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and the other on the left. And Jefus faid: + Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. C. And they, dividing his garments, caft lots for them. And the people ftood gazing on him, and the rulers derided him with them, faying: S. He faved others, let him fave himself, if he be the Christ, the chofen one of God. And the foldiers alfo infulted him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, faying: S. If thou art the King of the Jews, fave thyself. C. And there was also an infcription written over him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew letters: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And one of the thieves that were hanging, blafphemed him, faying: S. If thou art the Chrift, fave thyfelf and us. C. But the other answering, rebuked him, faying: S. Neither doft thou fear God, because thou art the fame under condemnation? And we indeed are juftly fo, for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done no harm. C. And he faid to Jefus : S. Lord, remember me, when thou shalt come into thy kingdom. C. And fefus faid to him: † Amen, I fay to thee this day fhalt thou be with me in paradife. C. And it was now about the fixth hour, and there was darkness upon the whole earth until the ninth hour. And the fun was darkned: and the veil of the temple was rent in the middle. And Jefus crying out with a loud voice, faid: + Father, into thy. hands I commend my fpirit. C. And faying this, he expired. * And the Centurion feeing what had happened, glorified God, faying: S. Indeed this was a righteous man. C. And the whole multitude of them that were prefent at that fight, and beheld what had happened, went away Ariking their breafts. And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee,. stood afar off beholding these things.

* Here all kneel and pause.

Here is faid: Cleanse my heart, as ORDINARY, p. xvi.

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ND behold there was a man named Jofeph, who was a fenator, a good and just man, who had not confented to their council nor their doings; and he was of Arimathea, a city of Judea, and expected himself the kingdom of God. This man came to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus : and taking it down, wrapped it in a winding-fheet, and laid it in a monument hewn out of a rock, in which never any man had been yet laid.

OFFERTORY. Pf. 101. O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to thee: turn not away thy face from me.

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SECRET.

Ccept, O Lord, we beseech thee, the offerings we have made; and mercifully grant, that we may receive, with pious fentiments, what we celebrate in the mystery of the paffion of our Lord. Thro' the fame.

COMMUNION. Pf. 101. I mingled my drink with tears, because when thou hadft raised me up, thou didst caft me down, and I withered as grafs: but thou, O Lord, continueft for ever: thou wilt arife, and have mercy on Sion, because the time to have mercy on her is come.

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POSTCOMMUNION. Largire. Rant, O Almighty God, that we may have a lively hope, that thou haft given us eternal life by the temporal death of thy Son, reprefented in these adorable myfteries. Thro' the fame. Let us pray. Bown down your heads to God. PRAYER. Refpice.

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OOK down, O Lord, we befeech thee, on this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Chrift fcrupled not to be delivered up into the hands of wicked men, and undergo the punishment of the cross. Who liveth.

The PARTICULAR OFFICES of

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the SAINTS.

INSTRUCTION.

ROM the earliest ages of Chriftianity, the faithful met every year on the anniversary day of the death of the Martyrs in the churches, or chapels, which were ufually in the place where their bodies, or some facred remains thereof, had been buried The altar was placed on their tombs; and from thence came the custom of always putting fome relicks in, or under, the altar-ftones.

The facrifice was not offered to the Martyrs, but to the God of the Martyrs, (to whom alone it is due) to thank him for the courage and ftrength he had given his fervants, and for that state of blifs, to which he had admitted them. Such was the origin of the feafts of the faints; and we ought to keep them with the fame fpirit, with which they were inftituted; that is to fay, the worship we pay in honour of the faints, ought to have God himself for it's object. Our adorations and respects terminate in God; and we confider the faints only as powerful friends, whose credit and prayers may obtain for us, from the goodness of God, thofe helps our fins make us unworthy to obtain by our own prayers alone.

The FEASTS of FEBRUARY. N. B. If any of the following Feafts fhould fall on a Sunday, if they be Doubles or Semidoubles, they are transferred to the first vacant day but of Simples, there is only a Commemoration made of them during Lent, both at Mafs and Velpers; and the laft Gofpel is always of the day. On Doubles and Semidoubles, there is always a Commemoration of the Feria.

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St. JOHN of MATHA, Confeffor. A Double. VESPER S.

As in the COMMON, p. cxvii. In the HYMN is faid: Deferves that we. PRAYER. Collect at Mafs.

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INTROIT. The mouth of the righteous man. With the reft. COMMON, p. cxviii. except: COLLECT. Deus, qui per fanctum.

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heavenly directions to inftitute the order of the moft Holy Trinity, for the redeeming of captives out of the hands of the Saracens: grant, we beseech thee, that, by his merits, we may be delivered from all captivity, both of body and mind, by the affiftance of thy holy grace. Thro'.

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St. APOLLONIA, Virgin and Martyr.

At VESPERS.

The COMMEMORATION. Anth. Come, O fpoufe. V. In thy comeliness. COMMON, p. cxxvii. PRAYER. Deus, qui inter cætera, ib. p. cxxviii. At MAS S.

COLLECT. Deus, qui inter cætera. COMMON, p. cxxviii. with the SECRET and POSTCOMMUNION following.

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St. SCHOLASTICA, Virgin. A Double. VESPER S.

As in the COMMON, p. cxxv. PRAYER. Collect at Mass.

MASS.

INTROIT. Thou lovedft righteoufnefs. With the rest. COMMON, p. cxxxv. Or, All the rich, ib. p. cxxxviii. except:

COLLECT. Deus, qui animam.

God, who, to recommend to us innocence of life, was pleafed to let the foul of thy bleffed virgin Scholaftica, ascend to heaven in the shape

of a dove grant, by her merits and prayers, that we may lead innocent lives here, and come to thy

eternal joys hereafter. Thro'.

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St. VALENTINE, Prieft and Martyr.

At VES PERS.

The COMMEMORATION. Anth. This faint. V. Thou haft crowned. COMMON, p. lxxix. PRAYER. Collect at Mafs.

At MAS S.

COLLECT. Præfta, quæfumus.

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we, who folemnize the feftival of bleffed Valentine, thy Martyr, may, by his interceffion, be delivered from all the evils that threaten us. Thro'.

SECRET.

E appeafed, O Lord, we beseech thee, by the offerings we have made; and defend us from all dangers, by the interceffion of blessed Valentine, thy Martyr. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Sit nobis.

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"AY thefe heavenly myfteries, O Lord, repair both our fouls and bodies; that, by the interceffion of bleffed Valentine, thy Martyr, we may find the effects of what we celebrate. Thro'.

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SS. FAUSTINUS and JOVITA, Martyrs. At VESPERS.

The COMMEMORATION. Anth. For to them. V. Rejoice. COMMON, p. xcii. PRAyer. Deus, qui nos annuâ, ib. p. xcix.

At MASS,

COLLECT. Deus, qui nos annuâ. With the SECRET and POST COMMUNION. COMMON, p. xcix.

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