be it to me according to cundum verbum tuum. thy word.

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The LITTLE CHAPTER. Isaiah vii. Ehold a virgin shall conceive, and bring forth a fon, and his name shall be called Emmanuel. He fhall eat butter and honey, that he may know how to refufe evil, and chufe good. HYMN. Hail God's bright Mother. COMMON, p. lxvi.

J'. Hail Mary, full of grace. R. The Lord is with thee.

V. Ave Maria, gratiâ plena. R. Dominus te

cum.

At the MAGNIFICAT. Anth. The Holy Ghost fhall defcend upon thee, O Mary, and the power of the Moft High fhall overshadow thee.

Ant. Spiritus Sanctus in te defcendet, Maria, & virtus Altiffimi obumbrabit tibi.

PRAYER. Collect at Mafs.

MASS.

INTROIT. All the rich of the people. CoмMON, p. cxxxviii.

COLLECT. Deus, qui de beata.

God, who waft pleased that thy word, when the angel delivered his meffage, fhould take flesh in the womb of the bleffed Virgin Mary: give ear to our humble petitions, and grant: that we, who believe her to be truly the Mother of God, may be helped by her prayers. Thro' the fame..

LESSON. I. vii. 10, 16.

IN those days: The Lord spoke to Achaz faying: Afk thee a fign of the Lord thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the heavens above. And Achaz faid: I will not afk, and I will not tempt the Lord. And he faid: Hear ye therefore, O houfe of David: is it not enough for you

to be troublesome to men; but you must be troublesome to my God alfo? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a fign. Behold a Virgin fhall conceive, and bear a Son, and his name fhall be called Emmanuel. He shall eat butter and honey, that he may know to refufe evil, and to choose good.

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GRADUAL. Grace is fpread. COMMON, p. cxlv. TRACT. Hear, O daughter, ib. p. cxxxvi.

AT

GOSPEL. Luke i. 26, 38.

T that time: The Angel Gabriel was fent from God to a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin efpoufed to a man, whofe name was Jofeph, of the houfe of David: and the virgin's name was Mary. And the Angel being come in, faid to her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: bleffed art thou amongst women. And when she had heard this, he was troubled at his words, and thought with herself, what manner of falutation this fhould be. And the Angel faid to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou haft found favour with God. Behold thou fhalt conceive in thy womb, and fhalt bring forth a Son; and thou fhalt call his name JESUS. He fhall be great, and fhall be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God fhall give unto him the throne of David, his father; and he fhall reign in the house of Jacob for ever, and of his reign there shall be no end. And Mary faid to the Angel: How fhall this be, fince I know not man? And the Angel anfwering, faid to her: The Holy Ghoft fhall come down upon thee, and the power of the Moft High fhall overfhadow thee. And therefore the Holy one, who shall be born of thee, shall be call

a Expl. Butter and boney, or rather cream and honey, was the firft food given to children; and the meaning is, that Chrift should be as really a man, as be was God, the true Emmanuel, or the Perfon, in whom the divine nature should be united to that of man.

ed the Son of God. And behold thy coufin Elizabeth, the hath alfo conceived a fon in her old age; and this is the fixth month with her, who is called the barren woman; for with God nothing fhall be impoffible. And Mary faid: Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord: be it unto me according to thy word. CREDO.

OFFERTORY. Luke i.

Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: bleffed art thou amongst women; and bleffed is the fruit of thy womb.

Ave, Maria, gratiâ plena, Dominus tecum : benedicta tu in mulieribus; & benedictus fructus ventris tui.

SECRET.

Trengthen, we beseech thee, O Lord, in our fouls, the myfteries of the true faith that we, who confefs him, that was conceived of a virgin, to be true God, and true man, may, by the power of his faving refurrection, deferve to come to eternal joys. Thro' the fame.

PREFACE. On the annunciation. ORDINARY, p. xxiv.

COMMUNION. I. vii.

Behold a Virgin fhall conceive, and bring forth a Son: and his name fhall be called Emmanuel.

POUR

Ecce Virgo concipiet,

& pariet Filium : & vocabitur nomen ejus Emmanuel.

POSTCOMMUNION. Gratiam tuam. OUR forth, we befeech thee, O Lord, thy grace into our hearts, that we, who, by the meffage of an Angel, have known the incarnation of thy Son, the Christ, may, by his paffion and crofs, come to the glory of his refurrection. Thro' the fame.

II. VES PERS.

All as in the firft VESPERS, p. 221, except: ·

At the MAGNIFICAT. Anth. The Angel Ga

briel fpoke to Mary, faying: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst

women.

Ant. Gabriel Angelus locutus eft Mariæ, dicens: Ave, gratiâ plena, Dominus tecum; benedicta tu in mulieribus.

PRAYER. Collect at Mafs.

The FEASTS of APRIL.

II.

St. FRANCIS of PAULA, Confeffor. A

Double.

VESPER S.

All as in the COMMON, p. cxvii. PRAYER. Collect at Mafs.

MASS.

INTROIT. The righteous man. With the reft. COMMON, p. cxx. except:

COLLECT. Deus, humilium.

God, who exalteft the humble, and didft raife bleffed Francis to the glory of thy faints; grant, we beseech thee, that, thro' his merits, and by following his example, we may happily obtain thofe rewards, which thou haft promised to the humble. Thro'.

EPISTLE. Phil. iii. 7. COMMON, p. cxxii.

SECRET.

WAY the offerings, O Lord, of thy devout

M people, which we lay on thy altars, be plea

fing to thee, and advantageous to us, by the merits of bleffed Francis. Thro'.

POSTCOMMUNION. Sumpta, Domine. AY the heavenly facraments, O Lord, which we have received, procure for us, by the

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interceffion of bleffed Francis, thy Confeffor, all neceffary helps, both for this life and that which is to come. Thro'.

St. ISIDORE, Bifhop, Confeffor, and Doctor.

A Double.

VESPER S.

As in the COMMON, p. ciii. At the MAGNIFICAT. Anth. O excellent Doctor, ib. p. cxiii. PRAYER. Deus, qui populo, ib. p. cxiv,

MASS.

All as in the COMMON of DOCTORS, p. cxiv.

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St. VINCENT FERRERIUS, Confeffor.

A Double.

VESPERS.

As in the COMMON, p. cxvii. PRAYER. Collect at Mafs.

MASS.

INTROIT. The mouth of the righteous man. With the reft. COMMON, p. cxviii. except:

COLLECT. Deus, qui Ecclefiam.

God, who waft pleased to illuftrate thy Church by the virtues and preaching of bleffed Vincent, thy Confeffor; grant us, thy fervants, that we be both inftructed by his example, and by the affiftance of his prayers be delivered from all evil. Thro'.

may

XI.

St. LEO, Pope, Confeffor, and Doctor. A Double. VESPER S.

As in the COMMON, p. ciii. At the MAGNIFICAT. Anth. O excellent, ib. p. cxiii. PRAYER. Deus, qui populo, ib. p. cxiv.