when she is in labour, is sad, because her hour is come; but when she hath brought forth the child, she remembereth no more her anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. So you also now indeed are sad; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice; and your joy no man shall take from you.

SECRET.

Sanctify, Common, þ. v.

The righteous man.

munio, p. vi.

COMMUNION. POSTCOMMUNION. Hæc nos com

XXI. St. ANSELM, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor.

A Double.

The whole Office as of DOCTORS, p. xxxix.

XXII. SS. SOTER and CAIUS, Bishops and Martyrs. A Semidouble.

At VESPERS. The Commem. Anth. A perpetual light. V. Ye saints, p. iii.

MASS. INTROIT. Thy saints, &c. p. vi. except : LESSON. Rev. xix. 1.9.

IN

N those days: I John, heard, as it were, the voices of many multitudes in heaven, saying; Alleluia : Salvation, and glory and honor belongeth to our God; for true and just are his judgments, who hath judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath revenged the blood of his servants at her hands. And again they said: Alleluia. And her smoke ascended for ever. And the four-and-twenty Elders, and the four living creatures fell down, and adored God, who sitteth upon the throne, saying: Amen: Alleluia. And a voice, came forth from the throne, saying: Give praise to our God, all ye his servants: and you that fear him, little and great. And I heard, as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of loud claps of thunder, saying: Alleluia : for the Lord our God, the Almighty hath reigned. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give glory to him; for the marriage of the lamb is come, and his wife hath prepared herself And 'tis granted her to clothe herself in fine linen, glittering and white, for the fine linen are the justifications of the saints. And he said to me: Write: Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the lamb.

XXIIL St. GEORGE, Martyr, and Patron of England. A Double of the first Rank.

VESPERS. As p. i. PRAYER. Collect at Mass. MASS. INTROIT. Thou hast protected, &c. p. iii. except what follows..

COLLECT. Deus, qui nos beati. O God, who by the merits and prayers of blessed George, thy Martyr, fillest the hearts of thy people with joy; mercifully grant, that the blessings we ask by his intercession, we may happily obtain by the favour of thy grace. Thro'.

EPISTLE. 2 Tim. ii. 8. p. iv.

SECRET. Sanctify, O Lord, the offerings we have made: and, through the intercession of blessed George, thy Martyr, by them cleanse us from the stains of our sins. Thro'.

POSTCOMM. Supplices. We humbly beseech thee, O Almighty God, that those whom thou hast refreshed with thy sacraments, by the intercession of blessed George, thy Martyr, may, by a life well pleasing to thee, worthily serve thee. Thro'.

In the second Vespers is made a Commemoration of the following Feast. Anth. A perpetual light. V. Ye Saints, p. iii. PRAYER. Collect at Mass.

XXIV. St. FIDELIS, Martyr. Double.
All as p. i. except:

COLLECT. Deus qui beatum. O God, who filledst the heart of blessed Fidelis with seraphic love, and while he laboured in the propagation of the true faith, didst honor him with the crown of martyrdom, and the gift of miracles we beseech thee, by his merits and intercession, so to strengthen us in faith and charity, that we may be found faithful in thy service unto death. Thro'.

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XXV. St MARK the Evangelist. Double of the 2d Cl. INSTRUCTION.

ST

IT. Gregory the Great was the author of the Procession that is made this day. A terrible plague breaking out at Rome about the year 589, which carried off numbers of people, and among the rest Pope Pelagius, St. Gregory, who succeeded him, appointed public prayers for averting the wrath of God. The happy effects of these prayers, which appeared in the ceasing of the plague, was the occasion of that pious custom being continued ever

since, in order to turn away the wrath of God, which we have too much reason to apprehend is incensed against us on account of our repeated sins and transgressions. Let us therefore on this day humble ourselves in prayer and abstinence before Almighty God, that he may keep from us all pestilential distempers, forgive us our sins, and give a blessing to the fruits of the earth. And, for this end, if we cannot assist at the public service, let us say the Litany at least in our own family.

VESPERS. As of APOSTLES, p. i. PRAYER. Collect at Mass,

At the PROCESSION.

The ANTHEM, as on Monday in Rogation Week, p. 140. The LITANY, as p. cxlviii.

MASS. of St. Mark. INTROIT. Thou hast protected, &c. p. iii. except what follows.

COLLECT. Deus, qui beatum. O God, who didst raise blessed Mark, thy Evanglist to the honorable commission of preaching thy Gospel; grant, we beseech thee, we may ever receive benefit from his instructions, and be defended by his prayers. Thro'.

THE

LESSON. Exech. i. 10. 14.

HE resemblance of the faces of the four living creatures was this; the face of a man, and the face of a lion was on the right hand, of these four: and the face of an ox on the left of these four, and above these four the face of an eagle. Their faces and their wings were stretched upwards: two wings of each one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies: and they went every one straight forward: where the force of the spirit was, thither they went, neither turned they back, when they walked. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their looks were like burning coals of fire, and as the appearance of flaming lamps. This was the vision that ran up and down in the midst of the living creatures, a flaming fire, and out of the fire a brightness darting forth; and the living creatures went and returned like a flash of lightning.

A

GOSPEL. Luke x. 1. 9.

T that time: The Lord appointed other seventytwo; and he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he was to come. And he said to them; The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send labourers into his har

vest. Go; behold I send you as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes; and salute no man by the way. Into whatever house you enter, first say; Peace be to this house. And if the Son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you. And stay in the same house, eating and drinking such things as they have; for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Remove not from house to house. And into what city soever you enter, and they receive you; eat such things as are set before you. And heal the sick that are therein, and say to them; The kingdom of God is drawing near to you. CREDO.

SECRET. Bringing thee, O Lord, our offerings on this solemnity of thy blessed Evangelist Mark, we hun

bly beseech thee, that as the preaching of the Gospel

raised him to glory, so his intercession may make us well pleasing to thee both in word and action. Thro'.

PREFACE of APOSTLES, p. 49.

POSTCOMM. Tribuant nobis. May thy sacred mysteries, O Lord, afford us continual help, so as, by the prayers of blessed Mark, thy Evangelist, they may ever defend us from all adversity. Thro'.

In the second VESPERS is made a Commemoration of the following Feast.

XXVI. SS. CLETUS and MARCELLINUS.

Bishops and Martyrs. Semidouble.

At VESPERS. The Commemoration.

Anth. A

perpetual light. V. Ye saints, p. iii. PRAYER. Col

lect at Mass.

Of St. GEORGE.

Anth. Ye daughters of Jerusalem, come and see the martyrs with the crowns, which the Lord hath given them, on the day of their solemnity and joy. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. A perpetual light shall shine upon thy saints, O Lord. Alleluia. R. And they shall live for ever. Alleluia.

Vnt. Filiæ Jerusalem, venite & videte martyres, cum coronis quibus coronavit eos Dominus in die solemnitatis et lætitiæ. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. Lux perpetua lucebit sanctis tuis, Domine, Alleluia. R. Et æternitas temporum. Alleluia.

PRAYER. Collect of the Feast, p. 282.
MASS. INTROIT. Thy saints, p. vi. except:

COLLECT Beatorum. Grant, O Lord, that the glorious confession of the blessed Martyrs and Bishops, Cletus and Marcellinus, may strengthen us, and their pious intercession continually defend us. Thro'.

The Commemoration of St. GEORGE, by the COLLECT, SECRET, and POSTCOMMUNION of the Feast, p. 281.

XXVIII. The COMMEMORATION of St. VITALIS, Martyr.

At VESPERS. Anth. A perpetual light. V. Ye saints, p. iii. PRAYER. Præsta, quæsumus, p. iv. At MASS. COLLECT. Præsta, quæsumus, with its SECRET and POSTCOMUNION. p. iv.

XXIX. St. PETER, Martyr. Double. VESPERS. As p. i.

PRAYER. Collect at Mass. The Commemoration of St. GEORGE. Anth. Ye saints, V. Precious, p. iii. PRAYER. Collect on the Feast, p. 281.

MASS. INTROIT. Thou hast protected, &c. p. iji. except what follows.

COLLECT. Præsta, quæsumus. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we may, with true zeal, profess the faith of blessed Peter, thy Martyr; who, for the propagation thereof, was crowned with a glorious death. Thro'.

Here, and at the SECRET and POSTCOMMUNION, is made a Commemoration of St. GEORGE, as on the Feast, p. 281.

EPISTLE. 2 Tim. ii. 8. COMMOм, p. iv.

SECRET. Favourably regard, O Lord, by the intercession of blessed Peter, thy Martyr, the prayers we offer thee, and continually protect the defenders of the faith. Thro'.

POSTCOMM. Fideles tuos. May the sacrament we have received, O Lord, preserve thy faithful, and, by the intercession of blessed Peter, thy Martyr, defend them against all assaults of the enemy. Thro'.

In the second Vespers, from the LITTLE CHAPTER, the Office is of the Octave-Day, of St. GEORGE with a Commemoration of St. PETER. Anth. Ye saints. V. Precious, p. iii. PRAYER. Collect at Mass, as above.