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Joins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command thee. Be not afraid at their presence: for I will make thee not to fear their countenance. For behold I have made thee this day a fortified city, and a pillar of iron, and a wall of brass, over all the land, to the kings of Juda, to the princes thereof, and to the priests, and to the people of the land. And they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail and I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

GRAD. Ps. xix.· The righteous man shall flourish like the palm-tree: he shall thrive in the house of the Lord like the cedar of Libanus. V. To publish thy mercy in the morning, and thy truth by night. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. The righteous man shall bud forth like a lily: and flourish for ever before the Lord. Alleluia.

Gospel. Mark vi. 17. 29.— At that time: Herod sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her. And John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not. For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man; and kept him, and when he heard him, he did many things: and he heard him willingly. And when a convenient day was come, Herod made a supper for his birth-day, for the princes, and tribunes, and chief men of Galilee. And when the daughter of the same Herodias had come in, and had danced, and bad pleased Herod, and them that were at table with him, the king said to the damsel: Ask of me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom. Who when she was gone out, said to her mother;

What shall I ask? But she said: the head of John the Baptist. And when she was come in imme. diately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish the head of John the Baptist. And the king was struck sad; yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her: but sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish. And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish : and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother, Which his disciples hearing, came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

OFFERT. The righteous man, O Lord, shall rejoice in thy power: he shall rejoice exceedingly, that thou hast saved him: thou hast granted him his soul's desire.

SECRET. Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that the offerings we bring on this festival of thy Martyr, blessed John the Baptist, may, by his intercession, procure for us salvation.

P. COMM. Conferat.-May the solemnity of holy John the Baptist enable us, O Lord, both to vene. rate what these august mysteries signify, and to find the effects thereof in ourselves. Thro'.

XXX. St. ROSE of LIMA.

All as in the XIX. Mass, Dilexisti, p. 501, except COLLECT. Bonorum.-O Almighty God, the giver of all good gifts, who wast pleased that blessed Rose, abundantly favoured with the dew of hea venly grace, should beautify the Indies with her purity and patience: grant that we thy servants, following the perfume of her virtues, may become an agreeable odour to Christ. Thro'.

Commem. of St. Felix, &c. by the following Collect, Secret, and P. Comm.

COLLECT. Majestatem.

We humbly beseech

thy Majesty, O Lord, that as in celebrating the festivals of the saints, thou fillest us with new joys: so thou wouldst vouchsafe to protect us by their prayers. Thro'.

SECRET. (Of the same.) Favourably look down, O Lord, on the offerings of thy people, and make them sensible of the salutary effects of what they celebrate with a devout mind in honour of thy saints. 'Thro'.

P. COMM. (Of the same.) Being fed, O Lord, with thy heavenly gifts, we beseech thee, by the intercession of thy saints, that we may always remain thankful. Thro'.

September I. St. RAYMOND NONNATUS, C. All as in the XIII. Mass, Os justi, p. 491, except COLLECT. Deus, qui.-O God, who didst make blessed Raymond, thy Confessor, wonderfully eminent by redeeming the faithful out of captivity: grant, by his prayers, that being freed from the bonds of sin, we may chearfully perform what is most pleasing to thee. Thro'.

II. St. STEPHEN, King and Conf. sd.

All as in the XIII. Mass, Os justi, p. 491, except COLLECT. Concede.-Grant to thy Church, O Almighty God, that as blessed Stephen, thy Confessor, while he reigned on earth, did enlarge her bounds, so being now glorious in heaven, he may be her protector. Thro'.

Gospel. Luke xix. 12. as on the 25th Aug. p. 658.

SECRET. Favourably look down, O Almighty God, on our offerings, and grant, that as we cele brate the mysteries of our Lord's passion, we may imitate what we perform. Thro'.

P. COMM. Præsta.-Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we may with suitable devotion

imitate the faith of thy Confessor, blessed Stephen: who, by the propagation of the same faith, merited to pass from an earthly kingdom to the glory of an heavenly one. Thro'.

V. St. LAWRENCE JUSTINIAN, Bp. Conf. sd. All as in the X. Mass, Statuit, p. 485.

VIII. NATIVITY of the B. V. MARY. All as on the Conception, p. 533, with a Commem. of St. Adrian, Martyr, by the Collect, Præsta, with its proper Secret and P. Comm. from the V. Mass, Protexisti, p. 473.

SUNDAY within the OCTAVE of the NATIVITY, FEAST of the NAME of the B. V. MARY.

When this Feast falls on the Exaltation of the Holy Cross it is transferred to the next vacant day, or if on the Octave-day of the Nativity, the Mass is of this festival without any Commem. of the Octave-day.

INTROIT. Vultum tuum, as in p. 503.

COLLECT. Concede.-Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that thy faithful, who rejoice under the name and protection of the most blessed Virgin Mary, may, by her pious intercession, be delivered from all evils here on earth, and be brought to the eternal joys of heaven. Thro'.

Here as well as at the Secret and P. Comm. is made a Commem. of the Sunday after Pentecost.

LESSON. Eccles. xxiv. 23. 31-As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruits of honour and riches. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled

with my fruits. For my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honeycomb. My memory is unto everlasting generations. They that eat me shall yet hunger: and they that drink me shall yet thirst. He that hearkeneth to me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by me, shall not sin. They that explain me, shall have life everlasting.

GRAD. Thou art blessed, and worthy of our respects, O Mary, the Virgin, who without prejudice to thy virginity, didst become the Mother of the Saviour. V. O Virgin Mother of God! he became man, and was shut up in thy womb, whom the whole world cannot contain. Alleluia, Alleluia.

V. Post partum Virgo inviolata permansisti: Dei genitrix, intercede pro nobis. V. After child-birth thou didst remain a pure Virgin: O Mother of God intercede for us. Alleluia.

Gospel. Luke i. as on the 25th March, p. 571* Offertory, Secret, Comm. and P. Comm. as in the Votive Mass, p. 511.

Gospel of the Sunday as said at the end of the

Mass.

IX. COMMEM. of St. GORGONIUS, M. COLLECT Sanctus.-May the intercession, O Lord, of blessed Gorgonius, thy Martyr, bring comfort to thy people: and fill them with spiritual joy on this his sacred festival. Thro'.

SECRET. May the offerings of us thy servants, O Lord, be acceptable to thee, by the intercession of blessed Gorgonius, thy Martyr.

P. COMM. Familiam.-Grant, O God, that thy servants may taste and be fed with eternal joys: and by the example of thy Martyr Gorgonius, be continually replenished with the good odour of thy Son Christ. Who liveth.

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