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HYMN.

To thee, from whom all Collaudet omnis spiritus;

The COMMEMORATION of St. ATHANASIUS, Anth. O excellent Doctor, p. xxxix. V. The Lord loved, p. Xxxvii. PRAYER. Exaudi, quæsumus, ib. p. xxxvii.

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T behoveth us to glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ: in whom is our salvation, life, and resurrection; by whom we have been saved and delivered. Alleluia, Alleluia. Ps. 66. May God have mercy on us, and bless us; may his countenance shine upon us, and may he take pity on us. V. Glory.

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tet in Cruce Domini nostri Jesu Christi; in quo est salus, vita, et resurrectio nostra, per quem salvati et liberati sumus. Alleluia, Alleluia. Ps. Deus misereatur nostri et benedicat nobis; illuminet vultum super nos, et misereatur nostri. V. Gloria.

COLLECT. Deus, qui. O God, who, in the miraculous discovery of the holy cross, wast pleased to renew the wonders of thy passion: grant, by the ransom paid on that saving wood, we may find help for the obtaining life eternal. Who livest and reignest, &c.

The COMMEMORATION of SS. ALEXANDER, EVENTIUS, and THEODULUS, Martyrs, and JUVENALIS, Confessor.

COLLECT. Præsta, quæsumus. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that we who celebrate the festival of thy saints, Alexander, Eventius, Theodulus, and Juvenalis, may, by their intercession, be delivered from all impending misfortunes. Thro'.

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EPISTLE. Phil. ii. 5. 11.

RETHREN: Have the same sentiments Christ Jesus had; who, as he had the form of God, thought it no robbery to equal himself to God: nevertheless he degraded himself, taking the form of a servant, being made to the likeness of men, and in shape found as man. *He humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. For which reason God also hath exalted him, and given him a name above all names; that at the name of JESUS * every knee should bow, of the things in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth: and every tongue confess, that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.

Here all kneel.

Alleluia,

Alleluia. V. Alleluia, Alleluia. V. Ps. 95. Dicite in gentibus, quia Dominus regnavit a ligno. Alleluia. V. Dulce lignum, dulces clavos, dulcia ferens pondera ! quæ sola fuisti digna sustinere Regem cœlorum et Dominum. Al leluia.

Ps. 95. Publish among the nations, that the Lord hath triumphed on the Cross. Alleluia. V. Sweet wood, sweet nails, that bore so sweet a weight! thou alone wast worthy to bear the King of heaven and the Lord. Alleluia.

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T that time: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these signs which thou doest, unless God be with him. Jesus answered, and said to him: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith to him : How can a man be born again when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born again? Jesus answered: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the spirit, is spirit. Wonder not, that I said to thee, you must be born again. The Spirit breatheth where he will; and thou hearest his voice, but thou knowest not whence he cometh and whither he goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered, and said to him: How can these things be done? Jesus answered, and said to him: Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things? Amen, amen, I say to thee, that we speak what we know, and we testify what we have seen, and you receive not our testimony. If I have spoken to you earthly things, and you believe not: how will you believe if I shall speak to you heavenly things? And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desart, so must the Son of Man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have everlasting life. CREDO.

OFFERT. Ps. cxvii. The

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displayed its might: the right hand of the Lord hath raised me up: I shall not die, but live, and publish the works of the Lord. Alleluia.

altavit me: non moriar, sed vivam, et narrabo opera Domini. Alleluia.

SECRET. Favourably, O Lord, look down on the sacrifice we offer thee, that it may deliver us from all the miseries of war, and surely fix us under thy protection, that, by the standard of thy Son's Holy Cross, we may overcome all the assaults of the enemy.

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Of SS. ALEXANDER, &c. Let thy heavenly blessing, we beseech thee, O Lord, plentifully descend upon these oblations, which, through thy bounty, sanctify and till us with joy in the solemnity of thy saints. Thro'. PREFACE. ORDINARY, p. 47.

COMM. By the sign of the Cross deliver us, O Lord God, from all our enemies. Alleluia.

Per signum Crucis de inimicis nostris libera nos, Deus noster. Alleluia.

POSTCOMM. Repleti. Being filled with the heavenly meat, and strengthened with the spiritual cup, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, to defend from the evil spirit those, whom by thy Son's Cross, the arms of justice for the redemption of the world, thou hast commanded to triumph. Thro' the same.

Of SS. ALEXANDER, &c. Refecti. Being refreshed by the participation of these sacred mysteries, we beseech thee, O Lord, that we may find the effects of what we celebrate, by the intercession of thy blessed Martyrs Aexander, &c. Thro'.

II. VESPERS. All as in the first VESPERS, p. 289. except:

At the MAGNIFICAT. Anth. The Conqueror of hell, mounted the Cross, he was girt with might, and rose again the third day. Alleluia.

Ant. Crucem sanctam subiit, qui infernum confregit, accinctus est potentia, surrexit die tertia. Alleluia.

PRAYER. Collect at Mass, p. 292.

Then is made a Commemoration of the following Feast.

IV. St. MONICA, Widow. A Double. VESPERS. All as p. lix. PRAYER. Collect at Mass.