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cy from the beginning. Let not our enemies ever rule over us deliver us, O God of Ifrael, from all our diftrefs. Pf. To thee, O Lord, have I raised up my foul, let me not be put to fhame. V. Glory. Immediately after the Kyrie eleïfon, is said: Let us pray.

Let us kneel down. Flectamus genua. R.

R. Stand up again.

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Levate.

I. COLLECT. Preces noftras. Ercifully hear our prayers, O Lord, we beseech thee, and stretch forth the right hand of thy power against every thing that oppofeth us. Thro'.

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I. LESSON. Exod. xxiv. 12, 18.

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N thofe days: The Lord faid to Mofes : Come up to me on the mountain, and stay there and I will give thee tables of ftone, and the law and the commandments, which I have written, that thou mayeft teach them the children of Ifrael. Then Mofes rofe up and Jofue his minifter. And Mofes going up to the mountain of God, faid to the elders: Stay here, till we return to you. You have with you Aaron and Hur: if any debate fhall arife, you fhall refer it to them. And when Mofes was gone up, a cloud covered the mount, and the glory of the Lord abode on Sinai, covering it with a cloud for fix days and on the feventh day he called Mofes out of the midft of the cloud. And the appearance of the glory of the Lord was as it were fire burning on the top of the mount, in the fight of the children of Ifrael. And Mofes going into the midst of the cloud, went up into the mount, and was there forty days and forty nights.

GRADUAL. P. xxiv. The diftrefs of my foul is increased: deliver me, O Lord from the evils that furround me. V. See, O Lord, to what I am reduced. See what I fuffer, and forgive me all my fins.

II. COLLECT. Devotionem.

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E befeech thee, O Lord, mercifully to regard the devotion of thy people; that mortifying their bodies by faftings, their minds may be refreshed by good works. Thro'.

II. LESSON. 3 Kings x. 3, 8. IN thofe days: Elias came into Berfabee of Juda, and left his fervant there; but he went forward a day's journey into the wilderness. And being come thither, he fat under a Juniper-tree, and made it his request that he might die, faying: It is enough for me, O Lord, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers. And he caft himself down, and fell asleep in the fhade of the Juniper: when behold an Angel of the Lord touched him, and faid to him: Arife, and eat. He looked, and behold at his head there was a cake baked in the embers, and a pot of water and he eat and drank, and again laid himself down to fleep. And the Angel of the Lord came again the fecond time, and touched him, faying: Arife, and eat, for thou haft yet a long journey to go. And he arofe, and eat and drank, and travelled by the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, as far as Horeb the mountain of God.

TRACT. P. 24. Deliver me from my neceffities, O Lord; fee my diftrefs and affliction, and forgive me all my fins. V. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my foul: in thee, O my God, do I put my trust, let me not be put to fhame. Neither let my enemies fcoff at me. V. For none that truft in thee fhall ever be confounded: let those be confounded, who do what is vain.

GOSPEL. Matt. xii. 38.

AT that time: Some of the Scribes and Pharifees fpoke to Jefus, faying: Master, we would fee Expl. I bave lived long enough.

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a fign from thee. But he anfwering, faid to them: A wicked and adulterous generation feeketh after a fign: and there fhall be no other fign given it, but the fign of Jonas the Prophet. For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly: fo fhall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Ninive fhall rife in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they did pennance at the preaching of Jonas: and behold one greater than Jonas is here. The Queen of the fouth fhall rife in judgment with this generation, and condemn it; becaufe fhe came from the fartheft parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon,; and behold one greater than Solomon is here. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, feeking reft, and findeth none. Then he faith: I will return into my house, from whence I came. And coming he findeth it empty, fwept, and furnished. Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himfelf; and going in, they settle there: and the latter condition of that man becometh worse than his former. So fhall it also be to this wicked genera tion. While he was yet speaking to the multitude, behold his mother, and his brethren ftood without, defiring to speak with him. And one faid to him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, waiting for thee. But he answering him that spake to him, faid: Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? And ftretching forth his hand towards his difciples, he faid: Behold my mother and my brethren: for whofoever shall do the will of my Father, who is in heaven, he is my brother, my fifter, and my mother.

OFFERTORY. Pf. 118. I will meditate on thy law which I have loved exceedingly: and I will

a Expl. We should be glad to fee thee perform a miracle. Expl. An abiding place,

put in practice thy commandments, which I have loved.

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E offer thee, O Lord, this facrifice of pro

W pitiation, that thou wouldst mercifully for

give us our fins, and guide our tottering hearts. Thro'.

COMMUNION. Pf. 5. Hear my cry attend to the words of my prayer, O my King, and my God: for 'tis to thee, O Lord, I will addrefs my prayer. POSTCOMMUNION. Tui, Domine. TAY the receiving of this thy facrament, O

M Lord, both cleanfe us from our hidden fins,

and deliver us from the fnares of our enemies. Thro'.

Let us pray. Bow down your heads to God.

PRAYER. Mentes noftras.

Nlighten, we beseech thee, O Lord, our minds with the light of thy brightnefs; that we may discern what is to be done, and be able to do it. Thro'.

The COMMEMORATION at VESPERS. Anth. As fonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights, fo fhall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth.

Ant. Sicut fuit Jonas in ventre ceti tribus diebus & tribus noctibus, ita erit Filius Hominis in corde terræ.

V. and R. as p. 27. PRAYER. Mentes noftras.

INTROIT.

Pf. xcv.

THURSDAY.

MASS.

Glory and majefty are in his pre

fence: holiness and grandeur

in his fanctuary. Pf. Sing to the Lord a new fong, fing to the Lord all the earth. F. Glory.

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Devotionem.

E beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully to regard the devotion of thy people; that mortifying their bodies by fafting, their minds may be refreshed by good works. Thro'.

LESSON. Ezekiel xviii. 1, 9.

IN those days: The word of the Lord came to me, faying: Why do you make ufe of this parable, and turn it into a proverb in Ifrael, faying: Our fathers have eat four grapes, and the teeth of their children are set on edge? As I live, faith the Lord God, this parable fhall be no longer a proverb amongst you in Ifrael. Behold all fouls are mine as the foul of the father, fo alfo the foul of the fon is mine: the foul that finneth, the fame fhall die. But if a man be righteous, and do judgment and juftice; and hath not eat on the mountains, nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Ifrael; nor defiled his neighbour's wife; nor approached a menftruous woman; nor made any man forrowful; but hath restored the debtor his pledge; hath taken nothing away by force; hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment; hath not lent his money to ufury, nor received any thing more than be lent; hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, and given true judgment between man and man; hath walked in my precepts, and obferved my ordinances to perform the truth this man is righteous, and he fhall certainly live, faith the Lord Almighty.

GRADUAL. P. 16. Preferve me, O Lord, as the apple of thine eye protect me under the shadow of thy wings. V. Let me be tried in thy prefence : let thy eyes fee juftice done.

GOSPEL. Matt. xv. 21, 28.

T that time: Jefus going thence, went towards Tyre and Sidon. And behold a woman a Expl, Where sacrifice was offered to idels.

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