floods run after the odour of thy perfumes.
drown it. Seeond Antz'phon. My beloved
speaketh * unto me. Arise, make
Ezlghth Lesson. haste, my love.
BY pondering day and night on these Third Antiohon. Stay me with
words and deeds of the Lord, let flowers, * comfort me with apples, for
us keep off the wearisome recurrence I am faint with love.
of foolish and mischievous thoughts, Fourth Antiphom I charge you,
let us try by often speaking of them 0 ye daughters of Jerusalem, * that
to break ourselves and our neighbdurs ye‘ awake not my love till she please.
of idle story-telling and gossip poison Fzfth Antzphon. I sleep, * but my
ously seasoned with ill-nature, and stir heart waketh.
up rather the wish to be oftentimes
praising God. (If a Ninth Lesson Chapter. (Cant. viii. 6.)
of the Feast be required, the Eighth
is divided here.) Dearly beloved SET me as a seal upon thine heart,
brethren, if we desire in a world of as a seal upon thine arm; for
blessedness hereafter to dwell in the love is strong as death! jealousy is
house of the Lord, and to praise Him cruel as the grave. The lamps thereof
without ceasing, we must be eager to are lamps of fire and flames.
have in this world some foretaste of Verse. Whoso findeth me findeth life,
that world which is to come, by going Answer. And shall obtain salvation
oftentimes to church, and not singing of the LORD.
the praises of the Lord there only, but
also in all places of His dominion, Antzlohon at the Song of Zacharias.
showing forth by word and deed what A certain woman of the company lifted
soever pertaineth to the praise and up her voice, and said unto Him :
glory of our Maker. Blessed is the womb that bare Thee,
and the paps which Thou hast sucked.
Eighth Responsory.
My spirit is sweeter than honey,
and mine inheritance than honey and O ALMIGHTY and everlasting
the honeycomb. Whoso give ear to God, Who hast made a meet
me shall not be put to confusion, and dwelling-place for Thine Holy Spirit
they that work in me shall not sin. in the heart of the Blessed Virgin
Verse. They that explain me shall Mary, mercifully grant that all they
have eternal life. who earnestly keep the Feast in
remembrance of that Heart’s utter to arise in the heavens, and covered
purity, may be enabled to live lives all the earth as a cloud.
after Thine own heart. Through our
Lord JESUS Christ Thy Son, \Vho Short Responsory.
liveth and reigneth with Thee in the
unity of the same Holy Ghost, one Love is strong as death.
God, world without end. Amen. Answer. . Love is strong as death.
Verse. Jealousy is cruel as the
A Commemoration is made of the grave.
Sunday. Answer. Strong as death.
PRIME. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
Antz'phon. Draw me, &c., (First Answer. Love is strong as death.
Antiphon at Lands.) Verse. I am my beloved’s.
Answer. And his desire is toward
Chapter at the end. (Ecclus. xxiv. I I.) me.
STOOD in all the earth, and in NONE.
every nation, and in all these I Antiphon. I sleep, &c., (Fifth

sought rest, and I shall abide in the Antiphon at Lands.)
inheritance of the Lord.
Chapter from the end of Prime.
TERCE.
Short Respansory.
Antz'phon. My beloved, &c.,
(Seeond Antz'phon at Lands.) I am my beloved’s.
Answer. I am my beloved’s.
Chapterfrom Lauds. Verse. And his desire is toward me.
Answer. My beloved’s.
Short Responsory. Verse. Glory be to the Father, and
My soul failed. Answer. I am my beloved’s.
Answer. My soul failed. Verse. Whoso findeth me findeth life.
Verse. When the beloved spake. Answer. And shall obtain salva
Answer. Failed. tion of the LORD.
SECOND VESPERS.
Answer. My soul failed.
Verse. Love is strong as death. A It as the First, except thefollowing.
Answer. Jealousy is cruel as the
Verse. I have run the way of Thy
grave. commandments.
SEX'I‘. Answer. Since Thou hast enlarged
Antz'phon. Stay me, &c., (Third my heart.
Antzlnhon at Lands.) A ntzjfihon at the Song of the Blessed
Vzrgz'n. Mine heart hath rejoiced
Chatter. (Ecclus. xxiv. 5.) in God my Saviour. For He That is
mighty hath done to me great things.
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THE PIE . . . . . . . . . See vol. i. p. xix

PROPER OFFICE OF THE SEASON—

THE COMMON OF SAINTS—

FOR APOSTLES’ EVES 345

PROPER OFFICE OF THE SAINTS—

THE VOTIVE OFFICES—

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LIST OF FEASTS ACCORDING TO THEIR CLASS.

Christmas Day. Dec. 25.

The Assumption. Aug. I 5.

Double: of tbe Secand Clan.

The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin. Dec. 18.

Sunday: of the First Clan.

Sunday: 1f lb: Second Class.

In the Geneml Appendlx will be found the following Greater Doubles.

LIST OF PRIMARY FEASTS.

SS. Peter and Paul.

II. Doubles of the Second Clan.

LIST OF SECONDARY FEASTS.

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

II. Daub/er of ti): Second Clan.

The Most Holy Name of Jesus.

III. Greater Daub/er.

If the Second Vespers of

An Higher Sunday (112., of the First or

A Day within an Octave . . . o 3 4 3 3 3 I 1 1 5

1. All of the latter, nothing of the former.

4. All of the former, but With

memoration of the former. 4 F5 4 O- O 013

6. All of the more important, but \vith ; g g g

ADoubleOftheFirstClass 564664l6 6‘2 2 2844 1

A Double Ofa Doctor 4 4 4 4 I ; 4 oi o I I I 4 I 1’

6. The former is observed, and I i" 5”

l 8. The more important is ob- l l ‘ l

. Cireumeirion of our Lord. Double of the Second Class.

25. Conversion of St Paul. Greater Double. Commemoration of St Peter.

1. Ignatius, Bishop [of Antioch,] Martyr. Double.

I. David, Archbishop [of Caerleon,] Confessor. Double.

20. Cuthbert, Bishop [of Lindisfarne,] Confessor. Double.

Francis of Paola, Confessor. Double.

13. Hermenegild, Martyr. Semi-double.

. GEORGE, MARTYR, PATRON or ENGLAND. Double of the First Class.

. Pbilip and 7amer, Ajay/er. Double of the Second Class. Commemoration

15. [Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, Confessor.

1. Within the Octave of St Augustine of Canterbury.

William, Archbishop of York, Confessor. Double.

17. Botolph, Abbat, Confessor. Semi-double.