THURSDAY.

INTROIT. Dan. iii.-All thou hast done for us, O Lord, thou hast done with great justice; because we have sinned against thee, and have not obeyed thy commandments: but do thou make thy name glorious, and deal with us according to the multitude of thy mercies. Ps. cxviii.-Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. COLLECT. Præsta.-Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that the dignity of human nature, which hath been wounded by excess, may be cured by the practice of healing temperance. Thro'.

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LESSON. Dan. iii. 34. 45.—In those days: Azarias prayed to the Lord, saying: Deliver us not up for ever, we beseech thee, for thy name's sake, and abolish not thy covenant: and take not away thy mercy from us, for the sake of Abraham thy beloved, and Isaac thy servant, and Israel thy holy one: whom thou hast spoken, promising that thou wouldst multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea shore. For we, O Lord, are diminished more than any nation, and are brought low in all the earth this day for our sins. Neither is there at this time prince, or leader, or prophet, or holocaust, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place of first-fruits before thee. That we may find thy mercy: nevertheless in a contrite heart and humble spirit let us be accepted. As in holocausts of rams, and bullocks, and as in thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be made in thy sight this day, that it may please thee: for there is no confusion to them that trust in thee. And now we follow thee with all our heart, and we fear thee, and seek thy face. Put us not to confusion, but deal with us according to thy meekness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies. And deliver us according to thy wonderful works, and give glory to thy name, O

Lord: and let all them be confounded that shew evils to thy servants, let them be confounded in all thy might, and let their strength be broken: and let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God, and glorious over all the world. O Lord our God.

GRAD. Ps. xcv.-Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts; adore ye the Lord in his holy court. V. Ps. xxviii. The Lord will discover the thick woods; and in his Temple all shall speak his glory. GOSPEL. Luke vii. 36. 50. - At that time: One of the Pharisees desired him to eat with him.. And he went into the house of the Pharisee, and sat down to meat. And behold a woman that was in the city a sinner, when she knew that he sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment: and standing behind at his feet, she began to wash his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. And the Pharisee, who had invited him, seeing it, spoke within himself saying: This man, if he were a prophet, would know surely who and what manner of woman this is that touched him, that she is a sinner. And Jesus answering, said to him, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. But he said: Master, say it. A certain creditor had two debtors, the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most? Simon answering, said: I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou hast judged rightly. And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon: Dost thou see this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest me no wa ter for my feet; but she with tears hath washed my feet and with her hairs hath wiped them. Thou gavest me no kiss; but she, since she came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou

didst not anoint; but she with ointment hath anomted my feet. Wherefore I say to thee: Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much. But to whom less is forgiven, he loveth less. And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven thee. And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves: Who is this that forgiveth sins also? And he said to the woman: Thy faith hath made thee safe, go in peace.

OFFERT. Ps. cxxxvi.-Upon the rivers of Babylon there we sat, and wept, when we remembered thee, O Sion.

SECRET. O Lord our God, who hast appointed the offerings to be consecrated to thee, to consist chiefly of those creatures, which thou createdst for the support of our weakness: grant, we beseech thee, that they may be to us both a help in this life, and a sacrament to procure us that which is eternal. Thro'.

COMM. Ps. cxviii.-Remember, O Lord, the promise thou madest to thy servant, by which thou gavest me hope: it is that which hath comforted me in my distress.

P. COMM. Quod.-Grant, O Lord, that what we have received with our mouths we may also take with a pure mind: and that, of a temporary gift, it may become to us an eternal remedy. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God.

PRAYER. Esto. Be propitious, O Lord, we beseech thee, to thy people: that, forsaking what displeaseth thee, they may find comfort in keeping thy law. Thro'.

FRIDAY.

INTROIT. Ps. xxx.-Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in distress: deliver me and rescue me from the hands of my enemies, and my pursuers: Lord, let me never be put to shame, since I have called on thee. Ps. In thee, O Lord, have I hoped let me never be confounded, deliver me in thy justice.

COLLECT. Cordibus. - Mercifully, O Lord, we beseech thee, pour forth thy grace into our hearts: that repressing our sins by voluntary mortifications, we may rather suffer for them in this life, than be condemned to eternal torments for them in the next. Thro'.

LESSON. Jer. xvii. 13. 18.—In those days: Jeremias said: O Lord, the hope of Israel: all that forsake thee shall be confounded: they that depart from thee, shall be written in the earth: because they have forsaken the Lord, the vein of living waters. Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed: save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. Behold they say to me: Where is the word of the Lord? let it come. And I am not troubled, following thee for my pastor, and I have not desired the day of man, thou knowest it. That which went out of my lips, hath been right in thy sight. Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction. Let them be confounded that persecute me, and let not me be confounded: let them be afraid, and let me not be afraid: bring upon them the day of affliction, and with a double destruction, destroy them, O Lord our God.

GRAD. Ps. xxiv.-My enemies spoke peaceably to me; but in their anger they were troublesome to me. V. Thou hast seen it, O Lord, be not silent; abandon me not.

* TRACT. Ps. cii.-Deal not, p. 117.

GOSPEL. John xi. 47. 54.-At that time; The chief priests and Pharisees assembled in council against Jesus, and said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles? If we let him alone so, all men will believe in him: and the Romans will come, and take away our place and nation. But one of them named Caiphas, being the high-priest

that year, said to them: You know nothing, neither do you consider that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. And this he spoke not of himself: but being the high-priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation; and not only for the nation, but to gather in one the children of God, that were dispersed. From that day therefore they devised to put him to death. Wherefore Jesus walked no more openly among the Jews, but he went unto a country near the desart, unto a city that is called Ephrem, and there he abode with his disciples.

OFFERT. Ps. cxviii.-Blessed art thou, O Lord, teach me thy law; and deliver me not up to the proud ones who calumniate me: and I will give an answer to those who reproach me.

SECRET. Grant, O merciful God, that we may always worthily serve at thy altar, and obtain salvation by constantly partaking of what is offered thereon. Thro'.

COMM. Deliver me not up, O Lord, to the will of my pursuers: for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and iniquity hath belied itself.

P. COMM. Sumpti sacrificii.—May the sacrifice, O Lord, we have partaken of, always protect us, and repel from us all that is hurtful. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God.

PRAYER.

Concede.-Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who seek the honour of thy protection, may be delivered from all evil, and serve thee with a secure mind. Thro'.

ON FRIDAY IN PASSION WEEK.

The SEVEN DOLOURS of the B. V. MARY. INTROIT. John xix.-There stood by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Salome, and Mary Mag